PFC Chapter 83 I am the Golden Finger
Chapter 83 I am the Golden Finger
When the men sent by Jia Taishan arrived in the courtyard, the head maids were terrified. They had been standing at the door the whole time and had no idea when the young masters had gone out.
Upon hearing this, Dongyun quickly followed Jia Daishan's instructions, leading the maids to tidy their clothes, and then, still feeling uneasy, went to the back door together.
Dongyun saw the three young masters eating candied hawthorns at the door, and although she felt relieved, she still couldn't help but say:
“Young masters, why didn’t you tell us when you came out? When the servant came to tell us, they were scared out of their wits.”
Jia Hu and the other two were quite embarrassed.
Jia Hu looked at the candied hawthorn and said:
Would you like some candied hawthorn berries?
Dongyun smiled as she looked at the somewhat embarrassed young masters:
"Young master, would you mind?"
Jia Hu was so happy that he immediately waved his hand:
"Go buy one, buy one for everyone in the compound."
In the end, Dongyun and the others carried a whole bunch of long gourds back home.
Jia Daihua, who was silently taking out his money, smiled and said:
"You're quite good at doing favors, kid. You used all my money."
"Hasn't he temporarily forgotten that he's rich?" Jia Hu said with a fawning smile.
"My great-uncle is so powerful and has so much money, can I use some of it?"
Jia Daihua was instantly appeased and lost his temper.
Jia Daishan watched with amusement. His older brother often said that he spoiled the children too much, but actually, he was the one who spoiled them the most.
The guards are almost there; they are driving the carriage over.
After Jia Daihua and his companions helped the three little ones onto the carriage, they personally helped them change their clothes.
They had had their fill of candied hawthorns, and Jia Hu was a little reluctant to part with them. He had developed a habit over the years in the orphanage that food was too precious to be wasted.
Jia Daishan:
"They won't be thrown away. Come on, put all the candied hawthorns in the food box. They won't spoil in winter, and you can eat them tomorrow."
When Jia Hu and the other two heard that they could still eat it tomorrow, they obediently put the candied hawthorns inside.
Even after getting into the carriage, the three of them couldn't settle down. They curiously lifted the curtain to look outside and asked, "Where are we going first?"
Jia Daihua thought for a moment and said, "Foreign merchant ships have been arriving in the capital these past few days. I'll take you to their shops to have a look."
Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu had never seen a foreigner before, so they were very happy to hear this. They were even more curious when they remembered what foreigners looked like that they had heard about before.
They soon arrived at the foreigners' shop. The three of them obediently dismounted from the carriage and followed their grandfathers and guards into the shop.
This shop is different from other shops from the outside; it's full of exotic charm.
There were quite a few people in the store, many of them looking at something new and interesting.
The shop owner, a foreigner who had been there for a long time, could tell at a glance that these people were either rich or noble and certainly did not lack money. He smiled and wanted to come up and introduce them, but was stopped by the guards beside Jia Daishan, who told him that they did not need to serve him.
The foreign boss was perceptive and knew how to do business. He wasn't angry at all, and even smiled and said that they could look around as they pleased, and that they could call him if they needed anything.
They were free to look around the store, and could even touch the items.
However, some customers came in and the merchant wouldn't even let them touch the items, saying they were very precious.
After looking around curiously, Jia Hu and the other two didn't find anything particularly new or interesting, since they already had many of the things here at home.
Even the largest mirror here, which attracts many people to gather around and look at, is something I have many of in my own home.
Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu didn't find these things novel; instead, they thought the red hair, blue eyes, and big noses of the foreign merchants in the shop resembled the monsters their brother had told them in stories.
Jia Hu looked around and found that there were indeed many of these things in the house.
Given the Jia family's status, how could they possibly lack such novel and desirable items?
The three of them looked around and found that the only fun things were the self-propelled boats and the self-propelled tigers.
Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu found it amusing and wanted it.
After Jia Daihua bought one for each of them with a wave of his hand, he left.
Jia Hu was speechless as he looked at the silver he had taken out. The item was indeed exquisitely made, but it was far too expensive.
As soon as he got into the carriage, Jia Zhen pouted:
"The things these foreigners brought are nothing new."
Upon hearing this, Jia Daihua suddenly smacked him on the head and said:
"You're quite arrogant, kid. These foreigners may not have any great skills, but they do have some strange tricks. Just look at what you're holding, we can't make it."
Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu were shocked. "But I see that we have a lot of things from that shop in our house. Some of them are even better than what they sell in the shop. For example, the mirror that the foreign merchant showed off to others. We have several of those in your house!"
Jia Daishan felt it was necessary to explain it to them.
To avoid raising them into pampered young masters who know nothing of the hardships of life.
"Don't tell me, do you know how much that mirror is worth?"
Seeing the curious looks in the eyes of the three people.
Jia Daishan said that a small silver mirror costs several hundred taels, and a large one can even cost over a thousand taels, and even then, the supply can't meet the demand.
Although they were still young, Jia Hu had been explaining the importance of silver to them, and they had come to understand what a certain amount of silver could be used for.
Everyone was shocked to hear such a large sum of money.
Jia Hu was shocked. He saw a lot of glass and mirrors in his house. He thought that mirrors were no longer a rare thing. Did he know that they were so valuable?
Jia Daishan:
“These foreigners are desperately keeping the recipes secret and only selling finished products. These mirrors are all called dressing mirrors, and they were all shipped across the ocean by them.”
Jia Hu, however, remembered that they should have already been making glass by now, so he asked:
"Grandpa, Grandfather, can't we make glass ourselves?"
Jia Daishan smiled and said:
"We can, but our glass is not as clear and strong as theirs. Although it is beautiful, it can only be used as a decoration. If you want to make large windows, you can use the glass from foreigners to make large, smooth sheets. This kind of glass is also called crystal glass."
Jia Hu frantically tried to recall what he had seen, and remembered a popular science video about glass that he had previously watched on Bilibili.
That blogger was explaining how to make glass and improve glassmaking techniques if you went to ancient times.
The blogger did a lot of research and even said that if glass could be profitable, mirrors could be made.
If I could really travel back in time and make a silver mirror, that would be incredibly profitable.
He even mentioned which country and who invented the silver mirror, how it wasn't very good at first, and how it was improved later—he knows all about it!
While the final improved version is probably impossible to make in this era, the previous, less-than-ideal version would still work perfectly today.
Thinking of this, Jia Hu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It was because I had been stuck in my ways, my mind was full of how to change my fate, and I had some self-loathing in my heart, so I just gave up on doing it.
Little did they know that their conscious awareness had brought them enormous benefits!
You yourself are a huge cheat code!