Xia Yanqing and the three of them came to the kiln, and Mr. Bai was already waiting in the steward's room.

Hearing that Xia Yanqing and Xia Zitang, there was another son-in-law coming, and Mr. Bai hurriedly greeted him.

After Mr. Bai gave Xia Zitang and Shao Yi a salute, Xia Yanqing was not invited to enter the house, "Shao Gongzi and the fourth brother want to see what the glass looks like, let's go to the glass workshop first to have a look, and then talk about things." ”

Mr. Bai glanced at Shao Yi in surprise, why did this Uncle Shao suddenly become interested in glass?

When He Zhongzheng saw Xia Yanqing from afar, his eyes lit up a little, and he immediately put down the work in his hand and greeted him.

Then I saw Xia Zitang and Shao Yi.

Xia Zitang is his own master, he naturally knows it, and hurriedly saluted: "The little one has seen the fourth master." ”

Xia Zitang motioned for him to salute the young master: "This is Uncle Shao." ”

At this time, Xia Zitang was very glad to confiscate Shao Yi's shares. If he doesn't invest in silver and only dividends, then he has no right to speak here, and when he introduces, he can ignore his shares as a matter of course.

When He Zhongzheng gave Shao Yi a salute, Xia Zitang asked, "Look at the anxious welcome you just now, what's the matter?" ”

He Zhongzheng's expression immediately became eager, and said: "Yesterday, I talked to my aunt and grandmother about rushing to work for the New Year, and after my aunt and grandmother left, I asked the craftsmen, and most of them were willing to continue to work during the New Year. ”

Xia Yanqing blinked, her father really knew the people of this era better than her. She hadn't said anything about triple wages yet, and if she did, these people wouldn't have to work like chickens.

"Okay, since the big guy is willing to rush to work, then it's hard for everyone. There is a salary for rushing work, and we will discuss it later. The fourth master and Shao Gongzi came here to see the flat glass. You start by picking a few pieces of better quality and larger pieces in the clinker pile. Pick and choose and take it to the steward's room. ”。

The clinker is previously discarded glass and glass, which can be mixed with fresh raw materials and melted together when the glass is fired in the furnace.

He Zhongzheng took people to choose glass pieces, and Xia Yanqing took Xia Zitang and Shao Yi to go around the glass workshop.

There were stoves everywhere in the workshop, and after a while, a group of people wearing heavy winter coats were all sweating profusely.

At this time, there were still small crucibles smelting glass, and Shao Yi and Xia Zitang's very rare probes looked over, and they were immediately blocked back by a heat wave.

Several craftsmen are wearing sweatshirts, sweating profusely, using long hollow iron pipes, dipping liquid glass and trying to blow out various shapes.

There are also annealing kilns that are also adding firewood to keep warm, and there is a heat wave of smoking.

Xia Zitang wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the craftsmen holding the iron pipe more than three feet long, and the shiny ball that gradually bulged at one end of the iron pipe, and asked Xia Yanqing, "What are you doing?" Can this kind of thing still be blown into a ball? ”

How do you look at it, how many people are playing in this workshop?

Xia Yanqing smiled: "What kind of ball?" This is for them to practice their hands. If they can operate skillfully, blow the liquid glass evenly, and can blow out different shapes of glass vessels through different techniques, then there is no need to be so troublesome as molds. ”

"Really?" Xia Zitang looked curious, and once again turned his gaze to the few playful craftsmen.

I think it's really possible......

How is it here in Xiaomei? Glass, a rare thing, suddenly became a kind of thing that people can rub flat and round at will?

Shao Yi looked at the glass workshop of a certain scale, and his heart was extremely uncomfortable.

It turned out that in the previous life, because Ah Can did not have a strong help and backer, he could only hide such an amazing craft, and only make some worthless glass particles and glass pieces to make a living.

Thinking of this kind of grievance that has amazing talent but can't be shown, Shao Yi feels that his heart is faintly throbbing.

Xia Yanqing saw that his face was not very good, thinking that he was hot. The glass workshop was almost everywhere, so he led the two of them out: "Let's go back, I've almost seen it, let's go back and see the appearance of flat glass." ”

She couldn't wipe her sweat like Xia Zitang, she felt that beads of sweat were running down her cheeks and back.

"It's so hot in here, it's really not a place for us people in thick clothes."

He Zhongzheng really picked a few good pieces of glass from the clinker pile, and there were two palm-sized pieces of excellent transparency.

There are also two pieces of glass that were pressed yesterday, because there were too many defects, they were screened and not sent into the annealing furnace. Thankfully, these two pieces of glass, which should have been brittle, were not broken, which is really strange.

Xia Zitang and Shao Yi were worried about the laminated plate glass that might be given to the emperor, and as soon as they entered the official room, they subconsciously swept around.

In fact, there is no need to look elsewhere, on the long table in the middle of the room, there are two trays lined with coarse cloth, and several pieces of different sizes are bright and conspicuous.

The two of them walked almost simultaneously and walked to the table.

There really is such a thing, thin and transparent, it can actually make the eye pass through, and even the texture of the brown coarse cloth underneath can be seen clearly.

Shao Yi stretched out his hand and stroked it, it was slightly cool, and the touch was a little vaguely textured, not as smooth as polished jade and wenge, but it was also very good.

The main thing is that this rare transparency dares. Looking at all the objects in the world, except for clear water and thin ice, there is probably nothing that can pass through the line of sight without obstruction like a few things.

Shao Yi turned his face and looked at Xia Zitang, the excitement in his heart was indescribable: this is something made by his daughter-in-law, how amazing.

Xia Zitang seemed to feel his gaze, and also looked back, with undisguised pride and pride in his eyes: This is his little sister, who can have such a powerful girl?

Shao Yi is a person who has lived a lifetime after all, and he has seen a lot of glass.

He restrained his expression, turned around and saw Xia Yanqing approaching, so he pointed to the glass with a corner missing from the rectangle, and asked, "Is this the flat glass that Miss Xia said?" ”

As he spoke, he reached out and took it.

"Don't move." Xia Yanqing's voice was too urgent, which startled Shao Yi, and he quickly withdrew his hand, "What's wrong?" ”

Xia Zitang was also curious, "Can't this thing move?" How else does it work? ”

"How could it not be moved?" Xia Yan glanced at him innocently, "Sit down first, sit down and talk slowly." ”

Xia Yanqing, Mr. Bai, Xia Zitang, and Shao Yi sat on both sides of the long table, and in the middle were the two trays.

Xia Yanqing stretched out his hand, carefully picked up a palm-sized piece of glass, and said: "If this is done, it is the flat glass we are talking about, which has been treated with twelve days of insulation and annealing." As long as you are careful not to scratch your hands by its sharp edges, it is no problem to use, look at, or move. ”

She pointed to two other large pieces, "These are the ones that the craftsmen found when they pressed the glass yesterday and found that the flaws were too big, so they sifted them directly." ”

Xia Zitang and Shao Yi looked over, and sure enough, they saw a few variegated colors on the glass, as well as bubbles and impurities from unknown things.

Xia Zitang: "This can't be moved?" Isn't that the same? ”

Xia Yanqing explained: "These pieces have not been annealed. Let's put it this way, the glass that has not been insulated by the annealing kiln for more than ten days is very brittle, although the appearance is the same as the finished glass, but it can't withstand bumps, and small bumps will break. ”

Xia Zitang nodded confusedly, did he say so much? Why can't he understand a word?

At the same time, he was very melancholy, he couldn't understand what the little sister said, was it because he didn't read a lot of books? Is there a shameless one?

Shao Yi also nodded, but he really knew. That's how to make glass. It doesn't take a long time to fire the glass, but after firing, it has to be placed in the kiln for a long time, during which firewood must be continuously added, but the fire requirements are lower.

"Miss Xia said that the glass palace lamp is sandwiched with gold and silver paintings, so what can this white glass do?" Shao Yi asked.