As a time traveler, it is shameful not to study glass, so Yinreng also studied glass in his previous life.
He had wanted to make some money by selling glass, but he couldn't find the right person to run the glass business.
So it was put on hold.
During this era, the palace's Imperial Household Department already had a glass factory.
However, the fired glass products cannot withstand objects with high temperatures, and sometimes even food just out of the pot can cause them to break.
Moreover, the current technology is rather crude and cannot produce uniform colors, so no one has thought of using glass as windows.
Most of the time, glass products are fired into various vases, fruit plates, or ornaments for people to appreciate.
Yinreng's original intention of burning colorless glass was to make telescopes. After all, that thing would be a powerful weapon when installed on a warship at sea.
But in this life...
His purpose is simply for money.
It is only when we have money that we can build infrastructure. Let’s first improve the living standards of the people around the capital.
He did not have a strong aversion to the lower-class Manchus, but he had no good feelings towards the nobles.
It is much more joyful to make money from the pockets of nobles than from ordinary people.
Of course, the happiest thing is to make money from foreigners.
When he arrived at the glass factory of the Imperial Household Department, Yinreng directly called out to the craftsmen who were busy working and drove them all out.
Yinzhen looked at the smoky and burning scene, his head feeling a little dazed.
The business that second brother is talking about, is it not about glass making?
This thing was indeed valuable at the beginning, but after so many years, which nobleman in the capital didn’t have one or two of these in his home?
If there is too much of anything, it will become worthless.
“Second brother, don’t tell me this is the business you want to do!”
Yinreng pulled the things he had prepared in advance to the side of the stove, and without even raising his head,
"Don't worry, wait until my second brother makes the finished product, and then you'll know what kind of business this thing can do."
With the memories of his previous life as a foundation, Yinreng poured the materials into the furnace first, and then asked the craftsmen to come in and monitor the temperature.
By the time the transparent glass liquid was fired, it was already evening.
Yinzhen stood by and watched Yinreng busying himself, his impatience growing.
Yinreng ignored him and asked the craftsmen to put the molten glass onto a smoothly polished bronze mirror mold nearby and press out smooth glass.
The remaining time is to wait for the glass liquid to cool naturally.
However, it was already very late at this time, so Yinreng asked Yinzhen to go back first and wait until tomorrow to see the final product.
Yinzhen looked at Yinreng and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
He felt that it was very stupid to waste a whole day watching his second brother make glass.
Yinreng said helplessly,
"You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Wait until the finished product is out tomorrow. If you don't want to invest, then I will find someone else to do it."
Yinzhen curled his lips, and finally said nothing, returning to the prince's residence with a heart full of speechless feelings.
After the morning court session ended the next day, Yinreng grabbed Yin'er, who wanted to go with Yinsi, and took him directly to the Imperial Household Department.
Yinzhen was extremely reluctant.
But out of courtesy, he still followed Yinreng to the Imperial Household Department.
Accompanying the two of them was a large group of princes following behind.
A group of people crowded into the glass factory, watching Yinreng carefully ask someone to lift up the bronze mirror above.
A square piece of transparent glass appeared in front of everyone.
At first, no one took it seriously, until the craftsman stood up the glass, and everyone widened their eyes in surprise.
Clear glass?
Such a big piece?
Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, but soon figured out the purpose of this thing.
"Brother! You want to install it on the window, right?"
After appreciating the surprised expressions of his brothers, Yinreng expressed his appreciation for Yin'er's idea without hesitation.
"clever!"
Yinqi exclaimed,
"If the window paper was replaced with glass like this, the room wouldn't be so dim..."
Yinreng looked at Yinzhen teasingly.
"How about it? Do you still want to do this business now?"
"Do it! Why not?! Anyone who doesn't do it is a fool!"
Yinzhen stared at the transparent glass, as if he could see mountains of gold and silver through it.
But after agreeing, he instantly regretted it.
So he turned to look at Yinreng, his features wrinkled together.
"Brother, isn't this half-percent profit a bit too little?"
"Half is too little? You have to understand, this thing is one-of-a-kind. You have the final say on the price!"
Yinreng rolled his eyes. This kid has a big appetite. He came up with the recipe, the glass was made by these craftsmen, and the subsequent shipment was also completed by the workers. This kid only needs to negotiate the order, but he still thinks half of it is not enough!
Seeing this, the others also came over to join in the fun.
"Second brother, you can't be partial. Old Nine has half, so the younger brother should also have half!"
"That's right, Second Brother, you just wanted to leave us behind and only bring Ninth Brother with you! I want to take 10%!"
"Second brother..."
The princes discussed the matter at once, and soon only ten percent of the profits of the industry remained after they had divided it up.
Yinreng was overwhelmed.
"Stop, I'm planning to turn this business into a private property of the royal family. Old Nine will take half because he wants to be in charge of the business. So, are you planning to quit your jobs and sell glass too?"
Everyone was stunned and then shook their heads.
What a joke! If they dare to quit collectively, they will have to go to the Ganqing Palace one by one to be scolded tomorrow.
Yinreng spread his hands.
"Then don't get married!"
Yinreng spent two days teaching Yinzhen the entire recipe, including how to cut glass and how to inlay glass.
After Yinzhen had burned a few pieces of glass and successfully inlaid the glass windows on the building of the Imperial Household Department, Yinreng brought Kangxi to the Imperial Household Department.
Kangxi was also extremely shocked when he looked at the window made of transparent glass.
He had heard a few days ago that Yinreng and Yin'er were making trouble in the Imperial Household Department.
But he didn't take it seriously.
After all, the "experiments" that Yinreng conducted in the Ministry of Works two years ago were indeed quite interesting, and he had also played with them when he had nothing to do.
In the past two years, the Ministry of Works has indeed produced some very practical things based on the issues raised by Yinreng.
But those are just minor tricks, how can they be as important as the way to govern a country?
However, ever since he knew that he could live to be seventy years old (in lunar age), he began to let him move around between the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue in order to delay the time for Yinreng to form a team.
Kangxi glanced at Yinreng and felt that there was probably much more stored in his mind than he had imagined.
There are still about twenty years left, and he wants to see what Yinreng can transform the Qing Dynasty into.
As long as the military power is in his hands, Yinreng will not be able to cause any trouble no matter what!
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