Chapter 177 Glass
The Great Food Country is probably finished, and the supply of such a Great Food Country is probably about to be cut off.
Although this incident was just a speculation made by Zhao Qi based on historical events, I think it is almost impossible to match it.
The Lu family only knows how to repair glass and is not good at making glass, and they are now dying and dare not target themselves anymore. Therefore, the crystal stones in front of them can be used to make some crystal glass products with rich colors and unique shapes. They will give them as gifts to Wu Qian. They will definitely give themselves a face, and at the same time, they will also make Wu Qian feel the deep affection and friendship of this precious gift.
It is impolite to come but not come. If someone gives you a luxurious gift of millions of dollars, the gift must naturally be precious and unique, otherwise it will be very embarrassing.
He did it right away. Zhao Qi picked out some crystals with pure color from the basket. After washing the pond, he used a basket to carry it on the back and found the iron pipe he had prepared long ago to find Mr. Liu.
"Hey, how can Brother Qi come to visit the old man today?"
Mr. Liu was sitting in front of the door on a bamboo chair under a peach tree to rest in a cool air. A middle-aged woman in her thirties was sitting next to her to help her fan. When she saw Zhao Qi coming, the old couple stood up from afar to greet her.
It’s impossible not to welcome him. Zhao Qi is now the God of Wealth in Maowan Village. The owners of any family go to laugh from ear to ear. This is even more so for Mr. Liu’s family. He earned him hundreds of stagnants of copper coins and dozens of taels of gold in one month.
"Master Liu, Grandpa Seven, you two are so leisurely!" Zhao Qi smiled and greeted him, walked over and put the backpack and iron pipe under the shade of the tree.
"Go and cut the watermelon soaked in the water tank for Brother Qi to eat!" Old Man Liu waved his hand happily.
"Hey, Xiaoqi is sitting, grandma goes to cut watermelon!" The woman entered the house happily.
Old Man Liu walked to the front of the basket and squatted down and pulled it. He found that there were some crystal stones of mixed colors. His smile suddenly became a little strange, "Where are you carrying these stones on this hot day? Why are you doing an iron pipe?"
"Grandmaster, I think these crystals can be used to make glass, so I want to go to Uncle Dahu's blacksmith shop to try it out!" Zhao Qi sat down with a smile and picked up a palm fan and said while fanning.
"You are too presumptuous. Glass is a secret method that can be passed down by a great cannibal. If crystals could burn out glass, someone would have done it long ago!" Old Man Liu stood up with disapproving his face.
Although Zhao Qi is amazing and no one can compare to making money, when it comes to professional fields, Old Man Liu feels that his experience is still very convincing.
"Master Liu, I'm just guessing, but I'm not guessing nonsense. Master Liu, look..." Zhao Qi took out a piece from his back basket and raised it in front of the sunlight, and suddenly a colorful light was reflected, as gorgeous as a glowing gem.
"Glass is transparent, and the crystal is also transparent, and it has colors, but the glass may be made because it melts, so the color is very uniform. There are irregular impurities in this crystal, and all the colors look messy. Since the glass can be crushed, reheated and remade, I think this crystal should be able to do it too..."
"Hey, what your baby said is also reasonable, maybe it can be done!" Old Man Liu took the crystal from Zhao Qi's hand in surprise and studied it carefully in the sunlight. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that Zhao Qi's inference was reasonable.
At least compared with crystal and glass, there are indeed very big commonalities.
"No, right, there is still a problem. We used some crystal materials when burning glass before, but it didn't look like glass..." After studying it over and over again, Old Man Liu shook his head and overturned his thoughts.
"Master Liu, when you burn glass and porcelain, you definitely didn't use pure crystal materials, and the temperature of the kiln fire could not reach it. The most important thing is that you have to use a crucible!" Zhao Qi reminded next to him.
"Yes~" Old Man Liu suddenly slapped his forehead, and a sudden enlightenment appeared on his face.
"Not bad. In the past, I used to burn glass with a firewood kiln. Although it seemed that the fire was big, the temperature was far from the temperature of the charcoal fire. The porcelain kiln was big, and no one thought of using a crucible. He could only put it in the kiln fire for a few days and then take it out and process it while it was hot. This time I repeated it many times to make a glass object successfully. Last time I repaired glass, you thought of using a crucible, but this time I still used a charcoal fire crucible. Maybe it would be really successful. Brother Qi, your head was really shined by the mountain god. It's so useful, haha, so easy to use..."
Old Man Liu was so excited that he couldn't stop talking. He grabbed Zhao Qi's arm and pulled it out, "Let's go to Dahu's blacksmith shop to verify it!"
Zhao Qi yelled with laughter and cry, "Master, don't be anxious, you need a crucible!"
"You didn't say that the old man had forgotten. Last time, the crucible was stained with a layer of glass and the quality warehouse said it could not be used. So I carried it back and threw it in the back room to put it in the sharpening water. I'll go and wash it clean!"
Old Man Liu happily left Zhao Qi to the backyard, and soon took a black crucible covered with mud, squatted by the well and rinsed it with water, and then couldn't wait to put it into Zhao Qi's backpack and carry it on.
"Hey, old man, where are you going? Xiaoqi hasn't even eaten the watermelon yet!" A woman came out with a few pieces of watery watermelon on a wooden plate, but found that the two had walked out of the yard.
"Save the watermelon to come back to eat later..." Old man Liu pulled Zhao Qi's arm and turned around and shouted loudly, and the two of them quickly walked away.
"This old man..." Although the woman was a little angry, the smile on her face could not be concealed. She brought the watermelon into the house and covered it with a bamboo plaque.
She is a widow who is disliked to break the engagement. Although she is still very young, she cannot get married again because she cannot have children. When Manager Liu introduced Old Man Liu to her, she was a little reluctant. After all, the age difference between the two is too big, and I heard that Old Man Liu is in poor health.
However, I couldn't resist the persuasion of Manager Liu, and I went with a try-and-see attitude for a while. But I didn't expect that this old man who was so worried about his life was not just a medicine jar, but a piggy jar. He didn't do anything at home all day and someone kept giving money, and it was dozens of cents or hundreds of cents. Especially a few days ago, he actually sent forty-eight taels of yellow Chengcheng gold, which made the old couple so excited that they almost suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
As for the money, Old Man Liu didn't plan to ask for it at the beginning, but Zhao Qi still ignored the opposition and left shares for Old Man Liu, which also gave Old Man Liu a large amount of income.
It is precisely because of the money that the woman decided to stay. She was very good at eating, drinking, looking for medical treatment and medicine every day to take care of her. Old Man Liu's health is getting better day by day. Recently, she no longer felt like she was so angry that she could not breathe all day long like before. Even after drinking a few sips of wine at night, Old Man Liu was still interested in her. Although she couldn't come a few times, she was a real couple.
The old couple had no plans to have a child, but as long as this kind of peaceful and rich life could continue, the woman still felt very satisfied. She was much better than living alone and staying alone.
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"Where is the big tiger?"
In Yang Dahu's blacksmith shop, the bellows of the coal stove were whizzing, and the red flames rose more than a foot high. The temperature in the room was so high that it was scary. Several apprentices with big waists were sweating and smacking irons. Old man Liu rushed into the blacksmith shop and shouted loudly.
"It's Mr. Liu Qi. The master went to the construction site in the morning and hasn't come back yet. It's still early this day. I'm afraid it's after the You hour when I come back!" The apprentice stopped hammer and said hello.
"Stop fighting, don't fight, go and find the big tiger back!" Old man Liu said anxiously.
"You are joking, Master Qi, this hatchet is only half hit..."
"A hatchet is only worth a few dollars. Go quickly and go quickly. If you are slow, be careful I will beat you up!"
"Master Liu, don't be anxious, okay?" Just as Old Man Liu and Yang Dahu's apprentice were quarreling, Zhao Qi rushed up from behind with a basket and an iron pipe in his back.
Old Man Liu has indeed improved a lot recently. He ran very fast all the way. Zhao Qi was carrying more than ten kilograms of crystal stone and crucible, and he couldn't catch up with him at all.
"Brother Qi is here too!" Seeing Zhao Qi, his apprentice and a group of helpers became much more respectful in an instant, and they all stopped their work and said hello.
"We have an urgent matter to contact Uncle Dahu. You guys hurry up and go to the construction site to find him back!"
Zhao Qi was also eager to make the crystal glass as soon as possible. It was not enough to melt lightly, and he also needed to make exquisite shapes. This may take several days. In order to make the glass look good and have high transparency, this time, the sand mold method cannot be used to cast it, and the glass blowing method must be used.
"Okay, Brother Qi, please rest in the awning outside. Let's go and call the master back now!"
It was obvious that Zhao Qi's words were more effective. The apprentice agreed to quickly throw down the hammer in his hand, take off his thick cowhide apron, and don't wear a straw hat, and ride a horse to the construction site to find someone.
It was five or six miles back and forth, and riding a horse was not too far. Zhao Qi and Old Man Liu waited under the awning for less than twenty minutes. Yang Dahu and his apprentice came back on a horse. In the strong sunlight, both of them were both big and thick and dark skin, and their bodies were shiny.
"Xiaoqi, what's the matter in a hurry to find me back? The construction site is so busy..." Yang Dahu jumped off his horse and hurried into the pergola. He asked, and the sweat beads on his face fell down along his dark skin.
Old Man Liu grabbed Yang Dahu and walked to the corner and whispered: "Dahu, Xiaoqi should have found a way to make glass. We want to try it out to see if it can be successful!"
"Uncle Qi, didn't you try the method of making glass successfully to the Lu family last time?" Yang Dahu said with a puzzled look on his face.
"That's to repair glass, not to make glass. Xiaoqi is talking about making a new kind of glass!" Old Man Liu said angrily.
Chapter completed!