I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

When Luo Shixing saw that the glass was cracked, he was about to crack too.

Probably because his expression was really not good-looking, so everyone gradually silenced, and even began to think whether there were too many people here causing the glass to crack.

Luo Shixing lowered his head and looked at the glass carefully before realizing that they seemed to have forgotten to anneal.

The annealing of glass needs to be placed in an annealing kiln for slow annealing. The purpose of this step is to control the permanent stress in the glass within a certain range and eliminate the temporary stress.

He stood up and said with relaxed eyebrows, "It's okay, there is one step missing, just add it."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that their appearance would have irreversible effects.

Luo Shixing turned his head and said to Cui Shenji: "By the way, let the blacksmith help you make some copper pipes. Well, no, let's use iron pipes. Anyway, I will use them when the time comes."

Metal pipes can be used for glass blowing, as well as for making glacial acetic acid, but of course that's all later.

After this experience, Luo Shixing adjusted the ratio of the glass.

In this remote place, Datang was born. The first piece of glass product made by himself was a paperweight.

The transparency of the glass paperweight is much stronger than last time, and when the sun shines on it, it shines like a crystal.

The glass paperweight is made into a lynx lying on the ground with its limbs up, and two sapphires are inlaid in the eyes.

Luo Shixing loved this paperweight so much that he couldn't put it down. At the same time, he made a model of a tiger, which was inlaid with yellow gemstones in the tiger's eyes.

The posture of the tiger is standing up and bowing its head. It is not distinctive alone, but when these two paperweights are put together, it can be seen that it is a tiger and a lynx playing.

And not only he likes these two paperweights, but everyone else also likes them very much.

Luo Shixing even found that the big bosses came to him more frequently, and every time he came over, he would pick up the paperweight and play with it, even when he was talking about business, he would talk about it while playing with the paperweight.

Luo Shixing couldn't bear it anymore, these two paperweights represented him and Cheng Jingwei at first glance, how strange it felt to be played around by these people.

So he urged his subordinates to quickly make more paperweights.

Of course, the shapes of this batch of paperweights are definitely not tigers and lynxes, these two models of paperweights were collected by Luo Shixing.

Out of print!Orphan!

Except for him and Cheng Jingwei, there is no one else to think about!

Everyone complained about this. After all, when Luo Shixing designed these two animal images, he deliberately designed them to be a little juvenile. They are really not ordinary cute.

Who can resist cute big cats and kittens?

Luo Shixing completely ignored everyone's protests, and directly asked people to make a batch of paperweights for wolf cubs, which barely appeased everyone.

But since he made a special, the bosses also demanded a special—the pup paperweight cannot be sold outside!

To be honest, at this time Luo Shixing was still concentrating on making test tubes and beakers.

He only knows how to blow glass, but he doesn't know how to do it if he is asked to blow it. He can only tell the selected people how to blow it, and then let them practice a little bit, and weed out those who are not good at blowing.

This is something that can't be helped, who told them that they don't even have a craftsman to make colored glaze?

Fortunately, glass can be remade. At most, a little energy is wasted, but raw materials are not wasted.

Under the circumstances, he never thought of selling glass products.

When these people said it, Luo Shixing slapped his thigh. That's right, how could he forget that he can get back his money by selling glass products?

Now researching these things all depends on Luo Shixing's own money, oh, plus Cheng Jingwei's money.

Hey, anyway, the money of the two of them has long been separated from you and me, so there is no need to calculate this.

Rao knows that what he is doing now can save the lives of many people, but facing the reality that spending money is like running water, he will still feel heartbroken, okay?

It never occurred to me that I was inspired by everyone.

Luo Shixing immediately began to study glass products. Because he was not sure about the sales effect, he was not in a hurry to establish a large-scale glass workshop, and not all the things he sold were paperweights.

He simply made a whole set of glass-made stationery, including glass pen holders, glass paperweights, glass pen holders and even glass inkstones for writing brushes.

This is aimed at scholars, but if you want to face the public, it is better to use household appliances.

Of course, glass tableware is impossible, the quality of the current glass cannot meet the requirements of tableware, but he can make other things, such as vases.

Anyone who has a little money at home or buys a house always needs to make some decorations at home. Lingnan does not say that the four seasons are like spring, but it is true that flowers bloom all year round. There are flowers in the rainy season in the rainy season, and plants in the dry season in the dry season. It should be relatively good to make a batch of glass vases in the shape of the market.

In addition, there are mirrors. After all, bronze mirrors are too precious. Not many people can afford bronze mirrors, or not many people can afford big bronze mirrors.

At this time, the mirror made of glass highlights the benefits, because this thing is more flexible and can be made as big as you want.

As for the source of mercury, this can be said to be the simplest. You can get mercury by directly heating cinnabar.

When Luo Shixing didn't understand history, he always thought that the mirrors used by the ancients were very blurred and he couldn't see people clearly.

After time travelling, I found out that besides the yellow color, the ancient copper mirrors were already very clear, and there was no such thing as ancient people being unaccustomed to seeing clear glass mirrors.

Face control is an attribute that runs through the Tang Dynasty, or it is an attribute of this land for 5000 years, especially in the feudal empire, which carried the attribute of face control to the extreme. If a person is not good-looking, no matter how capable he is, he may not be able to be an official.

Mirrors can be said to be one of the most popular products after being put on the market. If you can’t afford a big mirror, can’t you afford a small mirror?The smallest mirror is about the size of a palm.

At first, Luo Shixing didn't expect that everyone would be so enthusiastic about the mirror.

Although the stationery and vases in front also attracted a lot of people, the sales were the same. After all, few people had spare money to buy these things.

His pricing is not very cheap.

At the beginning, he wanted to follow the civilian route and set a lower price, but this idea was directly rejected by Wang Zhen.

Wang Sui said very bluntly: "Things are rare and expensive, and it is not good to set too low."

Luo Shixing was a little inexplicable: "This is not precious, is it?"

Wang Sui asked directly, "Is the output high now?"

Luo Shixing: ...

This is indeed a problem, but now the production of glass is limited by the amount of vitriol, which is very cheating.

Wang Yan seemed to see his thoughts and said directly: "The caravan has already started to go back from Tubo, and brought back a lot of green vitriol. It also bought a lot from Liuzhao along the way, just because it can't transport more. That’s why the quantity bought is limited, but even so, quartz ore is one of the things to consider.”

Since the output is not high enough, it is useless for you to set a low price.

If this is really the case, either the orders will pile up to the point where it is impossible to complete them in a short period of time, or the pre-sale will not be opened at all, and then the glass products on the black market will be hyped up to sky-high prices.

In the end, Luo Shixing could only set the price a little higher. According to the current prices, buying a mirror of the same height can almost cover a family of three for a year.

Even just food can reflect how expensive this thing is.

However, Luo Shixing probably underestimated everyone's purchasing power, not to mention that the mirror happened to meet the once-a-month market not long after it was launched. As a result, as soon as the front foot was delivered to the shop, the back foot was gone. .

Luo Shixing had no choice but to send someone to stand at the door and shout: "Don't rob, don't fight, the first batch of production is not high, the leader is expanding, and everyone will have it in the future!"

However, these people's urge to make a reservation was still not stopped. Luo Shixing took a look at the order, directly closed the reservation channel, and refused to modify the reservation order, fundamentally preventing those who placed the order from transferring the order.

As for whether they will sell it at a high price after shipment, Luo Shixing has no time to care about it.

Looking at the stack of orders, Luo Shixing almost went bald.

Seeing his frowning look, Xiao Shanshi couldn't help laughing: "These are all money, why are you unhappy?"

Luo Shixing said angrily: "I didn't do this for making money. I also want to make other things. These orders will not be completed until next year, unless there is a large-scale expansion of workers."

However, it is not a good way to expand enrollment when the business is slightly better, because no one can guarantee that the business will continue to be so good. If the sales volume declines in the future, there will be no need for so many people, so is it necessary to lay off employees?

Xiao Shanshi was very irresponsible and said: "Then all will be refunded, and I won't do it for them."

Anyway, the little lynx is not short of money.

Luo Shixing shook his head: "Since everything has been signed in black and white, it's better not to break the contract."

In particular, many of these orders were placed by the patriarchs of the tribes. If the contract was broken, it might affect the communication between the two tribes.

Now is a good time for the Belt and Road Initiative to flourish and make money. This should not affect diplomatic relations!

Luo Shixing calculated that if the supply of green vitriol was stable in the future, there would indeed be many places for glass products.

One set of chemical tools is not enough, and in addition to mirrors, he also has a lot of glass products that can be made, such as glass windows.

It happened to be possible to replace all the shell windows. Anyway, he planned to replace them himself, and had someone make window frames for replacement.

All in all, you can try to expand the number of people first, but you must control the scale of the expansion.

After careful calculation by Luo Shixing, the scale of the expansion was set at around 300 people.

This scale can ensure that all orders will be completed before next year's rainy season, and at the same time, it will not delay what he has to do.

perfect!

Luo Shixing happily sent someone to send a message to Cui Shenji to arrange for an engineering team to build a factory.

Since it is a long-term business, it still needs to be more formal.

Then the little secretary with the words came back with a stack of deeds.

When Luo Shixing saw the contract in his hand, his eyelids jumped wildly: "What are these?"

The little secretary said in a low voice, "Minister Wang asked me to bring it to you. It is said to be the mirror order of the three tribes of Bingxi Zhao, Mengshe Zhao, and Yuexi Zhao."

Luo Shixing's eyes suddenly went dark: "Why are you still here? How did they know?"