Traveling back to ancient times begins with the use of stone tools

"The glass used in greenhouses before is different from what we use now"

Leng Ruoxue asked someone to bring two pieces of glass.

"This is the glass used for greenhouses. This is the glass I brought with me this time."

"boom!"

Everyone's heart trembled.

"Oh!"

A piece of glass broke into several pieces, and one piece remained intact.

"Of course, if you have enough strength, it can be broken, but it is much harder than the glass in the greenhouse."

Leng Ruoxue put down the hammer in her hand.

Nangong Yi picked up a hammer and smashed the tempered glass hard. Spider patterns appeared on the glass, and with more force, it broke into small particles.

"Not bad!"

Nangong Yi took the handkerchief handed over by the maid and wiped his hands.

"Master Nan, have everyone get off!"

Leng Ruoxue's words stunned everyone. Nangong Yi paused and said, "Everyone, go down!"

After everyone left, the blinds in the hall were drawn.

"I know about your father's affairs, but it is not convenient for me to show up. I can only give you some advice. Whether you can do it or not depends on you."

Nangong Yi took a sip of tea and said, "The Minister of War, Jiang Qiheng, is not interested in women. He has assets at home, is not greedy for money, likes fine wine and food, and likes different flavors of tobacco."

Leng Ruoxue's unintentional words just now made Nangong Xu think a lot. He would help with other things if he could, but it would not be convenient for him to interfere since it involved military power.

"Thank you, Master Nan, for this matter. I had no intention of probing you just now, but since you have given me such detailed information, I still thank you."

When Master Nan didn't respond, Leng Ruoxue knew that she might have violated some taboo.

"I don't want to talk about this matter, but this batch of glass and this"

Leng Ruoxue opened the two wooden boxes that were carried in together with the glass.

"I originally thought that I would ask Master Nan to send the glass to the palace as a gift, and I would give this mirror as a gift. Later, I thought that I should send the glass to the palace in advance, and it would be more appropriate for Master Nan to give the mirror as a gift."

Nangong Yi looked at the mirror, which was much clearer than the bronze mirror. "Is this difficult to make?"

"It's not too difficult..."

Should we say that glass is the main material for making mirrors?

"Are you planning to sell them all in the capital?"

"Yes"

"Then you can offer them all tomorrow. Just offer the fruits at the palace banquet."

Leng Ruoxue suddenly realized that she shouldn't take the lead too much.

A cement pattern alone is eye-catching enough, and adding glass, mirrors, and electric lights…

"The shop that sells it..."

"I'll pay for it. How big do you want? I don't have the capital to pay for these things. I'll pay for the shop!"

"I'm not worried about the glass recipe. No one has been able to copy it yet. Even if they can copy it, the quality won't be better than what we make. But for this mirror, with the glass, someone should be able to copy it quickly."

"Then just do the expensive stuff and make money from the rich people in Beijing first."

Leng Ruoxue thought about it and agreed. This thing is not an everyday consumable. It would be fine as long as they could occupy a part of the market first.

"When are you going to solve the problem of electricity? The three people in the palace are not enough. People outside the palace and I are waiting."

After using electric lights, I used candles and it felt like something was missing. I couldn’t get used to it.

"This still needs to be tested, and the safety of large-scale use cannot be guaranteed."

Leng Ruoxue put away all the glass mirrors, then opened the blinds and called the maids in.

"Sir, the food is ready. Please ask the kitchen when it can be served."

A maid reported back to Nangong Yi.

Nangong Yi glanced at Leng Ruoxue.

"Go ahead and tell someone to check why Yuxuan and my father haven't arrived yet."

Leng Ruoxue knew that it was not appropriate for Nangong Yi to stay in her house for too long.

Nangong Yi nodded.

After a while, Leng Zejin came in with Leng Yuxuan. Just as Leng Zejin was about to kneel down and kowtow, Nangong Yi stopped him.

"Just call me Master Nan. You don't have to be polite when there are no outsiders around."

Leng Zejin sat down stiffly.

Looking at Leng Ruoxue and Nangong Yi chatting and laughing freely, even Leng Yuxuan couldn't help but admire them. These two kids are really generous.

It was the first time that I exchanged glances with Liu Ruxu.

Leng Zejin: Do they know Master Nan’s identity?

Liu Ruxu: Are you also reserved? It seems I'm not the only one who feels depressed.

Leng Zejin: You don’t also know Mr. Nan’s identity, do you?

Liu Ruxu: You, a grown man, are not as good as a girl.

......

Leng Ruoxue and Leng Yuxuan's attention soon focused on the dinner table.

Eight dishes and one soup.

Four-happiness meatballs: one meatball each of chicken, fish, shrimp and venison, with thumb-sized green vegetable leaves used as borders on the edge of the plate. What’s rare is that the borders are stacked layer by layer, with the same height and not scattered, and you can’t tell how they are stuck together.

Two fish playing with a pearl: a red fish and a yellow fish with a huge fish egg in between.

Eight Treasures Duck: Eight kinds of wild mushrooms steamed together in the duck’s stomach.

Braised bear paw: It is said that eighteen kinds of medicinal herbs are added to it and stewed together.

Braised deer lip and cold dish.

Queshe cold dish.

Chicken soup with bamboo shoots. I don’t know what kind of bamboo shoots they are, but they are crystal clear, crisp and tender.

Clear soup with Chinese cabbage and a deer tendon soup.

The wine is similar to green plum wine, sweet and sour, mellow and refreshing.

No one spoke at the dinner table, only the maids served the food.

The meal ended when everyone was about 70% full, and the candles had already been lit.

"I won't have that much time to spend with you in the future. If there's anything you can't solve, just ask the housekeeper to come to my house. If there's an invitation you don't want to attend, just refuse it."

After dinner and tea, Nangong Yi left with several carts of glass and a large floor-length dressing mirror.

"Dad, how about you find a leisurely job as a guard in Heyuan County?"

Leng Ruoxue didn't want Leng Zejin to go too far.

"If Dad wants to be a general, he must go to the border where he can make achievements... Dad is the head of the family, he cannot stop at this general rank."

Leng Zejin glanced at Liu Ruxu. Now even she was on the same level as him. He always felt ashamed in front of them.

It is one's duty to ennoble one's wife and provide benefits for one's children.

"Besides, Dad knows that you want to do great things. You can't just rely on Young Master Nan. Now that Dad has real power, you won't have only one backer. Dad can also be your backer."

Leng Ruoxue didn't expect that the father from this village was so thoughtful.

At the beginning, I was indeed holding my breath, wanting to get my mother a status no lower than that of a general's wife, and I didn't want to see He Ruoshui looking superior to my mother.

Now I have done it, but the pressure on my father is too great.

"I went to pay a visit to the general today. The general is not in a good situation right now. He is severely constrained by the Ministry of War. Dad can only see if he can help."

"Dad, please don't let Mom down again in the future."

Leng Ruoxue resigned herself to taking out the paper and tobacco.

Liu Ruxu:……

Leng Zejin:……

If you just like tobacco, I can make cigarettes of different flavors for you.

We have our own mulberry paper, various colors of oil paper, and the technology to season tobacco, and we are already in the process of seasoning it.

So, let's practice cigarette rolling techniques together.