The steward did not say much, but took out a money bag from his sleeve, put it on the cabinet beside him, and said, "This is ten taels of silver, you just have to answer well, and the silver is yours." ”

Zheng Baogen had already suffered a loss, but when he saw the money bag, his eyes still flashed, and he looked at the steward hesitantly.

He had already said what he knew, and what did the steward want from him for all this amount of silver?

"But, but, I really don't know anything." Zheng Baogen was very sorry in his heart. The family is almost unable to open the pot, if there are ten taels of silver, it would be great, not only have rice to cook, but also save some savings.

But he saw the steward look at the two men who had come with him.

One of them said to Zheng Baogen: "That's the case, no matter what kind of craft, you must always practice." Especially for mirrored glass, it is impossible to make such a smoothness all at once. Think about it, there are so many craftsmen in the glass workshop, they can get started with making mirror glass, what is the longest operation of the Xia family glass workshop? ”

This is the Shunfeng glass workshop under the name of Xiangjun Wangfu, and seven or eight craftsmen have discussed for many days and come to the conclusion of the key point.

Zheng Baogen recalled that when he was doing things in the Xia family before, he did the most things.

However, I couldn't get the gist for a long time.

Looking at the money bag placed on the cabinet again, Zheng Baogen gritted his teeth and simply told him all about his past in the Xia family's glass workshop, and let them pick and choose if there were any things they wanted.

After signing the employment document with the Xia family, he entered the glass workshop. The first thing to be familiar with is the melting of molten glass, look at the melting heat, be familiar with the performance of molten glass, press the glass with a template mold, and master the annealing fire.

…… Then there is the pressed glass and infralined glass that are dedicated to the palace during the Chinese New Year......

Zheng Baogen told a long story short, and he felt suspicious in his heart, and there was no other skill involved in this.

After a long time, until the seven of them were found out, there was nothing new in the Xia family's glass workshop.

For such a long time, the craftsmen and skilled workers in the workshop have been doing one thing, which is to perform various operations on the liquid glass. Practise dipping the molten glass into equal portions and blowing the semi-solidified molten glass into different shapes......

Zheng Baogen said in confusion that during that time, he practiced with other craftsmen to operate the liquid glass, and he was very sorry in his heart. To this day, he still couldn't find anything to do with the mirrored glass that they had blown glass balls, glass bottles, or even glass that they had drawn into uniform strips.

But the two men who came with the steward heard something strange. In the Xia family's workshop, for more than two months, all the craftsmen, including Qiao Chensheng and He Zhongzheng, were practicing glass blowing, but none of them came out of the finished product.

When blowing glass, the smooth surface of the glass ......

One of the craftsmen was moved, glanced at the other, and listened quietly to Zheng Baogen's more and more chattering about the Xia family's glass workshop.

The steward didn't know how to make glass, and he didn't understand Zheng Baogen's narration very well, so he brought his own glass craftsman, and he always paid attention to the reactions of the two, and knew the expressions of the two.

He also patiently listened to Zheng Baogen's narration, and then sighed regretfully, and said, "It seems that the mirror glass skills of the Xia family have really not been taught to you. ”

Zheng Baogen's heart tugged, and he couldn't stop scanning the money bag with his eyes, not knowing if he could get the silver in it.

The steward of the Xiangjun Wangfu came out to do business, representing the Junwang Mansion, and the silver that had been promised out would not be taken back, but he should forget the money bag, get up and say: "Okay, Master Zheng will take care of his injuries, and we will leave." ”

Zheng Baogen sat up and wanted to go down to the ground to give it away, but the steward didn't stay much, and after speaking, he went straight out with the two craftsmen.

The three of them turned out of the alley where Zheng Baogen was in love, got into the carriage, and the steward asked the two, "What do you two hear?" ”

The two nodded, and the person who spoke just now said: "The Xia family's workshop took so long to let the craftsmen practice the blowing process, but they didn't see the blown glass items for a long time, but instead launched the mirror glass. Mirror glass should be related to blowing technology. ”

The steward was overjoyed: "Are you sure?" ”

The craftsman nodded: "Take us back and discuss it together, and then look at it, the surface of the blown glass is extremely smooth." ”

The steward sent the craftsman back to the workshop and went straight back to the Xiangjun palace to resume his life.

King Xiangjun was happy when he heard it, seeing that the Xia family's glass was making money, and finally saw a glimmer of hope at this time, he couldn't help but be unhappy.

"Tell the craftsman of the workshop that if you can make the mirrored glass, the king will be rewarded." King Xiangjun patted the steward on the shoulder, and continued to instruct, "There are also glass bottles and glassware recently launched by the Xia family, it is best to make them together." ”

The steward was flattered and agreed to retreat.

…………

The glass craftsmen of Xiangjun Wangfu mastered the key to mirror glass, and when they began to conduct many experiments, the glazed jars and glazed ornaments of the Xiajia glass workshop had been fired twice in molds.

At the beginning of August, all three glass workshops were operating normally.

In the glaze workshop, the glazed ornaments and glazed cups that have been fired by the third mold have been annealed today, and they are planning to take them out, break the mold, and see how the finished product works?

That's not good for making glass. Unlike flat glass or glassware, it can detect problems and make adjustments in time during the process of melting, stirring and forming.

However, according to the predetermined shape and color of the utensils, all the ingredients are added to the mold and sent to the kiln for firing as a whole.

As for the effect of the finished product and the probability of success, it is difficult to grasp.

The semi-finished products fired by the first two molds were eliminated due to too large defects.

There are a total of 20 pieces into the furnace this time, if according to the normal situation, 70% of the finished product rate, should be able to produce more than 10 pieces of complete glazed objects.

This time, Yang and Gao were very curious about the glass she had been tossing for nearly two months, and when they heard that it was produced today, they also came to see it fresh.

Xia Zixi was also very popular, he didn't go to the academy today, but rode a horse and came with the carriages of the Yang family and the Gao family.

The weather at the beginning of August was already cool, and the temperature of the glazed kiln had dropped last night, although it was slightly hotter in the workshop than outside, it was also acceptable.

Qiao Chensheng led the people and was busy in front of the kiln.

Xia Zixi and Xia Yanqing stood aside, watching the craftsmen take out the glazed molds from the kiln.

Yang and Gao had never been to the place where the craftsmen frequented, so they sat on two chairs that had been specially arranged for them a little farther away, waiting to see what the finished glass product looked like.

Xia Zixi watched the craftsmen do things, and asked in a low voice: "If the quality of the glass out this time is good, can you enter the palace?" ”