The Red Chamber: Lianyufengchai

He stared at the furnace expectantly.

"It's done!" Jia San exclaimed happily.

Jia Lian caught up and saw from the observation port that the molten glass had melted into a fiery liquid, flowing into the tin bath along the runner.

"Quick! Blow, blow!" Jia Lian urged immediately.

Jia Si made a whirring sound of the blower, and Jia Er and Jia Wu stood on both sides of the tin bath, and used an edge pulling machine through the observation port to stretch and shape the molten glass.

Jia Lian walked quickly to the annealing kiln, and after a while, the glass ribbon was delivered from the roller table.

Jia Yi and a few others gathered around, waiting for the results of this furnace.

"It's really done!" Jia Yi and the others looked at the transparent and crystal glass without knowledge, and were excited for some reason.

With asbestos gloves on his hands, Jia Wu lifted the formed glass and put it on the table on the side.

Jia Lian was disappointed.

The size of this piece of glass is only three feet square, and the corners are missing. If it is cut, there will be only two feet left.This is not the key, its thickness is too thick, at least it has to be reduced by one-third of the current one!

The level is very flat, and there are no water ripples, but the thickness is uneven around it, and the transparency does not meet Jia Lian's expectations.

This is the problem of raw material ratio and stretching machine!

"Smash it and mix it with the raw materials! Re-refined according to the formula of size B. Jia Er and Jia Wu pay attention to the thickness of the molten glass in the tin bath and must not let it condense!"

Jia Lian snorted with a cold face, and Jia Yi did not dare to neglect, and did as he ordered.

He turned around and entered the room by himself. The stretching machine should be improved. With only Jia Er and Jia Wu's different strengths, I am afraid that none of them can be used for a day!

As a result, Jia Yi waited for experiments over and over again, and the resulting glass became thinner and more transparent, but Jia Lian was still not satisfied.

Jia Lian stayed in Xiaohuazhixiang, worrying about how to make high-quality glass every day.

Every time the furnace is opened, the process should be recorded in detail, and the ratio, furnace temperature and timing should be adjusted repeatedly.

Jia Lian dismantled and changed the tin bath again, and it was repaired and dismantled, and even the roller fan had to be redone.

As the saying goes, every little bit of progress in science and technology can't be false!

Jia Lian always encouraged himself like this, let himself persevere, and stared at the kiln tin trough boringly.

"Break it and redo it!" I don't know if Jia Lian said it for the hundreds of times. "It's still too small and uneven on both sides!"

He sat tiredly on the steps, thinking about how to improve?

"Brother Lian, I see that the glass just now is in good condition!"

A pair of small hands pressed lightly on Jia Lian's temples.

Sister Feng came to Huazhi Lane on purpose today, to see if Jia Lian was really doing something, and to supervise whether he had made old mistakes again and harmed the little servant girl?

So, she sneaked in quietly, only to see Jia Lian sitting on the small table tired, and couldn't help feeling distressed.

Jia Lian closed his eyes, "No, such defective products can at most cover the windows and cushion the tabletop. They can't be used as kang screens and mirrors. They can't sell for a price!"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Brother Lian, your requirements are too high. In my opinion, the glass just now is three or four feet square. It is rare to be smooth and clean, and it is more transparent than the ones sold outside. Why is it bad? At least it can be done. Wouldn't it be a pity if it was sold for dozens of taels of silver?"

Jia Lian shook his head, "A mere dozen or twenty taels are not in my eyes. I have to do the best, the largest and the most perfect. Now, compared with those who pay tribute from the West, there are still flaws, and it is easy to lower the price."

Sister Feng stopped, her eyes full of pride, "Brother Lian..."

Jia Lian took her hand and put it on her forehead, "Why don't you press it? I'm really tired these days! It's only one step away, but I can't reach it!"

Sister Feng chuckled and massaged him gently.

"Feng'er, rub your shoulders harder!"

"Really..." Sister Feng tapped slowly, increasing her strength.

"Brother Lian, I have an idea, I don't know if you agree or not?"

"What's your idea?" Jia Lian hummed comfortably.

Sister Feng paused for a while before saying, "Brother wants to make a big mirror and a big screen, and the price is naturally high. Hundreds of taels are normal, and thousands of taels are normal. But how many people in the capital can use such things? Two sides are enough! Why don't we tell the difference. Sell the second-class, the smaller, whatever the price is, one or two, or even hundreds of tens of dollars to the common people. Think about it, there is a single god in Beijing. [*] households, as long as each household spends a tael of silver, then we will have an income of [*] taels!"

As Sister Feng spoke, her eyes became brighter and brighter, and her hands became heavier.

"so many!"

Jia Lian ridiculed her for her lack of knowledge, "Your eyes are only so small, how come you can't see more than [*] to [*] million households in China? Even if only one-tenth of the people buy... tsk tsk tsk, how much do you count?"

Sister Feng's eyes are full of golden yellow!

Her nails were almost digging into Jia Lian's flesh.

"Oh, you mother-in-law are stupid?" Jia Lian turned around and dragged Sister Feng up, "How much is this? Your husband, I have a way to make money. Making a fuss will lose my face!"

He glanced at the fourth girl Ping'er who also looked adored next to him.

"What are you doing with a pestle? Still waiting for me, Second Master?"

Ping'er and the others laughed, and said "Yes!" They all came up to serve.

Ping’er pressed her head, Su’er pinched her shoulders, Man’er rubbed her arms, and Heng’er squatted down and beat her legs.

What a hell of a landlord class!

That's it!

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Chapter [*] Making money is actually very simple ([*]) Sister Feng stared at Jia Lian who was tired and enjoying herself. Her man was not only very handsome, but also so serious and motivated!Others only spend one thousand two thousand taels, who can earn one thousand taels a day?

This is my man!

The little bit of dissatisfaction and suspicion in her heart gradually disappeared.

Sure enough, only men can make money and make big money is the last word!

In later generations, Sister Feng was devastated, and she was using monthly loans to lend, and she was courting lawsuits. There was not a few thousand taels a year, and it was not as good as Jia Lian's results in a few days. thought?

She spat: "You are here for a few days, Ping'er and the others are waiting for you to go back!"

Said the four girls blushing.

Ping'er retorted: "Aren't we worried about the second grandmother? What word is there?"

Su'er smiled and said, "It seems like what is alone and what is empty?"

Jia Lian couldn't help but open his eyes, "That word is called loneliness! Where did you hear half of it?"

Heng'er interjected: "Listen to the girls making trouble in the grandma's room, that's what the grandma said about our grandma."

"Little hoofs, don't think that the second master is protecting you, even I dare to make fun of you, right?"

Sister Feng pointed at them, "Don't run, just let me hit you!"

All four of Ping'er held back their laughter, their little hands kept kneading for Jia Lian, and did not dare to run.

Fortunately, Sister Feng only gently squeezed their cheeks: "One of them is against the sky, right?"

Jia Lian grabbed her hand and held it, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Don't let her screw the barbarians.

Sister Feng glanced at Man'er with a smile, and sighed deliberately, "I'm not working too hard, it's just embarrassing for you to lie. A few days ago, you were too embarrassed to tell your sister-in-law to study here, but the old lady and the second master were taken care of. Really! The old lady mentioned several times that you are not allowed to do things from the tribe, for fear of delaying your studies. I can still support the past. Only today, the second master sent the second wife to our courtyard for the first time, and brought many books, including two. It is often read by the second master, and he warned you carefully, telling you not to chew too much, first memorize the four books and five classics, and let you go to him in a few days, I guess it is to test your knowledge!"

When Jia Lian heard this, he felt annoyed.

"What's wrong with making excuses? You actually said reading? Now you're going to make a fool of yourself!"

Sister Feng covered her mouth and smiled: "My husband even knows how to make glass, and he has only four books and five classics, isn't he ready?"

The tenderness in his eyes is like water, and the fragrance between his necks is lingering.

Jia Lian endured the small flame in his heart and boasted: "Your husband was born to know it, what do you not know?"

The couple flirted and flirted with each other, but Pinger was very uncomfortable.

Even Jia Yi and a few dared not look or listen, and stood beside him honestly.

"Hey, what did you stop for?" Jia Lian turned into Zhou Papi who was crowing in the middle of the night. "It's still early today, let's try two more furnaces!"

Jia Yi turned his head and asked Jia San and Jia Wu to bring up a huge piece of glass, cut off the scraps on the edge, about five feet wide and eight feet long, "Master, please come and see, is this glass ready?"

Jia Lian looked at them in surprise, and asked as he walked, "Have the problem of thickness been solved?"

He came to the glass and stroked it with his own hands. It was smooth and smooth, and the thickness was about one centimeter. He used calipers to measure the front, back, left and right sides.

"Finally, there is someone who can barely see it!"

Sister Feng came up from behind Jia Lian, and Jia Yi and a few were about to kneel down.But they still carry glass!

Sister Feng hurriedly ordered: "Stand for me! If you break a little bit, be careful..."

"All right!"

She was about to show her majesty, but she was dumbfounded by the word Jia Lian.

"I see too!"

She quickly changed her tone, staring at the front of her eyes.

I have never seen such transparent and beautiful glass!

She touched it with her little hand, and the icy cold touch made her think it was Yin Zi dancing!

"Brother Lian, if you sell this piece, it will cost at least eight hundred taels, right?"

Jia Lian smiled and said, "More than eight hundred taels? Tomorrow I will invite two carpenters to come back and put on the red sandalwood pedestal, and then invite a few more painters to paint and decorate them well. They will be embarrassed to buy them if they don't have one thousand taels!"

Sister Feng chuckled, "My kang screen is really worthless!"

Jia Lian put his arms around her generously, "It's not worthless, we follow the style of that and imitate a few, there will always be one or two hundred taels."

At this moment, Man'er suddenly said timidly, "It would be great if such a big glass could be made into a mirror!"

Jia Lian smiled, "What's so difficult about this?"

They ordered Jia Yi and the others to carry the glass pieces into the house.

"You have been working hard these days! You all go to the back to wash up, and rest today!"

After Jia Yi waited, Jia Lian asked Ping'er and the others to work together to clean one side of the glass, and then placed the cleaned glass on a horizontal wooden frame, mysteriously took out two solutions, stirred them, and poured them evenly. on glass.