Broken glass can't become a common product.
This was Zhu Zhan Xin's plan.
After finding Hu Shan Xiang and ordering her to find the most trusted craftsmen in the Crown Prince's Residence, she was finally able to find a way out.
Zhu Zhanxin planned to make a small batch first.
He planned to bring it to the auction house in the capital to test the waters.
As for Zheng He's overseas sales, this was a future plan.
Since Hu Shanxiang was in charge, Zhu Zhanhao was naturally at ease. Now, he was just waiting for the market reaction of this small batch of glass products.
Just by testing the waters, one would know how much wool they could harvest from the rich in the future.
Seven days later.
A batch of transparent "glass" teacups that seemed to have nothing appeared in an auction house in Ming Dynasty.
There were a total of thirty-five teacups in this batch.
It could be considered a set.
It was directly auctioned at an astronomical price.
Three hundred thousand taels!
A set of glass teacups.
Zhu Zhan Xin, who received this news, could not help but laugh out loud in the royal study.
It seemed that this group of rich people would sell their glass products to the market in the future.
Even if the price was ten times higher than Azurite, they would still accept it.
It was a pretty good market test.
The future is promising.
……
Natural Science Garden.
After Zhu Zhanyu's class ended today.
He summoned the 20 students with the best results and asked them to form a research group.
They also had to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Zhu Zhan taught these twenty excellent students the method of refining glass.
He asked them to carry out the research according to the method written on it.
However, it was just as the confidentiality contract had stated. If he said one word, the entire clan would die!
These twenty students knew how important it was, so they all memorized the information on it.
Then, they would burn the methods written on the paper one by one.
Every one of them began their research and experiments.
There was a lot of manufacturing knowledge hidden in this glass refining method.
In addition, this group of students already had physics knowledge.
They would accept this method very quickly and even gradually improve it.
This was the goal that Zhu Zhan Xin wanted to achieve.
Not to mention that there were new things that could give them the benefits of research.
These 20 students were the best in their studies.
Accepting new knowledge, even if there was no theoretical foundation, one could still discover new knowledge.
After giving his instructions.
Zhu Zhanxin found the official in charge of the Natural Resources Garden.
This was a civil official who was originally idle at home.
It was recommended by Yu Qian.
A talent that could be recommended by Yu Qian, other than having a good character, was also a little strange.
He was a loner and did not like to socialize with others. His favorite thing to do every day was to look for books in the Imperial College.
Or he would read books and do experiments with the students in the Natural Science Park.
This person's name was Gu Ji.
Seeing that the governor had arrived.
Gu Ji hurriedly got up and bowed.”
"No need to be so polite. I'm looking for you because I want you to help me do something.”Zhu Zhanxin said as he looked around the small room in Gewu Garden. It was filled with bookshelves and all kinds of books. Moreover, there were all kinds of books on the floor. This guy was really addicted to books.
It was somewhat similar to Yu Qian.
"It doesn't matter if you say it, I will do my best to be loyal!”
"Alright, take a look at this."
Zhu Zhanxin was very satisfied with Gu Ji's answer. He took out a piece of paper filled with calligraphy and paintings from his sleeve.
Gu Ji took it and read,"Fine salt extraction method…This is salt?”
"Yes, the common people eat coarse salt. Even the fine salt that the palace eats is not considered to be coarse salt. It is just much better than coarse salt. The method written on this paper can obtain very pure fine salt without any impurities…Salt and iron are all owned by my Great Ming Official.”
"I understand!"
"It's good that you understand. I will now give you a secret warrant and a sum of money. Go to the coast and build a saltworks there. Start purifying the fine salt according to the method written on it. Then wait for my orders. Report to me every once in a while.”
"Yes!"
Zhu Zhanmo saw the determination in Gu Ji's expression, as well as a kind of excitement that could not be suppressed.
Zhu Zhan Xin felt very satisfied with the expression that Gu Ji revealed.
It seemed that this was also a person who had always wanted to show off his ambitions.
After giving instructions on the fine salt.
The warrant was also given to Gu Ji.
He even gave him a stack of silver notes worth 300,000 taels, which could be exchanged for real silver at the bank.
After that, Zhu Zhanxin stayed in the Natural Resources Garden for a while.
Then, he returned to the Crown Prince's residence.
There was also a special reward among the rewards.
It was the gourmet powder!
It was even homemade gourmet powder.
He could do it at home.
He opened the recipe and took a look.
Zhu Zhanxin felt that he could do it too, so he turned around and walked towards the kitchen.
After getting the servants to prepare the materials for him.
Zhu Zhanxin put away the production method and prepared for the preliminary work.
It wasn't like there weren't any seasonings in this era.
However, compared to gourmet powder, it was naturally inferior.
After all, even the salt was mainly coarse salt.
Not everyone could be a wealthy family.
The spices were not cheap either.
After the two maidservants brought over the materials Zhu Zhanyi needed.
Zhu Zhanxin let them leave, then closed the kitchen door and began to count the materials and tools."Shrimp skin, dried scallops, dried shiitake mushrooms…grinding tools…they should be good!”
After everything was prepared.
Zhu Zhanmo rolled up his sleeves and placed the dried scallops, shrimp skin, and dried shiitake mushrooms into the grinding stone pot. He kept using the pestle to smash these things into powder repeatedly. Not a single residue was hard. He crushed them all and then repeatedly ground them into fine powder.
Finally, he filtered the fine powder with gauze.
Zhu Zhanmo placed them into a small frying pan and stir-fried them over a small fire.
During this period, in order for the taste to spread well, Zhu Zhanyan sprinkled a little salt lightly.
This effect added a hint of salt to the gourmet powder, making it easier to preserve.
Finally, he used a little bit of fragrant leaves to remove the especially pungent fragrance inside.
Zhu Zhanxin poured out the powder from the small pot.
Another gauze net came over.
Finally, he took the bowl of " gourmet powder " and brought it to the kitchen stove to let it slowly dry for an hour.
He counted the time!
Zhu Zhanxin stood up from the stool.
"It should be enough! He made a three-ingredient soup and tasted it.”
As he spoke, Zhu Zhanxin began to use the gourmet powder he made to prepare a bowl of three fresh soup.
There were many ways to make the Three Fresh Soup.
Zhu Zhanyi's cooking method was simple, so he chose the three fresh ingredients--mushrooms, peas, and minced meat.
After a while of cooking.
In the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
Zhu Zhanxin walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of homemade soup.
Coincidentally, he heard his parents 'voices not far away.
"Let Father and Mother have a taste!"
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