Warring States Eagle

"Huh? This is it?" Zhu Qinfeng's own boat hadn't landed yet, but this guy sent someone to deliver a small gift to Zheng Liang in advance.When Zheng Liang returned to Anyue City, he couldn't help being surprised when he saw such a small gift.

It turned out to be a small glass ball.

When he saw this small glass ball, Zheng Liang couldn't help but secretly slapped himself on the mouth.He had been forgetting about such things as glass.This is a good way to make money.Now glass has not been fully popularized in the East, so glass has always been regarded as a luxury, especially in the Ming Dynasty, the glass with a slightly larger area will be purchased by officials, businessmen and wealthy gentry.Moreover, Zhengliang can also sell the glass to the local area of ​​Wa country or even North Korea.

The method of making glass is not complicated.It only needs raw materials such as quartz sand, soda ash, feldspar and limestone, melted at high temperature, and then rolled flat.Recently, in order to speed up the production of bricks and prepare for the construction of ceramic workshops, Luo's family just introduced the relatively developed porcelain kiln technology from the Ming Dynasty, which can reach the corresponding temperature.the details.As long as the craftsmen study carefully, it is actually possible to create their inventions.

There happened to be some masons who had fired porcelain in the Ming Dynasty in the territory.He is very experienced in controlling the temperature of porcelain kilns.It is not difficult for this porcelain kiln to reach the temperature of melting glass.

Just do it.Zhengliang immediately found the relevant craftsmen and explained to them the specific methods of making glass.Because many of these craftsmen had heard of glass for the first time, Zheng Liang had to personally explain each process, each step, and even the specific use of each utensil.He even needs to give pointers on the spot in person.

the next few days.Zhengliang has been staying with these craftsmen.In order to ensure the smooth manufacture of glass.Zheng Liang also specially organized these craftsmen to rehearse several times until their gestures are very proficient and their cooperation with each other is very tacit.Only then did the actual manufacturing begin.

Fifteen days later, when all the materials were ready, a temporary porcelain kiln for glass production was finally built in the workshop canyon.

When Zhengliang personally announced the start, a raging fire was immediately ignited inside the porcelain kiln.The craftsmen put the raw materials into the container one by one according to the order of Masara's previous training.After continuous sintering, the glass solution of the first furnace was finally released.

In the open space outside the porcelain kiln.There are iron tables one by one.After the glass solution leaves the kiln.There were a few big men, chanting, pouring the hot glass liquid in the furnace onto the iron table, and then a few craftsmen, dragging a thick cast iron round stick, rolling it back and forth on it, and soon the glass was flattened. , it forms a large piece like the desktop, and a flat glass becomes it.

Of course, the flattened glass is huge.The side is exactly one foot long, but it is not smooth.Still needs grinding.At this time, several craftsmen came over, put the large flat glass on the table covered with thick felt, and sprinkled a layer of fine sand.Another glass plate was placed, and by pushing and pulling the upper glass, the fine sand smoothed the two glass plates.

However, this work seems simple, but it requires five or six craftsmen to work continuously for more than one day, and this is not enough. There are countless lines left by fine sand on the surface of the glass treated in this way, and it needs to be further polished.Craftsmen use a very fine ore powder and water, and rub it back and forth hundreds of thousands of times with a small wooden board covered with wool felt, and then rub it hundreds of thousands of times with wool felt.Because it is purely handmade, the output cannot be very large.

What is even more depressing is that the appearance of the first piece of glass that was finally manufactured is really bad. It can be said that from the outside, it is completely a strange product, which has nothing to do with the shape of the glass in consciousness.

Zheng Liang had expected such a result.Anyway, Zhengliang is not in a hurry, just let these craftsmen study slowly.

After putting down the glass work, Zheng Liang started busy with another matter.That's the manufacturing problem of clairvoyance (that is, telescope).

The idea of ​​making clairvoyance came from the time of making glass.The application of clairvoyance in land military and sea navigation is really too important.Moreover, the production of clairvoyance is simpler than that of glass.

The most important raw material for making clairvoyance is the lens.The lenses can be polished with crystal stones, quartz, topaz, amethyst, etc., and ready-made lenses can also be purchased in the West and the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this is just a trial product of the Luo family.In memory, the first clairvoyance (telescope) in the west was invented by Libershey (Hanslippershey), the owner of an optical shop in a small Dutch town in the early 17th century.In order to check the quality of the ground lens, he aligned a convex lens and a concave mirror in a line, looked through the lens, and found that the church spire in the distance seemed to be getting bigger and closer, so he accidentally discovered the secret of the telescope . In 1608, he applied for a patent for the telescope he made, and in compliance with the requirements of the authorities, he built binoculars.Dozens of opticians in the town are said to have claimed to have invented the telescope, but Libercy is generally credited with being the inventor of the telescope.

The Ming Dynasty only had records about clairvoyance (telescope) during the Ming Dynasty Tianqi (1605-1627).So the Luo family is really crossing the river by feeling the stones now, as the first family to study the making of clairvoyance.

Whether it is glass or clairvoyance, these half-assed craftsmen under the Luo family's command need to study slowly, so Zheng Liang also began to focus on other things in the territory.

The first thing that entered Masahara's eyeliner was the battle report about Ouchi Yoshitaka's army in Izumo.It was already early April.According to the latest intelligence, the Allied Forces of the Ouchi Family finally appeared defeated.

It was already November last year when Masarai withdrew from the battlefield to Higashi, and the Ouchi Army finally slowly attacked the outskirts of Gassan Tomita Castle. Ouchi Yoshitaka first stationed at Sandaoya Peak, but lost The progress of the vigorous internal army was extremely slow. It was not until February of this year that Yilong took another step forward and moved the main formation to Jingluomu Mountain, which was slightly ahead.In fact, at this moment, the Ouchi Army's defeat is already set, Qing Jiu not only has the Xingong Party in his hands, but also keeps drawing new troops from Boqi and Beizhong, preparing to launch a counterattack.Sure enough, the Ouchi Army has suffered repeated setbacks since then: Mori Motojo and Naito Xingsheng attacked Sugayaguchi and were defeated by the Niko Army Ushio Koki; In the first month, Mao Liyuan led his eldest son Mao Li Longyuan to attack Yangugukou, which left a shadow on Longyuan's first battle, and was defeated by the Xingong Party. Longyuan fled under the desperate protection of his retainers. When I came out, I sighed with emotion when I came back, "It's really a Shura field with a narrow escape."

After receiving the latest news that the Ouchi coalition forces were once again frustrated, Masamori knew that it was not long before Ouchi Yoshitaka was defeated in Izumo, and many things had to be planned in advance, so Masaragi quickly issued several more targeted orders.After issuing the order, Zheng Liang thought about it again, and after confirming that there were no omissions, Zheng Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Zheng Liang finally saw the news that several people he invited had also come to Luo's house.So a meeting about the future development of the Luo family was held in Anyue City.

(Thank you book friend Yang Neck for your reward. Thank you for the support of many book friends like you. Because this book has always been attacked in one way or another, coupled with physical and work problems, I once planned to give up at this point, but it is because of your continuous support that I persisted. Don’t worry, as long as there is still one person reading it, I will continue to finish the book. Let us witness this book to 200 million words that day.) (To be continued..)