delicious little cook

Chapter 679 It's not easy to launch a new product

"After this incident, the sage should be very aware of Concubine Zhao Xian's ambitions, but she is still favored. I don't know what he thinks." Gong Changji shook his head.

"As long as there is no real evidence to prove that they intend to seize the heir apparent, as long as there is no real evidence to prove that they intend to seize the heir, he will not take it to heart. Concubine Zhao Xian is still a woman who can stand up to the empress."

"Now the subjects still support the prince, but beware of Concubine Zhao Xian and the others losing patience and making dangerous actions."

"If they really have this plan, they will first design that the prince will lose the jurisdiction of the city defense battalion. Without military power, the East Palace will be slaughtered."

"It shouldn't be easy. The prince is not dead. He knows how dangerous he is, and he will definitely protect himself."

"I hope so."

"This time, Concubine Zhao Xian's strength has been severely weakened, and she will definitely take revenge."

"Okay, in order to avoid being passive, let's act first, shall we?" Gu Yun suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"What are you going to do?"

"Do you still have staff? A long business trip."

"How many people do you want? Where are you going?"

"Concubine Zhao Xian's helpers in the capital are a circle built around her children and in-laws. Her own natal family is out of town. Go and find out if they have done anything lawless while the sky is high and the emperor is far away?"

"Good idea, I will arrange staff in a few days."

"Pay attention to safety, and remember not to startle the snake."

"Don't worry, my subordinates are well-measured."

The two looked at each other and smiled, the carriage also drove into Tianshuifang at this time, Gu Yun said goodbye to the palace chief, got off the carriage and went home.

These private investigations required time and patience, so Gu Yun turned his attention to his own business. After a few days, he was free and went to the factory with Bai Kou to see new things.

Bai Kou was really exhausted these few days, she leaned against the corner to sleep as soon as she got in the car, Gu Yun put her in his arms and covered her with a blanket, but she didn't wake up, but when the carriage drove into the gate of Xilefang, She was able to wake up instantly again, and started to work vigorously after getting out of the car.

Gu Yun followed Bai Kou into the new place for making flat glass. The custom-made furnace, pool kiln, tin tank, roller table annealing kiln have all been installed, and the test furnace has been tried for two days.

Bai Kou forcibly uses the production process of float glass, because she doesn't know anything else, and she can understand it thanks to her experience in kitchen utensils in her previous life, and the stove has also been modified by local methods to ensure that the glass liquid When passing through the tin bath, the high-temperature glass water will not splash and hurt people, and if it condenses too quickly, the thickness will be uneven, so the tin bath should be able to be heated and long enough.

The raw material is of course high-quality quartz sand, and the finished glass will be very transparent, which is the most suitable for mirror surface, and it will depend on it to build glass greenhouses in the future.

The workers began to prepare in an orderly manner. Although they had been trying for two days, everyone still had no idea. It was not easy to control the proper heat for the lengthy tin bath. The first two days were all failures, and it was impossible to watch. Fortunately, Bai Kou was well prepared. She prepared a considerable amount of experiment fees, which was used to purchase raw materials for the workers to try again and again until a qualified product was produced.

After the glass liquid and the tin bed were prepared, the workers opened the cellar and started the third trial. The liquid flowed into the tin bed and spread out slowly, and the continuous injection of subsequent liquid pushed the glass liquid that had started to condense Flow toward the roller table.

The width of the tin bath is very narrow, less than the width of one person, which is the width of an ordinary full-length mirror. In this way, the finished product only needs to be cut to length, silver-plated and embedded in wooden frames of different sizes. Out of the idea of ​​recycling glass, I cut a few flawless pieces from the top with a glass knife as much as possible. They have been handed over to a specially hired craftsman who knows how to use mercury and tin foil to plate silver. Mercury is poisonous, so white Kou built a special silver-plating room, and paid allowances in addition to wages. He also used mercury, and he could earn more here, which naturally attracted the arrival of experienced hands.

Gu Yun accompanied Bai Kou to watch the whole process of making flat glass. The reject rate was still so high that there was nothing to say, and there were countless small bubbles. Bai Kou thought that the problem must still be in the tin bath, but what to do The only way to adjust is to spend money and let the workers try again and again. If they try too much, they will always find a solution.

The workers used glass knives to cut out relatively perfect pieces of glass from large and small flaws. Gu Yun saw his hands itching, so he tried it himself. He has practiced martial arts for many years, and every point of strength in his hands is measured. The glass is scratched perfectly once, and slowly divided into small pieces, and finally a flawless piece of glass is separated.

The small pieces of glass that are cut out are sent to the silver plating room, and the remaining waste glass is returned to the furnace for remanufacturing, so there is no waste at all.

Gu Yun wanted to go to the silver plating room, so he and Bai Kou sent the separated glass over there, and the workers stayed to clean the site and discuss the improvement plan for tomorrow.

On the way to the silver-plating room, I ran into an official from the household department who came to check the situation. The other party already knew about the launch of the new product line, so we walked and talked, and went to the silver-plating room to see if a piece of finished product had been plated.

Bai Kou divided the silver-plating room into two entrances and exits. The cut glass pieces are sent in through the material inlet, and the plated finished lenses are taken out from the material outlet and transported to the warehouse or carpentry workshop for installation of wooden frames. Do not disturb each other once out.

A group of them entered through the material inlet door, handed the glass pieces to the young apprentices who received them inside, and then walked along the internal passage to the end of the material outlet to see the finished product.

The so-called meeting is not difficult, and difficult people will not. The plate glass side is still worrying about how to improve the yield rate, but the silver plating masters are much more relaxed. After a few trials, they have summed up their experience. All the glass sheets in the past have been plated. The small lens is only half the size of a palm. After wrapping it in a frame, it can be a portable hand mirror. The large one can be placed on the table as a vanity mirror. Be amazed by the one-of-a-kind mirror.

When Gu Yun and the officials from the household department saw the finished lenses, they couldn't care less about the image and yelled. They carefully wrapped their palms with handkerchiefs, and then walked around in the sun with the lenses, as if they were looking in a mirror for the first time in their lives. In general, it is a completely different feeling compared with the used bronze mirror.

Bai Kou watched them play with a smile, and the official quickly recovered from his gaffe, and excitedly asked Bai Kou about the characteristics of the new mirror. The two chatted, and Bai Kou generously gave it to him. A few mirrors were given to him, and he and his family members were invited to be the first trial subjects. The official was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

The official couldn't wait to take the lenses home to share with his family, so he didn't wait for Bai Koo to ask the carpenter to wrap the frame, and he went back to make it himself. Wrap it up, thank you again and leave.

"It's better for that person to come early than coincidentally."

"I have been waiting for several days. For the sake of coming here every day, it doesn't matter if I give him a few pieces. I also hope that the officials and wives will cheer a lot. The powerful and bureaucrats are the key points to open up the market. Customer, son, you need to sell more business."

"It's easy. Hurry up and wrap the frame. I'll take it to the government school and distribute it. I'll make sure they fight."

Gu Yun's reasonable tone made the masters beside him laugh, and then they wrapped the lens, Gu Yun carried it with his own hands, and followed Bai Kou to the carpenter's side.

(End of this chapter)