Xue Zhidie stopped, turned around and said, "What are you looking for?" ”

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "Take you to see the glass." ”

Xue Zhidie suddenly became interested, and said in a loud voice: "Are you serious? Don't lie to me! Otherwise, huh! ”

Zhang Zhun shrugged casually, his face full of disdain.

Lie to you?

Need to lie to you?

Xue Zhidie looked at his expression and knew that it was true, but this matter was really important, and between the gains and losses, he couldn't help but have some doubts. After pondering for a moment, she said in disbelief, "Where did you get the glass?" ”

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "If you want to see it in advance, come with me." ”

With that, head outside.

Although Xue Zhidie was skeptical, he always felt that Zhang Zhun was playing tricks. These days, she has never heard Zhang Zhun mention the word glass, how could real glass suddenly appear? However, Zhang Zhun does not seem to have deceived her. After thinking about it, Xue Zhidie finally followed behind Zhang Zhun.

Zhang Zhun did not ride a horse, walked slowly, followed by Xue Zhidie, and the two of them walked out of Fushan City in a leisurely manner. At this time, the autumn is crisp and the climate is pleasant, and the surrounding fields are lush and green, and the growth of rice is quite gratifying. As you can imagine, October must be a good harvest season. Zhang Zhun was happy in his heart, and hummed a small tune in his mouth: "A chicken in his left hand, a duck in his right hand, and a fat doll in his arms......"

Xue Zhidie followed behind him, frowned and said, "What are you humming?" ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Northern Shaanxi poll, go back to your parents' home, have you heard of it?" ”

Xue Zhidie shook his head.

Zhang Zhun explained casually: "It's the child's father, and the child's mother, holding a doll, going back to visit relatives." ”

Xue Zhidie's cheeks flushed slightly, and he subconsciously said, "I don't tell you, it's so boring." ”

Wouldn't the two of them go back to their parents' house when they walked like this? It's just one less fat doll.

Zhang Zhun seemed to see Xue Zhidie's face, and said without looking back: "I just said that your mind is full of crooked thoughts, and you just hum a little tune, and I think you are teasing you!" I said can you be generous, how boring this is! ”

Xue Zhidie's face became more and more ruddy, and she was incomparably beautiful. It's a pity that Zhang Zhun didn't see it. She is not a master who easily submits defeat, and immediately sneered: "You are the one who is full of bad thoughts, humming these unpopular tunes." ”

Zhang Zhun suddenly stopped, stared back at her, his face was full of seriousness, and said word by word: "I think we should have a good talk." ”

Xue Zhidie was shocked by his serious expression, he didn't dare to meet his eyes, his cheeks became more and more ruddy, his ears were red, and he said insincerely: "What do you want to talk about?" Who's talking to you? ”

Zhang Zhun sighed innocently and said helplessly: "Why do you always target me?" I don't think I'm messing with you! ”

Xue Zhidie's eyes were even more uncertain, as if he was a little weak, and said hesitantly: "When did I target you?" It's you who are too careful! ”

Zhang Zhun looked at her for a long time and said very seriously: "Really not aimed at me?" ”

Xue Zhidie hurriedly took a bite and swore and said, "No." ”

Zhang Zhun leaned in a little, stared at her eyes unabashedly, and said slowly: "Really? ”

Xue Zhidie couldn't help but take two steps back, her heart was flustered, her chest was bulging, and she beat violently twice. She felt that her face was so hot that it seemed to melt. She hurriedly stabilized her thoughts and said in disguise, "Really. ”

Zhang Zhun breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "Hitting is kissing, scolding is love, and love is extreme and kicking with your feet...... I thought it was ...... You've got a crush on me! ”

Xue Zhidie suddenly went crazy, didn't care about the rapid beating in his chest, and screamed: "Zhang Zhun! What nonsense are you talking about? ”

Zhang Zhun had already laughed and walked away.

Xue Zhidie was stunned in place for a long time, her plump breasts that were beating rapidly slowly returned to calm, but the colorful glow on her face could not dissipate for a long time. After a long time, she smiled strangely and said to herself: "Hitting is kissing, scolding is love, love to the extreme, kicking with your feet...... It's up to him to say it! Does he look like a seventeen-year-old? What a wicked! ”

Suddenly, he smiled casually, and then followed.

…… The two came to a valley in Laoshan Mountain.

The entrance to the valley is guarded by armed guards, and it is forbidden for irrelevant outsiders to enter. Xue Zhidie looked at their outfits and knew that they were members of the martial arts team. Zhang Zhun now has three troops, one is the main escort team, and the other two are the military engineering team and the guerrilla team. The main task of the guerrillas was to fight in coordination with the convoys. The military engineering team is more like the armed police of later generations, mainly used to guard key buildings, guard secrets, etc.

With Zhang Zhun leading the way, he will naturally not encounter any obstacles. The two came in and walked inside for a while, and an old man came out of the valley and greeted Zhang Zhun. Xue Zhidie recognized him, it should be Fang He's father, called Fang Han. If I'm not mistaken, he was supposed to be firing porcelain. Perhaps, in this valley, there may be porcelain kilns. What does Zhang Zhun mean by bringing himself to the porcelain kiln? Do you want to look at glass or porcelain? This guy can't be without glass and wants to replace it with porcelain, right?

Zhang Zhun and Fang Han talked for a few words, and the group kept walking inside. The further you go inside, the more remote the valley becomes, and many roads are covered by weeds. If someone doesn't lead the way, there is a good chance that you will get lost. Xue Zhidie became more and more suspicious, what did Zhang Zhun do when he brought himself here? If it weren't for an old man by her side, she might have suspected that Zhang Zhun was trying to mistreat her. Well, although she believes that Zhang Zhun will not be in such a hurry. However, he is definitely not Megumi Yanagishita who is not in a mess. When he has the opportunity to do it, he will not hesitate.

After walking for a while, there was still no sign of stopping, Xue Zhidie couldn't help but say curiously: "Where is the glass?" ”

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "Inside." ”

Xue Zhidie became more and more curious, and wondered in his heart, but he had to endure it bitterly. In her mind, there was constant speculation, Zhang Zhun couldn't have snatched the glass from where and stored it here, right? Otherwise, how could you choose such a remote place? It's just, on the ground in Shandong, where is there any glass for him to grab? Otherwise, he must have gotten no glass, and then tried to replace it with porcelain. The porcelain in Shandong is not valuable!

Finally, I finally came to my destination, but it was a small mountain col, surrounded by high cliffs, straight up and down, even if a bird landed on it, I am afraid that it would fall to death. Under the cliff, there are many caves, and the innermost cave seems to be a porcelain kiln, because, Xue Zhidie saw it from a distance, and there was white smoke coming out there. Burning porcelain is burning porcelain, do you need to make it so mysterious?

Fang Han opened the door of a cave.

Zhang Zhun said casually: "The glass is inside, come in!" ”

Xue Zhidie went in in disbelief. The light inside is a bit dim and it takes a while to get used to it completely. After adapting to the darkness, Xue Zhidie found that there were five large wooden boxes piled up inside the cave. Xue Zhidie looked around suspiciously, and found that there was nothing else except for these five large wooden boxes. Could it be that the glass is inside the wooden box?

Zhang Zhun said: "Old Man Fang, open it and show her." ”

Fang Han went out and called four craftsmen from outside to disassemble the wooden box.

The inside of the wooden box is wrapped in a thick cotton cloth with several layers. The craftsmen carefully removed the cotton cloth layer by layer, and the action was very light, for fear of breaking something. Xue Zhidie's heart also continued to go up and down with their movements. Seeing their movements, she had a feeling that there might really be glass in there.

Sure enough, when the last layer of cotton cloth was uncovered, pieces of large glass were displayed in front of Xue Zhidie's eyes.

Although he was quite mentally prepared, when he saw the glass with his own eyes, Xue Zhidie still cried out: "It's really glass!" ”

Subconsciously stepped forward and excitedly reached out to touch.

A cold sensation that permeates the whole body.

That's right, it's really glass!

Oh my God, it's really glass!

Xue Zhidie stroked the glass vigorously and couldn't put it down. She had never seen such a large piece of glass before. The largest glass from the West is only one foot square, and the price is already a sky-high price of dozens of taels or even hundreds of taels of silver. But any piece of glass here is worthy of the first piece of glass from the West. Oh my God, where did this Zhang Zhun get the glass from? It's still such a big piece of glass! You must know that the market of glass is the larger the piece, the more valuable it is! Such a piece of glass is worth at least hundreds of taels of silver!

Zhang Zhun just smiled slightly next to him, and then Nunu mouthed.

The four craftsmen lifted a piece of glass, took it to the outside of the cave, and put it in the sunlight for Xue Zhidie to examine slowly. The outside light is so bright that you can easily see any flaws in the glass. It's a pity that Xue Zhidie didn't find any flaws on it. The surface of these glasses is very smooth, and the glass itself is very pure and transparent.

Zhang Zhun said eloquently: "These glasses are a total of two specifications. The square ones are all three feet long. Rectangular, six feet long and three feet wide. The rectangular ones can be cut to make large windows, which are very good for light transmission. As for the small pieces, it's up to your friend to prepare how to cut them. ”

Xue Zhidie carefully stroked and inspected, and didn't seem to hear Zhang Zhun's words. She felt that she needed to calm down for a while before she could digest all the information about the glass. After a long while, she reacted and said with great curiosity: "Where did these glasses come from?" ”

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, and said inscrutablely: "Confidential." ”

With that, he waved his hand and asked Fang Han and the others to repack the glass.

Xue Zhidie reluctantly watched as the glass was lifted back again, and stopped talking.

Zhang Zhun shook his head gently.

Xue Zhidie had no choice but to die of this heart.

As long as Zhang Zhun has already decided on something, even if Yang Yinghan begs him, he will not change his mind.

In fact, Zhang Zhun really won't give away the secret of how to make glass. This is his second way of wealth besides refined salt. Whether it is refined salt or glass, the production process is not very difficult. As long as you understand the principle, it is easy to imitate. Therefore, as long as the technology leaks out, not a penny will be made.

The production of glass is actually very simple, only need to have quartz sand, soda ash, feldspar and limestone and other raw materials, melt at high temperature, and then roll it to be made. The porcelain kilns of the Ming Dynasty were already very developed, and they were enough to reach the corresponding temperature. The details, as long as the craftsmen study carefully, can actually be invented and created.

Fang Han and others are all masons who used to fire porcelain, and they are very experienced in mastering the temperature of porcelain kilns. In this porcelain kiln, it is not difficult to reach the temperature of melting glass. Therefore, two months ago, Zhang Zhun had secretly asked Fang Han and others to find suitable materials, porcelain kilns, and prepare for the manufacture of glass. However, from the start of construction to the present, they have also explored a lot of time. So far, the only finished product is these five boxes of glass.

Because Fang Han and the others didn't know much about glass before, Zhang Zhun had to personally guide every process, every step, and even the placement of each utenvelope. In order to ensure the smooth manufacture of glass, Zhang Zhun also specially organized several drills, until everyone's gestures were very proficient, and the cooperation between each other was also very tacit, and finally began to make real products.

In fact, the place that Xue Zhidie can't see is the porcelain kiln that produces glass. Inside the porcelain kiln, of course, there is a raging fire. In the open space outside the porcelain kiln, there are iron tables one after another. Every time the glass solution is out of the kiln, there are several big men, shouting the trumpet, pouring the hot molten glass in the furnace on the iron table, and then several craftsmen, dragging a thick pig iron round stick, rolling back and forth on it, soon after the glass is flattened, it forms the same large block as the tabletop, and a flat glass is formed.

Of course, although the smoothed glass is very large and the side length is just one zhang, it is not smooth and needs to be polished. At this time, several more craftsmen came and placed the large flat glass on the table covered with thick felt, sprinkled a layer of fine sand, and placed another flat glass plate, which was smoothed by pushing and pulling the glass on top.

However, this work seems simple, but it requires five or six craftsmen to work continuously for more than one day, and this is not enough, there are countless lines left by fine sand on the surface of the glass after such treatment, and it needs to be further polished. The craftsmen rubbed a very fine mineral powder and water back and forth hundreds of thousands of times with small wooden boards covered with wool felt, and then rubbed them hundreds of thousands of times with wool felt. Because it is purely handmade, the output cannot be very large.

(To be continued)