Chapter Eighty-Four: A Boring Journey
The chemical reaction takes time, Hua Qingxue explained the materials and steps required to make the mirror, left the two apprentices to take care of it, and left first.
Liang Wensheng and Su Shaowen did not dare to slack off on Hua Qingxue's instructions, and on the same day, they found the supervisors of various workshops of the Ordnance Supervision and asked for helpers to find materials.
Hua Qingxue has a very high reputation in the army, and when everyone heard that she was going to make something, they were all enthusiastic.
The iron battalion knocked and beat overnight, rushed to make molds, and the skilled carvers made all kinds of mirror backs, and the whole camp came to watch, wanting to see what new things Hua Qingxue was going to make.
The movement was a bit loud, and even Fu Tingye had heard of it.
When the general asked, he knew that it was Hua Qingxue who was preparing gifts for Sheng Jing and his party, he thought about it for a while, thinking that it would inevitably be necessary to enter the palace to meet the emperor and the queen mother, and it would be good to bring some gifts.
Fu Tingye waved his hand and sent a box of gold, silver and jewelry to the craftsman.
Since it is a gift to the palace, it is always better to look better in gold and silver, and it is best to inlay it with coral jade and the like, and even the box for the gift must be the best small leaf red sandalwood.
Hua Qingxue has no concept of this, she just thinks about making a few mirrors, which can be used as gifts for Fu's mother, and can coax Li Jingnan to play, killing two birds with one stone, as for the materials or packaging, she didn't think about it at all.
Hua Qingxue gave Liang Wensheng and Su Shaowen the task of making mirrors, and she went to work on handmade soap.
Once you get busy, time flies, and it's almost time to set off in a blink of an eye.
The day before departure, Lord Xu, the chief secretary of the ordnance superintendent, gave everyone a half-day vacation and brought a group of craftsmen to visit the firearms camp.
The glass mirror is not a military weapon, and people who also belong to the Qingzhou battalion can visit it at will.
Most of the craftsmen on the side of the firearms battalion were selected from the ordnance superintendent, and the people on both sides knew each other, and the production of glass mirrors also had the help of the ordnance superintendent, so everyone met more affectionately and happened to exchange experiences with each other.
In the open space outside the glass workshop, a table has been set up, and there are many mirrors on the table, including round hand mirrors, oval table mirrors, and wide and long floor mirrors.
The trim is also varied, wood, bronze, silver-plated, gold-studded - the sun shines, and at a glance it is full of reflected golden light, which is dazzling.
Everyone looked at the new mirror and was amazed.
"How is this done? Much clearer than a bronze mirror! ”
"yes, that's so clear! I've never seen myself so clearly! ”
"Tsk...... I didn't even know I had a mole here......"
"I heard that this mirror is going to be sent to Shengjing, it must be very expensive, right?"
"I don't know if we can use this kind of mirror in the future......"
Su Shaowen blushed and said to everyone: "...... that can be used"
As a result, because the sound was too small, it was directly drowned in the boiling emotion of everyone.
Su Shaowen's face turned even redder.
He was hesitating to be louder or not, when senior brother Liang Wensheng seemed to see his difficulty, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone! My master has already said that if you are a craftsman in the firearms battalion and the ordnance superintendent, you will have a copy of this glass mirror, and in the future, my junior brother will be the supervisor of the glass workshop, and he will be mainly responsible for the glass mirror! ”
Su Shaowen suddenly became the focus of everyone.
"It's terrifying......
"Mrs. Si Bing has a unique vision, and Xiao Su must be better than the blue."
"Yes, Su Jian Zuo seems to be only fourteen this year? I will definitely make a lot of achievements in the future. ”
The crowd was praising it.
Su Shaowen's face was flushed, and he stood in the crowd in embarrassment, very uncomfortable with such attention.
Once upon a time, he was just an inconspicuous apprentice, and Master Song taught him skills, never thinking of him, and even bluntly said that he lacked talent.
He worked as an apprentice for a whole year, serving tea and water every day and cleaning the workshop, and he didn't have a sense of existence at all.
But now, he is standing here, everyone is looking at him, everyone is praising him, Su Shaowen is loud, extremely excited, and even ...... Some want to cry.
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The craftsmen who sent away Master Xu and the ordnance supervisor, Liang Wensheng was still not idle.
The rough refining of saltpeter and the production of earth-shattering thunder are completed on the side of the firearms battalion, in addition to the acceptance of finished products, the protection of materials, the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the craftsmen of each workshop, etc.
The firearms battalion had just been established, and there were few people, and almost everything was pressed on Liang Wensheng, and just a bunch of trivial things could keep him busy.
He was busy for a while, and returned to the glass workshop, but he didn't see Su Shaowen's figure.
Liang Wensheng couldn't help but feel strange.
Su Shaowen's efforts are famous in the entire firearms battalion, obviously he is the only one in the glass workshop, even if he is lazy, no one will know, but Su Shaowen gets up early every day and competes with glass.
So at this time, how could he not be by the furnace?
Liang Wensheng thought to himself, Su Shaowen will definitely not be lazy, could it be that he is not feeling well and went back to the house to rest?
He was a little worried, and was about to go to the residence of the firearms camp craftsman to find Su Shaowen, when he turned around and just took a step, he suddenly heard a strange sound in the workshop.
Liang Wensheng's pace stopped, and he turned his head suspiciously.
Looking around, nothing unusual was found.
At that moment, the voice sounded again, soft and low, like someone was sobbing.
Liang Wensheng walked a few steps inside, only to find that there was a person squatting under the window, but because it was backlight, he didn't see it at all just now.
"Shaowen, what are you hiding here?" Liang Wensheng walked over and pulled him up.
Su Shaowen covered his eyes, lowered his head, and did not speak.
He was short and his head was so low that Liang Wensheng had to bend down to see his face.
Su Shaowen had wet marks on his face.
"Why are you crying?" Liang Wensheng suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, "The man doesn't flick if he has tears, you are fourteen years old, and you are still crying?" ”
"Senior brother...... Su Shaowen dodged and turned his back, wiping his eyes vigorously, "I...... I couldn't hold back ......"
"What do you want to cry about?" Liang Wensheng felt that Su Shaowen was suffering from gains and losses like a child, reached out and rubbed his head, deliberately teasing him, "Did you break the glass again?" ”
"It's not." Su Shaowen sniffed, "I just think it...... Everyone is so nice to me......"
Liang Wensheng didn't expect such a reason, and immediately laughed!
"Hahaha! ……”
"Senior brother." Su Shaowen was laughed at, and called him weakly, his white little face flushed, showing a little bit of his daughter's shyness.
“…… Ahem, ahem, ahem! Liang Wensheng didn't dare to laugh, his junior brother is really evil, sometimes he looks at it suddenly, it looks too much like a girl's house.
"You are the master's little apprentice, of course everyone has to be good to you, okay, don't think nonsense......" Liang Wensheng said soothingly.
Su Shaowen nodded with watery eyes, he was very trusting and attached to Liang Wensheng, Liang Wensheng saw it, and he was inexplicably flustered and felt weird.
“…… I, I'm going to get busy first, and I'll come back to see you. ”
Su Shaowen replied obediently: "Well, senior brother, remember to rest and don't get tired." ”
What a good boy.
Liang Wensheng thought so and left the glass workshop.
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The next day, Hua Qingxue was going to follow Fu Tingye to Beijing.
Fu Tingye ordered a hundred guards to accompany him, and the long line looked quite spectacular.
Liang Wensheng and Su Shaowen personally packed the glass mirror and loaded it into the car.
The carriage was bumpy, and the glass mirrors were fragile, and they had to wrap them in layers of cotton cloth, and the boxes were stuffed with cotton.
Hua Qingxue and the two of them carefully instructed, and entrusted the firearms battalion to the two apprentices, and then sat in the carriage in a state of melancholy.
Sheng Jing was unattractive to her, and when she thought of the long distance, she only felt pain, and she did not feel the joy of traveling far away.
The scenery along the way may be beautiful and novel, but how long can you see the scenery?
Without a cell phone, without a computer, she had to sit in the carriage day after day, and people were about to rot.
Fu Tingye was calm, and when he had nothing to do, he took out the chessboard to play it by himself, or read a book.
But this method is not applicable to Hua Qingxue, the ancient classical Chinese is too difficult for her to understand, even if it is just a playbook, she can't understand it.
Hua Qingxue began to miss the days when she made soap and glass in Panshui City......
She was bored in the carriage for three or five days, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, so she sat down opposite Fu Tingye's chessboard.
Fu Tingye raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, with a smile in his eyes, "You want me to teach you how to play chess?" ”
Hua Qingxue shook her head, Go is too brain-burning, she has learned it many times and has not understood it.
"General, shall we play another kind of chess?"
Fu Tingye put down the chess pieces in his hand, "What kind of chess to play?" ”
- Hua Qingxue pulled Fu Tingye to play backgammon.
The rules are simple and easy to learn.
Hua Qingxue happily won three games in a row, and her mood, which had been dull for several years, finally relaxed.
However, from the fourth set, Fu Tingye seemed to have figured out the trick and suddenly began to counterattack!
Hua Qingxue began to lose miserably......
In the end, she was even a little embarrassed to continue playing......
"General...... Let's play another kind of chess, shall we? She said embarrassedly.
Fu Tingye was probably tired of winning, and nodded, "Okay, what kind of chess are you playing?" ”
Hua Qingxue redrew the chessboard and taught Fu Tingye to play checkers.
This rule is relatively novel, Hua Qingxue began to win in a row again, Fu Tingye was happy to accompany her, even if she kept losing, she didn't have the slightest temper.
I played checkers for two days, and by the third day, Hua Qingxue couldn't win......
Hua Qingxue felt that Fu Tingye's calculations were too powerful, and it seemed that games that were too technical were not suitable for her.
"General, let's play other chess." On the fourth day, Hua Qingxue said.
They started playing Ludo chess......
It was boring for two people to play this chess, so Fu Tingye called two soldiers in the personal guard to play with him.
Four chess pieces with different marks, all rely on the luck of the dice to fight on the chessboard, and the battle is fierce!
As a result, in the end, Hua Qingxue lost, Fu Tingye lost, but those two soldiers kept winning.
Hua Qingxue thought to herself: It seems that I am going to use a killer move.
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