Villager of Daming

Chapter 73 Self-developed because of Poverty (Part [-])
Just a few days after the Lidong solar term, the imperial court ordered that a group of places be organized by the government to dig wells, and the people complained endlessly.

In the current situation, in half a month, the river will be open for pedestrians, so how can we dig it?
It's useless to dig shallow. It will be really dry next year, and the shallow well will inevitably dry up. Dig deeper?It's not the New Year's Eve, everyone?
The task imposed by the imperial court, the local government told the people not to serve in the military next year, and to use the labor service in advance, so that the people felt better.

When Zhu Wentian got the news, the prince sent good charcoal again. By the way, it would have been nice to have informed.

Zhu Wentian absolutely doesn't believe it. I told you last year, would you arrange it immediately?Don't lie.

This is the trust I got in exchange for drought, interplanting, multiple crops, rock sugar recipes, soap recipes, gourd hangers, silage, life-saving medicines, a hundred prescriptions that are not currently available, and livestock treatments.

This is the recognition obtained based on the wealth of Daming No. [-] Village, not just a few words.

When there is a drought next spring, I can say in advance that in the fifth year of Hongwu, there will be drought in Shandong, so let's continue to dig wells!
As for Xu Da's going to fight again, he didn't decide whether to support him as a support, or wait for Daming to accumulate some strength to stop it first.

Zhu Wentian knew that he could only change the general situation now, otherwise the changes would be too much, and the subsequent history would also change, except for natural disasters.

The natural disasters that can be recorded are all major disasters, and if you are there, you can notify them in advance of any one.

If you change it to a small one, it depends on whether you have read the local county annals before. If you haven't read it, you can only express regret.

No matter how smart and talented I am, there are still things I don’t know, and there are many. My life has a limit, but knowledge has no limit.If there is a limit, follow the limitless, it is almost over!

Thinking so, Zhu Wentian went to visit the glass kiln. Today, the glass was fired. The reinforced furnace was built, and all the tools and troughs for glass blowing were completed.

Glassware is blown out, and the burnt glass is reheated. Some can be blown directly, and some need molds. The principle is the same as the molds of sugar blowers.

The difference is that one has a higher temperature, one can be eaten, one needs to be annealed slowly, and one will melt in hot weather.

The head of the village led some villagers to watch and burn colored glaze. His own village could actually burn such a good thing.

Liuli products are sold in Xuancheng and Dangtu, and can be seen in gold and silver shops and large jewelry shops, and the prices are expensive.

There are hairpins, bracelets, hanging pendants, glass bottles packed in gourds, etc. Among them, the ones brought by foreigners look more beautiful.

The village has money, but wants to buy it, Hanhan doesn't allow it.

Sure enough, if you really bought it, it would be like the grievance that a little girl felt after buying rock candy.

Who would have thought that Hanhan, the guardian of this village, would do it too, it's amazing.

"Wow, woof woof..." There was a sound of dog barking, Li Chang frowned, Zhu Wentian immediately fell silent, and stood aside with a smirk.

Not long after, Zhu Taiyi and four came over, and the villagers immediately greeted them with smiles. In fact, they wanted each other to leave quickly.

This is the range of the mountain temple, and the dogs kept around will bark whenever outsiders come.

Hanhan always teaches children to read and make things in the temple, and absolutely must not let others find out. When the dog barks, Hanhan pretends to be a fool, and the children read books by themselves.

"Chief, everyone is busy... what?" Zhu Taiyi seemed to feel the rejection in his warm smile.

Seeing the four people approaching, the village chief couldn't drive them away, so he smiled.

"It's not like going to the county town to see Liuli's jewelry and playthings are beautiful, and the children are clamoring to buy them.

You also know the situation in the village. If you are poor, where do you get the money to spoil the children?
Later, everyone thought about it, just like a child wants to eat rock candy and wants to buy Yuanxiang soap, let's make glass by ourselves!

As long as there is another way, the village will not be so searched and searched, it is all poor, alas! "

The head of the village said as he patted Hanhan's head next to him, Hanhan said, "Poor, um, hehehehe!"

Zhu Taiyi and the others: "..."

They want to ask, are you sure you are poor?Don't insult this word!
Rock sugar is expensive, you can make rock sugar yourself, soap locust soap is expensive, you can make better soap, now glass is expensive, you can actually burn it?
Our Daming also has more expensive firearms, muskets, etc., and put them out to sell to you. Can you build them yourself because you think they are too expensive?
Thinking so, Zhu Taiyi agreed: "Xiaqiu Village is not easy! That glass..."

"Isn't it coming out now?" The chief turned around to get out of the way, and in the heat wave, the liquid glass flowed into the special pool.

I can't see anything right now, and I need to wait for it to cool down to see the amount of impurities more intuitively.

A villager who has been trained in advance stretches a tool into the pool to take a little glass, puts his mouth on it and blows a glass bubble, and it cools down quickly.

Zhu Wentian looked at it and shook his head slightly, no, there are too many impurities, wait until the other groups are burnt out, and then adjust.

He thinks that most of the impurities are used to make experimental utensils. For the current glazed jewelry, these impurities can be ignored.

Next to it, another villager took the glass solution and put it into the mold. Everyone waited until it was almost cold and took it out, and a glass bracelet appeared.

Others kept taking out the glass solution and putting it in the mold. Anyway, it was the first experiment, so don't waste too much, just make it if you can, and use it for the people in the village.

The first bracelet was completely cold. The chief picked it up, wiped it with a silk handkerchief, and put it on the little girl's wrist: "Here, are you happy now? I have been clamoring to buy it all day long. We poor people can afford such expensive things." bought?"

The little girl didn't care what the chief said, she never said she would buy it, at this moment she nodded vigorously: "Yeah! Poor, no, buy, do, hehehe!"

She shook her wrist, the glass bracelet was beautiful, like jade.

"Is there a fire under the pond too?" Zhu Taiyi glanced at the bracelet enviously, and discovered the secret again.

"I can't help it. If I don't light the fire, it will be cold. I use a pile of good coal to burn it once. It's all money, and it's not because of..."

"Poor, I know the head of the village." Mrs. Zhu helped out.

Zhu Taier said from the side: "Li Zhang, I see that there are a lot of colored glazes, can you make a batch for...show the palace?"

"Of course, I heard that His Majesty and the Crown Prince are living in poverty, so don't buy colored glaze anymore."

The head of the village did not hesitate at all, and if he made good things, he must give them to the prince and sell them to foreigners.

Burning colored glaze in the village is a simple way to get things, and no good colored glaze can be provided elsewhere, so they don't expect to sell it to make a fortune.

The village has everything for food and clothing, and the silver in the warehouse exceeds 1 taels. If you earn 10 taels, it is still in the warehouse.

A piece of glass is made, and the broken ones are thrown aside for later processing.

Zhu Taiyi and the others looked at the thrown colored glaze and felt that they could be polished and sold in the market.

I heard that it is not easy to burn colored glaze once. Why does the village look so simple?Where exactly is the problem?

So at noon, after Zhu Taiyi and Zhu Taier finished their meal, they brought dinner food and glass products for the palace on board, and put four bracelets on each of their wrists, jingling.

　It's a new day, cast your vote, thank you brothers and sisters for your support, the farm is bowing!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)