Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 176 The grandfather who makes wild boar skins
After disposing of the garbage Jiuye, Wang Daoqiu and Jue Changan, led by shopkeepers Shen and Yu, entered the production workshop of the cotton spinning factory.

Watching the rows of rows of looms making a squeaking noise, watching how the individual threads turned into a whole piece of cloth.Jue Changan and the Jurchen warriors behind him were all shocked.They really didn't expect that the cloth that they thought was extremely mysterious was actually made in this way.

Then wait until they see the rows of embroiderers sitting quietly, embroidering the lifelike flowers, birds, fish and insects onto the cloth with just the stitches in their hands.They just shook their heads and praised the Han women's skill. Anyway, those clumsy Jurchen women, if you ask them to embroider, they can't even do it with a knife on their necks.

Seeing Jue Changan so shocked in front of this little handicraft industry, Wang Daoqiu couldn't help but have bad thoughts in his heart.So after negotiating with shopkeeper Yu to sell a thousand pieces of cloth to Jue Changan, Wang Daoqiu took Jue Changan and rode to the glass factory in Wanping.

When he arrived at the door of the glass factory, Wang Daoqiu asked the Taoist boy on duty at the door to notify the manager of the glass factory, Taoist Master Qingfeng, to come and see him at the door.

Not long after Xiao Tao Tong became a scholar, Taoist Master Qingfeng came out.Taoist Master Qingfeng is 37 years old this year. He has practiced elixirs for more than 20 years with Shao Yuanjie, the first Taoist leader of Emperor Jiajing.After Shao Yuanjie became an immortal, he followed Tao Zhongwen and later learned glass making from Wang Daoqiu in Baiyunguan, so he knew Wang Daoqiu.

As soon as Taoist Priest Qingfeng came out and saw Wang Daoqiu, he hurriedly said a courtesy, and then said respectfully: "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, Immortal has come from afar, please forgive the poor Taoist for not coming far to greet me. I'm rude, I'm rude."

Although Wang Daoqiu was young and had never officially been a Taoist priest for a day, he was given a Taoist title by Emperor Jiajing himself at Baiyun Temple that day and was given a purple Taoist robe.Therefore, Wang Daoqiu's current status in the Taoist sect ranks third after Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain and Tao Zhongwen, the current leader of the Taoist sect.

It is precisely because of Wang Daoqiu, a young man who has never been a Taoist priest for a day, that he ranks third in the Taoist sect.Therefore, Taoist Master Qingfeng was a subordinate to Wang Daoqiu, so he was naturally very respectful to Wang Daoqiu Gong.

As a Taoist senior, Qingfeng called Wang Daoqiu "immortal chief", which made Wang Daoqiu a little embarrassed.However, since he was busy with business today, Wang Daoqiu couldn't bear to be polite to Qingfeng.

So Wang Daoqiu pulled Qingfeng aside and whispered to Qingfeng: "Taoist Master Qingfeng, these people behind me are from the Jurchen side of Jianzhou, and they are here to pay their respects to the emperor. As a loyal believer in our Taoist sect, Taoist Master , I think the Taoist priest should be aware of the imperial court’s policy towards the Jurchens. So I want to take these Jurchens to our glass factory and let them see how we make glass. Let them have a good experience. The strength of my Ming Dynasty. Of course, this glass is made of sand, and we cannot let them see this. Taoist Master Qingfeng, can you make the decision on this?"

"Yes, Immortal Chief, this is no problem. If a few barbarians can figure out the secret of this glass making, can this glass making be kept secret? Immortal Chief, let's see, our big workshop is building and renovating the Forbidden City. The materials for the large glass were added more than an hour ago. There is no need to add any more materials today. Let’s take them to that workshop! In addition, I will give instructions that while these Jurchens are in the factory, materials can only be piled up. In the ingredient workshop, it is not allowed to push out."

Qingfeng was sent by Tao Zhongwen that day to learn glass-making from Wang Daoqiu, and now he is sent here to take charge of the most profitable glass production in the duct door.He is naturally a high-level person in the Taoist sect who can be trusted absolutely.Therefore, the Taoist sect sent Taoist priests to the Jurchens in the Northeast to send doctors to the countryside to cooperate with the imperial court's policy of subduing the Jurchens. He also knew about this.

So now Wang Daoqiu mentioned that he wanted to bring the Jurchens to see the industrial strength of the Ming Dynasty, so that they would worship the Ming Dynasty, so as to facilitate the next step of the united front work. Taoist Master Qingfeng supported it.

So after getting the support of Taoist Priest Qingfeng, Wang Daoqiu asked Taoist Priest Qingfeng to go to the glass factory first to make arrangements. He took Jue Changan and the others and waited at the door.

After Taoist Master Qingfeng had arranged things in the glass factory and came out, Wang Daoqiu took Jue Changan and the others, accompanied by Taoist Master Qingfeng, into the flat glass workshop of the glass factory to visit and study.

When you see the fiery red glass molten liquid, it is taken out of the furnace, poured into molds, and then pressed into pieces by craftsmen into red pieces of different sizes, lengths and widths. Finally, it is cooled by water into pieces of crystal clear glass. Jue Chang An was dumbfounded by the clear plate glass.

In fact, before coming to Beijing, Jue Changan also saw such crystal clear glass wine glasses and glass mirrors at the horse market in Fushun.But at the time, he thought it was carved from a whole piece of crystal, and it must be so expensive that he couldn't bear to exchange a group of horses for it.So he just looked at it and didn't ask about the price.But he really didn't expect that this kind of treasure could be fired on such a large scale.

After witnessing this miracle with his own eyes, Jue Changan leaned into Wang Daoqiu's ear and whispered: "Sir, I have seen this kind of glazed cups and glazed mirrors at the horse market in Fushun. Sir, can you ask them to sell me some?" Is this this kind of colored glaze? I can sell them to our Jurchen tribes and North Korea. Sir, can you help me?"

Be a middleman and make the difference!When Jue Changan said this, Wang Daoqiu really agreed with what Lu Bing said in Xiyuan yesterday. This Jue Changan did not look like a Jurchen, but more like a Han.Jue Changan has the potential to be a profiteer, which Wang Daoqiu likes. After all, doing business is always better than fighting.So when Jue Changan made a request to buy glass products, Wang Daoqiu helped Jue Changan and asked Taoist Master Qingfeng what he wanted.

Taoist Master Qingfeng was also aware. He cooperated well with Wang Daoqiu's united front work and readily agreed on the spot to sell glass products to Jue Changan.He also said that the glass mirrors and glass wine sets sold to Jue Changan could be loaded on their Daomen ship to transport medicine to Liaodong.It is loaded at Tongzhou Wharf, goes out to sea from Tianjin Wei, then enters Liaodong from the Liaohe River estuary through the Liaohe River, and finally transfers from the Liaohe River to the Hun River and is sent to Fushun.

Moreover, Jue Changan does not have to pay the payment for this batch of glass now.After the goods arrive in Fushun, Jue Chang'an can use Jianzhou's mink, ginseng, horses, and sea green to pay for the goods.

Qingfeng is so generous and has such affection for ethnic minorities. This mountain boy Jue Changan was so moved that he couldn't help but hold Qingfeng's hand and say thank you all the time!

After visiting the glass factory, Wang Daoqiu took Jue Changan and the others on the glass factory's boat and headed upstream to the Nanjian River Steel Factory.Today, Wang Daoqiu planned to suppress Jue Changan, an old Northeastern man who had never seen much of the world, at once.

The boat arrived at Nanjianhe Steel Plant, but it was still far away!Jue Changan was stunned when he looked at the thick smoke emitted from the blast furnaces in the steel plant.

Jue Changan didn't know whether the place where the smoke pillars towered into the sky was the fairy world or the devil world.So he grabbed Wang Daoqiu's arm and asked tremblingly: "Sir, where is that place? Why are those smokes so scary?"

"Hahahaha", Wang Daoqiu laughed unkindly when he saw this slutty Jurchen man frightened by these smoke pillars.

After laughing, Wang Daoqiu pointed to the big smoke pillars and said: "Juechang'an, my friend, under those smoke pillars you mentioned, it is neither a fairyland nor a demonic world, but a furnace that can An iron-making furnace capable of smelting hundreds of thousands of kilograms of molten iron.”

"What, one furnace can smelt hundreds of thousands of kilograms of molten iron. Is there such a big iron-smelting furnace in this world? Sir, are you kidding me?"

"Hahahaha, brother Jue Chang'an, we Han people have a saying that hearing is false and seeing is believing. Now you won't believe anything I explain to you, so let's go up and have a look together!"

"Okay, okay, then I'll trouble you, sir."

While talking, the boat carrying Wang Daoqiu and the others docked.As soon as he got to the shore, Jue Chang'an could clearly see the hurried and busy figures here.Now he also knows that this is the human world, not some fairy world or demon world.However, what he said to Wang Daoqiu just now, the iron-smelting furnace that can smelt hundreds of thousands of catties of iron, he still didn't really believe it.

Wang Daoqiu took Jue Changan and the others into the steel plant. This steel plant was built by Wang Daoqiu, and all the guards here knew him.So Wang Daoqiu took Jue Changan and others in. The guards quickly clasped their fists and saluted, and no one came up to ask a question.

When Wang Daoqiu took Jue Changan and the others in, they happened to catch up with a furnace that had just been turned on, and the red molten iron flowed out of the furnace like a river.

When they saw the fiery iron dragon, Jue Chang'an and the other Jurchen mountain children ran over without Wang Daoqiu's greeting.Then they watched the craftsmen pour molten iron from the furnace and introduce it into the converter to make steel.

Wang Daoqiu has long been tired of watching this big steel smelting, and he has no interest in it at all.So he beckoned over to the furnace chief, and asked him to lead someone to look at these Jurchens.Then he took his guards and went to the office of the steel factory.

(End of this chapter)