On the way from the workshop outside the city to the palace in the city, Han Cheng was always uneasy and could not calm down.
The sudden summons by the princess really surprised Han Cheng.
Although he is also one of the stewards of Prince Han's Mansion, he is young and manages the most inconspicuous glaze workshop. He usually has almost as little presence as Sun Zhan. So when he suddenly heard that the princess wanted to summon him, Han Cheng naturally
I was surprised and terrified, not knowing what was going on.
After entering the palace, he followed the maid Mo Hua to a big room. Han Cheng did not dare to look carefully at the girl in front of him and bowed directly: "Little Han Cheng, see the princess!"
"Haha, get up."
Without putting on any airs like a princess, Fang Fengzhu picked up the tea cup in her hand and said with a smile. Then when the other party got up, she took a small sip of the already cold tea and couldn't help but frown slightly.
Frown!
I really don't like the taste.
But even if Fang Fengzhu prefers juice and goat milk, she still has to force herself to get used to the taste of tea as soon as possible, because Fang Fengzhu knows how much Li Yuanjia likes this stuff! Anyway, as long as he sees the king in the study, his
There is always a cup of tea at hand, and Fang Fengzhu has never seen the second kind!
No matter what, she must make herself like this kind of tea...
When Han Cheng stood up, he happened to see the princess' frown.
His heart skipped a beat and he panicked a little.
Fortunately, the princess's attitude was still very kind, and she casually asked about the recent situation of the Liuli Workshop. In fact, Han Shan had already seen her last time when the king took the princess to Zhuangzi, but there were many people at that time, and Han Shan
He didn't dare to take a closer look. After such a close contact today, he immediately felt the aura of the top lady of the Tang Dynasty.
She is a woman of sixteen or seventeen years old, and she speaks softly, but Han Chenggong has a nervous and suffocating feeling!
When the princess asked a question, Han Chengcheng answered without daring to say any more nonsense.
After about half a stick of incense, Fang Fengzhu suddenly put down the tea cup in his hand, narrowed his eyes and asked: "Han Cheng, do you know how much money our glaze workshop spent last month?"
"If you reply to the princess, I will know."
After swallowing, Han Cheng answered Fang Fengzhu's question with a slightly dry voice: "Twelve people spend four hundred dollars per month on the purchase of raw materials. In addition, they expanded the workshop and purchased some
The utensils cost one hundred and twenty-six guan! In addition to the daily expenses of six guan and forty-six yuan, the total is one hundred and ninety-seven guan and forty-six yuan!"
Although the other party's tone was very gentle and he specifically used the word "we" to express his attitude, Han Cheng was still pounding in his heart at this time.
This beautiful girl in front of me is the mistress of the entire Han Palace!
Moreover, everyone in the palace knows that although the king is young, he is not very interested in women. Even before getting married, it is not a secret in the Han palace that he has never touched a woman. As for Chun Yan and Liu Mei,
The two beautiful personal maids have never touched each other!
The favor Princess Fang Fengzhu received after entering the palace was visible to everyone.
Of course, if it was just the identity of the other party, Han Cheng would not be so nervous, but when the princess asked about the monthly expenses of the Liuli Workshop, he had to deal with it carelessly. After all, from the day it was built to the present, the Liuli Workshop has spent
More than a few hundred strings? However, nothing has been made that satisfies the king so far. Han Cheng himself is also under great pressure. Now when the princess asks...
Han Cheng was nervous, and Fang Fengzhu was slightly startled after hearing his answer.
One hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-six dollars?
There are zeros and whole numbers, and hearing this number gives people a sense of reality.
Fang Fengzhu had been accustomed to hearing about more than a hundred guans and nearly a hundred guans for more than ten years. When she heard such a precise number from Han Cheng, she was really not used to it. But she was in a daze.
Suddenly, Fang Fengzhu remembered the mathematics books he was still studying, and also recalled what Li Yuanjia once said, only those who have thoroughly studied those books can be qualified to take charge of Prince Han's Mansion!
"Huh...it's true!"
After taking a gentle breath, Fang Fengzhu suddenly felt a sense of urgency in his heart.
As a master, she can't be worse than Han Cheng and other stewards! And she heard that the king asked Ma Liang to accept a few younger kids into the school, as if he wanted to teach them personally... Although Fang Fengzhu didn't understand it.
, why did her husband want to personally teach the children of these servants mathematics, but it also made her feel a sense of crisis.
Wouldn't it be a shame if we were worse than those kids?
So after hearing the numbers Han Cheng answered, Fang Fengzhu was at a loss and also felt a little ashamed. Before she could react to the series of numbers, Han Cheng had already arrived at the final total!
Fortunately, Fang Fengzhu was not an ordinary girl. She quickly regained her composure. Fang Fengzhu asked: "Han Cheng, I lost almost two hundred guan in a month, and more than 2,000 guan in a year!"
It's not a small amount of money, it's enough to buy a big house in Chang'an, but after you spent it, you didn't build anything?"
When she said these words, Fang Fengzhu's tone and expression were not as good as before.
More than two thousand guan is indeed not a small sum of money. If it were given to ordinary Tang Dynasty people, it would be enough for them to live comfortably for a lifetime. Please note that it is to live comfortably for a lifetime, not to survive for a lifetime! Even many wealthy people
Officials of the Tang Dynasty may not be able to save two thousand guan in their lifetime!
As a result, when it came to Han Cheng, it was all spent in one year.
As a qualified mistress of the palace, how could Fang Fengzhu endure it? So after she established a firm foothold and thought she had a clear grasp of the situation in the palace, the first person she called was Han Cheng, who planned to build a factory in this colored glaze workshop.
Great effort.
"Back to the princess, the main reason is that purchasing various materials costs a lot of money!"
After swallowing another mouthful of saliva, Han Cheng quickly explained: "Although the king asked us to use sand to make glass, various minerals and other minerals need to be added when firing, and many of them need to be purchased from Taoist priests and warlocks...
You know, the things those people have are not cheap, so..."
From Han Cheng's point of view, he was also quite aggrieved.
In fact, they had already made the same colored glaze as the people from the Western Regions, but the king was still not satisfied and asked Han Cheng and the others to continue to improve. The key point of improvement, in addition to changing to different sand, was to add different things when burning. Just like
When making paper, try to add extracts from various plants. When burning glass, add various minerals, or the products of Taoist priests' alchemy...
Sincerely, what can Han Cheng do?
After listening to Han Cheng's words, Fang Fengzhu frowned: "Glass? Isn't it the glass you made?"
"Back to the princess, the king calls it glass..."