Chapter 950 How Can a Man Go Back on His Word?

Lü Zhi saw that Lu Su was soft-hearted, and quickly pulled her to whisper: "Sister, you are too naive. You believe everything he says."

"But, I don't think he is lying." Lu Su blinked.

The conversation between the two of them naturally could not escape Qin Hao's ears. He couldn't help laughing in his heart. Su Su, you are still too kind. But I came to the world of mythology and I really have no relatives. It's not considered lying to her, right?

Lü Zhi turned her head and glanced at Qin Hao, then said to Lu Su with a stern face: "You can know a person's face but not his heart. Sister, you are not experienced in the world, don't be fooled by others, wait for me to ask him."

"Okay." Lu Su hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't bear to refuse her sister Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi cleared her throat: "Mr. Qin, you said that the elders in your family have all passed away, so how did you get the Cao family to stop targeting the Lu family?"

"Although the elders in your family have passed away, they have asked their friends to take care of them. My father's friend 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 using power for personal gain, so please don't make this matter public, Miss Lu." Qin Hao talked nonsense seriously. 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 human relations, 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 a backer, her impression of him became better, but when she thought that Qin Hao was going to marry her sister, she couldn't help feeling sour.

"Mr. Qin has shown great kindness to the Lu family, but you still need to be cautious about this marriage proposal."

Lv Su blushed and lowered her head, not daring to look at Qin Hao.

Qin Hao said seriously: "Marriage is indeed a matter of caution, but I am sincere to Miss Lu Er, as the sun and the moon can testify. Please tell Miss Lu that Qin will not marry Miss Lu Er in this life."

Such a naked confession made Lu Su so embarrassed that she couldn't even sit still, and she ran out of the pavilion with her skirt lifted up.

Lv Zhi saw this and knew that her sister had already fallen in love with Qin Hao.

When Qin Hao saw Lu Su leave, he had no interest in continuing to chat with Lu Zhi, and stood up to say goodbye. Although Lu Zhi tried every means to keep him, Qin Hao insisted on leaving, which made Lu Zhi very depressed.

After returning to the room, he looked at himself in the bronze mirror again and again, and called the maid in.

"Don't you think I'm not pretty?"

The maid said quickly: "Pretty, everyone in Shanfu County knows that the eldest lady is a famous beauty."

"How about me and Susu? Who is prettier?" Lü Zhi was not satisfied and asked again.

The maid hesitated: "The eldest lady and the second lady are both very beautiful, but they have different temperaments, so they have their own merits."

Lü Zhi got angry when she heard this: "What do you mean by each has its own merits? Who taught you to treat me so perfunctorily? Come on, take her out and beat her with twenty boards."

"Eldest lady, I was wrong, please spare me."

Lü Zhi listened to the maid screaming in the yard, and her anger was still not gone. At this time, Lü Gong heard the noise and rushed over.

"Chi'er, why are you doing this?"

"Daddy, don't worry, I'm just teaching the servants the rules." Lü Zhi said lightly, and didn't stop until the maid was beaten to pieces.

"In the future, you'd better know what to say and what not to say in the mansion. Do you understand?" Lu Zhi walked up to the maid and threatened.

"I know." The maid was trembling with fear, her eyes full of fear.

Lu Gong did not blame his eldest daughter for a little maid. After the maid was carried away, he said seriously: "Today, Su Su met with Mr. Qin. Did she say anything?"

"Dad, Su Su has never had any ideas. I think we have to make the decision on this matter." Lu Zhi said coquettishly while holding Lu Gong's arm.

Lu Gong hesitated: "But, I think that Mr. Qin has good character and good looks, and his family background should be good. If the two families can form an in-law relationship, 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. If Dad marries Su Su to him, he has no ability to make a living. Isn't it pushing Su Su into the fire pit?"

After hearing what Lu Zhi said, Lu Gong also hesitated: "How about I ask him again tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow I will meet him with Dad."

"Okay."

The next day, Lu Gong sent someone to invite Qin Hao to Lu's mansion. After sitting down, he exchanged greetings and then made up his mind.

"Mr. Qin, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not."

"You can say it, Mr. Lu."

Mr. Lu said cautiously: "Mr. Qin, what are your plans for the future?"

"Mr. Lu wants to ask what Qin does for a living?" Qin Hao knew that the other party was afraid that he could not afford to support Lu Su.

"Ahem, men should still shoulder the burden of the family, right?" Mr. Lu was a little embarrassed. After all, Qin Hao helped him solve the troubles of the Cao family and 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 was pampered and had everything he wanted, how could he know the difficulties of the world?

But Qin Hao smiled indifferently.

"Have you ever heard of colored glaze, Lord Lu?"

Lord Lu's mind moved: "Of course I know, it is said to have beautiful shapes and bright colors, but unfortunately it is very expensive and only the rich and powerful can afford it."

"Before my father passed away, he gave Qin a secret recipe for making colored glaze. Do you think it's okay to make a living from it, Lord Lu?" Qin Hao asked back.

Lu Gong avoided Qin Hao's gaze with some embarrassment: "I didn't expect that your Majesty would be so thoughtful. If Mr. Qin can make colored glaze, let alone make a career out of it, it is not an exaggeration to say that he will become a wealthy and powerful family in the future."

The price of colored glaze these days is almost the same as that of jade. If one could really make colored glaze, it would be equivalent to having an inexhaustible jade mine. It would be difficult not to make a fortune.

When Lu Zhi heard this, his breathing became much faster. That was the secret recipe for making colored glaze. If he could hold it in his own hands, he would be rich enough to rival the country.

This also strengthened Lu Fei's determination to marry Qin Hao.

Mr. Lu was about to speak, but was pulled aside by Lu Pheasant.

"Dad, are you just going to agree to marry Susu to him?"

"Since Mr. Qin has the secret recipe for making colored glaze, it will be easy for him to make a fortune in the future. If we can recruit him as his son-in-law, he will also be a help to our Lu family in the future."

Lu Zhi almost blurted out: "No, I don't agree."

"Pheasant, why are you doing this?" Lu Gong asked doubtfully.

Lu Pheasant suddenly came to his senses: "Dad, whether the secret recipe can really make colored glaze is just his one-sided statement, don't trust it easily."

"Then we can't let him give us the secret recipe, right? That's his family heirloom."

"Daddy might as well ask him to make colored glaze first, and then use the colored glaze as a betrothal gift to propose marriage."

Lu Gong's eyes lit up: "Pheasant is still very resourceful."

Qin Hao wholeheartedly agreed to Lu Gong's request to use colored glaze as a betrothal gift, but before leaving, he made a point of confirming it with Lu Gong.

"Mr. Lu, the one I want to marry is Miss Lu Er. Don't fool me with just any girl."

Lu Pheasant felt a tightness in her chest. What do you mean by fooling a random girl? There are only two girls in the Lu family. Isn't she very helpless?

Mr. Lu agreed readily, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

After Qin Hao returned, he bought a piece of wasteland near the river bank through Yaxing, and then recruited a dozen refugees to build houses on the wasteland. After settling in, he began to build a brick kiln.

The brick kiln was not built to make colored glaze, but to build a factory. What he wanted to do was not just a one-time deal, but a whole factory assembly line for firing colored glaze.

The key to firing colored glaze is temperature. The factory building is not only to facilitate temperature control, but also to keep it confidential.

After several days, the construction site was in full swing. Lu Gong and Lu Zhi both came to the site to see Qin Hao's orderly dispatching and the entire construction site was in order, and their evaluation of him improved to another level.

On this day, Lu Su was bored at home, so he took a carriage out to relax. He saw Qin Hao's construction site all the way away, so he asked the maid curiously.

"What is happening over there? Whose family is building an ancestral hall?"

"Second Miss, no, Mr. Qin is building a factory."

"What is a factory?" Lu Su asked curiously.

"This slave doesn't know either. I just heard from the eldest lady's maid that Master Qin built this factory to make colored glaze so that he could use it as a betrothal gift to marry the second lady."

Lu Su blushed: "Stop talking nonsense."

"Second Miss, this servant is not talking nonsense. This is what the master personally promised. As long as Mr. Qin can bake the colored glaze, I promise to betroth you to him."

"If you ask me, Mr. Qin really has nothing to say to the second lady. He even complied with such harsh conditions. It is said that the colored glaze can only be owned by wealthy families. It is extremely difficult to make and its value is comparable to that of jade. How can it be like this? Easy to bake”

The maid thought silently in her heart: Mr. Qin, I don't take this money from you for nothing. I have said all the good things for you.

Lu Su heard this and looked at Qin Hao, who was looking disgraced at the construction site. After hesitating for a moment, Lu Su got off the carriage.

"Hey, Miss Second, where are you going?"

"Wait for me here. I'll come as soon as I go."

Lu Su hid half of her face and struggled to walk on the bumpy road at the construction site. Qin Hao saw this and walked towards her.

"I've met Miss Lu Er."

Lu Su bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Qin, you don't have to worry about it. Su Su will go back and talk to her father right now."

"What did you say?" Seeing Lu Su's shy look, Qin Hao couldn't help teasing her.

Lu Su bit her teeth lightly and said, "The betrothal gift can be exchanged for something else. It doesn't have to be colored glaze."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Su was too embarrassed to look at Qin Hao and turned around to flee.

Qin Hao grabbed her hand. Lu Su felt as if she was electrocuted, and her whole body froze in place. This was the first time she had had close contact with a man other than her father.

"Hurry up and 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 took the liberty of doing so."

"How can a man break his word? Miss Su Su, please rest assured and wait at home. Qin will come to propose marriage with Liuli in the near future."

Seeing Qin Hao's firm tone and extremely confident expression in his movements, Lu Su became more fond of him.

However, the reserve of her daughter's family still made Lu Su dare not pick up the topic of Qin Hao. She blushed and picked up her skirt and ran back to the carriage as if to run away.

After sending Lu Su away, the factory building was completed on the third day. Although it only had one floor and the area was not too large, it was fully functional and was constructed strictly in accordance with Qin Hao's design requirements. People these days It's just that, as long as they have a good meal, they can do whatever they want.

There is a raised arc on the right side of the factory, which is the core part of the entire Liuli 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 amount of silicon dioxide. As long as the temperature is right and the river sand is fully dissolved, it is still no problem to use it to make colored glaze.

"Master, the materials you want are ready." A refugee with a black face came to Qin Hao and saluted respectfully.

Qin Hao nodded. In fact, only a few materials are needed to burn colored glaze, but in order to prevent the secret recipe from being leaked, Qin Hao still bought dozens of materials on the market.

"Well, good job."

As the coal inside the furnace continued to burn, the temperature of the entire factory continued to rise. The refugees began to sweat, but no one left their jobs. After all, where can you find a boss who can eat a full meal every day and treat people kindly?

Without a thermometer, Qin Hao can only judge the temperature inside by the color of the fire in the furnace. Fortunately, he had a lot of experience when he burned porcelain in the brilliant world of Xinghan.

As the 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 began to show signs of dissolving, plant ash and limestone were added.

When a stream of red liquid flowed into the outlet below the furnace, Qin Hao knew that the colored glaze was already half successful.

Next, it was only necessary to shape the colored glaze, cool, anneal, grind, polish and other processes, and then it could be taken out of the furnace. Anyway, it was just burning colored glaze, not pure glass, and the requirements for craftsmanship were not so strict.

However, since the refugees had no experience, even if Qin Hao taught them hand by hand, the things they made could only be said to be unsatisfactory.

They were scared at the time. In their opinion, if they messed up such a precious object, they could not afford to sell themselves to compensate.

It was not until Qin Hao told them that this furnace was for them to practice that they were relieved.

That day, Lv Zhi came to the factory gate and was stopped outside. The two strong refugees at the gate were specially arranged by Qin Hao for security. All workers had to go through their body search before entering and leaving. After all, colored glass is precious. If someone smuggles in private goods, they must be on guard.

Finally, it was Qin Hao who brought Lv Zhi into the factory.

Lv Zhi was sweating as soon as she entered the factory. If it was normal, she would definitely not want to stay in such a place for a long time, but facing the temptation of colored glass, what did this little heat matter?

"Mr. Qin, these are..."

Lv Zhi pointed to a row of randomly placed colored glassware on the right, her eyes shining.

"Oh, these are all defective products, and they will be destroyed later."