Chapter 554: Glass Treasure Mirror
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"How much did you think you paid for this?" Li Jing pointed to the contents of the box, and his voice raised an octave and exclaimed.
Megan smiled like a flower, and said triumphantly: "I bought it for a million dollars, and there were many people competing for it at that time, and the one with the highest price at the end got it, and I used a thousand yuan to suppress everyone before I finally bought it." How's that, it's rare. ”
Li Jing sighed, "It's just a piece of glass, you actually paid a thousand yuan to buy such a broken thing, what a ruined woman." ”
Megan heard Li Jing say that this glass mirror was a broken thing, and also said that she was a loser, so she quit on the spot. As soon as his face darkened, he directly reached out and grabbed Li Jing's handle and twisted it, and Li Jing was immediately subdued. This woman is too cruel, and others are angry at most, but she is better and does it directly. It's not enough to do it, obviously the two have no intimate relationship, but every time she attacks Li Jing, she goes directly to the root of his life, and every time she seals her throat with a sword, it's too ruthless. Fortunately, he hadn't seen her do this to other men, otherwise Li Jing would definitely have burst out and kill people.
"I don't know the goods, so I dare to say that I am a loser?"
Li Jing was controlled, so he had to whisper: "What I said is not excessive, this glass is not unusual, there are many glass shops opened by Hu merchants in Chang'an, specializing in making these things." Although your piece is inlaid with gold and jade, it is only a little larger than usual. The general glass mirror is only a few thousand dollars a piece, you have a maximum of tens of thousands of dollars, you actually spent a million, you said that you are not deceived by what is it. ”
"You know!" Megan's face darkened with anger, and she scolded rudely.
"It's true that the old lady is a pirate, but do you really think that the old lady is an uninformed countryman? Chang'an is a glass mirror. But the glass mirrors of the Hu people in Chang'an are only small pieces. Have you ever seen such a large piece of glass? If only you could get such a large glass mirror. I will buy as much as you want, all at a price of one million. The old lady casually resold it to those caravanserais, and she could easily make a fortune immediately. This time, the old lady got this treasure mirror, and I don't know how many people on the road want to buy it, and the highest one is priced at two million yuan, and the old lady has not sold it, and she is bent on giving it back to you, you have no conscience. I actually dare to say that the old lady is a loser, and she is angry with the old lady. Saying that, Megan directly smashed the glass mirror in her hand to the ground, breaking into countless pieces, and then turned around and left in a huff.
Looking at the countless broken glass, Li Jing did not chase Megan immediately, but looked down at the broken mirror. This mirror is indeed very large, Li Jing carefully recalls the history of the mirror, as if the most famous Venetian in history first began to make glassware in the 13th century, and by the end of the 15th century, the Venetian glassware making process has reached the world's leading level. Renowned in Europe.
And now, it is the end of the ninth century. It is three or four hundred years before the Venetians made glassware. At this time, although the Romans, Adipians and even Persians in Europe would make glass, they mostly made some simple glazed vessels. At this time, the glass was still a little green, and the process of making large pieces of glass was not invented. There are indeed many Hu people in Chang'an who manufacture and sell glass, but the quality is not very good, and it is impossible to make such a large piece of glass.
Judging from the fact that this piece of glass is so large and has been made into a mirror, such a large glass should have been made by accident.
A piece of glass mirror like this can be sold for thousands of dollars, which made Li Jing a little shocked, the glass is made of sand, and it doesn't cost much at all. Even if it is made into a mirror, it is only silver-plated, and it is not a difficult technique. Li Jing had seen a lot of glass products before, and he had not had much time, so he forgot about the huge profits of glass.
Glass is a luxury, and since it is a luxury, it is a thing that is specially sold to the rich. How can there be no money to be made from such a commodity?
Thinking that he was short of money to buy food at the moment, Li Jing couldn't help but feel excited, he was guarding a huge profit technique, and he was still holding a golden rice bowl to ask for food, which was really funny.
It is not difficult to burn glass, but Li Jing has done such an experiment.
"Zhao Jiang, Tiedan." As soon as he thought of the profits of this glass business, Li Jing couldn't help but be excited, this thing is more profitable than any perfume and liquor, and it is completely a business. Think of how much money the Venetians have made from this glass for hundreds of years.
Now that countless caravans are gathering in Dengzhou, this is an excellent opportunity to make a batch of glass mirrors or glassware, which can not only get the grain back, but also make another profit. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but boil my blood, and called the two guards in a loud voice.
On the same day, Li Jing mysteriously transferred 1,000 light horsemen of the Jinjia Shengjie Army to go to sea by boat, landed on the floating island in Ye County, Laizhou, and then directly moved the people on the entire island, and then closed the whole island and did not come out for several days.
"When we get to the shore, we all get up and work!"
At the mouth of the Jihe River, a whaling fleet of hundreds of large ships is returning to port. The four masters of Zhendonghai, who were originally across the sea, have now completely withdrawn from the Zhenguo Army and become the captain of the whaling fleet. From plundering the sea, killing people and stealing goods to whaling and fishing, it was a little uncomfortable at first, but after a year, several people have become very accustomed to this kind of life. Even most of their pirate subordinates have become members of the fishing team. There are hundreds of fishing teams under the entire Zhenguo army, with thousands of large and small boats.
But only they are the best fishing team, because they are a whaling fleet, and every time they go to sea, they chase those big whales from the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
This harvest was very rich, more than a dozen whales were caught, which were dismantled and processed directly in the whale processing workshop on the ship, and what was brought back was canned whale meat and whale oil.
Megan and Julie rushed to the dock as soon as possible, "As soon as I arrived at the dock, I heard that you were already going to marry Dashuai?" The one-eyed yellowbeard smiled at his daughter.
The red beard with the broken arm also laughed: "I also heard that Megan has been promoted to the deputy commander of the navy, and Julie has become the commander of the navy." ”
Megan turned her head, "Don't talk about that guy, I really think I am rare him, there are many men in the world, and three-legged toads are not easy to find." Can't find the two-legged man? ”
"What's going on again?" Whitebeard asked with a smile. On the way, I heard that Megan Julie was going to marry Li Jing. He was in favour. The two women were like his daughters. He also knew that the two were born as pirates and were Hu girls, and it was difficult to marry a good family. Although marrying Li Jing can only be a concubine, Li Jing's current identity is there, even if he is a concubine, it is not bad. What's more, Li Jing, they also know the roots. Look at their lives now. It is right to know that Lu Dao chose to follow Li Jing at the beginning.
Julie chuckled a rare chuckle on the side: "It's not that the hot face is attached to the cold ass, Megan spent a thousand yuan in Guangzhou to buy a glass mirror and bring it back to Li Jing, but the guy said that Megan is illiterate and a loser." Megan threw the mirror in a fit of rage, and as a result, Li Jing has never come to look for Mei Yin until now. ”
Whitebeard was stunned when he heard this, when did Megan actually know how to give gifts, and when did Julie start talking so much. "Where is the big handsome now, let's reason with him."
"On the floating island, the gods are mysterious and mysterious, and they have brought thousands of guards to surround the island. No one was allowed to approach, and I didn't know what the road was for. ”
Several people were stunned when they heard this. I don't know what kind of fame Li Jing is doing.
However, in the afternoon, Li Jing's personal guards came and invited them to Dengzhou City to discuss matters.
"Dashuai went to Dengzhou?"
"Well, the marshal left Dengzhou in the morning to go to the floating island, and now he is inviting the generals and officials, as well as the major households in Dengzhou and southern Liaoning, as well as the leaders of the caravans in Dengzhou, saying that there is an important matter to discuss." The guards who passed the word were also familiar with them, so they said a few more words.
"It's going on again." Whitebeard groaned. Li Jing led the troops to leave Dengzhou for more than a year, and after coming back this time, he had been in Qizhou before, and then he was only in Bochang in Qingzhou, and he had not even returned to Dengzhou. In the past few days, he suddenly went to Laizhou Floating Island next to Dengzhou and stayed for several days, and after he finally returned to Dengzhou, he immediately summoned the generals of the Zhenguo Army and the Pinglu Army and officials from Dengzhou and southern Liaoning.
"Aren't you going to fight Liaodong?" Yellowbeard thought about it and felt that Li Jing was not an idle person, and since he had completed the whole army, he might have to attack Liaodong.
"Let's take a look first, no matter what the big boss decides, anyway, we insist on supporting it and follow it closely. Just took this opportunity to let the two girls, Dashuai, Megan and Julie, get things done first. The two girls are in their twenties, marrying early and having children early. Whitebeard laughed.
When a group of people from Zhendonghai returned to Dengzhou by boat, Dengzhou was already full of generals, officials, and wealthy businessmen, and they all received Li Jing's invitation to come. Hundreds of people were led to the Heavenly Wolf Hall of Li Jingshuai's Mansion.
The wide Heavenly Wolf Hall was almost full all at once.
Almost all the military lords and chamber owners of the 21st Army under Li Jing arrived, and the county commanders of the eight counties in southern Liaoning in Dengzhou and the newly acquired sixteen counties also arrived. In addition, the Cui family, the Han family, the Liu family, the Zhao family, and the Lanling Xiao family, as well as the Li family of Qingnicheng, the Guo family of Beisha City, the Li family of Dengzhou, and dozens of families in Duli Town, as well as the leaders of the big caravans in Dengzhou, Liaonan, Ziqing, and even Youzhou and Ganhua, as well as many caravan leaders who came from the southeast and Lingnan with the fleet this time, and even dozens of caravan leaders were Dashi, Lin Fu and other merchants.
Most of the people who were invited to come were still a little unsure of what they were coming from. But seeing such a battle, they all know that it must be a big deal.
After all the invitees arrived, Li Jing entered the Heavenly Wolf Hall from the backyard.
Behind Li Jing, there were four Shengjie soldiers wearing gold armor, they were carefully holding something covered by red silk, looking at the shape, but it looked like a door.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you here today because I have a treasure to share with you." Li Jing said with a smile.
Hearing that it was a treasure, everyone couldn't help but start to guess that what could make Li Dashuai of the Zhenguo Army call a treasure was definitely not an ordinary thing. Looking at that appearance, could it be said that it was a huge piece of jade?
Everyone speculated, but they couldn't think of any treasure for a while, and they could actually gather so many people together.
Li Jing was not in a hurry to lift the red silk, but said with a smile: "A few days ago, when Ben Shuai returned victoriously, the first thing he did was to bring three animal offerings to worship the Dragon King of the East China Sea, thank him for his protection, let me wait for the triumph, and also thank him for his protection of our southbound caravan, so that we could go this trip safely." ”
Everyone didn't feel anything unusual when they heard it, after all, the people who walked the sea, which one worshiped the dragon king. Here in Dengzhou, worship the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and when you go to the South China Sea, you have to worship the Dragon King of the South China Sea. However, this time, the year-long sea trip was very smooth. Although there have been storms, nothing has happened.
"I worshipped the dragon king, and that night, I had just fallen asleep, but I saw the dragon king send a messenger to pick me up, saying that the dragon king wanted to see me. I followed the messenger to the Dragon King Crystal Palace, it turned out that the Dragon King said that I Dengzhou Liaoning South People, build the Dragon King Temple, worship incense vigorously, the Dragon King was grateful, so I was specially called to the feast. After the feast, the dragon king sent him off. Before leaving, I suddenly remembered that General Meghan had given me a million-dollar treasure mirror, but it was accidentally broken. I asked the dragon king if there was a way to repair it, but the dragon king smiled and said, "It's just a glass mirror." Simply, he directly taught me the method of making glass treasure mirrors. ”
After speaking, Li Jing paused deliberately.
Sure enough, there was a sound of surprise in the hall. As for Li Jing's dream of entering the Dragon Palace, not many people doubted it. After all, Li Jing has the name of a dragon messenger, and he has 'seen the dragon king' many times before. In the past, Li Jing dreamed of the dragon king, and received rain, fish, and whales from the dragon king, and the dragon king gave him divine fire and heavenly fire, and these things are extremely amazing no matter what.
Now I heard that the Dragon King gave Li Jing the method of making the glass treasure mirror, and he was even more envious, but no one doubted the authenticity.
Meghan sat on one side and listened attentively. They are all people of the sea, and they believe in the Dragon King, and she has never doubted Li Jing's dates with the Dragon King. But when she heard Li Jing just say that because she broke the treasure mirror, she deliberately asked the Dragon King about repairing it, she couldn't help but feel excited in her heart. For this little thing, he actually went to ask the Dragon King, Li Jing still attached great importance to himself, thinking of this, his heart couldn't help but beat faster.
However, many merchants in the hall had already looked at the thing wrapped in red silk at this time, could it be that this huge thing as a door could actually be a glass treasure mirror? How is this possible, the glass mirror of the Hu people is generally only the size of a book, and there are larger ones, but the bigger the more expensive. They have also seen the glass mirror that Megan bought for millions of dollars from Guangzhou, but it is only a little larger than an ordinary bronze mirror.
At the thought of the glass treasure mirror as big as a door, all the people present couldn't help but take a deep breath, and their eyes were hot. (To be continued......)