Self-cultivation of male support

Because of Shi Yan's generosity and kindness, although he is surprisingly lazy, he has a very good reputation in Huangzhuang.

Therefore, nearby villagers often send the wild animals they hunt to Shi Yan to exchange for some money.

"Now that I eat a few mouthfuls of cabbage seedlings, I can be moved to tears." Shi Yan looked at the scene of heavy snow falling outside, and said with emotion.

"It's all my fault that I was dazzled by the good times in the capital. I thought that as long as you have money, you can buy everything in the capital. Who knew that these people in the capital would have nothing to eat in winter!" Liu Quan scratched his hair angrily.

"I was really deceived by the lard. Last winter, I knew how to build a greenhouse in the small yard of Taohua Village to grow some vegetables. How did I come to the capital and the conditions are so good? Didn't I think of it?" Wang An Start to reflect.

Shi Yan felt that going on like this was not an option, he wanted to eat a mouthful of fresh vegetables crazily now, dehydrated ones were fine, as long as it wasn't fried meat, barbecued meat, braised meat, poached meat, and stewed meat.

Rubbing his chin and thinking for a moment, he said to Wang An, "Do you know any craftsmen in the capital who can make glazed crystals?"

Wang An said to Shi Yan in the tone of "Boss, are you crazy?" Received a piece of reward from His Majesty.

You pat your head and think about it, where can you find such a craftsman?

If there really is a craftsman who can make glazed crystals, can it be your turn to look for them slowly?What are you dreaming of? "

Shi Yan choked, thought for a while and said: "Since there is no one, I remember that there are some craftsmen who can make porcelain in our Zhuangzi. Let them ask them first. I heard that colored glaze is made by firing. Now Porcelain is also fired, maybe they know something?"

Liu Quan complained mercilessly: "The maid who burns fire also burns fire, and the porcelain burner also burns fire. Why don't you generalize it!?"

Shi Yan waved his hand nonchalantly: "What do you want to do so much? First ask someone to ask about it!"

After the craftsman found him, his expression was genuine and fearful. Shi Yan described to several people: "Do you know about crystals? The crystals we know now are all the size of a palm, and the specific shape depends on luck.

But Uncle Ben thought, if the crystals could be the size of a window, neat and tidy, with a smooth surface, pieced together into a small house, warm and bright inside, wouldn’t it be possible to grow vegetables in it even in winter! "

Before the craftsmen could react, Liu Quan exclaimed in surprise: "Boss!

, After talking for a long time, you actually want to use crystals to build a greenhouse?

Not to mention whether it is possible, but if it happened, our family may be in debt!Even if you mortgage the uncle's mansion in the capital, you may not be able to pay back the debt!

Isn’t the greenhouse we built in Taohua Village last year pretty good?Planting vegetables, flowers and corn will do. "

Shi Yan waved his hand: "But that's very inconvenient, every day we have to carefully watch the sun ventilate, raise the roof to let the crops bask in the sun, and put the roof back before the sunset cools down.

It takes several hours every day to light the fire in the greenhouse, sometimes it is too cold and sometimes it is too hot, and the crops are treated like ancestors. When the temperature suddenly drops at night, I am so frightened that I cannot sleep.

I am afraid that the crops will freeze to death, and the greenhouse will not be strong enough to be blown down by the wind. I have endless worries.

Despite our hard work, the growth of the part that is not exposed to the sun is still very bad. "

Liu Quan retorted: "Yes, but everyone's greenhouses are like this, it is cheaper than you want to build a crystal greenhouse, and it is useless to hire a few people to guard the greenhouse for twelve hours. How much money!"

Shi Yan said in a tone of "Why are you so stupid": "But who can guarantee that the hired people will not make mistakes? If one day we don't pay attention, if there is a little accident, our hopes for a winter will all go to waste up.

Even if the person who made the mistake was killed afterwards, the mistake that has already occurred cannot be changed! "

Liu Quan was blocked and had nothing to say, and Wang An didn't know how to refute Shi Yan's fallacious reasoning. The two watched helplessly as Shi Yan used his words to guide several porcelain-burning craftsmen to go down the wrong path step by step.

The few craftsmen were startled and unbelievable at the beginning, and now their eyes are shining, full of ambition and hope, and it took only half an hour before and after.

Liu Quan and Wang An squatted on the ground to pinch the snow balls, Liu Quan said sullenly: "I grew up so big, and I have never heard that crystals are made by firing, what if the boss's direction is wrong?

What if crystals, like jade, are obtained by chance after thousands of years in the mountains and underground? "

Wang An also had the same question: "Even if it is really fired, what material is used to fire it? How to control the temperature? Use a kiln or a furnace? What if an accident hurts someone? I get dizzy just thinking about it." .

Don't you just want to eat a bite of green vegetables?At worst, I would move a few more large flower pots, sow a handful of seeds, and put them in the main room to take care of them every day. It would be more practical than spending a lot of time studying crystals, right?

What to burn?It's hard to save some family property. After this fire, there must be nothing left.

Stuff burns more money than smoking opium! "

Liu Quan didn't know what to think of, and suddenly slapped his forehead: "Oh, I remember that when we were on the mountain, the old Taoist once had an accident while refining alchemy, and he once practiced a piece of not-so-good quality crystal.

At that time, the old man was so excited that he thought that the crystal was the god's affirmation of his piousness, and he was proud for a long time.

You said, is it possible that something was added to the alchemy furnace of the old Taoist priest, and it was unintentionally practiced? "

The monk shook his head: "I'm a fake monk who doesn't know anything except recitation of the Sutra of Rebirth. It's not like you don't know."

The more Liu Quan thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, so he took the initiative to join the discussion between Shi Yan and the others, leaving Wang An alone to pinch the snowball.

Wang An looked at Liu Quan dancing and dancing quickly, his eyes were shining with ambition in his eyes, he shook his head, thinking that everyone in this family was crazy, he, a normal person, could only stay awake as much as possible, not being caught by the times. Yan they assimilate.

The addition of Liu Quan, who used to be a Taoist priest, brought new ideas to the discussion of the group.

Reminded by Liu Quanyi, one of the craftsmen suddenly said: "I remembered, I have an old brother, their ancestors used to burn purple clay pots, and this purple clay pot must be fired during the firing process, in order to avoid the lid and body of the pot. For contact, add some quartz sand.

Once, I accidentally sprinkled too much quartz sand. After the fire was extinguished, I found that all the pots in that furnace had been burned, but there was a slapped, crystal clear crystal in it.

Their family still thinks that the crystal is a gift from the heavens, and it is kept in the ancestral hall as a family heirloom. Only during festivals and festivals, the males of their family can go in and take a look. "

The craftsman rubbed his hands excitedly: "Uncle, after much deliberation, the little old man thinks that the firing of crystals may have something to do with quartz sand."

Shi Yan nodded secretly, thinking: Finally, it's on time. The main raw materials of this glass are quartz sand, soda ash, and limestone!

Shi Yan patted the craftsman on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Uncle Ben thinks that your choice of direction is very good, and your thoughts and ideas are very reasonable.

In this way, we can boldly try the three ideas we just proposed, and I will bear all the expenses, so you don’t need to worry about the future. Even if it can’t be fired, I won’t blame you.

After all, what we are going to do now is a major event that has never been seen before or since. If it is really successful, it may be recorded in the annals of history in the future!

Think of the time when future generations will be able to see their ancestors in the annals of history,

That is, the figure of you and me, what a great thing it should be! "

Shi Yan's expression was so sincere that not only the craftsmen, but also Liu Quan couldn't help being fooled by Shi Yan, his blood seemed to start burning in his body, and he wished he could go to work now.

Shi Yan handed over the leadership of this matter to Liu Quan as a matter of course, Liu Quan patted his chest and assured Shi Yan without any surprise: "Boss, don't worry! I will definitely make this matter beautiful for you!

After the crystal is fired, our money will never be spent in this lifetime!hey-hey. "

Shi Yan smiled meaningfully: "I hope you can still think like this in a few days!"

Liu Quan didn't understand it at the time, but when it really entered the experimental stage, the few silver coins in the warehouse were carried out like water, all of which were squandered by them.

Before the result of the experiment, Liu Quan cried himself first, crying because he couldn't bear Yin Zi.

Shi Yan kindly comforted him: "The money has already been spent, and it is impossible to get it back. The best way at present is to speed up the progress of your research, and when you produce results, there will naturally be plenty of money waiting for us to earn."

Under the pressure of money, Liu Quan worked even harder. He directly asked someone to move a quilt, and lived next to the kiln with a few craftsmen. .

For eating and drinking, the people sent by Wang An chased after him and ordered him to tell him. He couldn't listen to it once, and had to say it several times before Liu Quan could find time to eat a few mouthfuls.

Sometimes when he gets annoyed by being chased, Liu Quan will directly scold people.

Several people, including Liu Quan, lost weight visibly with the naked eye, but their eyes brightened day by day.

The few people were full of energy, as if they were stunned, and they couldn't tolerate anything other than the kiln at all.

Shi Yan and Wang An went there to visit once, and they swaggered around in front of those few people, but in the end they could treat them as if they were nothing, as if they didn't exist.

Shi Yan was very satisfied with the current situation, but Wang An was very worried, feeling that these people were bewildered, and the atmosphere in Zhuangzi began to be a little strange.

Before everyone could figure out why the atmosphere was so strange, a transparent crystal greenhouse was quietly built on the west side of Zhuangzi. The sunlight refracted colorful lights through the bright crystal interface and shot in all directions.

Looking at that place from a distance, it looks like a luminous body with its own light source, full of dreams.

So needless to say, the news that the crystal was developed in Min'an Bo Zhuangzi spread like wildfire, and it spread instantly to everyone in the capital.

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People don't care about the heavy snow blocking the road, the road is difficult to walk, several princes and aristocrats' mansions teamed up to clean up the section of road from the capital to Min'anbo Zhuangzi overnight.

Early in the morning, there are countless luxurious carriages passing through the city gate and rushing to Min'anbo Zhuangzi.

Woke up this morning, the sky was foggy, and it started to snow again. Liu Quan, who had slept for three days and three nights, got up early in the morning, got into the kitchen, chased the cook away, and howled to fry Hot pot base.

The pungent smell of the base material was pervasive, filling the corners of the entire yard. When I first woke up, I was so stimulated that I sneezed twice.

Shouting in the direction of the kitchen: "Liu Quan, is there something wrong with you, you eat hot pot early in the morning?"

Liu Quan's voice came to Shi Yan's ears accompanied by the clinking sound of spatulas colliding: "I will be a rich man from now on! I have to eat every day, every meal, whenever I want! Eat as much as you want! Tired of it!"

Shi Yan was too lazy to worry about it, and thought that Liu Quan would eat it for two days in a row, even if his stomach could take it, would the chrysanthemum be okay?

Oh, naive.

When Shi Yan was just about to turn around and wash up, he went to the greenhouse early in the morning to check the growth of vegetables. Wang An hurried in and shouted: "Boss, boss! It's not good! There are many vehicles coming from the capital, all of them For our crystal.

I also saw the marks on several prince's mansions!Boss, can you bear it? "

Shi Yan shook his head directly: "I can't bear it."

Wang An's face collapsed in an instant: "This is a prescription that our family has spent a lot of money to research. I am not willing to give it to others like this!"

Shi Yan asked inexplicably, "Who do you want to give it to?"

Wang An was confused: "There are so many people out there, powerful and powerful. If they really want it, they will do it. I don't know what to do. Boss, you can hold your neck and refuse to give it?"

Shi Yan said with a more bewildered expression: "But from the day Fang Zi was researched, I had brought Fang Zi to the craftsmen and sent it to His Majesty in secret, Fang Zi I didn't even remember it myself.

Are they trying to grab the prescription from His Majesty, or are they trying to grab Liu Quan?

Look at Liu Quan's miser-like appearance, can he be snatched away?Or can the prescription be leaked easily? "

Wang An was dumbfounded.

Liu Quan, who didn't know anything when he woke up, was also stunned.

After thinking about it, a group of outsiders who knew the details would also be confused.