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"Spread it evenly in the middle to avoid uneven thickness. What? If you don't know how, then let's find another craftsman who usually repairs and plasters the walls of the palace."
Outside the boiler room.
Ning Wuyang was teaching the craftsmen how to put the liquid-fired colored glaze into the utensils he had prepared earlier to make flat colored glaze to observe whether the liquid glaze had reached the quality he required.
According to ancient craftsmanship, flat glass needs to be baked against a pot like baking film and then cut.
Ning Wuyan improved it a bit, and after creating the mold, he directly made colored glaze with different thicknesses.
But for things like flat colored glaze, I don’t know whether it’s because Loulan hasn’t made it at all, or because the craftsmen in Jing’an City haven’t seen it before. Making it requires explaining it first so that they can understand it thoroughly.
The craftsmen all have their own strengths and skills. The craftsmen in charge of forging don't have to do this method of spreading and shaking the glass evenly.
no way.
When Ning Wuyan saw the finished glass product that had condensed into lumps of translucent texture under rapid cooling, with a lot of bubbles mixed in, he immediately stopped and asked someone to tell Zhou Jingxian and ask for some more professional craftsmen to cool down the glass liquid.
"Ning Shixian, wait a moment, I'll be back soon!"
The errand boy was Long Wei, who was left behind by Zhou Jingxian.
As dragon guards, they generally don't want to do such errands.
but!
When they saw with their own eyes that Ning Wuchang stayed up all night to make colored glaze, and that the quality of the transparent colored glaze was no worse than the ornaments they had seen in the palace, they understood that they had been gifted by Princess Xian to the "new owner" "What a powerful man of God.
It is also an honor to serve him.
"Wait a minute, take this finished product to Princess Xian, so that she won't be delayed by other errands."
Ning Wuyang casually threw the fat gourd that had failed to be blown to Long Wei who was about to deliver a message.
This fat gourd was filled with too much coloring material. The yellow color was very festive, but the translucency was far less than the color of glass that Ning Wuchang had seen before. In addition, there were frosted impurities in it. In his eyes, , can only be regarded as a failed work.
But Long Wei had seen similar ornaments like this in the palace and knew how much this gourd was worth.
Even the well-informed Long Wei who was following the emperor was startled by Ning Wuhuang's casual move. He hurriedly opened his hands and held the glazed gourd firmly, and looked through it carefully, fearing that just now It broke into pieces and wasted everything.
"Ning Shixian, should I take this gourd to find Princess Xian?"
Looking at it from a distance, it looks precious.
It felt extremely smooth in his hand, and Long Wei felt that it was just as valuable as he thought.
Bringing such a glazed gourd to Princess Xian, what if you knock it and touch it?
"Yeah, come on, I'm still waiting for the craftsmen to come and apply the glass."
Ning Wuyang urged, then picked up the copper pipe, picked a mold that pleased his eyes, and prepared to blow the second glass product.
This time he picked a cornucopia.
According to his technique, of course it is either a cornucopia with a complicated image, or a cornucopia in the form of a golden water tank.
Fortunately, the master who made the mold was very skilled, and the characters on the mold were engraved smoothly and seamlessly.
Even though Ning Wushan's blowing skills were not very good, he still blew out a cornucopia with the words "treasure basin" and the shape of a blooming lotus.
The craftsmen who were watching were so shocked that their jaws dropped. Even Yun Fei, who had gained a lot of experience following him, was shocked. He carefully touched the smooth edge of the basin and asked uncertainly: "Master, , is this really the glass you blew?"
"What you saw with your own eyes was not blown by me. Could it be that it was blown by you?"
Ning Wuyang was quite proud and touched a handful of the cooled cornucopia.
Although in his opinion, this smoothness is artificial and not as good as the pure natural jade material, in the eyes of other powerful people, it is a treasure.
Especially this kind of cornucopia with a good meaning. This big treasure basin with a diameter of two feet and a depth of two feet should be able to sell as much gold as it can hold.
"It's a pity that the ripples made me wrinkle a little. Fortunately, the water ripples below coincided with it, so I couldn't see it. I sent it to the Ministry of Industry as a decoration. I don't know if Qin Shangshu would like it."
When the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry standing nearby heard this, their minds flashed to the upright-looking Qin Shangshu, who touched this cornucopia every day when he had nothing to do, and smiled like he was obsessed with money.
They all shrugged their shoulders and tried not to laugh.
Qin Shi couldn't help but complain: "Mr. Ning, the Ministry of Industry is a place for work. If you want to gather money, it is more appropriate to send it to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"Where does the Ministry of Households gather wealth? It is the place where wealth comes from. Although the Ministry of Works is a place for work, it can also receive money. For example, Ping'an Wine is not just for collecting money. From now on, the Ministry of Works will also take over the production and sale of this glass. The money received will be spent first by the Ministry of Works, so it is timely to give this cornucopia to the Ministry of Works."
Hearing Ning Wuyan's words, the craftsmen who had been suppressing their laughter just now were once again so shocked that their jaws dropped to the floor.
Ping'an Wine is indeed supervised by the Imperial Winery of the Ministry of Industry, and the Tong Supervisor receives salary and rewards from the Ministry of Industry. However, in addition to paying for relevant personnel of the Ministry of Industry, the profits from Ping'an Wine go into the national treasury, which is equivalent to It went into Tobe's pocket.
They thought that the Ning family would be responsible for firing colored glaze and would jointly supervise the production of this product with the Ministry of Household Affairs. Did they actually directly give this right to the Ministry of Works?
In this case, the value of these craftsmen involved in making glass will surely increase several times in the future!
For a while.
Some of the craftsmen who had previously complained about how little sleep they had in two days and nights were in high spirits on happy occasions, so they quickly got into the boiler room and started working enthusiastically.
Ning Wuyang saw the craftsmen who had relaxed after seeing a small success in firing the colored glaze, threw back their arms and started working again, and let out a long yawn with satisfaction.
no.
Even with the support of a foundation like the Inner Breath Skill, I still can't stay awake enough if I don't get enough sleep.
"Third brother, watch them blow out the vessel on this drawing. Remember, the thickness must be as written on it. Call me when it's done. I'll go and squint for a while. Don't call Princess Xian when she comes. I, I still have to wait for these vessels to be made and delivered to the Chinese Master."
Ning Wuyang yawned and was walking into the house.
When he saw several apprentices under the master craftsman carrying several large pieces of fine iron out, he suddenly woke up and quickly called out to those people.
"Little masters, stop, don't move away those extra iron materials yet, I'll keep them for use!"
The remaining materials from the Ministry of Industry are also registered.
If others had said this, these apprentices would naturally ask them to ask the supervisor in charge today for instructions first, then go through the formalities and get the remaining materials later.
But the person who spoke was Ning Shixian, who had made colored glaze. Several people worked together to lift the remaining materials in front of him and asked puzzledly: "Ning Shixian, these are the materials. Although they are also fine iron, there are impurities in them." There are too many, and it is impossible to cast them into more precise iron tools. If you have other molds or objects that need to be cast, why not ask Princess Xian to go to the Ministry of Industry to get some high-quality refined iron."
