Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 98 The birth of glass

   Ji Yuan was his staff, so Zhao Hanzhang naturally did not hide it from him and said bluntly: "I don't want to burn porcelain, this workshop burns glaze."

  Ji Yuan reached out and scratched his ears, "What are you talking about burning?"

   Zhao Hanzhang: "Liu Li!"

  Jiyuan:  …

   He looked at Zhao Hanzhang silently.

   Zhao Hanzhang spread his hands and said, "I'm serious."

   Ji Yuan said earnestly: "Sanniang, I am also serious, this kind of thing is not funny."

   Zhao Hanzhang looked at him silently.

  The two looked at each other for a long time, Ji Yuan's eyes gradually widened, he opened his mouth, and after a long while he asked, "How does Sanniang know how to cook?"

   It can't be the recipe given by the master. He has been by Zhao Changyu's side for many years, but he has never heard him mention it.

   Zhao Hanzhang: "I won't, but Lord Fu Dalang will."

  Ji Yuan was astonished. Although he doubted the authenticity of this incident, seeing Zhao Hanzhang's determination, he decided to wait and see.

  Ji Yuan began to squat in the workshop every day, and even had his official duties moved to the workshop.

   He wanted to see if Lord Fu Dalang really knew, or if he was just fooling around to please their third mother.

   Then I saw Fu Tinghan changed into a fine linen coat with narrow sleeves, which was much lighter, and directly climbed up and down the fire with the craftsman to see the temperature.

   Although he couldn't see anything.

Fu Tinghan put the broken quartz sand and limestone into the furnace to be burned, the craftsman watched blankly, and when all the materials were burned, he realized, "No wonder the steward specially asked when he came to select people, but some of them know how to strike iron. Or burn molten iron, it turns out, this is similar to burning iron."

  Fu Tinghan felt his face was hot, so he handed over the follow-up work to him. He stepped aside with his flushed face and asked, "So are you experienced in blacksmithing?"

   "Fortunately," the craftsman said: "My cousin is a blacksmith. I have learned some from my grandfather before, and I will understand this kind of work when I see it more. It is similar to our porcelain firing."

   Fu Tinghan asked: "There is a blacksmith named Lu in Xiping County..."

   "Oh, he is my cousin, Dalang-kun has seen it?"

   Fu Tinghan nodded, "I saw you in Xiping County a few days ago."

The materials in the furnace turned into water. Fu Tinghan rolled a ball of glass water with a pre-made iron pipe, and took it out. He put it on the rotating rack while rotating and blowing air. The fire-yellow glass water slowly expanded and became transparent. stand up……

   Ji Yuan couldn't help but put down the affairs in his hand and walked up to see it.

  Fu Tinghan blew for a while, and after the glass water was a little cold, he held the iron pipe back to the furnace, put the blown glass ball into the furnace, dipped enough glass water, took it out, and continued to blow...

  The glass ball expands more and more, and finally stops when it is the size of a small vase.

Fu Tinghan felt very tired. He looked at the glass bottle at the end of the iron pipe and felt that he couldn't blow it anymore, so he took the iron pipe back and put it on another kiln, and let the fire burn the bottom of the glass bottle. Clumsily smooth the glass bottle, and then evenly cut off the glass mouth connecting the iron pipe...

   and other glass are cold cut, and the bottle is formed.

   Everyone in the workshop looked at this glass bottle in a daze.

  Fu Tinghan also stared at it blankly. The bottom of the glass bottle was round, and it was not evenly rounded. It was also slightly curved, just like a standing person who had a stomachache and bent over to cover his stomach.

   His face was a little red, but he didn't expect the glass to be made after missing some utensils. He hurriedly said to Ji Yuan, "I'll shatter it, and blow it again."

   After saying that, he was about to smash the glass bottle. Ji Yuan grabbed him and stared at the transparent glass bottle, "No, it can't be broken, this is an excellent bottle!"

  Fu Tinghan: ... Are the aesthetics of people in the Jin Dynasty so distorted?

   Ji Yuan stared at the glass bottle with bright eyes, and confirmed again and again, "It really is like Liuli, it can hold liquid and won't leak?"

   "Although it looks ugly, there will be no problem with its performance." Fu Tinghan is still confident in this point. "When it is completely cold-cut, Mr. Ji can try it with water."

  The glass was cold cut very quickly, Ji Yuan approached cautiously, put his finger into the mouth of the bottle, and clearly saw the fingers in the bottle outside, and the craftsmen onlookers exclaimed in unison.

  Ji Yuan was also amazed. He turned his head and looked at Fu Tinghan with bright eyes and said, "Fu Dalang is a great talent."

  Fu Tinghan said modestly: "I don't dare to do it."

   "Dare to be, dare to be," Ji Yuan held his hand with both hands, his face excited, "Langzhu and Sanniang really have unique vision, Dalangjun is an excellent person."

   This kind of baby is made as it is said, and it is made in Sanniang's workshop.

   Ji Yuan had a lot of thoughts in his mind at this moment, and he wanted to go back to Zhao Hanzhang with this glass bottle right away.

   But there was still glass water in the furnace at this time. He wanted to see the process of making glass again, so he reluctantly refrained from moving.

  Fu Tinghan also wanted to try again. Of course, not only him, but also the craftsmen. After all, they were the ones who did it.

  Fu Tinghan's manual ability is average, but he has rich theoretical knowledge.

  The three craftsmen blew a few glasses under his guidance, and there were all kinds of strange things, but they blew better than him a few times.

   Even so, it still didn't look good. Fu Tinghan simply asked them to blow the glass, cut it, melt it and flatten it again to make a flat glass mirror.

  Fu Tinghan got the flat glass mirror, looked at it and shook his head, "The ratio is not right, the clarity is not enough, to make the glass mirror, you need to change the formula."

   Ji Yuan asked humbly, "Is this recipe difficult to change?"

  Fu Tinghan thought about it and said, "It shouldn't be difficult, I'll try it back, but now it's also difficult to blow glass. It's difficult to shape, and it seems that you need a mold."

   He frowned, "But to make a glass mold, you have to use steel, and you have to try adding copper, chrome, and tin to cast iron..."

   Ji Yuan only understood copper, "Do you need a lot of copper?"

  Fu Tinghan shook his head, "Not much, just making molds."

The craftsman beside    couldn't help but said, "Why didn't you try the porcelain?"

  Fu Tinghan: "The temperature of glass water is similar to that of firing porcelain, and porcelain may not be able to withstand the high temperature of glass water."

   This is the reason why he and Zhao Hanzhang have craftsmen who want to burn porcelain. The melting temperature of the two is similar. What they lack is the craftsmanship of the kiln mouth, and blacksmiths are rare, and they can only hire craftsmen to burn porcelain.

  The craftsmen are very confident, especially the Ding porcelain maker, "Try it, if it works?"

  Fu Tinghan also thought about it, so he asked people to bring porcelain cups and bowls.

   Ji Yuan watched them get together and carefully poured out a glass and a glass bowl.

   His eyes widened, but Fu Tinghan looked at the cups and bowls not very satisfied, "It's not very good-looking, you can think of ways to print a pattern on it, or change the color."

  The craftsmen agreed, "Yes, this mold still needs to be figured out."

  Ji Yuan: ... He felt that it was already very good, and with this one hand, he could already see the gold and silver flying towards him.

   See you at 9pm

   (end of this chapter)