The most arrogant in history

Chapter 295: Change the pattern.

Last time, Ye Kun dumped salt and made the wealthy people in Yizhou suffer a lot.

Ye Kun laughed: "Madam, the same routine can only be used once. Let's try something different this time."

Xie Baochan laughed and asked, "What tricks?"

Ye Kun kept it a secret: "Tomorrow afternoon, I'll take you to see it, and then you'll know."

Xie Baochan curled her lips and fell asleep with Ye Kun.

The next day's meeting.

Wu Qiong smiled and reported to Ye Kun:

"Master Ye, half of the Shu brocade, porcelain, tea and sesame oil in stock have been ordered by merchants. There are also several hundred iron pots, which have all been snapped up. I calculated that we can get about 300,000 taels of silver back."

Ye Kun asked, "Are all these ordered by our Yizhou merchants?"

“Yes, they are all vendors from Chengdu.”

"It seems like everyone is very rich." Ye Kun glanced around and asked, "Then if we exchange this money for food and send it to the factories and mines, will it be enough for us to eat?"

Wu Qiong thought for a moment and whispered, "But the price of food has doubled..."

"These bastards are such a ruthless bunch!"

Ye Kun was furious and slammed the table. "They bought our Shu brocade, porcelain and sesame oil at half price and raised the grain price to make money from me. Do they really think I'm easy to bully?"

Xie Tong and the others remained silent.

Behind the vendors are these gentry.

They knew that Ye Kun was short of funds, so they took the opportunity to make a fortune in the national crisis, hoarding Shu brocade porcelain at low prices and raising the price of food.

Zhuge Feng said: "These profiteers are really abominable, Lord Ye, I suggest killing one to warn the rest and clean up the market!"

Ye Kun snorted, "That's an idea too. Ma Zhao, go arrest a few typical profiteers, confiscate their homes and property."

Xie Tong was startled and clasped his fists and said, "Master Ye, this is absolutely not allowed. Merchants do business to make money. If innocent people are killed indiscriminately, who will dare to do business in the future?"

"I didn't say to kill innocent people." Ye Kun shrugged and told Ma Zhao:

"Master Ma, can you check the files to see which merchants abuse their power to bully others, beat slaves, or embezzle farmland and forests, or collude with foreign invaders? Such people should be investigated and severely punished. I don't believe that all these merchants are good people."

If we really conduct a thorough investigation, I'm afraid all of these unscrupulous businessmen are not clean!

Ma Zhao had a stern face and clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Lord Ye. I have many cases on my hands, all of which are related to merchants. Wait for me to interrogate them carefully."

Han Chun admitted his fear and stepped forward and said:

"Lord Ye, don't be angry. It's very simple to stabilize the grain price. Lord Han and I will each provide 50,000 shi of grain and sell it at a fair price. Naturally, those merchants will not dare to raise the price."

Ye Kun sighed, clasped his fists and said, "Master Han and Master Xie are still very understanding of justice."

These two old bastards are both very cunning.

If they don’t turn against each other, they won’t know fear!

The money and grain problems were successfully solved. After lunch, Ye Kun took Xie Baochan to visit the glass factory.

At the end of last year, Ye Kun built four small experimental workshops to develop glass.

In the spring, we had found a way to develop glass research and development, and rebuilt two large factories.

Now, the factory has completed various tests and trial production, processed thousands of samples, and is waiting to go into mass production.

In the workshop, workers are busy.

Like performing a magic trick, he uses a long iron pipe to blow glass.

Seeing this scene, Xie Baochan exclaimed: "Husband, it turns out that the glass bottle was blown out?"

"Yes, this is what I figured out. Isn't it awesome?" Ye Kun smiled proudly.

The Dading Kingdom also produced a small amount of colored glaze products.

However, the production process is very backward, using the "Tuo method", which is the same as processing jade, with flying Tuo polishing, and the efficiency is extremely slow.

No one knows the technology of glass blowing.

Ye Kun used to watch short videos and often saw glass workshops blowing handicrafts. There was an uncle who was the most amazing. He puffed up his cheeks in one breath, and his cheeks looked like lanterns!

Ye Kun provided ideas for glass blowing and gave a general description. The craftsmen worked on it themselves and figured it out in a few days.

Unfortunately, despite their efforts, craftsmen have not yet been able to produce perfect transparent glass.

Even the most transparent glass appears to be covered with a layer of mist or has irregular ripples.

Ye Kun wants to use glass to make optical instruments and make high-power telescopes and microscopes, but he will have to wait a little longer.

Xie Baochan looked at the glass sample and couldn't let it go: "Husband, are you going to sell the glass products to make money?"

"Yes, that's what I mean." Ye Kun nodded and instructed the craftsman:

"Send the most exquisite samples to the exhibition hall, hold a glass exhibition tomorrow, and start selling to the outside world. In addition, the two large factories will all be put into production, and we will make as many as we can!"

After leaving the glass workshop, Ye Kun took Xie Baochan back to the city.

Five exhibition halls have been built next to the post station.

One is the Shu brocade exhibition hall, one is the porcelain exhibition hall, one is the ironware exhibition hall, and one is the wooden furniture exhibition hall.

The last one is the glass exhibition hall.

In each exhibition hall, there are professionals in charge who explain the performance and functions of each product to customers.

The exterior walls of the exhibition hall, below the windowsill, are plastered with cement.

The wall above the windowsill is painted with white lime, which looks very bright and clean.

The front and back grounds are made of cement floors with carved patterns, which are both flat and beautiful.

The most magical and high-tech thing is the porcelain workshop.

The floor is paved with white tiles, glued together with cement and beautified with white fish glue.

Transparent glass is used on the windows.

The inner walls are also covered with tiles.

The overall look is dazzling and full of jewels!

Because the exhibition hall had not been officially opened, Xie Baochan was here for the first time and was stunned on the spot. She exclaimed, "My husband, is this the legendary palace in heaven? Why is it so bright?"

In Dading Kingdom, almost all the houses are dark.

Because the windows are small and there is no transparent glass, the lighting is limited.

The exhibition hall uses eight large windows with jade-like glass. The floor and inner walls are paved with white tiles, and the flat ceiling is painted with white plaster, which naturally makes it look different.

Even at night, two candles can illuminate the exhibition hall.

Ye Kun took Xie Baochan to visit the display cabinets and said with a smile:

"Most of the wealthy people in Chengdu have porcelain, but they have never lived in a porcelain house like this. I think someone will order our tiles. And those glass products will also sell well. It's easy to make money."

Xie Baochan nodded and said with a smile: "How much does it cost to build a porcelain exhibition hall like this?"

Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "It's probably more than 10,000 taels of silver. But an ordinary house doesn't need to be so spacious. A few thousand taels of silver can also build one."

Xie Baochan thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Husband, I have thought of a way to make some money."

Ye Kun was a little surprised: "What's the solution? Tell me about it."