The slow progress of building a house in winter is something that cannot be done - winter is not the right time to work, so the brewery is not yet fully completed. The liquor business has not yet started, but Xia Hongsheng thinks that he is ready to make the glass business bigger than liquor. To monopolize, it is not only necessary to drive away the glaze of the Hu merchants in the domestic market, but also to use the caravans of the Hu merchants and the Tang Dynasty to take the glass out and dump it to other countries, Persia, Dashi, and Rome, which is now in its last years, and the profit-seeking merchants will put glass, liquor, tea, and porcelain...... Bring all of this with you, and bring back the wealth there.

This is a huge goal, a complex system, and if you want to achieve this goal, Xia Hongsheng's family alone will definitely not work. Even if the emperor is brought in, it will not work, after all, for the time being, being able to get the emperor to agree without pursuing Xia Hongsheng is already the greatest support, and it is impossible to get Li Lao Er to come forward to help. So just like the business of the winery, Xia Hongsheng is ready to bring those gentlemen in. Although they themselves are not very old now, the key is the network behind them. This gang of gentlemen can come up with so much money to invest in the winery, it must be the instruction of their family, but taking into account Xia Hongsheng, their identity is too much with Xia Hongsheng, and it is inconvenient to cooperate directly, so let the son of Xia Hongsheng's generation participate on behalf of the family, Xia Hongsheng is very clear about this.

These people have been able to blend to this point now, and they have already turned into a giant spider, weaving countless cobwebs behind them.

So Xia Hongsheng went to Li Ke first, asked Li Ke to call Li Tai, and asked Li Tai to take out his convex lens, and then went to Hongwen Pavilion by himself, found the gentlemen who had participated in the wine shop before, and made an appointment to meet them in Zuixian Building.

Unexpectedly, a group of gentlemen couldn't even look down on the Drunken Immortal Building now, so they had to go to Xia Hongsheng's house, so Xia Hongsheng had to go home early and let the cook prepare to go.

It didn't take long for Hongwenkan to end school. The gang of gentlemen came together. As soon as Xia Hongsheng passed, he saw Li Tai running over from Li Ke, holding the convex lens in his hand, running to Xia Hongsheng and saying, "I went to ask my mother." Let my mother help me find a piece of glass again, my mother has already agreed, you can say that you want to make me a mirror that can see far away! ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled: "That's not called a mirror that looks far away, that's called a telescope." As long as you can get another piece of glass. Do it in the shape I gave you, and I'll do it for you. ”

While talking, I saw that Li Ke was smiling very thief and came to Xia Hongsheng's side, and whispered to Xia Hongsheng with a gloating look: "Haha, Qingque went to beg the queen mother several times, and the queen mother was annoyed by him, so she had to agree, and gave him a slap on the head, hahahaha!" ……”

"Third brother!" Li Tai glared at Li Ke coldly, and was very angry that he saw that his joke was still said in front of Xia Hongsheng.

How wonderful. Xia Hongsheng looked at the two brothers from the side, oh, and Li Chengqian, who was not present, how good it would be if you could always maintain the current harmony. Li Ke is a smart and knowledgeable self-defilement, and he is far away from the battle for the throne, but Li Chengqian and Li Tai are both defeated.

If you can help, just help them more.

"Jingshi, what's the matter with calling us here today? What's in the winery? Cheng Chuliang asked.

"Yes. If you have something over there, you can discuss it, hurry up and start eating, and go back to sleep after eating, I can't open my eyes. "This is Yu Chi Baolin. is as black as his father, inheriting his father's strong genes, Xia Hongsheng likes him, an honest and honest person, compared with Li Yexu's person with a bad stomach, it is simply much better.

Xia Hongsheng shook his head and smiled: "Let's go." Open the meal, talk while eating, eat hot pot today. ”

A kind of gentleman's eyes lit up immediately, and he rushed to the backyard with a coaxing.

The copper hot pot with charcoal fire is placed in the middle, surrounded by various dishes, and there is a dipping sauce in front of everyone, and a table is steaming.

"The construction of the brewery has reached the final stage, and spring can begin. I went to see it a few days ago when I had nothing to do - hey, I wish the brewery was producing faster, so that my family could know what I was capable of! I know every day that I don't do a good job! Li Yexu took a mouthful of mutton and said while chewing.

"What is your ability, that is the ability of Jingshi!" Cheng Chuliang rolled his eyes and said.

"Hehe, they are all my own brothers, Jingshi's ability is my ability!" Li Yexu was not ashamed.

Xia Hongsheng smiled and said: "It's not a matter of the wine shop, but another business, if it can be done realistically, the profit is only higher than that of liquor." ”

As he spoke, Xia Hong snatched the convex lens from Li Tai's hand and threw it on the table.

Everyone didn't know why, they all looked at the piece of glass on the table, Xu Qixian was stunned for a moment, and said, "Jingshi, do you want to do this glass business?" ”

"Yes, the younger brother has already understood, the glass of my dynasty can only be purchased from Hu Shang, and the price is extremely expensive. For such a small piece on the table, it cost nearly a thousand copper coins. Xia Hongsheng lit the piece of glass in front of him and said, "Little brother can't get used to those Hu people making all the money of our Datang, so he is ready to meddle in the business of this glass by himself." He should want us Datang to earn their money, how can they make all our money? Tell you, I not only have to meddle in this glass business, but also sell it to Hu Shang, so that Hu Shang can take it back and resell it to other countries. ”

"Is it done?" Li Ke was a little unconvinced: "Glass is not something that can be made if you want to, I heard that even in the Hu people, there are very few people who can make glass, otherwise this thing would not be so expensive." ”

"The way to make glass is simple, but no one knows." Xia Hongsheng laughed: "Believe me, in a few years, I can make this thing rotten on the street, even ordinary people can afford to use this thing." ”

"This ...... Jingshi, we all know that you are proficient in the art of Gewu, but this glass ......" Everyone present knows how difficult it is to find glass, and when Xia Hongsheng said that he can make ordinary people can afford it, they instinctively can't believe it.

Xia Hongsheng knew that they would find it incredible, and he also knew that they couldn't actually be this family, so he said: "Don't force it, you can think about it after you go back." However, if it can be faster, it will be faster. Because at the moment there are only eighty percent of the dry shares to be divided - His Majesty is also involved in this business, accounting for twenty percent of the dry shares. ”

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback, Li Ke's hand trembled, a piece of mutton fell, and he raised his finger incredibly and pointed at Xia Hongsheng: "You...... You ......"

After pointing for a long time, he couldn't say anything, and he felt incredible that the emperor could be moved by Xia Hongsheng and participate in this business.

"Hongsheng, do you mean that even Your Majesty has done business with you, and in this glass business, there are still 20% of Your Majesty's dry shares?" Cheng Chumo was older, and after listening to Xia Hongsheng's words, his eyes lit up and he confirmed. His younger brother Cheng Chuliang was still there stuffing mutton in his mouth, and he and Yu Chi Baolin could still keep stuffing things into their mouths with a table of people.

Xia Hongsheng smiled and nodded: "Yes, you brothers can go back and discuss with the elders in the family, if you are willing, let's get together again in this half a day and settle this matter." is still the same sentence, the little brother dares to guarantee that he will make a steady profit and not lose money, thinking that there are benefits to do his own brother first, so I will breathe with you first. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and then they heard Cheng Chumo say: "This matter is a bit big, and our brothers don't dare to accept it ourselves, so we still have to let the elders in the family decide." Hongsheng, you wait for one night, I will give you a letter tomorrow if it is okay. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "It's okay, it should be like this, now the winery has not yet started to put into production, let alone make a profit, you don't have extra money to invest in your hands, you still have to talk to the elders in the family." Don't worry, three days, let's get together again in three days, and settle down then. ”

Having said that, no matter whether the people in their family agree or not, Xia Hongsheng's affection has been fulfilled. The previous business of the winery, after telling them, made a trial product, and the family sent some, facts speak louder than words, those who drink wine as water know its prospect as soon as they enter it, so they are happy to agree, and they are happy to invest money. But this time is different, after all, I haven't burned the glass yet, there is no physical object, this empty mouth has no basis, and the effect will be greatly reduced. Xia Hongsheng is not worried about not being able to burn the glass, as long as the raw materials are complete, the manpower is in place, and the most important thing is that the people who know how to blow are equipped in place, Xia Hongsheng can ensure that the glass can be burned.

Alas, so talent is the foundation of a strong country, is the primary productive force, the talent who masters science and technology is gasoline, is the engine, without talent can not run!

If you can find someone who knows how to blow it, make a few glass products in advance, and put it on the table like this, seeing if they still hesitate, I am afraid that they will rush to buy shares.

Everyone stopped talking about it, and they ate and drank until it was dark, and then they all took their leave.

Seeing everyone away, Xia Hongsheng asked Li Tai to wait for a while, then went back to the study and drew a piece of paper and handed it to Li Tai, asking him to beat the glass into the shape and size of Xia Hongsheng's painting.

"This shape...... These two are also convex lenses? And that little one, what is that? Li Tai took the paper drawn by Xia Hongsheng and looked at it, and asked, "Can you see things far away clearly by making two convex lenses?" I've tried, but with a convex lens, I can only see things bigger! ”

Xia Hongsheng raised his hand and rubbed Li Tai's head and laughed: "There are still many things you don't know!" You know, even if you see it with your own eyes, it may not be the only one and the real one, and the chopsticks still look bent when inserted into the water! When the time comes, you'll know. (To be continued.) )