Li Qi was not stupid. He couldn't understand what the prince meant. He was just pretending not to know because he didn't want to get involved yet. After all, his official position was too small and he had no money to play with them and hand over his own destiny.
Letting others control it is the plot that Li Qi hates the most.
As for the Four Nations Banquet, this is Li Qi's strong point. Anyway, it's still some time away from now. Li Qi doesn't even bother to think about it. Now there are still many things for him to worry about.
The next morning, Li Qi went to the military camp to train. Since there was a bonfire party tonight, the training during the day continued. However, Li Qi selected five people from each group to arrange the bonfire party tonight.
Call in some cooks to handle the prey.
"Master Li, what should I do with this black bear?"
These cooks had never handled a bear in their lives, and the black bear looked so ferocious that even though it was dead, it was still scary to look at.
Li Qi naturally knew their concerns, so he immediately called the fierce man Niu Gao and asked him to chop off the bear's head first. Then he said to one of the cooks: "Keep the bear skin and right palm for me.
I'll ask someone to send him to Zuixianju later, but forget it, I'm not sure about Xiao Liuzi's character, so I'll send him to Qin Mansion."
Li Qi would naturally not let go of such a good thing. Besides, with so many people here, it is impossible for everyone to eat it. It is better to keep it private. As for why Li Qi only wants the right palm, it is because black bears often eat it.
Use your right palm to scoop out honey and lick it, which will absorb some of the nutrients of wild honey and, of course, the moisturizing of saliva. It tastes better and has higher nutritional value.
"Hey, I know what to do."
Li Qi hummed, and suddenly said: "Wait a moment." Then he said to Niu Gao: "Master Niu, when this black bear attacks you, does it use its left hand or its right hand?"
Niu Gao was dumbfounded by this question. He was risking his life. How could he care about this? He shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Li Qi frowned. What if this bear is left-handed? Then I would be at a big loss. I was cruel and grabbed the cook again and whispered: "Remember, I want four bear paws, and the other ones."
Keep the deer whip for me too."
After arranging everything, Li Qi went back to the Qin Mansion, because this morning Wu Furong sent someone to inform him that all the materials he wanted for making glass had been found. In fact, as early as after acquiring the Liulic Square, Li Qi asked
Wu Furong started preparing the raw materials.
When he arrived at the Qin Mansion, Wu Furong was already there.
Li Qi greeted Wu Furong and asked, "Uncle Wu, have you found out the details of those craftsmen?"
Wu Furong nodded and said: "Everything has been checked." After that, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Li Qi, saying: "Hey, it's all on it."
Li Qi took it and took a look. Among the more than thirty craftsmen, eight of them were alone. He looked at it carefully for a while, then asked for a brush, scratched the paper a few times, and handed it back to him.
Wu Furong said: "Uncle, please tell the eight people circled above to go home first, and they are not allowed to go to the workshop again. I have other arrangements. In addition, you can ask a few of our people to go to the workshop to help. Choose
Let the younger ones go."
Wu Furong wondered: "Why is this?"
Li Qi solemnly said: "Uncle Wu, if what I want to do this time is successful, it will definitely be called a great invention. Once this thing comes out, there will definitely be many people who will try every means to use it.
If we take it as our own, I'm afraid it will inevitably lead to a bloody storm, so we must do a good job in keeping it secret. I don't want any uncertain factors in it. These people have no children and are difficult to control. They must be abandoned. As for the rest
Man, you ask Anan to send someone to monitor their family members for me. Forget it, just arrange for them to go to a bar or food court. This will also facilitate monitoring. Moreover, once the work starts, no one is allowed to go out without my permission.
Workshop, if you don't agree, just let him go."
Wu Furong was worried, are you doing business or rebelling? He said with fear in his eyes: "Master Li, since it's so troublesome, let's just stop doing it. It's just a few hundred coins. If you lose it, you'll lose it."
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Wu Furong, who has always managed money wisely, actually said such words, which shows how scared he was.
Li Qi said with a smile: "Uncle Wu, don't worry. As long as we are fully prepared, there will be no problem. And the higher the risk, the greater the benefit. As long as we can get that thing, it will definitely be enough."
We have been eating, drinking, whoring and gambling for ten lifetimes."
Seeing that Li Qi was determined to do it, Wu Furong could only nod his head and said: "Hey, I understand."
Li Qi hummed, and suddenly said: "Oh, there is something I forgot to tell you. Do you still remember the foot shop in front of the workshop?"
Wu Furong said "Ah" in surprise, then nodded and said: "Remember."
"The lady in that foot shop is a talkative person. As long as she is here, she will make trouble for her even if nothing happens. You might as well ask someone to buy that foot shop and make it our chain store." Li Qi said domineeringly, it's not about money.
Well, although he is "poor", he really doesn't take this little money seriously.
Wu Furong groaned again and said, "What if someone refuses to sell it?"
"Don't want to sell?"
Li Qi sneered and said: "Then let's open a few tea stalls nearby to squeeze her to death. When you ask people to talk, remember to be arrogant and use both soft and hard tactics."
Wu Furong had already been led astray by Li Qi, and he thought this was the way to do business, so he nodded and said: "Yes, I remember it."
Li Qi nodded and then said: "Where did you put those things?"
"Put it all in the back room. I'll take you there now."
Wu Furong said and took Li Qi to a room in the backyard. He saw several sacks placed in the room, all of which were bulging.
"All these materials have been ground into powder as per your request." Wu Furong said.
"Um."
Li Qi opened the sack and took a look inside. It was full of powders of different colors. He took out some of each and looked at it carefully. He nodded and said, "Not bad. Is the scale ready?"
Wu Furong pointed to the innermost table and said, "It has been prepared for a long time."
"Okay, Uncle Wu, thank you very much."
Wu Furong chuckled and said, "If you think it's okay, then that's okay."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Well, you go ahead and do your work first, and by the way, help me tell Aunt Chen and ask her to instruct the servants that no one is allowed to come to the backyard without my permission."
Wu Furong nodded and said: "Hey, I'll go right now." After saying that, he went out.
After Wu Furong went out, Li Qi locked the door from the inside, turned to look at the bags of powder, his eyes flashed, and his face was full of confidence.
In fact, the principle of making glass is very simple. The main raw materials are quartz sand, soda ash, limestone, and feldspar. Fortunately, these things are now available and can be obtained easily. This also greatly increases the feasibility of glass production. If
If it's as hard to find as Hubu, then everything is in vain.
The first thing Li Qi had to do was to mix these raw materials in a certain proportion. He still remembered the data very clearly, but he didn't know how the raw materials at this time would be different from those processed in later generations, as well as the current temperature.
It's not very precise, so this still has to be explored. He used those data as the center, fluctuated up and down, and calculated five proportional values.
Since it was still in the experimental stage, Li Qi did not ask Wu Furong to get a lot of raw materials. Each raw material was just a linen bag. He rested for a while, then stood in front of the table, holding the scale rod, and started to prepare the raw materials according to a certain proportion.
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Regarding the raw materials of glass, Li Qi can safely teach Wu Furong how to make them, but he does not intend to tell anyone about these data. He knows the value of glass very well. This can be seen from the current value of colored glaze, and the value of glass
Not only in life, but also in the military, glass can play a huge role, so no matter what, he will never hand over this achievement to anyone easily, including the current emperor.
Unknowingly, two hours passed.
Li Qi finally finished the preparation. He looked at the five sacks on the ground and took a long breath. He wrote serial numbers on the bags with a brush to avoid confusion. However, there was still a bag of powder in the house.
In the end, Li Qi never touched it, but that didn't mean it was redundant. On the contrary, the material of this bag was the most important, because it contained pyrolusite powder.
If Li Qi really develops glass with any of the five formulas, it will only be colored glass, because it also contains iron elements. Based on the existence of colored glaze, Li Qi knows that colored glass cannot cause much damage.
reaction, and pyrolusite is the key to turning colored glass into colorless glass, and it has undoubtedly become the most important item in his confidentiality plan. Regarding this, as long as he does not say it, he believes that no one can think of it these days.
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There was only so much he could do, and the actual operations had to be taught to the craftsmen.
After everything was done, Li Qi was just about to ask someone to store the bags when he suddenly heard the voice of Gao Yanei's man outside, "Li Qi, Li Qi, where are you? Come out quickly."
What is this idiot doing again?
Li Qi quickly opened the door and walked out, and then quickly locked the door. He didn't dare to let Gao Yanei know that he was developing glass, otherwise Gao Yanei's big mouth would definitely make the whole city known in a day.
As soon as Li Qi locked the door, he saw three cobblers, Gao Yanei, Zhou Hua, and Hong Tianjiu, struggling with the servants of the Qin Mansion while forcing their way towards this side.
Li Qi rolled his eyes, walked up to him, and shouted, "Ya Nei, stop yelling, I'm here."
As soon as Gao Yanei saw Li Qi, he hurriedly got rid of the servants and ran over.
The servants also followed, saluted Li Qi and said, "I'm sorry, Master Li, they---."
"Okay, I understand, you go down first."
Li Qi waved his hand and asked Gao Yanei and the others: "What do you want from me?"
Gao Yamen laughed a few times, blinked his big eyes and looked at Li Qi, and said with deep meaning: "Li Qi, tell me honestly, why are you hiding here this afternoon?"