Chapter 291: Glass scam

"Jin Ping Mei" finally ended with aster running out of the main hall blushing.
Naturally, Xiao Ming didn't talk about Jin Pingmei because of feudal ethics. He just took the opportunity to talk about meat and vegetables, and took advantage of the aster.
In fact, Xiao Ming was not in a hurry to change things like feudal etiquette. The only thing that was deeply rooted could only boil frogs in warm water and take it slowly.
And the Renaissance in his eyes is not just a simple theater, deliberately unable to bring the results he expected.
His sudden interest in building theaters is also to increase Qingzhou's entertainment projects and increase the income of the government, which is also part of the urban construction.
Of course, he can't speak arrogantly for this purpose, because arty people will inevitably poke his backbone and despise him.
In his opinion, drama can help him spread some ideas among the people, but the foundation of the Renaissance is still in the Bowen Academy and education.
As long as the students of the Bowen Academy accept his knowledge, the Renaissance is half completed, because the Western Renaissance is only reflected in advanced talents, from top to bottom.
Therefore, for Xiao Ming, drama is just a small card in his governance of the fief. The three most important issues now are commercial construction, universal education and army construction.
After leaving all the troupe's affairs to Zixuan, Xiao Ming focused on another weapon of war after the artillery-the flintlock.
In his knowledge, the first tube-shaped metal firearm appeared in Europe in the modern 1430s. At this time, the musket was called the musket, which was later the matchlock musket. The history of Europe continued into the sixteenth century.
At this time, it was also the 16th century. The matchlock guns of this period were introduced into the Japanese country by the Portuguese in 22 years of Ming Jiajing.
Therefore, there has always been controversy regarding the origin of the bird guns in the Ming Dynasty. One is the theory of the creation of bird guns, the theory of the introduction from the Japanese kingdom, and the theory of direct introduction from the West.
But anyway, since the sixteenth century, the world has basically entered the age of firearms, and in the middle of the seventeenth century, flintlocks have become the mainstream.
As for the question of why Dayu State had not been exposed to muskets, Xiao Ming had always wondered. According to the normal trajectory, Dayu State should at least be exposed to muskets and artillery.
But the fact is that this concept doesn’t seem to exist in Great Chongqing. The only reason he can find is that Great Chongqing does not pay much attention to the ocean, and the coastal waters of Great Chongqing have now become a place where Japanese pirates are rampant, which further prevents Great Chongqing’s external communication. .
In addition, Chang'an is inland. If foreigners come into contact with it, it is also the first contact with the kings of Wei and Chu.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ming frowned.
In any case, he can't wait anymore. After the normalization of artillery production, the production of this flintlock must be put on the schedule, and there is not much time left for him.
One is to cope with the possible invasion of the Japanese kingdom three years later, and the other, he plans to expel the barbarians in Youzhou before the invasion of the Japanese kingdom, and drive the barbarians out of Shanhaiguan, so that he can avoid the enemy at that time. , But also allows the Musketeers to have actual combat experience.
As I was thinking, suddenly Aster, who ran out shyly just now, came back again, "Your Highness, Liang Dahai is back."
"He's back? Let him in quickly." Xiao Ming said excitedly.
When the winter entered last year, he sent Liang Dahai to the grassland to buy slaves. Now he doesn’t know how he has gained.
After a while, Liang Dahai, who was wearing a purple round-neck gown, walked in, "Your Highness, the official is back."
"How was the harvest from going to the grassland this time?" Xiao Ming asked with a smile.
Liang Dahai said: "As expected by His Highness, many cattle and sheep have frozen to death on the grasslands this year. In order not to starve this year, many tribes have secretly traded slaves with us. Twelve thousand elite slaves were bought on the grassland, and please review them."
"No, it's not bad, now this king is short of manpower." Xiao Ming groaned, "You immediately hand over these slaves to Qian Dafu."
Then he continued: "Liang Dahai, you also know that Qingzhou’s population statistics have come out. This king is really short of labor. This business of buying slaves on the grassland cannot be stopped. In addition, you have to open up another way to buy slaves, such as going to The state buys slaves from pirates."
"Buy slaves from pirates!" Liang Dahai's eyes rolled, and he smiled: "His Royal Highness, this is also a way, but these pirates need real money to deal with, they are not like the barbarians, they only have to give Chen Liang now. Can it be sent?"
"Now Qingzhou is using money everywhere, but this king has no money for you." Xiao Ming said with a smile.
Liang Dahai showed a miserable expression, "His Royal Highness, aren't you making it difficult to dismiss an official? I used to have experience in dealing with pirates, and these desperadoes are not so easy to deceive."
"Don't worry, it's not that the king won't give you anything, so it's too early today, you go back first, tomorrow the king will give you the things to buy slaves."
Liang Dahai hesitated, but nodded.
The next day, Xiao Ming directly informed Liang Dahai to go to the glass workshop. At the workshop, Xiao Ming pointed to a large wooden box and said to Liang Dahai: "Hey, this is the capital that this king gave you to buy slaves."
Looking at the big wooden box on the ground, Liang Dahai walked over. When he opened the wooden box, his whole person was stupid, "His Royal Highness, this...this...is too precious."
At this time, the wooden box was full of glass balls. This kind of glass ball is the simplest kind of glass ball with green color. Xiao Ming Carbon marble used this kind of glass ball when he was a child.
Grabbing a handful of glass balls, the glass rubbed in his hands and made a pleasant sound. Xiao Ming smiled and said, "It is because of its preciousness that I let you exchange it for a slave. It's okay to use this."
The value of glass is naturally clear to Xiao Ming~EbookFREE.me~ Mastered glass craftsmanship, this box of glass beads is not worth a hundred taels of silver.
But now glass is a real luxury in Da Yu. He believes that the Japanese pirates wandering overseas have not even seen this kind of glass ball, and those pirates who hold this kind of glass ball are bound to be treasures.
"No...no...problem." Liang Dahai had already stammered, this box of glass beads was simply a huge amount of wealth.
Xiao Ming continued: "Be more flexible in your head. Not only can this glass bead be traded for slaves, but you can trade with these pirates for gold, silver and the like.
Liang Dahai had dealt with pirates before when he was selling slaves. Knowing that these glass would surely drive the pirates crazy, he took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, you can rest assured. Replace with something equivalent."
Xiao Ming nodded slightly. Once the West exchanged a few glass for a large piece of land by the Indians, he could not lag behind. He had to take advantage of his advantage and immediately used it.
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