Female-to-male: I live on farming

Chapter 147 Telescope

However, the vast majority of people here are not short of money, and they have heard that glass is difficult to make and the output is extremely small, so it may not be possible for everyone to buy it.

Then they understood that this was something that could not be bought even if they had money.

The less the better! They like such rare and precious things. After all, things are valuable because they are rare. This can not only increase the beauty of the items, but also show their identity and status to some extent.

Of course, the actual situation is only known to people like Gu Lanxi. The process of making glass is indeed not easy, but the cost is very low.

Gu Lanxi has lived in an environment full of business atmosphere since he was a child. He has been influenced by the truth that "scarcity makes things valuable". In other words, the scarcer and more rare an item or resource is, the higher its value. If you can master and utilize this scarcity, you can obtain higher profits and competitive advantages.

Glass is a product that is obviously unique and scarce, so she would naturally use this quality to gain maximum benefit. This sales plan was proposed by her and finalized by Jinyang, and it now seems to be working very well.

The banquet was enjoyed by all the guests. When the wife of the Liangzhou Beijia supported the servant's hand and got on the carriage back home, her thoughts gradually calmed down. In the creaking and shaking carriage, she finally realized that this was the purpose of the Gu family's host's banquet.

The purpose of holding the banquet was fake to build relationships, but the real purpose was to take the opportunity to sell glass.

"He's quite a wonderful person." She couldn't help but sigh.

"Madam, what did you say?" The maid who was following closely outside the car window approached the curtain and asked.

Madam Beijia shook her head slightly, calmed down and replied, "Nothing."

She was able to guess it. There were so many smart people at the party, so naturally others could guess it as well. It was good enough that everyone knew it.

Since Patriarch Gu did this, he must have obtained the approval of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

It was like they all knew that the head of the Gu family had a close relationship with Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, and there were even rumors that their relationship was not ordinary, but it was enough for them to just keep these in mind, and no one would be so blind as to spread these things.

Just as Gu Lanxi had expected, glass instantly became a craze among the upper class in Liangzhou. Prominent families were proud to have glass windows in their homes. There was even a trend of comparison: whoever had more, bigger, and brighter glass had more face.

For a time, the whole city of Liangzhou was filled with discussions about this new thing called glass. Even though it was expensive, there was still an endless stream of people looking to buy it. The glass factory earned back its invested capital in just one month.

Of course, Qin Ke still assigned a part of the craftsmen to continue to study how to use glass solutions to make beautiful and practical colored glass products. He had seen colored glass products of various colors and patterns in his previous life, so he tried his best to describe them to the craftsmen, and they were responsible for studying the specific methods.

During this period, Qin Ke was happy that after a month, his subordinates finally polished out the convex lenses. The people he selected were all women who were skillful and very patient. Even so, they consumed a lot of glass before polishing out a few convex lenses that Qin Ke was satisfied with.

With these convex lenses, he only needed to instruct someone to make suitable copper tubes.

The forging of copper products was already very mature in this era, and Qin Ke didn't need to worry about it. He only needed to hand over the design drawings and explain them clearly, and they could make what Qin Ke wanted.

Qin Ke stroked the telescope in his hand. The mirror body was divided into four sections and could be pulled out and extended. There were no fancy decorative patterns on the tube. This was just the first batch of finished products, focusing only on practicality.

"Madam, let me show you something good?" After returning home, Qin Ke rushed into the study excitedly with a mysterious look on his face.

Hearing this, Lu Youqing raised her head slightly, looked at his long hair which was a little damp, and smiled in agreement with him, and asked, "Oh? What is it?"

The spring breeze was swaying outside, and the dense drizzle was drifting like willow branches. The spring rain was isolated outside by the glass windows that had been replaced, and it dripped on the glass windows in a winding way.

In contrast, it is warm and dry indoors.

Lu Youqing stayed in this scene for the entire rainy day. When she felt bored, she would rest her chin on her hand and look at the drizzle outside the window. Sitting indoors, she could clearly see the newly sprouted green branches in the courtyard, the rain that merged into a stream and fell from the eaves, and she could also see Qin Ke holding an umbrella and stepping into the courtyard with a smile on her face from afar...

Qin Ke didn't mind her doting tone, which was like coaxing a child. He even liked her doting on him. It is said that a man remains a boy until he dies. Including his previous life, he is actually much older than his wife. But in fact, his wife is obviously much more mature than him mentally.

"That's it, ma'am, guess what this is for?"

Qin Ke took out the telescope hidden behind him and waved it in a ostentatious manner.

Lu Youqing looked at the long cylindrical copper product in his hand with interest. It was not difficult to see that it was a copper product, but looking at Qin Ke's expression, it was obvious that it was not as simple as it seemed.

She took it from Qin Ke and looked at it carefully. She was so smart. She looked at the nodes on the monocular telescope, which were thick on one side and thin on the other, and asked, "Can this be stretched?"

"My wife is smart!" Qin Ke gave her a thumbs up.

Lu Youqing got a positive answer and immediately pulled the copper tube, which was only more than ten centimeters long, to more than twenty centimeters. At this time, Lu Youqing found that the cylindrical object was hollow, so he curiously wanted to see what was inside.

Before she lowered her eyes, Qin Ke had already held her hand and explained softly: "Madam, it's better to look at it this way!"

He placed the thinner side of the cylinder in front of Lu Youqing's eyes, and at the same time, he held her waist and turned her slightly to face outside. Now that Lu Youqing was getting older, it was difficult for Qin Ke to put his hand around her waist.

"ah!"

Following Qin Ke's movements, Lu Youqing, who was facing the other side of the cylinder towards the courtyard, had obviously discovered the wonder of the object in his hand.

Their house is very large, about 700 to 800 square meters according to modern calculations. On weekdays, one can only see their silhouettes in the distance, but it is difficult to see them clearly.

But now she clearly saw Lihua coming from a distance with a tea tray, moving gently, and she could also see June and the others rolling around happily in the courtyard.

He moved the copper tube away and looked over again. It was obvious that he could not see things at such a long distance by himself, but the thing in his hand made it possible.

"What is this called?" Lu Youqing turned her head slightly and looked at Qin Ke who was standing beside her with his arms around her.

"I call this thing a telescope!"