Qin Ming was overjoyed when he heard this. He took two steps forward and took the person's hand. He said excitedly:
"Well done. Come on, I'll go with you to the brick kiln."
Chen San, the steward in charge of firing red bricks and cement in the house, nodded heavily.
He now admires and admires the young master!
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A dozen days ago, the Qin Mansion opened a dozen new kilns in order to bake large quantities of cement.
Everything was going on in an orderly manner, but one day five days ago, a kiln suddenly fired more than a dozen pieces of "glazed glass" that are extremely precious nowadays.
Chen Sanlang was shocked after receiving the report from the craftsmen, so he rushed to the Qin Mansion with those colored glazes and reported the matter to Qin Ming.
Qin Ming was so excited after seeing the glass!
After coming to Datang for so many days, the thing he couldn't stand the most was the layers of window paper.
It is neither warm nor light-transmissive, especially in winter. In order to keep the house warmer, all the windows can only be closed, so that even during the day, a few more candles must be lit in the house!
Otherwise, the room would be completely dark!
Qin Ming also thought about making glass, but the problem is that you can't make glass with sand alone!
The institute has already verified this!
So when Qin Ming learned that glass was accidentally fired when cement was being fired at the kiln entrance, he took Manager Chen and rushed to the kiln entrance without stopping.
Then Qin Ming asked Manager Chen to call all the craftsmen at the kiln entrance to ask one by one what raw materials were placed in the kiln entrance at that time.
After comparing the materials at other kiln entrances, Qin Ming discovered that in addition to adding a small amount of sand and stone to the kiln entrance where the glass was produced, a craftsman's child once put a lot of dry grass in it because he was playful. Go in with the branches.
After finding these differences, Qin Ming made some guesses.
Perhaps the firing of glass is related to limestone and plant ash, that is, soda ash.
So he ordered Manager Chen to conduct tests in that kiln entrance according to different ratios to see if the glass could be fired again!
As expected, after adding plant ash and sand to the kiln mouth, a small amount of glass could be fired from time to time.
In addition, it may be because of the placement of plant ash in the kiln entrance. Not only is there less glass fired, but it is also dark in color!
So later Qin Ming asked for some soda ash for making soap from Xiao Qingwan.
After Qin Ming gave the soda ash to Manager Chen, he ordered him to continue trying and record the material ratio each time.
If you run out of soda ash, go find him at home!
No need to worry about waste!
Moreover, Qin Ming repeatedly told Manager Chen that when the kiln can produce a large amount of pure-colored glass at once, he must be notified as soon as possible!
This is also the origin of the scene just now!
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Qin Ming turned around with a smile and said to Xiao Changxi and others:
"Chang Xi, please take Uncle Huang and the others into the house to rest for a while. I'll go to the kiln entrance!"
Xiao Changxi saw Qin Ming's face full of joy and knew that something good must be happening at the entrance of the kiln.
She didn't ask any more questions, and gave Qin Ming a blessing and said:
"Don't worry, young master, my maid will take care of matters in the house."
After saying this, Xiao Changxi greeted everyone into the house.
Yang Zijun was very curious about the glass that Manager Chen was talking about, because she had heard from Wan'er's cousin earlier in the morning that she asked the young master to ask the kiln mouth to develop new things.
But thinking that because I had to meet Uncle Zhang this morning, I had not gone to the greenhouse to record the growth of the rice, I gave up the idea angrily.
Thinking of this, Yang Zijun walked to Qin Ming and gave him a blessing.
"Sir, it's getting late. It's time for Mao Tu and I to go to the rice fields to make records, so I won't accompany you to the kiln entrance."
Qin Ming smiled and nodded when he heard this.
"Well, thank you for your hard work. Go early and come back early. Don't delay your lunch meal."
Yang Zijun smiled and nodded, then spoke to Xiao Changxi and walked to the greenhouse with Maotu.
Xiao Qingwan is also very curious about glass, but she is even more curious at this time about what happened to the little water snake and the young master last night!
Because this morning, the young master specifically asked Si She to stay in the house to rest, so she never had the chance to have a private chat with Si She!
She had spent this morning in a state of shock!
Looking at the gate of Qin Mansion, she wanted to rush into the house and ask the little water snake for details!
Seeing that the young master was going to the kiln entrance, she finally found an opportunity.
So she walked to Qin Ming and said with a blessing:
"Sir, my servant has to prepare lunch later, so I won't accompany you to the entrance of the kiln."
Qin Ming smiled and nodded when he heard this, and reached out to touch Wan'er's ponytail.
"Well, go ahead and let the kitchen cook some more good dishes for lunch!"
Wan'er narrowed her eyes and smiled, and nodded heavily towards Qin Ming.
After Wan'er left, the immortal Mr. Yao quickly walked up to Qin Ming, saluted and said:
"Master Qin, are you going to the kiln where the cement is fired?"
"If it's convenient, can you bring me with you?"
Old man Yao was shocked when he heard Qin Ming mention the kiln mouth just now. He heard Qin Ming say in the car that the cement used for road construction was fired at the kiln mouth on Zhuangzi.
So he really wanted to go there and have a look now, maybe there was the person he was looking for there.
After hearing this, Qin Ming thought for a while and felt that it would be okay to bring Mr. Yao with him, just so that he could see the strength of the family!
I can’t believe that the old gentleman was willing to stay after seeing the cement workshop!
So Qin Ming stepped forward to help the old man up and said with a smile:
"It's an honor! Mr. Yao, please come here. The entrance of the kiln is still some distance from the house. Let's take a ride there together."
Old man Yao nodded when he heard this, and then walked towards the carriage.
Qin Ming looked at Mr. Yao's back and remembered that he had promised him just now that he would introduce him to the developer of cement.
So Qin Ming said to Jin San who was not far away:
"Jin San, you drive that carriage to the temporary command post, find Manager Li, and ask him to take the carriage to meet me at the entrance of the kiln!"
When Jin San heard this, he raised his hands and responded.
Manager Chen glanced at the old man Yao with white hair and beard in confusion.
"Sir, who is that old gentleman?"
Qin Ming explained with a smile:
"He was invited back from Yangzhou by Manager Zhang. He is quite accomplished in shipbuilding and is a very powerful shipbuilder!"
Manager Chen suddenly realized what he said.
"In that case, Chen will have to ask the old gentleman for advice soon!"
Qin Ming smiled and nodded, and then asked Manager Chen to get on the carriage with him.
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