Ever since he lost to Her Royal Highness the last time, Li Yi had never received a smile from Miss.Liu.
Of course, the behavior of taking the initiative to pick up food for him during meals had never appeared again.
For this matter, Li Yi felt very wronged.
That day, she clearly did not perform well, which was why she lost to Princess Royal by half a move. Every injustice had its perpetrator, and every debt had its debtor. These days, Princess Royal's good friend came to visit, but she did not take the opportunity to find Princess Royal to regain her face. Instead, she vented her anger on him. To think that he thought she was reasonable last time. He had really misjudged her.
Moreover, she only lost by half a move, but Princess Royal lost her entire life. It was clear at a glance which was more important and which was more important.
Li Yi sighed. They were all family. She was unreasonable, but he could not argue with her. She clearly did not do anything wrong, but she still had to think about how to ease the situation …
Fang walked in with a box in his hand and asked, "Young Master, this broken thing is not worth much money. Why do you still want to make it?"
The "broken thing" he was talking about was the glass that had gone from a value of ten thousand gold to worthless in a short period of time — it should be called glass now.
Ever since Liuli lowered the price, the secret glass workshop had not been shut down. To Old Fang, it was a complete waste of manpower and resources. He opened the box and took out something from inside. He weighed it in his hand and waved it in front of Old Fang's eyes. He shook his head and said, "What's the use of this lousy thing other than being able to see people more clearly?"
Sometimes, Old Fang was like a wise man, but sometimes, he just couldn't wrap his head around it.
This small mirror was something that he had spent a lot of effort to create with great difficulty.
In terms of effect, of course, it could not be compared to the electroplated mirrors of the future, but it was only a little darker, and the clarity was not bad. At least, it was hundreds of times better than the bronze mirrors of this world.
Glass could not only be sold as a luxury. Now that the mirror had been made, the next step, Li Yi planned to get someone to grind it and see if they could make a set of binoculars. This thing was very useful in many places.
For example, it could be used to observe the situation of the enemy in the army, to enjoy the scenery when traveling, or to steal …
Of course, none of this was important. The most important thing right now was how to use this mirror to mend the cracks in his relationship with Miss.Liu, to bury the hatchet, to reconcile, to rekindle old dreams …
A mirror was indispensable in a woman's room, especially for a woman who loved beauty. If a glass mirror was placed in this era, it would definitely be a treasure pursued by countless women.
Li Yi glanced at Fang and was too lazy to explain to him. Miss.Liu had just finished practicing her sword and was now wiping her precious Autumn Water. Li Yi walked over and stood in front of her.
Miss.Liu continued to wipe her sword without lifting her head.
Li Yi handed over the already embedded mirror and said, "Don't wipe it yet. I'll give you something."
"One who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions." Miss.Liu finally spoke, but she still did not raise her head.
Li Yi moved the mirror closer again to make it easier for her to see herself in the mirror.
Second Young Mistress Liu finally stopped moving. She stared at the woman in the mirror, whose features were extremely clear. She was completely stunned.
She was used to seeing a blurry bronze mirror. It was impossible for her not to be shocked when she suddenly saw her other self in the clear glass mirror.
"What's wrong? Have you never seen such a beautiful woman before?"
"One who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions?" Li Yi looked at her proudly. "This is the one and only Liuli Glass Mirror in the world. Just take it as me being solicitous. If you don't want it, I'll give it to someone else …"
In a flash, the mirror in his hand disappeared. He did not even have time to react. This made Li Yi understand more about the gap between him and Miss.Liu.
"Thanks!"
She really liked the mirror in her hand. The bronze mirror in the room could be thrown away in a moment. Miss.Liu raised her head and glanced at it.
With this sentence, it meant that she had been bought over by him. This mirror was worth it.
Fang looked at this scene from afar with an extremely surprised expression on his face.
He had seen the second miss arguing with the son-in-law because of jealousy these days.
Just because of that broken thing, the second miss compromised first?
Although there were many things he did not understand, he was not stupid. If the second miss liked it so much, it meant that it was not that broken. It was very likely to be a valuable treasure.
He quickly walked over and looked at Li Yi. He smiled and said, "Son-In-Law, the workshop has made more than ten pieces of this thing …"
He counted with his fingers and said, "You can give away ten pieces at most. Can you leave two for me?"
Li Yi looked at him in a daze. He then looked back at Miss.Liu and found that Miss.Liu was also looking at him at the same time.
Miss.Liu crossed her arms, her eyes shining. "One of a kind?"
Li Yi's face darkened. He grabbed Fang's arm and walked out. "Go, go, go. Why are you keeping it? You need to change this habit of yours. If Mrs. Fang finds out, I'll see how you deal with it …"
…
He couldn't favor one and discriminate against the other. If he gave Miss Liu a mirror, it meant that he had to give many more.
The one in Ruyi's room was naturally the brightest and largest. Xiao Huan, Shouning, and Yong Ning's room were all in cartoon shapes. Princess Royal got one, Willow Lane got two, Fang got two, and his family got at least two more. The last one was taken by Li Xuan. He needed more time to make it again.
"What do you think is the principle of this glass mirror? Why can it reflect people's figures so clearly? Why is the handwriting in the mirror reversed …"
Li Yi was fishing in the lake of the School of Mathematics. Since he found that the fish here were fat and easy to catch, he did not plan to buy from the market.
It was best to catch fish by himself.
However, since Li Xuan came over and started talking to himself, he had not caught a single fish.
He had caught two just now. It was enough for today. Li Yi put away his rod and looked at the Princess Royal in the pavilion behind him. He asked, "Last time, the School of Mathematics lacked books and paper. Have you solved the problem?"
Although it was not class time, the three Deans were here. Even the students of the School of Mathematics avoided them.
Before the Eldest Princess could say anything, Li Xuan said, "Of course not. How else can we solve this? Normal books are easy to deal with. Although most of the engravings are controlled by the powerful families, the ones we can find should be enough. However, the books you specified don't have engravings. How to print them is a big problem. If we were to engrave them one by one, it would cost a lot. I'm afraid that most of the money we have would have to be invested in this area …"
He said angrily, "And paper. Once the Schools of Mathematics start to operate, there will be a huge demand for paper. Although the higher the demand, the lower the price. However, almost 90% of the paper shops are in the hands of the rich families. In order to discuss this, MIngzhu visited the Yu family three times. She didn't even get to see the head of the Yu family …"
"You still have the cheek to say that?"
Li Yi threw down the fishing rod and looked at him. He asked, "If there is no engraving, why don't you think of a way? Paper is expensive, and the rich families don't cooperate. Why don't you reduce the cost and make your own? If you have to rely on MIngzhu to think of a way, what use is the Academy of Sciences? What use are you?"
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