Chapter 179 Looking for help
"Hehe, these are all my guesses, so I asked Uncle Da Biao to make this iron pipe. The crystal materials are all boiled now, and I just tried it while it's hot. If it works, it will be another major discovery..."
While Zhao Qi was speaking, he inserted the iron pipe into the crucible and stirred it gently. As the melting of the glass began to slowly cool down, the iron pipe also rolled up a large ball of red glass with fists.
Taking a deep breath, his cheeks were bulging up. Zhao Qi held his strength and blew hard at the mouth of the iron pipe. However, the iron pipe several feet long was like a bottomless hole. Zhao Qi blew dry in this breath, and it seemed that the breath had not reached the glass. He pressed the mouth of the iron pipe and held it in his breath and then blew it again. This time he finally felt it, but without Zhao Qi exerting his strength, the glass in front of the iron pipe did not move at all, and Zhao Qi also blew his eyes and felt that his cheeks were about to explode.
"Let me do it!" Looking at Zhao Qi's face turned red and his neck was thick, Yang Dahu grabbed the iron pipe, took a deep breath, and then took a breath. He saw that the red glass at the mouth of the iron pipe was slowly swelling at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It's so pounding, it's really so pounding!" Old Man Liu danced happily, and Zhao Qi also touched the sweat beads on his forehead and gave Yang Dahu a thumbs up, "Uncle Dahu is so angry, it's a pity that he doesn't blow candy!"
Yang Dahu ignored Zhao Qi's words and found that he could blow the glass, and his interest increased greatly. After whispering one after another, the red glass with a big fist actually rose to the size of a rice bowl. As the volume continued to expand, the temperature of the glass began to drop rapidly, and the red color also turned dark red. After another blow, Yang Dahu's black face turned red, and he stopped after finding that he could not blow it.
"Hurry, Uncle Dahu put it on the anvil and hit it a few times to smooth the bottom of the bottle!" Zhao Qi swept the unfinished hatchet on the anvil to the ground, and then used his sleeve to clean the iron filings on it. Yang Dahu naturally understood it. He held the iron pipe and paused the red glass ball on the anvil for a few times, and a bottom of the bottle appeared.
"Put it on top and roll it gently for a few more times to make the bottle longer and make a thinner bottle mouth..."
When the bottom of the bottle came out, Zhao Qi directed Yang Dahu to shape the glass again. Yang Dahu followed the advice and placed the glass ball on the anvil and rolled it back and forth a few times. A round hollow glass ball slowly grew a lot longer. At this time, the temperature of the glass became lower and lower, and the dark red gradually turned into deep red, and it became slightly transparent.
"Uncle Dahu slowly put the glass on the wooden board, yes, put it and don't move..."
Seeing the glass bottle forming, Zhao Qi asked Yang Dahu to put the glass vertically on the ground, then brought a pair of scissors, carefully cut the bottle off with the iron pipe mouth, looked at the bottle mouth that was bitten by a dog, and carefully trimmed it back and forth while it was hot, and a complete hollow glass bottle appeared in front of the three of them.
"Hahahaha, it's successful!" Yang Dahu excitedly threw down the iron tube and hugged Zhao Qi's neck. His thick arms and the stinky smell of sweat made Zhao Qi roll his eyes.
"How did Brother Qi grow his head? Why is he so enlightened..." Old Man Liu squatted in front of the glass bottle, his eyes dazed, and he was muttering something in his mouth.
At this time, the temperature of the glass bottle continued to decline, the dark red turned into light red, and the light red turned into light red. After the light red slowly disappeared, a pure and transparent glass bottle of light blue appeared perfectly.
"It looks good, so beautiful. This must be the best-looking utensil the old man has ever seen. It is more beautiful than the best glass bottle..."
More than ten minutes later, Old Man Liu carefully held up the glass bottle with a rag. The light blue bottle body was transparent and clear, just like holding a bottle of blue sea water. There was almost no bubble on the crystal clear bottle body.
"Uncle Qi, let me see it too!" Yang Dahu was excited and wiped his hands clean on his apron, carefully taking the glass bottle from Grandpa Liu's hand. A sense of surprise and excitement appeared on his unshaven black face.
This glass can be said to be flawless in his eyes. Not only is the color beautiful, but the most important thing is that it does not have bubbles of large and small size like chickenpox. The surface of the bottle is smooth and round, crystal clear like pure crystal, without any hazy feeling.
Zhao Qi was not too proud of the first complete glass product he personally made after traveling through time.
He has seen the glass blowing technique with his own eyes, so it is as expected that it can be made. Although this glass bottle has good transparency and purity, the surface is stuttering because it is not well grasped when cut off. After setting, the shape of the device is a bit crooked. It cannot be said to be good-looking at all. It is still garbage after hundreds of years.
But he could not deny that this was definitely the best glass product of this era, and there was no such thing as yet.
So Zhao Qi didn't plan to take it over and take a look and join in the fun.
He now has both the joy of success and some regrets.
What is joyful is that you can finally get a gift that you can show off.
Unfortunately, the temperature requirement for the melting of this crystal stone is too high. For the South, which lacks fine coal, it is not realistic to really make this pure quartz glass on a large scale. Therefore, if you want to make it on a large scale, you still need to use ordinary silicate stone and other auxiliary materials. This crystal stone is too troublesome, and the raw materials are not easy to make. At most, some high-end crystal glass products are not suitable for large-scale promotion.
There is still a lot of crystal melt in the crucible. When Yang Dahu blows the glass, Zhao Qi has put the crucible into the furnace in order to keep it warm. Although the temperature has dropped a little, it is still in a melting state.
After Yang Dahu and Liu Taiye appreciated the glass bottle, Zhao Qi picked up the iron pipe thrown on the ground, wiped the dust and sand on it cleaned up and said, "Uncle Dahu, it seems that my idea is successful. The glass can be made like a sugar blower, and there is no need to open the mold. As long as you master the temperature, the shape of the equipment can be adjusted as you wish. However, whether it is done well can only rely on experience and helpers. Also, your anvil is not good, and the surface is not flat enough. If you want to make a new glass workbench, it is best to put a flat large iron plate on the low wooden table, and you have to make a few new special tools for trimming glass..."
"Xiaoqi, don't worry, I will do whatever you want. These are easy. I can help you with all of them tomorrow!" Zhao Qi said, Yang Dahu nodded, and after saying that, he patted his chest to promise.
"Brother Qi, I just saw this glass blowing. It is indeed a very laborious technical job. If you don't have much strength, you can't blow it. Even Dahu can't blow a few. If you do more, you have to ask a few people with great energy to help!" Mr. Liu carefully placed the glass bottle in his arms at the base of the wall and reminded him.
"This is really true. It can indeed blow up, but I only blew one, and my cheek hurts a little now. If I blow three or five in one breath, I'm afraid I can't say anything tomorrow. Besides, there are so many work on the construction site that can't be done. Although Da Biao still can't help, I can't help making glass every day. You have to find a few helpers!" Yang Dahu also nodded quickly to agree with Old Man Liu's opinion.
"Who else in the village is more powerful and more at ease?" Zhao Qi asked, pinching his chin.
Although most people in the countryside of this era are honest and honest, there are always some cunning and lazy people everywhere, just like people like A'an, who belong to the scum of Maowan Village.
But as the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Liu Taiye Yang Dayuan and others are very honest people, so the people they recognize can basically be assured. Moreover, they are all from the same village. No matter how confidential the glass technology is, people still need to do it. Therefore, they can only try to choose those who are similar in habits, otherwise they will not be able to do anything.
Mr. Liu and Yang Dahu also looked serious in an instant, and each lowered their heads to ponder. After a moment, Mr. Liu said, "Brother Qi, this glass blowing is indeed a technical job. Therefore, the people you are looking for not only good character, but also have some skills in making tools. I used to know an old kiln worker from Chizhou in the kiln factory. He is honest and responsible, and he is also very good at firing glass. I heard that I had been working in the Liuli Official Shop in the capital for seven or eight years. Later, because the tribute to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday was not cooked, he was kicked out of the kiln factory. Later, he worked in our kiln factory for several years, but the cost of burning glass is too high and the success rate is too low. Our Liu family gradually couldn't support it, so he had to abolish the Liulifang. This person has been working as an ordinary kiln worker in the kiln factory. Last time I saw him selling vegetables in the town, and I talked a few words. I heard that he was in poor health and had left the kiln factory. An old man at home was also a medicine jar..."
Old Man Liu looked at Zhao Qi, "This man is really amazing in making glass. The flowers, birds, insects and fish they make are as alive, and they are colorful and beautiful. If you invite him and add this method of blowing glass, I believe that it can make any glass you want in the future. Moreover, he is also very good at making porcelain, and the rules that can be made in all kinds of instruments. His family is not well off now. If you ask him to help, and the wages are enough, I believe he will not talk nonsense!"
After hearing what Old Man Liu said so well, Zhao Qi nodded without any hesitation and said, "That's him. Such capable and skilled people are the ones we lack the most at the moment. His family is the best. If we are poor, we will seem more sincere. Since Grandpa Liu knows him, I will ask Grandpa to help me with this matter. As for the salary, you will tell him that it doesn't matter if you have more than five or ten s are... "
Chapter completed!