Shao Yi forcibly suppressed the urge to rush up, only stood up, with a smile on his face, and waited for Xia Yanqing to approach, and the two politely greeted each other.

The two of them and Mr. Bai sat down again, and Xia Yanqing asked Mr. Bai with a smile, "How are you talking?" ”

Mr. Bai was dumbfounded, Uncle Shao only said that he had something to do with his aunt and grandmother, and he didn't plan to say anything to her at all.

"Isn't it true that my aunt and grandmother haven't arrived, I only chatted with Shao Ye about some interesting stories in the capital."

Well, it is estimated that Shao Yi is troublesome to say twice, so when she arrives, he will tell the two of them together.

"Young Master Shao is here, but there is news about the glass sacrifice?"

Because he saw Shao Yi's relaxed attitude when he entered the door, Xia Yanqing was still very calm and confident when he asked.

How do you know that as soon as the question came out, Shao Yi's originally high-spirited expression immediately froze for a moment.

"Aren't things going well?" The summer banquet is cool in my heart. Since things have not settled, what is Shao Yi's happiness about?

It is not too difficult to make glass, and it is widely used, so it can be very profitable. In the future, if other forces come to her to steal technology, dig into the corners, or use some shady methods, her business will definitely have a lot of ups and downs.

If you can get the emperor's affirmation in the early stage, then things will be very different, even if the people with crooked minds are powerful, can they still be bigger than the emperor?

Shao Yi saw that Xia Yan's color had changed, so he hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and explained: "No, things are going well, and Master Zhan has already sent someone to contact me about this matter." It's just that the emperor wants to know what we are offering, so I came to discuss with Miss Xia. ”

"Oh," Xia Yan calmed down.

Shao Yi glanced at Xia Yanqing's expression and calmed down. Ah Chan has a keen mind, and the two of them are not very familiar with each other, so he will have to pay attention in the future, often scaring her like this, which is not conducive to cultivating the relationship between them.

He tried to make his tone as relaxed as possible, "I'll ask Miss Xia if there is any way to let the emperor see the real glass." If not, it doesn't matter, I can describe it verbally to Zhan Xiangye, and then take some sizes and patterns, and let him restructure or prefabricate doors and windows as they are. ”

Mr. Bai sat at the bottom of Xia Yanqing, and said with a smile: "Master Shao doesn't have to worry, our aunt and grandmother have prepared and have already made an appearance, but the glass embedded in the window is spliced." If you ignore the splicing patterns and repair marks, you can basically see the whole picture. ”

As he spoke, he asked Xia Yanqing: "Do you want to show it to Shao Ye?" ”

Xia Yanqing nodded: "If necessary, Shao Gongzi can take it away and show it to Xiangye Zhan or the emperor." "In the winter, it seems that it is the New Year, and the modification of doors and windows in the palace must always give the emperor and the people who do things a practical reason.

Xiuyuan helped and took the things out of the room.

Xiu Yuan's expression was already very exciting, but it was not as shocked and ecstatic as Shao Yi when he saw it.

Sure enough, this is the case, with glass, you can sit in the room in the future, you can see all kinds of things outside, is there anything more rare and precious than this?

It was still the same window he had seen before, still unpainted, but the gap in the middle was already glazed.

It is not a single piece of glass, but five pieces of glass of different sizes, spliced together.

Shao Yi approached, looked at the small hole in the glass piece used to pass through the fine hemp rope, and asked in surprise, "This was made by a craftsman who asked to repair porcelain?" ”

This is Ah Can's whimsy again, this is his Ah Can, she can always be a hundred times smarter than others.

Xia Yanqing replied: "I'm afraid that the news will leak out, so I didn't invite outsiders, and there are craftsmen in our workshop who know this craft." However, it is still not as good as the craftsmanship of a professional porcelain repairer. ”

There is an old folk saying, called no diamond, no porcelain work.

The porcelain work mentioned here generally refers to the repair of porcelain. In the past, when the common people had a difficult life, if the porcelain was damaged, as long as it was not broken, it would not be thrown away and bought a new one, but would be repaired by a craftsman who made the bowl.

Xia Yanqing was surprised while explaining to him.

This Shao Yi was not happy to see that the glass window that appeared for the first time in the world could be presented to the emperor. But what does the look of pride in his eyes and face mean?

Even if he has a share in the glass business, it is only one and a half percent, and he is like this, as if the whole world is his, what are you happy about?

Fortunately, there is no greed in this happiness, otherwise, Xia Yanqing will have to consider whether to attract people to join the shares to balance this guy.

Shao Yi looked at it, and sure enough, the gaps, flatness, and hole distribution of the spliced glass were not very intact.

But a layman, splicing several seams, splicing glass that has never appeared in the world, is already very good to be able to do this.

"The shape of the glass I saw at that time was very irregular, how could a craftsman polish the irregular edges of the glass so neatly?" Shao Yi was a little strange.

Now this glass window is put together with a total of five pieces of glass, and the texture of the glass looks brittle and hard, and it should be very laborious to polish it like this.

Xia Yanqing explained: "Glass has a wide range of uses, and if you only rely on polishing, it will be very delayed and not conducive to promotion. We have knives that specialize in cutting glass. ”

As she spoke, she motioned for Mr. Bai to bring her things.

"This is Mr. Bai sent someone to find from the craftsmen who repair porcelain and polish jade."

Several tools of different shapes are placed on the table, some for grinding and some for drilling.

Xia Yanqing picked up a strangely shaped utensil and said, "This is a glass knife specially forged by a blacksmith, which is not too easy to use, but it is much faster and neater than polishing." ”

This is a diamond that has been collected at a high price, and the best angle has been selected. According to the style of the glass knife in the previous life, it was forged by a blacksmith.

The use effect is unsatisfactory, and it cannot be compared with modern glass knives, but what is made in a hurry, as long as it can be used, it is already very good.

Shao Yi picked up this so-called glass knife and rubbed the front end of the glass knife with his fingers, but he didn't feel sharp.

If this thing can really divide the glass quickly and effectively, the shape of the glass window will not be so simple, and the visual effect will be better. Whether it is dedicated to the palace or sold later, it will also be more sought after.

He asked, "If there is a different shape of window frame, can you also use a glass knife to cut the glass into the corresponding shape?" ”

He was already eager to see how Zhan Kangwen and the emperor would be shocked and disbelieving when they saw the transparent glass windows of different shapes.

Xia Yanqing nodded: "Yes, but it's best to be a straight line, although theoretically, arcs and circles can also be drawn, but we just started using glass knives, and we are not very proficient in mastering them, and the difficulty is still too great." ”

She also wanted to diversify the shape of the glass that was not yet perfect in the early days, so that she could not go anywhere and see the uniform size of the square edges and corners.

But the strength of it ...... It's really not allowed.

With this glass knife alone and He Zhongzheng's glass-cutting skills, it really can't meet that requirement. It's okay to think of other options, but that seems a bit of a hassle.