Volume 1 Princess Taiping Grows Up Chapter 84 Product Development
Li Yuechen took the magnifying glass in his hand, adjusted it slightly, and aimed a small spot of light at the paper in his hand.
Seeing her standing there motionless, Li Zhi and his wife and her brothers and sisters looked at each other in surprise, not knowing what this meant.
Li Zhi even asked in doubt: "Chen'er, why are you standing there motionless?"
"Grandpa, please wait a moment. It won't take a moment." Li Yuechen replied with a smile.
After hearing what she said, Li Zhi and others calmed down and waited to see what would happen.
It didn't take long, only about ten seconds, a black spot suddenly appeared in the middle of the paper in Li Yuechen's hand, and then smoke slowly began to come out.
"this……"
Li Zhi opened his eyes wide instantly and sat up straight in the recliner in disbelief .
Other people including Wu Zetian were also stunned, and Li Hong and Li Xian even stood up.
The next moment, a bright flame appeared and spread instantly on the paper, accompanied by a black spot that grew larger and larger.
Li Yuechen saw that the paper in his hand was completely ablaze, smiled slightly, and threw the paper in his hand into the small stove next to him for making tea.
Watching the paper burn, Li Xian was the first to run over: "Yuechen, how did you do it just now?"
"Hehe, that's easy!" Li Yuechen grinned, "Just point it at the sun and let the sunlight condense into a point..."
When she was teaching, not only Li Xian, but also Li Zhi and others were listening attentively beside her.
After learning it, each of them took a piece of paper and tried it out.
Paper was quite easy to light in that era. After a while, everyone succeeded and smiled at each other while holding a piece of burning paper.
Seeing her sons waving burning papers in their hands, Wu Zetian's face darkened again: "Be careful. If you set this Renshou Hall on fire, I will not forgive you!"
Seeing that their mother was angry, Li Xian and the others sat down with embarrassed looks on their faces and threw the burning papers in their hands into the small stove.
Seeing his two brothers being taught a lesson, Li Yuechen smiled and immediately came out to change the subject.
"Mother, this transparent colored glaze has other uses. When I have figured it out, I will give it to you to play with."
"Okay." Wu Zetian smiled, "I believe Chen'er will be able to figure it out soon!"
It will definitely be fast. Since convex lenses have been made, concave lenses are naturally not difficult to make. Then we can make a cylinder to make a monocular telescope.
As for the binocular one, that thing is a bit more troublesome and I have to do some research before I can make it.
But what she wants to make most now is glasses, and she can let these craftsmen study them carefully in a few days.
Li Zhi suddenly put down the magnifying glass in his hand, raised his head and asked: "Chen'er, is this 'magnifying glass' produced by the glass workshop? How many people know the formula?"
"Don't worry, Grandpa. Fulai has already warned them." Li Yuechen smiled.
"Hmm..." Li Zhi nodded, "If you want these craftsmen, I can give them to you!"
Li Yuechen was stunned and understood what Li Zhi meant.
He knew the current sales of canned food and soap. Thinking of future profits, Li Zhi also understood that the glass would definitely play a greater role in his hands.
So he nodded, looking happy and expectant: "Okay, this way, when I make more money in the future, my parents won't have to worry about this!"
At present, glass products are definitely very profitable. Unless we enter an industrialized society, the cost cannot be reduced and the price of these products will remain high.
But even so, as long as you can sell it to those powerful people, you can still make a lot of money.
Anyway, this thing is not a necessity for life at the moment, so there is no need to make it affordable for everyone.
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Li Yuechen left the remaining magnifying glasses with Li Zhi, asking him to give one to anyone he liked in the future. Anyway, there would be plenty of these things in the future and they were not worth much.
Li Zhi couldn't stop smiling when he saw his daughter was so filial.
After returning to Anfu Palace, Li Yuechen gave Shangguan Wan'er another one and taught her how to focus light and ignite it.
Shangguan Wan'er was having so much fun playing with this new thing that Zheng couldn't help but scold her.
Li Yuechen waved her hands to indicate that it didn't matter. After all, Shangguan Wan'er was still a child and should be more lively.
It’s okay to play a little crazy occasionally, or even make some mistakes.
Because she knows that people can only grow through mistakes and become strong in adversity.
Zheng felt conflicted about Li Yuechen's laissez-faire attitude, feeling touched yet worried.
What is touching is that the princess is kind and benevolent, and she truly treats her daughter as a friend.
What she was worried about was that if her daughter continued like this, she might get into trouble in the future because of her status as a princess.
Li Yuechen didn't know what she was thinking. He just leaned against the pillar of Linbo Pavilion and watched her holding a magnifying glass to look at the rice seedlings in the field.
The little girl was very cute, with a curious smile on her face, looking left and right.
After a while, he turned around and shouted, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I saw a bug!"
"Yes." Li Yuechen agreed, "Fulai, let them release some ducks to eat the worms after that."
"Yes!" Fu Lai behind him responded.
After Li Yuechen reminded her not to look at the sun with a magnifying glass, he went to the workshop to see how the carriage was made.
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After a few days, the Tubo envoy decided to set off back.
On the way back, Zhong Cong looked over and over again with the magnifying glass in his hand. This was given to him by Li Zhi before he left.
There was an expression of disbelief on his face. He could not believe that the Tang Dynasty could even produce colored glaze with such a high degree of transparency . The craftsmanship level was simply incredible.
This kind of thing is priceless no matter where it is taken. It seems that the current Tang Dynasty is even more powerful than imagined and should not be underestimated.
If the Tang Dynasty was really so prosperous, the next policy towards the Tang Dynasty should be carefully considered.
Following Zhong Cong's thoughts, the envoy team gradually left the Tang Dynasty...
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Recently, Li Yuechen has been considering selling the magnifying glass. The cost of this thing is not expensive, and selling it for ten strings of coins is not too much, right?
After all, transparent glass is so scarce nowadays that any one of it is a rare treasure. The price will gradually drop as more of it becomes available.
As for the telescope, forget it. Once it is made, it will definitely be equipped to the military first.
While thinking about this, Li Yuechen came to the craftsman supervisor to check the progress of the carriage.
The frame is now being built. Li Yuechen watched the blacksmith with his bare chest hammering the red-hot frame into the shape of the design, and nodded slightly.
At this rate, it should be completed before Li Zhi's birthday.
In the afternoon, Li Yuechen went to the production workshop again to take a look.
During this period, Wu Da has completely integrated into the job and works happily with the workers every day.
Here, you only need to work four hours a day and you can freely do what you want in the rest of the time.
However, for the sake of their safety, they cannot leave the area under the control of the army, but if they need anything, someone will deliver it to them as soon as possible.
The best thing for Wu Da is that the food supply is sufficient every day and he can definitely eat his fill.
His son Wu Gouzi also studied reading and writing with the teacher every day. So far, he can recite the first ten sentences of the Thousand Character Classic from memory.
Seeing Li Yuechen coming, Wu Dahe and the workers saluted respectfully.
Wu Gouzi and the teacher, who were studying with their teacher at home, also hurried out to greet them.
Li Yuechen was very easy-going and asked them to give gifts. She watched from the side and asked about the recent production issues, etc.
After taking some glycerin, Li Yuechen turned and left.
After the palace maids' experiments for a period of time, Li Yuechen has been able to confirm that this thing is absolutely effective for facial application, and it is almost time to launch it online.
Anyway, the shop next to the dessert shop has already been bought and started selling soaps , so I can take it over and start selling them together.
But the first thing to do is to ask her mother to help with the advertising. When she has nothing to do on weekdays, she will also hold some banquets with the women of powerful families.
Products endorsed by the Queen will definitely sell well!
Speaking of glycerin, it seems that it can be used to make explosives. Unfortunately, this is not Li Yuechen's major, and she doesn't know how to make it.
If I have the chance in the future, I'd better make black powder. As for dynamite, let future generations figure it out slowly.
After returning to Anfu Hall, Li Yuechen took out some of the prepared glycerin moisturizing cream and went to Renshou Hall.
Seeing that she was holding two small porcelain bottles, Li Zhi looked curious: "Chen'er has developed a lot of new artifacts recently."
"These are all from previous research," Li Yuechen explained, "but after testing them and confirming that there are no problems, I presented them to my mother."
"Hmm?" Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and turned his head, "Why not give it to me?"
Li Yuechen smiled and said, "Grandpa has too much beard on his face, so this thing is useless."
As he spoke, he opened the porcelain bottle and explained to Wu Zetian how to use this thing.
Hearing that it only needs to be applied on the face before going to bed at night, Wu Zetian nodded: "Since it is done by Chen'er, I believe the effect must be good. I will try it."
Li Yuechen leaned in her arms and said, "Mother, please don't just use it yourself. I want you to help endorse it."
"What does this 'endorsement' mean?" Wu Zetian was puzzled.
"My mother often holds banquets with the wives of the rich and powerful. Introducing this product to them and asking them to come to my store to buy it is an endorsement..."
After listening to her daughter's explanation, Wu Zetian suddenly raised her eyebrows and asked, "You little bitch, you actually took advantage of me?"
Li Yuechen chuckled: "How can you say it's exploitation? As the queen, my mother recommended them out of sympathy for them..."
After hearing her daughter's words, Wu Zetian seemed to suddenly think of something, and lowered her head and asked, "Then... Chen'er asked me to be the spokesperson, so it won't be in vain for me, right?"
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Hearing this, Li Yuechen felt helpless. How could you, an ancient person, think of this?
But since it has been proposed, there is no way to get it for free, so after thinking for a while, he said: "Then...how about I give you fifty strings of cash as an endorsement fee?"
Wu Zetian asked with a smile: "I am the queen, and I am only worth fifty strings of cash?"
"It is because you are the Queen that I give you fifty strings of cash. If it were anyone else, I would only give you one string of cash at most!"
Watching the mother and daughter bargaining with each other, Li Zhi poured himself a cup of tea with a smile, turned the health ball and closed his eyes to rest.
Finally, after sticking to her mother for a long time, acting funny and cute, Li Yuechen finally agreed to pay her mother 80 strings of cash as the endorsement fee.
After walking out of Renshou Hall, Li Yuechen breathed a sigh of relief, secretly complaining in her heart that she was indeed a mother, as she even cheated her own daughter of her money.
At the same time, the store needed a new person. Soaps and moisturizers were actually mainly products for women. In this era, some people would feel uncomfortable letting Wang Xiang serve as the shopkeeper.
Based on the principle of customer first, Li Yuechen decided to let Chunmei be the manager of the daily chemical store. This way, it would be easier to introduce products to women.
And if there is an opportunity in the future, we can also sell cotton underwear, sanitary napkins and other things in daily chemical stores.
Li Yuechen returned to Anfu Temple and looked at the little ducks quacking in his own land and couldn't help grinning.
The rice seedlings are growing well, it seems that the fertilizer is indeed effective.
The person in charge of the Ministry of Revenue said with a happy face: "Your Highness, according to my experience, this land will yield a good harvest this year!"
"Yes." Li Yuechen nodded, "Take good care of him."
Fu Lai, who was standing beside him, could not help but ask, "Your Highness, why didn't you report this to the Saint? If the Saint knew about this good news, he would surely be very pleased!"
Li Yuechen shook her head: "The results are not out yet, so I can't guarantee it. I don't want to disappoint my parents, so let's wait until the results are out."
Having said that, Li Yuechen knew that Li Zhi and his wife must be very clear about what is happening here.
I haven't come to see it yet, probably because I want to wait and see the results.
After all, it is useless to just look at the good growth now, everything still depends on the results.
Her guess was indeed correct. Now in Renshou Hall, the couple was discussing this issue.
"The rice seedlings in Chen'er's yard are growing well now. Don't you plan to go and take a look?" Wu Zetian asked.
Li Zhi shook his head: "Since Chen'er said that he doesn't want me to wait and be disappointed, then let's wait. He is preparing a gift for my birthday. If the result is pleasing, it will be double happiness, right?"
Wu Zetian thought about it and nodded with a smile, but still asked: "Then isn't Zhinu curious at all?"
Hearing her question, Li Zhi stopped the health ball in his hand. After a few seconds of silence, his expression suddenly became a little obscene: "What does Mei Niang mean? When Chen'er leaves the palace next time, we can go and take a look quietly?"
Wu Zetian found her husband's reaction funny and nodded slightly: "I didn't say that..."
Then, a burst of laughter broke out between the couple.
Zhang Chengxin, who was guarding the door, felt that the atmosphere between the two people was a little different, so he immediately stepped back several steps quietly and asked the other servants around him to move away as well.
As Zhang Chengxin knew many of the emperor's secrets, he couldn't help but turn his head and shake his head towards the direction of Anfu Hall.
At the same time, I was thinking in my heart, how come such a princess is a girl?
