Chapter 152 Rurik needs glassware
The three of them walked towards the beach, and the thick smoke from the chimney accurately showed the location of the blacksmith shop.
They couldn't help but get closer, and the sound of "ding-dong-dong-dong" reached Rurik's ears.
After a while, a bearded guy wearing a rough leather coat and two hairy arms appeared in front of them.
This person is none other than the senior blacksmith Clavarson.
From the corner of his eye, the old guy noticed Rurik approaching with a golden ponytail, and the work at hand never stopped.
Rurik walked over happily: "I thought you would stop working to say hello when I arrived."
"Oh, my little master, I'm very busy right now. You know." Klavason stared at the sword embryo tightly clamped by the pliers, still having no intention of pausing his work.
Rurik looked around and saw two "blacksmithing workshops" with only wooden roofs for ventilation. Spring had arrived, and five swords had been placed vertically on the long wooden bench where the wind-shielding boards had been removed. To be precise, They are still sword embryos.
To the naked eye, their lengths and colors are very consistent.
"The swords on your stool, are they about to enter the final stage?" Rurik chatted.
"No. They haven't been formed yet. They have only been forged ten times, which is far from the fifty times you requested. But" at this time, Klavason finally stopped what he was doing, grabbed the pliers, and pulled the The red sword embryo was put aside and allowed to cool naturally.
Klavason took his own wooden cup, picked up a glass of water from the bucket not far away, and drank a glass quickly.
"Ah! It's so comfortable. Rurik, you know what I'm doing, I've taken on a lot of orders! I'm very busy now and I have to try my best to make steel swords. If I just cut off ordinary iron swords, I found that I only need to forge twenty One pass is basically enough.”
"I don't know about this." Rurik was a little surprised, because this Klavasen was obviously cutting corners!
"You understand now. But don't worry. Those brothers and I have already tried it. Twenty times is enough. Finally, use grease to temper it one last time, and the sword body is done."
"The sword completed in this way is still sixty silver coins?"
"Of course." Klavasen smiled with satisfaction, "That's how the price is set, including those people. If you sell a sword, six silver coins in it will be yours. I don't dare to be greedy for even one silver coin. .”
Rurik already knew that the blacksmiths had formed a guild spontaneously, and Klavason also spread the knowledge about the technology of making steel swords.
Technology will spread sooner or later. If five professional blacksmiths can do one thing at the same time, the efficiency of producing steel swords will naturally be much higher. Now that Klavasen is deliberately cost-saving for the sake of practicality, the swords will be produced more efficiently.
They have completed nearly fifty orders, and he still has more than two hundred orders to be completed.
Klavasen was very honest about the orders placed by several other blacksmiths, including himself. The cumulative orders of all of them had reached as many as five hundred! To complete them, the blacksmiths believe that their struggle will continue even if it is winter. These struggles are certainly worth it, and that’s a huge amount of money!
Rurik estimated that from these orders alone, he should end up with 3,000 silver coins in his account.
Just the making of steel swords? No! Once you understand the benefits of carburizing and quenching, shouldn't you make some steel axes? According to the agreement, any sale of a steel ax will result in a profit for himself.
Rurik led his men over, and he ordered two of his men to gather around the small stove.
"Kanuf, Fisk, you all see, this is what a blacksmith does. Burning stone to make weapons."
"So that's it?" Fisk looked at the dancing flames and helplessly watched Klavason with a white beard holding a sword embryo with tongs and placing it in the fire. Immediately afterwards, Klavason, whose son could not help him for the time being, personally operated the air bag blower. Every time the air was pressed, the flames shot up fiercely, scaring Fisk and subconsciously retreating.
"Are you actually afraid?" Rurik joked.
"No. This is my first time coming to the blacksmith shop. It turns out that our swords are all made this way."
"You?" Karavarson, who was squatting on the ground to press the air bag, frowned and said displeasedly: "My child, what I am making is not an ordinary sword. Are you free? Can you come over and help me press this? My child , before you become a warrior, you must understand how your sword is born. Listen, from now on you will use the steel sword I made like others, now come over and help me."
Fisk thought for a while and felt that what this old guy said made sense, so he took up the role of blacksmith's assistant.
As for Kanuf, his hands were itching too.
With the help of two child laborers, Klavason had his hands free to add charcoal to the stove at any time, and his eyes could closely observe the condition of the flame.
Rurik was watching the jumping flames with his hands behind his back, deliberately waiting until Klavason finished his work.
He didn't wait too long, because Klavason knew very well that Rurik's sudden arrival must mean something, and it might be related to that incident.
Klavason finally stopped what he was doing. After folding and forging the sword embryo, he put it directly in the fire to carburize it. Now there was no need for the help of a blower. The two children, panting and sweating, also stood up.
Karavarson drank another large glass of water happily, turned around and asked, "Tell me, what do you want from me?"
"That's it! As for the great businessman Gould's cup, I think it's time. I need you to help me make it."
"You think it's ready? But, I don't know how to make it. But if you can give me some pointers, just like giving me instructions on how to make a steel sword, I think I can satisfy you."
Rurik curled his lips slightly: "Of course, as long as you follow my requirements, you will definitely succeed. I will also sell glasses to make money in the future."
Here, Rurik directly calls it "b" instead of "" in ancient Germanic.
b is glass, describing a completely transparent substance with a stone-like texture.
However, Klavasen still didn't understand what he was saying.
Because the Germanic word also comes from the Latin of the Romans, and the Romans also learned about the making of glassware from the Egyptians and learned about the term.
Although the Western Roman Empire fell, the craft of glass making did not cease.
The Frankish Kingdom could still make its own glassware, such as making some decorative glass gems or making glassware.
It's just that these utensils are mainly enjoyed by nobles. Their high prices and narrow market make it difficult for poor farmers to understand them.
The same was true in Eastern Rome, where all kinds of glassware were still enjoyed by dignitaries.
Therefore, the glassware spread to the Nordic world is so rare and the price is ridiculously high.
For this reason, Klavasen had never even seen glass, and neither "" nor "b" were unfamiliar words.
Rurik went to great lengths to describe its beauty.
"It uses some special stones, adds special materials, and turns it into a lump of viscous and red substance like slag in the stove. Put this lump of substance in a container, and then press it with another instrument to make it. Quilt shape.
As it gradually cools, it becomes as transparent as ice. But this cup is much harder than ice!
Gould spent a hundred silver coins for a transparent cup, we don't ask for much. As long as we can produce it in large quantities and sell it at the price of ten silver coins, that’s fine.”
Rurik tried his best to introduce the beauty of a glass.
He emphasized two points in particular: First, the raw materials for this product are not difficult to obtain and the production is relatively simple. Second, this item can be purchased for at least ten silver coins each.
Undoubtedly, Klavasen attaches great importance to these two things compared to the unknown condition of the so-called glass.
Klavason couldn't help but ask: "My little master, this is true. I can make a quilt relatively quickly with just some stones. How can I sell it for ten silver coins?"
"It's absolutely true." Rurik pinched his waist confidently, "You just have to do as I say."
After saying that, Rurik paused, looked around, and muttered: "It's just too late today. You can't collect the raw materials right away, and even if you have collected them, we still need some other equipment. Now you Find me a plank of wood and give me a piece of carbon.”
"All right."
Soon, a wooden board that was supposed to hold blacksmithing equipment was carried over by Karavasin. He faced its flat back to Rurik, and handed over a so-called charcoal pen, which was actually a slender carbon rod. .
Rurik knelt down and ordered Klavason to squat in front of him.
He started drawing on the wooden board and talking about the details.
From the beginning, words are a kind of picture. Even the purely phonetic Pinyin script of its Nordic counterparts, Rune, originated from the hieroglyphic modification of ancient Egyptian script.
By drawing pictures, Rurik believed that Kravassin could understand.
Because what is painted on the wooden board is basically a view of the mold.
Rurik was in his professional state and couldn't help but draw three views.
Ultimately, what he drew was a schematic diagram of a mold system.
Karavarson didn't know anything about three-dimensional views, but this old guy knew the bronze casting process very well. All it took was Rurik's slightest hint, and Karavarson already understood it completely.
"Rurik, although I can't understand your drawings at all, don't worry that I don't understand. You want me to make two special utensils out of bronze, no problem."
Rurik clicked for a long time, maybe the old guy in front of him did understand: "Well, you should understand the meaning of these two bronze tools. If a ball of mud is put into the tool at that time, it will eventually be able to It is pressed into the shape of a cup. I also need you to make a wooden frame to fix the upper device to ensure the stability of the pressing."
Klavason nodded, "It looks like, in a sense, this is a stone mortar for pounding onions."
"It's really similar. You have to pound onions many times. As shown in the picture, my device only needs one."
Rurik had already drawn very clearly on this board. He drew a sketch of a manual punch and ordered Karavasin to follow this principle.
Rurik didn't care at all how exquisite the so-called pressing machine was.
Beautifully machine-made? That is impossible. In the final analysis, what Rurik wants is the finished glassware, even if the glass has many impurities and irregular regulations.
Of course, crude machinery naturally has its great value. In the final analysis, technology is constantly accumulated and developed from generation to generation. Even if there are rapid innovations in the process, after all, generations of people are constantly transforming based on the original machines.
"That's it. Since you can make the machine according to the diagram, I'm relieved. Now please listen carefully to the materials I need."
"Yes." Klavasen straightened his nerves, "The raw materials are the most important thing, tell me. I know these are all part of Odin's wisdom."
"Hehe, so be it." Rurik said solemnly: "I want you to prepare four things. First, those pebbles that are as transparent as possible, including sand from the stream. Second, pure white lime. . Third, it is the ashes, just like boiling salt. I want the crystals inside, and this is the only one I can ask the priests to make for me. Fourth, I want lead powder."
Clavarson did understand these four substances, including the third one, ash. He now knew that the precipitate after the ash melted into water was the key to making soap.
"Rurik, of these four things, I have to collect sand and lime myself. It would be best if you could help me get the essence of the ash. As for the lead, I have it here ready-made."
Rurik thought for a while and said: "Okay, I can wait. At first I just wanted to do an experiment to prove that I can do it. You don't need to collect so much material, as long as we succeed, then we will try again Increase production.”
"Oh! My child, you really think highly of my old bones." Klavasen laughed, "I am a blacksmith. Maybe I don't have that much energy to help you make cups or other things."
"Of course. Even so, I still need your help. I came here today to tell you this. Klavason, I will come back the day after tomorrow. By then, I hope you have completed my request. You must complete it as soon as possible, No matter what the outcome is, I will pay you." Rurik thought for a while and said casually: "Fifty silver coins!"
"What?! So much money?" Klavasen was startled.
"What? Do you think you have little money?"
"No! Enough is enough." Klavasen's excitement was written on his face, and he felt comfortable when he mentioned the coins. "This is better than business. By the morning of the day after tomorrow. No! By the time the sun goes down tomorrow, you will be But come to me and I will definitely succeed.”
"It'll be the day after tomorrow. I hope there won't be any problems along the way."
Rurik did not stay any longer. He had already informed them about all the requirements for making glass, raw materials and processing equipment, and promised a huge sum of money after the completion of the work.
Did you really start trying to make glass like this?
Once a decision has been made, one must go all the way to the end.
Asking himself, Rurik admired his decision.
Many ethnic groups learned the technology of making glass thousands of years ago. The technology of glass blowing came from ancient Egypt two thousand years ago. The technology quickly spread to the Mediterranean coast and was finally developed by Rome.
The technology they use is still blowing, which is really a technical job. If a glass blower is not technically qualified, he can blow out his cheek.
The Russians, who have barely even seen what glass is, expect that a few words of advice can make a small number of people learn to blow glass? It's really unrealistic. Even if you try it wrong, the hot air flowing back from the copper pipe can completely burn the worker's throat, causing the person to become mute.
But another processing method, the technology of pressed glass, is completely implemented.
After all, glass, due to its magical molecular structure, makes people confused whether it is a liquid or a solid. It does not have a solid-liquid decomposition temperature. When the temperature increases, it begins to become viscous, and finally turns into a hot red paste like ketchup.
A ball of paste with a not too extreme temperature, like plasticine, is placed in a mold and can of course be pressed into the desired shape.
That is, compared to glass blowing, this pressing technology is more suitable for making window glass and wide-mouth quilts. If bottles are made industrially, the industrial blowing method is incredibly efficient. Later, a beverage company's factories around the world could blow out two million glass bottles a day.
The most critical point is that the pressed glass process is simple, which is its advantage. In order to quickly make glassware, Rurik could only think of this set of pressing methods that had the possibility of rapid implementation.
After all, it's still just a possibility for now.
In theory, the possibility of success is very high! Rurik firmly believed that even if he could not create pure transparent glassware, it would be enough to create colored translucent products.
As for the toxicity of leaded glass, Rurik doesn't care. Anyway, the purpose of lead is to lower the melting point. If it is glassware and tableware that you use, of course you cannot use lead glass. If you want to talk about "" with more like-minded people, follow "Youdu Literature" on WeChat to chat about life and find close friends
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Chapter 152 Rurik needs glassware
