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Chapter 75 Sleepless

"Huhuhuhu, Huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu!" Ren Quan shook the rocking arm of the wind gourd with great force, but very stable airflow was continuously sent into the stove in front of him.

Although the inside is set off a circle of thick tiles, the invisible heat waves still penetrate the furnace and jade, making the people around them blush and sweat profusely. However, no one cares about sweating, and his eyes are staring at the black dragon and tiger alchemy cauldron mounted on the fire, as if the black alchemy cauldron was made of pure gold. (Note: alchemy cauldron, an alchemy tool of ancient Taoist priests, is equivalent to the original crucible.)

There are fourteen or five similar alchemy tripods piled up at the corners of the wall, without exception, all of which are deformed or exploded because they cannot withstand the high temperature of coke. Fortunately, the fine glass materials in the alchemy tripod have melted into porridge, so even if the alchemy tripod is broken, the loss is not great. Change to a new tripod, collect the glass porridge together, and re-smel them.

"Puff!" A bubble suddenly appeared in the glaze porridge in the Dragon and Tiger Pill Cauldron, which scared everyone around him quickly retreated. Then, Guo Nu, who could not bear it, stretched out his right finger and pinched Wang Yuanbao's flesh on his waist, "Fatty Wang, is this method possible? It's now, don't hide your own personal information. If you lose this time, I will sacrifice my best to beheaded and you will be cut alive!"

"I haven't hidden, I'm swearing to the sky." Wang Yuanbao raised his hands and cursed at the sky. His eyes swollen by fireworks were filled with madness. "I have taken all my property and the house in Qinrenfang. No matter how much I cheat, I can't cheat myself!"

The second half of the sentence was quite powerful, making Guo Nu no longer suspect that he would hide his back. However, seeing the broken alchemy cauldrons in the corner of the wall, Guo Nu could not suppress the irritability in his heart. He pinched Wang Yuanbao again and continued to ask in a low voice: "Is there anything missing in the recipe? My senior brother..."

"No, guaranteed not!" Wang Yuanbao was sad, and his hands were like a windmill. "I used to pour bottles, just burn the fine glazed materials into porridge. Zhang Shaojian insisted on turning into juice. Glazed juice, Brother Guo, I have been making glass for so many years, but I have never seen glass turn into juice. In addition, I used to use charcoal fire, which took a long time to melt the glass. And Xiaoxiaojian added small ash water. However, Zhang Shaojian used coke, the fire was too fast. The one added still ash powder." (Note: Small ash, the extract after the dissolution of wood ash was used as alkali in ancient times, called small ash. Ash is a natural soda ash.)

"Don't be in a hurry, when can I make the bottle?! My senior brother adds alkali stone, and there must be a principle of adding alkali stone." Guo angrily refused to allow the other party to doubt his senior brother, stared at his eyes and scolded in a low voice. However, he couldn't help feeling weak in his heart.

Dancao is not expensive. Doctor Sun, who lives diagonally opposite Zhangjiazhuang, is also a Taoist priest. He has various kinds of Dancao hidden in his home and can borrow several for emergency response at any time. However, he has failed so many times in a row, so there must be a reason. Either the formula cannot be changed at will, or the Dancao’s heat resistance is not enough to support such a "hard" flame.

"Puff puff puff puff..." Another series of slight air sounded from the alchemy tripod. Guo Nu trembled and quickly focused his eyes on the alchemy.

There are no cracks, no deformation! This time, the Taoist priests claimed that they could directly melt bronze into juice really supported the high temperature of the coke fire. The sound inside the cauldron also proved that the glass powder was further melting, breaking through Wang Yuanbao's experience range in one fell swoop.

"Second junior brother, help me hold the mold! Zhang Fu, lift the lid of the alchemy tripod! Ren Quan, blow the wind more vigorously. If you can't hold on, you will change someone!" Zhang Qian's voice suddenly came from the top of the stove, with obvious joy.

"Yes! Senior Brother! Yes, the owner of the manor! I'm not tired, I don't need to change it!" Ren Cong, Zhang Fu, Ren Quan and others were surprised and happy, and agreed in a verbal manner. Then, they took action according to the order.

The heavy lid of the alchemy tripod was pulled in the air by Zhang Fu's iron chain hanging from the beam of the house, revealing the rolling glass fine material inside the tripod. As Zhang Qian wished, it completely melted into juice, and the color was much purer than the glass bottle provided by Wang Yuanbao before. The invisible heat wave in the furnace continued to roast the bottom of the tripod, driving more impurities out of the glass juice, and suspended on the edge of the liquid like foam.

"It's really done!" Guo Nu's eyes lit up, and the anxiety in his stomach disappeared in an instant.

According to the description given to him and Ren Cong in advance by the senior brother, the higher the temperature, the more obvious the liquid properties of the glass will be. If you want to quickly make glass products, you cannot use Wang Yuanbao's pouring method, and you must find another way.

The path was in the hands of the senior brother at this moment! Guo Nu quickly raised his head and looked at Zhang Qian who was sitting high on a wooden rack. He didn't want to blink his eyelids, like a child watching a trick.

Zhang Qian used a five-foot-long iron pipe to stumble into the Dragon and Tiger Dan Cauldron from a high place, stirring carefully, and suddenly, like chopsticks stirring honey, a ball of glass juice was stirred up, and quickly put it into the mold that Ren Cong held firmly with two long iron handrails. Then, he slowly blew the air with his mouth facing the other end of the iron pipe.

"Huh!" The glass juice with red light was blown and quickly expanded, instantly filling the entire mold. However, Zhang Qian still did not dare to take it lightly. While continuing to blow, he continued to turn the iron pipe until a red light appeared at the mouth of the mold.

Guo Nu's heart quickly tightened, and his eyes were staring at his elder brother's every move. He saw that the iron pipe was raised by the elder brother inch by inch by inch by inch by the elder brother. He saw that the ball was stretched out and many glass juices were also lifted up with the iron pipes. It was pulled thinner and thinner in the air, and gradually formed a beautiful glass robe. He saw that the glass bubbles slowly darkened, slowly darkened and became crystal clear in the air. He saw that Zhang Fu picked up a pair of iron scissors, pulled the fine bubbles made of glass juice, and gently cut them into two pieces against the mouth of the mold.

"Crack!" The hardened glass bubble was brought back to the Dragon and Tiger Pill Cauldron by the iron pipe in Zhang Qian's hand, making a slight crisp sound.

Guo Nu's heart shivered again, holding his breath, and did not dare to make any sound.

Looking at Ren Cong, Ren Quan and Zhang Fu, each of them had blue veins on their foreheads, and six eyes stared at the mold, as if their own eyes could cool down the glass products in the mold.

Time suddenly became very slow, very slow, and it almost stopped. The color of the glass in the mold changed from red to powder and from powder to none, like a piece of ice slowly melting into water.

Just when everyone was almost unable to breathe, Zhang Qian's voice came from the wooden shelf again, with obvious tremor.

"It should be done, third junior brother, open the mold and see how the bottle inside is?"

"Yeah!" Ren Cong's response was also trembling. Sweat fell like slurry on his forehead, neck, chin, etc. As everyone was watching, he trembled and pulled the mold through the long handrail. In an instant, a glass bottle as clear as crystal appeared in front of everyone.

"Hiss, hiss..." The sound of sniffling sounds came one after another. Guo Nu raised his hand and wiped his face. The palm of his hand was immediately covered with tears and sweat.

He found that he was crying, and his tears could not be controlled at all. He turned his head with a little embarrassed look, but was relieved to find that it was not me who was crying, Ren Cong, Ren Quan and Zhang Fu were all crying. And Wang Yuanbao had already collapsed beside the stove, holding his head with his hands, and wailed, "Woooo, it's done! Woooo, it's done! I don't have to die, I don't have to die, Woooo, Woooo, Woooo..."

"Look at your cowardly!" Guo Nu bent down, pulled Wang Yuanbao up, and scolded him casually. "Who said he wanted to kill you? Isn't it just a glass bottle? I've known for a long time that the eldest brother can do it!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Wang Yuanbao nodded and continued to cry, as if he was a baby who was wronged.

"Okay, you have the skill of crying. Why don't you learn from my senior brother? How to blow the bottle!" Guo Nu added with disdain, then raised his hand and wiped his face twice, wiped all the tears and sweat clean.

"Senior Brother, I'll try it, I'll try it!" Ren Cong's reaction was faster than him this time. He actually stood up and took the iron pipe in Zhang Qian's hand with both hands, "I'll blow it, senior brother, please rest. Second brother, please hold the mold for me!"

"You are so beautiful!" Guo rolled his eyes in anger, but smiled and picked up the mold handrail.

"Be careful, don't use too much force when blowing!" Zhang Qian also smiled and handed over the iron pipe, stood up and gave up his seat to Ren Cong, then walked to the cooled glass bottle, and carefully observed his blowing results.

Compared with the artistic glass in another time and space, the gap is still huge. However, compared with the glass products provided by Wang Yuanbao, it has become a leap across the ages.

The thickness has been reduced by at least two-thirds, the transparency has increased by at least three times, and the color has become clean and single. As for the smoothness, it is a huge difference. The blown bottle does not require any polishing or polishing on the surface.

More importantly, the manufacturing speed of the bottle is probably increased by more than a hundred times. Roughly estimated that as long as there are about five craftsmen who blow thousands of glass bottles, it will take only one night. Coupled with local adjustment and polishing of the bottle mouth, the total time will not take more than two days!

From now to the Spring Festival, there are still seventeen days. Seventeen days, enough for him to use the fine glass materials in his hand to make more things and give the woman who secretly controls the big food vendor a blow.

"Senior Brother, tomorrow we will send a few people to carry the prepared perfume and walk around the street..." Guo Nu didn't know when he had handed the mold to Wang Yuanbao, walked quietly to Zhang Qian and whispered to the point.

"No! It's too cheap!" Zhang Qian turned his head and looked at the people who were concentrating on making glass bottles, and shook his head gently.

Last time, the monks' altar was smashed, but this time, the opponent would not dare to try to kill him again.

What if the opponent loses a lot of money this time?

He suddenly realized that he had vaguely touched a little bit of the way to get along with all the forces in the Tang Dynasty.

"Then senior brother, let's wait for the Lantern Festival and suddenly take out the perfume?" Guo Nu's suggestion continued, with a clear smell of expectation.

"Yeah!" Zhang Qian nodded slightly, then glanced at the jade ring on his hand and made a whisper, "You will send someone to the Shaoguo Duke's house tomorrow. Tell him that his money has been saved and we have not let him down. Please continue to spread news of withdrawal to paralyze the opponent. By the way, you will also go home to report to your grandfather, so that he can rest assured."

"Yes!" Guo Nu raised his hand and wiped his eyes, nodded vigorously.

"By the way, I instruct Guo Renyi to send invitations to all VIPs in the name of the Liushen Commercial Bank. I ask them to come to the shop to see new goods on the day of the Yuan Dynasty or after the Yuan Dynasty. I guarantee that they will not disappoint them!" Zhang Qian thought for a while and continued to whisper the order.

"Yes!" Guo Nu nodded again, and his heart was full of heroism.

"And." Zhang Qian hesitated for a moment, suddenly frowned, and asked in a very low voice, "Do you have a dead soldier in your family? You can sacrifice your life for your family!"

"Yes, senior brother, who do you want to kill?" Guo Nu was startled, but in a blink of an eye, his face calmed down.

He had long thought of fighting back when he was bullied so fiercely by the cannibal. He was just unwilling to leave the impression of brutal and aggressiveness on his senior brother, so he endured it again and again. With the ability of the Guo family, killing a few cannibals would not leave any traces. As long as he did not leave any evidence, even the princess of the country could not do anything to him!

Unfortunately, Zhang Qian's answer was very disappointing. He glared at Guo Nu with a smile, and he whispered: "Don't always think about killing people. Sometimes, killing people is the stupidest solution. I have a dangerous thing that needs to be left to someone who is absolutely reliable. After doing it, he may reduce his life by 20 years and will never leave your house again in this life."

"This is simple, you can do it by just having a child!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian had such low requirements for the dead soldier. Guo frowned and replied, "Senior Brother, wait, I will pick the servants who have always helped me!"

"Huh?" Zhang Qian was stunned, and then realized that he had made a mistake of taking it for granted. Now it is a feudal society, not another 21st century in time and space. Even the bad habit of burying for his life has not been completely eliminated. It is so easy to find a slave who is willing to sacrifice everything for the head of the family.

"I need you to find two skillful and loyal soldiers for me, and I will teach them a skill. After they learn it, the whole family will be able to have a wealth of food and food for several lifetimes. The price is that they will reduce their lifespan by twenty years." He took a deep breath, and he slowly explained, saying every word was extremely serious.
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