Hearing what Mr. Hao said, Su Hao couldn't help but blame himself. Since time travel, he has shaken out a lot of modern knowledge in his mind, such as digging wells, repairing stoves, mining coal, burning glass... It can be said that
Every item he took out made everyone around him feel amazed, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that he really lacked some awareness of keeping business secrets.
Let’s talk about burning glass. Use limestone instead of horns, use soda ash instead of saltpeter, and use quartz sand all over the mountains and plains instead of so-called glazed stone. These are several key points to break through the bottleneck of glass production. Once this layer of window paper is broken, people like Hao Yizong will
Skilled craftsmen can easily make cheap glass.
Glass currently does not have much use in society, mainly because the price is extremely high and cannot compete with porcelain. Once the cost comes down, and it has the advantage of transparency, I believe it will soon be used in thousands of households like later generations.
It has become one of the most common materials. In such a large market, the profits are unimaginable. However, as the only one who has mastered the technical know-how, Su Hao showed the secret to Hao Yizong without any hesitation.
One family entered.
The reason is probably due to the habits Su Hao brought from later generations. He has always worked in the geological department and does not have many business cells in his mind. In his opinion, these technologies were not invented by himself and should belong to the
The entire society. As for himself, there are so many opportunities to make money that he doesn't need to care about them at all.
Su Hao thought this way, but in Hao Yizong's heart, he had a completely different idea. As a craftsman, he knew the value of technical know-how. How many craftsmen would rather be beheaded by the government than reveal the legacy of their ancestors?
The reason for the stunts is that these stunts are the basis for the survival of their entire family. If they are leaked, their descendants will suffer poverty.
And this young master knew such an exquisite glass recipe, and he said it without reservation in front of Hao Qing, and personally guided Hao Qing to cook a pot of high-quality colored glaze. This was a tribute to him.
How much trust do you have in this family? If you don’t ask for the recipe because you saw it, can it still be considered a trader? Stealing skills from a master is the most shameful behavior in the circle of craftsmen. If you use
If technology is acquired in this way, future generations will be labeled as thieves.
"Uncle Hao, my nephew's recipe came from hearsay and is not worth much. If Uncle Hao thinks it is useful, just use it." Su Hao said generously.
"How can that be done?" Hao Yizong said, "If Master Su is willing to grant Lao Chan this skill, then Master Su will be Lao Chan's mentor, and Quan Zi will be Master Su's disciple. From now on, whatever I get from making colored glaze in Hao's workshop will be given to me as a gift.
50% to Master Su. I wonder if Master Su will agree to such a condition?"
"No!" Su Hao flatly refused, "Uncle Hao, if you want to say that, then we have nothing to say. If you want to use the formula for burning colored glaze, you can use it. If you don't want to use it, you can use it."
As soon as the words came out, Hao Yizong's face turned pale. Hao Qing and Hao Tong also looked at each other, wondering what went wrong. Su Hao had spoken so lightly before, but when Hao Yizong made the conditions, he fell out. This was
Where to start? If you think that the conditions offered by Hao Yizong are too low, it seems a bit unjustifiable. With 50% of the profit and respect as a teacher, what else does Su Hao want?
Su Hao walked up to Hao Yizong, took Hao Yizong's hand with both hands, and said: "Uncle Hao, at your age, you are more than enough to be my uncle. You say that I am your mentor, are you planning to shorten my life? Why not?"
You said that Brother Hao is my disciple, and Hao Tong and I are brothers. Are you asking me to be your grandfather?
I only got this glaze-burning method by chance. If I can catch the eye of your Uncle Hao and get a compliment, my nephew will be very happy. How can I dare to sell it for a high price? My nephew will also mention a few conditions here.
If my uncle can agree, my nephew will hand over this recipe, and he will have other recipes in the future, and he is willing to share them with his uncle."
Su Hao's words made Hao Yizong feel very emotional. He held Su Hao's hand and said, "Master Su is so kind and righteous, I am so grateful. If Master Su has any instructions, just listen to me. I dare not go against it at all."
Su Hao said: "I am willing to give this formula of colored glaze to Brother Hao Qing as a greeting gift. I would like to ask Brother Hao to accept me as a brother. There must be no talk of master-apprenticeship. As for Uncle Hao, in the future,
Don't call me Master, just ask me to change it. This is my second name. From now on, Hao's workshop will make colored glaze. No matter how much I get, I won't get a penny. I just ask Brother Hao and Uncle Hao to help me often.
Just make something."
"This..." Hao Yizong didn't expect that the condition proposed by Su Hao was so simple. He gave away such good technology for nothing, but he just wanted to think of his father and son as his uncle and eldest brother. This was simply not a condition.
He looked at Hao Tong with an inquiring look, and Hao Tong stepped forward and said: "Uncle, Master Su is a person with lofty ambitions, and he really doesn't like the mere formula of colored glaze. Since Master Su is willing to give me all his money, I
Let’s just accept it.”
Hao Yizong then stamped his feet, as if he had made a lot of determination, and said to Su Hao: "Respect is worse than obeying orders, change it... My nephew, that old man will accept this generous gift shamelessly. My nephew will be in the future. When it comes to making colored glaze items, no, it is not limited to colored glaze. As long as the wise nephew asks for anything that the old man can do, the old man will definitely put down all the work he is doing and make it for the wise nephew. As for the profit from the colored glaze, the wise nephew must at least make it. Take 30%, otherwise I will never make another piece of colored glaze in my life."
If he doesn't agree to share in the workshop, this old man will swear never to make glass again. Is this a threat to me? Su Hao thought dumbfounded. He is willing to tell Hao Yizong the formula of glass without reservation, mainly because
He felt that the other party had actually mastered the glass manufacturing technology, but there were some mistakes in some places. Seeing the older generation of craftsmen trapped in the pit and unable to climb out, he instinctively wanted to reach out and give him a hand.
As for rejecting Hao Yizong's previous suggestion of a 50-50 split, he also had the idea of retreating in order to advance. He believed that with the character of an old craftsman like Hao Yizong, he would never take advantage of a young man like him in vain.
Whether it's profit sharing, or doing something for himself for free in the future, in short, he knows that he will definitely get something in return from this.
Sure enough, Hao Yizong Jingran used this method to force himself to take 30% of the bonus. If he refused, there would be no need.
"Well, since Uncle Hao is so insistent, my nephew has to bear it. It has always been said that elders give gifts, but it is disrespectful. However, the glazed stone used for burning glazed glass must be provided by my nephew, and the rest of the expenses
Brother Hao will be responsible for all the power and effort, what do Uncle Hao and Brother Hao think?" Su Hao said.
"It's so kind of me to change my brother," Hao Qing said cheerfully. Hearing that his father had already changed his name to Su Hao as his nephew, he naturally followed suit and called him "good brother".
Everyone happily said some polite words, and Hao Yizong pointed to the dozens of pieces of colorless transparent glass that had just been made, and asked Su Hao: "My dear nephew, I just heard from Qing'er that you want to polish these glass pieces into shape.
, I don’t know how to polish it and how to use it?”
Su Hao asked Xiao Wuzi to get a piece of paper, and then picked a charcoal stick from the firewood pile nearby, and then started drawing on the paper for Hao Yizong, explaining while drawing:
"What my nephew wants to make is some lenses like this. Each set has 4 lenses, two of which are convex. The size and shape are like this..."
Hao Yizong was an experienced craftsman. He knew what he wanted to make as soon as Su Hao told him about it, and he had already figured out the specific polishing process in his mind. Hao Qing had studied crafts with his father for many years, and his skills were quite good.
Yes, when Su Hao talked about the situation, he kept nodding his head, indicating that he understood and could do what Su Hao asked.
"After the convex mirror and concave mirror are polished, ask Uncle Hao to put the convex mirror in front and the concave mirror in the back to look at the distance. If my nephew's prediction is true, uncle Hao will be able to see through these two lenses.
To see the distant scenery clearly. Then, ask your uncle to use a cylinder to fix the two lenses to form a lens tube. When a pair of lens tubes are put together, both eyes can see at the same time. In order to do this
In this regard, the two pairs of lenses need to be ground to the same size so that the lens barrels on both sides can be the same length."
Su Hao looked at the structure of later telescopes and said to Hao Yizong. It is not practical to make a retro-reflective telescope now, so let's make a pair of binoculars and use it first.
"Can you see the distant scenery clearly?" Hao Yizong really couldn't imagine what Su Hao meant.
Su Hao did not explain. He believed that after Hao Yizong ground out the lens and aligned the convex and concave mirrors, everything would be clear. The legendary invention of the telescope was not due to an accidental discovery by a mirror grinder.
Did you notice this phenomenon?
"Don't worry, my dear nephew, I will start polishing these lenses now. It will not delay my nephew's use." Hao Yizong didn't ask any more questions. He straightforwardly agreed to Su Hao's request. As for the salary, there is no need to talk about it.
I mentioned it, now everyone is a family.
Grinding lenses is a very troublesome thing, so Su Hao and others cannot sit here and wait. After getting Hao Qing's promise to report as soon as it is completed, Su Hao took Hao Tong and Deng Kui'er,
Left Hao's workshop.
Hao Qing sent the guests away on behalf of his father, returned to the backyard, and asked his father: "Father, since Su Hao said that this formula can be given to us for free, why do you have to give him 30% of the bonus? In my son's opinion
, when we make money, we can just give him a gift. This 30% bonus will be passed down from generation to generation."
Hao Yizong said: "What do you know? This young man doesn't take such a precious formula seriously and just gives it away. You know that the good things in his belly are far more than this Liuli formula. Let's give it away for three
By sharing the dividend, we will tie him to us. If he comes up with any skills in the future, it will be more than what we can buy with the three-point bonus."
"The father is far-sighted, but the son is short-sighted." Hao Qing said with sudden realization.
Hao Yizong said: "Go and get the whetstone. Let us father and son work together to grind out what Su Hao wants as soon as possible. From what he said, this thing is also a valuable object. Let's make it and see what happens.