Bai Wanyi's smile faltered. He'd heard they'd only bought ten panels, so he'd thought they were a lot of colored glaze. Now that it was only this big, and they'd only bought ten, how could ten panels be enough for such a large house? Adding in the depreciation rate, he'd need at least forty or fifty panels.
Qin Wan didn't care what Bai Wanyi thought. She casually brushed the petals, turned her head and looked at the greenhouse. She said, "I've seen the pattern that Yangshi Lei made for you. The greenhouse isn't this big. If it were a little smaller, the room would be brighter. The two pieces of glazed glass on the roof could be joined together, or they could be separated at the ridge. The roof would still look bright and translucent."
At this point, she was a little puzzled: "Yangshi Lei wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. Once the perm pattern is made, it must be strictly followed. If he changed his mind and made adjustments at the last minute, such a big mistake wouldn't happen."
If there is no mistake in the style, then the mistake must not be in the style. In other words, when the work is about to start, the designer is dissatisfied with the high price and is replaced!
How could Bai Wanyi not understand? Her face grew uglier. She had come here to show off, but now she found herself embarrassed, and her wedding had become a trade show for Qin Wan's Wuxiang Liuli!
Qin Wan, just wait for me!
Not only do I want to make glass, I also want to make a mirror that can reflect even clearer light!
Bai Wanyi tried to steady his breath, forced a stiff smile, and said, "This is exactly the kind of large glass greenhouse I want. Our funds are limited, so we can't afford so much glass. We've got to have something to satisfy me, so we built something a little bigger. I understand what Brother Yan means."
Qin Wan admired her forcing herself to save face, feeling particularly happy. However, she had seen enough of the excitement and was hungry. "I wonder where the banquet will start. I'm hungry too."
The ladies at the back were all smart people. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, they kept saying that they wanted to prepare for dinner.
The group turned to the banquet venue. Originally, Bai Wanyi wanted to hold the banquet in the Glazed Flower Room, but Lu Yan disagreed, saying he was worried about the smell.
But now it seems that how could it be a bad smell? It's simply that the glass house hasn't been repaired yet, and they moved the venue to entertain guests because they can't stand the talent!
Bai Wanyi really felt that she had lost all her face. She held back her anger and asked the maid to take everyone to the dinner place while she went back to her room.
Qin Wan was in a particularly good mood when she saw Bai Wan leave in a huff, and she drank two more glasses at the banquet.
The ladies also took the opportunity to come to Qin Wan to inquire about the price of glass. Tao Yao had just said it, but Tao Yao was just a maid, so they wanted to hear what Qin Wan said.
Qin Wan explained everything to them, and the wealthy lady inquired about the price of the three-foot square piece of colored glaze.
Qin Wan smiled and said, "Lord Lu bought one for one thousand taels of silver per side. At that time, this glass had just been made and was not very translucent. Now, if you want it, we have a more translucent glass here."
"What's the price?"
Wouldn't more translucent colored glass be more expensive? The ladies were worried. Although they were not short of money, the price of colored glass was high. If building a colored glass greenhouse would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, they would still feel distressed.
Qin Wan smiled and said, "Of course it's still one thousand taels of silver per side."
Madam Zhou asked, "If I still buy glass like Lord Lu's, will the price be lower?"
She was thinking that if it was really cheap, she could build a large glass greenhouse and plant some rare flowers and trees, fresh fruits and vegetables in the winter, which would be convenient to eat and more interesting.
There were more than one people who had this idea, and they all looked at Qin Wan expectantly.
Qin Wan shook her head regretfully, "I'm so sorry, but we can only make more transparent colored glass now, and we really can't make something like this."
Tao Yao stepped forward promptly, took out several small samples she had brought with her, and said, "This is what colored glass looks like nowadays. It's even clearer and more translucent. And the price is calculated according to size. The largest, three feet square, is the most expensive, but a one-foot piece only costs one hundred taels of silver."
When everyone heard the price, they wondered if the difference was so big?
Tao Yao made sufficient preparations. She took out a booklet, which contained various flower room perming patterns made by Yangshi Lei. She drew them all. Although she did not write down the dimensions, it was enough to have a look at them.
"We can't make any worse three-foot square colored glass now, but we used to have some not-so-good colored glass with irregular shapes, so we sold them at a lower price."
"If you ladies would like to have them, I can offer a discount. The greenhouses that will be made will be very beautiful. Look, the window lattices are made according to the shapes of the colored glaze, and although they are not regular, they can be arranged into beautiful patterns."
They recalled the Qin family's carriages they had seen these days, and their windows were indeed of various and unique styles.
Now looking at these windows in the drawing, if they were made a little bigger, imagine that these windows would surely be bright and beautiful with light shining through them.
Tao Yao explained in detail, "Large glazed windows, as Madam Lu said, are not very stable. While the windows look nice, they can't be opened. If they were made into small fans like this, they could be opened for ventilation. This way, not only can we build glazed greenhouses, but we can also make the windows in each room larger. In winter, the sun will shine in and bring warmth, while on weekdays, the room will be brighter and clearer."
Everyone's eyes lit up; they hadn't expected this to be possible.
Madam Zhou wasn't interested in Liuli at the moment, but she was attracted to Taoyao, who was neither humble nor arrogant, knew when to advance and retreat, and was well-organized. She looked at Taoyao and asked Qin Wan, "Miss Qin is surrounded by talented people. Is this girl married? My family has a distant nephew. Although he has no official title, he owns hundreds of acres of fertile land. He is in need of a wife to manage the household."
Mrs. Zhou's words were very clear. She married Taoyao not to be a concubine, but to be the principal wife who would be in charge of the household.
As soon as Madam Zhou said this, all the ladies present turned their attention to the maidservant beside Qin Wan.
I would rather marry a maid from a wealthy family than a girl from a poor family.
Ladies and young ladies from wealthy families understand this principle even better.
Naturally, they looked down on girls like Taoyao who were born as maids, but which family doesn't have a few relatives from other branches?
Poor families are not worthy of a maid from a wealthy family, but those from wealthy families who are neither too rich nor too poor are most suitable to marry a maid from this family.
They follow their masters and their upbringing, knowledge and vision are not inferior at all.
To be honest, for someone like Taoyao, regardless of her background, she could be married off to the legitimate son of a sixth or seventh rank official, or the daughter-in-law of a small family.
Their eyes were all fixed on Qin Wan, and their expressions were much more intense than when they asked Liuli just now.
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