Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

After getting off the bus, Shen Zheng took a shortcut and disappeared in a flash.

In the carriage, the old lady looked at the direction she left and suddenly laughed, "The emperor... really did not choose the wrong person. This temper is exactly the same as when the emperor was young."

"Lord Shen was just so... fierce." Huang Jin massaged Old Lady Cang's legs and said carefully, "Don't be angry with Lord Shen..."

"Why should I be angry with her?" Old Lady Cang picked up the teacup, recalling Shen Zheng's righteous and stern look, "I am so happy. But this girl, I am afraid she regrets selling the cotton cloth to us."

She seemed to have thought of something and laughed softly, "Who knows, she might still be thinking about how to file a complaint against the Ministry of Revenue to the Emperor when she returns to Beijing."

Huang Jin stuck out her tongue and said, "Then Lord Shen really wronged the Ministry of Revenue..."

"They are not wronged." Old Madam Cang put down her teacup, her expression not as gentle as before, "Except for Ji Benchang and his men, they are still clear-headed, the rest... it's better not to mention them."

What she just said was not groundless.

Although Huang Jin is naive and lively, she actually knows in her heart that the current Da Zhou is good, but it is far from being "very good".

......

After the first batch of glassware was made, Shen Zheng and Liang Fu seemed to have discovered something in the next few days. Their success rate went from one in three furnaces to every furnace being successful.

Yu Shizhang's glass tea cups also increased from one to two, three, five, and finally became a set with all kinds of pots and cups.

"No more." Yu Shizhang held Shen Zheng's wrist and said, "You can't have too many of these things. If you have too many, they will seem worthless."

Shen Zheng held his forehead with his hand, "Except for the blast furnace and transportation, the cost of firing colored glaze is not high. When furnaces become popular in the future, ordinary people will be able to afford it."

Yu Shizhang used his sleeve to cover her mouth at the right time, "Don't say that. You have to remember, in the future... ordinary colored glass is not expensive, but colored glassware made by craftsmen is unique! After returning to Beijing, I will help you find a few gullible people... no, people who know the value of the glass."

Shen Zheng seemed to suddenly realize something, and bowed, "Thank you, sir."

Yu Shizhang flicked his sleeves and said, "It's a small matter. Well, should we mark the high-quality colored glaze and the ordinary colored glaze, so as to avoid..."

Otherwise, when they find the scapegoat, they themselves will not be able to tell the good from the bad.

Shen Zheng raised her eyelids.

What a cunning old man!

"My Lord, what you said makes sense!" After a moment, Shen Zheng had an idea, "Then I'll trouble you to carve a few small seals, small seals exclusively for our famous craftsmen."

Yu Shizhang turned his head, and when their eyes met, he immediately understood.

"That's a good idea. The colored glaze made by our master craftsmen must be printed with their personal seals to show their specialness and nobility."

The precious colored glass is only sold to precious guests, earning their precious money.

In other words, colored glaze has become a “luxury product”.

Another huge tax.

Yu Shizhang has already taken on Ji Benchang's role and is planning how to use him for the Ministry of Revenue.

But in fact, it is not difficult to knead and blow colored glass, and Mr. Qiao and his apprentice Cheng Yu showed great interest in it.

Shen Zheng watched the two of them come to a conclusion and directly handed the task of making glassware over to them.

A carpenter is a craftsman, and a glassmaker is also a craftsman.

As the saying goes, no matter how things change, they still remain essentially the same.

Before starting the furnace, Shen Zheng handed the prepared blueprint to Mr. Qiao, "Take a look at this object."

Old Qiao had been waiting for Shen Zheng to do this. He immediately took the drawings impatiently and started to appreciate them with Cheng Yu.

There are not only pictures on the paper, but also small notes.

"Glass lampshade?!" Old Qiao looked at the beautifully designed lampshades on the blueprint and slapped his forehead. "Why didn't I think of this? If the wick is blocked by glass, wouldn't it be windproof and rainproof?!"

Portable lamps, corridor lamps, yard lamps, and garden lamps can all be covered with glass covers!

However, I'm afraid that most of the people who can use this lampshade are wealthy people.

I want to ask, which ordinary people would be willing to light a lamp in the yard all night? Wouldn't that be too hot?

but......

Isn’t this exactly the “glass luxury” they are looking for?

Teacher Qiao and his disciples began to tinker with glassware, while Shen Zheng and Liang Fu continued to go into the blast furnace room and began to develop high-transmittance glass.

——Material selection, homogenization, annealing, molding, grinding and polishing.

Every process is extremely important and no mistakes can be made. After a few days, the glasses lenses have not been made yet, but Shen Zheng feels that he is becoming nearsighted.

Yu Nanshu ran around the cloth workshop, printing workshop, and county school, and finally decided on the styles of the county school's Qingjin and the second workshop's work uniforms.

The blue collar retains the old style, still with a stacked collar, but the color is very different from before.

After soliciting opinions from students in the county school, Yu Nanshu gave up the white outer shirt design and instead chose a dark blue color that is resistant to dirt and looks good as the main color of the green collar dress. The collar, which was supposed to be blue, was changed to white.

"The inner garment is white, and the cross collar shows elegance." Yu Nanshu took the blueprint and approached Shen Zheng, "Sister Shen, we added blue-black fine linen to the cuffs and the edges of the lapels, which not only increases breathability but also improves wear resistance..."

"There are also work uniforms for the cloth shop and printing workshop!" Without waiting for Shen Zheng's praise, Yu Nanshu took out two more drawings, smoothed out the wrinkles on the paper like she was presenting a treasure, and gently placed them in front of Shen Zheng.

The sunlight hit her head, forming circles of light. Shen Zheng smiled as she listened quietly to her talk about her design ideas.

"Sister Shen, I and everyone else feel that work clothes and Qingjin actually have something in common, which is that they need to be light and not affect people's movements. Therefore, we have added small buckles and straps to the trouser legs and sleeves to adjust the tightness."

"And everyone will inevitably get their clothes dirty during the work, so I visited the printing and cloth workshops for a few days..."

Yu Nanshu said that printing houses place great emphasis on ink, which is mostly black, so the workers’ uniforms in printing houses are mainly black, which is the most resistant to stains.

Then she added: "Although the cloth workshop has a lot of dyes and it is easy to stain clothes, we still want to distinguish the work clothes of the cloth workshop from those of the printing workshop, so we chose the dark brown color which is also stain-resistant..."

Yu Nanshu spoke for a long time until she felt thirsty. During a pause, a cup of tea was pushed in front of her.

She tilted her head slightly and looked at Shen Zheng, her words a little apprehensive, "Sister Shen, why... have you been silent all this time? Is there anything wrong?"

Compared to everyone in the county school, printing house, and cloth shop, what Yu Nanshu wanted most was Shen Zheng's recognition.