Chapter 756: Glass
Now it is used for military purposes, and it is still do-it-yourself.
There are some things that must not be stuck by others, the power of artillery should be maximized, and the telescope is also indispensable.
If you don't notice what others are aware of, and if the enemy discovers the enemy first, you can take the initiative.
Used as an artillery bombardment, maybe the other side has not seen their own side, and the shells have exploded in the army, which is really sour.
The main component of glass is silica, and the earliest glass appeared in an accident formed by baking soda and rocks under a flame, of course, at the time only glass particles were formed.
There is also such a thing as glass in nature, which can be formed by lightning strikes or meteorite impacts.
And silica is a thing that exists in large quantities in nature, and the most common is sand, and the main component of sand is silica, which is also the main raw material used in glass manufacturing in later generations.
At this time, Chen Fang experimented, the first thing needed was sand, the second was high temperature, and the third was baking soda, which was used for catalysis, that is, sodium carbonate.
There is no shortage of these kinds of things in the Tang Workshop, so I called Yinye and brought two people, and after the things were ready. It was tested in a small furnace in a vacant room in the workshop.
At first, Yinye watched the horse master burn sand, and it still felt strange, but she didn't ask much, so she accompanied the horse master to watch.
After looking at it for a while, I couldn't see anything, but I happened to be busy printing the book, so I asked the two printers who helped to go back.
"Master Pony, what are you doing here?"
"You'll know in a moment, Silver Leaf, have you been busy with the workshop lately?"
"The horse master also saw it, he was very busy, especially the colorful clothes, he had to rush to make winter clothes, and after Chongyang, winter was approaching. There is also the printing of books, it seems that there are more and more people reading books recently, and more and more books are needed in the surrounding states and counties. ”
"Well, thank you for your hard work, I asked Taohong to take care of Yi'er, and there will be fewer people here."
"It's our duty to share the worries of the horse master."
Chen Fang reached out to Yinye's shoulder and gently pinched it a few times.
"It's out!"
"Master Pony, what's coming out?"
"Look!"
Small furnaces have deflector grooves, at which point some of the dissolved glass liquid has flowed out, dripping on the ground, and quickly solidifying in the air, forming a crystalline and transparent substance.
"Master Pony, what is this?"
Yinye was about to reach out to pick it up, but was beaten by Chen Fang.
"Thousands of degrees of heat, you don't want your hands anymore."
Yinye stuck out his tongue, and Chen Fang pinched his nose angrily and pinched it a few times.
"This is glass, this thing will be mass-produced in the future, but if you don't put it here, you're busy enough, and this colt doesn't want you to be busy any longer."
Chen Fang loosened the silver leaf, and the girl stared at the irregular glass solidification on the ground at this time, and her eyes were a little stunned.
"Master Pony, this is glass?"
"Yes, it's not like the glass bottle you usually see, it's a follow-up process to be done. Okay, I'll arrange this thing to Meridian Ridge, just right, there is no shortage of blast furnaces there, and there is no shortage of raw materials. ”
"Master Horse, you said that we will produce this thing in large quantities in the future, so it doesn't mean that we don't need to buy Xiqin's glass."
"Of course you don't have to buy it, the price of glass in Xiqin is about to catch up with silver, what can we do ourselves, what can we buy it for? With that silver, wouldn't it be nice to add a few clothes to my silver leaf? ”
"It's still good for the silver leaf!"
Chen Fang slapped the silver leaf buttocks a few times, and at this time, he used a bamboo stick to pluck a few pieces of glass and crystallize them, and observed them carefully.
At this time, the notes left by Liu Naihe's predecessors flashed through his mind, a large number of chemical formulas and follow-up processes rolled through his mind, Chen Fang brushed his mind a little, and had basically determined what to do after Meridian Ridge.
got up, Yinye also got up, Chen Fang grabbed Yinye's waist, pinched the strap of the belt around her waist, and gently pinched the tip.
"Let's go, this colt is in a good mood, you serve me for a while."
"Master Pony, where are you going?"
"Where is the bamboo forest!"
"Good!"
When twilight rose, Chen Fang sent Lin Shixuan and Yu Rong's mother and daughter to leave the Tang Workshop, originally thinking that Wu Meiniang wanted to keep the two of them, but Wu Meiniang didn't stay.
After sending the three of them away, Chen Fang went back to Wu Meiniang and saw that Wu Meiniang was concentrating on caring for her skin with the skin care products sent by Lin Shixuan.
Seeing Chen Fang come in, Wu Meiniang glanced in the mirror a few times, the horse's hand put on her shoulder, and Wu Meiniang turned her head to look at him.
"Mei Niang, don't use this thing at night! I fell asleep after a while. ”
"Mei Niang has been using these recently, it feels very good, why don't you let me use it, I specially ordered Xiaolan last night to let me wash up and sleep at night."
"You are born beautiful, but in fact, these are not very useful to you."
"Women still have to be maintained, otherwise in a few years, I will be like an old woman, what if you ignore me?"
Chen Fang suddenly looked at the woman in front of him and hugged her deep in his arms.
"You're so careful to take care of, it's all for me!"
"For whom?"
The night is deep, but there is still some noise in the Tang workshop, and the corridor is becoming more and more lively at this time. It's probably autumn, and everyone understands that when it's cold, it's hard to have such excitement here.
In addition, the people of the weapons prison have been coming here recently, and there are more men, and there are more women who want to find their other half.
Women who didn't like to be noisy in the past often come here at this time.
The corridor of the Tang Workshop immediately showed signs of evolving into a blind date venue for later generations.
Chen Fang followed Wu Meiniang, and rarely came here, there was a weaver girl blowing music there, and it was more to see a pair of little lovers kissing me and me here, flirting and scolding.
"Chen Fang, is there a wedding banquet in the workshop recently?"
"It should be soon, there are already many newcomers who have mentioned marriage posts."
"Well, how is Hong'er doing lately?"
"Everything is fine, Mei Niang, I was about to tell you, I want to send a few weaver girls to His Majesty so that they can be served."
"He asked you for it, right?"
"Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the most lacking thing around you is women."
"Well, it's almost the day of Hong'er's wedding, by the way, you will go to the palace tomorrow to take Concubine De and them here, Hong'er can't live in Tang Gongfang all the time, he is the emperor after all, and it's not a matter that Daming Palace has been vacant."
"I'll do this tomorrow and take Concubine De, Concubine Jing and Li Zhaoyi into the Tang Workshop."
"Well, their palace positions have also been withdrawn, so it's good to only keep their names in the future, otherwise they will occupy a position."
"Good!"
"By the way, you went to the palace to bring Zheng Jieyu's maid into the Tang Workshop, what is the name of Xi?"
"It's called Xiyue."
"Yes, it's this maid, Zheng Jieyu mentioned it to me a few times."
"That's the maid that Jieyu brought into the palace from the Zheng family, so Jieyu values it very much."