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Text Chapter 573 Is it the king¡¯s land in the whole world?

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    On the high platform of Jintang City in Mang Mountain in the north of Luoyang City, Yi Feng held up a telescope and looked into the distance. Through the lens, the five views of pedestrians hundreds of steps away were clearly visible.  "That's right, I didn't expect that I just mentioned a few words, but you have already done such a good job." Yi Feng smiled and said to Gao Mingyue beside him.  Gao Mingyue was dressed as a Confucian scholar, but she looked elegant. She stood with her sister and didn't care about the emperor's praise. "Your Majesty only mentioned a few words, but he gave an order for the craftsmen to complete it within a time limit. Everyone," she said.  You have worked hard on it day and night, and you really think it¡¯s easy.¡± ¡°Big reward!¡± Yi Feng waved his hand.  "This is a good thing. It is like having clairvoyance to detect the enemy. It will be put into production immediately. Mass production will be carried out. The Ministry of War will place an order immediately. Well, the products ordered by the military must be strong and durable, and they must also be simple.  As long as it is easy to use, it doesn¡¯t need to be so fancy and inlaid with gold and jade. In addition, you can also customize a batch of collector¡¯s editions and luxury editions and sell them to the military officers, generals and ministers who are willing to pay for them, but they cannot be sold to them.  Hu people, this is an important military material. The production process must be kept secret and cannot be leaked. "The telescope is actually just a by-product. Now that Yi Feng specializes in salt tea wine, his own industry has lost several profitable incomes.  , had to open up new markets.  Even the emperor must have private money, so that when he sometimes rewards officials or makes some things, he no longer has to go through the trouble of going through the finance department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and listen to the review and inquiry of the prime ministers.  Yifeng's new projects were actually limited to just a few. They were to do something that was not on the market, so that ministers would not say that he was competing with the people for profit. In the end, Yifeng chose glass, matches, and soap.  In addition to the original perfume, rock candy, carriages, etc., as well as money-making projects such as banking, insurance, and medicine, Yifeng can still maintain the current input income.  Glass is neither difficult nor simple. It was also available in the Sui Dynasty, but the craftsmanship was inferior.  It's not transparent yet, it's more like green jade.  Yi Feng didn't completely know how to make glass, but he roughly knew the craftsmanship involved. He found glaze craftsmen from the Central Plains and craftsmen from the Western Regions, and then told them what he knew about this aspect.  Let them experiment, explore, follow the direction he pointed, and give some clues. Anyway, he is willing to invest in research.  In the end, the glass was successfully manufactured.  Not only did they create glass, but they also created many derivative products. Based on some of the things Yi Feng originally described to them, they finally used glass to create a series of glass mirrors, telescopes, magnifying glasses and even reading glasses.  commodity.  Craftsmen in this era are never stupid. As long as you give them some tips and financial support, they can still develop countless amazing products.  "I have spent hundreds of thousands of research funds on it, but now the income will be a hundred times a thousand times. Next, we will increase the workshop. Expand the production scale, recruit craftsmen, train apprentices, and build production workshops.  We still need to establish an emerging market and train a group of sales personnel. In short, if we go ahead and do it, we will definitely be able to achieve sales of tens of millions every year in this industry, and there will only be more and more high-end markets in the future.  We can start with the mid-range market, and finally we can start with the low-end market, and we can also develop countless unique glass products with such good glass, which will become popular all over the world.¡±  Glass has always been a good commodity. In the 16th century BC, glass beads and glass mosaics appeared in ancient Egypt.  Between 1550 BC and 1500 BC, glassware appeared in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.  In the 4th century BC, Egypt invented glass molding, carving, engraving and gold plating.  In the 1st century BC, the Syrians created the blowing process, which allowed them to blow liquid glass into various shapes of vessels as they wished.  Later, the mold blowing method appeared one after another, which was the beginning of mass production of glassware.  In the 1st century AD, Rome became the center of glass manufacturing.  The glass craftsmanship of the Roman Empire included blowing, blow molding, cutting, carving, engraving, wire wrapping, gold plating, etc.  However, Roman glass craftsmanship gradually declined after the 5th century. By the 8th century, except for the stained glass inlays in churches, European glass craftsmanship was almost extinct.  From the 9th to the 14th century, Damascus, Constantinople and Cairo were the glass production centers in the Middle East. After the 12th century, with the development of trade, Venice became the center of the world's glass manufacturing industry.  In order to monopolize glass manufacturing technology, the government at that time concentrated glass artists on Murano Island, across the sea from Venice.  The heyday of Venetian glass production was from the 15th to 16th centuries, and its products almost exclusively dominated the European market.  After the 16th century, glass craftsmen began to flee the island and dispersed throughout Europe, and glass manufacturing technology gradually spread.  For thousands of years, glass has been a highly confidential and extremely profitable commodity.  Current European glass production technologyA fault appeared. At this time, a glass manufacturing center with advanced technology appeared in Sui Dynasty. Through sea and land trade routes, glass products could be sold to Europe and earn high profits.  What's more, even in the markets of the Central Plains and the areas surrounding the Great Sui Dynasty, the glass market will be huge.  In later generations, glass was completely a cheap commodity on the street. Ordinary ones could no longer be ordinary. But in this era, a crystal clear glass product is definitely of gem quality.  Not to mention that in addition to being used as utensils, they can also be made into various handicrafts. In addition, they can also be made into glass mirrors, telescopes, magnifying glasses, reading glasses, etc. This will be an industry with great prospects.  "Sales of tens of millions a year?" When Gao Mingyue saw the glass products, she immediately felt that this kind of product would be a hot seller, but she was still extremely surprised when she heard this huge number from Yi Feng's mouth.  "It's just sales, but there are still costs." "It's just some sand, not gold or silver sand. There is no capital. It's almost no capital." Gao Mingyue curled her lips. In her opinion, this  The industry is really profitable.  Using sand to make glass, and then selling it for the price of jade, turning stone into gold is nothing more than that.  Yi Feng smiled and said, "The accounts can't be calculated like this. The raw materials are indeed not valuable, but it costs money to build workshops, train craftsmen, and even research costs and build a sales network. In addition, I have decided,  The imperial court will impose a heavy tax of 20% on the sales volume of glass. If you sell 10 million yuan a year and pay a tax of 2 million yuan, the imperial court will make a lot of money. " "This glass shop is your own industry, and it is still used.  If you still pay taxes, you still have to pay heavy taxes?" Gao Mingyue was a little surprised.  "Of course, taxation is the obligation of every citizen of the imperial court. From the emperor to the common people, everyone should pay taxes. There can be no exceptions. I should lead by example." "Then you might as well just pay taxes.  "This workshop is owned by the state." "That's different. Good things are handed over to the government. In the end, a group of corrupt officials may be enriched, but the country will be harmed. It's better to put such a profitable industry under my own name, yes.  I feel relieved that you can help me take care of it. This way, I can keep my finances clear every year and earn a lot of money. I also have a lot of private money and pay a lot of taxes to the court. It¡¯s good for you and me, so what¡¯s the last thing?  But it has to be so troublesome? "There is still a big difference between private and state-owned enterprises. Although this world is actually considered private by the emperor, there is still a difference after all.  If the glass workshop was made state-owned and officials were sent to manage it, it might end up being a loss. It would be better to put it under the emperor's private name. This kind of private business would be better. Anyway, this glass workshop was originally invested and researched by him privately.  Recipes are built by trained craftsmen.  "But we have to do a good job of confidentiality. The formula and skilled craftsmen must not be leaked. I think it is best to build the workshop on which island, so that no traffic is allowed, and the family members of the craftsmen are also brought to the island.  The most important thing about glass is the formula, and the second is skilled craftsmen. If the formula is leaked and the craftsmen are leaked, our current fortune will not be preserved. " Some things can be shared, such as  When Yifeng engaged in the sugar industry, he planned to cooperate with wealthy businessmen from aristocratic families in the Sui Dynasty. Yifeng mastered the technology of refining white sugar and processing rock sugar, and he left the upstream sugar cane planting and sugar pressing and brown sugar to them.  Do, especially encourage these wealthy families and merchants to go to Ryukyu Island, Lingnan and other places to establish sugar cane plantations. This can also be regarded as a disguised way of encouraging these wealthy wealthy families to develop the southeastern coastal areas and encourage them to go to Ryukyu and other places that are still underdeveloped.  Development on large islands such as Hainan.  Today they can make money growing sugar cane, so they can go south to grow sugar cane. Maybe in the future they can make money growing grain in the south, and they are trying to find ways to recruit people to reclaim wasteland and grow grain. Someone has to take the lead, and development always needs to be done step by step.  In this regard, Yi Feng doesn't care about the rich people seizing the opportunity and making a lot of money. As long as it benefits the country and the people, he has no objection to them making money. As long as they make money, don't forget to pay taxes.  "How many telescopes have been produced now? Give them all to me first, and I will send someone to deliver them to Li Jing." Yi Feng said.  Gao Qianxue has been standing quietly aside, not saying much, just teasing her one-year-old son with a happy face.  "There have been several trial productions before and after, there must be about a hundred copies. I will have them all sent over later." Gao Mingyue nodded, "Where is General Li Jing now? I heard that the Second Northern Expedition went very smoothly. Du Lan tried to  The resistance has been defeated and killed, and the entire Monan has been recovered. Now it has moved to Mobei. It is said that it will be able to march into the Western Region and pacify Datou years ago? "Yifeng said with a proud face, "Under the banner of the Sui Dynasty, everyone  The vassal sent troops to help, but Dulan's resistance was just asking for death. He did not overestimate his own capabilities. He was already dead. The entire Monan was recovered. Now the officials selected by the imperial court have gone to take office. From now on, it will be a state directly under the jurisdiction of the Sui Dynasty.  County. The next step is to pacify Mobei and pacify Xixi.??, the red flag of the Sui Dynasty will be planted in every corner of the world. In the whole world, it is the king's land, and on the shore of the land, it is the king's ministers.  ¡± ps: Please give me a monthly ticket! (To be continued)
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