"See Your Majesty!"

In the Ministry of Works, there is a small workshop dedicated to studying various things. Although the workshop is not big, the specifications are quite particular. When Liu Xie came over, Pu Yuan was commanding several workers with a serious face. Wei Zhong wanted to speak out, but was stopped by Liu Xie. He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the craftsmen carefully lifting a ten-meter-long glass from the mold.m. The site where mobile phones save the most traffic.

It was not until he was sure that the glass would not break again that Pu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. It was not until this time that he discovered Liu Xie's existence and hurried forward and bowed.

"It's done?" Liu Xie asked with a smile as he looked at the glass carefully placed on a soft pad by several craftsmen.

"Yes, there are already a few finished products. Please check it out." Pu Yuan waved his hand, and a craftsman came up with a tray.

On the tray, there was a goblet, a dragon-shaped carving the size of a palm, and a crystal clear seal.

"These three are the most successful samples so far, and of course, there is also this glass window used as a window." Pu Yuan said proudly.

Glazed!

Every piece of creation is a rare treasure that is priceless. Who would have thought that one day, glazing can be made in this way, and as the technology becomes more proficient, it means that this thing can be mass-produced in the future. The wealth in it is just exciting to think about it.

"Okay!" Liu Xie smiled and said, "I passed on my oral instructions that every craftsman here will be rewarded with a thousand gold in addition to his salary. If you have an official position, you will be given another five hundred gold!"

It sounds a bit too much, but the court is not short of this money now. The most important thing is that once this glass product appears, it also represents a continuous stream of wealth waving to Liu Xie.

In this era of underdeveloped transportation and information, Liu Xie himself could not estimate how much profit these things could bring to Liu Xie from abroad.

"Thank you Your Majesty!" The craftsmen were overjoyed when they heard this. A thousand golds could buy a good house even in this increasingly prosperous Chang'an City. If you save some money, it would be enough for an ordinary family to live a lifetime.

"No gifts." Liu Xie waved his hand and looked at Pu Yuan and said, "In addition to these, are there any other finished products?"

"This..." Pu Yuan smiled bitterly and nodded: "It's just that the quality is very poor, and there are so many colors. I'm afraid that it will defile His Majesty's holy eyes."

"What holy eye?" Liu Xie couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Get take it first."

"Here!" Pu Yuan did not dare to disobey, so he quickly asked someone to lift a box up. Liu Xie looked down and saw that there were indeed a large number of glass products inside, all kinds of colors, but just like Pu Yuan said, the quality was very poor, some even turbid, and many had cracks on it, which was more than one difference compared to the three things Pu Yuan gave him to watch.

"Please send these things to the Western Regions, the farther the better. If you sell them, even if they are defective products, they should be quite valuable in the Western Regions." Liu Xie picked up a horse-shaped carving and handed them to Wei Zhongdao.

"Don't worry, your majesty, I will leave this to Zhen Yao." Wei Zhong bowed.

"Zhen Yao?" Liu Xie thought for a while and shook his head: "The Zhen family has occupied the salt transportation, but this thing cannot be handed over to the Zhen family for care. For Su Chi! If the Su family is willing to move their family to Chang'an, the glass trade will be handed over to the Su family. Seeing how they think about it, if the Su family doesn't want to, they will hand it over to the Zhang family."

Wei Zhong's expression moved, nodded and agreed, "Here!"

Liu Xie looked at Pu Yuan on the side and said, "Now that the technology has matured, we will gather craftsmen who are good at this thing and set up a new yard, a yard owner, and eat four hundred stones!"

When Pu Yuan heard this, his heart beat a few times without any gratitude. He had a salary of 400 stones, but he was as good as him as a master of the Ministry of Works. In other words, the newly selected person was no different from him in terms of level, but at this moment, he did not dare to express any dissatisfaction, so he nodded and said, "I obey the order."

"Don't worry, Pu Qing, I have seen you working hard for the court this year. You should also mention your position after the New Year. It is best to give me the paper before the New Year and find a way to simplify it. The cost is cheaper. If this happens, the official rank of the master craftsman of the Ministry of Works will be upgraded to a higher salary, and the title will also be improved." Liu Xie looked at Pu Yuan's expression, and naturally knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile.

With a salary of 600 stones, Chang'an is still a small official, but it is already comparable to the county magistrates of some small counties. It is undoubtedly a huge progress for craftsmen. In the past, for craftsmen, county magistrates were the heavens, but now they can become comparable to those in positions.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Pu Yuan said with a look of surprise.

Liu Xie smiled and raised his hand to signal him to avoid the gift. It seemed to be an exception to promote it, but in fact, the social status of craftsmen has been improved unknowingly. Liu Xie's official Xu was not a mess this time.

"Okay, go and do things, count these defective products, and send them to the palace later." Liu Xie glanced at the big piece of glass that was made and smiled: "In addition, take the calcite knife that I had made before, cut the glass window, and send it to the palace. The palace must first assemble these."

Without glass windows, even the light in the palace is particularly dim. Sometimes it is necessary to light the lights during the day, which is very inconvenient. With this, with enough money and food in the future, Liu Xie had the intention to renovate the entire palace and build a palace that was enough to spread to future generations and is famous all over the world.

Of course, the premise is that the entire Han Dynasty is pacified and there is enough money to allow Liu Xie to enjoy it extravagantly.

"Here! Your Majesty, don't worry, the workmanship of this glass window is not difficult, it should be made within one month." Pu Yuan replied quickly.

"Okay, let me see other results." Although the glass matter is still far from what Liu Xie asked for, especially in terms of handicrafts, the yield rate is too low, but this is the case. For the court, the income is also considerable. As long as it works well, even defective products can be sold at the price of the sample.

"Although this glass is precious, it will only become cheaper as the finished products become more and more finished products in the future. "Walking in the workshop with Master Pu, Liu Xie was a little worried that the Ministry of Works will reduce the manufacturing of glass products as the primary research direction in order to please the powerful, so it is a bit reversed by Liu Xie's original intention of establishing the Ministry of Works. At this moment, he came out of the glass workshop, Liu Xie reminded him with some concern: "The things about people's livelihood are always the most important, and this is the foundation of the country. As a master craftsman of the Ministry of Works, Pu Qing should take this matter as the basis."

The reason why things are rare is precious is not difficult to understand even if you have never read a book. Master Pu suppressed his excited mood and reacted, and quickly bowed to Liu Xie and said, "Don't worry, your Majesty, I will pay attention."

"Pu Qing can keep this matter in his heart. This craft has been described as a strange skill and trick. Why? It is all because it is useless to the country." Liu Xie Niu Tou glanced at Pu Yuan: "I regard Pu Qing as the master of the Ministry of Works, not only because Pu Qing is a master of craftsmanship, but also because Pu Qing can do practical things and is mature and persistent. I hope Pu Qing will not disappoint me."

Glass was originally just a project of the Ministry of Industry, and Pu Yuan could supervise it, but Pu Yuan was in charge of this matter personally. The improved papermaking, crossbow arrows, stone mills and other matters handed over to him by Liu Xie were left aside. Although he was still dedicated, for Liu Xie, no matter how good glass was, it was just a tool for profit. Even if it became popular in the future, it would not be as important as other people. Pu Yuan was a little confused about this matter.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know my mistake." Pu Yuan was sweating profusely when he heard this. Finally, he knew why Liu Xie said so much about these things today. He attached too much importance to Liu Li and ignored other things, which caused Liu Xie's dissatisfaction.

"There will be more and more things in the future. Now only the military industry and migrant workers are separated, and Liulifang will be added. In the future, more will be divided. Every time a yard is divided, the position of the archer will be established. In the future, as the status of the archer of the Ministry of Works continues to improve, the position of the archer of the Ministry of Works will become higher and higher. I only hope that the position of this archer will always be Pu Qing." Liu Xie nodded and said calmly.

The Ministry of Works has its current status because Liu Xie tried to resist the opposition, and it was also something that Liu Xie had to control. Pu Yuan was too weak and kept his connections and relationships in his heart, currying against the powerful and neglecting the development of the Ministry of Works. Such a result was definitely not what Liu Xie wanted. Although there was no sign yet, Liu Xie had to get a vaccination first to avoid saying that he was unkind.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Pu Yuan bowed again.

"Let's go and see how papermaking is being studied." Liu Xie didn't say anything more and took Pu Yuan straight to the papermaking workshop.

"Your Majesty, the past papermaking technique was made from tree bark and rags as raw materials..." Pu Yuan began to explain to Liu Xie the recent progress of papermaking.

Cai Lun’s Caihou paper raw materials are already very cheap and the technology is mature. However, for some reason, paper was not promoted in the Eastern Han Dynasty because of Cai Lun’s invention. Nowadays, most documents are recorded in bamboo slips.

Liu Xie is not very clear about the workmanship process, but from the perspective of the finished product, it is already good. If you improve it, the space is not too large in terms of today's process, but it can still be optimized.

Why is paper not promoted? Liu Xie does not want to study the profound meaning of this. There is no need to do it. It is meaningless to study the things involved at this time. It is a disaster for the world in troubled times, but it is also an opportunity. The old order is broken and the new order is being established. The use of paper is promoted and the monopoly of knowledge is completely broken. This is what Liu Xie needs to do most at the moment. Otherwise, even if he reunites the world and makes various innovations, if he cannot pass on these things, it will not take many years to restore the previous pattern.

If you want to have a lot, you have to break this monopoly of knowledge. However, Liu Xie is not going to do this immediately. What you have to do first is to constantly weaken the rights of the aristocratic families while giving them enough benefits. When the aristocratic families are equal to the poor in terms of rights, it is when papermaking and printing are promoted to the world. At that time, even if the aristocratic families are unwilling, they will not be able to resist Liu Xie any more, because they are not only weakened, but at that time, they will find that even their economy is controlled by Liu Xie.
Chapter completed!