He Shaoyun hurriedly commanded Jia Ding to snatch Yu Debing out of the angry crowd. Then everyone carried the embarrassed Yu Debing to the warehouse and temporarily placed it first.

By the time He Shaoyun and the others came back, the people had already jumped without a trace, and the scene was in a mess.

At this time, Ji Jiude, the household secretary, just arrived, and what he saw was a messy scene of chicken feathers. And He Zhiyuan had already left with a few family members, and only He Shaoyun and a few family members were left at the scene, as well as the two Liu Yuanji brothers and the Li Changjia of Liu Yuanji Village.

All of this was directed by He Zhiyuan, first of all, he first sent someone to the state city to report to Ji Jiude, the household secretary, in the name of He Shaoyun: Today, Yu Debing insisted on using Dakouhu to collect taxes and grain. This move has caused dissatisfaction among many people, and in order to prevent the civil uprising, they asked the state government to send people to maintain order. Doing so first put He Shaoyun in the active position of the matter.

Secondly, Liu Yuanji deliberately used language to provoke Yu Debing when paying taxes and grain, but asked Liu Yuanji never to beat people or act aggressively. It is only necessary to use words to stir up the anger and hatred of the people against Debing. Later, he arranged for his family to stone Yu Debing outside the crowd, and the angry people began to attack Yu Debing and smashed all kinds of grain collection equipment.

And He Shaoyun's conductor Ding protected Yu Debing, and he was also directed by He Zhiyuan. After that, he led his family away, and the troublemakers calmed down, of course, they fled.

It can be said that all this was done seamlessly, Yu Debing did not find any flaws, and he was grateful to He Shaoyun for coming to the rescue.

The worst thing about this incident was Yu Debing, who was blinded with a stone in his right eye, had his left calf discounted, and suffered multiple injuries on his body, and he had to lie down for at least three months before he could get out of bed.

But this is not the worst, after the investigation, the incident was completely due to the fact that De Bing did not listen to He Shaoyun's persuasion, insisted on changing the grain collection equipment, harmed the interests of the people, and caused public indignation. Lord Liang decided to dismiss Yu Debing, and his personal injury was also self-inflicted.

In this incident, the grain chief He Shaoyun, regardless of his personal safety, commanded the family to stop the excesses of the people and save the people. did not allow this incident to escalate further, and should be commended and awarded.

Liu Yuanji has been tolerant in the process of paying taxes and grains, and has not acted excessively. There were multiple witnesses testifying to the matter, so no one was held accountable.

Among the many people who participated in the smashing, there is no way to verify who threw the stone at Yu Debing, and the matter can no longer be investigated, so it can only be closed.

This incident was almost quelled, and after a two-day suspension of the state-wide grain requisition, the grain requisition began again. This time, the food chiefs, secretaries, and miscellaneous servants in various districts have reined in a lot, lest similar incidents occur again and cause themselves to be burned.

But it's just a little more convergent, the white book should be used or the white book, the discount should still be discounted, and the tip of the kick should still be kicked. But I don't dare to use the big mouth again, and I don't dare to kick the Hu too much. It's just a little better than in previous years, and it's relatively fair and reasonable. This is already the biggest victory for the villagers.

Liang Wensheng knows that such things cannot be changed all at once, and he understands the truth that "when the water is clear, there are no fish". There must be a degree in everything, and if the following grain chiefs and secretaries are too strict, so that they will not get any benefits, they will definitely be passive and slack off, and they will not be able to collect taxes and grain for two months. There will also be more and more people who refuse to pay taxes and grain for various reasons. And if the chief clerks of the grain are indulged and let them exploit the people, all kinds of anti-tax incidents of smashing and looting will emerge one after another, and even provoke popular uprisings.

Therefore, Liang Wensheng's decision in this matter is to grasp the degree, as long as the tax and grain can be collected safely, everything will be fine, Amitabha. As for the losses that these officials asked for bribes and bribes and overcollected in the grain collection, he just turned a blind eye and pretended not to know. After all, there are also his benefits in this, how can he manage it too strictly.

The people's demands are even lower, like this time, if He Zhiyuan hadn't provoked it, the people would probably have pinched their noses and admitted it. It's just that he scolded the officials and the grain chiefs who helped the abuse.

He Zhiyuan didn't bother much about this matter, he just didn't want the people to scold his father too badly, causing his reputation to be damaged. By the way, let's rectify the inch-inch, insatiable old official Yu Debing.

He was now concerned with several major matters, the first was the construction of the city wall, the second was the trial production of glass, and the third was the construction of steelmaking and weapons workshops.

On August 20, under the guidance of He Zhiyuan, the graphite crucible was finally built. With a graphite crucible, glass can be fired.

After Master Song got the crucible, he couldn't wait to pour the crushed quartz sand, caustic soda, lime and other materials into the crucible in proportion and began to ignite and melt.

Li Zhigang, a Taoist priest who has been following He Zhiyuan, was also very active at this time, and burning the stove was his specialty, so he took the initiative to take over the responsibility of watching the furnace fire.

As the furnace temperature gets warmer and higher, the quartz inside the crucible begins to slowly soften and red, and after about an hour, the material inside the crucible begins to melt. After another quarter of an hour of burning, the material melted completely.

After the calcination is stopped, the melt inside the crucible slowly cools and the glass liquid condenses into a molten gel-like solid. Master Song poured the sol on a flat iron platform prepared in advance, then slowly flattened it with a tool, and then pressed a flat iron plate of the same size, and cut the surrounding area with a knife to smooth it out.

After it was completely cooled, the first glass of the Ming Dynasty was born in this simple experimental workshop.

Although this piece of glass is transparent, there are some bubbles in it, and the color is not colorless, but some greenish.

Li Zhigang asked He Zhiyuan: "Master, the bubbles in this glass are caused by the incomplete elimination of the gas generated during the calcination process, right?" ”

"You're right, it's still too anxious to stir it enough to let all the gas out. What do you think causes the green color? "It seems that this Taoist apprentice is still somewhat savvy. After all, he burned the stove for more than twenty years, and who knows what he would put in the stove to burn. The more you burn, the more experience you have.

Li Zhigang thought for a while, but didn't come up with an answer. Master Song, who was standing on the side, said: "Young master, if the copper is left for a long time, it will turn green, is it that this glass contains copper impurities?" ”

"Well, you're right, this quartz material does contain impurities, but it's not copper but iron." He Zhiyuan said.

There are many ways to remove iron impurities, but the only methods that can be used today are water washing and magnetic separation. When selecting quartz sand, it has been washed with water, and the method that can be used is magnetic separation.

Therefore, He Zhiyuan instructed them to sift the remaining quartz powder with a magnet. This screening really adsorbed a lot of iron sand. Everyone was surprised, but they didn't expect that there was so much iron sand in the seemingly pure quartz.

As soon as the light was released the next day, Master Song and Li Zhigang instructed the workers to ignite the fire again, and there was a lesson from yesterday, this time after the quartz melted, it was stirred for half an hour before it began to cool and press. After waiting for almost half an hour and waiting for it to cool completely, Master Song and the others lifted the iron plate pressed against the glass. The people at the scene immediately cheered, and they all saw a completely transparent glass.

He Zhiyuan asked the piece of glass to lift up and carefully observe the surface of the glass in the light. The trial glass is obviously much better than yesterday's, and now you can only see a few small bubbles, and the color is only a little green, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all.

He nodded and said, "Well, it basically worked." In the future, the stirring time is longer, and the magnet screening time is also longer, and the effect is very good. ”

"Master Song, you have made meritorious work in trying to make glass this time, and each of your four masters will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. The next step is to expand the scale, recruit more workers, and expand production. ”

Hearing He Zhiyuan say this, everyone cheered again. Master Song couldn't help but be overjoyed at this time, and took the opportunity to ask He Zhiyuan: "He Gongzi, now you can only produce flat glass, and some molds have not been done yet." In addition to producing some teacups, teapots and other living utensils, I think we can also make some Buddha statues, Bodhisattva statues, etc., so that they are crystal clear and shining, and they will definitely make a lot of money. ”

He Zhiyuan said: "These things are not in a hurry, there are two more important things to be made." ”