For the audience in the streaming room, glass was something that could be seen everywhere in their daily lives. For the merchants and citizens of Zhongzhao, they only saw the low cost and high selling price of glass. They could not see the other aspects.
Admittedly, the raw material of glass was worthless mud and gravel. After burning, it could be sold for tens of thousands of strings of coins. There was a profit difference of tens of millions of times, but was it that easy to earn this money? Without qualified technology and firing environment, there were too many substandard products and too few qualified products.
Even for Jiang Pengji, the craftsmen had experienced hundreds of failures before they perfected it bit by bit. The success rate was still not high.
She could afford to squander money. After all, the main job of the kiln was to fire bricks. Glass was just a side job. If it succeeded, then so be it. If not, then forget it.
What about the merchants and commoners who had invested all their money into the glass business?
How many failures would they have to go through if they wanted to burn qualified glass?
Building a kiln required money and firing required fuel. Many families could not afford to burn coal in winter. How could they burn kilns after kilns of glass?
Admittedly, if there was one qualified product out of 10,000 failed products, they would make a profit. But could they afford to squander money like that?
By the time they fired one qualified glass, the merchants outside would have already fired tens of thousands of pieces. Glass was worthless.
Jiang Pengji could imagine the crazy scene of glass burning in Zhongzhao. But how many people could profit from it?
There were very few.
Did anyone make money?
Definitely!
The ones who made money were the first batch of people to produce the glass and the big businessmen who invested in it later. The former had the upper hand and made steady profits, while the latter had the manpower and financial resources to sell the glass before its price dropped and avoid losses.
As for the citizens and small merchants who followed the trend, they did not have the upper hand and did not have enough financial resources. In the end, they would lose everything and not even their underwear. As for Gu Xin's foresight and decisiveness to leave early when he saw that the situation was not good, Jiang Pengji was very pleased.
If it was someone else, they might not have earned the last three million strings of coins after a slight hesitation.
After comforting Gu Xin, Jiang Pengji was about to leave. Qiguan Rang's eyes flickered. He got up and followed her.
When they reached an empty corridor, Jiang Pengji turned her head and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qiguan Rang's expression was slightly hesitant as he asked, "My Lord, is it really not the work of a traitor that leaked the method of making glass?"
He was a meticulous and intelligent person. Although he did not have a strong presence, none of Jiang Pengji's subordinates dared to look down on him.
Jiang Pengji said, "It shouldn't be her. There wasn't enough time. I was more inclined to believe that there was someone who also knew how to make it. Seeing that I had earned a lot of money in the Northern Frontier, they were envious and followed suit. However, that person was too stupid and couldn't control his subordinates well. Instead, a loophole was exploited and the method of manufacturing glass became popular. The profits inside are too high. It's worth it to bet everything on it. "
Qiguan Rang said disapprovingly, "My lord, forgive me for disagreeing. You are not what you used to be. You should be more careful. You clearly know that the traitor is plotting against you. Even if you don't eliminate her completely, you should send someone to keep an eye on her at all times to prevent her from playing tricks in the dark. "
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "Wenzheng, I understand this logic. But I can't do that. "
Qiguan Rang was surprised. "Why?"
Jiang Pengji was silent for a while and said, "It's just because she's not an ordinary traitor. She's a two-faced traitor."
Qiguan Rang's expression changed. "A two-faced traitor?"
She nodded and said with certainty, "The master behind her isn't the real master. There's someone else. As for who it is, I have some clues now. It's precisely because of this that I can't touch her easily. I just want to know what that person wants to do. "
Qiguan Rang sighed. He completely agreed with Feng Jin's judgment of Jiang Pengji — this person's gambler mentality was too serious.
To put it nicely, she was bold. If she was careless and failed miserably, there would be a good show to watch.
"A gentleman doesn't stand under a collapsing wall. If something happens to you, it's not only related to your life, but also those who follow you."
When Jiang Pengji heard this, she suddenly smiled and said teasingly, "Maybe … But Wenzheng, I can only be safe if I keep this traitor alive. If something happens to the traitor, it will raise the vigilance of the master behind her. I'm afraid I'll have to live with assassinations every day. I'm not afraid of killing people, but if I accidentally hurt the people around me … That's not what I want to see. "
The more she said this, the more curious Qiguan Rang was about the master behind Taxue.
Jiang Pengji said, "Wenzheng, come closer. I have something I need your help with. Ask Master Wei Yuan in secret."
Wei Yuan was Qiguan Rang's father-in-law. He used to teach Liu Xi. He was a tutor hired by the Liu residence with a high salary.
Qiguan Rang obeyed. Jiang Pengji used a special method to force her voice into a line and whispered to Qiguan Rang.
No one knew what she said to Qiguan Rang, but his expression first changed from doubt to confusion, and finally to shock.
"My … my lord … you …"
Jiang Pengji said, "Do it secretly. Only you and I know about this. You must be careful."
Qiguan Rang swallowed nervously. His Adam's apple moved. He was almost 30 years old, and it had been a long time since he lost his composure.
"You suspect that the murderer behind the traitor … is that person?"
Jiang Pengji smiled. Her eyes were cold. "I don't want to suspect … But let's take one step at a time."
The two of them talked in low voices. Qiguan Rang almost floated away from the long corridor.
Jiang Pengji looked sideways at the corner at the end of the corridor. A piece of cloth disappeared from sight.
The audience in the streaming room was even more confused. They purposely increased the volume, but they still couldn't hear what Jiang Pengji and Qiguan Rang said.
Rensha Wangka: "There was a problem in the streaming room just now. I didn't hear the streamer speak."
Rensha Qianduo: "… It's a cross-dimensional streaming. It's normal for the signal to be bad."
Host V: "It's just a small trick to force the voice into a line."
Even if she imprisoned the system, it was still a subsystem. She didn't know where the system itself was hiding.
To be on the safe side, she wouldn't simply talk about certain things during the streaming.
Qiguan Rang calmed his wildly beating heart and thought about how to complete Jiang Pengji's task.
"My lord, I finally found you."
Jiang Pengji waited for a while. Xu Ke came over with a stack of account books. His face was full of joy.
She asked, "When you walked over from that direction just now, did you see anyone with a strange expression?"
Xu Ke didn't understand. He thought about it and said, "Just now … I saw Zixiao walking in a hurry. He seemed absent-minded. He was probably not feeling well."
Jiang Pengji frowned. It was indeed Wei Ci.
She didn't know what this guy was thinking.
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