Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

In fact, Shen Mengxi has been busy with his steam engine and precision lathe these days. He is not very concerned about the glass making process and just leaves this matter to a few craftsmen.

"Have you seen that thing? You can make a few small ones for workers to use. Modify them so that instead of pulling them with your hands, you can use your feet to step on them. Some springs are implanted in them. After you step on them with your feet, they will regenerate themselves. Bounce."

Ning Fan pointed to several bellows on both sides of the furnace.

Glass blowing can actually use a small bellows. Workers use their feet to control it. A large amount of gas can be blown out by stepping on and pulling it. In this way, during the vertical process, workers do not need to blow with their mouths and can concentrate on the glass. The shape of the vessel.

After Shen Mengxi was awakened by Ning Fan, she immediately scratched her head and smiled bitterly. In fact, he could figure out such a simple thing by himself.

But for some reason, Shen Mengxi felt that she could never catch up with Ning Fan's intelligence and intelligence. Ning Fan could see the essence of many things at a glance, but he could think about them for several days before he could understand them.

Now that he is here, Ning Fan is not in a hurry to leave. Although he feels very hot, he still discusses the blowing technology of glassware with the craftsmen.

Later, Ning Fan could no longer hold back, so he simply made a few things by himself. Although it was Ning Fan's first time making glassware, he was cautious and meticulous in the control process. In the end, he gained a lot. A vessel that I feel satisfied with.

A few small cups and a small teapot were all made by Ning Fan bit by bit. Although they were not perfect, they were at least lookable.

In recent days, as the technology of glass firing has improved, the impurities in it have begun to be greatly reduced. The cups Ning Fan made today look radiant, transparent and clear.

During dinner in the evening, Ning Fan deliberately asked Ergou to call Xina, Concubine Rong, and Huang Yumeng over.

When several women saw the glassware placed on the table, their eyes widened in disbelief.

Amid bursts of exclamations, the three women held the glassware in their hands and kept looking at it. Xina even turned to Ning Fan and said softly: "What is this cup, Your Majesty? Why is it so beautiful?"

Facing his beloved concubine, Ning Ran certainly couldn't show off. He directly told Xina that this kind of cup was called glass.

"Why can't this kind of glass block the view? You can see the water inside through the outside of the glass."

Xina couldn't put it down for the glass cup, holding it over and over in her hands and unwilling to put it down.

Although Huang Yumeng on the side looks much calmer, she can't put it down for this cup. The most silent one is Concubine Rong. She has an awkward status and is not Ning Fan's concubine. She often seems too low-key in front of Ning Fan. .

"I made these cups with my own hands and gave them to you. I will make a batch of better ones in a few days, and then each palace will give you some. However, the hardness of these glass products is not high. It will break if it hits the ground, so be careful when using it."

It was just a few glass cups, which was very strange to people who had never seen it before. But to Ning Fan, it was nothing, so he generously gave away his glass-making work. Several people.

The three of them were naturally very grateful to Ning Fan and couldn't put it down holding the glass cups. They even used this glass cup to drink soup at night.

"By the way, Your Majesty, such a good thing costs at least a thousand taels of silver, right?"

Xina finished her meal and threw away the bowl, so she came closer to Ning Fan, holding a glass cup and watching constantly.

"It should be difficult to buy this thing for one thousand taels of silver. According to me, this thing should be a rare treasure. It will cost at least several thousand taels of silver."

Huang Yumeng also came over, also unable to put down the cup in her hand.

"Your Majesty, this cup should be made of some kind of rare jade. It is unheard of to be so skillfully made, round and transparent. It is difficult to find such a priceless treasure. It is so valuable that it is difficult to value it with silver."

Concubine Rong also looked amazed.

Seeing the three women being so obsessed, Ning Fan was speechless for a while. This was just ordinary glass, but it was praised to the sky by three women. This shows how great the market value of this glass will be in the future.

"The value of this thing is very rare, but not as rare as you said. If you want it, I will ask Shen Mengxi to make a batch of more exquisite ones and send them to you in a few days."

Ning Fan did not belittle the value of glass. In fact, for people of this era, glass was indeed a rare treasure.

"Your Majesty, you are saying that Shen Mengxi made this thing. Is that impossible?"

Xena let out a yelp.

"Why is it impossible? This glass can be made into any shape at will. In your free time, you can draw some shapes of the objects you want, and I can take them to the craftsmen to help you make them. As for the price of this glass in the future market Let the market determine how much it is."

Ning Fan said generously to these women.

The first step of making glass has been completed, and the next step is to look forward to the craftsmen improving their craftsmanship. This will take time, but Ning Fan estimates that it won’t take long, because the craftsmen of this era are too hard-working and their craftsmanship All superb.

As long as they get the hang of it, it is almost only a matter of time before these craftsmen can produce exquisitely shaped glass products.

Ning Fan estimated that it would take at most a month for these craftsmen to fully master the glass-making process. By then, as long as the molds are made well enough, these craftsmen should be able to produce glass products of any shape.

What we need to consider now is not the shape and production process of glass products. What we need to consider now is how to bring these glass products to the market and how to maximize their value and benefits.

Because Ning Fan's original intention of making glass from the beginning was to use this thing to make money, not to make money from the prosperous people, but to make money from outside businessmen.

With this glassware, many things can be repackaged to be high-end in the future, such as perfume and liquor.

Once ordinary things are put into glass bottles, the value of the things will immediately increase several times.

Ning Fan's patience is not enough to alarm Princess Lolis at this time. As long as the craftsmanship reaches the standard and then a perfect work is transferred to Princess Lolis, I believe that this glass product will definitely cause a sensation among Dabo merchants. .