Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 108 Burning Cement ([-])

The next day, in Luoyang official kiln.

Many official kilns stopped the work of the workers. They were all unloading the goods one by one. These were the raw materials for making cement such as gypsum and iron slag that Wang Pingan asked Lu Songjun to buy. Wang Pingan was directing them. Song Jun and Li Tai were helping.

At this time, everything in the official kiln has been moved to the kiln next door, and only the raw materials for firing cement are left here.

"Uncle Lu, now we need someone to command the craftsman of the kiln to grind limestone, clay, slag and gypsum into powder." Wang Pingan said.

"Wait a minute, Deng Yuan, come here."

"It's my lord, what's your order?" A middle-aged man came out and asked.

"In the next few days, you all listen to Wang Ping'an's instructions. If he tells you to grind, you can't smash it, you know?" Lu Songjun said solemnly.

"Yes." Deng Yuan replied loudly.

"Ping An, Deng Yuan is the manager here, the old man has already ordered him to assist you, just order them."

"Uncle Xie Lu."

After Wang Pingan thanked Mr. Lu Song, he said to Deng Yuan: "Guard Deng, please ask someone to grind all these raw materials into powder for me."

"Yes, the villain will do it right now." After listening to Wang Ping'an's instructions, Deng Yuan immediately went to organize the people below to grind the raw materials into powder. He wanted to express himself well after he was busy.

Wang Pingan watched them crush the raw materials, nodded, and then returned to Li Tai's side, but saw Yan Shixin beside Li Tai was recording something with a pen.

Wang Pingan knew without looking that he was writing the formula of cement, but Wang Pingan was not worried at all, even if the cement was controlled by the imperial court, he could not produce cement if he wanted it.

Soon there was a burst of dust in the official kiln, which was composed of limestone, clay, slag and gypsum powder, which was extremely harmful to the human body.

Out of humanitarianism, Wang Pingan equipped everyone with a mask to reduce the harm of dust to the human body.

Wang Pingan knew that he could not leave, but people who had nothing to do with him could leave, so he suggested: "Uncle Lu, Brother Tai, this dust is very harmful to the human body. I suggest you leave first, and wait for the cement to burn. I will take it to the Governor's Mansion."

"No, I want to pay attention to the production of cement all the way here." Li Tai said.

Lu Songjun rolled his eyes and said, "His Royal Highness King Wei, please go back first and let Mr. Yan stay to record the production process. Do you think so, Mr. Yan?"

Yan Shixin also knew that Li Tai's safety was the top priority. Wang Ping'an said that this dust is very harmful to the human body, so it must be very serious. Even wearing a mask can't completely resist the harm.

Since Lu Songjun was willing to cooperate with him, of course he asked this little ancestor to leave, so he immediately responded: "Master Lu is very reasonable, the villain will definitely record the cement production process in detail, please rest assured Wang. "

"This..." Li Tai looked at Wang Ping'an again. To be honest, he was just curious, and it didn't matter whether he looked at it or not.

"No, no, brother Tai, you and Uncle Lu go back first, I'm here with Master Yan." Wang Pingan said very shamelessly.

I don't know why, if Wang Pingan said such things in normal times, Yan Shixin would not give Wang Pingan a good look, and would scold Wang Pingan.But now, Yan Shixin gave Wang Pingan a thumbs up, and Wang Ping'an was immediately pleasing to the eye.

"Okay then, I'll leave Shi Xin to you here, and you must record it in detail. After the Ping'an cement is fired, you must come to the governor's mansion as soon as possible." Li Tai did not forget to remind him again and again before he left. It seems that he is very good at cement. Pay attention.

This can't be blamed on Li Tai. People who were born in the royal family all want to sit on the dragon chair, but there are too many monks and too little porridge. One can imagine how fierce the competition is.

So now Li Tai is making some merits if he can, to strengthen his own capital.

Lu Songjun went back with Li Tai, and now the biggest official in the official kiln is Deng Yuan, Yan Shixin belongs to the capital officials and has no right to command local officials, and Wang Pingan is just a grassroots person, let alone has no rights.

But because of Lu Songjun's relationship, Deng Yuan listened to Wang Ping'an, and because of Li Tai's relationship, Yan Shixin also listened to Wang Ping'an. Now Wang Ping'an is the biggest official in the official kiln.

After a while, all the raw materials were finished. Wang Pingan nodded and said, "Yes, yes, now you mix limestone and clay at a ratio of five to one, and add a small amount of slag powder!"

"Yes! The villain will do it now." After Deng Yuan responded, he reincarnated and shouted to the kiln craftsman: "Did you hear that? Now mix the limestone and clay in a ratio of 5:1, and add a small amount of clay. The slag powder, after making it, give it to Young Master Wang to have a look."

After a while, under Deng Yuan's command, the limestone, slag and clay were mixed according to the ratio Wang Ping'an said, and the gypsum powder was put aside.

Deng Yuan handed the mixed powder to Wang Ping'an and said, "Master, please check."

"Well, it's very good. Put the mixed materials into the cellar for calcination." Wang Pingan glanced at the mixed powder and said.

"Yes."

Deng Yuan took the mixed powder and handed it over to an experienced calcination craftsman for him to calcine.

The calcination time was relatively long, so Wang Ping'an went to be lazy and handed over the waiting time to Yan Shixin, who had to record it anyway.

Wang Ping said: "Master Yan, the calcination time is relatively long, so it is hard for you to wait here, and record the calcination time by the way, I will go to the kiln next door to have a look."

After Wang Ping'an finished speaking, he ran away with a "shua", without giving Yan Shixin a chance to speak.

When Wang Pingan came to the kiln next door, he found that there were a lot of porcelain here, including finished products, semi-finished products, and freshly made clay tires. Wang Pingan skipped those semi-finished products and went directly to the finished ceramics.

Because Wang Pingan walked through the entire kiln with Lu Songjun today, those craftsmen and craftsmen did not stop Wang Pingan, mistakenly thinking that Wang Pingan was a relative of Lu Songjun.

Suddenly Wang Ping'an's eyes were attracted by a group of porcelain, and his legs couldn't help walking to the side of the porcelain. This group of porcelain is composed of ladies, horses and camels. The most important thing is that these porcelains are colorful, whether they are people or animals. , are all vivid and bright in color, the reason why Wang Ping'an noticed them is because they are the famous Tang Sancai at home and abroad.

Wang Pingan had searched the content of Tang Sancai on the Internet before, and the photos on the Internet were exactly the same as this group of porcelain.

"Stop, don't touch that porcelain."

Wang Ping'an was about to reach out to touch it, but was interrupted by a scolding sound. He frowned, and saw an old craftsman looking at him with frowning eyes.

"Who are you? The official kiln is an important place, and idlers are not allowed to enter." The old craftsman walked up to Wang Ping'an and asked.

Before Wang Ping'an could answer, a young craftsman behind him put his mouth close to the old craftsman's ear, and after whispering a few words, the old craftsman's expression eased a lot.

However, he still said: "Even Lord Lu's relatives are not allowed to touch the porcelain here. These are made by our craftsmen who put a lot of effort into it."

Hearing this, Wang Pingan knew that the old craftsman in front of him had real talents, so he bowed deeply to him and said, "Mr., it was the boy who was reckless. Here, the boy apologizes to you."

"Okay, those who don't know are innocent, the old man forgives you, you can go back." Seeing that Wang Ping'an had a good attitude, the old craftsman immediately admitted his mistake, so his tone was not as tough as before.

"Mr. Xie doesn't blame me, but I have an unfeeling request. Where are these porcelains going?" Wang Ping'an asked curiously.

"These are all items for the imperial use, of course they are shipped to Chang'an." The little craftsman next to him replied.

"Huh, I want you to talk too much." The old craftsman glared at the young craftsman, then turned to Wang Ping'an and said, "Boy, why are you asking so much, you should go home quickly."

"Okay, I'm leaving now." Now that I've found out that this batch of Tang Sancai will be shipped to Chang'an, it shouldn't be difficult to ask Li Tai for a set, so I returned to the original kiln with a smile.

After Wang Pingan returned to the kiln again, the calcination was completed at this time.

(End of this chapter)