Kill the sadistic male protagonist and become the emperor

It is true that there is no place to look for after wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

Ren Baozhi had no suspicion and excitedly followed the middle-aged man to his residence.

The yard was filled with women of her age, busy with their respective tasks. Some were chopping wood with axes, others were sawing wood, and some were carving the wood with long planes and short chisels.

Sawdust was as fine as a sliver, and wood chips flew everywhere, forming small mounds in the yard.

When they saw Gui Muxin bringing a young lady with an unfamiliar face into the yard, they all greeted her warmly: "Hello, young lady."

Ren Baozhi also responded politely: "Hello, ladies."

Although they were greeting Ren Baozhi, their hands did not stop moving, and they were all very skillful.

One of them laughed and said, "Madam Gui, you have brought us new guests."

Gui Muxin also smiled and said, "I'll take this young lady to see our glass pieces."

The man was surprised and said, "Oh my, we really have many distinguished guests today!"

Gui Muxin waved her hand and scolded her: "Go away, hurry up and do your work, you only know how to make fun of others."

While they were chatting, Ren Baozhi quietly looked around the house. When her eyes inadvertently swept across the window lattice, she was dazzled by the reflected crystal. Only then did she realize that the windows here were already glazed windows!

However, their glass pieces are much smaller than modern ones.

"Madam Gui, this window..." Ren Baozhi was extremely surprised. She looked at Gui Muxin again and began to doubt whether this person was another person who had traveled through the book.

"How is it?" Seeing Ren Baozhi's expression, Gui Muxin's tone was somewhat arrogant. "For us craftsmen, it's fine on sunny days because we can work outside. But on rainy days, we can only work indoors. It's dim inside, and women often hurt their hands. So I thought, if we can find something that lets light in as a window, it will definitely solve this problem. So, this glass window was created."

"So, when I heard you wanted to order translucent glass today, I guessed you were going to make windows, right?"

The expression on Ren Baozhi's face was quite interesting. She cautiously probed, "Traveling through a book?"

"Through a book?" Gui Muxin frowned slightly upon hearing this, as if she didn't understand what he meant. "Madam, are you talking about the technique of threading a scroll through the book so that you can read it?"

Seeing that her expression didn't seem fake, Ren Baozhi also felt that her previous words were abrupt, so she quickly tried to find words to make amends and smiled, "Oh, yes, yes, that's right. Madam Gui is very clever and ingenious. I really admire her."

She said this from the bottom of her heart and expressed her genuine admiration. She never thought that at this time, someone had already broken the convention and thought of using glass to make windows.

Various furniture and ornaments are arranged in an orderly manner in the house. Due to the excellent lighting, every texture and every detail of these objects can be clearly seen, which is enough to show the women's exquisite craftsmanship.

Walking through rows of dazzling shelves, Ren Baozhi discovered that these items were made of a wide variety of materials: warm wood, dazzling glass, cold steel...

She couldn't help but gasp in amazement: "Madam Gui, your business is quite extensive."

"It can't be helped," Gui Muxin sighed softly, revealing the sadness behind her. "You've just seen it. The women in our courtyard are all helpless and alone. We've really come together to make a living because we're desperate. Most people, upon hearing our identities, think we're unlucky and have brought bad luck to our families. People see us as unlucky and avoid us, so business is naturally difficult for us."

"But we had already invested all our wealth in this. We were going to get hurt if we stuck our heads out. We decided to stick our heads out. We were going to get hurt anyway, so we had to die without regrets!"

She guided Ren Baozhi: "We have been working tirelessly to expand our business, constantly innovating, and lowering prices. That's how we managed to survive in this tight spot."

She sighed deeply: "I was forced to do this."

Ren Baozhi didn't think so. Many people were forced into a desperate situation and unable to find a way to survive. It was extremely rare for them to have such resilience and courage.

She thought so in her heart, and then she said: "I don't think I was forced to do so."

Gui Muxin asked, "What is that?"

Ren Baozhi said: "Times create heroes."

"Oh my!" Gui Muxin was a little embarrassed by her praise. "Young lady, you are really good at talking. How can we, the rough guys, be heroes? But I am happy to hear you say this. If the deal can be concluded, I will definitely give you a discount!"

Ren Baozhi also laughed with her: "Madam Gui is also very good at doing business."

The two of them chatted with each other as they came to the shelf where the glass pieces were placed.

The piece of glass was square, about thirty centimeters square.

It is certainly not as big as modern glass, but it is enough for the purpose of making branches. At most, you can just put a few pieces together.

Ren Baozhi had been skeptical, so she asked, "Madam Gui, how did you refine this piece of glass? I've been asking around these past few days, and all the craftsmen say they can't make it."

"My dear, you shouldn't ask about this," Gui Mu thought to herself, "This is the fruit of years of research by us ladies, and we won't let anyone else know."

Ren Baozhi felt a little embarrassed. She must have been too shocked just now, which was why her mind went blank and she spoke without restraint. She quickly apologized, "Madam Gui, please don't blame me. I was rude and disrespectful."

Seeing her modest and polite manner, and that they had a good impression of her, Gui Muxin confided a little: "Ordinary craftsmen are mostly conservative and only rely on their ancestors' skills to make glass of this kind. But we here love to tinker with this. We not only modified the furnace and optimized the fuel, but also spent a lot of time studying the glass-blowing technique. Only then did we create this kind of glass."

"Ladies are not only clever and skillful, but also innovative. It's truly rare." Ren Baozhi expressed sincere admiration. "I wonder how Madam Gui sold this piece of glass?"

"Young lady, you have made an offer for this piece of glass. I won't charge much. It was originally one guan (a banknote) a piece, but since we get along well, how about selling it to you for nine hundred wen a piece?"

Colored glass has always been a thing used by wealthy families. To buy such a large piece of glass for only nine hundred coins is really a very cheap price. It seems that what Madam Gui said about the difficulty of doing business is indeed true.

"Madam Gui, you're selling these pieces of glass so cheaply, you're probably losing money."

Gui Mu thought to himself, "If you really want to know, how about doing business with me?"

Ren Baozhi became interested. She always admired smart people. "Oh? What business?"