Ding Wei, mentioning this name, Xu Ping had a very helpless feeling. When I saw him in Daozhou, I didn't have a particularly deep impression, he was just a little old man who was unwilling, but he just spoke and did things just right. It wasn't until he returned to the capital and joined the Third Division that Xu Ping knew how huge the shadow left by that little old man was.

There is no way, Ding Wei is almost the most successful three envoys since the Song Dynasty, and he can do what others can't do, even Emperor Zhenzong can toss hard in the east and west, and he can also ensure that there is no shortage of treasury. ascended to the high position of the chief executive, Ding Wei relied on his outstanding political achievements in the three divisions, and most of the "five ghosts" who were clothed together were also born in the third division.

Since the fall of Ding Wei, the yamen of the third division has been spelled, if you can't do it, everyone will blame you, and if you can do it, someone will guard against you, is it the next Ding Wei?

But Xu Ping thought about it, only this yamen was suitable for him, let himself be a counselor, or a yamen such as the trial court of the trial court, it would be better to stay in the third division. Forget it, let those people say whatever they like, when they are tired of talking about themselves, it's a big deal to throw off their sleeves and stop doing it, and come back to be their own idle county marquis with peace of mind.

As for the friends of Guangjiao Shilin, this is easy to say, Xu Ping really doesn't have that mind. He has his own life, and he wants to make friends with literati and doctors, and basically all his leisure time is taken into it. If you have nothing to do, you can go to meet friends, or go out to feast and chant poetry, and be an official in the capital, only those pavilion ministers have so much spare work, and others have to take on all their private lives.

At this time, the example of the scholar doctor, the right secretary admonished Fan Zhongyan, the creed of making friends "only virtue is to follow, because of the heart and friends", and the criterion of doing things for people is "no resentment in one person". Xu Ping admired it very much, but he really didn't want to learn it, and he couldn't learn it.

Everyone has their own life, just do their own work well, why bother to take care of other people's personal affairs, and even other people's hearts, some officials are just idle.

The little servant came over with wine and food, Wang Gongchen really didn't eat breakfast, and soon a pot of wine bottomed out and a pot of mutton was eaten.

After eating and drinking, he removed the food and drink, and after a while, others came.

Han Qi, Wu Yu, Zhao Yi and Wang Yaochen came together, and Zhao Yan accompanied his colleagues from the three divisions.

Everyone was amazed by the peony in the verandah, surrounded and admired, and wrote a few poems at the moment.

Xu Ping asked people to remember them one by one, and it was also a grand event to wait for a collection to be printed in a few days.

Wang Su and Han Zong, who had just been transferred back to the capital and had not yet performed their duties, finally arrived, and he made a generous move, and in addition to the gold and silver ingots, he also asked the servants to pick dozens of good pots of flowers and bonsai for Xu Ping to decorate the garden.

Big families are different, these flowers and trees are easily unavailable in the market, Xu Ping hurriedly asked Xu Chang to command the little servants to set them up one by one in the garden. With these flowers and trees decorating, the small back garden immediately has a lot of vitality.

After greeting everyone, Wang Su slowly paced in the verandah, turned back and forth, and said to Xu Ping: "Although Yunxing is poorly decorated here, it is really rare to have such a warm place in the cold winter. I have recently returned to Beijing, and I also want to reclean the garden at home, and the skilled craftsmen in your family will borrow me for a few days to build a place to study in the garden in winter. ”

Xu Ping said with a smile: "It's all built by the people in my family, what to borrow or not, I will let him go back with you and build a few stove tunnels." ”

Wang Su nodded, pointed to the peony over there and said, "Do you have any peonies to bloom in your village?" ”

Xu Ping said: "Yes, but not much, there are less than twenty pots left." ”

Wang Su smiled: "Such a precious thing, one pot is enough, how to show preciousness if there are more?" There are a few strange plum blossoms in my garden, which are very cherished, and they will be sent to you in two days, and it is enough to exchange them for a peony for you! ”

Xu Ping said a few polite words, and then settled down.

Although Wang Su's official position is not high now, he is the son of the prime minister of the previous dynasty, and his father Wang Dan has been frugal all his life, and his family is well-off, which is not comparable to ordinary petty officials. When dealing with Wang Su, you don't need to care about the amount of money, the etiquette is enough.

As everyone looked at the peony for a while, Wang Su turned around and went to the edge of the verandah, looked outside, lightly touched the glass on it with his hand, and asked Xu Ping: "This is - overseas glass?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Ping really admired Wang Su, and he was really wealthy, which could be seen that a group of colleagues from the same year who came were much earlier than him, and no one paid attention.

Glass naturally exists in this era, but most of them are colored glass, and with the habits of the times, most of them imitate the appearance of jade. But some luxury goods from overseas, such as rose water, are often in glass bottles, and they are colorless glass bottles. In this era, the rich and noble families paid attention to incense, and the ladies liked to use rose water and the like, and the rich people were no strangers to transparent glass, but they were still surprised by such a large flat glass.

At that time, Xu Ping used glass to make lampshades in Yongzhou, and when sold to other places, it was regarded as overseas glass like rose water bottles. People tend to explain things they have never seen before, and the more ordinary people are, the less surprised they are at new things. Only those who think they know everything will be amazed by what is new.

After getting Xu Ping's affirmative answer, Wang Su looked at it again and again: "Good things, good things!" ”

In winter, it is too cold to open the window, and the house is dark and the air is dirty. On a cold winter day, reading a book by the window comfortably, what a beautiful day.

Wang Su looked at it for a while, and finally got up, looked at Xu Ping, and finally couldn't hold back and didn't say a word, just sighed and walked aside.

Good things are good things, but I don't know if Xu Ping is willing to endure the pain and cut his love. This thing is worth a lot of money as soon as it looks like it, and even Wang Su, who has always been used to being lavish, didn't ask the price directly.

Xu Pingzhuang was presided over by Sun Qilang, and the cellar was opened to make glass. But after making a small batch, building two greenhouses, and installing a few house windows, Xu Ping got bored and wanted to dedicate this technology to the imperial court, but he hadn't thought of a way yet.

For individuals, even if Xu Ping's family business is not small, it is still extremely troublesome to make glass by himself. From the procurement of raw materials, to the construction of cellar furnaces, and the maintenance of daily production, none of them are cost-effective. And if you want to open a store and set up a shop, not to mention the official reputation and popularity, even if the commercial house pays taxes, it is also extremely troublesome. was requisitioned by the palace again, and there were countless troubles.

It is better to hand over the link of opening a cellar and setting up a factory to the government, find a way to get raw materials, and do something with high added value. (To be continued.) )