On the fifth day of the first lunar month, it is a cloudy day and the weather is very cold.

On this day, Hongniwan ushered in another lively day. More than 300 people gathered on the large ping of Hongniwan. I saw four big words on the stage: Commendation party. Most of the people below the stage sat neatly on the low stools, and only dozens of people on the far right sat in a sparse manner, with no order at all.

Four big red lanterns were decorated on the stage, and the right side of the stage was filled with various musical instruments, with a very festive color.

Zhu Xuanqing and Zhu Xuanbai sat in the audience, beside Yi Bojun, Yu Shiman, Xiao Liang, among them, Zhu Xuanbai and Yi Bojun were well-informed, but they didn't know what "gathering" meant. After the word "commendation" was interpreted by people who understand it, everyone understood what was going on, and several people were guessing who would be commended.

Yi Bojun said:

"Brother Zhu, you two should be in the commendation. Brother Xuanqing has made great contributions to burning glass. Brother Xuanbai has presided over the queue training and is said to have also burned glass tiles. In terms of success, it is also a great achievement. The skills of the two brothers Zhu really make me admire him."

Zhu Xuanqing pointed at Kantpei on the stage and said:

"I just obey the order and do some hard work in making glass. I just need to do the kiln. I don't know the formula or how to make a crucible that can withstand high temperatures. In terms of merit, I will naturally be the most rewarding of the Supervisor Kang."

Of course, the commercial secret of firing glass cannot be shown casually. Given that the reliability of this group of newly recruited reformers is still very suspicious, Mao Geng naturally needs to control the diffusion of technical secrets. Soda ash is used to burn glass, but soda ash is not found at this time, so he had to use wood ash instead. The main component of wood ash is potassium carbonate, which can also be used to burn glass. However, the process of preparing potassium carbonate with wood ash is not placed in Youxi, but in Baixi, which was operated by Tan Wangdi. Making crucibles is also a secret, and it is also placed in Baixi.

Zhu Xuanbai, who was responsible for the fire of glass, was only responsible for the fire process and did not know more about the secrets of glass. In Youxi, quartz sand crushing and grinding powder and crushing and grinding powder of auxiliary materials were a group of people, and ingredients were a group of people, including Zhu Xuanqing, the people responsible for the fire of glass, and the group of people who reversed molds, all under the command of Kanteppei, divided the work and cooperated until they made pieces of glass. Although the transparency of the glass has been greatly improved, it still has a little blue, which is the best glass. Zhu Xuanqing thought that his efforts were limited and did not think he should be commended.

Zhu Xuanbai smiled and said:

"Brother Yi doesn't have to be too humble. I heard that Brother Yi performed well on the trial lathe. It is said that a piece of iron came to Brother Yi's hands, like a ball of mud. He wanted to make any shape, so Brother Yi must be in the list of commendations today. I heard that the first prize was thirty stagnant, which was a lot of money!"

Yi Bojun is now not only able to operate the lathe himself, but also brings three apprentices. However, in terms of copper screw nuts, Yi Bojun still needs to operate it.

Not to mention the first prize, Yi Bojun thinks it would be nice to be able to win a third prize. His monthly salary is only three guan, and the third prize is ten guan. It is enough for the twenty-year-old Yi Bojun. Yi Bojun has never seen thirty guan, thirty guan in his life! That's really a lot of money. Yi Bojun shook his head and said with a smile:

"Brother Zhu's statement is too exaggerated. Do you think dealing with iron is as simple as you crush mud? My ability is not worth boasting. I tell you that the lathe is extremely wonderful. You can turn it here and then start moving automatically when you turn it there. There is also the steel turning knife. That's amazing. How can my ability be comparable to Tan Xiaochun who is making that lathe!"

When it comes to Tan Xiaochun, everyone knows that he is the most capable disciple under Mao Geng. In Xiao Liang's eyes, Tan Xiaochun is his idol. Xiao Liang's dream is to be as capable as Tan Xiaochun, no! Even if he can have two or three costs of Tan Xiaochun, Xiao Liang also thinks he is very great. But unfortunately, he is a thousand miles away from him. While Tan Xiaochun admires him, he can't help but say:

"I heard that Mr. Mao's top ten disciples all have strong abilities. Even the female disciple named Tan said that she had made contributions to the production of the watch. The watch is such a magical thing. I don't know what you masters are, anyway, I can't even touch the door."

When Zhu Xuanbai saw Xiao Liang's virtue, he immediately retorted:

"That's because Mr. Mao is really smart, and I have a deep understanding. Mr. Mao even knows how to burn porcelain and glazed. With his brief guidance, I fired glazed tiles. In theory, I used to use glazing, but I only knew the reason, but I didn't know why. However, after Mr. Mao's guidance, I can now learn from one example. I think Supervisor Kang has learned a little bit of his fur. He was just a scholar in his studies before, so how could he know how to burn glass? Of course, Mr. Mao sold his grandfather Mr. Kang's face, which taught him, what's so great! I don't know if Mr. Mao wants to accept disciples. If he can become a disciple of Mr. Mao, it would be a fortune in his life."

In fact, Mao Geng knew that glazing was to use the characteristics of lead to reduce the melting point of silica. After applying lead glazing, it could be fired into glazing at less than 1,000 degrees. Speaking of which, burning glazed tiles did not exceed the technology of firing Tang Sancai. However, the Tang people did not develop a market for glazed tiles. Although glazed tiles were used for roof decoration in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Tang and Song Dynasties were not particular enough about roof tiles, and they did not think that roof tiles should be used, and glazed tiles should be used on the tiles. It was not until the imperial palace of the Yuan Dynasty that glazed tiles were used on a large scale.

Mao Geng was clamored by Chen Liang, so he asked Zhu Xuanbai to try burning glazed tiles. However, Mao Geng has always been not optimistic about the glazed tiles market. Mao Geng felt that it would be not easy to let the frugal emperor Xiaozong accept glazed tiles. If the palace did not use glazed tiles, could Chen Liang find other customers who dared to use glazed tiles!

Therefore, although glazed tiles were fired, the output was very limited, which was limited to the construction of the model house.

Zhu Xuanbai felt that Kantepe had just read a few more books than him, and he was still very comprehensible. It was just that Mao Geng took care of Mr. Kang's face, so he accepted Kantepe as his disciple. Not only did he teach crafts carefully, but he also entrusted important tasks. However, Zhu Xuanbai was a little dissatisfied with Kantepe, so he took Kantepe's clumsy performance in the queue training. Zhu Xuanbai felt that if he could become Mao Geng's disciple, he would definitely be much better than Kantepe.

Yu Shiman listened on the side. He knew very well and did not expect to be a disciple of Mao Geng. He was very envious of the Zhu brothers and Yi Bojun. They were all famous people here. Even Xiao Liangdubowa had ideas and was praised by Mao Geng. Only he achieved nothing. Yu Shiman felt frustrated.

Yu Shiman said in an envious tone:

"My brothers have made achievements here in a short time. Brother Xiao also received praise from Mr. Mao, which made me envious. Compared to you, I am really ashamed!"

Unlike the Zhu brothers, Yi Bojun and Xiao Liang, Yu Shiman was recruited in the second batch. After the first batch of 58 people were recruited, and later when he was recruiting people at the West China Construction Company, Mao Geng took the opportunity to recruit again. Yu Shiman was one of the second batch of 50 people.

Hearing Yu Shiman like this, Xiao Liang could only smile bitterly. Although he had made ideas on making bowa, Mr. Mao finally found a feasible solution. He was not much better than Yu Shiman.

At this time, a sound of gongs and drums sounded, and several people immediately realized that the show was about to begin. No one had experienced this commendation party, but it was necessary to see what was the name. However, since the confession scene performed by Mao Geng on the balloon last time, everyone believed that today would be very exciting.

Mao Geng, Chen Liang and Wen Yuan sat in the middle of the stage. Xiang Yixuan and Qu Wengu were also sitting on the stage. In addition, there were special invitations to Fuguo Railway, Su Zhidao and Dun Erbao. Representatives from the three families were present. In addition, Zhang Haisan was considered the official representative.

Today, Zhang Haisan was just the representative of the official attendance, so the host of the commendation party became Wen Yuan. In addition to the ten disciples of Mao family and the total number of 108 people recruited by Mao Geng twice, there were also 153 newly recruited by West China Construction Company, and 50 people sent by Qu Jiadong to participate. These 50 people belonged to the First and Second Branch of West China Construction Company and the West China Brick Factory. Sitting on the right, there were a bunch of people who were a sparse person, which was the representative of Qu Jiadong.

The performance of the people in Qujiadong made Chen Liang very dissatisfied, but because Xiang Yixuan and Qu Wengu were sitting, it was not convenient to have an attack. Xiang Qu and the others felt that the New Year was full, and they didn’t need to make the atmosphere severe and did not care.

Today's commendation party should be held before the New Year in the future, that is, the annual commendation party of each company is nothing more than a little material and spiritual motivation, and then a group of people enjoyed it and it was accomplished. Unfortunately, he was injured and had to push this matter to the end of the New Year. Looking at the scene of more than 300 people in the audience, Mao Geng thought to himself that he had a group of people, but this group of people was of varying quality, and he really didn't dare to think about how big it could be. However, with this group of people, at least he would not have to worry about being a rich man in the Song Dynasty.

Next is the procedure that Mao Geng is so familiar with, and Wen Yuan is making a summary report like he did in later generations. What Wen Yuan said was nothing more than impressive achievements and great prospects. To put it bluntly, it is bragging, especially bragging about the future, which makes the people in the audience dream after listening to it.

However, objectively speaking, the prospects are indeed exciting. Just look at my income over the past six months, and I feel that it is really good to return to the Song Dynasty. In less than three to five years, I may become the richest man in the Song Dynasty - not the chief minister.

However, so far, my income has basically come from the joint venture. The income from the joint venture with Fu, Su and Dun accounts for the main part, which is as much as 13,000 guan. Qujiadong has also divided more than 5,000 guan. However, during this period, it is like spending money, building a base, and conducting projects. Except for pencils and tiles, all other projects have not yet reached the profit period. Of course, it is the next step that it will be time to continuously attract money.

After Wen Yuan finished speaking, the people in the audience were very encouraged. It should be said that everyone who came to Hongniwan today felt a sense of happiness. Among them, Mao Geng's 108 direct descendants had a monthly salary of 3 guan. Before the festival, the holiday fees were paid. All the sheds they lived in were covered with cement tiles. Most of the converted guests who came with the same place were still living in thatched huts. For this group of people from a foreign land, this condition is already quite superior. Although the newly recruited 153 converted people from West China Construction Company have only two guan for the monthly salary, they are only queue training every day, and they can get two guan without building a house, which is also a rare treatment. As for the people from Qujiadong, they can get four guan a month at the least, while the people from West China Construction Company's second branch get more.

After Wen Yuan passed the sensationalism, he immediately entered the first **, which was commendation. Mao Geng gave this opportunity to the famous scholar Chen Liang, just like a film festival in later generations invited celebrities to announce awards. Chen Liang is a very reliable celebrity in the Song Dynasty. His list should be better reflected in his honor.

Xiao Liang was in the audience, and Chen Liang, a famous scholar who was announcing the commendation list on the stand. After Chen Liang finished reading the first prize winner and when he finished reading the second prize winner, Xiao Liang actually heard Chen Liang recite his name. At this moment, Xiao Liang couldn't even believe his ears and was a little stunned for a moment, until Yu Shiman reminded him:

"Oh, Brother Xiao, congratulations! Why are you still stunned? Go on stage to receive the award."

Only then did Xiao Liang realize that he rushed to the stage and stood among the winners.

When it was time to present the award, Xiao Liang was overjoyed again because the prize money doubled. It was different from the rumor that the first prize was only 30 steads. The first prize was 60 steads, but there were only two first prizes, one was Tan Xiaochun and the other was Zhu Xuanqing. Like himself, there were eight second prizes, and the second prize was 30 steads. There were ten third prizes behind it, and Kantpei and Zhu Xuanbai were also third prizes. In addition, there were people from Qu Jiadong among the third prizes, and the third prize was 15 steads.

Mao Geng did not pretend to be someone else, but Mao Geng personally awarded the prize one by one. When Mao Geng walked to Xiao Liang, he gave the red envelope with the bonus and said:

"Xiao Liang, this is because of your contribution to cement tiles. I specially awarded the second prize. Thank you for your contribution!"

Xiao Liang's mind had not turned around for a while, and he was a little nervous and murmured:

"This, that, over-reward! I can't afford to be a young man! I can't afford to be a young man!"

In Xiao Liang's heart, he really felt that he could not bear it at this moment.

Xiao Liang was originally a bamboo craftsman, so he was naturally assigned to make bamboo fiber cement tiles. However, when hand-made bamboo fiber cement tiles encountered the problem of bolt molds, the output was always limited. A corrugated mold can only produce one piece of cement tiles, and it has to wait for the cement tiles to be initially hardened before they can be released. This will take at least two days, which means that a bolt mold can make a bolt mold in two days. Even if there are fifty corrugated molds, fifty pieces can be produced in two days. Of course, it is unbearable.

Later, asbestos tiles were handmade, and a corrugated mold could stack thirty pieces of asbestos tiles, but there was one condition, that was, plastic films must be used.

When making asbestos tiles by hand, first lay a layer of plastic film on the platform, then spread the fibers and cement slurry on the plastic film and smooth it with an iron trowel. At this time, the asbestos tiles blank is a flat plate with a thickness of 6 to 10 mm. When the blank dries a little, the blank will be moved onto the corrugated mold. Then the blank will become corrugated tiles. The second piece is made as usual, and then stacked on the first asbestos tiles, which will also naturally form a bebola. In this way, a corrugated mold can produce thirty bebolas. This is the wonderful use of plastic film in making asbestos tiles.

But this was in the Song Dynasty, which was too cheap to be cheap in later generations, and there was no shadow at that time. Mao Geng once thought about using linen to realize the function of plastic film in later generations, but the cost was too high and it was impossible to bear it.

Mao Geng had to do something alive, and had no choice but to stir up his mind and let everyone come up with ideas. Xiao Liang, who had worked as a bamboo craftsman, immediately thought of the bamboo slabs he was familiar with, or the bamboo slabs, but after trying it, the effect was too poor. The bamboo slabs were not as soft as plastic films and had poor moldability. The method proposed by Xiao Liang was declared to be a failure.

But Mao Geng immediately thought of a countermeasure. Although the bamboo strips did not meet the requirements, the high-end bamboo mats in later generations could just meet the requirements. The high-end bamboo mats in later generations were not bamboo mats made of bamboo strips, but bamboo mats arranged one by one and then strung with threads. They could be bent at will along the vertical direction of the bamboo strips, just meeting the requirements of wave formation.

Xiao Liang made a bamboo mat dedicated to waxing, applied a layer of wax, which was indeed very useful and could be reused. Xiao Liang thought that this was not his credit at all, but today Mr. Mao counted the credit on his head, so Xiao Liang naturally felt that he didn't dare to take it. But Mao Geng smiled and went to give the next prize.

Xiao Liang was extremely grateful in his heart, but he was always stunned, as if he was greedy for his own achievements, and he felt that many people were laughing at him.

Xiao Liang followed the other winners off the stage in a daze, sat down blankly, and even ignored the congratulations from others.

Then there was a singing and dancing performance. The specially invited singing and dancing team performed for a long time, and Xiao Liang was still thinking about the award just now.

At this time, the people in the audience began to cheer warmly again, and Xiao Liangcai reacted from the daze.

A strange scene appeared on the stage, Chen Liang was playing the piano and Mao Geng was singing:

"A laughter in the sea, surging tides on both sides of the strait

Only remember the current day

The sky laughs, the world is full of tides

Who will lose and who will win will be the best

The country laughs, mist and rain are far away

How much do you know in the world

The breeze laughs, but it makes me lonely

The passion is left, I'll take a photo at night

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Chapter completed!