Chapter 204: Half the Success Rate

Xia Yanqing nodded, "This time, there are twelve glazed cups and eight glazed ornaments. If nothing goes wrong, you can take out three pairs of glass bowls, put up one or two ornaments, and send them to the palace. The rest is first placed in Qingyun Zhai as ornamental products, and the glazed products that are fired later can be officially sold. ”

For the income of glazed products, Xia Yanqing is still full of expectations.

Compared with glass, the production of glass is complicated, and it is very particular about the formula and firing, even if someone hears about some processes and wants to try to do it, the last thing to look at is the quality.

If she wants to achieve the glaze quality formula and firing process she has mastered now, she is afraid that she will have to try it for ten or twenty years.

Now the glazed products fired in the kiln are absolutely high-end handicrafts, which will surely bring a lot of income.

Since Huang Qiurong came, she guessed that the glass technology might be broken, and the workshop was firing new products, and the glass products that had not been launched for a long time were glazed products.

The Xia family knows that the glaze has been molded twice, but they are all semi-finished products, and raw materials must be added for repeated firing.

That's why Yang and Gao are so curious to see what the objects that have been burned through such a complex process look like.

Xinxiu stood behind Xia Yanqing and was also full of expectations for the results of this firing.

Since Xia Yanqing began to show different talents, all kinds of amazing items have been launched, but the glass products have only been released twice.

One was when they were still in the Wang family, and they fired four glass cups. The other time is the glazed piece fired for Baotai Yinlou.

When they were in the Wang family, the four glass cups really shocked them, shocked that there were really glass cups in this world, and they were from them.

This time, the production is much more complicated. She was waiting for Xia Yanqing closely, and she saw every molding step of the glass production with her own eyes, and she had a stronger sense of expectation for the final product.

During this time, in the process of repeatedly firing the glass and breaking the mold, Qiao Chensheng's techniques have become a lot more proficient.

But he still chose a simple glass first, and began to break the mold.

With the assistance of a craftsman, Qiao Chensheng carefully cut the mold, and Xia Yanqing explained to Xia Zixi: "This is a gold bottle that makes gold every day, the shape of the tool is neat, and the mold is relatively easy to peel off. ”

"Gold bottles?" Xia Zixi was surprised. Isn't that talking about glass? What's going on with the gold bottle?

Xia Yanqing said with a smile: "We have tried this recipe before, and the colored glass that comes out of it is clear yellow and has a golden luster. Therefore, this recipe was chosen to fire the glass bottle, and the finished product will naturally appear golden, which is called a glazed gold bottle. ”

Although he hasn't seen the real thing yet, Xia Zixi understands Xia Yanqing's explanation, such a golden thing, you can imagine its audience.

"You're planning to sell this thing to a merchant at a high price, right?" Xia Zixi asked with a smile.

Xia Yanqing was proud: "People who are in business are willing to ask for a good fortune." This kind of glazed ornaments, not only have ornamental value, look beautiful, but also have a good meaning, has always been businessmen willing to chase. ”

While the two were talking, the mold gradually broke, and the glazed gold bottle showed its full picture.

In the room at this time, there were not only Xia Zixi and Xia Yanqing and others, but also craftsmen who made molds and polished glass.

These people knew that the glass products were released today, and they specially applied to see what their achievements were after being busy for more than a month.

As the molds on the outer wall of the glazed glass were separated from both sides, the yellow and clear like transparent and non-transparent square-mouth glazed gold bottles were displayed, which immediately attracted the inhalation and exclamation of everyone present.

The Yang clan and the Gao clan were far away, and when they heard the exclamation here, they couldn't help but stand up and walk to Xia Yanqing and Xia Zixi.

As far as the eye could see, several people's eyes instantly widened and they covered their mouths in amazement.

Gao pointed to the glazed golden bottle and asked Xia Yanqing in surprise: "There are other ...... in the outer wall of this glazed bottle." Yanqing: How did you put the copper coin in it? ”

In addition to the craftsmen involved in the production, Xia Zixi, Yang and others all set their sights on Xia Yanqing.

This glazed gold bottle is nine inches high, with a slender shape and a square bottom. The orange-yellow translucent glazed wall has the shape of a copper coin faintly broken.

These copper coin-like things floating in the glazed wall, under the illumination of the light, have translucent glazed background, and at a glance, it seems that there are really copper coins flowing and scattered in it.

Xia Yan swept the grinding craftsmen and plastic film craftsmen on the side, and explained: "This is also colored glass, which is the first two firings, after polishing, it is re-placed in the mold, mixed with new ingredients, and then fired, which is what the fourth sister-in-law sees now." ”

That's why the workshop employs sanders and mold makers.

Naturally, these skilled craftsmen will not sell themselves into slavery, but they will inevitably come into contact with the production process of colored glass.

Fortunately, the character of these craftsmen can be trusted.

The craftsmen who make the molds are only contacted and hired after inquiry. And not to mention those polishing craftsmen, who used to polish glazed bare stones.

Now it seems that these craftsmen are indeed reliable, and when they look at the glazed gold bottle, their eyes are full of satisfaction and pride, and there is no intention of inquiry and greed.

Moreover, this complex glazed product is very different in terms of the melting temperature and the ingredients for multiple firings. Otherwise, the burned glass will melt together, and there will never be such a rich graphic and layering.

Xia Zixi looked at this glorious flowing glass bottle with a smile, and was not as surprised as the Yang family and the Gao family.

My little sister can burn four glass cups under such simple conditions as the Wang family, and now there are so many people, and I have pondered for more than a month, and the quality of the glass is naturally very different from the previous glass cup.

With such technology in your hands, you won't be able to make money even if you want to make money in the future.

With such a capable and clever girl, where does she have to worry about the future?

Immediately afterwards, Qiao Chensheng and two craftsmen worked together to dismantle the remaining seven ornaments and twelve glass molds.

The yield of the glazed cup is okay, and a total of nine have been produced.

The other three have obvious flaws, one of them has not even been formed, half of it is in the shape of a cup, the other half is crooked, missing two large pieces, and the formed half is also pitted, completely unseen.

Of the eight ornaments, only four finished products were produced.

The two glazed gold bottles are good, both are successful, and after polishing, you can achieve a flawless effect.

The other two shapes are the picturesque rivers and mountains and the fish leaping dragon gate, each with an intact one.

The remaining two pieces of Furu Donghai ornaments are remnants, probably because the local temperature is not well controlled, the shape of the glass fired in the first two times, and the third ingredient completely melted together, and the appearance of mountains and seas can not be seen at all.

There are also picturesque rivers and mountains, and the fish leaps over the dragon gate, and there is also one of them that has not achieved the firing effect.

Qiao Chensheng and the two craftsmen looked at the four remnants, their faces were full of frustration. Half of the yield rate is really disappointing.