The small mirror is not big, it is round, with a diameter of about half a foot, but it is exquisitely crafted, with a smooth mirror, and looks very clear. Zhu Cixuan estimated it and said, "It can be sold for ten taels of silver on one side of the mirror, right?"

Zhao Peng smiled and said, "Your Majesty has good eyesight. You can sell almost ten taels of silver on one side. We can offer discounts. A mirror can only sell eight taels of silver. In fact, the cost of a mirror is one tael of silver."

The paint behind the mirrors in later generations was aluminum-plated, which was much lower. The mirrors made by Zhao Peng were plated with silver, so the cost was relatively high. A small mirror was placed in later generations, which was only a few yuan. However, if a silver-plated mirror was used, the cost price of a mirror was about one tael of silver, and it could be sold for eight to ten taels of silver.

In addition to the fact that silver plating is more expensive, the cost of producing glass is not low at this time, so a small mirror costs about one tael of silver.

There was no aluminum in this era. If tin and mercury were used, the cost could be greatly reduced. However, mercury was poisonous and it was easy to poison the workers who made mirrors during the production process. Zhao Peng was not a profit-oriented businessman. From the perspective of workers' physical health, he adopted a silver-plated mirror with higher cost.

In fact, in this era, the most expensive thing is not the layer of silver plated on the back of the mirror, but the glass itself.

Some wealthy families in this era have silver mirrors at home, which are metal mirrors made of silver. The price is not cheap, but the clarity is definitely not as good as glass mirrors.

If you take out a glass mirror, you can sell it for the price of sterling silver mirrors. In Jiangnan, there are many rich people, and you are not afraid that these mirrors will not be sold.

When Zhu Cixuan and Princess Kunxing were about to return to the palace, Zhao Peng asked people to carefully put the only two large glass mirrors in the world today into a large box, and added a lot of thick paper to protect it. After sealing the box, they sent the box into the palace.

Back in the small yard where Wu Xiaomei lives in the barracks, when Wu Xiaomei came up with her smile, Zhao Peng took out a round glass mirror from his sleeve and handed it on her as if he was a magician.

Wu Xiaomei took the silk bag and opened it to see that there was a glass mirror half a foot square lying inside. On the mirror, her face was very clear. Wu Xiaomei was suddenly overjoyed, carefully tightened the mirror in her arms, then leaned forward, leaving a fragrant kiss on Zhao Peng's face.

"I don't know how to thank Master such a valuable gift." Wu Xiaomei said, unable to control her joy.

Zhao Peng held Wu Xiaomei's slender waist and said, "Let me hug you well."

"Hate, you don't say anything serious." Wu Xiaomei ran away with a blushing face.

Three days later, it was the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, and it was soon the Little New Year. On this day, the door of the shop opposite the Royal Silver Bank of the Ming Dynasty with the words "Auction House" opened. Someone carried out a large wooden sign from the inside, and the sign reads: "Transparent Glass Auction".

Daming Daily has long since sent out the advertisement for the transparent glass products auction today. Since the release of Daming Daily, the newspaper business has been very good in the past month. Whether it is gentry officials, businessmen and martial artists, landlords, or small landlords who recognize a few words, they all like Daming Daily very much.

Because you can see the latest big news in the newspaper, such as Jiannu fought another big defeat in Tongguan, Jiannu distributed some troops to attack North Korea, King Lu defeated the fake Jiannu again, etc., and there were also big news, most of which singer in Qinhuai River fell in love with a scholar again, and some top brand in a brothel, Sichun Li, etc.

The most popular novel among all teahouses is the novel serialized by Daming Daily. The one currently popular serialized is a martial arts novel called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Major teahouses asked the storyteller to explain the contents of the daily serialization.

After the news of the transparent glass products auction came out, it immediately aroused great interest from the nobles of the capital and various merchants. The nobles of the nobles simply wanted to add some luxury goods to their homes, but the merchants keenly smelled the business opportunities, especially the son of a big pirate like Zheng Sen, who couldn't wait to see the transparent glass products and try to discover business opportunities from them.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Jinyiwei and the palace maid who were standing at the door opened the silk strips that blocked the door. People who had been waiting outside immediately rushed into the hall of the auction house.

Zheng Sen was the first to enter the hall. When he entered the hall, he saw various exhibits placed behind the iron fence. The exhibit cabinet was separated from the hall by an iron fence. Various crystal transparent glass products were placed inside, including crystal-like transparent glass bottles, and uniquely shaped transparent glass lampshades, silver-shining transparent glass mirrors, and transparent glass cups of various colors.

People who walked into the hall saw a wide variety of exhibits and exclaimed.

"Oh my God, any exhibit here is priceless!" An official who looked like a third-rank civil servant exclaimed.

"It's really strange. I don't know where the emperor got so many precious things from." said a businessman.

A man with a mercenary appearance said, "I heard that these are rare things His Majesty bought from the Franchise Man."

"Not right. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he loved to search homes and searched many nobles and extermination merchants. Those guys were rich enough to compete with the country. Who has a few rare things in his family?" said a man who looked like a general.

Even though Zheng Sen was knowledgeable, he was shocked. When did he see so many rare glass products? This was the first time he had seen them. He didn't know where these rare things came from. After all, Zhao Peng would only tell the emperor and the princess that he didn't know anything about others, and he had never told a little brother like Zheng Sen. After all, he was just a business partner, and the emperor and the princess were his family.

Everyone entered the hall of the auction hall. The hall of the auction hall is very large, with a length of twenty-five meters wide, which can accommodate thousands of people in it. There are chairs in the middle of the hall, and customers attending the auction sit on chairs. In the front of the auction hall, there is a wooden table, about one foot high, with a table on the table, and there are three chairs behind the table. The back half of the table is placed with goods to be auctioned.

Zhao Peng, Han Zanzhou and Wang Xin walked in and sat down behind the table in the middle.

"Dear guests, tomorrow is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. The rules in the north are tomorrow are the Little New Year, the rules in the south are the Little New Year the day after tomorrow. On the eve of this Little New Year, Uncle Ben carefully prepared this auction and asked everyone to come and visit. If you like it, you can buy it home and use it as a New Year's mascot." Zhao Peng picked up an iron trumpet from the table and shouted in his voice.

Next, Han Zanzhou said something, and finally Wang Xin stood up, picked up the iron trumpet, pointed to a transparent glass vase with various patterns behind her and said, "The first auction item, the crystal glass vase, starts at one thousand taels of silver!"

Two Jinyiwei raised the glass vase and placed it on the table. Everyone's eyes fell on the glass vase. They saw that the transparent glass vase had no impurities, crystal clear, and exquisite patterns. It was not a vulgar thing at first glance. Such a fine product was priced at one thousand taels of silver, which was really not expensive. In fact, Zhao Peng knew in his mind that the cost of this glass vase was only a few taels of silver.

"One thousand one hundred taels!" someone shouted and showed the sign.

"One thousand two hundred taels!" Another man shouted unwillingly, and also showed his sign.
Chapter completed!