1063, mirror
"Madam, we should stay away, and the next things are not suitable for us to contact!" Jing Wen said.
Next, a group of people who wrapped themselves tightly came to the nearby area. They were carrying a bucket of things in their hands, and the bucket was obviously very heavy. A small bucket was actually carried by five or six people, which was obviously of great importance. Jing Wen had immediately left the distance with Cheng Lin, just watching these people doing things from afar. Before they really did things, these people checked their things to make sure that they had no place to be exposed so that they could do it with confidence.
"Husband, why do they have to wrap it so closely?" Cheng Lin asked.
"They are holding mercury, that is, mercury. This thing is poisonous, so of course you have to stay away from the outside. As for those who operate, they are also wrapped in very tightly, and there is a 'gas mask' on their mouths, which I made of bamboo charcoal as filter material. This protection should protect their safety as much as possible and not be poisoned." Jing Wen said.
Jing Wen hired these people to operate this job with mercury. Mercury is a highly toxic thing, which ancient people also knew. In order to recruit these people, Jing Wen paid several times the salary of ordinary people, and the extra cost was to give them a highly toxic subsidy. As for why he would recruit them even though he knew it was toxic, Jing Wen had no choice. After all, anyone had to do any job in this world, just like many people in later generations knew that miners were not safe, but someone had to do it. What he could do was to reduce risks as much as possible and increase the salary and benefits of dangerous jobs.
The workers who were using mercury in the distance also began to prepare. The first step was to cut the glass and cut off the defective and irregular parts so that they could truly start using the glass.
"Okay, put the silver foil on it!" someone said.
Some people started to lay silver foil on the glass lenses. These silver foils were made of silver with high purity and then laid on the glasses. The method of making these silver foils was not as difficult as imagined. They were just using heavy hammers to flatten pieces of silver, and then used harder and harder. In the end, the silver became very thin pieces, so this method could also be used to produce gold-wave silver foil. These silver foils were also placed on the back of the glass mirror, and the entire glass was also thrown on the silver foil.
"Okay, take a mercury!" someone said.
Everyone started to use special brushes to brush mercury on the piece of glass covered with silver foil. Once the mercury was placed on the glass, the silver foil on the glass began to melt. After these silver foil and mercury melted with each other, they became a very viscous and moist thing. Then they all stuck to the glass hard. This gradually turned into a piece of silver-shining thing.
It took Jing Wen to come to these things after a while.
"Hold up!" Jing Wen said.
After Cheng Lin looked at the mirror and stood up, her face suddenly turned dazed, as if she had seen something strange.
Cheng Lin saw that the mirror was actually her own image, and the surrounding scenery could be said to be very vivid, and every trace was revealed. Cheng Lin's entire beautiful appearance, various clothes on her body, and even various small decorations were also revealed.
"Husband, is this me?" Cheng Lin asked in surprise.
Jing Wen said of course: "Of course. Madam, of course this beautiful woman is you! This is the first time you have really seen your own appearance!"
Jing Wen had to feel sad for the ancients. It was not easy for ancient people to see their own appearance. The bronze mirrors in ancient times were often very poor and the color was yellow. Therefore, the reflection effect was very unreal. However, if you look at the water surface, it is unlikely that this is possible, because the limitations of the reflection on the water surface are too great, so it is not suitable to see directly. The reflection on the water surface is also distorted. This also made it very difficult for ancient people to see their own appearance with their own eyes.
The mercury mirror created by Jing Wen can be said to be the best mirror of this era. These mirrors are exactly the same as the mercury mirrors in Venice in later generations, and are made of mercury and silver foil. Later generations are very popular with this mercury mirror. Later generations say that many women can sell their souls and any man for a mercury mirror... and many men buy a mercury mirror in order to make a smile, but end up losing everything. Therefore, the preciousness of this mercury mirror was very expensive in the early days of invention, and it is not an exaggeration to measure its value.
"Husband, did you invent this?" Cheng Lin asked.
"Of course, of course I invented it! Humph, I just rely on these things as my store treasure. These mirrors are absolutely rare treasures and are not allowed to be owned by ordinary people!" Jing Wen said.
Jing Wen would never sell such a large mirror. After all, such a large mirror will be priceless in the future. The glass of this era is similar to diamonds in later generations. The larger the glass, the more valuable it will increase in geometric multiples. A little larger, the increased price will not be the effect of one plus one, but it will increase by two geometric multiples. So Jing Wen will certainly not easily get out the large glass, otherwise it will be worthless all at once. In order to maximize profits, Jing Wen of course has to sell it slowly. Even if Jing Wen can produce it on a large scale, production will be limited.
"Lin'er, I'll give you this big mirror!" Jing Wen said.
"Well, husband, I love you so much! I will let you deal with it tonight." Cheng Lin immediately hugged Jing Wen and said.
Jing Wen thought to himself: "It's indeed a thing that makes women crazy. Such a mirror makes Cheng Lin who looks like a normal lady. It seems that the effect of the mercury mirror should not be underestimated!"
Mercury Mirror is indeed very lethal to women, and Jing Wen has seen it. Originally, Cheng Lin was gradually developing towards a noble lady, but now his personality has changed drastically and has become like this. It really makes people dare not underestimate the power of Mercury Mirror! (Want to know more exciting news about "The King of Tang Dynasty"? Now open WeChat, click the "+" sign in the upper right, choose to add a friend to add an official account, search for "qidianzhongwenwang", follow the official account, and you will never miss every update again!) (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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