When Wu Meiniang woke up, she only felt refreshed, and suddenly jumped up from the bed and exclaimed, "How long have I been sleeping?" ”

"No more, no less than six hours!" There was a purple-clothed voice from the side.

"Six hours? Worst! I'm afraid it's too late! Wu Meiniang looked anxious, and was about to run out.

Ziyi pressed Wu Meiniang down and said: "You can rest assured, it just so happens that the glass used to make mirrors in Mojia Village today is escorted by Uncle Zhang, who has the best craftsmanship in the village, and with him, I guarantee that I can't miss your things!" ”

"Grandpa Zhang?" Wu Meiniang was stunned in her heart, although she had only joined Mojia Village for a short time, but for Lao Zhangtou's reputation, she had heard of it for a long time, and naturally knew that Lao Zhangtou was the master with the highest craftsmanship in Mojia Village.

Under the supervision of Ziyi, Wu Meiniang finished washing and eating something, and then she was released.

"Grandpa Zhang!" Wu Meiniang came to the backyard, and saw that Lao Zhangtou was already waiting there, and hurriedly shouted sweetly.

"Mei Niang is old." Lao Zhangtou hurriedly replied, Wu Meiniang is a personal disciple of Moton, and her status in Mojia Village is naturally respected.

"Uncle Zhang, Mei Niang is my disciple, and it is also appropriate to call you grandpa." Merton's voice rang out.

"Master!"

"Young Master!"

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The crowd saluted.

Merton waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, it's important to get down to business." ”

Lao Zhangtou picked up a small piece of glass and handed it to Merton's hand, and said, "Young master, please see, this is the flattest glass made in Mojia Village, and it will definitely satisfy the young master." ”

Merton picked up the glass and felt it carefully, it was indeed much better than the previous flat glass, and it had reached the level of making mirrors.

Merton nodded and said, "Then let's try to make a mirror with Mei Niang's method of making a mirror." ”

"Yes, master!" Wu Meiniang said excitedly, and told Lao Zhangtou about her previous discoveries one by one.

Lao Zhang said: "Mei Niang, rest assured, the silver nugget is very soft and easy to polish, and my old Zhang will definitely be able to make it soon." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Zhang!" Wu Meiniang thanked. At the same time, she handed over the silver taels in her hand, and the first mirror she created, Wu Meiniang naturally wanted to use her own things to make it.

Lao Zhangtou took it, picked up the tool in his hand, and slowly forged it.

Jingling, under the superb forging skills of Lao Zhangtou, a piece of silver was slowly beaten into a thin layer of silver, and what made everyone marvel was that although it was forged, the surface of the silver sheet was smooth as a mirror.

"Uncle Zhang's craftsmanship is indeed superb!" Merton couldn't help blurting out praise, in terms of skills, Lao Zhangtou is indeed the world's leading craftsman.

"It's old, it's a little useless!" Lao Zhangtou touched a handful of sweat, his mouth was modest, but his face showed an extremely proud expression.

Lao Zhangtou's movements flew in his hands, and without any tools, he cut the silver piece into a round piece in two or three clicks, picked up a glass lens of similar size and pasted it, and it was exactly the same.

"Mei Niang, please see if you are still satisfied." Lao Zhangtou handed the glass with the silver sheet to Wu Meiniang, Wu Meiniang took it and looked at it, and was stunned for a moment, the silver and lenses that were tightly attached to each other had an incredible reaction, reflecting her own clear image.

"It's a miracle!" Lao Zhangtou couldn't help but exclaim, he had also made a bronze mirror, but even the image of the bronze mirror was probably not even one-tenth clear of the silver mirror in front of him.

"This is the real mirror!" Wu Meiniang looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but exclaim.

One by one, everyone in Mofu watched one after another, and when they saw their faces in the silver mirror, they couldn't help but show curious expressions, and they were probably the first time they saw their faces so clearly.

"Please also ask the master to comment!"

Wu Meiniang held up the silver mirror and respectfully handed it to Morton Dao.

"Not bad indeed! You've passed. Merton looked at the clear image in the silver mirror and nodded in satisfaction.

Wu Meiniang couldn't help but show an excited look when she heard Merton's approval, but before she could be happy for too long, she heard Merton continue: "Although it is better than the bronze mirror, there are many shortcomings. ”

"Please also ask the master for advice!" Wu Meiniang said respectfully.

Morton pointed to the faint traces of silver behind the glass and said: "Although Uncle Zhang's craftsmanship is superb, there is still a gap between the silver sheet and the glass, which directly affects the clarity, and it will inevitably enter foreign objects in the future, and the longer you use it, the worse the effect." ”

In the history of mirror manufacturing, metal mirrors based on silver mirrors have been popular for many years, but their biggest disadvantage is that they are used for too long, and water vapor will enter, which greatly affects the clear effect.

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "Maybe the bronze mirror can be set to be detachable so that foreign objects can be cleaned up." ”

Lao Zhangtou nodded, this is indeed a method, and it is not difficult to operate.

"In addition to this, there is an even more serious disadvantage, which is expensive! Do you know how much a bronze mirror is worth, and how much silver taels you just made cost? Merton pointed to the few silver nuggets left.

"Ahh Wu Meiniang couldn't help covering her mouth and said in pain.

The bronze mirror is made of pure copper, and the copper coins used are only worth 100 yuan. However, the silver piece created by Lao Zhangtou just now cost nearly one or two silver, and with the value of glass, I am afraid it is much more expensive than the copper mirror.

Expensive and flawed! Wu Meiniang had to admit that the silver mirror she designed did have great flaws.

"Maybe if there is too much money, Mojia Village can solve it." Lao Zhangtou suddenly gritted his teeth and said.

"Huh?" Everyone couldn't help but look at Lao Zhangtou.

"In recent days, Lao Zhang has been studying machinery, and the use of machinery can indeed do things that cannot be done by manpower, and save time, effort and money." Lao Zhangtou is not a stubborn person, and he naturally sees the convenience of machinery.

"Silver is soft and easy to forge, so Tieping can build a machine specifically for stamping silver sheets, so that the silver sheets can be thinned as much as possible, thus saving costs." Lao Zhangtou said solemnly, the manufacture of mirrors only needs a silver sheet as the bottom, an inch thick silver sheet and a thin silver sheet as a cicada wings The effect is exactly the same, and the cost is very different, but by hand alone, it is impossible to create a thin silver sheet like a cicada's wings, only stamping machinery is possible.

Merton couldn't help but glance at Lao Zhangtou with relief, Lao Zhangtou could take the initiative to think of using machinery, which was an extremely rare change for Mojia Village.

Merton nodded and said, "In that case, the matter of making silver mirrors will be handed over to Tie Ping as a new industry in Mojia Village." ”

"Young Master is wise!" Everyone in Mofu suddenly said with a look of surprise that such a clear mirror appeared on the market, and it would definitely directly crush the copper mirror, and Mojia Village would have an additional source of wealth.

"And Mei Niang, as the inventor of the silver mirror, enjoys half of the ingredients." Merton spoke in astonishment.

"Half-ingredient!" Everyone suddenly exclaimed, and couldn't help but look at Wu Meiniang with surprised eyes.

You must know that such a mirror has appeared and will definitely be popular in the Tang Dynasty, what a huge fortune it will be, and now this wealth is all owned by a ten-year-old girl.

"Master, this is too much! The futile child can't afford it. Although Wu Meiniang didn't understand, she understood that this must be a huge fortune.

"This is what you deserve, and the same will be true for the children of the Mo family in the future, whoever invents the ink technique will enjoy half of the benefits of this technique." Merton's positive color channel.

"Young Master is wise!"

Mofu people, I believe that as soon as this policy comes out in Mojia Village, there will be countless Mojia children competing to develop ink technology, and all along, the innovative technology of Mojia Village is supported by Moton alone, with this incentive method, I believe that there will be a second Mojiazi and a third Mojiazi in Mojiacun in the future......

"It's already Mei Niang's honor to be able to help the master, and I really don't dare to ask for too much." Wu Meiniang was at a loss, and from everyone's mouths, he had gradually understood what a huge fortune this half of the ingredients was.

Merton laughed and said: "You are too underestimated as a teacher, how can you use your mirror as a dowry for a teacher." ”

Wu Meiniang looked at Merton with a surprised face and said, "Could it be that Master Fei has already made a magic mirror!" ”

"It's nature!" Merton nodded proudly, of course, what he did was not the common silver mirror in later generations, he even had the intention to use the current process to achieve it, the process he used was the tin amalgamation method in the transitional stage.