Memories can only be memories, Gao Huaiyuan still has to think about the things at hand, and after shaking his head, he took his mind back to the present.

In my father's previous industry, there was a glass factory, so his first thought was to produce glass, which was a rare thing in China in the Southern Song Dynasty, as long as it was made, it was definitely a way to make a fortune, and it was not troublesome to manufacture.

Originally, he was a little happy and decided to start from this place first, but after thinking about it for a while, he immediately became a little discouraged! The process is easy to say, since he was a child, he has not been in the glass factory that his father started, he does not know all kinds of processes, at least he is not a layman, but he is stuck in the raw materials! Quartz sand, feldspar, and limestone are readily available in the raw materials of glass, but if you want to fire high-quality glass, you must add soda ash. Depressed!

Making soda ash? Cut! He has that idea, but he doesn't have that ability, chemistry is not his strong point, and he can't get it if he wants to, what can he do!

If you can't make glass, then make soap! This thing is the simplest, but it is still indispensable to use soda ash! It's even more depressing! As for perfume, toothpaste and the like, it's easy to say, I've heard of it, but I don't know what to do, and then I'm depressed! It seems that history is history, and the development of science and technology is also interlocking, and it is very difficult to intercept a paragraph alone! Many things seem simple, but they are all related to various disciplines, and they can only go hand in hand, Gao Huaiyuan's mood began to become depressed, is it so difficult for him to do something?

After a few days of shopping, the ambitious Gao Huaiyuan was hit and the individual was incomplete, could it be that he, a guy with a lot of modern knowledge in later generations, couldn't make a fortune in the era of the Southern Song Dynasty? Gao Huaiyuan imagined that he couldn't wait to find a place to hit the wall and pull him down.

After a few days like this, he remembered the small porcelain kiln in his house again, so he took Xue Yan to the small porcelain kiln, when he saw the small porcelain kiln from a distance, he didn't know which tendon suddenly moved, and his mood suddenly brightened, he slapped his head suddenly, and laughed, making Xue Yan who followed him confused, I don't know what the young master's nerves were.

"Haha! I'm a bit of a bit of a bit of a bull these days! Gao Huaiyuan smiled and turned his head towards the small porcelain kiln.

The reason why Gao Huaiyuan suddenly had such a change was because he found that he had limited his thinking and engaged in glass, he only wanted to make high-quality colorless glass, but he didn't expect that glass was originally just some decorations, so what does it matter if there is a little color? What's more, the glass produced in Italy at the beginning of history was colored glass, which was originally used for decoration! What's the point if the quality isn't high? Even so, it is enough to amaze the people of the world, but what does it matter if there is a color or not? If there is no soda ash, the glass made of trona will still be sought after by the rich, so why not make a fortune?

There is also soap, the ancients can make alkaline water with plant ash, less caustic soda is just a little more raw material consumption, but the price is needless to say, once it is made, it is definitely a luxury beyond the times, compared to the soap fruit used by the common people in the Southern Song Dynasty or the honey locust in the north is much better! Although it can't benefit the people quickly, why is it difficult to get money out of the pockets of those rich people?

He is a dignified traverser with a lot of knowledge in later generations, if he can't get rich, then he should really find a place to get a rope and hang himself and pull him down! After figuring out these things, Gao Huaiyuan's chest suddenly brightened a lot, all the depression was suddenly swept away, and his confidence returned to his body again.

The small porcelain kiln is very small, there are only three potters, all of them are the slaves of their Gao family, they burn some coarse porcelain on weekdays and sell them to some tenants around them, the price is very low, after removing the cost, there is basically not much surplus, so it has never been valued by the Gao family, it is a dispensable deal, it can earn some living expenses for the Gao family's old house, Gao Laogen is too lazy to work hard here to make money, so the three kiln workers are lazy all day long, do a little if you want to do it, and bask in the sun if you don't want to do it, the whole is three idlers.

But their idle days in Gao Huaiyuan locked his eyes on them, finally came to an end, although the small porcelain kiln is not large, but it is very suitable for him to start here first, after the experimental transformation, it can be put into production, modern glass factory he doesn't have to think, just start with a small handicraft workshop!

Gao Huaiyuan is an absolute man of action, just do what he says, call the three potters together, first reprimand, and then reward some to them, carrots and sticks, some rectification, the three potters immediately cheered up, and then he put forward suggestions for improvement of the kiln in accordance with the more primitive method, but did not tell the three potters why they did this, only let them according to their own requirements, the porcelain kiln was transformed, and if there were not enough manpower, they would find people in the tenants, anyway, they were now over the autumn planting, and they were idle. Find something for them to do to make extra money.

The potters also knew Gao Huaiyuan's temperament, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they immediately started to get busy, and Gao Huaiyuan sent Li Tong out to collect river sand, feldspar, limestone and other things, and after pulling them back, they found someone to smash them into pieces, crushed and sifted, and in order to keep secrets, he also made a lot of other things that were not touched, and finally let Xue Yan Li Tong secretly dispose of these things that were not touched, and then mixed the raw materials according to the ratio.

A group of people are confused, I don't know what he is doing, where is the reason for these things in the kiln, but the kiln workers don't dare to ask more, so they can only work with their heads bored, so Gao Huaiyuan also let some very honest and loyal tenants also go to the kiln factory to work, earn some pocket money, but ask them not to spread anything.

These people have received Gao Huaiyuan's favor, and naturally patted their chests and promised that they would never go out and talk nonsense, and these people are also grateful to Gao Huaiyuan for giving them an opportunity to earn pocket money to supplement their families, so they worked very hard.

After being so busy for a while, the porcelain kiln was finally changed into a simple vertical glass kiln, Gao Huaiyuan specially drew some drawings, and sent Li Tong to find a blacksmith near the county to make a batch of tools.

Although the three potters have experience in firing the kiln, they are not clear at all about the things to be fired this time, only to see Gao Huaiyuan let them mix up a pot of powder that they don't know what it is and push it into the kiln, so they let them light the kiln, so they had to follow Gao Huaiyuan's guidance, and strive to fill the fire and blow the wind, and take turns to heat the kiln, and Gao Huaiyuan was also uneasy, after all, this earthen glass kiln is very primitive and simple, and lacks the necessary thermometer, whether it can meet the requirements of vitrification, everything can only move forward in gropingThe devil knows what the first kiln glass that was fired like this would have looked like.

Just like that, Gao Huaiyuan also stayed in the glass kiln all day, did not leave for many days, after the first two kilns, did not succeed, although there were also vitrification, but it could not meet the requirements at all, it could only be scrapped and pulled down, and then reburned, so that the three kiln workers were also exhausted, and they couldn't figure out what the state was!

Gao Huaiyuan didn't care about them, adjusted the temperature of the furnace again and again, and made detailed records, and finally the hard work paid off, after several tests, a pot of red glass juice was fired out, against the high temperature, Gao Huaiyuan looked at the products of this furnace, and finally bared his teeth and was happy.

"It worked! Ha ha! Our glass has succeeded! Hahahaha...... This is a fortune! After seeing this furnace glass, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't contain the excitement in his heart, and danced with his hands.

But the others really couldn't understand what this pot of slimy and high-temperature things was, the heat was really uncomfortable, but Gao Huaiyuan didn't care at all, and brought a special iron pipe, one end was stained with a ball of liquid glass, put it to his mouth and blew it violently, and gradually a ball appeared at the other end of the iron pipe.

Everyone's eyes began to widen, stunned by the scene in front of them.

"Don't stand stupidly, add fire, you can't blow it when it's cold! Hurry up! Gao Huaiyuan shouted to the potters pointing to a furnace next to them.

Gao Huaiyuan heated the hardening glass ball on the stove, continued to blow hard, and kept using some tools to trim this thing, until it formed the shape of a vase, and then used iron scissors to cut off the still soft vase from the other end of the iron pipe, put it in a tray and shouted: "Hurry up and send it to the annealing room, otherwise it will explode after a while!"

So Xue Yan hurriedly took over the tray and carefully pushed it into a separate small room with a very high temperature with a long pole and put it away.

"Don't be stupid, try to blow it, don't care what it looks like, just try!" Gao Huaiyuan took the iron pipe and dipped it in a ball of liquid glass, and greeted Xue Yan and the others.

So these people hurriedly took an iron pipe, and cautiously began to learn Gao Huaiyuan's appearance, and blew at the iron pipe.

Don't look at Gao Huaiyuan doing this business, these people who come into contact with glass for the first time can't do it, several people have used up their strength to eat, but the result is either can't blow up, or blow out a strange thing, not to mention how ugly it looks!