It is said that Lu Ren asked the two foreigners to look at the window of a random house in the new city, and what the two foreigners saw was the bright colorless transparent glass window. And these two foreigners are not stupid people, when they see these colorless and transparent glasses, why don't they understand that Lu Ren's glass-making ability here is actually above them? You must know the glass of the Roman era, but you have never been able to make colorless and transparent glass.

And there is another one, the two foreigners said that glass is a noble item in the Roman area, which is not a lie, and ordinary civilians cannot afford to use it at all. But here in Lu Ren, it doesn't seem to belong to the aristocratic residence, but the windows are made of glass, what does that mean? At least it proves that glass is not a valuable thing here in Lu Ren, okay?

At this moment, the two foreigners suddenly felt that they didn't seem to have any use value here in Lu Ren, maybe Lu Ren took them to see these glasses, just to let these two foreigners die with peace of mind. It is precisely because of this that the faces of these two foreigners will become so pale in an instant.

Lu Ren looked at these two foreigners quietly for a while, then suddenly shook his head and smiled: "What? Worried I'm going to kill you? ”

The two foreigners looked at each other again. With their shrewdness, they could hear a little bit of the meaning of Lu Ren's words. Subconsciously, the two foreigners knelt down on one knee to Lu Ren together and made a Roman-style salute...... It's a pity that the hands are tied, and this ceremony is a bit nondescript.

"Respected Sect Master Lu, please forgive us!"

Lu Ren was happy and motioned to the guards to loosen the ties of the two foreigners, after all, it was enough to scare them.

But seriously, Lu Ren's glass products here have not yet reached a certain level. Because the Zhen clan arrived in Yizhou in the second half of the eighth year of Jian'an, and at that time, Lu Ren and the Zhen clan still had some intrigues of mutual distrust, so the glass-making process was not completely handed over to the Zhen clan.

It was until more than half a year later. That is, when Lu Ren was preparing to go to Jingzhou in the ninth year of Jian'an, the glass manufacturing industry of the Zhen clan was just on the right track. It has only been ten years since Jian'an, and in this short year, how far can the glass manufacturing of the Zhen clan develop?

Let's put it this way, the glass manufacturing of the Zhen clan is mainly divided into two categories: high-end and low-grade, and the high-end products are mainly those exquisite glass crafts. It is what Lu Ren uses to export to make money, which currently occupies the majority of Zhen's glass production; The low-end products are nothing more than glass for windows, and the production volume is not large for the time being, mainly for the use of new urban areas.

Because the production volume is not large, the supply to the new city is still a little reluctant, so it has not officially appeared in other places, which is the main reason why the wharf in Yizhou and Quanzhou are not visible yet, otherwise I am afraid that it will be seen by these two foreigners a long time ago, and then Lu Ren may accidentally fall into the coat of these two foreigners. Instead of taking out those glassworks as if they were treasures as soon as they saw Lu Ren's face.

Seeing that these two foreigners were frightened, Lu Ren waved his hand very casually, and said to the two foreigners again: "I warn you again now, I don't kill you because you have the ability I need, and I cherish talents, so I don't want to kill you." But there is one thing, don't be deceived by me. Otherwise, no matter how capable you are, I will kill you as well...... Got it!? ”

The two foreigners nodded hurriedly. It is always said that the wicked have their own evildoers. And these two foreigners were so frightened by Lu Ren that they no longer dared to play any tricks in front of Lu Ren.

At this moment, Shirley came to Lu Ren's side flutteringly, and the moment these two foreigners saw Shirley, both pairs of eyes straightened. In fact, there is a certain gap between the aesthetic concepts of the East and the West. In ancient times, the difference was even greater. Shirley's goddess-like appearance really wants to be put in the West, and it may be thought that it is not very good. But Shirley's temperament is there, but this thing is something that is common to both ancient and modern China and foreign countries, so the first feeling of the two foreigners is ...... Is this Nima the queen?

Shirley glanced at the two foreigners a few times, and Lu Ren told Shirley what happened by the way. Then Shirley closed her eyes here as if she was thinking for a while, and then opened her mouth to the two foreigners.

This time scared these two foreigners a lot. After some conversation, the two foreigners respectfully stepped aside, and Lu Ren asked Shirley curiously, "What did you just say?" Do you use Latin? ”

Shirley nodded, first glanced at the two foreigners who were standing on the side with their heads bowed, probably because they were concerned about something, and used chip communication to Lu Ren instead: "Latin is not an obscure language, so I have it in my language library." However, there are still a lot of differences between modern Latin and ancient Latin in grammar and vocabulary, so there was a little joke with them just now in Latin, but it was not a big problem. Master, where did you find these two foreigners? Are they of any use to you? ”

Lu Ren didn't reply immediately, but asked the guards to send the two foreigners to the nearby pavilion first, and then said to Shirley: "Don't look at these two foreigners looking obscene and shrewd, it is undeniable that their abilities are still good." Seriously, if they don't have any ability on their bodies, where can they run all the way from the rest side to Quanzhou? At least if it were me, I probably wouldn't have been able to do it. ”

Shirley also activated the chip and checked the historical map of this era, and then nodded and said: "Indeed, if they were robbed in the rest area, they would have to pass through the Kushan Empire by land to enter the Western Regions border of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At present, the four major empires of Eurasia (the Han Dynasty, Rome, Anxi, and Kushan) are already on the verge of storms, and the situation everywhere is very chaotic. They can come to Quanzhou, and they are indeed very capable. ”

Lu Ren let out a long sigh and said, "So, I think these two foreigners are talents worth using." Not to mention anything else, just by the lips of these two foreigners and their ability to steer the rudder, I dare to say that they are definitely excellent businessmen. Our current caravan in Yizhou has almost no people who can handle it except for Mi Zhen, and Gan Ning, Lu Cheng, and Lu Xin all have very important tasks, and it is impossible to transfer them out to run the business. So in addition to the caravans in the Yangtze River waterway, there are only two caravans in the Lu clan of Wujun and the Bohai region. It was a bit unrealistic to open up new trade routes, especially caravans to India and the Persian Gulf via Malacca. ”

Shirley said: "Master, it's not me who strikes you, with our current situation, it's not realistic to want to open up a business route over there." Let's just talk about some of the problems caused by our population surge last year, because you have not been back in Yizhou for a long time, and it still takes a long time to solve. Until then, the growth of our productive forces had been relatively limited, and after satisfying the three existing trade routes, the surplus productive forces were not suitable for trade, but should be stored as our regular reserves. ”

Lu Ren said: "I know, I'm not so ambitious. But for this kind of thing, it's better to prepare in advance, right? Besides, it will take me a while to completely subdue these two foreigners before they can be used with peace of mind, even if they are in the preliminary training of reserve cadres at the moment. Even if we take a step back, even if these two foreigners can't let them lead the team to run a business, their language skills and relevant knowledge are all we need, so at the very least, they can also act as my guide and translator here, and we can save a lot of trouble because of this. ”

Saying that, Lu Ren smiled at Shirley again: "Maybe these language things are difficult for you, but I can't send you out to lead the caravan, right?" If you don't sit in Yizhou, how can I rest assured? ”

Shirley smiled and didn't say anything more to Lu Ren on this issue. After checking the work records in the chip for a while, Shirley asked about something else: "Master, where was Zhao Yu sent by you?" Lu Lingqi has complained to me more than once that there is too much work in public security and rescue now, and she is a little too busy. For this reason, the master, you sent Minchan to carry out security and treatment, but it turned out that you didn't even have a woman to accompany you by your side. ”

Lu Ren was dumbfounded. The three wives beside him, Cai Yan has a big belly now, and he has to take Lu Feng and Lu Yu, two little dolls, where can he take care of Lu Ren? Minchan was temporarily sent to help Lu Lingqi, which goes without saying; As for Mi Zhen, at this time, he led the fleet to Jingzhou to run merchants, and he was not by Lu Ren's side at all. So now Lu Ren ...... Forget it, no more talk.

Shaking his head, Lu Ren didn't want to talk to Shirley on this kind of issue, so he shook his head and said, "Calculate the time, it's time to tell you." The rain girl was sent by me to Nanpi to Cao Cao to do some things. Calculate it carefully, and now the rain girl should be in Nanpi City, right? Because this time the matter is relatively confidential, I didn't dare to say it before. As for when the rain girl will come back, I can't say for sure. If I'm not bad at it, it will be about the same in a month, right? Now I just don't know how things are going on over there. It's not that we had a mobile phone satellite network or something in our time, otherwise I would have felt much more at ease if I called and asked...... By the way, Shirley, aren't you working on a telegraph? How's it going? ”

Shirley shook her head repeatedly: "How can it be so fast?" Some parts still need the corresponding process technology to solve, and it will take at least two years to conservatively calculate. Again, the relevant telegraph personnel also need to be trained. The only good thing is that in this day and age, there is no need to worry about any information interception and the like, after the success of the telegraph, we can use the most convenient Morse code. ”

Lu Ren sighed and smiled helplessly. Shirley can make this thing of the telegraph, I don't know how many times it has surpassed, and it is already very good that I have to wait for two or three years, and now I am in a hurry to want it, and it is inevitable that people will not be able to swallow the elephant. It's just that even so, Lu Ren still roared in his heart:

"Rain girl, how are things going on over there!?" (To be continued.) )

PS: I can't find the dragon set~~ Depressed!