The village left part of the glass from the first furnace for Hanhan, and the rest was made into utensils and kept for collection.
The headmaster specially asked people to make a bunch of incense burners and put them in the sacrificial hall. If they broke, they would be replaced.
For everyone, the first furnace of colored glaze is the most expensive, which means that the village can make colored glaze from now on.
In the eyes of the villagers, Chang Mo was startled, mumbling, and occasionally ran into the mountain temple to write. When he went back to his home, he wrote that he had to walk more.
Zhu Wentian heard a few muttered words, why should we cry when worshiping our ancestors this year, and what should we say when crying...
After applying, Zhu Taisan and Zhu Taisi were allowed to watch in the glass kiln. Their eyes were darting around, looking for someone.
According to what the two of them thought, on such a solemn day, the hermit master should personally keep an eye on it.
who is it? Who is looking anxious? who is it? Who is looking forward to it? who is it? Who is stamping his feet and hesitating?
It was Hanhan, Hanhan paid the most attention to this kiln. Um! If it's not him, eliminate it and find another one.
While looking for two people and recording the time, they found that this kiln was different. The foot-operated blower was always turning, so it must be very hot in the kiln.
It was so hot that if it were any other kiln, even the one that fired porcelain would be broken, but the kiln in front of me was still fine.
Zhu Taisan and Zhu Taisi were troubled by not knowing how to burn glass and lower the melting temperature of quartz. They were also literate, but unfortunately no one taught them this.
The villagers also don't know the principle. Anyway, they just follow the situation and method told by Hanhan.
In this way, you can get new glass water before dinner in the evening.
Only Zhu Wentian understood that when he looked at the kiln, kaolin refractory bricks were used to bake glass. If no additional things were added, the kiln would be useless after the glass was burned.
The refractory temperature is similar to the melting temperature of quartz, or even a little worse. The thickness is used to make up for it. After firing, the kiln should be rebuilt.
This is why it is difficult to burn colored glaze and the kiln is useless!
The temperature of porcelain does not need to be that high, the temperature of pottery is lower.
Even for melting ore and making steel, the temperature is not as high as that of melting quartz without adding other things.
On the whole, if you master the technique of burning glass, you can make steel well.
After the glass is burned, special refractory bricks are fired in this kiln to maximize the refractory index and a new kiln is built with new bricks.
At present, in order to lower the melting temperature of quartz, stone soda is added. There is soda ash, but it is too little, so we can only use stone soda, sodium carbonate decahydrate.
However, when using soda ash, more limestone is needed, and the material ratio changes. If soda ash is used, the limestone ratio decreases.
You can also try to burn part of the limestone into quicklime before adding it in, so that the dehydration effect will be better and the overall time will be reduced.
Zhu Wentian knows where there are many soda ash mines. Tongbai County, Henan Province is about 500 kilometers away from the local area in a straight line.
He also knew that the right to speak was not enough. When the spring drought occurred in the main wheat-producing areas, he could ask the court to dig alkali mines there.
Before making achievements, it is difficult to win the trust of senior officials, especially those who are emperors.
Thinking about him, he looked at his friends, you still have to learn, these are high school knowledge, very simple.
At my time, it would take a normal person ten to twelve years. I will find a way to speed it up for you. I will not learn foreign languages or politics.
Um! Learn a foreign language by yourself first. The pronunciation and spelling of other countries have changed. If you learn it well, you can avoid being deceived by foreigners from all over the world.
Zhu Wentian thought like this, and when he looked at his friends, he showed... a naive smile, and occasionally heyed a few times.
When there are outsiders, the character cannot be ruined, and the acting must be dedicated, serious, and professional.
Zhu Taisan and Zhu Taisi were so dizzy looking for someone, but found nothing. Everything was normal, something evil!
Until before dinner, new glass liquid continued to flow out, and the villagers began to repeat the previous operations.
You only need to leave some for Hanhan to see, and don't want the rest, so you have to make something quickly. Even if you don't sell it for money, you can use it in your own village.
Especially the glass cups, bowls, plates and plates made of glass.
No matter how simple the villagers are, they still have a heart to show off, no, to show off, not that... to show off themselves, right?
Think about it, other people use pottery to eat, but porcelain is too expensive for us, so we have to use glassware. There is no other way. Our village has this condition and does not bake porcelain.
If it fell with a bang, don't worry about it, just prick Mo's foot.
Just like soap, when washing clothes by the river, if the soap accidentally falls into the river and is washed away, who has never missed it, right?
Villagers feel less worried now that they know the cost and price of making everything themselves.
For example, fermented bean curd was very expensive to buy in the past. This year, before the Chinese New Year, the villagers can eat whatever they make themselves. If a piece of it falls on the ground, it will be impossible to pick it up, eat it, carry it away, and feed it to the animals.
It’s just a small piece of tofu. The beans in the field are cut and made into silage to feed the livestock before they are ready. What’s the point of not wanting to part with it?
Everyone makes something while it's hot, and dinner will be late. Some villagers told Zhu Taisan and Zhu Taisi to go eat in advance, but they firmly refused.
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Zhu Yuanzhang's dinner was also late. The crabs and dipping sauces were sent by Xiaqiu Village. The crabs were alive, chilled and tied with straw.
According to the number of people, there are four hundred in total, one hundred servings, four per person, steamed is best.
Live crabs that are yellow and creamy are best for steaming, otherwise they are braised in brown sauce. Now that there is no chili, spicy stir-frying is better.
The side dishes must also be made freshly, including scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, eggplant mixed with sesame oil, and the braised pork and egg rice bowl that comes with the staple food. The rice and vegetables are separated, and the vegetables with juice are heated and placed on top of the rice when eating.
The palace can eat these things if they want, the key is that the utensils given are extraordinary.
Glass plates, glass bowls, glass dinner plates and glass lamps, glass wine jugs to warm the wine, and glass lampshades to shine.
"Damn it!" This was Zhu Yuanzhang's first reaction after seeing the utensils.
Some time ago, I asked my boss to send a set of ceramic utensils to Xiaqiu Village to show the emperor's favor! In fact, it’s just pretentious.
As a result, today I was given a set of glazed tableware, no, a full set of one hundred.
"Dad, Xiaqiu Village said that he was poor and had no money to buy colored glaze, so he had to think about burning it. Didn't he just give us the first kiln?"
Zhu Biao was also speechless. Zhu Taiyi and Zhu Taier had already explained the process.
After the glaze is fired in that kiln, it is not shaped directly in the kiln, but is processed later. There is a mold, and it is easy to fill one piece at a time.
The only problem is that it breaks easily and cannot be burned on a fire or poured with hot water when the weather is cold.
But it doesn't matter if it's broken. If there are still some left in the village, I can give them to you again.
What is the name of the test product? It has not been annealed. The future product will be fine. It will be stronger after the annealing process.
Zhu Biao was very depressed. He wrote a letter and asked the village if there was anything he could sell to foreigners to make money.
Before the letter was sent, the things were delivered first. Of course, this made money.
The more transparent it is, the harder it is to burn. There were transparent colored glazes in the past, which were accidentally burned and were worth a lot of money.
"You think the ceramics I gave you are not good, right? How could he do this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang is not happy. He has given you so much and you still think it is bad. They are all good things from the palace!
"Chongba, I was told that you can sell colored glaze to foreigners."
Empress Ma was explaining to the side, "I really feel bad for you. It's just a way of expressing your opinion that someone made the ceramics themselves and brought them to you."
"That's it, everyone's surname is Zhu, let's eat together as a family!" Zhu Yuanzhang became happy again.
