Qin Ming and his party walked and chatted, and soon came to stand outside a kiln entrance.
At this time, many kiln workers were gathered outside the kiln where the glass was fired.
Upon seeing this, Manager Chen quickly took two steps and shouted to the crowd:
"Young master is here, everyone please give way!"
Upon hearing this, the kiln workers immediately stood in two rows, and a group of people bowed their hands and saluted Qin Ming.
"The common people pay homage to the man from Lantian County!"
Qin Mingchao smiled and waved his hands at these kiln workers and said:
"Everyone, get up."
"Thank you, man from Lantian County."
Old Man Yao frowned when he heard everyone address Qin Ming. He didn't expect that the young man next to him was actually a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty!
No wonder he dared to create such an academy!
Manager Chen walked to Qin Ming, pointed at the kiln door, and said with a smile:
"Sir, please wait here for a moment, and I will have someone move the glass out of the kiln entrance right away."
Qin Ming could not suppress the excitement in his heart when he could see the glass of future generations immediately, even if there were many people around.
He waved his hand towards Manager Chen and urged:
"Have them move the glass out quickly."
"Here."
Manager Chen waved to the kiln workers standing by the kiln entrance and said:
"Everyone, follow a certain person into the kiln entrance and take out everything inside!"
After saying that, Manager Chen led a dozen kiln workers into the kiln entrance and disappeared from the sight of the three of them in a blink of an eye.
After a while,
Manager Chen and his team carried or carried out five or six oval glass blocks with smooth and translucent surfaces from the kiln entrance!
Qin Ming quickly walked to the glass block and squatted down. He reached out and gently touched the smooth surface of the glass, confirming that it was pure glass!
Qin Ming squatted on the ground and laughed.
"It's really burning! Okay, that's great, hahaha."
Li Chun and Old Man Yao looked at the smooth and translucent glass block on the ground and were stunned for a moment. Then Li Chun ran to Qin Ming and squatted down next to Qin Ming with a face full of joy.
"Sir, is this colored glaze? Is such a large piece of colored glaze really fired at the entrance of our kiln?"
Qin Ming nodded, then patted Li Chun on the shoulder and explained:
"This is not glass, this is glass, specially used to build houses!"
Li Chun turned his head with a stiff expression when he heard this, looked at Qin Ming blankly and asked:
"Sir, are you kidding me?"
After speaking, Li Chun pointed to a piece of colored glaze the size of a fist and said:
"This is colored glaze! In Chang'an City, such a small piece can be sold for dozens of taels of gold!"
"Building a house with colored glaze? Isn't it too luxurious?"
Qin Ming stopped his movements when he heard this, turned to look at Li Chun and asked:
"Just such a small piece can be sold for dozens of taels of gold? Are you sure?"
Li Chun nodded heavily.
Qin Ming was thoughtful after hearing this, then he stood up and said to the kiln workers:
"I hope everyone will keep this matter of glass fired at the kiln mouth secret for the time being."
The craftsmen looked at each other after hearing this, and immediately remembered the several rules set by the Qin Mansion, one of which was that they were not allowed to reveal to others what happened in the Qin Mansion's workshop.
If someone deliberately leaks the news, once discovered, they will be expelled from the Qin Mansion Workshop and even the Qin Family Village!
Moreover, the Qin Mansion will keep the records on file, and craftsmen and their families who violate the rules will be included in the Qin Mansion's blacklist and will never be employed by the Qin Mansion!
Because when I work in Qinjiazhuang, I not only get a lot of wages, but I also take care of two meals.
At present, the young and strong men in Qinjiazhuang and several nearby villages all have the goal of working in Qinjiazhuang!
As for the women in nearby Zhuangzi, their ultimate goal is to marry into Qinjiazhuang!
Therefore, none of the craftsmen working in Qinjiazhuang dare to talk nonsense outside!
Let’s get down to business,
After hearing Qin Ming's words, the kiln workers immediately bowed their hands to Qin Ming and said:
"Here!"
Qin Ming nodded slightly and said with a smile:
"Very good, as long as everyone follows Qin and works hard, Qin will never treat you badly!"
After speaking, Qin Ming coughed lightly and said loudly:
"A certain person announced that starting from next month, all kiln workers' wages will be doubled!"
All the kiln workers looked happy when they heard this, and the scene immediately became noisy.
When Manager Chen in the crowd saw this, he rolled his eyes, bowed his hands to Qin Ming and said:
"Thank you to the man from Lantian County! I wish the county man to be a noble prince forever!"
Upon hearing this, the other kiln workers bowed to Qin Ming and saluted.
"Thank you to the man from Lantian County! I wish the county man to be a noble prince forever!"
Qin Ming smiled and nodded.
"Okay, let's all get busy."
After speaking, Qin Ming walked to Manager Chen, patted his shoulder and said with a smile:
"Well done!"
At this time, Old Yao, who was standing by, heard the movement around him and recovered from the shock.
He walked to Qin Ming, raised his hands and asked:
"May I ask my friend, is the method of firing these colored glazes also done by my own hands?"
Qin Ming waved his hands and said:
"It was just an accident."
After saying that, Qin Ming went into detail about how the glass was accidentally fired at the kiln entrance, and then he ordered Manager Chen to tell Mr. Yao and Dean Li about the repeated attempts according to different proportions!
Li Chun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said happily:
"According to what the young master said, doesn't it mean that the cost of this colored glaze is very low?"
"Young master just said that you want to use these colored glazes to build a house. What did you mean?"
Qin Ming knew that Li Chun was obsessed with architecture, so he explained with a smile:
"I am going to use glass to replace the window paper. This will not only maintain the temperature in the room, but also allow sunlight to enter the room through the glass!"
Li Chun's body trembled when he heard this, and a house with gleaming glass doors and windows immediately appeared in his mind!
But then he thought of a very fatal question.
"But sir, these glasses are all round. If they were made into glass windows, wouldn't most of them have to be ground off?"
Qin Ming smiled and explained:
"This is not as complicated as you think. If you want to obtain glass that is thin enough and large enough, you only need to pour it onto a steel plate before the glass has cooled and hardened, and then use another steel plate to squeeze the glass to a fixed thickness. ”
Li Chun was thoughtful when he heard the words.
Manager Chen was confused, so he asked Qin Ming:
"Sir, what steel plate are you talking about?"
When Old Yao heard this, he also looked towards Qin Ming.
Qin Ming thought for a while and said to Manager Chen:
"You go to the house and wait for me. I will explain some things to you alone!"
"Here."
After speaking, Qin Ming turned to Li Chun and said:
"You can talk to the craftsmen at the institute this afternoon and ask them to build two steel plates two feet long and two feet wide each as soon as possible."
"Here."
"Ada, you move these glasses to the carriage first."
"Here."
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