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Chapter 5: Mirrors and Basic Industries

Five hundred thousand is actually not much, and there is no way to set up a company under Xiao Sheng’s plan.

But it's OK as a start-up capital.

Xiao Sheng cannot just focus on making money by himself. Only by letting Zhu Youjian make money together can he obtain a stable source of goods.

It is still easy to make money in the Ming Dynasty. What Xiao Sheng thought of was selling mirrors.

The glass mirror was passed down to the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, but it was just a few small mirrors, and only the royal family and some nobles had it.

It is precisely because of this that this thing seems even more precious.

I searched online and found that the solid wood floor-to-ceiling mirror that is half a meter wide and two meters long is only about 30 yuan per purchase.

Xiao Sheng communicated with the store and the final price was 25 yuan per fan. The first order of one thousand noodles was 25,000 yuan.

Buying a mirror is very simple, transportation is a problem.

The size of the space-time gate is limited, only fifty centimeters wide and two meters high.

Xiao Sheng could carry those mirrors one by one, but it was too difficult and inefficient.

He found that the bottom of the time and space gate was flush with the ground. After doing some experiments, he found that it could push things in and out.

So Xiao Sheng found another shop and customized a cart, which was specially used to carry goods.

This cart is driven by a motor. Although the area is limited, it can carry 1.5 tons of cargo.

Because Xiao Sheng was urgent and required good quality tires and materials, the last car required 8,000 yuan. I ordered two, and spent a total of 16,000 yuan, and I paid half of it first.

After buying the cart, I called the mirror manufacturer and customized a bracket, five sets of brackets, and added five hundred more.

This kind of large floor-standing mirror is sold to those princes and nobles. There are many local tyrants in the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary wealthy families must also need it.

Xiao Sheng felt that he could not feel wronged them, so he customized a round solid wood mirror with a radius of 30 cm and an eight dollar per side, mainly because the solid wood frame was expensive.

It was the last mirror shop. The boss was very happy and said that all mirrors would be delivered within a week.

Then Xiao Sheng thought of a question, that is, he couldn't put down these mirrors in his own small rental house.

So I quickly searched for the warehouse.

In the future, bulk goods exchanges between the late Ming and modern times will definitely need protection. He plans to open a company and build a special warehouse, but at present, he can only set up a temporary one first.

Those mirrors must be placed in this warehouse for temporary turnover.

The location of the warehouse is best to have a blind spot for monitoring, so he rents a warehouse in the suburbs, which makes it easier to turn over materials.

In fact, if someone wants to investigate, he will still find some clues, but Xiao Sheng did not do anything illegal, so no one should find it.

The warehouse was rented for two months and cost 4,500 yuan.

At this time, Xiao Sheng felt that the rental house he lived in was not very convenient, but it was not realistic to buy a decent house in Qinghe City with the little money he had. He could only wait until the next amount of funds arrived.

After a busy day, I had a meal outside and returned to the rental house.

It was time in the evening, Xiao Sheng opened the time and space door on time. After Zhu Youjian came over, he brought in two boxes one after another.

When the box was opened, there were a stone, one of which was green all over, like a mirror; the other one was like cream, delicate and white!

These are good things, all of them are gems. Although Xiao Sheng has no research, such a large gem should be sold for a lot of money.

"I searched for a while and found these two stones for the time being. Most of the others have been polished into jewelry." Zhu Youjian said with a little embarrassed look.

Xiao Sheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, this should be exchanged for some money. There is no need to worry about this matter. After you ascend to the throne, you can give some jade gems.

Come on, let’s hurry up and organize the information. I will teach you how to use this computer first.”

The sixteen-year-old Zhu Youjian is still very smart. In just two days, he has mastered simplified Chinese characters. Xiao Sheng estimated that in another two days, he will be able to read modern characters without barriers.

It is very troublesome to organize information. When you get busy in the future, Xiao Sheng cannot take Zhu Youjian to do it little by little, so that he can learn to check information and use computers by himself, so that the two of them can maximize their efficiency.

Zhu Youjian quickly learned the most basic keyboard and mouse operations, and even played two games of "Peace Messenger" before leaving at night.

Looking at the powerful power of the gun, he sighed: "If my Ming Dynasty had such a firearm, why worry about the immortality of Jianlu!"

Xiao Sheng warned: "You can't be too ambitious. This kind of gun production requires a strong industrial foundation. Not to mention anything else, the quality of steel was insufficient.

If you want to have such a firearm, you must first improve the quality of steel. I have compiled some of the iron smelting materials and can be systematically sorted out in two days. When you have the power, you can try to promote the implementation of this technology.

Industrial foundation is the key to the development of science and technology, and you must keep this in mind.”

"Yeah, I remember it, my brother, thank you for your reminder. Brother, I will take a break early and we will contact you at noon tomorrow." Zhu Youjian said respectfully.

Xiao Sheng was very satisfied with his attitude, but he also understood that when Zhu Youjian truly succeeded to the throne and felt that "I am the only one in the world" feeling, his personality would definitely change.

But at least now it will have some effect on him.

On Saturday morning, Xiao Sheng went to buy two more watches, which were not very good, more than 10,000 yuan mechanical watches.

Let Zhu Youjian have one more.

This way the time agreed upon by the two is more accurate.

He also thought about whether he wanted to sell the mechanical watches to the Ming Dynasty, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do so.

A glass industry should have been able to obtain a lot of wealth. Watches can be found, but they need to be produced by craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty.

Watches originated from China.

Su Song, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, presided over the construction of a water transport instrument station that can call clocks when the time is heard. Its structure is similar to that of modern clocks and can be called the originator of clocks.

It has an error of only one second every day. Moreover, it has an escapement, which can make a tick sound when it works, and this is the difference between a clock and a timer. The international clock industry regards escapements as the heart of a clock.

So Huaxia has a technical foundation in this area and has scholars smart enough, but it just has not received support.

Xiao Sheng felt that he could take out some information and provide enough funds, and the people here could soon develop the watch industry.

Mastering fundamental technology is the best way.

Glass manufacturing technology Xiao Sheng will also be quickly established in the Ming Dynasty as his first industry in the Ming Dynasty.

According to the plan, Xiao Sheng wanted to have an identity in the Ming Dynasty. The two have discussed this many times and determined the general method.

But we have to wait until Zhu Youjian succeeds to the throne.

After buying the watch, Xiao Sheng picked another set of clothes and two pairs of shoes for himself, which was a small reward for him.
Chapter completed!
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