After the policy of purchasing grain and transporting the people has been decided, the specific matters will be discussed by Sun Ce and Chen Deng, but Sun Quan has not been idle, because the New Year is coming. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The flavor of the New Year in the Han Dynasty was far less strong than that of later generations, but the prototype of the Spring Festival also began from this. Firecrackers are not invented because of gunpowder, people in this era use fire to burn bamboo, Bi peel sound, think that you can chase away ghosts and drive away plague, so the name firecrackers, in addition to paste peach charms, eat five spice plates, drink pepper and cypress wine, make sugar syrup, although the scenery is different, the customs are almost from this.

Sun Quan and Wei Jing, Zhou Tai walked on the road, saw a lot of people hugging bamboo, Sun Quan couldn't help but laugh dumbly, if the gunpowder is made now, most of them will be used to make a firecracker first, has shown to convince the plague ghosts, Jiangdong people must worship in their hearts, and cultivate the land with peace of mind.

"Zhongmou, you asked me and Youping to bring so much fine sand and alkali powder to find a bricklayer, do you have to burn utensils? I've never seen bricks and tiles burned with clay and red clay, but can fine sand also be used to burn utensils? Wei Jing asked suspiciously, carrying a box of alkali powder. (Alkali powder is natural soda ash, I really don't know how to call soda ash in ancient times)

"Ziqi is also a student of Jiangzuo Confucian, I don't know what gifts to prepare to visit all the sages", Sun Quan saw him asking, turned around and asked with a smile.

"A few days ago, I bought a fat pig with Zishan and made a lot of bacon, and the New Year's Day will hold ten pieces of bacon and some melons and fruits as a bundle, and go to visit the Confucian families with Zishan", Wei Jing smiled indifferently.

Ten pieces of bacon for the bundle is the tradition of students to respect the teacher, Confucius has a cloud: self-cultivation above, I have not tasted no teaching. Bundle is jerky, bacon. Wei Jing, Bu Qi to send bacon is also in accordance with the etiquette, Yang Xian households by him to promote and feed more pigs, slaughtered years ago, presumably in addition to their own consumption, but also the meat can be sold, and then with money to buy some other things, so that you can celebrate the New Year.

"I have only been to the banquet forum a few times, but it is not good to carry out the disciple ceremony, and I have met with the great Confucians, so I want to use this fine sand and alkali powder to burn some delicate things as a congratulatory gift," Sun Quan explained.

"I don't know what it is? Could it be a lacquerware jar? Wei Jing continued to ask, the Han Dynasty utensils have many lacquer plates and pottery pots, Wei Jing can't help but think that this is also the thing that is burned, but he doesn't know why alkali powder and fine sand are used.

"When I got to the bricklayer, Ziqi took a closer look at what a delicate thing was burned," Sun Quan smiled mysteriously.

The three of them found the craftsman household to enter, Zhou Tai called a few brick and brick craftsmen, Sun Quan asked: "I'm tired of everyone, I want to burn some utensils, and I hope everyone will handle it carefully."

Several craftsmen didn't even dare to say it, and the head master asked: "The villain can only burn some bricks and tiles, if you can fire pottery, I don't know what kind of son wants to burn, how about the details?" I'll wait for the furnace to start."

Sun Quan told several craftsmen about the method of firing glass, although they had never seen this method, but they had a plan in their hearts, and knew how to manipulate it, so they led Sun Quan and the three of them to the furnace, mixed fine sand, alkali powder and limestone pieces, and put them in the furnace to burn.

Sun Quan saw the raging flames in the furnace and the sand gradually melting, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, people may be called people from the use of tools, but fire is undoubtedly the biggest help among tools, roasting food, expelling wild beasts, burning pottery, human beings are constantly moving forward with fire.

"Suiren makes fire, Huaxia Fangming", Sun Quan said with emotion.

Seeing Sun Quan's sigh for the function of fire, Wei Jing couldn't help but recount what he knew in his chest and said: "Suiren takes fire, the sky and the place are bright, Hua Xu teaches the industry, the people are at ease, Fuxi pushes gossip, people's hearts are talented, Nuwa makes sheng springs, sorrows and joys enter vocal music, and the merit of the ancestors is none other than the Three Emperors."

Suiren Huaxu and Fuxi Nuwa are the four ancestors of human beings, Suiren found that they can drill wood to make fire, and their wife Huaxu made marriage gifts, and taught mulberry hunting skills, so that people have the method of obtaining food and clothing, Fuxi views the changes of all things, makes words wise, Nuwa makes music and wine, and the heart of joy and sorrow can be expressed.

Sun Quan was about to reply, but the master craftsman had carefully taken out the crucible, only to see the condensed liquid glass inside, indicating that Sun Quan was this thing, Sun Quan nodded and said: "It's hard to work with the master craftsman, or put it in the mold and press it, then anneal, and then polish it with a grinding wheel."

"The old man knows", the master craftsman answered, and manipulated it in front of the furnace, and instructed several craftsmen to get a few sets of molds, Sun Quan chose a set of cups and handed it to the master craftsman, and asked Wei Jing and Zhou Tai, "Youping, Ziqi doesn't come to choose a set of auxiliary utensils?" ”

"I'm used to lacquerware," Zhou Tai said bluntly.

"I'll wait for the master craftsman to finish it before deciding to go back and discuss with Zishan what utensils to make," Wei Jing replied.

"It's up to you to decide after a while", Sun Quan shook his head helplessly, and instructed the rest of the craftsmen to take some glass leftovers to make some glass balls, and as gifts from Sun Xu, Sun Kuang and Sun Shangxiang, he can't afford gold and silver treasures anyway, and burning some glass beads can be used as a gift and can be used to promote glass.

"Childe, please see", the master craftsman took out the glass beads and handed them to Sun Quan, his eyes were surprised, and he also knew the method of refining the jade, but it was mixed and fired with quartz sand, galena, barite, etc., and the jade was colored, or green or red, but it was the first time to see such a clear and colorless jade.

"It is indeed a delicate treasure", Wei Jing looked at it on the side, picked up a careful observation, and thought in his heart, this thing is crystal clear, like a treasure, but the materials are so simple, if the system is strictly guaranteed, it is not difficult to make Tao Zhu Yidun rich.

Sun Quan smiled faintly, calcium and sodium glass can be seen everywhere in later generations, but the delicate glass beads are as cheap as earth and stone, and seeing that the two of them are envious, they have to order the craftsman to burn some more and give him the two, Zhou Tai, Wei Jing thanked him.

"Don't publicize this outside the law, keep this secret, and in a few days I will order someone to pick it up," Sun Quan commanded.

The craftsman took the order, Sun Quan and Wei Jing, and Zhou Tai turned around and left.

"By the way, let's grind a few lenses", Sun Quan took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, which described the shape of the lens and how small it was, and handed it to the master craftsman.

"It's not difficult, it will take five or six days, and then the son remembers to send someone to pick it up", the master craftsman replied after reading it.

"I have to work for everyone", Sun Quan and the three of them said goodbye.

Back in the house, I saw Sun Kuang, Sun Xu, Shang Xiang three people were playing, and Chen Deng, Liu Ye was playing chess in the pavilion, the two were inseparable, Sun Quan stepped forward and glanced at it with disdain, and sighed twice in his mouth, the two couldn't help frowning, Liu Ye had suffered from Sun Quan's cheating, although Chen Deng was conceited, he also liked chess after coming, but he was pulled by Sun Quanqiang to play chess, and he lost ten battles in a row, and he was depressed in his chest, so he only scolded Sun Quan Xiaoer.

"I got something delicate, and I used it as a bet, how about a few games with Ziyang and Yuanlong?" , Sun Quan said with a smile and took out a few glass beads.

"Jade?" , Chen Deng was born in a family, well-informed, and looked at the glass beads like jade, but the jade did not have such a colorless and transparent luster, and he couldn't help but ask in doubt.

"This is a treasure, not a jade," Sun Quan said shamelessly.

The two of them sighed, and Liu Ye opened his mouth and mocked: "I want to come to Zhongmou to use a method obtained from nowhere to remove the color of the jade and make it crystal clear."

"To be or not to be down?" , Sun Quan asked sharply, the two historical enemies are current, and there is only this method available to beat the two of them.

The two shook their heads, joking, Sun Quan is not greedy for food, clothing and pleasure, only to accumulate food and save money for civilian use, if this thing is really a treasure, it will be sent to the quality shop to exchange money and silk, how can this thing be used as a bet.

Fearless rats, Sun Quan scolded wildly in his heart, turned his mind and smiled, and said again: "I have a way to make Yuanlong not eat fish from now on?" Can you two dare to gamble? ”

Jade is glass, of course, ancient Chinese glass originated very early, is lead barium glass, poor transparency, red, green and other colors, as for the manufacturing method I try to avoid in the future, because there are a lot of things involved, and the ancient name of the material can not be found, hey, but also dizzy by the lizard various industrial knowledge.

The contribution of the Three Emperors is repeated in addition to the Suiren clan, and I won't say it, but Baidu specifically.