I was exiled after wearing a book

Chapter 87 Mirror
It feels different to have a manpower, and Jiang Xin suddenly feels free.

Now that she has free time, she has time to do other things.

Like making glass.

At present, the Great Zhou Dynasty already had the process of making colored glaze, but because of the backward calcination technology, the output of colored glaze was very small and the price was extremely expensive.

Jiang Xin bought a pair of two masters and apprentices who were blacksmiths, and now they have brought out four apprentices, all of whom Jiang Xin bought at the population market to be strong and relatively honest.

Next, to make glass, Jiang Xin doesn't plan to buy any more people, so he just develops from among these six people.

As long as Jiang Xin guides the production process well, the problem will be fine.

The raw materials for making glass are mainly quartz sand, soda ash, limestone, and then temperature.

The temperature requirements are particularly high, but Jiang Xin made a high iron furnace for steelmaking before, and the temperature can reach [-] degrees, which is enough to burn glass.

After the purchased materials arrived, Jiang Xin wore a mask to teach everyone the production process and precautions.

Then on the third day, the first piece of glass that came out was finished, a square glass, but it was not clear enough. After Jiang Xin observed it, he changed the ratio of the materials.

When the fourth wave and the fifth wave came out, the glass was already very transparent.

All the craftsmen were astonished. After the glass was completely cooled, they held a large piece of glass and touched it, loving it.

The next step is to make glass in large quantities, and Jiang Xin asked the carpenter at home to replace the window paper that was pasted at home, and replaced the neat and transparent glass with small nails, and used wooden windows for the corners. The putty of the same color trimmed the edges.

The original window of Mr. Qin’s big study was very big. At first, the old man didn’t know why he designed it like this. After the glass was replaced, when he was leaning on the rocking chair next to the charcoal-burning stove and looking at the autumn scenery outside the window, he felt instantly I figured it out, it was really nice.

After glass was installed on the windows of the two mansions, Jiang Xin asked people to put the frame made earlier in the garden.

There is an open space in the garden, which has been vacant. I don’t know what it is for. When I asked, I only said that there was an arrangement, but I didn’t know what it was for. After it was installed, everyone came to see it.

It turned out to be a glass house. After installing a stove to light the fire, and then planting green vegetables on the wooden shelves on both sides, everyone was very happy. It turned out to be a greenhouse.

During this period, Jiang Xin asked his first transport team to transport 3000 yuan of glass to Xie San. Each piece was one square in size. There will be flaws, and it will be distorted, so Jiang Xin simply made one square size.

Among them, 1000 yuan of glass was given to Xie San, and the remaining 2000 yuan was given to the emperor in the name of the fourteenth prince.

Then there are mirrors of different sizes at 5000 yuan. With glass, is it still far away to make mirrors?

It's almost a matter of hand.

Jiang Xin did it by chance, but when he received this crystal clear, silvery mirror, Xie San was shocked.

Holding a mirror placed on the straw, he looked at himself and sighed, "I am so good-looking!"

The boy beside him couldn't help laughing, Xie San didn't mind at all, and asked the boy to raise the mirror a little higher, and found a white hair, so scared that Xie San quickly removed it, and comforted him. Flattened her hair in a bun, looked at her left and right, and then nodded in satisfaction.

Just looking at the mirror without any packaging at all, I can't help feeling disgusted. Jiang Xin, a woman who makes innovative gadgets, probably has no one in the entire Zhou Dynasty.

But she is really a rookie when it comes to packing and embellishing.

After reading the letter written by Jiang Xin, Xie San curled his lips and called a craftsman and painter to draw more than 20 mirror images, which were processed overnight.

Ten days later, these beautiful mirrors were sent to the palace together with the glass.

The emperor had just passed his 60th birthday. Counting it, his father died at the age of 60. He was a little worried, and he couldn't sleep very well at night.

So much so that his face is not very good during the day.

After the noon break, he was correcting the papers in the study, and then he heard the chief eunuch beside him say that his fourteenth son of the emperor had brought him a gift.

The royal family has a team of dedicated craftsmen.The Agriculture Bureau also has craftsmen who specialize in making and researching agricultural tools, the Weapons Bureau also has craftsmen who specialize in making weapons, and craftsmen who specialize in making houses, secret rooms, organs, and furniture.

But I was still surprised when I saw the gift from the prince.

Such a translucent colored glaze is still such a large piece, which is really rare.

Then there was the mirror that could reflect his whole body, even the lines on his face. The old emperor was so startled that he took a step back, and the eunuchs almost dropped the mirror in fright.

The emperor stabilized his figure and approached the mirror again, and then he saw himself wearing ordinary clothes, although he was old, his body was still healthy, and he couldn't help laughing.

This is really a good thing!
The emperor asked, is this the only one given away?

But when I heard that two thousand were sent, I was stunned. Is this thing called a mirror so worthless?

After seeing all the mirrors, the emperor was like a child, walking in the warehouse where the mirrors were placed, looking left and then again, looking at his back and boots, very happy, facing stacks of transparent straw Including layers upon layers asks, "What is this?"

The eunuch in charge of the warehouse held up the brochure and said: "Report to the emperor, this thing is called glass, and it is made in the same way as colored glaze, but it is not a decoration, it can be installed on the window, so that the room will be bright."

This is not new. Among the items brought back from overseas, there are such small pieces of glazed glass that can be installed on the windows, so that the room is particularly bright. His study has a window, and the queen also has one. The windows are all the size of four palms.

I have never seen such a big colored glaze before. After the eunuch opened it, he held it under the sun piece by piece. The emperor touched the transparent colored glaze and said, "This is really a good thing. How many are there?"

The warehouse replied: "There are 2000 yuan of the same size."

The chief eunuch at the side handed over the letterhead attached to the gift, the emperor put on the stone mirror and looked at it, and said with an oh: "This is for me to use as a study and a residence, so don't delay." Come on, hurry up, don’t you have blueprints here, let me install this thing called glass!”

By the time the emperor had dinner, the glass had already been installed. Sitting by the window, eating shabu-shabu, the emperor was in an unprecedentedly good mood.

The next day, the rest of the glass was first dug into two large oval cave shapes on both sides of the main hall, then inlaid with wooden shelves, cut the glass, and installed them.

Then there are high-ranking concubines. According to the level, they all got the glass and mirror last time.

All of a sudden, the entire imperial palace seemed to be brightened up. When the meeting was held on the first day of the lunar new year, the warm iron stove and transparent glass in the main hall stunned all the officials who went up to court.

In fact, they also heard that there is colored glaze that can be used as windows, replacing the original window paper.

Still surprised the first time I saw it.

Before the emperor came, a group of people gathered in front of the window to touch here and there, and when the emperor came, they saw that their courtiers looked like they had never seen the world.

Then the emperor lazily walked to the window, told his courtiers what it was called, and then asked the eunuch to send fifty mirrors.

They are all made of wooden frames, arranged one by one for the courtiers to watch, and there are various exclamations, oh, ah, yo ho, the emperor smiled in satisfaction.

A total of [-] people came to the court meeting today. After the court meeting was over, the emperor asked the eunuch to take some more according to the head. Each person was rewarded with a mirror and asked to take it back.

Even the smallest official who can go to court is a senior official of the fourth rank, and the smallest mirror is half the height, which is also very decent.

One of the emperor's own elder brothers, Prince Gong looked at the glass eagerly and asked, "Your Majesty, can I give some of this glass to my younger brother? My younger brother's study really needs such glass!"

When the emperor saw it, everyone below looked eagerly. He felt a little complacent, and sighed on his face: "Although this glass is delivered in a large quantity, everyone in the palace needs it. The emperor will give you 50 yuan here, and everyone else will wait." Wait, there will be a batch of supplies for the palace in the next year, if you want to buy, you can distribute a batch to everyone, but there are not too many."

Wang Chengan was also at the morning meeting on the first day of junior high school. Originally, according to his current official position, he would not appear. Because he had to report to the emperor about the progress of his recent book, he represented the Imperial Academy and another principal. Come and report to work.

It turned out that I didn't expect that after seeing the diorama, I also got a half-person-high mirror.

On the way home, Wang Cheng'an was quite happy at first, but when he saw a mirror, he felt a little embarrassed. Just a mirror, is it for his mother or his wife?
The mother is an elder, so she should have good things to dedicate to her, but the wife just gave birth to a son for herself, and she is also the princess. She has worked hard at the moment, and she should show it.

But when he arrived at the mansion, Wang Chengan changed his mind, and it was better to give it to his mother. Since his wife gave birth to a son, her temper has become more and more arrogant.

If you depend on her and indulge her in everything, how can you hold her back in the future.

So, Wang's mother received a mirror from her son, a mirror that can clearly see people.

All of a sudden, the mansion became lively, and many maids found opportunities to come in and look in the mirror. Wang Linger was married, and when she heard that her brother got a mirror, she hurried back to the mansion to watch the excitement.

　Happy Chinese New Year, resume update.

　　
　
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