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Chapter 1145 Glass has countless uses (first update)
Chapter 1154

Wang Yang settled down. Although money is just a number, it doesn't mean he doesn't like money. On the contrary, Mr. Wang will never think that he has too much money.

However, it's not good to keep your own wealth in the treasury just because it has increased in value. The money must flow in order to generate more wealth.

"By the way, how is the glass workshop that Wang asked you to run, Lao Niu, now? Remember this spring, you wrote to me and told me that you were able to produce the samples I need?"

"Exactly, today, the little one brought a piece specially, please take a look..." Manager Niu nodded, then shook his head at his son, Manager Xiao Niu, who brought it from the side I took a package wrapped in thick cotton cloth, and inside the package was a wooden box about one foot square.

The box seemed a bit thick. After opening the box, the white cotton was still exposed. When the calf steward carefully removed all the cotton on the surface.

Wang Yang finally saw a completely transparent, pure, square and flat piece of flat glass...

"Since you told me about this matter before you left, my son, the little old man has never dared to slack off. He has been tinkering with this thing with several trusted craftsmen like Mr. Wang and the others."

"After more than a year of work, the little old man and those old masters almost lost confidence. If you hadn't insisted on it, young master, and kept comforting the little ones, I'm afraid..."

Steward Niu looked at the piece of plate glass that reflected the light, his eyes looked so loving and cherished.This thing can be regarded as the most painstaking effort in his life.

From scratch, the first samples they got were a few pieces of glass that Wang Yang got from a Hu businessman, and they were all colored ones.

And at that time, Wang Yang was ordered to go to Shaanxi North Road because of the emperor's will. Before leaving, Wang Yang specifically confessed to Niu Guanshi.

Let him find a few experienced craftsmen with excellent skills and good character from his own cement workshop, and then start the difficult road of developing glass, which will take several years.

I don’t know how many difficulties I encountered along the way, but every time I complained to Wang Yang, I always received responses and encouragement.

Moreover, Wang Yang has never produced any output for this small workshop, only investing in it, and the annual investment is about [-] guan.

One hundred thousand guan, that is a huge sum of money that can buy a comfortable house in the city of Bianliang, where every inch of land is expensive.

With the generous salary and Wang Yang's encouragement, everyone persisted. Every technical improvement and every glass of water produced will get closer and closer to Wang Yang's requirements.

It took several years like this, until the end of this spring, when the first piece of glass whose transparency and purity fully met the requirements was produced, but Guanshi Niu remembered that at that time, he, as well as the old men who were present The craftsmen cried like a group of five or six-year-old children.

Wang Yang's lips were trembling a little. Glass finally appeared. It finally appeared several years after he came to this era.

Carefully picked it up, looked at the flat and smooth piece of glass, saw clearly the flushed face of steward Maverick Niu on the opposite side of the glass, and could clearly see the flickering candle on the desk.

It is enough to prove that this is really a piece of transparent and pure glass.

Steward Mavericks also said beside him. "The first piece of glass that was made was like a lump of colorful stones. Compared with this piece of flat glass, it was simply unbearable to see."

"Because you have always confessed, my son, to focus on research and development, and try to develop various related glass products. And for the sake of confidentiality, only our father and son and those few old craftsmen know about it.

It is precisely because of the shortage of manpower that today, the largest piece of flat glass is made. "

Iron plates were first used. Unfortunately, iron plates dissipated heat too quickly. The hot glass slurry solidified before it could be processed, and wooden boards could not withstand such high temperatures.

In the end, the foreman, Mr. Wang, came up with the idea of ​​laying a smooth large stone slab flat, smearing it with grease, pouring hot glass slurry on it, and rolling it out by rolling it out.

"It's rolled out, okay, it's pretty good." Although Wang Yang understands how glass is produced, he even knows that some glassware is blown out.

But how to make flat glass, he really doesn't know, after all, he is not a professional in this line of work.It would be great if someone could solve this big problem.

Compared with those glassware, the most useful thing is actually flat glass. At least in Wang Yang's consciousness, the purpose of this thing is absolutely irreplaceable by anything else in this era.

That is lighting. In this era, there is no glass, so the eaves will try to stretch outwards, so that people can get light through the open doors and windows during the day.

And when there is glass, everything will become easier, and more importantly, with glass, the carriage carriage that Wang Yang is making will no longer look so dark.

In addition, the birth of glass is also a catalyst for the chemical industry.With this kind of thing, Wang Yang's countless previous ideas can slowly become reality.

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"Husband, what is this?" Liu Yiyi stepped into the front hall after Steward Niu and his son left, and asked curiously when she saw the transparent sheet in Wang Yang's hand.

"Come here and have a look, guess what this is?" Wang Yang smiled and beckoned Liu Yiyi to come and sit down, and then passed the glass plate over.

"It's quite heavy. It's so big, so flat, and so smooth. I'm afraid it's hard to find." After receiving it, Liu Yiyi looked at the glass sample in amazement and said.

"How big a crystal block is needed to grind it out?"

"This is not made of crystal, but fired glass." Wang Yang smiled and raised his eyebrows proudly at Liu Yiyi.

"Glass, could it be that thing you asked Steward Niu and the others to do?" Liu Yiyi suddenly thought of what her husband had told her when she was on Shaanxi North Road.

"I didn't expect them to actually do it..."

Liu Yiyi gave a low cry in disbelief. "Is this actually made by firing?"

"That's right, it's made of the kind of stone that can be seen everywhere." Wang Yang looked at Liu Yiyi's sexy cherry lips slightly parted and her almond eyes wide open cutely, he couldn't help raising his hand and gently He scratched the tip of her nose and said.

"This, this is too unbelievable, it's just my husband, you made this glass, isn't it just for grinding spectacle lenses?"

"Of course not. There are countless uses for this glass, especially when you can enjoy the beautiful moonlight at night without opening the windows and doors, you can understand."

(End of this chapter)