kingnovel Chapter 168 Glass
Chapter 168 Glass
Hu Zongrui felt that the tone of the words was wrong, but he didn't think much about it and continued to introduce excitedly: "Sister Guo Xin, I saw a new thing in the mall in recent days, called 'glass'. The bronze mirrors made of it are different from what we usually see."
As he spoke, Hu Zongrui took out a shiny "bronze mirror" from the side. Guo Xin suppressed his inner anger and looked at the "bronze mirror". His eyes lit up instantly. This was obviously the mirror that was often used in the previous life. How could it appear in the Jokhang Dynasty?
Are there other people in this world who have traveled back from the end of the world?
Otherwise, how could such a thing appear?
According to the current technological level of the Jokhang Dynasty, it is far from reaching the level of glass manufacturing.
"Sister Guo Xin, look."
The girl in the mirror had skin as white as cream, deep red lips, and delicate features. This was the first time she saw her face clearly and she was stunned for a moment.
"Sister Guo Xin, this mirror is magical, isn't it? I fell in love with this mirror at first sight, so I caught the person and asked him about it. Finally, I dug out the craftsman who made the mirror. I thought about building a workshop and giving the craftsman generous wages and dividends. In this way, relying on our connections and means, we can make a lot of money."
"It's just..." Having said this, Hu Zongrui looked at Guo Xin.
"Ok?"
Hu Zongrui suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Although he was already a very mature and experienced businessman, he was just a child after all, and the person in front of him was his good friend's sister.
"I promised my mother that I would make achievements, so I want to make a name for myself with this glass technology and earn money to take home. However, I cannot afford the cost of making a name for myself."
Guo Xin understood immediately, "It's not impossible for me to help with funding, but you have to know that if this glass is made bigger and stronger, it will be easy for others to target it. Even with the He family as the background, it will be difficult to keep it, so we must find another backer."
Hu Zongrui immediately responded: "I understand. If we want to find another backer, we will definitely have to give up some of our profits to the backer. But who should we look for as the backer? And who can protect our glass?"
Guo Xin naturally knew the answer to this question. He knocked on the mirror in his hand intermittently, making a crisp sound. After a long while, he said, "Your Majesty."
Hu Zongrui's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said tremblingly: "Really???"
He would never dare to think of having the emperor as his backer in his lifetime. He was a young man who had seen the world, but he had never thought about it. When Sister Guo Xin first said that she wanted to find a backer, he was still thinking about how much of the profit should be allocated to the aristocratic family.
"Yes." Guo Xin nodded. "We can offer a certain amount of finished glass products to His Majesty each year, and then give him some dividends. This will be much more cost-effective than relying on a noble family for support."
"But don't we have to give a lot of dividends to the emperor?" Hu Zongrui seized the loophole in the words and asked in confusion.
"Have you forgotten what our family does?"
Hu Zongrui smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed. "That's right. Your grandfather was a famous meritorious official of the Zhao Dynasty and a famous local general. He is still guarding our territory at the border. Thanks to your grandfather, our Zhao Dynasty is now stable. How dare those shrimp soldiers and crab generals invade our territory?"
Guo Xin smiled, but her heart tightened. She knew that the battle situation on her grandfather's side was far from as miraculous as what was said outside.
"What else do you want to do with this glass besides making mirrors?" Guo Xin changed the subject.
"Of course, I want to make some cups and utensils. Before I found this craftsman, I had already inquired about what this glass can be used for. However, I haven't figured out how to promote these cups and utensils after they are made, and how to price them."
"If the price is not too high, I want the first batch of glass cups. I want them to be square and able to stand upright, so that they can hold about three cups of tea."
"Of course you can. After all, you funded and helped build this glass workshop, so you can give as much as you want. But, does Sister Guo Xin want this cup to be used for wine?"
Guo Xin shook his head and said, "No, but the things they are going to put in are indeed similar to wine, but they are not drunk, but sprinkled on the body, and they will continue to emit fragrance."
Ever since she came to the Jokhang Dynasty, she discovered that the people here only took a bath once every ten days or half a month. Although everyone tried their best to keep clean, there was still an unbearable smell on their bodies. After a while, she got used to it.
However, she still requires her family members to take a bath every day and apply the ointment she prepared to keep their bodies moisturized, but people outside do not have such conditions.
At first she thought that people didn't take a bath because they didn't have enough money and time. However, when she accompanied her grandparents to visit relatives and friends in the capital, she found that it was the custom of the people of Dazhao to take a bath every ten days or half a month. Therefore, she discovered the business opportunity of this perfume.
Although perfume was already very common during the Jokhang Dynasty, the fragrance lasted for a short time and the area covered by the fragrance was small. The fragrance of the perfume could only be felt when in close contact. In this comparison, it was not as good as perfume.
"Ointment?" Hu Zongrui asked.
"Yes and no. This is something like wine, but it doesn't smell like wine. Instead, it smells like all kinds of flowers. When you sprinkle it on your body, the fragrance will drift as you move. The fragrance is much stronger than that of ointment."
"Then I can definitely earn a lot of money!" Hu Zongrui was so happy that he stood up from the stool, and the table shook as well.
"But if this perfume is to become popular, it will definitely have a significant impact on the existing perfume shops. There is no guarantee that those shops will not unite to suppress your perfume."
"I've naturally thought of this, so even though I have this recipe, I haven't used it. Firstly, the cost of making this thing is not low. Secondly, my business is already quite big, but there are only a few people who can use it. If I just use it blindly, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of everyone."
"So you want to use the glass bottles we have found so far to create a high-end route that is only used by dignitaries?" Hu Zongrui asked.
"You can say that, but we don't sell as much as we produce. We have a certain limit. Anyone who wants to buy must make a reservation. This way we won't offend those existing perfume shops."
"That's great, but..." Hu Zongrui was about to continue speaking when he was interrupted.
"Miss Guo, as soon as the people downstairs came to report that you were here, I hurried to find you." Su Zhizhou walked in swaggeringly, not caring about the servant from the toy city who was still trying to stop him behind him, with a smile on his face.
"If Magistrate Su wants to find Sister Guo Xin, he can just send someone to tell her. Why does he have to come to the toy city in person? Could it be that this toy city has a favorite of Magistrate Su?"
Hu Zongrui was unhappy, but the person in front of him was the prefect after all, so he had to secretly tease him through the owner of the toy store.