Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

When Wu Zhen said that he had something to show Li Xin, his expression was very serious, making Li Xin think he had found some treasure. Unexpectedly, what was wrapped in the silk turned out to be a piece of stained glass.

That's right, it's flower glass. Red is not red, green is not green. In Li Xin's eyes, it's probably at the level of a little boy in the village who would throw it around.

Wu Zhen didn't understand what Li Xin's smile meant, so he reported on his own: "After building the stove according to His Highness's order, I tried to burn it a few times. When I was cleaning the stove, I found this Liuli, my subordinates dare not hide their secrets, so..."

Li Xin waved his hands nonchalantly, and said, "No need, no need to give it to me, just play with it yourself."

Wu Zhen was stunned—the prince abandoned such a precious thing like a shoe? Is this the heart of the prince? The prince is worthy of being a real man! That's what a man should do.

It's also my fault that Li Xin didn't explain clearly what this stove is for, but only told Wu Zhen how to build it. This also led Wu Zhen to always think that the furnace was made for smelting some special metal material. Therefore, he would be very surprised when he saw "glass" in the burnt furnace.

But in fact, this is not surprising.

When Li Xin wanted to build a microscope, the first problem he had to solve was of course glass. In fact, the furnace he asked Wu Zhen to build was for burning glass.

Don't underestimate the worthless and rotten glass of later generations. This thing was quite precious during the Tang Dynasty.

Natural glass is usually formed in the naturally cooled magma after a volcanic eruption. Because it is mixed with different metal ions, it looks brightly colored. It was regarded as a gemstone by people at that time, and it was very valuable. Otherwise, it would not be regarded as the traditional seven treasures by Buddhism. one.

However, no matter how gorgeous colored glaze is, in essence, it is just a crystal made of silicon dioxide. And what is the most readily available material in the world that contains a lot of silica?

sand.

Obviously, when Wu Zhen and the others tried to burn the stove, they didn't clean the stove, and some sand remained in it. After the temperature in the furnace rises, the sand melts and is mixed with some impurity ions. After the furnace cools down, it condenses into lumps. It was the piece of colored glaze that Wu Zhen showed Li Xin.

You see, it's good to be educated, so you won't make such a fuss over a piece of broken glass like Wu Zhen.

Li Xin shook his head with a smile, and said to Wu Zhen who didn't know what to do with this piece of "glass", "I advise you to throw this thing away as soon as possible."

Wu Zhen blinked, obviously not understanding.

Li Xin said again: "Because you will soon see such things piled up in front of you, and there are as many as you want."

"My lord. You're joking again. How is that possible?" Wu Zhen looked at the glass in his hand, and then at Li Xin's face. Emotionally, he couldn't quite believe this fact—this is Liuli! A treasure that can only be enshrined by the great monk in the temple! The prince actually said that he would mass produce it?

But rationally, Li Xin seems to have never lied to him. And basically everything that His Highness said has come true.

In other words, can you really see colored glaze piled up in front of you?

Wu Zhen was still thinking, but Li Xin was already striding forward. So, without saying a word, Wu Zhen threw the piece of colored glaze aside, and quickly followed.

Obviously, it is more reliable to believe in the prince. He thought so.