A five-foot-high giant mirror is inlaid on a wooden frame, and the mahogany frame is carved with auspicious clouds and other floral ornaments, and the mirror is protected by a layer of straw paper. As the servant carefully tore open the layer of straw paper, revealing a silver mirror, the three-foot-high and two-foot-wide dioras were the real attraction compared to the mahogany frames.

Almost after the protective paper on the surface of the mirror was torn open, the ladies and ladies surrounding the back house all let out an exclamation at the same time.

Unlike the bronze mirrors commonly used, this diorama completely reflects the outside world without the slightest blur, and everything is reflected very clearly. The people reflected in the reflection are even clearer, and they are presented in front of everyone's eyes.

"This mirror is so clear!"

The women in the field, after seeing this mirror, were all excited.

For the diorama, they are not strangers, but not everyone can afford to use it, in the entire Yanping County Palace, only Mrs. Dong once had a palm-sized glass mirror, but who would have thought that on the way to the Northern Expedition, when Yu Zhoushan encountered a storm, fell to the ground and shattered, which really made Mrs. Dong's heart ache.

"I'm afraid this mirror is worth a lot of silver!"

Standing in front of this mirror, looking at herself reflected in the mirror, Dong Yougu couldn't help but say,

"Not really! Madame, it is such a mirror that is worthy of you. ”

The concubine standing next to her hurriedly complimented.

"Sister, I remember when the red haired Yi sent the palm-sized diorama, but it was worth a thousand gold, and this diora was not worth more than 100,000 gold."

This man's words immediately caused an uproar around them, for these women in the house, they never thought that this diorama would be so valuable.

"This Jiangbei is really rich!"

"No, people are sitting in two salt farms, and even the salt eaten by the prince comes from him, haven't you heard, the price of this salt has risen a little more......"

Zheng Ling, who was standing on the side, said to Dong Yougu when he listened to the sour words of the eldest brother's concubines.

"Sister-in-law, this diorama is valuable to others, but it is not necessarily a valuable thing to General Zhu, Fang Cai Xiaomei heard that this mirror was made in Jiangbei's own workshop, not only sent a three-foot dressing mirror to my sister-in-law, but also sent a Dong Yougu with a glass mirror to all the sisters-in-law in the house, if it is really worth 100,000 gold, I am afraid that the entire salt field will be sold, and it will not be enough for your sisters-in-law to buy this dressing box with glass mirror......"

Zheng Ling herself didn't notice the maintenance in her words, but Dong Yougu looked at the little sister and nodded slightly, and the other concubines who were originally sour heard that they also had them, and they were all surprised.

"This General Zhu has a heart!"

"Madam, if it's all right, we'll step back first......"

Looking at the prince's concubines, they all said goodbye, knowing that they wanted to hurry up to see the dressing box with a glass mirror, Dong Yougu, who just smiled slightly, and only said after they left.

"General Zhu really has a heart."

The reason why she said this was because she knew that if there was only this mirror, maybe those women would complain about something by the prince's side in the future, and this person would have a dressing box with a glass mirror, which not only calmed their dissatisfaction, but also pleased them.

It was the little sister who actually took the initiative to relieve him, and glanced at the little sister with interest, and saw that she was sometimes looking at the mirror and looking at herself in the mirror, so she said.

"Ninth sister, if you like it, let General Zhu send you another side."

Although she loves the ninth sister, Dong Yougu is reluctant to give away this glass mirror, not to mention, the ninth sister must also have a dressing box.

"One more time?"

Zheng Ling, who admired his figure in the mirror, did not notice the ridicule in his sister-in-law's words, first stunned, and then sighed.

"I'm afraid he's forgotten who they are. They will be willing to give away such precious things to others. ”

When he said this, Zheng Ling's brows furrowed slightly, and his face was a little unhappy, he hadn't seen that person since he had seen him on the boat, and this person was really annoying. To this day, I still owe people a poem.

Muttering in her heart, she seemed a little unhappy, and after leaving her sister-in-law's room, she vaguely seemed to be able to hear the hearty laughter coming from the flower hall, it was the eldest brother washing the dust for that person.

"Humph!"

Snorted dissatisfiedly, Zheng Ling returned to her room, and the close-fitting maid saw that her face seemed to be a little unhappy, and she dared to speak, and she all retreated to the side.

"Hey, this is ......"

Looking at an extremely delicate mahogany dressing box on the table, Zheng Ling asked in surprise.

"Ping'er, where did this box come from?"

"Back to Miss, this box was sent by the housekeeper, saying that it was a gift from the Jianghuai Economic Envoy, and this box was named for Miss Nine!"

Name to give it to me?

This guy still remembers me?

Surprised, she opened the delicate mahogany dressing box, and immediately saw the glass mirror under the lid, the mirror was only a foot wide, but it clearly reflected her image, and in the small drawer in the box, there was a red silk box, open the silk box, and see an extremely delicate glass bottle in it. The bottle appears to be full of liquid.

"What is this?"

Unscrewing the glass bottle cap, Zheng Ling smelled the fragrance coming to his face.

"Xianglu?"

Zheng Ling is no stranger to the fragrance, although the price of the fragrance is expensive, ordinary women naturally can't use it, but as the young lady of the Zheng family, she can naturally use the fragrance, what osmanthus dew, orchid dew is a common thing in the dressing box.

It's just that the scent on her nose is different from the smell of ordinary perfume, its fragrance is very soft, and it smells very pleasant, not just a single floral scent. Breathing in the fragrance of the nose, a few maids exclaimed,

"Miss, what kind of fragrance is this, it smells better than the rose dew."

And Zheng Ling, who was addicted to this perfume, whispered softly at the corners of his lips, with a slight smile on his pretty face, and there was still the previous displeasure. She didn't know that this perfume was Zhu Mingzhong's own perfume, originally he didn't think about making perfume, but smelled the osmanthus dew and rose dew on several concubines around him every day, and always felt that the taste was a little single, so she recalled the method of blending perfume in later generations, and mixed the perfume. Especially the little sister Xia Ziqing in the pair of sisters is good at perfumery, and after mastering the skills of perfumery, she soon surpassed Zhu Mingzhong, and this bottle of perfume is from her. Because these perfumes are only for the concubines at home for their own use, at most they have been given to the families of some officials, so they are expensive, and the price of a bottle of perfume flowing from the back house in Qinghe is not less than one hundred taels.

This time Zhu Mingzhong came to Nanjing, in addition to preparing gifts such as armor and steel knives for Zheng Chenggong, glass mirrors, dressing boxes, and other things for the ladies of the house, of course, did not fall behind, and for his life-saving benefactor, he specially prepared a few bottles of perfume.

"This person, his mind is more detailed now than in the past, I hope this time I won't be angry with my eldest brother!"

Dripping a little flower dew on his wrist, tasting the rich but elegant fragrance, thinking for a moment, Zheng Ling said to himself.

"If you don't send a bottle to your sister-in-law first, lest he say the wrong thing and don't even have someone to help him speak."

Thinking that the man and the eldest brother had met several times, most of them broke up unhappily, and even almost lost his life several times, Zheng Ling thought about it, so he took the gift and walked to the sister-in-law again. It's just that he didn't know that there was a lot of laughter in the flower hall at this time. In the midst of the staggering, the laughter came from Zheng Chenggong's voice from time to time.

"Chengren, I heard that the armor you made in Jiangbei weighs no more than 30 catties, but it is not inferior to 60 catties of armor. And very flexible, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

Compared with the muskets in Jiangbei, Zheng Chenggong attaches more importance to armor, after all, the Zheng family army fights with the iron army.

"Back to the general, the last general came to Nanjing this time, and specially ordered someone to bring five hundred, if the general is interested, you might as well order someone to wear a few pieces and give it a try."

Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile that the armor that Zheng Chenggong was referring to was the armor he made after the riot uniforms of later generations, and now it is gradually replacing the old armor in the army.

Zheng Chenggong, who had intended to take a look at the armor, immediately gave orders to the guards on the side, and Zhu Mingzhong naturally did not forget to order someone to go with him in order to tell them how to wear the armor.

But it was only half a pillar of incense, and there were two soldiers wearing armor who walked into the flower hall, and when the soldiers of the Zheng family army looked at the armor on their bodies, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they were born in the army, and naturally saw at a glance that this armor was far more flexible than the armor of the Iron Man Army, because although its joints were covered by iron armor, it could move freely, as long as the joints could move freely, the human body would not be too restricted, in contrast, the Iron Man Army's armor covered the thighs and knees with a wide armor skirt, and the long ones even covered the ankles. The armor skirt and the legs are not connected and fixed, and they are completely covered with them, so the movement is naturally restricted. And the engineer Feng Chengshi was even more surprised in his eyes, this is, Western armor?

"Western armor?"

Zheng Chenggong, who walked down from his seat, looked at the armor on the soldiers, and he was no stranger to Western armor, and said in surprise.

"No, no, Chengren, this is ......"

"General, this is the new armor made by the last general borrowing from Western armor."

Facing Zheng Chenggong's inquiry, Zhu Ziyang hurriedly replied.

"Maybe it's not as airtight as the Western armor, but it's easy to make, using a hydraulic hammer to make thousands of pieces a month. And what's more, it's inexpensive. ”

"Low price? How many can there be? ”

Zheng Chenggong, who was secretly surprised by the thickness of the armor with his finger and was surprised by its thickness, asked rhetorically.

"Six, two, four, three cents!"

After quoting this price, almost everyone looked at Zhu Mingzhong in surprise, they didn't expect this armor to be so cheap.

"I said Chengren, you have to tell the real price, if it's really so cheap, do you sell armor there? Thousands of sets over there. ”

Most of these people are long-time soldiers, and they naturally know what armor means to the army. If you have a few thousand armored soldiers, your combat effectiveness will increase exponentially. It's just that because of the price of the armor, and of course, the production problem. So most of them don't have many armored soldiers under their command.

"Of course it's the price, and if there are more of them, it can be cheaper."

Seeing the surprise on everyone's faces, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"The general might as well order them to demonstrate it, so that the big guy can see how this armor is......"

business, Zhu Mingzhong naturally will not give up the opportunity to do business in front of him, after all, in this world, there is nothing more profitable than the arms business! And at present, such a good publicity opportunity will naturally not be easily missed.

What are you doing in Nanjing?

In addition to discussing the next military deployment with Zheng Chenggong and others, it is also his responsibility as a Jianghuai economic envoy to promote various products in Jiangbei, after all, Jiangbei now needs factory tax, and with the restoration and reconstruction of the armor protection system, the implementation of the "armor system" in the next step may allow Jiangbei to save nearly one million taels of military salaries per month, but hundreds of thousands of taels of military expenditure per month is still inevitable. Zhu Mingzhong, who was the economic envoy of Jianghuai, naturally wanted to find a way to open up trade routes for Jiangbei's commodities, so as to broaden Jiangbei's financial resources. Maybe he's not a good salesman, but he doesn't mind pitching his products to the crowd at this time. After all, for the barren Jiangbei, Jiangnan is even richer. It is more suitable as a dumping ground for commodities in Jiangbei. Of course, the arms business is also a business.

"Chengren, you will seize the opportunity, you know, but you want to make a few business when you take the opportunity."

Zheng Chenggong said with a smile that he didn't mind the generals under his command buying military supplies, including armor, from Jiangbei. After all, now, the gunpowder and other materials that appear in Jiangbei have been purchased here, and the gunpowder produced in Jiangbei will be purchased after a while, not because his gunpowder is better than the gunpowder made in Nanjing. But because of his gunpowder, the price is comparatively cheaper.

"General, isn't this a good thing to share with the big guys, since the soldiers in the army need armor. The last general took the opportunity to sell a few pieces to earn some silver. ”

Zhu Mingzhong said half-truthfully, the reason why he said this was because he knew that Zheng Chenggong did not reject business, and even Zheng Chenggong's military spending against the Qing Dynasty in recent years was also obtained through business. In this way, he naturally knows the importance of this business. Know why Zhu Mingzhong is here to promote his products.

"You, Cheng, today this king will give you a big business, this armor is in this style, and 50,000 sets are prepared for this king, how about it? Will it be delivered this year? ”

Zheng Chenggong looked at Zhu Mingzhong and said with a smile, of course, there was some temptation in his tone, although he knew that there were many weapons workshops in Jiangbei, but he didn't know how many weapons could be made in those workshops in a year. That's why I'm so tempting.

To his surprise, Zhu Mingzhong not only did not refuse, but nodded directly in agreement.

"Of course no problem!"