Chapter 51 Making Glass
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Xiao Fuzi jumped out of the carriage and knocked on the door, and when the door opened, he continued to get into the carriage and then drove for a while before stopping.
At this time, Xiaofuzi's voice came in: "Master, it's here."
Shangguan Xuanyi was the first to get out of the carriage, and Di Shaowei also jumped down, "Girl, I'll carry you down."
Shangguan Xuanyi swept his hand with his eyes, and he hurriedly withdrew it.
Xiao'er lifted the curtain, Shangguan Xuanyi stretched out his hand, Xiao'er gently put his hand on his hand, jumped to the ground neatly, and then withdrew his hand and stood still.
Only the state officials were allowed to set fires, and the people were not allowed to light lamps, and Di Shaowei dared not speak out in anger.
Shangguan Xuanyi felt that her hand was just a palm wind touching his palm and took it away.
At this time, a middle-aged man stepped forward and saluted, "Master, Young Master Di, Miss."
"Lead the way!" Shangguan Xuanyi said lightly.
"Yes," he bowed and made a gesture of please, then led the group forward.
A few people walked into the workshop, a wave of heat hit their faces, the stove was blazing, the smoke was filled, the workers' clothes were soaked, and they were sweating like rain. Xiao'er didn't frown, and continued to walk forward, paying attention to the surrounding environment and the practices of the workers as she went.
The kiln where the glass is fired is complete but lacks molds, "I want to see the raw materials."
The raw materials of glass include quartz sand, limestone, feldspar, soda ash, etc., "There is no big problem with the raw materials, and the tools are complete." ”
Di Zhaowei weighed a little in his heart when he heard this, "I bought these things from foreigners for 10,000 taels. ”
When Xiao'er heard this, she deliberately glanced at him with disdain: "I was slaughtered as a fish in water! Later, I will draw some more tools and molds, and you can find someone to fight them." ”
Di Zhaowei felt hurt in his heart and squatted in the corner.
"I'll try it out and see if I can do it. Xiao'er looked up and asked Shangguan Xuanyi, who was a lot taller than her, "Can I pick someone to come over and help?"
Shangguan Xuanyi nodded.
Di Zhaowei said to the middle-aged man: "Steward Tong, gather people over, and let Miss Xiao'er pick someone." ”
"No, just that person. Xiao'er pointed to the person who was standing in the corner and was concentrating on doing things, just now she walked down in a circle, and found that the person was the most serious and focused, and his movements were also the most neat.
Steward Tong hurriedly shouted loudly: "Lin Sheng, come here." Others came to take a look."
Lin Sheng touched the sweat on his face and body with the sweat towel around his neck, "What do you have to tell Steward Tong?"
"Miss Xiao'er has something to ask you for help. In fact, the steward Tong was very surprised that his master found such a little girl to make glass, but he also has eyes, this little girl behaves generously and decently, entered the workshop, saw everything in the workshop, there was no surprise at all, just very serious, very focused on looking at everything, in such a hot environment, he himself stayed for a while and felt that his clothes were soaked, and she still looked unchanged, as if the temperature of the outside world had no effect on her at all, as if she was standing in the warm garden like spring at the moment.
Xiao'er said to him: "Lin Bo, you will cooperate with me by my side later, and by the way, write down what I said and what I did, can you do it?"
Lin Sheng is a person who usually talks little and only knows how to work hard, but he is a real person, and he does not boast about Haikou in order to fight for credit in front of his master, "I try my best." ”
Xiao'er nodded, then put on the mask and gloves prepared in advance, and began to weigh the ingredients according to the recipe she remembered, "These raw materials must be configured according to a certain proportion, so that the glass will be more transparent and perfect." After the ingredients are prepared, all the ingredients are ground and then added together and stirred well, and stirring in the same direction. ”
Steward Tong hurriedly instructed someone to take out the weighed raw materials and grind them, and after grinding, Lin Sheng said, "Girl, I'll come." "He's strong, and he's quick to stir.
Xiao'er nodded secretly, she was a well-eyed one.
When he was almost done, Xiao'er shoveled some out with a small shovel and looked at it, "That's pretty much it." After speaking, he glanced at Lin Sheng again, and Lin Sheng nodded, indicating that he remembered.
Xiao'er asked people to increase the fire in the kiln pool, and when the fire in the kiln pool burned very strongly, standing a meter away, he felt the burning of his skin, so he nodded and glanced at Lin Sheng, "The feeling that this heat gives you must be remembered, the fire is so hot, and when the body feels so hot, the temperature in the kiln pool is enough, and the raw materials can be put in, and during this period, the fire must be maintained well, it cannot be weak, the fire can be a little bigger, but it must not be weaker." ”
Lin Sheng nodded, put the raw materials in the kiln pool to melt, and the open flame heated the upper part of the glazed liquid surface.
"When the raw materials are heated at high temperature to form a uniform glass liquid without bubbles, then the second step is completed, and these glass liquids must be burned to a uniform level without bubbles at all. ”
After a long while, Xiao'er saw that the glazed liquid in the kiln had become uniform and bubble-free before shouting to stop, and then glanced at Lin Sheng again: "Remember, it's just like this." ”
Lin Sheng glanced intently at the glass liquid inside and nodded.
"When the glass liquid is ready, it is liquid and can be molded as you wish. Forming must also be carried out at a certain temperature, otherwise it will not be able to be done after cooling. Xiao'er took a blowpipe and asked Lin Sheng to help pick out a ball of liquid glass with a fireball from the kiln pool, quickly blew it with the blowpipe a few times, and then put it back into the kiln pool to heat, and so on a few times, the fire glass ball was getting bigger and bigger.
The people next to him didn't blink, but they saw Xiao'er move quickly, pinching it here with pliers for a while, pinching it in another place for a while, and then holding scissors to cut it there, pinching it in the east and pinching it in the west. Finally, I turned the blowpipe around a few times, and I saw that the red glass ball formed a unique cup-like object, with a beautiful arc and a unique shape.
"The last step is annealing, this step is very critical, if you let it cool down all of a sudden, the glass products will be easy to break by themselves in the future, so you need to maintain a certain temperature after making it, and then let it cool down slowly for a period of time, in case it will break by itself in the future. ”
Then Xiao'er and Lin Sheng cooperated to pull a small piece of flat glass out. Everyone was stunned by Xiao'er's miraculous skills, more than a dozen of them studied something for two months, and it was easily done by such a young girl, which was too big a blow.
A few people left the workshop that looked like a steamer, and after eating, they went to the account room, Shangguan Xuanyi played with the crystal clear glass cup in his hand, he really couldn't believe that this was a cup that could be made after hearing someone mention it once, and remembered the girl's series of movements, as smooth and fast as flowing water, as if he had practiced countless times. glanced at the little girl who was drinking tea, her face was still slightly red because of the high temperature for a long time, and she was very thin, which made it difficult for people to think of this thin girl, how could she have so many novel things in her brain.
"Girl, you're really amazing!" Di Shaowei has only admired Shangguan Xuanyi alone in his life, and now there is another one, and this one is even more demonic!
If Xiao'er knew Yuan's thoughts, she would definitely say, your life has just begun!
"You have also seen it, it's actually quite simple, and I'm born with excellent comprehension!" Xiao'er deliberately showed a triumphant expression after being praised by a child.
Both of them were made to laugh and cry from this arrogant appearance!
"Now that I have made the glass, this is the detailed production method and precautions of the glass. Xiao'er took out the information she had prepared last night, and Xiaofuzi stepped forward to take it and handed it to Shangguan Xuanyi.
"I'm going to draw some more tools and molds now, and I'll be able to make more kinds of things out of glass in the future. ”
Xiao'er took out the charcoal prepared in advance, Xiaofuzi laid the paper on the table, she thought for a while, then lowered her head, and drew seriously and quickly.
When the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, Shangguan Xuanyi handed Xiao'er a beautiful wooden box, but Xiao'er didn't answer, but just asked with her eyes.
"It's just a few books and stickers for enlightenment, for Jing Rui and Jing Hao. ”
Xiao'er listened and took it, and after thanking her, she got out of the carriage and went home.