OBS Chapter 950 How can a man go back on his word?
Chapter 950 How can a man go back on his word?
Chapter 950 How can a man go back on his word?
Seeing that Lu Su was soft-hearted, Lu Zhi quickly pulled her aside and whispered, "Sister, you are too naive. You believe everything he says."
"But I don't think he is lying." Lu Su blinked.
Naturally, the conversation between the two of them could not escape Qin Hao's ears. He couldn't help laughing in his heart, "Susu, you are still too kind. But I have come to this world of mythology and I really have no relatives. It's not considered as lying to her, right?"
Lu Zhi turned her head and glanced at Qin Hao, then said to Lu Su with a stern face: "You can't know a person's heart by his appearance. Sister, you are young and inexperienced, so don't be fooled. I will ask him later."
"Okay." Lu Su hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't bear to refuse her sister Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi cleared her throat and said, "Mr. Qin, you said that all the elders in your family have passed away. How did you get the Cao family to stop targeting the Lu family?"
"Although the elder in the family has passed away, he had asked his good friend to take care of him. My father's good friend also has some status in the court, so the head of the Cao family naturally has to give him some face. But that uncle is usually low-key and hates people abusing their power for personal gain. So please don't make this matter public, Miss Lu." Qin Hao talked nonsense in a serious manner. Anyway, Mr. Lu didn't dare to take the initiative to ask the head of the Cao family about the ins and outs of the matter. If Mr. Lu didn't understand this bit of social etiquette, the Lu family would not be able to accumulate such a large family business.
When Lu Zhi heard that Qin Hao had a high-ranking official in the court as his backer, her impression of him became better. However, when she thought that Qin Hao was going to marry her sister, she couldn't help feeling jealous.
"Mr. Qin has shown great kindness to the Lu family, but you still need to be cautious about this marriage proposal."
Lu Su's face turned red and she lowered her head, not daring to look at Qin Hao.
Qin Hao said solemnly, "Marriage is indeed a serious matter that needs to be handled with caution, but I am sincere to Miss Lu Er, as the sun and the moon can attest. Please tell Mr. Lu that Qin will not marry anyone other than Miss Lu Er in this life."
Such a blatant confession made Lu Su so embarrassed that she couldn't even sit still. She picked up her skirt and ran out of the pavilion.
Seeing this, Lu Zhi knew that her sister had fallen in love with Qin Hao.
When Qin Hao saw Lu Su leave, he lost interest in continuing the conversation with Lu Zhi and stood up to say goodbye. Although Lu Zhi tried to persuade him to stay, Qin Hao insisted on leaving, which made Lu Zhi very depressed.
After returning to the room, she looked at herself in the bronze mirror again and again and called the maid in.
"Don't you think I'm pretty?"
The maid said quickly, "She's beautiful. Everyone in Shanfu County knows that the young lady is a famous beauty far and wide."
"How about me and Susu? Who is prettier?" Lu Zhi was not satisfied and asked again.
The maid hesitated for a moment: "The eldest lady and the second lady are both very beautiful, but their temperaments are different. They each have their own merits."
Upon hearing this, Lü Zhi lost her temper: "What do you mean by each has his own merits? Who taught you to treat me like this? Come on, take him out and give him twenty strokes of the cane."
"Miss, I was wrong. Please forgive me."
Lü Zhi listened to the maid's screams in the yard, but she was still furious. At this time, Lü Gong heard the noise and rushed over.
"Pheasant, why are you doing this?"
"Don't worry, Daddy. I'm just teaching the servants some rules." Lu Zhi said calmly until the maid was beaten to pieces, and then she stopped.
"In the future, when you are in the mansion, you'd better know what to say and what not to say. Do you understand?" Lu Zhi walked up to the maid and threatened.
"I understand." The maid was trembling with fear, her eyes full of terror.
Lu Gong did not blame his eldest daughter for a little maid. After the maid was carried away, he said seriously, "Su Su met Mr. Qin today. Did she say anything?"
"Dad, Susu has never had any ideas. I think we have to make the decision on matters like this." Lu Zhi said coquettishly, holding Lu Gong's arm.
Lu Gong hesitated a little: "But, I think that Mr. Qin has good character and appearance, and his family background should be good. If the two families can form a marriage, it will be of great benefit to my Lu family."
"Dad, don't be fooled by the surface situation. I just asked him. All the elders in his family have passed away. Now he is alone, and he only has a close friend of his father to rely on. If Dad marries Su Su to him, he has no ability to make a living, wouldn't that push Su Su into the pit of fire?"
After hearing what Lü Zhi said, Lü Gong hesitated: "How about I ask him again tomorrow?"
"I will meet him with my father tomorrow."
"Okay."
The next day, Lu Gong sent someone to invite Qin Hao to Lu's house. After they sat down, they exchanged greetings first, and then his expression became serious.
"Master Qin, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not."
"You can speak freely, Lord Lu."
Lu Gong asked cautiously, "What are your plans for the future, Mr. Qin?"
"Mr. Lu, do you want to ask what Qin does for a living?" Qin Hao knew as soon as he heard it that the other party was afraid that he could not afford to support Lu Su.
"Hehe, a man should shoulder the burden of the family, right?" Lu Gong was a little embarrassed. After all, Qin Hao helped him solve the troubles of the Cao family and it could be said that he saved the huge family business of the Lu family.
There was a hint of pride in Lu Zhi's bright eyes. In her opinion, a rich kid like Qin Hao, who lived a life of luxury and had everything he wanted, how could he know the difficulties of the world?
But Qin Hao smiled indifferently.
"Have you ever heard of Liuli, Lord Lu?"
Lu Gong's mind moved: "Of course I know, it is said to be beautiful in shape and bright in color, but unfortunately it is very expensive, only the rich and powerful can afford it."
"Before my father passed away, he gave me the secret recipe for making colored glaze. What do you think about making this your career?" Qin Hao asked.
Lu Gong avoided Qin Hao's gaze with some embarrassment: "I didn't expect your father to be so thoughtful. If Young Master Qin can make colored glaze, let alone make it his career, it wouldn't be too much to become a wealthy and powerful family in the future."
Nowadays, colored glaze is almost as priced as jade. If you can really make colored glaze, it is like having an inexhaustible jade mine. It would be hard not to get rich.
When Lu Zhi heard this, her breathing became much faster. That was the secret recipe for making colored glaze. If she could master it in her hands, she could become as rich as a country.
This also further strengthened Lu Zhi's determination to marry Qin Hao.
Lu Gong was about to speak but was pulled aside by Lu Zhi.
"Dad, are you planning to agree to marry Su Su to him?"
"Since Young Master Qin has the secret recipe for making colored glaze, it will be easy for him to become successful in the future. If we can recruit him as our son-in-law, it will be a great help to our Lu family in the future."
Lu Zhi almost blurted out: "No, I don't agree."
"Zhi'er, why are you doing this?" Lu Gong asked in confusion.
Lu Zhi thought of a solution in a hurry: "Dad, whether the secret recipe can really make colored glaze, it's just his one-sided statement, don't believe it."
"We can't let him give us the secret recipe, can we? It's his family heirloom."
"Dad, why don't you ask him to make the colored glaze first, and then use the colored glaze as a betrothal gift to propose marriage."
Lu Gong's eyes lit up: "Zhi'er is really resourceful."
Qin Hao readily agreed to Lu Gong's request to use glass as a betrothal gift, but before leaving, he still confirmed with Lu Gong.
"Mr. Lu, I want to marry Miss Lu Er, don't just pick any girl to fool me."
Lu Zhi felt a tightness in her chest. What did it mean to just pick a random girl to fool around? There were only two girls in the Lu family. Wasn't she that good enough?
Lu Gong agreed very readily, and both the host and the guests were very happy.
After Qin Hao returned, he bought a piece of wasteland near the river bank through a brokerage firm. He then recruited a dozen refugees, built houses on the wasteland, and after they settled down, he began to build a brick kiln.
The purpose of building a brick kiln was not to produce colored glaze, but to construct a factory. What he wanted to do was not a one-time deal, but a whole factory assembly line for producing colored glaze.
The key to firing colored glaze is temperature. Building a factory is not only to facilitate temperature control, but also to maintain confidentiality.
After several days, the construction site was in full swing. Lu Gong and Lu Zhi both came to the site to see it. Seeing that Qin Hao's coordination was orderly and the entire construction site was in good order, their evaluation of him was raised to a higher level.
That day, Lu Su felt bored staying at home, so she took a carriage out to relax. She saw Qin Hao's construction site from a distance, so she asked the maid curiously.
"What's going on over there? Is someone building an ancestral hall?"
"Second Miss, no, that's Young Master Qin building a factory."
"What is a factory?" Lu Su asked curiously.
"I don't know that either. I just heard from the maid of the eldest lady that Master Qin built this factory to produce colored glaze as a betrothal gift to marry the second lady."
Lu Su blushed and said, "Stop talking nonsense."
"Second Miss, I am not talking nonsense. This is what the master promised himself. As long as Master Qin can make colored glaze, he will promise to marry you to him."
"If you ask me, Master Qin is really good to the Second Miss. He even agreed to such a harsh condition. It is said that colored glaze is something that only aristocratic families can own. It is extremely difficult to make and its value is comparable to that of jade. How can it be so easy to make?"
The maidservant silently thought in her heart: Master Qin, I am not taking your money for nothing. I have said all the good things for you.
Hearing this, Lu Su looked at Qin Hao, who was working at the construction site and was covered in dust. After hesitating for a moment, she got off the carriage.
"Hey, where are you going, Miss?"
"Wait for me here. I'll be back soon."
Lu Su covered half of her face and walked with difficulty on the bumpy road of the construction site. Seeing this, Qin Hao walked towards her.
"Meet Miss Lu Er."
Lu Su bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Qin, don't worry about it. I will go back and tell my father."
"What?" Qin Hao couldn't help teasing her when he saw Lu Su's shy look.
Lu Su bit her teeth lightly: "You can change the betrothal gift to something else, it doesn't have to be Liuli."
Before she could finish her words, Lu Su was too embarrassed to look at Qin Hao and turned around to escape.
However, Qin Hao grabbed her hand, and Lu Su felt as if she had been electrocuted, her whole body froze in place. This was the first time she had had close contact with a man other than her father.
"You, you let go."
Seeing that Lu Su was so embarrassed and anxious that she was about to cry, Qin Hao quickly let go: "I was so excited that I was presumptuous."
"A real man cannot go back on his word. Miss Susu, please wait at home. Qin will come to your house with Liuli to propose marriage soon."
Seeing Qin Hao's firm tone and his confidence in every move, Lu Su liked him even better.
However, due to her daughter's modesty, Lu Su did not dare to continue Qin Hao's topic. She blushed and lifted her skirt and ran back to the carriage as if escaping.
After seeing off Lu Su, the factory building was completed on the third day. Although it was only one floor and the area was not too large, it had all the necessary facilities. Everything was constructed strictly according to Qin Hao's design requirements. People these days are very practical. As long as they are fed a full meal, they will do whatever they are asked to do.
There is a raised arc on the right side of the factory, which is the core part of the entire glass factory - the furnace.
The main raw material of colored glaze is quartz sand, which was not easy to make in the Qin Dynasty. Fortunately, the difference between ordinary river sand and quartz sand lies mainly in the silicon dioxide content. As long as the temperature is right and the river sand is fully dissolved, it can be used to make colored glaze.
"Master, the materials you want are ready." A refugee with a black face came up to Qin Hao and saluted respectfully.
Qin Hao nodded. In fact, only a few kinds of materials were needed to make colored glaze. However, in order to prevent the secret recipe from being leaked, Qin Hao still bought dozens of materials on the market.
"Yeah, good job."
As the coal inside the furnace continued to burn, the temperature of the entire factory building continued to rise. All the refugees began to sweat, but no one left their job. After all, where can they find a boss who can provide them with full meals and treats them kindly?
Without a thermometer, Qin Hao could only judge the temperature inside the furnace by the color of the fire. Fortunately, he had a lot of experience in firing porcelain in the brilliant world of Xinghan.
As green flames emerged from the furnace, Qin Hao gave an order and a large amount of river sand was poured into the furnace.
When the river sand begins to show signs of dissolving, wood ash and limestone are added.
When a stream of red liquid flowed into the liquid outlet at the bottom of the furnace, Qin Hao knew that the glass was already halfway successful.
The next step is to shape the colored glaze, and then go through processes such as cooling, annealing, grinding, and polishing before it can be taken out of the furnace. After all, it is just fired colored glaze, not pure glass, so the requirements for craftsmanship are not that strict.
However, since the refugees had little experience, even with Qin Hao's hands-on teaching, the things they made could only be described as mediocre.
They were terrified at the time. In their opinion, if they destroyed such a valuable item, they would not be able to compensate for it even if they sold themselves.
They only felt relieved when Qin Hao told them that this furnace was for them to practice.
That day, Lu Zhi came to the factory gate and was stopped outside. The two strong refugees at the gate were security guards specially arranged by Qin Hao. All workers entering and leaving had to be searched by them. After all, colored glass was precious, and in case someone smuggled contraband, they had to be on guard.
In the end, it was Qin Hao who brought Lu Zhi into the factory.
As soon as Lu Zhi entered the factory, she was sweating from the heat. If it were any other time, she would definitely not want to stay in such a place for long, but facing the temptation of Liuli, what did this little bit of heat matter?
"Mr. Qin, these are..."
Lu Zhi pointed to a row of randomly placed glass vessels on the right, her eyes shining.
"Oh, these are all defective products. They will be destroyed later."