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Chapter 240: Glass is rare

"Everyone has left, are you still watching?"

Seeing Yong Ning who was still looking towards the outside of the palace, the little fat man couldn't help but be speechless.

"Brother Emperor, are there any craftsmen who know how to make glass in our palace?"

Hearing the little fat man's amused voice, the little girl turned around and asked him about the glassmaker.

"What do you want the glassmaker to do?"

Seeing that Yongning, who had always been gentle and quiet and didn't care much about these external things, suddenly asked about the glassmaker, the little fat man couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"It's not me who wants it, it's the third brother who said he wanted to give me and Sister Nan Wei a unique gift from the Ming Dynasty!"

Remembering what Wang Bing said before about giving her and Qi Nanwei a unique gift from the Ming Dynasty, the little girl unconsciously had a happy smile on her face.

Although she was not the only one to have this gift, under the principle of 'fairness', the little girl still felt extremely happy.

"Silly girl, do you believe what the third child coaxes you to do? There is nothing unique in the Ming Dynasty. What unique things can be made from glass?"

Obviously, the little fat man didn't believe Wang Bing's words at all, and only thought that he was trying to coax a silly girl like him.

"Third brother won't lie to me, right, Sister-in-Law!"

Holding Sister Xi's arm, the little girl found a helper.

"My little brother has a lot of clever ideas. Maybe he can actually make something new for you out of glass, haha!"

Sister Xi is quite confident about her little brother who has suddenly become enlightened. Of course, if Ming Dynasty is unique, she will not dare to vouch for it.

"Brother Emperor, you haven't told me if there are any glassmakers in the palace?"

Finally, the little girl asked the fat man again about the glassmaker.

"There are craftsmen who make colored glaze in the palace, but I don't know if they can help your 'third brother' make something to deceive you, hahahaha!"

The so-called colored glaze, medicinal jade and utensils all refer to glass products in the Ming Dynasty. As the palace, the heart of the empire, naturally there were craftsmen who made glass.

"Great, Brother Emperor, can you... give Third Brother some glass craftsmen?"



"Lao San, I heard Yongning said that you want to make her a unique gift out of glass?"

A few days after taking the little girl to visit the Fragrant Mountain, Wang Bing, who fulfilled his promise and came to visit the little girl, had his beard cut off by the fat man as soon as he entered the palace.

The little girl was too innocent. Although the little fat man didn't believe Wang Bing's words to coax her, he could faintly smell the smell of money due to his natural keen sense of money.

"Well, it's not unique, but at least it doesn't exist in Ming Dynasty now, hehe!"

Although what Wang Bing wanted to do was extremely common in later generations, if we look at the original history, someone would have brought this thing into the Ming Dynasty within a year.

But the value of this thing was too high in this era. Wang Bing would not be willing to let those other people make away with Ming Dynasty's money by using this low-cost thing.

"Oh? Are you really trying to coax Yongning?"

The little fat man who was very familiar with Wang Bing couldn't help but know that this guy was really confident when he saw Wang Bing's expression.

"Hey, I wouldn't lie to my own wife if I lied to you! Do you think I'm the same as you, who deceived my eldest sister with just a few favors and smooth talk?"

Glancing at the little fat man, Wang Bing had a look of contempt on his face.

"Third brother, tell me, what is this thing that is unique to the Ming Dynasty?"

After receiving Wang Bing's affirmation, the little fat man's interest immediately doubled.

"What is it? Hey, let's keep it secret for the time being. You'll know when it's made. But Your Majesty, you have glass craftsmen here. Let's ask someone first to see if they can make the rough parts of what I need.

"

Regarding the curious look on the little fat man's face, Wang Bing deliberately kept it secret.



"Could you possibly make flat glass like this floor?"

After stepping on the gold bricks as smooth as a mirror, Wang Bing looked hopefully at the glass craftsmen called by the little fat man.

"Back to the Marquis, this... this, you guys have never made glass like this!"

After several glaze craftsmen kneeling on the ground looked at the gold bricks in front of them, they all shook their heads.

"It doesn't matter whether you have done it or not. I am asking you if you can do it?"

Looking at the uneasy craftsmen, Wang Bing couldn't help but frown.

"Back to Mr. Hou, I can give it a try, but I don't know how big the flat... plate glass of Mr. Hou will be?" Perhaps they heard the dissatisfaction in Wang Bing's tone, but the craftsmen were ready in the end.

Give it a try.

"Well, as for the size, of course the bigger the better! If that doesn't work, one foot square, even a palm-sized one will do!"

After seeing the performance of these craftsmen, Wang Bing no longer had much confidence in the royal glass craftsmen. Therefore, the size of the flat glass continued to shrink from bigger to better to the size of a palm for Wang Bing.

"Lao San, what kind of plate glass is this unique thing you're talking about?"

After waving to several craftsmen to go down for trial production, the little fat man couldn't help but asked Wang Bing with a puzzled look on his face.

"This flat glass is just a blank. The real thing, hey, you will know when the thing is made."

Looking at the little fat man's puzzled expression, Wang Bing continued to play off his words.



"Is this the flat glass you made?"

It has to be said that the craftsmen in the palace were very efficient. Wang Bing was only allowed to wait for two days before these people made several pieces of 'flat' glass of different sizes.

However, from Wang Bing's expression as if he had seen a lump of something, one could imagine how disgusting this so-called flat glass was to him.

"What I want is glass with the same thickness and as smooth as this gold brick. Look at your glass, not to mention the different thicknesses. What are those strips on it? Also, the flat glass I want is

It is as transparent as water, look at these dense bubbles..."

Regardless of the fact that the little fat man was right next to him, Wang Bing pointed at the few royal glaze craftsmen in front of him and started to make trouble.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have never made this plate glass before. In a hurry..."

When Wang Bing could complain like this, several glazed iron men plopped down and begged the little fat man for mercy.

"Haha, it's not bad to be able to do this in a hurry. Let's go back and think about it carefully!"

Unlike Wang Bing's complaints, the little fat man didn't mean to blame these craftsmen.

'No, these royal craftsmen can't make flat and transparent glass, so where did Li Chengming get the glass before?'
Chapter completed!
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