The dense pebbles and sand on the river beach are mixed together, and they are not much different from the river beaches elsewhere.

Zhao Qi squatted down and searched around and saw a lot of stones of different colors, mostly calcium stones, and even grated rock bricks and tiles. There were many slightly transparent ones, some of which were fluorite, but some should be the quartz stones that Zhao Qi looked for.

To make glass, raw materials are the key, especially large-scale production, the problem of raw materials must be solved.

Although Zhao Qi used to be an amateur antique lover, he went to the antique street when he had time. When he was on business, he would go to the more famous antique markets in various places to gain knowledge and find out the bargains.

Although the chances of finding bargains over the years have been almost zero, I have met many people and learned a lot of things.

In fact, the so-called masters in the antique industry usually get more experience after taking medicine and taking too many tricks. Antique masters have little to do with whether they have money or not, they are only related to experience and experience.

The richer the 25, the easier it is to be deceived. If someone is targeted, a fake porcelain can cheat dozens or millions.

Zhao Qi knew some dealers who made fake cultural relics and met several so-called bigwigs in the antique industry. These people had a complete set of equipment such as coal stove, crucible oven, spray gun at home to imitate some interesting antiques. Among them, some people imitate glass and glass. Zhao Qi also saw it with his own eyes, and neither the process nor the manufacturing process was complicated.

At present, some crystal stones can be found on the dock, but the crystal stones are too rare and cannot be used to make glass on a large scale. In addition, crystal stones with relatively high purity have very high melting points, and they need to reach at least 1,400 degrees before they can melt slowly. However, ordinary quartz sand with large impurities contains a large amount of silicates, and the melting temperature is much smaller, which is also the reason why humans can burn glass very early.

Although coal was used on a large scale in the Song Dynasty, and even in the winter of Kaifeng during the Northern Song Dynasty, large-scale haze pollution began to break out due to coal burning, due to the variety and quality of coal, as well as stoves, craftsmanship, thinking habits and other problems, glass products have been unable to be broken through. The process is very complicated and the yield rate is terrible. Therefore, the price is expensive and cannot be promoted on a large scale. Only royals and temples can worship it.

However, because the Great Cannibal found a method to manufacture glass, it opened up the luxury goods market in the Song Dynasty, and together with perfume, it formed two bulk export commodities to the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Qi has found out about these news at the wharf these days.

I heard that there are already large flower fields in Guangzhou in the south, and dozens of perfume and incense workshops are gathered. Not only does it operate the Rose Dew of Dashi, but it also began to refine various perfumes and flower dews. Zhao Qi has never seen these perfumes, but he heard that there are many varieties and the production methods are kept confidential.

In Wenzhou and Fuzhou and other places, it is heard that hundreds of food merchants gathered all year round. The local government has specially planned a Fanjufang to allow these big cannibals to live alone. These big cannibals have their families and even intermarried with Chinese people, forming the world's earliest foreign community.

Zhao Qi walked along the beach and picked up a lot of stones of various colors and threw them into the basket. When he walked to the edge of the pool, most of the kids were still a little scared by Zhao Qi, and they hid in the pool and did not dare to come out. Only Baoer from A'an's house next door came out to say hello to him.

"Brother Qi, what are you looking for? What are you looking for when you pick up these stones?"

Looking at this naked little girl, Zhao Qi felt a crow flying by in the sky, but it was right to think about it. When he was five or six years old, he seemed to be playing with a group of boys and girls in the village.

This is how the so-called friendship that can be played with bare butt is so good. Because I know the roots and bottom of my heart since I was a child, those in the same village also dislike each other when I grew up.

The relationship between childhood sweethearts does not necessarily mean that they are husband and wife.

I'm so familiar, it's hard to start, and I'm very excited.

"Baoer, do you know where there are more transparent stones nearby? " Zhao Qi grabbed a handful of yellow and white translucent stones picked up in the basket and asked.

"If you ask Brother Hei San, he knows best!" Baoer pointed to a dark-skinned seven or eight-year-old boy in the pool and said.

"Hei San'er is here!" Zhao Qi waved his hand, and the little boy hesitated and swam ashore from the pool. He looked carefully and said, "There are many stones everywhere, and there are even larger ones upstream, and there are sand, but they are all buried under the water!"

"Can you take me to find it? If there are really a lot, I will treat you to the refried pork in a few days!" Zhao Qi said with a smile.

"Really, Brother Qi, don't lie to me!" The little boy's eyes lit up instantly, and he felt his saliva fall.

"What do I lie to you? I will definitely keep my word." Zhao Qi nodded confidently.

"Yew, I'll have some cooked pork, I'll take you to see!" The little boy picked up the patched clothes thrown on the river beach and didn't have time to put them on. He took Zhao Qi up naked. Under the temptation of the cooked pork, the other children all rushed up, clamoring that they knew the location, and then followed Zhao Qi in a hurry and walked up the river beach.

"Don't run too far!" Grandma Zhang, who was sitting under the big willow tree, shouted.

"Grandma, don't worry, we won't go too far!" Zhao Qi replied loudly, like a child's head, with a group of naked-butt men and women quickly disappeared on the river beach full of willow trees.

Half an hour later, Zhao Qi brought a group of children back to the edge of the pool.

At this time, there were a few large pieces of white stones in his basket, with clear edges and obvious crystal luster at the fracture.

This kind of stone is called feldspar, which has a jade texture, but in fact the main component is silicate, which has a content of up to 60% in the earth's crust, and is basically everywhere in the country.

The main components of clay, kaolin and river sand are formed after the stone is weathered and broken.

In the cultural and entertainment industry, there are many people who collect strange stones. Zhao Qi has also come into contact with them. Some people who don’t know how to know even think that some feldspar with higher purity are jade. In fact, it is not. This kind of stone has a very high hardness, but is extremely easy to break. After shattering for many years, it will turn into coarse sand in the river channel. It is an important building material and is also the main raw material for glass after selection.

However, later glass factories directly crush feldspar for screening and purifying as raw materials.

But after seeing the glass of the big cannibal, Zhao Qi knew that the current selection process of the big cannibal making glass is almost zero, and it may be that it is to choose some quartz sand with a relatively high silicate content to melt and make it directly.

Just now, a group of bare-ass children took Zhao Qi to the upper reaches not far from the upper reaches and found the location of the stream exit. Sure enough, many such stones were found in the stream. A large area of ​​them were all white. It can be seen that there are a large number of feldspar mines stored in the Yanggong Mountain.

Therefore, after finding the raw materials, Zhao Qi naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the glass is properly operated and sold, the big-selling glass market will be instantly squeezed out.

However, once this glass making process that even the Song Dynasty court could not find out was revealed, it would probably attract the covetousness of a large number of wealthy and powerful people. If the emperor knew about it, he would inevitably use power to take it for himself. Once this situation occurs, glass will not only not be used to make money, but will also become a deadly thing.
Chapter completed!