Coming out of the sample showroom, Xia Yanqing asked Guan Benhe and Guan Yunsheng about their next intentions, and learned that the two wanted to see the glass and glazed tile production site.

Xia Yanqing only thought about it for a while, and then agreed.

The cooperation between the two companies to develop new glass technology was made clear by the imperial court, and in any case, this cooperation is bound to continue.

Now the imperial court has regulations that no matter which one has mastered what kind of exquisite glass technology, if you want to build a workshop to make it, you must find the imperial court for approval and can only implement it after approval.

In this case, it really doesn't matter if you show the Guan family the glass production site.

And, if you can see it just by looking at it, what else is the recipe, technology, and production method for?

Similarly, glazed tiles, like glass, need to be made, such as recipes, temperature control, and other technical factors. It's just that Qingyunzhai and the Guan family cooperate in glazed tiles, and there is no official document from the imperial court.

But cooperation documents also have legal effect, especially the proprietor of Qingyunzhai, one is the daughter of a court official, and the other is the nephew of the emperor.

In the case of the weak Guan family, even if they really have the ability to get the production technology of glazed tiles, they don't have the courage to break the contract.

With the backgrounds of Xia Yanqing and Shao Yi, with this paper document alone, the consequences that the Guan family needs to bear after breaking the contract depend on the mood of the Xia family and Shao Yi.

Even if Guan Benhe has a backer, it is only a backer, and compared with his parents and relatives, the royal family is still a big difference.

Therefore, Xia Yanqing generously took the four members of the Guan family and took a big turn in various workshops.

Except for the kiln ingredient room, the glazed ornament workshop, and the glazed ware workshop with folio molds, the rest of the places were not covered up at all, and the four of them were seen one by one.

In fact, Xia Yanqing doesn't have to think about it so much at all, after Guan Ben and the three generations of his ancestors and grandchildren have seen the sample showroom of Qingyunzhai, where can they afford to have half of the mind of stealing technology?

You stole one, and there are ten things waiting behind them.

You have wasted a lot of effort and learned one, but other people's products are launched one after another, and they are dazzling. Facts speak louder than words, no need to boast, who has good technology and who is authentic can be known at a glance.

Many people buy things for convenience and cheapness, but there are also many people who want quality and authenticity. Guan Benhe thinks that it is convenient, cheap and authentic in quality, no matter what, he Guan family is not as good as Qingyun Zhai.

It was almost noon, and the group returned to the living room to sit down and take a short rest, Guan Benhe said goodbye, and warmly invited Shao Yi and Kang Shopkeeper, Qiao Chensheng and others to go to Shangpinju for a gathering.

Shao Yi saw that Guan Benhe was tired, so he pushed it and made an appointment for a drink the next night before sending the Guan family and his party out of the Qingyunzhai kiln.

Today, Shao Yi made an appointment with Shopkeeper Kang and came over together. Seeing off the Guan family, it was not early, and Xia Yanqing didn't know how to take care of the food, so it was naturally time for them to leave.

Before leaving, Shao Yi left Xia Yanqing two books, one of which was a travelogue of the previous dynasty and another of geography.

In both books, there are a large number of records of minerals and minerals in various places.

Handing over the two books to Xia Yanqing, Shao Yi said: "I have made another transcription of these two books, Miss Xia will take a look, if there are useful minerals and ores in them, write them down, let the four bring them to me, and I will send someone to follow the records in the book to collect samples and come back." ”

Xia Yanqing took the book, looked through it slightly, and saw some records about different stones.

The samples displayed in the kiln showroom are already very rare and exquisite in the eyes of Sekimoto and others.

However, Xia Yanqing himself knows that many of the colors in those stained glass are borrowed from the glaze raw materials used in ceramics, which are very lacking in transparency and color, and the color of the glass made is very unstable.

If minerals containing metal compounds such as uranium, manganese, and vanadium can be found, it will probably be possible to make colored glass.

Shao Yi could see from Xia Yanqing's face that she attached great importance to these two books, and knew that the things he had worked so hard to find were really useful, and his heart was also happy.

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On the other hand, Sekimoto is in his sixties and is really tired. In ancient times, although the sixties were not called long-lived, they were really old.

came out early in the morning, basically did not stop, and returned to the Guan family's house in the capital, Guan Ben and Cai sat cross-legged on the kang and really rested.

At this time, the masters were not in a hurry to have lunch, sitting in the bright hall, drinking tea, and talking about what they had seen and heard today.

Guan Yunsheng sighed and said, "It's still my father's big face, I also tried it with Shopkeeper Kang before, and I wanted to go to Qingyunzhai's workshop to have a look." But Shopkeeper Kang always diverted the topic and didn't pick up the topic at all. After being in Beijing for so long, this is the first time I have seen how glass is made. ”

Guan Tong turned his gaze to the bright glass window, and said with some convincing: "Yes, it's amazing, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed anything, such a crystal clear, vague glass was actually fired with some stones." ”

In the Qingyun Zhai kiln field, the raw materials needed by each workshop are configured in advance in the batching room, and then collected and fed according to the task list placed by the production scheduling.

Although Guan Jia and others looked at the glass production process in detail from beginning to end, but, as Guan Tong said, he only saw some stones broken into fine particles sent to the crucible kiln for heating and dissolving, but he did not know the specific composition of those stones.

Even so, it was enough for him to open his eyes.

He saw not only the feeding process of the glass, but also the semi-molten and molten glass.

In addition, the molten glass was cooled to a temperature range that could be operated, and the skilful operation of the molten glass by the glass craftsmen also amazed several people.

Guan Benhe took a sip of hot tea, put down the teacup, and sighed: "This girl has such an amazing talent, fortunately she was born in the Xia family, and her father is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. Otherwise, with only these skills, she is afraid that it will be difficult to have peace in this life. ”

Sekimoto's words silenced the other three people in the room for a long time. The social status of people in business is not high, and because they have no backers, huge amounts of property are coveted, and it is not an exception that the family is ruined.

The Guan family has been in business for generations, and a large part of the winnings they earn are used to pave various doorways, and the road to business is really difficult. Therefore, Qingyunzhai's business can do so much, which is really enviable.

Guan Yunsheng was sent by the Guan family to cooperate with Qingyun Zhai, and he inquired about the details of Qingyun Zhai, he said: "Xia's girl's business can achieve its current scale, and there are some twists and turns. At the beginning, the Xiangjun Mansion never looked at the Xia family in its eyes, and thought about forcibly suppressing the Xia family, meddling in Qingyunzhai's business, and the conditions given were extremely domineering.

At that time, it was Shao Yi who came forward, he had not yet served in the imperial court at that time, and he relied on the lawlessness in the capital without family governance, which made the county lord unable to come to the stage, so he dispelled the idea of other families. Otherwise, the Xia family's business would have changed hands long ago and would not be able to continue. ”