Jia Lian rushed to the courtyard of Little Flower Branch Alley.
In the middle of the yard was a glass crucible furnace several meters high, connected to the float tin bath. The furnace and the tin bath were each equipped with a fan. Further away was the tempering kiln and a long roll table.
At this moment, a fire had already been lit in the furnace. The two of them crushed the processed raw materials such as quarts sand, soda ash, limestone, plagiarite, mirabilite, and carbon powder into the furnace through the feeding mouth.
"Have you tried the kiln?" Jia Lian nervously stared at the furnace and carefully inspected it from the side, afraid that any part of it would crack and all his previous efforts would be wasted.
"Master, we've already tried. We only dared to throw in the materials after burning the kiln for three days in a row. We didn't dare to delay Master's great matter!”A man with a weathered face beside Jia Lian bowed and said.
He was the craftsman that Jia Lian had bought. His name was Jia Yi. He looked to be in his forties or fifties, but he was actually only in his twenties. Jia Lian saw that he had a serious personality and was also a one-track mind. The things he instructed were very simple and never bent, so he asked him to be the steward.
As for the other four, Jia Er, Jia San, Jia Si, and Jia Wu were each in charge of crushing materials, burning the furnace, blowing air, and cutting. They worked together and had clear responsibilities.
As Jia San added coke, he looked through the small window on the furnace to check the situation inside. From time to time, he would pump the fan, and the temperature of the furnace would rise rapidly.
Jia Lian retreated to the steps of the wing room and fanned himself with his sleeves. He asked,"What proportion are the ingredients mixed in?”
Jia Er hurried over and said,"It's made according to the A number."”
Jia Lian arranged the ingredients that he could think of into A, B, C, and D. Only by experimenting one by one could he choose the best ratio.
He stared at the furnace expectantly.
"Success!" Jia San shouted happily.
Jia Lian rushed over and saw from the observation port that it had already melted into hot molten glass and flowed into the tin bath along the flow path.
"Hurry up! Wind, wind!" Jia Lian immediately urged.
Jia Si pulled the fan until it whistled. Jia Er and Jia Wu stood on both sides of the tin bath and used the edge stretcher through the observation port to stretch the molten glass into shape.
Jia Lian quickly walked to the side of the lehr. Not long after, the glass ribbon was sent out from the roller table.
Jia Yi and the others gathered around, waiting for the results of this batch.
"It really worked!" Jia Yi and the others looked at the transparent glass, not knowing what was going on.
Jia Wu was wearing a pair of gloves as he lifted the piece of glass and placed it on the table.
Jia Lian was greatly disappointed.
This piece of glass was only three feet square, and the corners were missing. If it was cut, there would probably only be two feet left. This was not the key. Its thickness was too thick. It had to be reduced to at least one-third of its current thickness!
It was very flat, and there were no water ripples. The thickness of the surroundings was uneven, and the clarity did not reach Jia Lian's expectations.
This was a problem with the ratio of raw materials and the stretcher!
"Smash it and mix it with the raw materials! Reforge according to the B-rank formula. Jia Er and Jia Wu paid attention to the thickness of the molten glass in the tin bath. They must not let it condense!”
Jia Lian shouted with a cold face. Jia Yi and the others immediately did not dare to be negligent and followed his instructions.
He turned around and went into the room. The stretching machine should be improved. With Jia Er and Jia Wu's uneven strength, there might not be a piece that could be used for a day!
Thus, Jia Yi and the others experimented again and again. The glass they made became thinner and more transparent, but it still could not satisfy Jia Lian.
Jia Lian stayed in Xiaohuizhi Alley, worrying about how to make high-quality glass every day.
Every time the furnace was opened, the process had to be recorded in detail, and the ratio, temperature, and timing had to be adjusted repeatedly.
Jia Lian dismantled the tin bath again, and even the roller fan had to be rebuilt.
As the saying went, every bit of progress in science and technology could not be faked!
Jia Lian always encouraged himself to persevere, staring at the tin bath in the furnace dully.
"Shatter and redo!" This was probably the hundredth time Jia Lian had said," It's still too small. The sides are uneven!”
He was so tired that he sat on the steps, thinking about how to improve.
"Brother Lian, I think that piece of glass is already very good!”
A pair of small hands gently pressed on Jia Lian's temples.
Sister Feng specially came to Flower Branch Alley today to see if Jia Lian was really doing something, and to supervise if he was making the same old mistake again and harming the servant girls.
Thus, she quietly slipped in and saw Jia Lian sitting tiredly on a small table. She couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
Jia Lian closed his eyes." No, this kind of defective product can only be used to paste the window and cushion the table. It can't be used as a brick bed screen or mirror. It can't be sold for a price!”
"Brother Lian, your expectations are too high." In my opinion, that piece of glass just now was three to four feet square. It was rare for it to be smooth and bright. It was even more transparent than the ones sold outside. It could be sold for at least dozens of taels of silver. Wouldn't it be a pity if it was broken?”
Jia Lian shook his head." A mere ten or twenty taels is nothing in my eyes. I want to make the best, the biggest and the most perfect. Compared with those Western tributes, there are still flaws and it is easy to lower the price.”
Sister Feng stopped, her eyes full of pride." Brother Lian…"
Jia Lian held her hand and placed it on her forehead." Why aren't you massaging? I'm really tired these days! He was clearly only one step away, but he just couldn't reach it!”
Sister Phoenix chuckled and gave him a gentle massage.
"Feng 'er, rub your shoulders harder!”
" Really..." Sister Phoenix pounded the ground lightly and pressed down slowly, increasing the strength of her hand.
"Brother Lian, I have an idea. Do you agree?”
"What idea?" Jia Lian hummed comfortably.
Sister Feng paused for a moment before she said," Brother is bent on making a big mirror and a big screen. The price is naturally not cheap. A few hundred taels is normal, and a thousand taels is also normal." However, how many people in the Divine Capital could use such a thing? One or two meals per family was enough! Why don't we distinguish the difference? He would sell the second-grade and smaller ones to the commoners for tens of taels, one tael, or even hundreds of tens of taels. Think about it, there are 200,000 households in the Divine Capital alone. As long as each household spends one tael of silver, we will have an income of 200,000 taels!”
As Sister Phoenix spoke, her eyes became brighter and brighter, and her hands involuntarily became heavier.
"So many!"
Jia Lian laughed at her lack of knowledge." Your eyes are so small, how can you not see more than 20 to 30 million households in China? Even if only one-tenth of the people bought it…tsk, how much would that be?”
Phoenix Sister's eyes were filled with golden light!
Her nails almost dug into Jia Lian's flesh.
"Aiyo, have you gone silly?" Jia Lian turned around and pulled Sister Feng up." How much is this? Your husband has many ways to earn money. You're making a fuss and embarrassing me!"
He glanced at the four girls, Ping 'er, who also had a look of admiration on their faces.
"What are you guys doing? Aren't you going to serve me?"
Ping 'er and the others laughed and said in unison,"Yes!"”Come up and serve me.
Ping 'er pressed her head, Su' er massaged her shoulders, Man 'er massaged her arms, and Heng' er squatted down to massage her legs.
What an evil landlord class!
This was more like it!
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