Seeing that it is entering March, according to Mrs. Jiang's meaning, Xia Yanqing should stay at home to get married.

Xia Yanqing herself didn't object too much, she lived in this era after all, and respecting the etiquette of this era is also a kind of respect for her mother's family and her mother-in-law's family.

However, things were not as simple as she thought.

After being summoned by the emperor and highly praised, the guests of the Xia family came to visit, competing to express their attitudes, and they were all from the heavyweight mansion.

This kind of life to be married is not easy, and it needs to be handled with 120,000 care...... It's so tiring after a long day.

After only two days of coping, Xia Yanqing was defeated, and she felt more tired than when she didn't have a day or night, and she worked for half a month.

Before dinner that day, Xia Yanqing applied with a bitter face: "That, mother, second sister-in-law, fourth sister-in-law, I really can't do it, I can't cope with it." Otherwise, I'd better continue to work in the workshop, so as not to accidentally treat any lady and not cause trouble for the family. ”

Mrs. Jiang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other a few times, and finally nodded, Xia Yanqing's hard work in the past few days, they saw it in their eyes.

Not to mention Xia Yanqing, it is they who have been educated in etiquette since childhood, and many etiquettes and politeness have become habits engraved in their bones, and they are also quite difficult to socialize at home in the past few days.

"That'...... "Okay," said Madame Jiang, "but you go to the workshop every morning as usual, but you have to come back early in the second half of the morning, and it must be a little different from the past, and it seems that we still value family affairs." ”

Xia Yanqing was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded: "Okay, okay, I'll come back every day when I'm on time." ”

Qingyunzhai's pond kiln technology is being sorted out and is ready to be sent to glass workshops in two other states and counties, and there are a lot of affairs. Although Shopkeeper Kang and Qiao Chensheng can also lead people to do it, if she is here, it is obviously more efficient, and everyone has a bottom in their hearts.

and Shao Yi told her that Xiao Liu's father-in-law had looked for him and mentioned the matter of mirrors.

It is foreseeable that during the period before and after they get married, there will be a lot of mirrors to give out as a return gift.

Although it is impossible to have a side in every mansion, the Shao family always has to express the people who help with the marriage etiquette and wedding banquet.

When the public has recognized the rarity and preciousness of the mirror, the palace will have to express it.

Therefore, Xia Yanqing wanted to take advantage of this time to see if he could make a few dressing mirrors, that is, large-format mirrors.

The key to large-format mirrors is not the coating, but the level of technology they have now, and the quality of the glass is difficult to meet the requirements.

The production of flat glass in Qingyun Zhai is not limited to the blowing pipe method. The stretch method has matured to make glass, and there is a tendency to replace the blowpipe method.

However, the glass used in the dressing mirror, whether it is a blowpipe method or a stretching method, is difficult to meet the requirements. For small-format mirrors, you can choose high-quality glass and choose the part that has no textures.

In the case of a full-length mirror, a large piece of glass is used that meets the requirements.

In the current flat glass production, there will always be very small ripples in the process of blowing and stretching, and there is no problem at all when used for door and window glass.

If you make a mirror, even subtle ripples that are not easy to detect will cause the reflected image to be out of shape to varying degrees.

Improving the quality of glass is a top priority, and at the very least, improving the glass used to make mirrors is a top priority.

When Xia Yanqing appeared in the workshop, Qiao Chensheng and several veteran craftsmen were in charge, and they looked quite surprised.

When he came to Fang Chaosheng, he was not only surprised, but he asked directly: "Didn't you say that you came to inspect every five days?" It's not been five days, why did you come? It's still so early? ”

Xia Yanqing and the old man sat across the table, and were speechless for a while when asked, is this her territory? He, an outsider, is so blatantly disgusted with her?

"Well, there are too many people coming and going at home these days, and I don't think it's safe to stay at home, so I don't have to trouble my mother and two sisters-in-law. It's better to come to the workshop to do things, and everyone has peace of mind. Xia Yanqing felt that her reasons were very good.

Fang Chaosheng looked at her, and then looked at Su Qiao, who had a melancholy face behind her, and said "hehe" twice, then sat back in his chair, picked up the tea cup and asked, "Does the girl plan to go back to her room, or do you want to stay here for a while?" Would you like to pour you a cup of tea? ”

Xia Yanqing is pondering the glass for making dressing mirrors, which does not need to be in the name of Fang Chaosheng. But this old man is very enthusiastic about new things, and many things have been implemented through this person before, if he is left alone this time, will the old man be annoyed?

"What kind of eyes are you?" Fang Chaosheng saw Xia Yanqing's pensive expression, and glanced at him from time to time, his casual attitude made him very unhappy.

Xia Yanqing heard the dissatisfied questioning, so he didn't bother and said directly: "I plan to make a few one-person-high mirrors, Qiao Chensheng should be able to do this." I'm pondering here, I don't know if Master Fang is interested in participating. ”

When Fang Chaosheng heard this, he immediately put down the tea cup in his hand: "I said, what do you mean by this?" Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, you don't need the old man to leave it aside, right? What does it mean to be interested in participating? This kind of thing, the old man must be involved. ”

Xia Yanqing was stunned, this reaction is a little too big, right?

Busy explained: "You also know that the difficulty of this large-format mirror is only in improving the quality of glass, I'm not afraid that Lord Fang is not interested in this?" ”

"How so?" Fang Chaosheng immediately retorted. As a person who makes mirrors by himself, he naturally knows where the key difficulties of large-format mirrors are after solving the coating problem.

He was now curious about Xia Yanqing's proposal, "Have you thought of a new way to make flat glass?" ”

"yes." Xia Yanqing's answer was natural, and the ease of his tone made Fang Chaosheng's curiosity even more powerful.

"Come on, come on, tell me quickly, you have a new idea, let the old man have a long insight."

"Keep it a secret."

"You know, do you still need to say this? Little Nizi is eventful! Fang Chaosheng was very anxious and impatient.

Xia Yanqing said: "Let's call this practice float glass for the time being. ”

"Float glass? What do you mean? The old man was puzzled.

"Don't we have tin now? Let's make a heat-resistant trough, fire is provided under the trough, and tin blocks are placed in the trough. After the tin block is melted, pour the molten glass into it, the molten glass is light and will definitely float on it. Just stand still, let the temperature slowly drop, the glass hardens, but the tin is still liquid......"

"Wonderful!" As long as this kind of thing is mentioned, Fang Chaosheng can immediately understand that when he is a lot older, he actually jumps up immediately.

"You say, you girl, how do you have a melon in your head? It's also a way for you to figure it out. This and this, this can definitely be done, there is no need to try......"

The old man Balabala, a good catharsis of excitement.