When everyone entered the Zhou Mansion, they were shocked. All the wings around the courtyard were replaced with glass. The large transparent glass windows reflected the magnificence of the house.

Everyone was amazed, and no one paid attention to Zhou Kui's birthday anymore. What people were amazed was that the doors and windows in this mansion could be inlaid with glass.

"This is so magical. Standing in the yard, I was peeking into the hall through the gate. It was actually very strange."

"It turns out that this thing really has such a wonderful use. Looking back, my mansion must also be equipped with such a magical treasure."

"Oh my god, the father-in-law's mansion is actually inlaid with transparent glass, which is really like a crystal fantasy."

"That's not called Liuli, it seems to be called glass. Who, servant, come here, when will the glass be pressed?"

A servant came over and bowed respectfully, "When you say this, the father-in-law will find someone to put it in a few days ago. You all, come to the palace hall to gather, and you will know that this glass is even more magical."

At this time, Zhou Kui walked out of the office wearing a new robe and bowed to everyone enthusiastically: "Oh, my colleagues can come here in person for Lai Fu Jianshou, it is really a bright future. Lord Zhang, Lord Zhao, Lord Li, hurry up, please come in the house."

In fact, there is no need to wait for Zhou Kui to greet him, these officials can't help but want to go to the office to find out.

In fact, you can’t see anything when looking at the glass outside, it’s just bright and bright. You can vaguely see someone in the house. For example, you can see the house at night. During the day, it’s even more magical to see outside in the house.

When everyone entered the palace hall, they forgot to say hello to Zhou Kui. Everyone's eyes were completely attracted by the doors and windows in the palace hall.

"Please look at Lord Zhao, isn't this just like a windowless transparent? Tsk tsk tsk, it's so magical."

An official couldn't help but step forward and touched it, as if he didn't believe in the transparent existence in front of him: "Hey, the breeze outside is blowing, and there is no wind or wave in the room. This thing can really block the wind and cold."

"It's not just the cold wind, but also the cold winter months, which can keep warm. It's even more elegant to have a pot of hot tea in the house and enjoy the snow scene."

"But I don't know if this can be embedded in the wing room. If it is in the wing room, wouldn't it be clear at a glance in the house?"

The servant Liufu walked over with a smile. He walked to the right window of the mansion: "Please look, this lord, and hang a curtain in front of the window. If it is like a hidden place in the wing room, you can pull the curtains up, and you cannot see the inside outside."

The windows of Zhou Kui's mansion were hung horizontally by a round thin wood, and curtains were worn on them. Like modern curtains, they were pulled down and immediately blocked the window.

Zhou Kui next to him was even more proud: "Dear colleagues, I feel that the light in the room is dazzling, so I can pull up the curtains. If you look at the scenery, you can sit in front of the window. This object will not be burned by fire or frozen without damage. No matter how cold or cold the office is, you can stand alone. However, this object is crisp. If you accidentally break it, just change it and inlay it."

"Mr. Zhou, how much does it cost to spend in your entire mansion?" Finally, someone couldn't help asking.

It seems that these people are beginning to be tempted. How much is the cost? Now the production of Xishan Glass Factory cannot supply the large demand in Beijing. Naturally, it is necessary to open the lion's mouth and the water rises higher.

Zhou Kui stretched out two fingers: "My mansion is a little bigger, not much, just two thousand taels."

Two thousand taels, everyone took a breath and shouted that it was too expensive. This price is worth the price of a house. Even if the Zhou Kui family is big and wealthy, if the houses of ordinary officials are replaced with glass, they will have to be as few as a few hundred taels or more than a thousand taels of silver.

The most abnormal thing is the housing prices in the Song Dynasty. However, the fiscal revenue of the treasury to the north exceeds 100 million yuan, and it is not surprising that housing prices are often tens of thousands of taels.

This is not the case with the Ming Dynasty. The Chongzhen treasury was only a few million taels a year, and the price of houses in the Ming Dynasty was relatively low.

Of course, houses vary from good to bad. The prices of houses of different locations and different quality are very large. The best houses in the Ming Dynasty were the residences of princes and nobles. Their houses were not only tall and bright, but also spacious and luxurious. Most of them were carved railings and jade, and the garden was full of pavilions and towers, and even precious flowers and plants could not be counted. Of course, such houses were also very expensive and ordinary people could not afford them.

During the Wanli period, an old man in the capital sold his house and got 1,300 taels of silver. The houses were cheaper. Residents of Xiuning County, Huizhou sold three main rooms, three wing rooms and three storefronts, totaling fifty taels of silver.

For example, a small courtyard house on Zhengyangmen Street not far from Zhou Kui's house is for sale. There are two southern rooms, two northern rooms and one wing room. The seller only costs 33 taels of silver.

Like the mansions of high-ranking officials, nobles and nobles, the average one is only a few thousand taels. The expensive one is tens of thousands taels, that is a real mansion.

Many people think it is too expensive and outrageous to spend hundreds or thousands of taels of silver to inlay glass in their homes.

It is naturally expensive. Don’t look at the people who say that it’s too expensive and can’t afford it, but you have made plans in private. No matter what, you have to press glass doors and windows at your home.

Poverty restricted many people's imagination, and wealthy nobles were everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. When the Zhou Mansion birthday banquet began, I pulled several trucks of glass from the West Mountain to the Zhou Mansion compound, someone placed an order on the spot.

Unexpectedly, the first one to place an order was several money houses. First, the shopkeeper of Risheng Money House in Beijing, Risheng Money House is a famous money house in Beijing. It was invested and built by some Zhejiang merchants and Shanxi merchants, and it has a strong capital. At that time, most of the more than 2 million taels of silver in Zhou Kui's family were found in this Risheng Money House.

Money houses were a kind of credit institution that appeared after the mid-Ming Dynasty, and it was also equivalent to the prototype of modern banks. Their business included exchange of silver and money, handling of deposits and exchanges. According to their size, they were also called silver and money shops.

Risheng opened his mouth and placed an order of 8,000 taels of silver, for nothing else. He just wanted to replace all the storefronts of his money shop tickets in various parts of Beijing with glass to attract customers.

You are the best at this Risheng, Wei Taihou, Tianchengheng, Baofenglong, Sanjinyuan, Dadeyu, Hongjin Silver, Jinheng Silver, Zhengtong Silver, etc. How can you give up the famous money shop in the capital?

Whoever has a larger shop proves that whoever has a greater power. Only the people dare to store it here. In ancient times, not only did the money stored in the money shop have no interest, but they would also charge a handling fee ranging from two to three%.

Even so, those rich and wealthy businessmen still like to store their money in reputable money shops.

The money shops placed orders one after another, but the high-ranking officials couldn't sit still. Everyone knew that things were rare and expensive. If they didn't take action at this time, they would be afraid that the price would rise again. So, as long as they had the strength, they began to place orders one after another.
Chapter completed!