With so many officials coming, the owner and the kiln manager naturally had to come forward to greet them, Xia Yanqing took the cloak from Xinrong's hand, and tied his collar and belt while walking out.

On the other side, Qiao Chensheng was also putting on his outer robe, tidying up as he walked.

"Why are so many officials here all of a sudden?" Qiao Chensheng asked as he walked, looking worried.

Xia Yanqing didn't know, "I don't know, let's go out and have a look." Didn't you say that Master Qu was also here? There should be no problem. ”

The janitor only knew Qu Jiang, and then said that there was a big official with Qu Jiang, and the rest were also dressed in official uniforms, but they didn't know what grade they were.

In short, they are all court officials, no matter the grade, they are all high-ranking people who are craftsmen and businessmen, and they must be respected.

"With so many people, what if they come to see what our pool kiln has developed?" Qiao Chensheng was worried.

"It's fine." Xia Yanqing was very unimpressed. At this time, the most afraid of the leakage of the pond kiln technology should be the emperor.

The emperor also waited to attribute the technology to the generals, who used it to collect high taxes.

Not to mention other glass-making, which was strictly controlled by the imperial court. No matter who looks at technology and wants to put it into production, it has to pass the imperial court.

According to Qujiang's internal sources, the imperial court has now severely restricted the new glass industry. In addition to the four that have mastered glass technology, plus the Guan family who cooperated with Qingyunzhai, the imperial court no longer allows anyone to produce glass in recent years, so as not to make mistakes in the control process.

Even if the existing glass manufacturers wanted to expand their business, the location had to be designated by the imperial court.

It can be said that except for stealing technology from each other in the same industry, as for other people, no matter how much they look at it, it is useless.

When Xia Yanqing and Qiao Chensheng hurried back to the kiln to wait in the living room, Qu Jiang and the others had already been welcomed in by the steward in charge of logistics.

When the two entered the house, they were dazzled. There are so many officials, and they really haven't seen so many people wearing official mansions at one time.

"The folk woman Xia (grass folk Qiao Chensheng) has seen all the adults." The two saluted the seated officials.

"Excuse me, excuse me, get up." The person who spoke was naturally Qu Jiang. With so many officials here, Qu Jiang has the highest grade and has a lot of right to speak.

The two saluted again.

These people made such a big battle, it seems that there is really nothing wrong, Qu Jiang spoke very casually, seeing the two of them straighten up, he happily pointed to the seat on the side: "Sit down, sit down and talk." ”

Xia Yanqing took this opportunity to quickly sweep through everyone present.

The others are just that, the one who sat side by side with Qu Jiang should be the big official said by the janitor, he is about fifty years old, his official uniform is about seventy or eighty percent new, he wears an official hat, his face is serious, and his beard under his chin is a little gray.

Qu Jiang obviously didn't care much about that serious face, and when he saw Xia Yanqing looking over, he took the initiative to introduce: "This is Master Qiao Zhongxuqiao, the waiter of the Ministry of Works. ”

"Oh, I've seen Mistress Joe." Xia Yanqing bent his knees again.

Qiao Chensheng, who was standing in the back position, followed and saluted, and also peeked at the official of the family five hundred years ago.

Hearing Qu Jiang say that this was the waiter of the Ministry of Works, Xia Yanqing probably guessed what their group was doing in the kiln.

The men sent out by Shao Yi to find coal had already brought back the first batch of coal in early August.

At that time, the construction of the pond kiln had not yet been completed, and the coal was tried in an ordinary crucible kiln.

The word trial is actually very inappropriate, the one-time success, the effect is unexpectedly good, and it is properly used seriously.

Of course, this unexpectedness is limited only to people of this era. For Xia Yanqing, using coal as a raw material is the most normal thing, and it is definitely expected.

Probably Xia Yanqing's luck is good enough, and the quality of the coal he found is really good, although it is not as good as anthracite, but it is better than semi-bituminous coal.

Although coal is not as easy to ignite as wood, once burned, both the heat and the frequency of addition are much stronger than firewood, which really shocked the craftsmen in the workshop and almost caused a sensation.

Equally shocked, of course, also included Qu Jiang. Qu Jiang knew that the use of coal would increase the efficiency of the crucible kiln in firing glass, so he hurried to inspect it.

Seeing the burning of coal, as well as the ashes and dregs after burning, Qu Jiang was extremely excited, and immediately asserted that this black gold stone must be used in more important fields.

When he left that day, Qu Jiang, a third-grade master, didn't think the coal was black, so he found a sack, and under the guidance of Xia Yanqing, he personally selected half a bag and let the entourage carry it back.

More than a month has passed, and Shao Yi's second batch of Wujin stones have arrived, and Qu Jiang has led people over.

Xia Yanqing rolled her eyes widely, this efficiency was really slow enough, so she guessed their intentions for a while just now.

Qu Jiang introduced the accompanying officials to Xia Yanqing and Qiao Chensheng one by one, except for the waiter of the Ministry of Works, the other officials were polite to Xia Yanqing and the others.

In this way, it is obvious that these people come to the kiln, and they learn from the scriptures.

Seeing the two of them seated, Qu Jiang first put on a high hat for Xia Yanqing: "Miss Xia is talented, you can find such an efficient fuel as Wujin Stone from reading a travelogue, which really makes people like us who are engaged in the craftsman industry ashamed." ”

Thinking about it, Qiao Zhongxu was on an errand in the court, and when he saw Qu Jiang putting his posture so low, he had to follow the "uh-huh" twice, which was regarded as an expression of attitude.

Xia Yanqing was also very polite, and said humbly: "My lord has won the award, and all the adults are responsible for the busy affairs of the imperial court, so they don't have time to think about such idle things." The folk woman was also lucky, and she happened to see that the black gold stone could be burned, so she mentioned it to another owner of Qingyun Zhai, but she didn't expect to really find it. Luck, luck. ”

Qu Jiang is a practical person, so naturally he will not spin around in these unnutritious politeness, and then explain his intention: "This official and all the adults are here to see the burning of the black gold stone. By the way, take some ugin stone and the ashes of the burning ugin stone, and go back and try it to see if you can use it for another purpose. ”

Want to get coal from her? Or by the way, you're too casual by the way, aren't you? Such a long road, such a heavy thing, is it mining and hauling, is it effortless?

Xia Yanqing's eyes were full of vigilance, and he looked at Qu Jiang, Qiao Zhongxu and other officials one by one.

She was polite to them, it was to give them face, it didn't mean that she lacked the courage to let them do whatever they wanted in the kiln.

Trial? Something else? The most direct use of coal is smelting, putting coal into the smelting furnace, is that a sack, half a sack can solve the problem?

A group of officials, big and small, looked at this woman who was humble and respectful from the moment she entered the door, and their momentum changed in a word, and they were very stunned.