Section 17: The final rush

"Ten more days?"

Early the next morning, Wang Xiao came to Yang's house.

As a result, Yang Chao told him that he would have to wait ten days to get the car.

This made Wang Xiao feel anxious.

Originally, there was plenty of time, but it took Yang Chao more than a month to build the car, and now there are only twenty days left until Shi Kefa's mother's birthday, and if you have to wait for ten days, the time will be too urgent.

Because Shi Kefa, as the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang, Huai'an and other places, could not be in Nanjing, Wang Xiao had already inquired clearly, Shi Kefa's mother had been taken to his governor's yamen, and the Caoyun governor's yamen was in Huai'an Mansion along the Grand Canal.

Although Nanjing is connected by the Yangtze River Canal from Huai'an Mansion, if you take a boat, it will take about 20 days if you have enough, after all, many places on the canal need to be slender to walk.

Now Yang Chao said that he would have to wait for ten days, Wang Xiao is not in a hurry, this matter is too important to him, not only related to the life and death of their family, but also his future and future.

"Ten days at least!"

Yang Chao sighed, ten days is already the fastest.

Yesterday he communicated with Liu Dongjia in Mingwa Corridor, according to his requirements, Liu Dongjia originally said that it would take a month, Yang Chao repeatedly asked him to speed up, Liu Dongjia said that even if it started work day and night, ten days is the shortest time.

Wang Xiao said sadly: "This car is already very good. You can guarantee that you can change it for the better. ”

Wang Xiao has already seen the carriage, he is very satisfied, and thinks that it should satisfy Shi Kefa, after all, the carriage is just a reason for the situation, and what really works is what is in the carriage.

Yang Chao also knew Wang Xiao's difficulties, but after he saw the lamp, he went to the Mingwa Corridor and saw the production of Mingwa, and immediately made this temporary change decision, which was definitely not blind.

Yang Chao sighed: "If it is changed, I can guarantee that Master Shi will be very satisfied!" If you don't change it, I'm afraid you're only half sure. ”

Yang Chao's words are conclusive.

Wang Xiao no longer doubted Yang Chao's ability, and when he saw Yang Chao's appearance, he immediately gritted his teeth, he also knew that the car was flawed, and Yang Chao's other ideas for him could indeed surprise people, but in the end, it was not a heavy courtesy, and he was also a little worried about whether he could impress an important minister like Shi Kefa.

That's why he made a promise, if he succeeded, he would give Yang Chao a thousand taels of silver as a thank you gift, in fact, Wang Xiao hopes to succeed more than anyone else.

"Good!"

Wang Xiao has the momentum of gritting her teeth.

"Just do it according to Brother Yang. Everything is up to Brother Yang. ”

Wang Xiao made up his mind.

Yang Chao also felt a little guilty, he drank all the flowers and wine for the celebration, but he suddenly changed the design, which really brought Wang Xiao a lot of trouble, but the kind of inspiration that he suddenly burst out made him have an irrepressible impulse, and he strongly felt that if he changed, probably no one in this world would refuse such a gift.

Wang Xiao left in a hurry, although it was said that it would take ten days, and he had to prepare in advance.

After all, if the carriage is not finished, he still has to arrange for the carriage to be sent to Huai'an.

Yang Chao went to the Mingwa Corridor and went to Liu's workshop to urge.

Liu Dongjia didn't lie to Yang Chao, what Yang Chao wanted played a glass-like role, and it was not ordinary glass, it was glass with special effects.

This kind of thing has never been done in the Liu family workshop before, because the production of Ming tile lamps is generally made with molds, and the molds of the Liu family are all lamp molds, and there is no mold for making thin plates.

The molds are generally made of iron or copper, and it takes more than ten days to make such a mold.

Liu Dongjia has given up the idea of using molds, he plans to carve by hand this time, carve all the patterns that Yang Chao wants, and polish and process, and the ten days are absolutely tight.

The next day, Liu Dongjia was boiling glue, and he laid a thick board on the ground, which was a flat table, which was made temporarily yesterday, and asked the carpenter to remove his mahogany square table and polish it again.

Liu Dongjia plans to spread the gelatin flat on the table and rub it by hand to make a flat tile board, and then carve on it. This is the best method that Liu Dongjia can think of.

"Liu Dongjia, why don't you use molds?"

Yang Chao couldn't help but hesitate when he saw that the Liu family actually used the desktop instead of a mold, because he also knew that using a mold was the fastest.

Liu Dongjia sighed: "Young Master Yang, how can it be so easy. Make a mold, you can't make it in ten days and a half months. And the carving you want is too big, and the mold may not be done well in a month. ”

It is fast to cast things with molds, but the production of molds is extremely complicated, and even more difficult than casting objects, because molds are generally made of copper and iron, which is not easy to process, but very durable.

When Yang Chao saw the mahogany table, his mind suddenly moved.

"Can Liu Dongjia use wood to make molds?"

Yang Chao asked suddenly.

Liu Dongjia's brain was also stunned, and he immediately reacted: "Yes, you can also use wood to make molds." ”

He could think of using the desktop as the base, but he neglected to think that he could use wood to make molds, which were much simpler than copper and iron molds.

Copper and iron molds are more durable and cost-effective than wood molds, so no one has ever used wooden molds. But this time it's time, not cost.

So after Yang Chao's reminder, Liu Dongjia immediately appeared in his mind the shape of the mold to be made, and asked the carpenter to help build it.

Without further ado, he immediately said that he was going to hire a carpenter.

Yang Chao hurriedly asked him to stop and introduced Gao Carpenter to him, Gao Carpenter is a carpenter of the War Bureau, with exquisite craftsmanship, which is not comparable to ordinary carpenters, and often carves wood carvings for palaces and temples.

is not related to the same master of the Supervision Bureau, and Yang Chao's father will not know him.

When Liu Dongjia heard this, he immediately agreed, he really didn't know the ready-made good carvers.

At the same time, Liu Dongjia began to wave his pen and draw the pattern of the mold.

Then the pattern was handed over to the carpenter to carve out.

Carpenter Gao was at Yang Chao's house at this time, because Yang Chao changed the design, and the carriage he built had to be remodeled.

Fortunately, the world is not peaceful now, and no one has asked him to carve things for several years, so the carpenter Gao is very leisurely, and he has time to do work for the Yang family.

Upon hearing the request of Yang Chao and Liu Dongjia, Carpenter Gao said that the carving was not difficult, and he could make it in five days.

But Yang Chao asked to hurry up, he could rush to work overnight, but three days was also the shortest.

I waited anxiously for three days.

Here, Liu Dongjia didn't dare to put all his hopes on the tall carpenter, and he didn't dare to guarantee that the wooden mold would be easy to use.

So he prepared with both hands, poured out an offset plate overnight, and asked the apprentice to start carving by hand, so that in the future, the mold would not work, and he would also have something to hand over to Yang Chao.

Seeing Liu Dongjia's outbreak, Yang Chao immediately promised: "Liu Dongjia rest assured, after the matter is completed, your benefits are indispensable, and I will give you a hundred taels of payment!" ”

Liu Dongjia smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, Young Master Yang." I'm not afraid to say something unkind, if I change someone, two hundred taels of silver, the little old man won't accept it. ”

Yang Chao's fraudulent use of the name of a member of the imperial court did deter him at first, and he had never seen anything he asked for next, which made him not doubt it, how could ordinary people use this kind of thing.

Even if it was to be used on the window, it was not so big, not so exquisite, except for the eunuchs, he didn't believe that anyone would want this thing.

Three days later, the carpenter made the wooden mold as scheduled, basically two wooden boards, one of which had a carved pattern on it, and the other was a flat bottom plate, so that the gelatin 'glass' with the embossed pattern could be poured directly.

Liu Dongjia has been boiling glue, ready at any time, after the mold arrived, it was poured immediately, and it was formed and taken out the next morning. The result was not good, the wood was stained with a large piece of offset plate, continued to pour, and the flat template was smeared with thick tung oil in advance, and the second offset plate was finally qualified.

After the offset plate is done, Liu Dongjia also has to do polishing, using soft leather to polish the bright tile board little by little, and then color it, and finally wait for the paint to dry, then apply a layer of beeswax, so that the painting will always be bright and never fade.

By the time this tile board was fully completed, it had been used up for eight days, and it was finally two days ahead of schedule.

Then the carpenter loaded a few pieces of gelatin 'glass' into the carriage, and a luxurious carriage equivalent to special glass was completed.

Wang Xiao came to Yang's house every day to see the progress, and as soon as the carriage was ready, he immediately pulled it away.

Yang Chao sent him to the canal, Wang Xiao planned to leave overnight, and hurried day and night, to ensure that he arrived in Huai'an on time.

Finally delivered, Yang Chao's satisfaction with this gift has reached a full score, and it is almost impossible to do better.

As for whether Shi Kefa can accept it, then he can only resign himself to fate, but Yang Chao is ninety percent sure, much higher than the fifty percent certainty last time.

Outside the Jubaomen (Later Zhonghua Gate), watching Wang Xiao lead people to pull the carriage onto a boat that had been waiting for many days, Yang Chao carefully admonished Wang Xiao uneasily, and then watched Wang Xiao's boat slowly sail away.

Yang Chao secretly said in his heart that if he succeeded this time, he would not only do Wang Xiao a great favor, but also involve himself with Shi Kefa, a man of the year in the late Ming Dynasty.

Watching the boat go away, Yang Chao slowly walked home.

As a result, when I arrived at the door, there were bursts of howling and crying in the house!

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