Chapter 30 Is She a Sucker?
[Host, do you want to eat the melon from the Minister of Revenue?]
【eat! 】
Cold sweat dripped down the Minister of Revenue's forehead.
Zhuge Ming and several other ministers were grinning with joy.
Just now, when we talked about Jingjun's melons, her mouth was the biggest.
Laugh, laugh again, why aren’t you laughing now?
Humph, we want to hear what you have to say!
The Minister of Revenue said hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, the treasury is running low on money, and there are so many places to spend it. This old minister is truly worried!"
As soon as the Minister of Revenue interrupted, Jinghan's attention was indeed drawn to him.
[The Minister of Revenue controls the purse strings of our Jing Nation. Without money, many policies wouldn't be implemented smoothly. However, fortunately, once Sima Shi and Yu Fen's families are raided, a large sum of gold and silver will surely be deposited into the treasury! The Minister of Revenue will be delighted when that happens!]
Before he even saw the wealth of Sima Shi and Yu Fen's family, the Minister of Revenue grinned just thinking about the glittering gold.
"Tongzi, if you find a few more corrupt officials and confiscate their property and exterminate their clans, will the national treasury still be short of money?!"
[Host, come to court tomorrow and see me!]
Jing Chengji narrowed his eyes. This system is really a useful thing.
System: You are the object, your whole family is an object!
Jinghan:?
Being interrupted by the Minister of Revenue, Jing Han and the system actually forgot to eat the Minister of Revenue's melon.
While achieving his goal, the Minister of Revenue Wei Zheliang also received an unexpected surprise.
Zhuge Ming shook his head, and several people looked at each other. This was a good idea.
They have many good policies and are just waiting for His Majesty's order. It's because they have no money.
Jingguo is indeed a powerful country, but it is also true that it is short of money, and money is needed everywhere.
[However, I discovered that Jingguo doesn't have glass. How could they not have such a profitable business?!]
Jing Chengji:!!!
Zhuge Ming and others:!!!
Glass? Is it colored glaze? That stuff is incredibly expensive, and I heard the manufacturing process is also very complicated.
Why does it sound like something that can be easily obtained from the princess's mouth?
[Host, this is an ancient society after all, and many skills are very complex. Why would someone pass down a family heirloom skill without telling anyone else? However, that thing is made from a kind of burnt stone. But all businessmen are dishonest. If she didn't tell anyone, how would anyone know that it was made from a burnt stone?]
Jing Chengji and others were shocked. What the hell? Were they hallucinating or were their ears damaged?
Why did I hear that glass is made from burning stones?!
What is stone? Aren’t they everywhere?
Jing Chengji thought of his treasured set of glass cups and fell silent.
Zhuge Ming thought of his favorite glass teacup for drinking tea, which was made of stone, and fell silent.
It was simple, she spent five thousand taels of silver on this glass lamp.
What? Was she some kind of sucker? She had so much money she had no idea where to spend it, and she got ripped off like this.
Jinghan: Yes!
It’s true that all businessmen are dishonest.
But thinking that this was also a craft developed by others and it was his own doing, Zhuge Ming, even though he was a first-rank minister, could not find any fault with it.
The Minister of Works was the poorest among the ministers. She had also heard of the exquisite glass cups. She was fortunate enough to see one once and was unforgettable. The green and transparent kettle-shaped cups could emit colorful light under the sunlight.
So she started saving money, thinking that even if she couldn't afford a big one, she could buy a small one.
For the past six months, she has been living frugally, saving money and hoping to buy one in two months.
Now she patted her chest with relief, she was almost there, the money was spent.
As for the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Punishment, their hearts were bleeding.
There was no other reason. The two of them spent money together to buy a set of glass tea sets, which cost them 20,000 taels. They agreed to take turns using it every month.
Now, they covered their chests and felt a sharp pain in their hearts. It hurt so much. It was twenty thousand taels, but they bought it with the private money they hid without their husbands' knowledge.
The two couldn't control their emotions, they held hands, looked at each other with tears in their eyes, and cried silently.
Jing Chengji coughed and signaled them to be more restrained.
Among the few people, only Jing Chengji did not react so strongly, because the set of glass cups was a tribute and she did not spend any money.
But it is still a bit depressing to treat stones as treasures.
Let me be honest, even though glass is made of stone, it's truly beautiful! Every time I go shopping and see beautiful glassware, I can't help but take some home. Oh, my cabinet full of glass art! I miss it so much!
After hearing Jing Han's words, Jing Chengji suddenly felt refreshed. Yes, the glass cup was indeed beautiful.
The whole set is as blue as the sea, and the cup body emits a bright light. When you pour hot tea into it, the inside of the glass cup will turn green, which looks very beautiful.
Except for the Minister of Works, Zhuge Ming and others felt a little comforted, but they still felt heartbroken when they thought about the huge amount of money they had spent.
The Minister of Works actually thought about more. She was wondering what their Ministry of Works did. Wasn't it responsible for manufacturing?
At that time, His Majesty will definitely entrust the production of colored glaze to the Ministry of Works. When the exquisite colored glaze is produced, she will definitely have some contribution. If she asks His Majesty for it, it is not impossible for His Majesty to reward her with one or even several sets.
Wei Zheliang thought about it with a heartache, and suddenly thought of money.
Her eyes suddenly lit up. What the national treasury lacked most was money.
Since merchants can sell colored glaze at such a high price, if they can really make it, they can also call on merchants across the country to buy it, and then the national treasury will have a steady flow of silver and money.
She would not feel that she was competing with the people for profit. This thing was so expensive that ordinary people could never afford it in their lifetime.
Hey, the Minister of Revenue became happier the more he thought about it.
However, is the glass that the princess is talking about colored glaze?
Wei Zheliang's worry crept up his brow again.
[Hehe, host, you don't know, but your mother has a set of glass teacups in her private collection. You don't know how much she loves them. She only takes them out to drink tea occasionally, and then has the palace servants put them away afterward! If she knew that glass is made of stone, would she be so angry that she would smash the glass cups?]
Jing Chengji: I didn’t!
"That's not the case. The glass lamps from Blue Star Dahua's history are incredibly beautiful and valuable. They're nothing like those assembly-line glass lamps, which are nothing special! I went to a museum a while ago and saw a blue lotus glass lamp. It was absolutely stunning! I really want to take it home!"
[Host, if you really did that, it would be too cruel! ]
[I'm just thinking about it! I'm drooling just thinking about it! If it were auctioned, it would start at tens of millions!]
Wei Zheliang wiped the corner of her mouth, and her saliva also came down.
It's all money.
[However, host, colored glaze and glass are actually quite different. The process of making colored glaze is more complicated than glass, involving dozens of steps, while glass is much simpler! The difference lies in the composition. The main components of colored glaze and glass are both silicon dioxide, but colored glaze contains lead oxide! To be more precise, they are both made from fired quartz sand!]
Jinghan's eyes lit up.
[Tongzi, what is quartz sand? I'm not very good at chemistry, but from what you said, you have the formula for glass and glaze. Can you tell me?]
System 3657 is difficult to say.
[Host, it's not that I won't give it to you, but I can't take it out, unless...]
[Unless what?]
"Unless what?"
Wei Zheliang also blurted out.
Jinghan looked over with horror.
Jing Chengji said immediately.
"Unless there's some good plan to replenish the treasury!"
[I was so scared! I thought the Minister of Revenue could hear our conversation! Turns out he was talking about replenishing the treasury. That's all right!]
[Host, you're overthinking it. How is that possible?]
Jinghan didn't hear it, there was a hint of guilt in the system's voice.
The destiny of the country is changing, little by little, just like this. How can Jing country not be strong, and the blue future will not disintegrate.
Wei Zheliang also knew that he almost ruined the matter, so he hurriedly said.
"Alas, aren't merchants the richest people? We, the ministers, don't want to compete with the people for profit!"
Jing Chengji and others sighed when they heard this.
[That glass is so expensive. How can ordinary people afford such expensive things? Only the upper class aristocrats can pursue such leisurely and elegant things!]
"But, Tongzi, you just said that you can only give me the recipe for making glass if you do something else?!"
Jing Chengji and others were shocked and came.
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