Chapter 47: Turning Technology into Money
Although there are only four and a half dishes, the dishes are meat every night. For a group of ordinary people, this kind of meal cannot be eaten frequently. Therefore, drinking and eating dishes while chatting and laughing, I soon drank most of the ten kilograms of wine, and several dishes were eaten in seven or eight. The eels and the meat were already bottomed out, and only a little left in a pot of loaches, only a pot of snails left, and the sling crabs were even liquidated, almost all of them were eaten by Zhao Qi alone.
After drinking a few glasses of wine and eating some food, Old Mrs. Su was slightly drunk and went into the house to rest.
After dinner, Xiaozhu accompanied the two kids to catch dragonflies by the pond and play.
Zhao Qi and Yang Dayuan continued to drink and chat with half a pot of sauce snails. The village affairs, the town affairs, the docks, and even some heard-about major affairs in the court. In the end, they all slowly talked about the glass affairs today.
Ermazi and Ermao became excited and felt that this was a good opportunity to make a fortune. They believed that opening a glass workshop to repair glass would inevitably make a lot of money.
Yang Dahu and Yang Dayuan were also very moved, nodding and echoing while eating and drinking, saying that this is definitely a new craft and worth carrying forward.
Old Man Liu held the wine pot and drank it by himself, his face full of redness and comfort.
Only Zhao Qi did not comment and slowly licked his fingers with the snails.
"Brother Qi, what do you think we can repair glass together? Uncle's blacksmith shop can do it. Then you can share some money!" Yang Dahu looked at Zhao Qi with a little excited.
"What do you mean by Dahu? This method of making glass was thought of by Brother Qi. If you want to share the money, he will take the big head. There are secret methods and rules in every industry. If this technology is passed on, Brother Qi will become the founder of glass cultivation. How can he do it by giving some money? If anyone wants to learn it, he has to kowtow to become a filial piety, so you..."
As a handicraft craftsman, Old Man Liu's face turned bad in an instant, and he looked at Yang Dayuan with a drunken face and glared at his eyes.
"Kowtow to become a disciple..." Yang Dahu looked at Zhao Qi, and his bearded face almost twisted into a hemp rope.
"Why, you have rules for making irons. You don't pass on to men but not women, and you don't pass on to inside or outside. Could it be that Brother Qi's method of repairing glass is simple, and I want to take it for myself and tell you that there is no door!" Old Man Liu slapped the wine glass heavily on the table.
"Master Liu, don't be angry, don't be angry, the industry has rules, we all understand, and Brother Thirteenth is just thinking about it as a new way to make money, and the great master also knows that glass is rare and precious, and even if you open this glass workshop, you may not be able to receive much work..." Yang Dayuan quickly smoothed out the situation.
"That's true..." Old Man Liu nodded slightly while holding his sparse beard, and his anger disappeared in an instant.
Yang Dayuan's words were like a scoop of cold water, which made him lose all the excitement Ermazi and Ermao, and he began to drink and eat snails.
Zhao Qi saw that the time was almost done, so he wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Master Liu is too proud of me. It is very simple to repair glass. You can see it. In fact, there is nothing to hide. It doesn't matter if you pass it on. Just as Uncle Dayuan said, glass is sparse and even less broken. It is not as demanding as repairing pots, sharpening knives and baking pots. Even if you learn this craft, I am afraid that not only the master will starve to death, but the apprentice will also starve to death..."
"Haha, Brother Qi'er's words are reasonable. Glass is too precious. Only those nobles have some. Even if it is broken, it cannot fall on our heads. So there is nothing to do with glass repair, at most it will be an eye-opener!" Yang Dahu got rid of the embarrassment and his skin slowly relaxed.
"That's right, it seems that we are thinking too simple. It seems that this glass repair cannot make money!" Ermazi and Xin nodded with silence.
"That's not necessarily true. As long as it is technology that others do not have, there will be a market in the end. Only a few of us know the method of repairing glass at the moment, but the news will definitely be revealed over time. Therefore, we must think of a way to turn this technology into money as soon as possible!" Zhao Qi shook his head with a smile.
"Change money? How to change it? This thing is very simple, you can learn it once!" Yang Dahu asked in confusion.
"Haha, I will see it naturally. Those who don't know think it's difficult, otherwise I haven't heard of anyone who can repair glass for so many years!" Zhao Qi said with a smile.
"Brother Qi said it right. Although it is simple, as long as we don't say it, no one will..." Yang Dayuan nodded and said.
"If someone needs it, there will be a deal. There are many high-ranking officials in big cities who have glass at home, and there must be a lot of broken ones. It's just that we can't contact these people. But it's useless to hide this technology, but it doesn't mean that others can't do it. It's useful to hold it with Lujia Trading and some glass dealers!"
"I agree with Brother Qi'er's statement. The Lu family has contacts with many high-ranking officials in the capital. This time the glass was given to Prime Minister Ding Daquan as a gift. There are many wealthy families with glass in the capital, and even more palaces. Brother Qi'er means..." Yang Dayuan looked at Zhao Qi with a hint of uncertainty in his confusion.
"We took advantage of the news that we had not yet spread, and sold this glass repair technology to people like the Lu family in need. I think they must be very interested!" Zhao Qi picked up the wine glass and said.
"Then... how much does it cost?" Everyone understood immediately, and Ermazi asked even more excitedly.
"The higher the price, the better, but I don't know how much money the Lu family is willing to pay, but it's like doing business. You can talk to him carefully. After all, it's not a small amount. Anyway, it's a sum of money that we really haven't gotten back for decades!" Zhao Qi said with a smile.
Yang Dahu shone his mouth and his eyes lit up and said repeatedly: "It's not bad, broken glass is not worth a penny, but one that can be repaired is worth dozens or hundreds of stagnants. With the skills of repairing glass, he can also come into contact with those nobles, and he will definitely make a lot of money!"
"Yes, the Lu family is definitely willing to pay!" Old man Liu also nodded with his beard.
"What does Uncle Dayuan think?" Zhao Qi turned his head and looked at Yang Dayuan.
"It's true to sell it to him!" Yang Dahu finally understood Zhao Qi's thoughts at this time.
"Just just now, I was still in Uncle Dahu's blacksmith shop. Brother Erma told me that he had no money to support his family when he was old. With this money, each person would definitely have dozens or even hundreds of stalemates. It would be better for everyone to use this money to do a business than helping him at the dock..."
"Brother Qi, this is the method you and Mr. Liu thought of. We won't share the money!" Yang Dayuan said after hesitating for a moment.
Chapter completed!