Old Yuri took Donner to see how several apprentices were blowing glass solutions into shapes. As far as it seems, the craft is still a little rusty, but the apprentices are serious about the skills.

In fact, in the end, even Donner doesn't know how to blow glass, he has only seen this thing on video, so he can only come up with theories and methods, but the specific skills need to be studied by these apprentices themselves.

In short, Donner was quite satisfied, he smiled and said to Yuri: "It's all good, take your time, don't rush." You can magnify your courage a little, you can try to blow other shapes of glassware, don't be afraid of failure, you can accumulate more experience if you fail!"

"By the way, old Yuri, you can also try to make some flat glass, the bigger the better, and the surface should be smooth and flat. Then, Downer suggested.

For the time being, the Bronze Mirror is still used on the Holy Light Continent, and Anna has a small piece, which is like a treasure. Now that the colorless transparent glass has been fired, as long as the mirror is made, it will definitely be a huge profit!

The old alchemist wondered, "What's the use of making glass flat?"

"I can replace the bronze mirror with a later treatment!" Donner explained, "and in the future, the doors and windows of the house can be installed with flat glass, which has better light transmittance." ”

Old Yuri thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll study it later." ”

Donner stretched: "Let's go, let's go to the warehouse and see your recent results." ”

Old Yuri and Donner walked side by side in front, and Jason followed.

The warehouse is next to the molding workshop, and it is not a few steps away. At present, the blowing of glassware is still relatively slow, so there are not many finished glass products in the warehouse, and only two people are in the warehouse to take care of it.

Donner came to the warehouse, and when the two warehouse keepers saw it, they respectfully called the head of the group, and Donner smiled and nodded in response.

Rows of carpenter-made shelves of various sizes were placed in the warehouse, all intended for glassware, but now they were empty, except for one or two wooden shelves with glasswork.

Donner stepped forward, picked up a wine cup, and looked at the sun. The quality is not bad, there are no impurities, even if there are one or two small bubbles in it, it does not affect the appearance.

Jason couldn't help but pick up a glass and said, "Captain, it turns out that glass is so beautiful!"

Donner smiled, "It's okay." ”

Then he suddenly turned his head and asked the old alchemist, "By the way, old Yuri, can we still try to make glass into other colors?"

Old Yuri's eyes lit up, and he stroked his palm and said, "Yes, it seems that you can really try it, such as purple, black, well, I still like pink!"

Uhhh

"Captain, how much should we sell such a glass?" Jason was more concerned about this.

Donner pondered for a while, and then said: "This, let's talk about it later, when there are more glass products, we will find a way to hold an auction ourselves, and see if the market reaction can be favored by businessmen." ”

Jason thought about it for a while, and Donner put down the glass wine cup and said to the old alchemist: "Old Yuri, I've been working hard for you recently, let's go to see the papermaking side next, do you want to go with you?"

"Yes! Yes!" Old Yuri readily agreed, and he was a little tired of staying in the glass workshop these days.

"Alright, let's go!" Donner walked out of the warehouse.

The glass kiln in the paper mill was not far away, next to the river, and the three of them arrived at their destination in a few minutes.

The first thing that catches your eye is a dozen large immersion pools, which are soaked with different raw materials in order to experiment with different types of paper.

Originally, I had already started preparing papermaking on Crescent Island, but because of the incident on Cancer Island, it was delayed, so Donner simply asked people to go to Cancer Island to start over.

No matter what kind of raw materials are used in traditional handmade papermaking, the most important steps are similar, and they must go through several processes such as dipping, cooking, washing, whitening, feeding, scooping paper, squeezing and drying, and cultivating paper.

This kind of local papermaking is deep in the bamboo mountain of Donner's hometown, and there is a family that inherits such a traditional craft, the main raw material is bamboo, and most of the paper produced is paper money used in sacrifices.

However, with the development of social industry, many traditional local crafts are actually slowly dying out, and this kind of local papermaking is estimated to be the same.

Since the mastery of Cancer Island, the paper workshop has been preparing, and it has been half a year according to the time.

In the stage when there is no bleach, in fact, if you want to get relatively white paper, the most time-consuming thing is the whitening of raw materials.

The natural color pulp obtained through the first three processes needs to be irradiated by sunlight for up to two to three months to make the pulp white.

That's why it took so long to actually make paper until today.

The three of them walked into the workshop, and the craftsman in charge hurried to greet them.

"Take me to see the paper that is made. Donner didn't talk nonsense, and explained the meaning directly.

The person in charge of the workshop also understood Donner's resolute style, and immediately took the three of them to the finished room.

The person in charge of the workshop is called Brad, and he has experience in making animal skin paper, although the animal skin paper and the papermaking process are completely incompatible, but they always carry a paper word.

Brad introduced Donner: "According to the request of the captain, we have experimented with a total of five kinds of paper, you see, these are the kinds. ”

Probably deliberately selected, these kinds of sample papers are handled very beautifully and neatly.

Donner looked at them one by one, and Yuri and Jason also picked up the paper and pretended to study it.

According to the different raw materials, the five kinds of paper are made differently, some are thick and hard, some are yellowed, some are soft, some are relatively smooth, and some are very rough.

Donner asked Jason for a quill pen and drew on several different pieces of paper, and then asked the two of them, "How about it, can I use it instead of animal skin paper for writing?" ”

In fact, what Donner wants to say most is that he will finally not need wood chip thatch to wipe his butt in the future.

"Not bad, indeed. Old Yuri replied seriously, "This kind of paper is made of rotten linen bark and so on, which is much less expensive to make than animal skin paper, and the paper is light and easy to carry, and the important thing is that it is more convenient to write than animal skin paper." ”

Old Yuri said and spit on the paper, rubbed it, and soon made a hole.

The old alchemist said, "But this paper seems to be easily soaked, and if you collect it, I am afraid that it will easily become damp and easily rotted by mosquitoes." ”

Donner nodded: "There are shortcomings, but these are not problems, the important thing is that with cheaper paper, knowledge can be spread more quickly." ”

"Skin paper is too expensive, and although it can be used repeatedly, most people can't afford it. ”

"With paper, more people can get knowledge more easily and quickly, for example, the students on Cancer Island are still writing in the sand table, how can this work?"