Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 560: The Queen Mother’s Birthday Support and Overturn

Is glass firing difficult?

Shen Zheng had only learned it and watched the experimental videos, so she didn't dare to say it was easy.

But it was obvious that Liang Fu in front of him wanted to hear something more, so Shen Zheng had no choice but to force him to do something. She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and asked, "When is the Queen Mother's birthday next year?"

"The end of the month of Sophora japonica, the beginning of the month of Pomegranate."

That is late April, early May.

"There are still more than three months..." A slight pressure weighed on Shen Zheng's heart.

Find the raw materials, start firing, be prepared to fail a few times, and after success, send someone to deliver it to Shangjing quickly...

"It's a bit rushed." Liang Fu was also a little worried. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and asked, "Why don't I send a message back to let everyone in the Ministry of Works know the truth? Even if we don't make it by then, they won't be fooled."

This method is to provide a bottom line, but if the person who provides the bottom line does not do a good job of providing it, it will fail.

Shen Zheng lowered her head and thought for a while, then shook her head: "No, we can't do this."

"Why?" Liang Fu was puzzled.

He knew that Shen Zheng was not a person who was greedy for credit, so there must be a reason for her refusal.

Shen Zheng tapped the table and asked slowly, "Who will speak up? Who will question? Will this person believe that we can definitely make colored glaze? If he hesitates and is caught by the other party for his mistakes, or if he is unable to deal with the other party's many questions and answers, and cannot produce any evidence, then won't we be accused of being a braggart?"

It is difficult for people to imagine and describe things they have never seen.

For example, if Shen Zheng told Liang Fu that there would be a mobile phone in the future, which could be used to see everything in the world and even directly "meet and talk" with people thousands of miles away, Liang Fu would definitely ask her - "What chicken?"

Liang Fu's reaction in front of her could only be described as "a joke among relatives and friends."

But can the "joke" made when the states came to congratulate still be called a joke? Where is the dignity of a great country?

Liang Fu shuddered and shook his head violently: "Master Shen, you are right. We really can't do this. We would rather miss this opportunity than give others a chance to talk about us."

Miss this opportunity.

He seemed to say these words easily, but in fact his heart felt as if it was being cut by a knife.

What you miss is the opportunity, and what you may lose is real money, rice, flour, grain and oil.

Who wants to miss it? Liang Fu doesn't want to, and neither does Shen Zheng. Shen Zheng's patriotism is inexplicably strong - this is something within her ability, so is she going to watch her country fall behind?

"We can't miss it." Shen Zheng made up his mind and clenched his fists: "Even if I work day and night, I can't let those people show off their power in front of my Great Zhou, in front of His Majesty, and in front of all the officials."

It's just a glass!

Such bold words shocked Liang Fu on the opposite side.

He didn't know how much effort and time those people put into making the colored glaze, but what he was sure of was that it definitely took more than three months, perhaps even more than three years!

Maybe Shen Zheng's tenacity infected him, or maybe Da Zhou had been fooled for too long, and he felt a little frustrated.

Liang Fu took a breath and slammed the table: "I fully support you!"

The two of them looked at each other, and they both saw their current appearance in each other's eyes.

That look of holding one's breath and refusing to admit defeat.

After smiling at each other, Liang Fu seemed to have thought of something, frowned and said: "Liuli... In fact, it is possible that they did not create it recently. It is just because this year's Great Zhou is different from previous years, so they are really impatient and eager to "present treasures."

How could Shen Zheng not have thought of this?

She nodded and said, "Your Majesty has ordered the reduction of grain taxes, and the news of high-yield rice should have gradually spread to various places. The less people have, the more they pay attention to it. So they..."

The two said in unison: "We came here for the high-yield rice."

"Bang!" Liang Fu slammed the table again, but this time he was angry. "Don't even mention the precious stones. Even if we bring gold and silver, His Majesty won't exchange our rice seeds for them!"

Shen Zheng agreed and curled her lips and said, "But for them whose productivity is even lower than that of the Great Zhou, the temptation of high-yield rice is absolute."

——After being thirsty in the desert for several days, I was dizzy and almost fainted. When I looked up, I saw an oasis. Who would care whether it was a mirage or not?

A futile attempt is still an attempt.

"We must make them give up when they see the difficulty." Liang Fu gritted his teeth.

As long as Da Zhou can solidify its status as a "major grain-producing country" in the coming year, Da Zhou will no longer be just a popular commodity in the eyes of others.

There are so many benefits that food abundance can bring.

Shen Zheng looked at the raw material production sites on the paper, thinking about how to save time as much as possible and increase the success rate of the experiment. They couldn't afford to fail too many times.

She groaned and said, "I will write a letter to Lord Yu... Forget it."

The next moment, she changed her mind: "I will go to look for Lord Bo first, then write a letter to the fifth chief clerk next door, and then go to Liuyang Mansion to look for Lord Yu. With their help, at least we can save a lot of time in finding raw materials."

When it comes to interpersonal relationships, Liang Fu’s popularity is actually not even as good as Shen Zheng’s.

As for promotion and wealth, he has always held the mentality of "getting promoted as long as possible and making a lot of money, but not just giving up", so he seldom tries to manage interpersonal relationships.

It is only when one is ready to use something that one regrets not having enough knowledge. For the first time, Liang Fu hated himself for being such a "wooden-headed person" from childhood to adulthood.

Seeing that Shen Zheng did what she said and left when she said she would, Liang Fu finally remembered a question, a question he wanted to ask from the beginning.

"Oh, right... Lord Shen." He called Shen Zheng and asked, "Did you start looking for these materials to make colored glaze?"

surely not.

Before Shen Zheng could answer, Liang Fu had already answered for her in his mind.

Because in his mind, Shen Zheng was never someone who would pursue something "flashy".

Flashy but not practical - this is exactly what Liang Fu said about Liuli. He really didn't know what other uses such items had besides being given to the rich and powerful to show off their noble status.

Shen Zheng slapped his head when asked, and laughed helplessly: "You are just thinking about saving face. After you asked me this, I realized that we still have real treasures derived from colored glaze in our hands!"

When Liang Fu heard this, his eyes lit up like stars in the dark night.

He stood up and asked excitedly: "What real treasure?!"

"Hiss—" Shen Zheng deliberately kept the question a secret: "That's a lot."

Glass has a variety of uses, and even Shen Zheng couldn't list them all in one go. After all, she only wanted to make a pair of glasses at the beginning.