Respect the little husband [farming]

Shen Wenxuan stood in the newly built blacksmith shop. It was dark and hot inside, and the flames of the stove blazed violently on the face of the man, dividing it into irregular light and dark sides.

The person in front of him working in the fire was not a blacksmith, but an old master who fired porcelain. He was recruited from other kilns with enough money, and his craftsmanship was outstanding.

At this time, Shen Wenxuan was waiting for the glass to form and cool, and the iron plate next to it was already cooled with a large piece of flat glass.

Burning glass is not difficult, at least easier than firing porcelain.The difficulty is how to reduce the cost and heat resistance, and what is even more difficult is the purity of the glass.

Mix and melt quartz sand, feldspar, limestone, and soda ash in a certain proportion to form molten glass, and then make containers of various shapes by blowing glass, or first make a paste mold of the desired shape, with a hollow in the middle , Seal the glass raw material and the paste mold together and put them into the furnace for sintering. The molten glass will flow into the paste mold. After cooling, remove the paste mold and then repair it.

Quartz sand and feldspar are raw materials used in firing porcelain. Limestone is usually used for wall painting. These are easy and cheap to obtain. The key is soda ash. Natural soda ash is generally obtained from saline-alkali lakes. You have to use soda, but it is expensive if you use it in large quantities, but you can use lye juice boiled from plant ash instead, so the cost will be greatly reduced.

At the same time, in order to save time and reduce the waste caused by trial and error, adding molten oxidized lead to the raw materials can lower the melting temperature of the glass, make the glass easier to melt, and prolong the time that the glass remains in a liquid state.

The purer the quartz sand used, the higher the purity of the glass, and adding metal elements such as copper and iron can obtain colored glass.

As for why he knew this, it was just the content of his minor in architecture when he was in college.

Shen Wenxuan touched the piece of glass that had cooled down. The surface was still rough and not very clean, but it was much better than the previous one.

"Young master, it's ready." The old master Fu Tong handed him the repaired glass teacup carefully, "Be careful."

This is the best one he has made in the past few days. It is transparent and bright, without any impurities. It is a bit more beautiful than the most elegant porcelain he has ever seen. It is really a miracle!

Thinking that this was actually written by him, Old Tong couldn't help laughing a few times, looking at the glazed teacup in Shen Wenxuan's hand, he was very satisfied. When these people approached him at the beginning and asked him to sign a lifelong contract, he wasn't too sure about it. Yes, but the conditions they put forward are really generous. They can build him a private house in a place with mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery, surrounded by servants, and the moon silver is twice as high as the previous kiln. up to him.

After careful consideration, he still agreed. Now it seems that such a good thing doesn't make people sign a lifetime contract.

He has been making porcelain for so many years, and this glazed craft rarely makes him feel excited. He doesn't want servants, but a few apprentices to serve him. There is also the porcelain map that this person gave a few days ago, just one word, absolutely.

Originally, he thought that he came here to provide for the elderly, but he didn't expect that he wanted to work harder in his later years. The world is unpredictable.

After reading it, Shen Wenxuan handed the teacup to Wang Muze who was behind him, looked at Mr. Tong and asked, "Have you thought about the place for the old man's house? After I think about it, I will invite someone to start the construction."

"No, no," Tong Lao waved his hands and smiled, "Just build around this shop. I think this place is pretty good, with mountains and water, but you have to get me a few caves, and how many more are there?" As an apprentice, there is no cave and no one, so what do you want me to do?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help worrying. This shop looked like it was for blacksmithing. Although it also had a stove, it couldn't be used for porcelain.

"The old man is right." Shen Wenxuan laughed, he was looking for someone based on character and craftsmanship, and now seeing Tong Lao's simple and honest temperament, he did not find the wrong person.

Holding the teacup, Wang Muze carefully put it into the box, and said with a smile, "In just a few days, the cave will definitely be completed as soon as possible, and a few blacksmiths will come later. Don't worry, they are all honest people. The room we built later There are enough, I will definitely not compete with you for space. I will find someone to build a house for you today—"

"Okay, tell him so much what to do, I see he is traveling here, so uncomfortable, how can there be so much dissatisfaction?" Old Man Wen said, sitting far away from the stove drinking tea, he felt uncomfortable The stove is too hot.

Old Tong smiled and said: "Old Wen, you have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. Even Xiao Ze told me that it won't work. Let me see who can stand your temper."

Old man Wen: "Hey, don't tell me, there is an old guy in my family, he can bear it, you can't bear it because you can't."

Tong Lao laughed angrily at him: "Okay, I'll work, I won't chat with you, and I'm not as free as you when I travel around here."

"I'm free? I have to take care of the blacksmith who will come later. I'll be busier than you then." Old Man Wen rolled his eyes and put the teacup on the table with a bang.

Two grumpy old men.

Wang Muze pursed his lips and looked at Shen Wenxuan nervously.

Shen Wenxuan wasn't worried at all, he just said, "Don't fight."

Tong Lao fiddled with glass raw materials: "Whoever has time to fight with him is busy."

The old man Wen shook the blueprint in his hand: "Who is not busy? Get out if you are not busy."

Shen Wenxuan raised his eyebrows and called old man Wen out. There are more than a dozen carpenters working on the waterfall outside, and it will take at least [-] days to see the progress.

Old man Wen thought he was going to talk to him about his attitude, and his face was stinky, but he heard him ask: "How do you see the drawings in your hand?"

Old man Wen was stunned for a while, Shen Wenxuan had already given the blueprint to him the day Zhang Ruotou's people set out to go to business, to be honest, it was unbelievable, he had never seen such a thing.

"I understand a lot, but—" Old Man Wen stared at Shen Wenxuan, frowning, "Why did you entrust me to make such a thing."

"Didn't you make the astronomical observatory with reference to ancient books?" Shen Wenxuan remembered that when he was looking for Huang Yu to make a telescope, he dug out something like a clock from his box, which was extremely precise.

"You can make it, and you can definitely make what is on the drawing."

Old Man Wen laughed, but his frown still remained unchanged: "What do you want to do with such a thing? It's not because you want to seek—"

"You think too much," Shen Wenxuan interrupted him, with a flat expression on his face, "It's just for self-defense, I just want to live in peace."

Old man Wen curled his lips: "I don't know what kind of medicine you sell in your gourd, but I have to try whether it can be made or not, and you will know after the trial."

Old man Wen turned and went back to the house. After the blacksmiths came, he had to choose carefully, and the untalented idiots should go away.

Shen Wenxuan smiled slightly, and asked Wang Muze beside him, "Where's Zhao Er?"

Wang Muze: "He went to the dock to pick up the goods. Zhang Ruotou's ship will arrive today. It is estimated that the iron ore will be delivered today."

Shen Wenxuan nodded, took him into the carriage, and went straight to Yu's house in Pingyue Mansion.

.......

Yu's house.

"Here and here, everything has been cleaned." Yu Tang is directing the servants to clean up and down, very busy.

Everyone in the house knew that Shen Wenxuan, the owner of the restaurant, was coming, but he was not a high-ranking official, and when he came to visit, he could only receive guests according to the standard of guests, so there was no need to mobilize the crowd like this.

Master Yu sat in the hall and ate melon seeds while spitting on the ground. Looking at Yu Tang who was busy in the corridor at the door, he let out a disdainful "hum" and said, "He has a petty air, and his surname is Shen, who is only a businessman. No matter where you go, those who are busy with this and that are not too shabby."

Yu Ziqiu sat on the chair below and pinched his fingernails and pretended not to hear. If he refuted, his father would probably make trouble again, calling him a white-eyed wolf, Yu Tang's ambition, and even his grandmother who lured wolves into the house and wanted to embezzle the Yu family. , the whole family is not at peace.

It's all because Yu Tang is from the old lady's side of the Yu family. He changed his surname to Yu and came here to manage the family affairs.After coming to the Yu family, he worked hard for the Yu family for more than ten years, making the Yu family change from a small workshop to the only large kiln in Pingyuefu.

Anyway, he admired his Uncle Yu Tang, if he had the ability to go out and work alone, he would have been very successful, so there was no need to be angry with his father here.

Lin Xiaoniang knelt down at his feet and beat Master Yu's legs, and said with a smile: "Master, don't be angry, let him do it if he wants to do it, it's not the master who is busy, just relax here by yourself, look at him like a monkey Jumping up and down, wouldn't it be fun?"

"Hahahahahahaha I just like your clever mouth." Master Yu smiled and stretched out his fat hand to tap her nose, Lin Xiaoniang pretended to be charming and avoided his hand: "Master~"

Yu Ziqiu was about to vomit sitting here, but he couldn't leave yet.The old man insisted on dragging him to lecture him, but he had been waiting here for a long time and couldn't wait for him to lecture him, so annoying!

Lin Xiaoniang lived in anxiety for a few days, staying at home in her yard, but she didn't see any trouble at home.

Maybe the magistrate's wife was so generous, so it passed. She was still holding on to the fact that the principal's wife gave away money to subsidize her mother's family. She didn't dare to say it. The old man became charming.

"Master, I don't know if I should ask for something." Lin Xiaoniang showed distress, and stroked his thigh with her finger, which made Master Yu feel itchy, and hurriedly held her hand and rubbed it:

"You said, I didn't promise you anything."

Lin Xiaoniang's complexion was not slow, she sighed, and said: "What else can I say to you? Naturally, it is our child Zhener. I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup this child drank. Since the last Spring Festival, he has been very It is Shen Wenxuan who begged me to go to Wen's house as a matchmaker."

"Tsk," Master Yu was displeased when he heard this, "Our Zhen'er looks like a fairy, how can we take advantage of this kid surnamed Shen, you can enlighten her, what kind of son-in-law do we want? That's the magistrate Young master, we Zhen Er are also worthy of it."

"I thought so too, but Zhen Er said that getting married can't just be based on family background, you have to follow your heart, just like when I married you, master. When I married you, master didn't have such a big family. The wife and the old man There are many people who blame me, but I am determined to see the master, no matter how the madam and the old madam target me, as long as the concubine can see the master every day, I will forget everything."

Sometimes she was pitiful, sometimes forced a smile, and sometimes said infatuatedly after finishing this long scene, which made Master Yu feel sorry for her, and helped her to sit on his lap.

After hearing this, Yu Ziqiu just wanted to vomit. According to her, the family was even poorer when his mother married, and she never left her. Fell into his father, but also determined to be tempted, disgusting.

Lin Xiaoniang leaned on his chest, and continued: "I don't want Zhen Er to marry someone just because of the so-called family background. If the rich and powerful family really married, why should we, the family members, support her and make decisions for her? When Zhen Er What should I do if I am bullied? Although this Shen family is not as good as our Yu family, it is easy to handle, and there are no parents and elders, and no relatives and brothers. Our Zhener is the head of the house after she gets married, and everyone listens to her. How happy."

Lin Xiaoniang couldn't help laughing a few times, and Master Yu also made the same reason when he heard it, but——

"Isn't this Shen surnamed married? There's a—"

"Fulang," Lin Xiaoniang said, "this is what I want to ask the master. Didn't he come to visit my Yu family? Then he must be satisfied with the Yu family. Master, what's the matter with a husband who has two children? When he comes, you can tell him what you mean, and according to our condition, Zhener, he must be able to figure it out."

Master Yu thought about it for a while, but he was still not satisfied: "That said, but our Zhen'er is so good, I really can't bear to ask her to marry someone with such a low family background, but... if she really wants to—"

"Master!" The servant ran over and said, "Young Master Shen is here!"

"I see, what are you doing so much?" Master Yu rolled his eyes, faintly impatient.

Yu Tang brought people in with a smile. As soon as Shen Wenxuan entered the hall, he saw Patriarch Yu holding a woman in his arms. He paused, and just about to step in, he took his foot back, and said, "I'm here because I have business matters and I want to talk to you." Patriarch Yu, can you discuss it in a more serious place?"

Yu Tang was a little embarrassed for a moment, and the pile of melon seeds on the ground was also disrespectful, so he raised his eyes to look at Master Yu, and secretly winked a few times.

Yu Ziqiu chimed in, "Father, I'm tired of staying here, let's sit in the study."

Tell this woman to go away quickly, really, no one can say what she just said.

Master Yu's face was a little bit bad, but for the sake of his son, he got up and went to the study. Lin Xiaoniang was left behind, and she couldn't help gritting her teeth in hatred, what's wrong with her here?It's better than that old woman with yellow pearls staying here and being an eyesore!

There is a tea room for rest in the study. Shen Wenxuan took Wang Muze and sat opposite Mr. Yu, Yu Ziqiu and Yu Tang from the Yu family. There was a pot of tea being brewed on the table.

Master Yu straightened his clothes, and said casually: "I remember Mr. Shen is in the restaurant business, and he has nothing to do with my kiln in Yu's family. What kind of business are you talking about?"

He still remembers that this person only nodded to Yu Tang, not to him, and ignored him, hum!

Shen Wenxuan didn't care about his attitude, and directly brought up the box that Wang Muze was holding: "Doing business with the Yu family is naturally related to porcelain."

With that said, the box opened, and a crystal clear cup appeared in front of everyone, and the three people on the opposite side took a deep breath.

Shen Wenxuan picked up the teapot that was cooking, opened the lid of the cup, poured a cup in it, and pushed it to the opposite side.

"Glass teacups, everyone is a porcelain maker, so you should know something about colored glaze."

Master Yu's eyes widened, he carefully picked up the cup and looked at it, his face was full of shock, this cup could see the person directly opposite him: "This... Liuli is a rare treasure, Something only the royal nobles can use, you, you—"

Yu Tang calmed down a bit. When they burn porcelain, they occasionally burn out some glazed cubes, but the color is not pure, and the size is not as big as a palm, and it is far from the level of making ornaments, let alone glass cups that are so valuable. It is a precious treasure, and judging by the exquisiteness of this cup, I am afraid it is not comparable to ordinary colored glass cups.

"I don't know why Mr. Shen took out such a beautiful artifact?" Yu Tang swallowed, if it was sold to the Yu family, their Yu family might not be able to afford the price.

Shen Wenxuan: "I know how to make glazed cups. Apart from glazed cups, there are various other objects, such as porcelain, bricks, and decorations. The table in front of me is also made of glazed glass. It's not a problem at all."

Master Yu carefully put down the teacup, blushing so anxiously that his neck was thick: "Then you, you, you—"

"I want to do business with the Yu family," Shen Wenxuan smiled politely, with a faint gleam in his eyes, "I remember that the Yu family has six kilns in the west of Pingle Mansion, how about giving these kilns to me? "

Yu Tang frowned: "What do you mean? You want to buy our Yu family's kiln?"

There are only six of them in Yu's house, do you want to buy them all?Then their Yu family lost their family business, so what's the use of glass cups?

"Not all, the Yu family has the Yu family's contacts, buyers and reputation, why should I give up these?" Shen Wenxuan said with a smile, "I want to use the Yu family's kiln, and at the same time hope that the Yu family can help me manage porcelain There is also the glass business."

"By the way, how much money does your Yu family make a year from porcelain?"

The three members of the Yu family were silent, Yu Ziqiu didn't know, Yu Tang and Master Yu both knew that this was a secret belonging to their Yu family, so they couldn't say it.

Although Shen Wenxuan asked, but there is no need to know these things, he just said: "No matter how much the Yu family earns, I will pay you five times a year, the premise is that you give me the kiln of your Yu family."

Yu Tang looked at him for a while, and asked: "You don't lack money, and you have this skill, you can open a kiln by yourself, why do you want us?"

"Is it important? I'm looking for the Yu family, of course I have the benefits I want." Shen Wenxuan looked back at him, making it impossible to guess his thoughts at all.

"I think you should care more about the Yu family. I not only make colored glaze but also porcelain. When the time comes, the Yu family may—"

He didn't say it, but everyone knows that the Yu family's business is mainly in Yuzhou and the following states, and they can't even sell it in Jiangnan, but this glass will definitely become the darling of the rich and powerful. Shen Wenxuan's kiln grew stronger, and it would not be a problem to completely crowd out their Yu family in Pingle Mansion.

At that time, the Yu family's business will definitely plummet.

Master Yu wiped the sweat from his brow, and was quite moved by the five times he said: "You, are you telling the truth? Five, five times?"

"Everything I say will be written into the contract, how can I not take it seriously?"

Yu Tang laughed a few times, with a slightly ugly expression on his face: "Young master's style is still the same as when we first met, he is very thoughtful in doing things, both lure and intimidate, if you agree, you will live, if you don't agree, you will die."

"Boss Yu is serious. Isn't this an opportunity for the Yu family? After all, people always go to higher places." Shen Wenxuan looked down at the glazed teacup held by Yu Ziqiu, and said, "Just look How does Boss Yu plan to choose?"

Yu Tang shook his head, like this person asked him how to choose for the first time, and said, "Do I have a choice?"

Shen Wenxuan laughed.

When Master Yu heard "Boss Yu", he began to hold his breath, and before Yu Tang was about to speak again, he suddenly slammed the table hard, and said angrily:

"I am the boss! I am the master of the Yu family! The Yu family is the master! Why do you always ask Yu Tang how?! Yu Tang is a fart! The land deed of the kiln is in my hands, me! I!!!"

He yelled so suddenly that Yu Ziqiu was so frightened that he almost dropped the glass cup in his hand, he patted his heart quickly, and looked at his father in horror.

Shen Wenxuan paused, looked at him for a while, and asked again: "Then Master Yu's—"

"Father." A charming female voice suddenly came from outside the door, and Shen Wenxuan's words were interrupted.

The door of the study room was opened urgently, and Yu Zizhen walked in with a pot of tea Nana Tingting, her face was still covered with a veil, she heard what her mother told her about it, but she was still worried, this was a rare occasion Opportunity must not be wrong.

"Ah, so there is tea here, and I thought the people below were careless and forgot to bring it up." Yu Zizhen knelt down next to Master Yu with a delicate and weak face, and put the tray on the table, but kept staring at it. Shen Wenxuan looked, and when he glanced over, he lowered his head and smiled coquettishly twice.

She didn't notice that the atmosphere was not right at all, she held Master Yu's arm and reminded softly: "Father, that matter..."

Master Yu remembered, panted heavily and stared at Shen Wenxuan, then laughed suddenly, with some inexplicable pleasure on his face, he straightened his waist and said:

"Don't you want to do business with me? The most common way to do business is marriage. In this way, if you marry my little daughter Zhener, I will agree to do this business. I know you have a husband, and I won't let you go away." He, let him downgrade and become a concubine."

Yu Zizhen snickered twice, pretended to be shy and slapped Master Yu's arm twice: "Father~"

Shen Wenxuan was stunned for a full two seconds, this time he really laughed, and suddenly stood up and kicked the case, the boiling hot tea immediately made the people on the other side turn upside down:

"I'm giving you some face, you really fucked up your nose and face?!!!"

The author has something to say: I have been waiting for a long time

The production of glass in this article refers to Baidu and Zhihu Q&A.

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Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 8 bottles of Nanyi;

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