It's a diamond.

It is not for decoration, but for scratching glass. Glass technology is much more complex than steelmaking technology, but now it seems not. Song Jiu also feels that the steelmaking technology he has launched has some imperfections, and I don’t know where the problem is wrong, either iron ore, temperature, or others.

Glass research and development does not require so much money, it is not very popular, and there is some foundation. All that remains is a matter of time and will come out sooner or later. But without a glass knife, it will be troublesome. You can blow various utensils, but you cannot blow block glass windows.

Song Jiu's father Song De left a fortune, which was his military identity and property. If Song Jiu had not arrived in time, rented the house, and could manage finances, and did not spend money indiscriminately, it was Song Jiu who spent money well and could not manage finances. Although he had a help from his elder sister, he would sell the house sooner or later to make a living. But even Song Jiu, the starting point was so low that it could not be considered as a good fortune, and it could only be considered as a food and clothing store. Therefore, he had little knowledge, especially luxury gems.

There were no glass counters in various stores, and all the precious gems were collected. The customers needed to show them, but Song Jiu couldn't see them. Therefore, he found Yuping and asked her to take out the jewelry for him to show him. He was afraid that Yuping would misunderstand, so he explained first.

Yu Ping smiled and took it out. It was mostly gold, silver and jade, with gems, and fewer. Then Yu Ping said: "The jewelry of my family is not of good origin. Jiulang doesn't need money now. When I use it, I sell it and hand it over to Jiulang for processing."

Song Jiu was looking through it and comforted him: "You sell art, I sell talent, there is nothing wrong with it, don't use inferiority."

She is a clean courtier, she only sells arts but not her body. She is a little bit bad, but relatively speaking, the money is not dirty.

In fact, he did not discriminate against the prostitutes who sold themselves. Except for a few who were lazy and lazy, most of them were forced by life. Well, who would like to do this?

But no diamonds were seen.

Then the notice was posted. After a long time, there was no news. Song Jiu was worried about one thing. It had already existed. The people of India regarded it as a gem very early. However, there may not be a market in China. Without a market, there would be no merchants bringing it over. Could it be that people were sent to India to look for it?

Just as the money in his hand was suffocated, Song Jiu changed another notice and asked the merchant for a price of twenty times the same gem. Without any news, the situation would be less optimistic.

Only one and a half people knew the truth, and half Yuping.

Song Jiu immediately asked Zhao Kuangyi for someone. His twenty-one of his students could help the court to do things. The court was not bad this time. Not only did they send a lot of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, these students also gave some rewards, but they could not be transferred to other places. If they wanted to help, they could stay in the capital and assist gunpowder to make gunpowder. If they went to other places, they could not be taught. Song Jiu, the students he chose, were not qualified, but had only been studying for a few months, and his foundation was still weak. Use it now. It was not used, but to promote growth. Learning was their main task. If not, the court could send some officials to teach.

Only then did the education resume. After so long, the matter, arithmetic, and accounting were all left behind their homework for students to learn by themselves. Dr. Zhang had rush to teach arithmetic before, but finally felt ashamed of himself and stopped teaching. I don’t know how students were doing in their own teachings, especially for self-study. The progress of the students will be seriously inconsistent. They must answer their questions and take at least three or four days to make their pace almost the same.

Four painters in the family left, and three craftsmen came again. Anyway, the Song family has become more and more lively during this period.

In the evening, elder sister, seventh sister and Yuping arrived one after another.

Song Jiu was not at home and had money and money, he had to immediately pay the remaining people in Hezhou and then take the land deed to his hands so that he could feel at ease.

Fortunately, the demolition households were not too ungrateful at this time, and Song Jiu was kind and righteous. If you are good, there would be no conflicts. The people took the cloth one by one and were very happy. Some people even ignored Song Jiu's promise to arrange their work and houses in the future. Some people had more than 100 yuan in their hands and wanted to move into the city and leave this poor place. Song Jiu would not object.

When she got home, Song Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. Take the matter of glass slowly, don’t have to be so anxious, and finally I can take a breath.

The eldest sister was very sorry and said, "If there were no Hezhou, you would have money and money now, you would have officials and reputation."

The imperial court rewarded more than 10,000 yuan in money and silk. In a family that is not particularly rich in Beijing, it can be considered a wealthy family. Moreover, there are covenants that can be distributed in dividends every month and official positions and salary. However, because of this Hezhou, when ten thousand pieces of silk are returned home, most of them will be used up immediately. I don’t know how much it will be used later, so my elder sister dare not think about it.

Song Jiu laughed: "Sister, if there were no Hezhou, do you think Your Majesty would be too much money to use. Can he reward me with so much money?"

"What can this money do?"

"My mistaken sister, I can only do anything with this money. If not, I can't do anything."

"With this money, what can you do compared to the things you have on your drawings?"

"Don't worry, someone will send money soon."

"who?"

"Don't talk nonsense outside, Shi family, Gao family."

"Shi Shouxin's family?" The elder sister knew that Shi Shouxin prayed for herself and did not give money to migrant workers when she built a temple. This was a big deal. You should know that the court, except for the people in service, would generally give money to the people, and even some heavy work can be paid for 2300 cents a day. Not to mention private, let alone the temple built a temple. And that temple was very large (later Sima Guang misappropriated some temples to build a bookstore because of its large place). He used tens of thousands of chunks of money. Do you care about this wage?

But Song Jiu suspected that Shi Shouxin used this to deliberately defile himself, be greedy for money, and withhold money from migrant workers, and his reputation would be bad, so that it would not be a big threat to Zhao Kuangyin. Although his reputation was damaged, his family would be safe. This is the same as Xiao He's defamation. Is it true, only Shi Shouxin himself knew it.

"Sister, it's just the beginning that they are both, and there will be more people involved in the future."

"Why do they get involved?"

"Make money, Your Majesty asked me to operate, and those construction management methods cannot be separated from me, and the land deeds are all in my hands, so I have to invest in it."

"That's fine."

In fact, many yamen still cannot invest. The overall investment cost is too high. It is calculated by millions of dollars, and the money invested will be far more than the promised tax paid by the court. However, I am afraid that my elder sister will worry, Song Jiu did not say it.

"What about their family's money?"

"When people go to heaven, their family will send it."

"Speak nonsense again."

"This is fast, you will see it in a few days, Sister, Seventh Sister, do you want to go to heaven?"

The eldest sister said angrily: "I still want to enter the ground."

"Only that day, you don't want to go there and you can only wait a few years before you can go there."

Sister Qi asked: "Xiaojiu, why do you have to wait a few years later?"

"I will tear off that thing. This is called hunger marketing. You don't understand it if you say it. To be more popular, it's just to make you feel more enjoyable."

Song Jiu explained something in detail to Yuping. In the future, she will be an important butler and will not accept customers. She keeps relying on her old capital. Cui'er couldn't help but say some resentment. Song Jiu explained it clearly, Yuping's master and servant will feel more at ease.

Yuping wanted to sell jewelry, but Song Jiu said there was no hurry. He would sell it until the time was right. Just sell it. This money was used as a concession stock. Not only was the boss's wife, but also a future shareholder. Cui'er was always happy. But when the store started, Yuping's good days would definitely come with it.

"Xiao Jiu, can that really go to heaven?"

"The iron thing is more complicated than I think. I didn't expect that the winter moon would end until it was delayed, otherwise you would have seen it very early."

"Will it fall?"

"There is a solid blue under it. You will know in a few days. I will tell you. You don't know if you say it. Then come with your seventh brother-in-law. Also, don't forget the fifth sister and the fifth brother-in-law. If the eldest sister doesn't go, forget it."

"Your wings are hard!"

"Don't fight, Daddy relies on his strength to make a living, but I rely on my brain to make a living. If my brain is broken, I will have no food to eat."

This sentence hit the heart of my elder sister. Song De worked hard all his life and after many bloody battles, he gained some status, but this status was too hard to exchange for it, so he let his son give up Wu and follow his wife. Today, my younger brother finally made a fortune, which is the most gratifying thing about my elder sister.

Song Jiu sent off a few people and began to prepare.

First of all, cowhide, thanks to Guo Wei, the first wise king of the Five Dynasties. If Guo Wei was not there, cowhide was still military supplies and the people were not allowed to buy and sell. Buy a lot of cowhide and then compact it thinner. Other leathers are fine, but cowhide is the best elastic and is also the most suitable leather. In fact, some bans in the Song Dynasty were not strictly enforced, otherwise cowhide would be a waste. The people were not slaughtered, but cowhide was prohibited from slaughtering cattle, but the imperial court prohibited slaughtering cattle, but as long as they had money, they could buy beef at any time in the market. God knows whether these beef was slaughtered by normal dead cows. Are cows particularly prone to death in the Song Dynasty?

This time was not long, less than ten days, Song Jiu got it almost the same.

There is still a person needed, Boss Hu shouted Boss Hu, "Hu Xingtou, are you brave?"

Boss Hu forgot about his performance in the imperial city, and his waist stood up again and said, "Xiaojiu, do you think I'm brave?"

"Not necessarily."

"Xiao Jiu, just say, don't turn the corner, I'm a rough man."

"If you do something, you will definitely ensure that you are safe, but you need to be braver. Moreover, you are the first person. After passing this village and doing it later, you will have to spend at least 500 jin of money to let him do it."

"What's up?"

"Follow me to heaven."

"Oh my god, I dare to go there if you go there."
Chapter completed!