A few days later, in the afternoon, in a private school in Poyang City, Lu Quan, who was full of wine and food, burped, sat obliquely on the couch, leaning against the couch several times, and a servant stood beside him and reported to him about his affairs.

Another maid brought the sober soup into it, put it on the Lu Quanqian food table, then took out a glass bowl from the cabinet next to it, and poured the sober soup into the glass bowl.

After a moment, Lu Quan opened his eyes, raised his hand and made a "stop" gesture, took the glass bowl brought by the maid, and slowly drank the sobering soup in the bowl.

Instead of putting the glass bowl back, he looked at the crystal clear overseas goods with the sunlight leaking from the window.

Glazing has existed since ancient times, not only in the Central Plains, but also in overseas.

The Liang Kingdom is located in the east of the sea and connects sea routes with Hainan (south of the sea), such as the Linyi Kingdom south of Jiaozhou, Funan Kingdom, Dunxun Kingdom and Panpan Kingdom to the south.

To the west of Hainan, it is connected to the West Sea countries, such as the Tianzhu Kingdom and the Lion Kingdom. Going westward, it is the Anxi Kingdom and the Great Qin Kingdom in the extreme west.

Every year in late spring, when the southeast wind blows, overseas merchants come to Liang Kingdom on sea boats, and import many rare treasures and many overseas utensils, including glassware, which is very popular in Jiankang.

This kind of imported glassware is called "glass", "Pori", or overseas glass.

Overseas glassware includes cups, bowls, and various jewelry. Some glassware is colorful, and some glassware is transparent like crystal.

The glass bowl in Lu Quan's hand is an imported product, crystal clear and carved from ice. If it is filled with fine wine, you can clearly see the color of the wine, which looks really pleasing to the eye.

After enjoying it for a while, Lu Quan said, "Tell me something interesting in the city."

The servant who was reporting on the affairs asked, "I don't know what interesting things the Lord wants to hear."

Lu Quan pondered, thought for a while, and said, "Didn't the government want to bury the black bird that has been kept in its womb?"

"Yes, the black bird is now worshipped in the temple, and there are monks chanting scriptures every day."

"Haha..." Lu Quan laughed when he heard this, smiled for a while, and asked again: "Who is the Yuliang official who is the dreamer of Wufeng, the surname Li, who is in Baishi Village, and the one who can't pay back the money at home."

"Ah, that's Li Li." The servant said slowly, thinking as he said, "The villain followed the boy from afar to see who he was going to borrow money from."

"As a result, this kid...he..."

Lu Quan was a little impatient when he heard it: "Speak quickly!"

"Yes, Li Li has been playing in the sand on the riverside outside the city these days, fiddling with jars and jars, and picking up firewood to burn the fire, as if... it was burning sand."

When Lu Quan heard this, he was stunned. He looked at the other party and made sure that he had heard it correctly and began to think.

After a while, he looked at the glass bowl in his hand and smiled, "Burn sand? He also wants to burn glass overseas? Ha! It's such a fool!"

Seeing this, the servant smiled and agreed: "That's right, if you can burn overseas glass by simply burning sand, then the streets of Jiankang City will be filled with glassware."

Lu Quan handed the glass bowl to the maid, got up and walked around the room, humming: "I remember that back then, overseas merchants came to Jiankang to sell glassware, and then built a kiln outside the city..."

"They burn glassware there, and they sold it when they were burned. They immediately left on a boat after selling it... How many people want to figure out how to burn it, but they just figured out the rough idea, that is to burn sand."

"Many people tried to burn sand and wanted to burn overseas glass. As a result, what kind of thing should you burn?"

The servant followed Lu Quan to Jiankang, so he knew the answer, but he was ignorant and said, "Master, what are they burning out?"

Lu Quan smiled: "Creating a bunch of black lumps, hahaha!"

"Then Li Li thought that burning sand can burn out glass? Dreaming!"

"I heard that in Yecheng, the capital east of the Northern Territory, there were also foreign merchants in the Western Regions who sold overseas glassware, and some foreign merchants built kilns outside the city and burned colorful glass, which made a lot of money."

"However, there are also many people who learn to burn, but they just can't burn it or they can't burn it well, haha..."

He looked at the glass bowl held by the maid and hummed: "What is Li Li? He also wants to burn glass overseas? Even if the ancestral tomb is filled with blue smoke, what can I do if the glass is really burned?"

"It's amazing that you can make colorful glass beads, but these glass beads cannot be sold at a good price. Even if they burn them out, they can't pay for the debt. You don't have to stare at him anymore."

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As the sun sets, drums sounded at Poyang City, and the city gate was about to close. Many people rushed in and out of the city at the entrance, but one of them walked slowly in a lonely and slowly through the city gate and headed into the city.

He had two buns on his head, but Li Li was frowning.

Li Li has a positive appearance and a Chinese outline. Her eyebrows are thicker. Because the eyebrows are close to the front, the eyebrows and eyebrows are almost the same height. After the eyebrows are frowned, they become eight-character eyebrows.

In addition, he muttered to himself, his mouth slightly opened. At first glance, his face seemed to have the word "囧".

Li Li did feel a little embarrassed because the plan to make money was not going well.

In the past few days, he asked Wu Xiang and Liang Sen to help fish, then put together the copper coins in his hand, bought some jars and jars, and sneaked to the secluded river beach outside the city with confidence, and began to make a fortune.

That is to burn sand and make glass.

In many cases, after the protagonist returned to ancient times, his first pot of gold was to burn sand and make glass. He wanted to copy it, so he only got rich for a few days.

However, when Li Li started burning the sand, he found that all the burned sand was charred. Even if it was formed, it was still a bunch of black lumps.

The imagined stained glass is nowhere to be seen, let alone transparent glass.

In a few days, Li Li spent all his money on him, and he still couldn't burn out the glass when burning sand. In other words, his plan to make money was completely ruined.

So the name must be written in reverse?

Li Li stopped and looked at the streets where pedestrians were becoming increasingly rare. He was a little overwhelmed and murmured: "What's going on?"

For a moment, he continued to walk towards the county government, thinking as he walked.

What's wrong?

Isn’t it said that burning sand can burn out glass?

Li Li thought about it, and after thinking about it, he gradually figured out some possibilities.

Burning sand can make glass, provided that the sand can be melted, but in the past few days, the sand he burned has not completely melted.

The reason is probably because the flame temperature is not high enough?

Li Li thought of this possibility. He has collected firewood for fuel by himself in the past few days and lit the sand. Perhaps the temperature of the firewood is not high enough to melt the sand.

So I gritted my teeth and spent money to buy charcoal and burn sand with charcoal fire.

The result is still not possible.

However, he remembered reading popular science books before and said that the process of discovering glass in "ancient times" was very simple, that was, travelers camped on the beach and lit a bonfire. The next day, they found that there was glass in the embers of the bonfire, so they discovered the making of glass.

So, isn't the fuel problem?

Li Li didn't know if he thought so, but after a while, he thought of another possibility: maybe some kind of flux needs to be added when burning sand to reduce the melting point of the sand, just like the smelting process of those metallurgical companies.

This is very likely. Perhaps in the popular science books he read back then, the story of the traveler accidentally burning out glass, and other substances mixed in the beach bonfire may be other than firewood and branches.

If this is the case, what exactly is this flux?

The side door of the county government was right in front of him, but Li Li couldn't think of the answer. He stopped and looked up at the sky, looking at the gradually darkening sky. After a long time, he sighed: "The time is too short."

In that life, he was engaged in sales, marketing, business operations, knowledgeable, and careful in doing things, so he had a rough understanding of many industries.

If time goes by, he thinks he can slowly figure out how to make a fortune in this era.

However, the end of the year is approaching, and the family owes debts and there is not much left in the term. If the principal and interest are not paid back, the Yuchi will be taken away by the creditor.

Li Li didn't think that the sky would collapse without the fish pond.

As a poem says, the daughters are gone and come back again. Although he cannot make glass, he is confident that he can make money and make big money in the future and let the family live a good life.

But my mother probably couldn't stand such a blow, so she still had to find a way.

After thinking about it, an idea came up: Why not make soap? Making soap is also very profitable.

The protagonist often makes a fortune by making soap, and Li Li thinks he can give it a try.

After thinking about it carefully for a while, he shook his head: He didn't know the saponification process and had no time to explore.

The key to the problem is to earn 40,000 yuan in a short period of time. Li Li thinks this problem can be divided into two small problems: creativity and monetization.

Creativity should be unique so that it is valuable; monetization should be fast, otherwise the debt will not be paid.

With the insight of modern people, he can have a lot of creativity, but the creativity that can be realized as soon as possible is much less in comparison.

Think deeper, what is the group in Poyang City that is rich and willing to spend money to buy his creativity?

Officials look down on him as a poor and innocent official; wealthy households look like beggars who come to beg for the house.

There is also the possibility of bullying the weak in the above two groups. If his creativity is really good, the other party is likely to force it to grab it instead of spending money to buy it.

So, apart from that, there is only the merchant group, which seems to be easier to deal with.

The term merchant refers to businessmen, which in this era means traveling businessmen and sitting in business.

A businessman is a person who sells goods everywhere, and Jia is a person who opens a store with a fixed address to sell things. Li Li thinks that if he has the right creativity, he can find a businessman in Poyang City to buy money.

Poyang City is the county seat. It is located on the edge of the Po River and is not far from Pengli Lake. It is a place with prosperous water and land transportation. There are many business trips and travels on weekdays, and this is the business trip.

There are many residences in the city and outside the city pier, which is the place to sit in the family.

There are many businessmen who have the right ideas and find the right people to negotiate prices, it is very convenient to cash out.

So, what is the right idea? And how should buyers and sellers make a deal?

If you use money to buy creativity, if you give money first, the businessman may not trust him as a face-to-face boy; if you talk about creativity first, Li Li is afraid that the other party will turn against him.

Li Li thought about it and was a little fascinated.

He rushed into the county party before closing the door and walked towards the dilapidated dormitory where more than a dozen people squeezed together to sleep. The afterglow of the sunset shone, stretching his figure on the ground.
Chapter completed!