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Jiang Shu has been waiting for a long time for the glass factory to be completed and put into production.

Since its construction, Xunyang’s industrial park has been like a gold-swallowing behemoth that can only get in and out. It keeps swallowing funds and talents, but has no output. Now the appearance of glass products can finally pay back the cost of this project. .

He hurriedly asked Zhang Zifang: "Sir, do you know what products the glass factory can produce at present?"

"Well, according to Lao Zhu, he mainly made two attempts, one is glass products that can be used in daily life, and the other is flat glass made by the float process." Zhang Zifang had already prepared, Then began to slowly explain the specific process of making glass.

Amidst his narration, Xie Min took out the glass bottle from the box and took a closer look.

This vase is about the length of an adult man's arm. It is in the shape of a thin neck and a big belly. The body of the vase is carved with many beautiful patterns. It is pure and transparent from the beginning to the end without the slightest variegation. One can imagine how beautiful it will be under the light. What a dazzling light.

Xie Yin thought of the few glazed vessels in his collection.

It was a set of glazed bowls and dishes from the Western Regions. The color of each vessel was slightly different, but the overall color was blue, with thin, smooth and transparent walls. It was already a treasure among glazed vessels, but after all, it contained a few impurities and air bubbles. That kind of glassware is even more expensive than gold. As for the pure and uncolored glass bottle, only the crystal cup in his father's collection can compare.

From his point of view, the vase in his hand is a priceless treasure, but according to Zhang Zifang's meaning, it seems to be an ordinary object that has little collection value and can be mass-produced.

Xie Yin put the glass bottle back into the box, and leisurely turned his head to stare at Jiang Shu's eyes that couldn't stop flickering because of his deep thinking, while listening to Zhang Zifang's detailed description of the art of making glass.

"In short, the float process is relatively simple and stable, and the glass produced has uniform thickness, smooth surface, and small optical distortion, making it suitable for use as building materials.

"As for the glass products used in daily life, for the time being, we can only use manual molding methods, such as blowing, drawing, pressing, and polishing, to produce glass products such as cups, bottles, pipes, bowls, plates, and lenses.

"This craft tests the skills of the workers. For example, the vase on your table has been made at least dozens of times by the craftsman before picking out this glass bottle that is flawless and perfect in every way. So, its Labor costs are still high.”

Jiang Shu nodded thoughtfully, then paused and said, "That is to say, the glass factory is now able to mass-produce customized glass as building materials?"

"Of course you can, if you have enough raw materials." Zhang Zifang replied.

Jiang Shu tapped the edge of the desk a few times with his fingers on the desk. When he was meditating, his eyes narrowed like cats, which made Xie Min, who had been watching him, feel a little itchy in his heart.

After a while, he smiled at Zhang Zifang and said, "I see, thank you sir for bringing the good news on the first day of the new year, and also thank Mr. Zhu for the gift for me."

Zhang Zifang responded with the same happy tone, and then chatted a few words about the factory, and then he left the main hall.

After he left, Xie Yin asked, "What were you thinking just now?"

Jiang Shu didn't answer immediately, but asked with a clear expression: "If you haven't heard what Zhang Zheng said, how much do you think this glass bottle is worth?"

"It's worth a thousand gold." Xie Min replied truthfully.

Jiang Shu slightly raised his eyebrows, handed the vase to Ziming, and asked him to put some flowers as decorations, then propped his face, and said his thoughts to Xie Min: "I was thinking, since the factory can produce flat glass, it must be Make the best use of everything, the branch school of the county school that is being decorated, the greenhouse planting in Guantian, and the library of the county school all need a lot of glass..."

The Library Pavilion of the County Academy has become extremely crowded since the two newspaper offices moved in, so he has long considered building a larger comprehensive library and moving the newspaper office there. It can be returned to its original purpose.

In places like libraries, if there are clear glass doors and windows to create a transparent and bright reading environment, it will surely attract more scholars to come.

"But anything, if the quantity is too large, it will no longer be so valuable," Jiang Shu said, "so I think, before using glass in large quantities in buildings, while this thing is still a rare commodity, first sell some glass products in small quantities at high prices , at least to earn back the initial investment in the glass factory.”

"It's feasible." Xie Min nodded, "However, out of proper considerations, it's best not to ship in the name of the Xunzhou caravan."

Jiang Shu showed a sly smile: "That's natural."

Such things that will depreciate sooner or later, of course, have to be sold secretly.

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On the morning of the first day of the lunar new year, not only officials from the government, but also managers from major factories and chambers of commerce came to pay their respects early.

Due to geographical advantages, the two players from Textile Factory and Qiyan Pavilion were the first to come.

In addition to silk brocade, this year's gift from the textile factory also added a light, soft, finely patterned jacquard cotton, and Qiyan Pavilion presented a new product gift box that has not yet been officially launched, which is a nursing set with a combination of several scents.

As the founder of Qiyan Pavilion, after these two years of training, Mu Qiyan is no longer the shy little girl she was back then. Even if she faces the gazes of Jiang Shu and Xie Min alone, she still looks generous state.

Standing in the hall, she confidently and elegantly introduced the functions of the new products in the gift box to the first two people.

"For this new product, we started to prepare equipment a year in advance, collected and selected relevant raw materials, and after various experiments and repeated tests, we finally decided on the four essential oils of tea tree, juniper, mint and rose as the first batch of products to be launched. care and skin care products.

"In addition to essential oils, we also proposed these types of scented hydrosols by the way, which are included in a set. You can open it and have a look." Mu Qiyan finished speaking with a smile, and while they were not paying attention, used the player panel I snapped a few pictures in front of me.

Jiang Shu deftly ignored her actions, and randomly picked a gift box wrapped in brocade of cranes and unsealed it.

Opening the lid of the box, I saw two beautifully patterned porcelain vases resting on the light blue silk cloth. The porcelain vases were one large and one small, and folded cards were tied with colored threads at the mouth of the bottles.

Jiang Shu picked up the small porcelain bottle, unfolded the card and glanced at it, which carefully introduced the efficacy and instructions of the product.

The one he took was peppermint essential oil. Generally speaking, it has the effect of clearing the throat, moisturizing the lungs, and soothing the body and mind.

Seeing that there was a cotton swab dipped in essential oil in the box, he was about to open it for a try, when a Qingling question came from beside him.

"What is this thing for?"

Jiang Shu turned his head and looked to the side, and found that what Xie Min opened was a special wooden box, inside which were four round porcelain boxes, which were filled with thick wax-like paste.

"That, it's a gift I specially prepared for the two of you, and it's not for sale at the moment." Mu Qiyan suddenly grinned, looked at Jiang Shu and said, "This is a fragrant, moisturizing, Something that melts into oil when it touches warm skin, you two can guess what it is."

Jiang Shu saw that she was smiling so wickedly, and suddenly felt a sense of uneasiness that he hadn't seen for a long time.

When he heard the words "specially prepared for the two of you" and "has a moisturizing effect", a guess suddenly flashed in his mind. Was it presented as a gift?

His eyes flickered for a moment, and he glanced at Xie Min from the corner of his eye. The other party used the small silver spoon that came with the box to scrape some ointment on the back of his hand.

The pale white paste melted into a translucent liquid the moment it touched his skin, exuding a rich floral fragrance.

Seeing this, his heart suddenly agitated.

No one spoke, and the atmosphere in the room fell into a grinding silence.

Mu Qiyan thought that she had left the room cold, so she laughed and said, "Actually, it's a lip care product. In this kind of dry weather, if you put a little on your lips, your lips won't be chapped."

Hearing this, Jiang Shu was slightly taken aback, and heaved a sigh of relief in embarrassment and inexplicable regret: "It's lip balm..."

He thought it was that...

Fortunately, I didn't tell my guess, otherwise I would be ashamed and humiliated.

Out of a feeling of shame, after Mu Qiyan left the main hall, Jiang Shu immediately put away all the bottles and jars on the desk.

Xie Yin took out the box of rose-flavored lip balm that he had unpacked and used, and put it aside alone. He turned around and saw the abnormally red auricles of the people around him. He was puzzled at first, and after thinking for a while, he seemed to guess Nothing, a soft smile floated on his lips.

"But the fire is too hot?"

Jiang Shu was a little confused by his sudden words, turned his head to meet the other party's smiling gaze, blinked and asked, "What?"

"If not," Xie Min said, raising his hand to touch his earlobe, "my lord, why is it so blushing?"

Jiang Shu felt his heart tremble suddenly when his slightly cold fingertips touched his hot earlobe. He had almost forgotten what happened just now, but when he asked, his face became hot again, and he asked calmly: " Is there, is it very red?"

"En." Xie Yin responded lightly, and after a moment of silence, asked suddenly: "What did the lord think at first about the thing that moistens the lips?"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Shu's cheeks were instantly dyed crimson as if being scorched by a raging fire.

Oops, I was seen through!

He turned his head suddenly, on the one hand, he was ashamed that his impure thoughts were guessed by the other party, on the other hand, he refused to admit defeat and wanted to fight back.

Since Xie Yin can guess his own thoughts, it means that his mind itself is not pure enough, but once the other party's cold beauty that is not linked to desire appears in front of his eyes, he really can't say this.

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Xie Min calmly said, "A few days ago, Cai Zhi brought a few boxes of Ningzhiliuyu ointment from Hengchuan."

"What... ointment?" Jiang Shu couldn't help turning her head to look at him, frowning slightly, "That one?"

"En," Xie Min nodded calmly, "It is said that it is a secret recipe of the palace, and its effect is excellent, but the fragrance is a little stronger, not as elegant as this lip balm."

Jiang Shu's embarrassing mood was temporarily washed away by what he said, and he asked in surprise, "The secret recipe of the palace, did you ask your family's caravan to find it?"

"Yeah." Xie Min looked calm, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him starting to plan this matter early.

He held Jiang Shu's right hand under the desk with his left hand that smelled of roses, stroked the back of his hand with his thumb, and said in an intimate and natural tone: "This thing is not easy to come by. The deadline is a pity, I wanted to try it a long time ago, but I don't know when my lord will be able to fulfill my wish?"

In the second half of the request, he said it gently and with a hint of shyness, Jiang Shu suddenly became nervous again.

Xie Yin said that he wanted to try it out...does that mean?

His heart was beating fast, and while staring at the other's classically stern and graceful eyebrows, he couldn't help but flashed some fanfiction descriptions that he had seen on the forum.

When he was young, as if he was bewitched by the sweet emotion in those eyes, he replied in a daze: "If you want, you can do it anytime."