Chapter 46 Glass Mirror

Walking on the street of Fuzhou Prefecture, Yu Xiaotian's height made him look a little outstanding and attracted some people's attention, but Yu Xiaotian was at a comfortable manner, talking and laughing with the steward Li who accompanied him, and looked at the ancient city curiously from time to time.

This time Yu Xiaotian landed on the shore, and it was also the first serious landing since he came to this era. Unlike the previous landings, it was all for black work.

However, the purpose of his visit to Fuzhou City this time is very simple. First, he wants to go to the general account of Maoshengyuan in Fuzhou City. After all, it is his business. If he, the big boss behind the scenes, has not even seen the residence of his company, it is really a little unreasonable.

In addition, when he went to Fuzhou this time, he was also busy and relaxed himself, because he knew that he would be busier in the next few days. If he wanted to set foot on land again in the future, God knew that it would be the year of the monkey.

Of course, there is another important thing, that is, his marriage with Lan'er can no longer be delayed. Lan'er has now been entrusted to him. This kind of thing is nothing in later generations. At worst, it is just unmarried cohabitation, but in this era, it is a big deal.

Liu Laoliu is also a face-loving person. Although there are not many people who know this kind of thing, Liu Laoliu also feels that he can't afford his face. He secretly asked Yu Xiaotian to mention his marriage with Lan'er again. Yu Xiaotian touched his nose and had nothing to say. In the past, he always used Lan'er's smallness as an as an as a pretext and dragged it.

But now he has "animal" to correct Lan'er on the spot. This pretext is no longer easy to use, so Yu Xiaotian had no choice but to agree and let Liu Laoliu choose a date for him to marry Lan'er on Nanri Island.

What's more, Yu Xiaotian also likes Lan'er very much. At this point, he feels that he must give Lan'er a name, otherwise he will be sorry for Lan'er's deep affection for him.

So after arranging the things on the island, Yu Xiaotian landed on the boat and came to Fuzhou City together accompanied by stewer Li.

In addition to taking a break, he also wanted to buy some gifts for Lan'er to make Lan'er happy.

As a landlord, Li Yi attaches great importance to Xiaotian's landing this time. He himself stayed in Maoshengyuan in Fuzhou City, which is equivalent to the arrival of Xiaotian, and asked Li, his confidant, to accompany Yu Xiaotian all the way to ensure Yu Xiaotian's safety.

Although in this era, when entering a city like Fuzhou City, there will be some officers and soldiers at the gate to check the passers-by.

However, based on the principle that money can make ghosts grind, it is not difficult for people like Yu Xiaotian to enter Fuzhou City.

What's more, the Li family's business is big enough now. There is a relationship between black and white inside and outside the city. If you want to bring Yu Xiaotian into the city, it's a piece of cake.

The city of Fuzhou in this era is far from the Fuzhou city of later generations, and is estimated to be about the size of a small county in later generations. However, in this era, as a southern town of Fujian Province, it is already quite large. There are seven gates in the city. In addition to the four gates in the east, west, north and south, there are also three Tangjingshui. There are gates and four other water gates for ships to enter and exit the city directly.

And the water in the city and outside the city are figured out, and the transportation is relatively convenient. Once the heavy troops are stationed, it is a tough city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Fuzhou City, as an important town in the south, is also a place of commerce. Shops, restaurants, teahouses and prostitutes in the city can be said to be one after another, and there are many pedestrians on the street. Even if it does not reach the level of shoulder to shoulder, at least it is bustling, and the voices of hawkers selling along the street are rising one after another.

This made Yu Xiaotian, a person who has been out of society for more than a year, feel very fresh. He simply gave up the ride and directly asked Manager Li to get out of the car to accompany him to Maoshengyuan, walk all the way and walk all the way. If he feels new when he meets some shops, he will also go in and walk around.

Just a minute from the street where their Mao Shengyuan was located, Yu Xiaotian saw a shop, like a shop specializing in women's products, so he wanted to buy some gifts for Lan'er, so he raised his leg and walked in.

According to reason, Lan'er is not short of things now. Yu Xiaotian has been working at sea with his men for more than a year, and has robbed a lot of gold and silver treasures. However, Lan'er is used to it. Although she likes these gold and silver jewelry, she doesn't like to wear them on her, so Yu Xiaotian came out this time and wanted to buy her some women's Things like rouge gouache also make her happy.

When Li saw Yu Xiaotian walking into the store, he quickly followed him. Yu Xiaotian now changed into an ordinary man's clothes. Under the blouse was a strong suit with a short knife hidden around his waist. The most important thing was that he had grown his short hair a little longer now. In order to come to Fuzhou City this time, he was He could see his identity, so before he came, he asked someone to renew his long hair. After he coiled it on his head, no one could see his short hair.

Although his clothes were very ordinary, his temperament and figure set him off. After entering the store, the clerk did not dare to underestimate him, so he quickly greeted him, asked him what he needed, and led him to the store to see all kinds of goods.

Yu Xiaotian took a look. This shop is indeed a shop selling women's things. The range of rouge gouache, bronze mirrors and gold and silver jewelry is very complete.

So he casually selected some rouge powder and asked the clerk to wrap it. The clerk saw that he was generous, and the few people who followed him did not look ordinary people, so he was even more enthusiastic. He served tea and poured water, and the service was quite thoughtful.

Yu Xiaotian was not polite. He sat down and casually asked, "Although the goods here are relatively good, there is nothing too surprising. I want to know if you have any good goods here. Why don't you take them out and let me see them?"

As soon as the man heard this, he immediately opened his eyes and laughed, and nodded repeatedly: "This old man's eyes are really high! These things in the store are indeed relatively common goods. Although they are good, they do not look down on people like you, hehe! I didn't expect this uncle to guess that there is something better in our shop!

Wait a minute. To be honest, our store really has a few good things. I'll show you the small ones. If you like them, the price is good!"

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said, "Well, go and let me have a look. If it's really a good thing, the price is easy!"

The guy nodded repeatedly with a smiling face. Please wait for a moment, turn around and enter the room. Soon, he will carefully hold out a few boxes.

When Yu Xiaotian saw that these boxes were all made of good mahogany. The workmanship and materials of this box alone would definitely be quite valuable, so he was curious about what was in them. He put down the tea bowl and got up and walked to the table.

The clerk opened the box one by one, and Yu Xiaotian was a little happy at first. At first, he thought there was something good in the box! I didn't know until I opened it, but it was just a few pieces of glass products.

Among them, there are two glass glasses that are not very transparent in color. The style is the style of Western goblet. In later generations, this thing may not be picked up on the street. The color is not bright enough, and it feels a little green. It can be seen that the producer has not completely mastered the process of glass decolorization, and when blowing, The bubbles in the glass liquid could not be completely removed, so that there were obviously some bubbles in some places.

The other are also glass products, one of which attracted Yu Xiaotian's attention. He reached out and picked it up and saw that it was a small mirror with a diameter of less than ten centimeters.

Yu Xiaotian is interested in this time. This small mirror is the most ordinary object for him. Such a small thing is very cheap in future generations. Who doesn't have such a small mirror in a woman's bag? What's more, who doesn't have many big mirrors?

However, in this era, this thing is regarded as a treasure. Such an inconspicuous thing, the workmanship is not very good, but it is placed in a valuable box of yellow pears and treated as a treasure.

In fact, glass is not a high-tech thing. Chinese people have made it a long time ago, but in the past, glass was not called glass, but glass. It is different from the raw materials and methods of glass making in later generations and even in the West, and it is more regarded as a treasure.

And Western countries have now mastered the technology of glass manufacturing. Judging from the small mirror seen today, this mirror should be made in Venice or France.

Yu Xiaotian saw a historical introduction about glass mirrors before. The Venetians were the first to invent glass mirrors. Venetian glass craftsmen made the world's first glass mirrors. The clear mirror shocked the world and became the target of nobles. In order to keep business secrets, the Venetians issued decrees No one is allowed to disclose the manufacturing method of glass mirrors, and all the factories that make glass mirrors in Venice will be moved to an isolated island, and no one is allowed to approach easily.

It is said that when a king in France got married, he got a small and not exquisite glass mirror, which was worth 150,000 francs at that time!

What is the concept of 150,000 francs? In this era, a large sail warship with dozens of cannons cost only tens of thousands of francs, and a small mirror was fired by the Venetians.

Later, the French tried to steal the Venetian method of making glass mirrors, which gradually lowered the price of glass mirrors.

Now Yu Xiaotian didn't expect to see such a small glass mirror here, which shows that Westerners have begun to export this thing as a commodity to China.

Yu Xiaotian is not a layman in manufacturing this kind of thing. He is very clear about the manufacturing process of this thing. Now he suddenly sees such a modern product, which gives him a sense of intimacy. He can't help looking at it in his hand, holding it in his hand while playing with it, and asking, "This glass mirror is upside down. It's a little interesting. What's the price?"

"This man is really good-sighted! This thing is a rare thing, called Taixi glazed mirror. The small uncle is a person with status. If others want this glazed mirror, it will cost at least 150 taels of silver. If this master really wants it, the small one will be cheaper for you, 130 taels of silver!" The man replied to Xiaotian with a happy face.

After Yu Xiaotian listened, his hand trembled, and the small mirror suddenly took off and fell to the ground, causing Yu Xiaotian to pick it up in a hurry. Finally, he grabbed the small mirror in his hand before landing, so he did not break it on the spot.

Even so, he scared the man to white and quickly shouted, "Ouch! Master, be careful! If it breaks, whose is it?"

Yu Xiaotian sweated profusely and said with a smile, "Why is this thing so expensive!" How can such a small thing cost more than 100 taels of silver?

(Wow, today at least more than 7,000 words, which is the most code day recently, and it is completed with illness! Praise yourself!)