"Your son/your humble servant pays homage to the Queen Mother/Empress. May the Queen Mother/Empress be blessed with good health and happiness!"
"Your humble servant pays respects to the Imperial Grandmother/Empress Dowager, and the Imperial Dowager Consort. May the Imperial Grandmother/Empress Dowager live in peace and happiness! May the Imperial Dowager Consort/Consort Dowager live in peace and happiness!"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, along with Murong Yuanbo and the Minister of Revenue Huo Jinqian, paid their respects to the Queen, the Empress Dowager and the Consort Dowager?
"Everyone, please stand up! This is not the imperial palace. There's no need to be so polite."
The Queen waved her hand for them to get up.
"Thank you, Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty the Empress Dowager, Her Majesty the Dowager Consort!"
The prince led everyone up.
The prince saw that the private room was filled with tables, all covered with snacks and cakes. At this time, a maid brought in wine in a glass.
"Princess, this glass cup is so transparent and crystal clear."
The prince took the glass cup, looked at it left and right, and shook it, and the aroma of the wine wafted out.
"It's OK. In fact, the color can be made more transparent. They are still improving it."
This kind of glass has a good thickness, but it is not transparent enough, and is not as crystal clear as the wine glasses in the previous life.
She asked the masters to make some further improvements and see if it could be thinner.
"Can you please sell a batch to me?"
The prince was so fond of these glass cups that he couldn't let them go. He wanted to buy a batch of them and bring them back to the prince's residence so that he could use them to entertain ministers.
"Of course, the Imperial Sister will give you some when the time comes. You can have a drink with the Crown Princess often. Drinking some wine is very beneficial for women."
The cost of glass cups was not high, so she generously gave some to the prince, namely three sets, twenty-one cups in total.
She priced each set of these high-footed wine glasses at 10,000 taels. The cost was not high, but the labor involved was.
Moreover, Liuli is a priceless treasure in the mainland, and she cannot break the market rules.
The most important point is that in the backward ancient times, it was extremely difficult to make this kind of wine glass. I don’t know how many glass cups were burned or exploded, and the cost was also very high.
"Thank you, Princess."
This made the prince very happy.
With these cups, he could use them to entertain ministers, which would be so honorable.
"Princess, the Emperor is coming soon."
At this time, the housekeeper of the princess's mansion came over and said to Gao Zhijun.
"I know, you're not going!"
After Gao Zhijun finished speaking, she took the prince out to welcome him.
As soon as I arrived at the gate, the emperor arrived.
In order not to disrupt order, Gao Zhijun quietly took the emperor and eunuch Zhang into the backyard until they arrived at the private room.
After entering the private room, everyone saluted the emperor.
"Your Majesty!"
The Queen bowed to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed with good health and happiness!"
Murong Yuanbo, the Minister of Revenue and others brought their families to pay their respects to the emperor.
"Stand up, no need to be so polite!"
The emperor waved his hand and asked them to stand up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Murong Yuanbo led everyone to stand up and stand aside.
"Princess, what does this mean?"
The emperor looked at the rows of tables, which were filled with snacks and fruits. Is this how everyone eats?
"Father, this is called a buffet. You can enjoy the snacks and fruits on the table according to your own preferences. We usually eat a lot of fish and meat, so it's good for our health to eat something light occasionally."
Gao Zhijun explained the buffet to the emperor.
In fact, there is more than just these today. There are also some side dishes that will be served once the guests arrive.
"Buffet, this is good."
The emperor was very curious about the buffet. He looked here and there to try some snacks, and was conquered by them all.
At this time, a maid brought red wine. Gao Zhijun took a glass, handed it to the emperor, and took another glass for herself.
"Father, what good food can be without good wine? Please try it."
Gao Zhijun picked up the wine glass and clinked it with the emperor's: "Cheers!" Then she took a small sip.
The emperor also imitated Gao Zhimai and took a sip of the wine. He was familiar with the taste, as Gao Zhijun had given him quite a few.
However, he had never tried wine served in a glass.
"Princess, this glass cup is so crystal clear. It would be a waste to use it to hold wine."
The emperor looked at the color of the glass cup and found it was many times more beautiful than the tribute glass.
It is such a waste and a disgrace to use this priceless glass to store wine.
"Father, these glass cups are used to hold wine. However, I didn't make many, so I didn't send any to you. I'll send you four sets, twenty-eight cups, in a little while."
Gao Zhijun shook the glass wine glass and saw the red wine swaying in the glass, the aroma of the wine overflowing, making people intoxicated.
"Twenty-eight cups? That's a lot. How much silver does it cost?"
The emperor looked at the glass cup in his hand and imagined that he had twenty-eight such cups and he must hold them while sleeping.
"Twenty-eight, that's four sets. I plan to sell each set for ten thousand taels of silver. Burning to this level is incredibly difficult and wastes a lot of money, so it's a bit expensive."
Gao Zhijun explained.
If it had the firing tools from the previous life, glass would be worthless.
In the previous life, an ordinary glass cup only cost ten yuan.
But here, a glass cup can be said to be priceless.
"Ten thousand taels of silver is too little. Colored glass is precious, and its price should be ten thousand taels of gold per set."
A cup costs only a little over a thousand taels, so it's affordable for most people. His ministers probably have more cups than he does.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
"Father, this price is too high. Not many people in Daliang can afford it. Will the glass cups I made not be able to sell?"
Gao Zhijun plans to make glassware in large quantities? It's so expensive! Who can afford it? Then the cups will pile up, which will be even more costly.
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