amaotonovel Chapter 127 Glazed Glass
Chapter 127 Glazed Glass
Xiao Siyue had a great time today. After sitting in the teahouse for a while, Mu Li said she wanted to eat hot pot, so the group went to Xiao Siyue's hot pot restaurant and had stewed hot pot.
The hot pot restaurant is still doing very well, always packed with customers. Xiao Siyue has bought another shop, which is currently under renovation. It won't be long before she can open another one.
Now Xiao Siyue no longer has to worry about a shortage of chili peppers. After several years of cultivation, many people are now growing chili peppers.
Previously, Xiao Siyue had received a letter from Grandpa Xiao, saying that their Xiao family's hot pot restaurant had now opened in Qinzhou Prefecture.
Xiao Siyue couldn't help but sigh, her uncle and older brother were indeed good at business, they had opened so many shops in such a short time.
After Xiao Siyue returned home satisfied, she learned that the imperial court had actually sent people to deliver many rewards to them.
Xiao Siyue went to take a look and found that gold, cloth, various writing brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, porcelain ornaments, jewelry, and so on were all available.
"Father, Mother, His Majesty is quite generous! He's bestowed so many gifts. It's worth all the good things we gave him," Xiao Siyue said after reading them. The things the emperor uses are indeed excellent.
“Don’t talk nonsense,” Xiao Qinian said immediately.
Xiao Siyue stuck out her tongue, feeling a little guilty. She had forgotten that in this era, it was forbidden to discuss the emperor in private.
"Yue'er, see if there's anything you like, I'll pick some out for you." Xiao Qinian doted on Xiao Siyue and always saved the best things for her.
"Thank you, Father." Xiao Siyue didn't stand on ceremony and went to choose one with a smile.
Xiao Siyue looked left and right, picked out a few bolts of fabric, planning to have some beautiful clothes made for her, and also picked out two ceramic vases, intending to pick some flowers to put in her room.
Finally, she chose a bracelet that was entirely emerald green. As for what kind of jade it was, Xiao Siyue didn't know, but she felt it was very beautiful.
He had two maids carry him and was preparing to go back.
"Yue'er, why don't you pick some more? There are still plenty left," Xiao Qinian said, somewhat dissatisfied that Xiao Siyue had taken so little.
"No need, Father, these are enough," Xiao Siyue refused Xiao Qinian's offer. She didn't need the others, and they would just gather dust if she took them back. It was better to put them in the storeroom.
“Alright, if Yue’er wants it, she can just go to the storeroom to get it later,” Xiao Qinian said.
"Mmm," Xiao Siyue nodded in agreement.
After returning to her room, Xiao Siyue couldn't wait to take her two maids to the garden.
Last year, I pulled up all the flowers in the garden to grow sweet potato seedlings. This year, there are too many sweet potatoes, and the garden is not big enough, so I planted flowers again, and now they are blooming.
Xiao Siyue picked out some flowers she liked, took them back to her room, and placed them in the two vases she had chosen. She then put them on the table in her room.
Looking at the two beautiful vases of flowers, Xiao Siyue was very happy. Indeed, beautiful things can affect a person's mood.
In the evening, Xiao Siyu returned from the academy, and Xiao Qinian let her pick out some things. Although he favored his daughter, he also loved his son very much.
During the meal, Xiao Siyue saw Xiao Siyu come in carrying a glass bottle, looking very happy with it. He held the bottle carefully, as if afraid of dropping it.
"Father, Mother, Sister, look at this glass bottle, it's so beautiful!" Xiao Siyu said excitedly to the group.
"It is indeed very exquisite," Xiao Qinian said, taking the bottle from Xiao Siyu. It was clear that Xiao Qinian liked it very much as well.
"Yes, this bottle is so beautiful, I've never seen anything like it before," Lin Qin said.
Xiao Siyue looked at it. She had seen this glass bottle among the rewards before. Although it looked beautiful, she had seen many in her previous life and didn't particularly like it.
She preferred ceramic bottles to glass bottles.
"Doesn't Yue'er like it?" Xiao Qinian noticed that Xiao Siyue wasn't interested.
"It's alright, I don't really like it," Xiao Siyue answered honestly.
"Father, you really like Liuli?"
“Yes, glass is extremely rare. I’ve only ever heard about it from people and read about it in books. This is the first time I’ve ever seen it in person,” Xiao Qinian exclaimed.
The Great Zhou Dynasty possessed very little glass; it was mostly tribute from smaller states. However, these pieces were usually bestowed upon royal ministers or imperial concubines, and even the emperor himself possessed very few.
He truly hadn't expected that the emperor's rewards this time would actually include such a thing.
Thinking of this, Xiao Siyue felt excited. He had to work hard so as not to let the emperor down.
"Dad, what do you think about us building our own glass workshop?" Xiao Siyue asked, her eyes sparkling.
"Huh?" Xiao Qinian was still a little confused.
“Father, I mean we’ll make our own glass,” Xiao Siyue repeated.
"Yue'er, you just said you wanted to make your own glass?" Xiao Qinian asked.
“Yes, Father, I obtained the formula for making glass before, but we couldn’t get the necessary materials, so we didn’t use it,” Xiao Siyue said.
"Really? What do we need? Yue'er, could you let your father take a look?" Xiao Qinian was excited.
"Of course, I'll bring it over after I finish eating."
“Okay, let’s eat first. After we eat, we’ll go to the study,” Xiao Qinian said.
Lin Qin and Xiao Siyu, who were standing nearby, also heard the conversation between Xiao Siyue and her father.
"Little sister, is what you just said true?" Xiao Siyu leaned close to Xiao Siyue and whispered.
“Of course it’s true.” Xiao Siyue nodded.
"Little sister, does that mean I can have lots of beautiful glassware in the future?" Xiao Siyu was very happy.
"That's not necessarily true." Xiao Siyue poured cold water on Xiao Siyu's head.
"Huh? Why?" Xiao Siyu's excitement cooled down.
"Because making glass requires minerals, and these can only be mined with the emperor's permission," Xiao Siyue said. If it weren't for this, she would have opened a workshop and made glass herself long ago. Why would she have waited until now?
"So that's how it is!" Xiao Siyu naturally knew that the ore was controlled by the imperial court.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qinian seemed to be deep in thought. If that were the case, it seemed that the emperor's approval would be required to produce glass.
However, the emperor would probably be willing, since the national treasury is empty and money is needed everywhere, especially for the workshops and seeds, which are extremely expensive.
If the emperor had glass, he would surely be very happy. Glass is expensive, and selling these things to high-ranking officials and nobles would definitely earn him a lot of money.
When the national treasury is full, we won't have to be so restrictive in anything we do.
The more Xiao Qinian thought about it, the more excited he became. He quickly finished his meal and prepared to go to his study.
However, knowing that the prescription was in Xiao Siyue's hands, he could only sit and wait for her.