"Liuli, transparent as if nothing, as fragile as porcelain, is so beautiful that anyone who sees it will be captivated by it. You'll understand once I make it."

In fact, when Shen Jia said this, he himself felt guilty. After all, in modern times, even scrap collectors have to think twice about things like glass. Only in ancient times could they still fool people.

Chen Yuan was curious about what Shen Jia described. What in this world could be the same as what she described? He had never heard of it in all his years of traveling around the country.

Now the caravan has basically taken shape. Even if there is no goods provided by Shen Jia, he can barely use his previous connections to exchange what the young lady wants from the Western Region merchants. This time, let's just treat it as a test for their Shen family.

But he was still nervous as he said, "Since you have such an idea, Jia Niang, is there anything I can do to build the Liuli Workshop?"

The glassmaking process requires a high-temperature environment and a blast furnace capable of refining glass. Now that time is urgent, it is best to use someone else's workshop instead.

Thinking of this, she immediately came up with an idea. "Go see if there's a porcelain workshop in Hezhou that's in urgent need of sale. If there is, buy it directly. If not, go talk to the owner. We need to buy a porcelain workshop directly to serve as the foundation for glass production."

Hearing this, Chen Yuan recalled what Shen Jia had just said. He thought she wanted to make porcelain herself and trade it with Western merchants to save costs.

Now the porcelain technology of Dashengchao can be said to be perfect. Buying and selling a porcelain workshop is not a difficult task. After hiring some skilled craftsmen, the porcelain workshop will surely open smoothly. Now he can finally feel at ease.

After sending Chen Yuan away, Shen Jia moved to the main store of Zhenwei Pavilion in Hezhou. Nowadays, there are a lot of people coming here, and it has long become a famous landmark in Hezhou.

She came here to check the account books, but Fuqiu happened to be inspecting other branches under Hezhou, and the two missed each other.

Taking advantage of the time now, she also visited the tofu shop and workshop, and then came to the coal shop which was unusually hot in winter. Not only did they sell coal here, but they also had several large warehouses. Generally, the coal transported from Hezhou to other states and counties would be temporarily stored here.

As soon as she arrived, someone recognized her and excitedly shouted, "Boss! Wait a minute, I'll go get the shopkeeper."

Without waiting for Shen Jia to say anything else, he immediately ran towards the backyard, shouting as he ran: "Shopkeeper Li, Shopkeeper Li, the boss is here to inspect the shop!"

The shopkeeper here is also an acquaintance of Shen Jia. He is Li Mingshu, the grandson of the village chief of Lijia Village in Ning'an Town who has been promoted all the way up.

He happened to seize the opportunity when Shen Jia expanded the distribution of coal shops, and quickly climbed from a manager of a tofu workshop to the owner of the Hezhou Coal Shop Head Office. The difficulty of this can be imagined.

Li Mingshu, who was busy in the backyard, stopped what he was doing immediately when he heard the employee's voice. He rubbed his hands unconsciously on the hems of his clothes and rushed to Shen Jia's front like the wind.

"The boss has returned from Quanningwei. If we knew, we would definitely go to the city gate to pick you up."

Seeing that Li Mingshu was about to continue talking, Shen Jia raised his right hand to signal him to stop, "I don't even know when I'll be back on track on this matter, so how could you possibly know? Let's not talk about it for now.

I came here today to look at your shop's account books. Also, from now on, this shop will be owned exclusively by our Shen family. We can maintain a good relationship with Duobao Pavilion, but there is no need to go any further."

Upon hearing Shen Jia's words, Li Mingshu thought they had broken up with General Yan, and immediately looked at the people around him, and then said:

"Boss, let's go to the backyard to discuss things. This isn't the right place."

If the rift between the two is exposed, the Shen family will be at the mercy of others. After all, he has been working for a whole winter and is very familiar with the methods of other competitors.

"No need. Everyone will know about this. This time I went to Quanningwei to resolve this matter. From now on, the cooperation area with General Yan will be limited to Quanningwei and Xing'an Prefecture. The rest is our Shen family's territory. This time I helped General Yan a lot."

After hearing Shen Jia's explanation, Li Mingshu finally felt relieved, and the others could also put down their worries.

Many people heard Shen Jia's unguarded behavior just now and were worried for a while. Now that they saw that the two were still in a cooperative relationship, they could continue to work with peace of mind. They had already tasted the effect of power this winter.

In fact, in addition to checking the account books, Shen Jialai came to the coal shop and needed their help with other things.

Now that Chen Yuan has gone to see a suitable porcelain workshop, she has to find other people to collect the raw materials. After thinking about it, she feels that this task is more suitable for people in the coal shop.

After all, those raw materials are more compatible with coal. They require sand, limestone, salt, sulfuric acid and other materials, so the transportation conditions of coal mines are more suitable.

After checking the account books, Shen Jia looked at Li Mingshu who was still waiting beside him and said:

"This time I come, I have another task for you."

"Master, please give me your orders. I will do my best to fulfill them."

This serious look really made Shen Jia laugh. "Don't be so serious. I'm not asking you to do anything bad. We at Shen's are about to open other workshops. I want you to use the coal mine's transportation team to find the raw materials for the products as soon as possible.

Here are the materials I need. Take a closer look and find them according to the proportions written above. The more, the better."

Li Mingshu took the paper and realized that it was all his misunderstanding. He quickly replied, "I'll get it done as soon as possible."

Now Shen Jia finally finished her troubles. In order to set up her future glass workshop in the shortest time possible, she quickly devoted herself to her mapping tool to see how she could make glass in this ancient time where many conditions were not available.

She worked so hard for a while that she forgot to eat and sleep. It was not until Chen Yuan found a suitable porcelain workshop and came to her that she finally came out of her own world.

“Jia Niang, I have already found the porcelain workshop you want. Because the porcelain technology of the Dasheng Dynasty is sophisticated, some small workshops that follow the trend are simply unable to compete with other workshops, and occasionally there are people who want to sell it.

This time I just happened to meet them, and the price they offered was quite reasonable. The only drawback is that it's a bit far from our other Shen's shops."

"That's not a problem. If you like something, book it immediately. I'll take care of the rest."

"Okay, then it's settled. Let's go to the porcelain workshop tomorrow to see if there's anything we need to buy."

"I have my own plans for this matter. The porcelain workshop needs to be renovated before it can produce colored glaze. I still need to discuss this with the masons. If the original craftsmen of this porcelain workshop are willing to stay, then they can stay. Everything else is tentative."

"yes."

Although he did not understand Shen Jia's behavior, his long-standing obedience prevented Chen Yuan from saying anything against it.

The next day, Chen Yuan was busy buying a workshop, while Shen Jia took people to the team of bricklayers he was familiar with to see if they could make the stove he wanted.

Looking at the data marked on the drawing, the craftsman quickly realized that this was something very similar to a porcelain furnace, but there were some differences in it. He didn't know what Shen Jia was going to use it for.

After looking around, I felt that it was quite easy for me to do this, so I gladly accepted Shen Jia's invitation.

When Chen Yuan came to report that he had bought the porcelain workshop and changed the name on the title deed to Shen Jia, she felt that it was time to do something big.

Her entire body and soul were focused on the affairs of the porcelain workshop. Looking at the dilapidated porcelain workshop, she doubted whether good porcelain had ever been made here.

But it doesn't matter now. She has to renovate everything anyway, because each craftsman is responsible for a part. Looking at the strange things in his hands, he doesn't know what Shen Jia is going to do.

At the same time, Li Mingshu, who was asked by her to collect raw materials, was also working hard to complete his task.

Half a month later, the task was completed.

Shen Jia looked at the blast furnace and refining equipment that were exactly the same as those in the drawings, thinking that she could finally do something big. It was a pity that the conditions were not enough, otherwise she really wanted to replace all the windows in her shop with glass.

But it's not bad now.

She urged the employees she hired to make glass according to different steps. Although no one understood why she had to use these messy materials, they had to listen to what their boss said.

This was the first piece of glass to come out of the furnace in ancient times. Shen Jia was naturally guarding in front of the furnace, and the worried Chen Yuan was naturally one of them.

Just as he watched the materials being put into the furnace according to Shen Jia's instructions, he began to think about how he would comfort them later, as well as the subsequent issues regarding the caravan's cargo.

Just thinking about it gave him a headache. When he was still in doubt, suddenly a burst of heat spread from the kiln entrance, and Chen Yuan had to be awakened by the heat.

Suddenly he heard the kiln worker say, "Really! It really is a transparent liquid! If we just follow the steps the boss gave us, we'll definitely be able to make transparent vessels."

Others also rushed over excitedly. Even the high temperature in front of them could not dampen their enthusiasm.

Looking at the transparent liquid, they quickly realized that this was the glass that the boss had been talking about. Just by looking at the appearance in front of them, they could imagine how brilliant the light would be if the liquid turned into a solid.

Someone quickly reacted, "Get out of my way! The owner of this liquid wants to shape it while it's still hot. You're just wasting time being squeezed in here. Hurry up and give me the stuff. I'll go make it."

"Nonsense, I can also give you something."

"I'm also a craftsman assigned by the boss, give me some!"

A group of people crowded at the kiln entrance, hoping that the craftsman responsible for managing the liquid glass at the kiln entrance would give them a chance to try their hand.