I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Confucianism as the only official school of thought, Confucianism has undergone hundreds of years of development and accumulation. It has now had a deep-rooted influence on the ideology of Chinese civilization, especially among the scholar-officials of the imperial dynasty. Before thinking about anything, they subconsciously apply the Confucian worldview.

Anything that is not in line with Confucianism will be severely criticized and ruthlessly attacked. When it comes to monopoly thinking, Confucians from top to bottom are united in their hatred of the enemy and work together.

Their thoughts have long been marked by the imprint of Confucianism, like a high wall of barriers, and they will not easily accept other ideas.

Although he came from a Confucian family and had been reciting Confucian classics since childhood, Yang Xiu was young after all, and his thoughts had not yet been fully formed. Fortunately, he came into contact with Wang Jing, which eventually broadened his horizons and knowledge, and made him one of the few lucky people in the dynasty who could see through the fog of history and glimpse the future.

After a conversation, although Yang Biao still had doubts in his heart, he was willing to believe Yang Xiu's judgment.

Since Yang Xiu said that Wang Jing still had a hidden card and that studying glass was not just nonsense, Yang Biao was happy to relax and watch the situation in the capital unfold.

At this time, Luoyang City was in turmoil because of the news that Wang Jing spent 100 million yuan to burn glass for fun. Some people were worried that Wang Jing would lose his ambition due to playing with things, while others were gloating and waiting to see Wang Jing make a fool of himself.

Unfortunately, these messy things did not affect the joint technical team's research and development of glass production technology at all.

After trying several times in a row, Yang Lei finally became more and more courageous and an idea suddenly occurred to his mind. He thought of a process to remove bubbles.

Yang Lei is indeed a technical genius. Based on his previous failures, he quickly summed up the gains and losses, and finally found that he should add a clarifier first.

Later he discovered that in addition to arsenic, table salt can also be used as a catalyst, especially high-purity table salt, which has the best effect and is not inferior to arsenic.

Of course, after the refining begins, a special stirring technique must be used after adding snow salt to the molten glass solution.

After many tests, it was found that the original stirring method was not ideal. Yang Lei himself stood close to the scorching airflow several times to observe, and even though he was wearing a fire-proof robe, he was almost roasted. Only then did he successfully summarize some rules and figure out a solution.

Through research, Yang Lei discovered that it is not enough to just stir it randomly with a steel bar, but it is necessary to put a stirrer into the glass crucible. This is a hollow cylinder made of refractory clay, which is moved in the glass liquid using a steel bar with a hook.

If stirred in this way, as long as the working time is long enough, not only will most of the bubbles disappear, but the streaks and stones in the molten glass will also eventually disappear, and the molten glass will become completely uniform and transparent.

The production process was successfully improved, and the final result was naturally gratifying. The finished product has reached the quality of early optical glass.

It is even easier to use it to make commercial-grade glassware. Such a pleasant surprise even made Shi Zimiao and Zhai Jie a little unbelievable.

It was hard for them to imagine that someone like Yang Lei, who was not talkative, had a dull personality and was not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, actually had such amazing talent in the field of engineering.

Of course, intelligence is not the fundamental reason for Yang Lei’s success. What is more important is his interest in scientific research and his own efforts.

Otherwise, there were many relatives who came to Luoyang to seek refuge with Xu Huang, so why did Wang Jing favor Yang Lei?

And Yang Lei did not disappoint Wang Jing. He started to put his knowledge into practice so quickly and helped him a lot.

According to the operation method designed by Yang Lei, Shi Zimiao and Zhai Jie ordered people to take out the crucibles again. Sure enough, they found that not only in the first pot, but also in the subsequent pots of glass liquid, the bubbles almost completely disappeared. The quality was very stable, which was enough to prove that it was not luck, but a real breakthrough of the original technical difficulties.

In the industrial production process designed by Yang Lei, the viscosity of the entire glass liquid is reduced a lot, and the molten glass becomes very uniform and flows smoothly.

This kind of glass can even be used as material for optical instruments with low requirements, such as glasses, telescopes and other optical instruments, greatly promoting the technological progress of Chinese civilization.

The two major technical difficulties of decolorizing and clarifying glass were successfully solved. Everyone was excited and celebrated with tears in their eyes.

They have been under too much pressure these days. This scientific research campaign will not only affect their future, but also Wang Jing's political reputation.

Neither Shi Zimiao nor Zhai Jie dared to imagine the consequences of research and development failure.

Wang Jing didn't think so much. When he walked into the steaming glass factory, he found that many people in the shed were squatting outside the shed and fanning themselves listlessly. The glass furnace was still emitting oppressive heat. The temperature in the shed was as hot as 37 or 38 degrees. After staying there for a while, people would feel like they were in a sauna and sweat profusely.

When I got closer, I saw a large basket filled with broken glass.

The floor and the workbench are littered with strangely shaped glassware, some of which can barely be seen as cups or bottles.

Seeing Wang Jing, Shi Zimiao, with his sausage-shaped mouth, said to him listlessly, "General, we have developed this glass, but the formula doesn't say how to make glassware. We have tried many ways but can't get it right. Now we can only make glass into a few relatively fixed shapes. We can't make cups or bottles."

They can produce glass but cannot produce even a glass bottle. Shi Zimiao and others are now very frustrated.

It's really frustrating that I have god-like skills but I was blocked by a small threshold.

In fact, the technical threshold for glass blowing is indeed not high, but it does require mastering certain skills. Moreover, this skill cannot be obtained out of thin air, but must be continuously accumulated and summarized in actual production.

In fact, glass can also be processed like ordinary colored glaze and sold as various jewelry.

But it is obvious that Shi Zimiao is not satisfied with this. His vision and threshold have been raised by some of Wang Jing's daily bragging. The general technical achievements can no longer satisfy his current personal pursuits.

He also hopes to explore the essence of Tao and reveal the truth of nature and the universe through various scientific experiments.

Glass products are almost a prerequisite for high-precision experiments, so Shi Zimiao did not hesitate to confront a small fiberglass.

If his Taoist magic was not too powerful and unsuitable for delicate glass shaping, he would have wanted to use thunder magic directly.

However, ideals are full and reality is very skinny. No matter how hard they tried, no one had the ability to blow the glass into a suitable shape.

After a few days, the broken things had filled up half of the warehouse. Shi Zimiao personally took part in the work and his mouth was swollen from blowing them.

"My Lord, we are just one step away from victory. What should we do?"

Zhai Jie's forehead is now covered with sweat. The fire in the furnace is blazing, but he can't produce any qualified glassware, which makes him, as a leader in the discipline, very anxious.

"You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Since there is no way to think about it for the time being, I can only keep trying and making mistakes. After all, practice makes perfect, right?"

In terms of technology, even if Wang Jing has all the skills, he can't solve such sophisticated production problems. He can't make every glass cup by hand, right?

How much does it cost to make a profit?

A group of people were sighing, and Wang Jing suddenly remembered that he had seen quite a few glass products in his previous life. Although he did not understand the specific process, glass products such as cups and bottles can generally be divided into two types: one is blown, and the other is molded.

The blowing technology still needs to be explored and tested, and there is no time for it, so we might as well just do the molding.

Previously, Wang Jing wanted to achieve his goal in one go, but he overlooked the fact that there were no other peers who could compete with him at the moment.

Even though the molded ones are not as delicate and exquisite as the blown ones, and have different styles, so what?
Looking around, there is no rival that can beat him. Even though his glass industry is not in its most perfect form, it is still invincible in the world!

So Wang Jing said, "If blowing doesn't work, then just mold it. When you make some money, you can slowly research it. As long as you spend a lot of money, you can come up with any technology." "That makes sense. Why didn't I think of that?"

Shi Zimiao was also confused, but now he came to his senses and stopped dwelling on the issue: "Since we can't make a blown glass, then let's use a molder. In fact, the technical difficulty of molding a glass cup is much easier than blowing."

Zhai Jie also raised his hand in agreement: "Okay, let's first solve the problem of whether there is one, and then solve the problem of whether it is good or bad. I will have someone try it right away."

Wang Jing had an open mind and directly used the tactic of using random punches to defeat the master. No matter whether the food was good or not, he just had to make it and then cut the leeks.

Molding requires molds. Designing and manufacturing molds is now a piece of cake for Zhai Jie and his group of Mohist disciples. Having absorbed a lot of knowledge of physics, they have completed an evolution in a certain sense.

"Wait, we need to finalize the specifications first."

Wang Jing's understanding of the industrialized production system was deeper than anyone else present, so he suggested, "Since molds are used, the appearance, specifications, and dimensions must be determined so that standardized manufacturing can be facilitated in the future. Otherwise, it will cause waste and a lot of trouble."

Upon hearing Wang Jing's request, Shi Zimiao, Zhai Jie and others looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never seen things like glass cups and glass bottles before. Who knew what the specifications and sizes of these things were?

Besides, does this thing need to be of standard size?
But there is no way, the boss just opens his mouth and the subordinates run around.

Since Wang Jing had spoken, they naturally had no choice but to do as he asked.

Zhai Jie immediately brought a group of Mohist disciples who were proficient in measurement and began to work on surveying and mapping, set the corresponding specifications, and then made the mold according to the drawings.

Another group of Taoist apprentices led by Shi Zimiao continued to lead all the staff of the chemical engineering team to continue smelting glass materials in order to prepare sufficient raw materials for subsequent large-scale production.

The two teams divided the work and determined their own tasks, and then immediately took action. Under Wang Jing's encouragement, they also got used to this efficient way of doing things.

As for Wang Jing, he compared the drawings and recalled one by one the various styles of glass cups, glass bowls, glass vases, wine bottles, water bottles, various tea sets, etc. in his memory. However, there were too many contents and he didn't know which one to draw first.

"An octagonal glass, please."

Wang Jing couldn't think of anything suitable, so he felt that something simple would be the best thing to do first. The octagonal glass was simple in style, and he was used to it when he went to the bar to drink in his previous life, so he drew a few strokes and immediately outlined a clear contour.

"Hey, that's a pretty nice painting!"

As Wang Jing was not used to painting with a brush, he also ordered Zhai Jie to make a batch of pencils, which were perfect for sketching.

Thanks to his extremely high intelligence, designing molds and drawing are not difficult at all for Wang Jing.

After he finished drawing, he recalled the information and images about the octagonal cup in his memory before deciding on the specific size. Then he quickly drew a simple three-view drawing on his notebook with a pencil, picked up a ruler and pencil and designed the mold drawing on the spot.

"Gong Yi, what do you think of this mold?"

Zhai Jie came over, took the drawing board respectfully, and then looked at the picture drawn by Wang Jing.

Now that he is a professional, he naturally knows that the molds for the cups and bowls that Wang Jing requires are very simple, just a two-petal combination design with a matching clamp, so there is no problem.

After receiving Zhai Jie's affirmative answer, Wang Jing was relieved: "In this case, the material does not need to be very good. Let Li Feng directly use pig iron to cast it."

After the agreement, four days passed in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning of the fifth day, Li Feng followed the order and personally led a team to deliver several cast iron molds that had been made after working overtime for several days to the glass factory.

Shi Zimiao and Zhai Jie have been busy these days. After several days of exploration, they have summed up some glass blowing techniques and have roughly mastered some of the physical properties of molten glass.

The two men brought a group of skillful craftsmen, and after group discussions and several trial productions, they finally determined the process flow and finalized all the production details one by one, and were ready to prepare for the official start of production.

New technologies were born from the sparks of their ideas, and their speed and efficiency were astonishingly fast, indicating that the Yanhan Emperor version of the industrialized mass production model that Wang Jing had always been looking forward to had finally taken the first step.

Among them, Yang Lei played the biggest role. After what happened before, he seemed to have completely figured it out.

The key technical points of glass blowing were basically the ideas proposed by him, and then everyone worked together to improve them, and finally the entire process was roughly deduced.

First, Yang Lei discovered that liquid glass has strong adhesion. Therefore, in order to improve efficiency and reduce technical difficulty, a layer of charcoal powder mixed with tung oil must be applied to the inside of the mold to prevent the glass liquid from sticking to the inside of the mold.

Then Yang Lei personally dipped a ball of sticky glass slurry with a blowpipe, and while blowing air into the blowpipe, he rolled the taken out glass material into a round shape on a clean iron rolling plate. He also summed up a number of methods, such as lifting the blowpipe and the glass bubble and blowing air upwards, so as to avoid the glass material concentrating at the bottom of the glass bubble.

When the volume of the glass bubble reaches a certain size, the blowpipe is put down, and the glass bubble is stretched to the length of the cast iron mold with crucible tongs. The glass bubble is placed in the cast iron mold and allowed to sink to the bottom of the mold. At this time, Zhai Jie next to it steps on the wooden plywood to close the mold, while continuing to blow air and rotating the blowpipe to rotate the glass bubble in the mold.

After a while, the glass bubble was hit with cold water, and steam rose with a sizzling sound.

Yang Lei opened the cast iron mold, and a beautiful octagonal glass cup appeared in front of everyone. It looked exactly the same as the one Wang Jing had painted, and the size was just right. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Then they made round glass cups, glass bowls, Western-style high-heeled wine glasses, and even glass wine bottles - this was something Fan Zheng had been asking for for a long time.

The finished glassware is placed in an annealing kiln for annealing, and then they are sent together to the cutting area of ​​Tiangong Workshop, where the blowpipe mouth is cut off with a high-speed circular saw and the glassware is polished and finished.

Because there is no technical difficulty and any craftsman can complete it as long as the requirements are followed, these tasks were given to young apprentices in the mechanical department of Tiangongfang.

The first batch of finished vessels were loved by everyone in the joint technical research team. Even Shi Zimiao, who had seen the royal treasury, took the octagonal glass cup in his hands and played with it carefully, thinking that this thing was really rare.

After receiving the good news, Wang Jing immediately ordered that one piece of each type of glassware be taken out and sent to General Wei's Mansion. It was obvious that he wanted to preserve this "important historical relic" well. Perhaps thousands of years later, the museum would talk about it with relish and reminisce about the past.

Cultural relics are objects that carry the heritage of civilization. They are priceless treasures!
Suihe Zhai Jie received the instructions and made further efforts. According to Wang Jing's request, he asked Yang Lei to design a set of molds according to the appearance of the wine pot and made 300 wine bottles in one go.

This object has a simple shape and uses little material, making it a perfect tool for the workers in the blowing group to practice with.

Luoyang, Mengjin Port.

Although we are in a turbulent time now and the year is not good.

However, after Wang Jing swept across Yanzhou, suppressed the Yellow Turban Army, and defeated Tao Qian, although there were still bandit activities in the Yellow River basin, the situation around Luoyang had eased a lot.

Now in midsummer, Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, is becoming lively again.

The severe winter has long gone, and once the cold wave has passed, the temperature has warmed up and turned into a summer scene with lush flowers.

From the wealthy to the well-off, this year is still spent in joy. (End of this chapter)