Zhao Qi is a disciple under Wang Xuan, he is only twenty-three years old this year, don't look at his age, but the time he has followed Wang Xuan is not short, because he is the first batch of disciples recruited by Wang Xuan.

His family is a potter, that is, a craftsman who fires porcelain, and the potter and weaver should be regarded as the most common among the craftsman, but the potters have a miserable life, because they can generally only work in the official kiln, and every day they are either covered with mud or burned by the kiln fire, and their faces are red, unlike the weavers, who can sit at home and weave cloth leisurely, clean and without smoke and fire.

Originally, he was not called Zhao Qi, but Zhao Qi, which means that he ranks seventh among his uncles and brothers, but after he was admitted to Xiucai's fame, he thought the name was too rustic, so he took a homonym and changed it to Zhao Qi.

Before he came to the School of Physics, his life was originally quite poor, although he took the exam to show his fame, but, due to his low background and no strong relationship, the qualifications to enter the yamen as a small official were not enough, and on weekdays, he was able to teach the children of other craftsmen, barely making ends meet.

However, after entering the School of Physics, his life has become different, although the things taught in the School of Physics are more strange, he treats his disciples quite well, not only eats well, wears well, lives well, and even has a "subsidy" of one or two silver every month.

This guy, one tael of silver a month, in the eyes of the god-like Lord Yang, these two taels of silver may be insignificant, but it is indeed a very good income for a talent from a poor family like them, because of these two silvers, his whole family can even have food and clothing.

For this reason, he is quite diligent in the School of Physics, he wants to learn everything carefully, and he works very hard in everything, because he is afraid that such a good "livelihood" will be lost because he does not work hard.

His intentions and efforts were naturally seen by Wang Xuan, so he was often sent to Yang Cong to help, and after coming and going, he was also familiar with Lord Yang, who existed like a god, and sometimes Lord Yang even joked with him to introduce him to a partner.

He was naturally present when Yang Cong invented the sawing machine this time, and it was he who helped Yang Cong assemble the sawing machine.

He is already familiar with this steam engine, how to connect the copper pipes, how to fix the gears, how to assemble the connecting rods, he will not make a mistake with his eyes closed, he is also familiar with the drilling machine, he can also drill the barrel, the barrel or something, even if there is a small problem with the drilling machine, he will repair it.

His brain is the most alive among Wang Xuan's disciples, and in normal times, he always feels that he is very smart, quite smart, but once he meets the god-like Lord Yang, he obviously feels that his brain is a little insufficient.

Just like this time, he really didn't expect that by removing the set of things on the drilling machine and adding a saw wheel, it could become such a powerful sawing machine.

Looking at the rapidly spinning saw wheel and the easily sawn wooden plank, he couldn't help but think of the turntable he used to pull the embryo.

That thing, ordinary people can't use it, because there is a hole on the turntable, before pulling the embryo, you have to insert a stick into the hole and turn it vigorously, and then quickly tear off the stick, and knead the clay on the turntable into a bowl, saucer or bottle.

This craft, let alone a layman who has never made porcelain, even among them, there are not many people in the potters who have mastered it.

Because the turntable you dial fast, it can't turn for long, in such a short period of time to knead the clay on the turntable into a bowl, saucer or bottle shape general potters can not do, only those who have practiced for more than ten years or even decades of old masters can do it in one go, a success, like them these young, generally have to dial a few times, once the hand leaves the clay, and then pinch up, the things made will be somewhat flawed, so, pull the embryo this work, only the master can do it, they are young, At most, you can go up and practice your hands.

Why did he come up with this idea?

It's very simple, because he thinks that if he puts this steam engine under the turntable, the turntable will keep spinning, and there is no need to play with it at all, so that even a raw hand can be competent for the work of drawing embryos, and moreover, there must be more rough billets pulled out in a day than the old master.

As soon as this thought popped up, it was a little irrepressible.

When Yang Cong was there, he didn't dare to say anything, as soon as Yang Cong left, he couldn't help but come to Wang Xuan, and said excitedly: "Teacher, the student thought of something, which is a little similar to Lord Yang's sawing machine, I don't know if the teacher can allow the student to make a sample and try it." ”

He didn't dare to use this steam engine indiscriminately, because one set was worth hundreds of taels, and it wouldn't be worth so much money if he sold it.

When Wang Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but ask with interest: "Oh, what is it, you say come and take a look." ”

He hurriedly introduced the turntable and working principle of the embryo in detail, and explained his ideas in detail.

When Wang Xuan heard this, he nodded again and again and said: "Okay, your idea is very good, hurry up, go and disassemble the steam engine, and then let someone make a turntable, you must do it well today, and you will give Qingfeng a surprise tomorrow." ”

Yes!

Zhao Qi really didn't expect that his mentor not only agreed with his idea, but also said that he wanted to surprise Lord Yang.

Can Lord Yang look at this thing?

He felt that Lord Yang would definitely not be able to look at it.

How powerful is Lord Yang, such a complex thing as a steam locomotive, people have made it in a few months, and people have never seen something like a sawing machine come up with in an hour, and his automatic turntable that pulls the embryo, to put it bluntly, is just to add a steam engine to the turntable, which is not novel at all, how can Lord Yang see it?

Of course, regardless of whether Yang Cong looks at it or not, he is still quite interested in this automatic embryo pulling machine, because this is something he has been exposed to since he was a child, and he wants to improve it to make the whole embryo pulling process easier.

To put it bluntly, this thing is really not difficult, it is just to install a steam engine and transmission device under the turntable, and Zhao Qi is familiar with this.

He quickly removed a set of steam engine and transmission device from under the drilling machine, and then he went around the school again, found a roughly suitable round table, and then told Wang Xuanyi that he directly unloaded the round table legs, and found a carpenter classmate, processed it a little, and temporarily acted as a turntable to pull the embryo, and then connected the turntable with the steam engine transmission, which was completed.

The whole process, he only took more than an hour, as soon as he saw that it was still early, he simply found a few pottery classmates, walked around near the school, dug up a load of clay, mixed it into a similar appearance as clay, and then tried it himself.

Not to mention, this thing is really easy to use, you don't have to worry about the turntable will stop at all, as long as you take care of the shape of the "clay" in your hand, which is countless times better than the previous turntable.

Looking at the bowl-shaped "clay" slowly forming in his hand, he couldn't help but show a bright smile on his face.

He did not change the whole world, but he changed the process of Taohu pulling embryos.

From now on, pottery embryo pulling will no longer be an advanced technology, and the output of porcelain will definitely soar because of this!