The next morning.
Su Yang had just gotten up and finished his morning exercise.
Good news came from the glass workshop.
The glass they fired this time was even more flawless than the previous one!
Upon hearing the news, Su Yang suddenly showed a smile on his face and rushed over immediately.
However, he keenly noticed that a group of Forbidden Army soldiers appeared outside the glass workshop, and Wang Hu and others looked at him with a hint of awe.
Su Yang was surprised, but did not ask in detail. Instead, he motioned to Wang Hu and others to follow the process and show him again.
Because of Ma Sanbao's stern warning yesterday, Wang Hu and other craftsmen have now completely corrected their identities and dare not disobey any of Su Yang's orders.
Soon the ten craftsmen began to work nervously. Their division of labor was clear, and nothing went wrong.
Bags of glass raw materials began to be poured into the furnace, and then Wang Hu pulled the blowing bellows like a tireless cow.
Having been in Xishan for almost half a year, Wang Hu and other craftsmen have no worries about eating and drinking. Not to mention eating a lot of fish and meat every day, at least for three meals a day, they are full.
Moreover, I work on time every day, and I can receive my wages at the end of the month. I can reward myself from time to time, and my life can be described as extremely nourishing.
Compared with the past when they went to various places to perform corvées in accordance with the orders of the imperial court, let alone three meals a day, they could only eat half full for two meals a day, and some places even did not even have one meal a day. Hungry for nine meals!
As for the craftsmen who want to eat meat, they can only taste it in their dreams.
After working as a humble craftsman for most of his life, only Mr. Su from Xishan could treat these craftsmen as human beings!
Therefore, most of the craftsmen in Xishan are grateful to Su Yang. As for those who want to eat well and are too lazy to cook, Mr. Su has sent them to the mountains to mine. Therefore, while the craftsmen are grateful to Su Yang, they also have a bit of awe.
The bellows whirred loudly as Wang Hu pulled it. The furnace used anthracite. As a large amount of oxygen entered, the anthracite inside began to burn blazingly.
The original red slowly turned to white, and the temperature became higher and higher.
As the temperature continues to rise and continue to heat up, the various glass materials inside begin to melt continuously, slowly fuse together, and begin to form something in a red fluid state, which is the glass embryo.
However, this is just a rough embryo, and it needs to be stirred next. This can better speed up the fusion of raw materials, and also remove the impurities inside more cleanly.
The bubbles inside the rough glass are actually carbon dioxide, impurities produced by chemical reactions after the various raw materials inside are fired at high temperatures.
If these impurities and bubbles are not removed, the fired glass will be colored and there will be bubbles, which seriously affects the light transmittance and aesthetics of the glass.
After Su Yang's reminder yesterday, the ten glass craftsmen were already ready. Two craftsmen immediately came forward with iron rods, constantly stirring the rough glass embryos. The remaining craftsmen began to observe and record, ensuring that every All experimental data are recorded.
Just as Su Gongzi said yesterday, this glass-making process will be the capital for the ten of them to settle down in Xishan from now on. Therefore, even if Ma Sanbao does not give a warning, they will never leak it to the public. Instead, they will study it behind closed doors, generation after generation. Handed down.
The ability to support a family is a rare treasure in this era!
Wang Hu was so tired that he was sweating profusely, so he asked a craftsman to take over his work.
"Sir, I didn't make any mistake, did I?"
Wiping the sweat from his face, Wang Hu stumbled to Su Yang and asked cautiously.
Su Yang nodded happily, "You did a great job, every step was perfect!"
Hearing Su Yang's personal praise, the ten craftsmen all had smiles on their faces.
Soon the heat is almost done, and the rough glass embryo will be out of the oven soon.
When the glass is just out of the oven, it is red, thin and soft, and has very good ductility.
Generally, the processing of glass products is carried out at this time, and it is made into whatever shape it needs.
If you want to make a handicraft such as a glass bottle, you need to blow the glass at this time, use the hollow stick in the middle to connect it, and keep blowing air into it.
Wang Hu and others brought some rectangular molds, which were the glass molds they rushed to make yesterday.
When the rough glass embryo is poured in, the red glass begins to solidify as it slowly cools. At the same time, as the red color fades, the glass slowly turns white and becomes transparent. The last piece of glass is made, crystal clear. Transparent, like ice jade!
Su Yang stood up and squatted down, quietly observing the finished product.
Compared with yesterday's defective product, this piece of glass has almost no variegation, but there are still a lot of bubbles in the middle of the glass. Obviously the stirring time was shorter, so the bubbles and impurities were not completely removed.
But this effect still made Su Yang very satisfied.
After all, this is just an experiment, and problems will inevitably arise, as long as they are solved.
Su Yang stood up and looked at the ten craftsmen who were sweating profusely, and applauded sincerely.
"Very good, you did a great job!"
"You are not far away from mastering the mature glass firing process."
"Next, follow this process and continue to experiment and gain experience until you completely master this craft!"
The ten craftsmen nodded excitedly.
They all felt very proud to be praised by Mr. Su personally.
"In view of your outstanding performance, I have decided to give you an additional bonus of twenty taels of silver this month!"
As soon as these words came out, Wang Hu and others cheered even more.
Twenty taels of silver, that is their income for one or two years!
Living with Mr. Su is really a blessing gained from my previous life!
"keep it up!"
"Whenever you master the mature craftsmanship, I will reward you generously again!"
Su Yang instructed with a smile, and then left the glass workshop.
After he left, Wang Hu and others rested for a while and started the next firing work.
But they remembered Mr. Su's words, even if it was for money, they must master this craft as soon as possible!
As long as Mr. Su has enough money, even if we bake a glass girl for him, we must make it lifelike, with the front protruding and the back curving!
Su Yang returned to his small courtyard and called Ma Sanbao over.
"Did you arrange for the Imperial Guardsmen in the glass workshop?"
Su Yang looked at Ma Sanbao and asked expressionlessly.
Hearing this, Ma Sanbao nodded.
"Yes, sir."
Because there was not much age difference between the two, Su Yang asked Ma Sanbao to call him Young Master instead of Master.
"Why did you do this?"
"Sanbao feels that the glass is a rare treasure, and the glass firing process is even more precious, so it is inevitable that some villains will have thoughts that they shouldn't have."
Ma He explained honestly, without any intention of hiding anything.
Su Yang looked at Ma He quietly, and finally shook his head and laughed.
He is worthy of being a virtuous eunuch who will go down in history. He has a clever mind.
"Please forgive me, Master. It was the Three Treasures who made their own decisions..."
"Okay, there's nothing wrong with what you did."
Su Yang waved his hand and asked: "How are you learning the basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry?"
"Sir, it's almost done, but there are still some things I don't understand."
Ma Sanbao carefully gave the answer. God knows how many good sleeps he had in the past few months in order to learn this knowledge!
Su Yang was surprised when he heard this. Then he asked several questions, and Ma Sanbao answered them all.
This Nima Di is actually another top student, and even more amazing than my little wife!
"Ahem, Sanbao, you are very good. If you don't understand anything else, just ask your wife!"
"Next, young master, I will teach you another knowledge. This will be the foundation for you to settle down in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Ma He immediately looked solemn and said solemnly, "Master, please give me some advice."
"This knowledge, called geography, can be said to be broad and profound, encompassing the world..."
"!!!"
