Traveling through the Legend of the Condor Heroes: I, Yang Kang, Have Nine Yang

Chapter 158 Opening of the Glass Workshop

Yang Kang was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, he turned to Lu Guanying and asked, "Brother Lu, your martial arts are from the Xianxia sect, right?"

Lu Guanying nodded and asked, "That's true, what's wrong?"

Yang Kangdao: "The martial arts of the Xianxia Sect are only a collateral branch of Shaolin, which is nothing special. Compared with the martial arts of Taohua Island, it is a world of difference. It is a pity that the master will not be able to teach you the martial arts of Taohua Island without the consent of the master in the future, but I can't let Big Brother Lu be so useless at such a young age, so I'm thinking about which martial arts are more suitable for you."

Yang Kang's words hit Lu Chengfeng's heart. He usually watched his children practice the martial arts of the Xianxia sect. Although they were diligent, they made slow progress. How dare you tell me without Huang Yaoshi's permission?If Huang Yaoshi finds out at that time, besides himself, even Lu Guanying will be taught a good lesson by Huang Yaoshi, so he is afraid of showing his martial arts skills all day long, which will cause Lu Guanying to ask curiously, if he can't bear it, Fear of making a big mistake.

The fact that Yang Kang can say that means that he must have mastered martial arts suitable for Lu Guanying's practice, and he doesn't have to worry about his own children anymore.

And Lu Guanying has seen Yang Kang's martial arts, it is far superior to him, and he also had a little inferiority complex in his heart, so he was overjoyed to hear what he said, and they stayed at Guiyun Villa that night and had a feast.

The next day, Yang Kang took He Jin, Shi Quan and more than a thousand people under them to rush to Jiaxing first, and it took a few days to go back and forth.

And Zhong Qizhi had already recruited several suitable glass craftsmen in Yangzhou, and Yang Kang invited these craftsmen. The leader was an old man in a vermilion robe, wearing a square scarf, with a kind face and clear eyes. Bright, his hair and beard have been dyed silver-white by years of tempering, but he still looks hale and hearty. According to Zhong Qizhi's introduction, this person's name is Su Yongxin.

Yang Kang still respected this kind of person with real ability and practical work, and gave enough courtesy, and then sincerely asked the other party to discuss with him the things created by this glass workshop.

Unlike other literati, Su Congxin had an aura of sour Confucianism and was also very talkative.

First of all, in terms of raw materials for glass making, Yang Kang has already prepared quite a lot. After all, he can collect the sand and shells needed for the raw materials from the sea, which is very convenient, although the quality is slightly inferior to the Yangzhou glass factory where Su Yongxin worked before. Square, but also enough to use.

The second is the tools used in making glass, such as furnaces, iron tongs, cooling tables, molds, cutting tools, carving knives, grinding wheels and abrasives, etc. These tools are not like raw materials, but are reusable and only need one-time input cost That's it.

It's just that although Yang Kang had a general idea in mind, he was not particularly clear about many details of the tools. He called Su Yongxin and others, asked them about it, and then sent Zhong Qizhi out to purchase.

And these tools are not hard to find. Except for the glass rod, all the rest are bought back.

Finally, it comes to craftsmanship, which is also where Yang Kang believes that making glass can bring him the greatest confidence. In terms of craftsmanship, it is mainly divided into four parts, namely melting, forming, cooling, and decoration.

These technologies have matured to a certain extent in the Song Dynasty, but Yang Kang, as a person who came across the age, can "reduce dimensionality and strike" in many ways. This is not because Yang Kang is smarter than these people, but because Yang Kang is more knowledgeable. That's all.

Especially in the molding process, Yang Kang added a glass blowing technique. It must be known that even in the West, this technique was invented by Venetian talents about half a century later. The improved Venetian glass technique is the most advanced before industrialization. advanced kind.

The glass blowing technology refers to blowing molten glass into the air, using the pressure and gravity of the gas to blow the molten glass into the desired shape and size.This technology can produce glass products of various shapes, such as cups, vases, chandeliers, etc., and the glass products produced are more transparent, uniform and exquisite.

Of course, this process requires an additional tool, that is, a glass rod. It does not have to be made of glass, and a thin rod made of ceramics is also acceptable.

In addition, most of the glass at this time was colorless and transparent, but Yang Kang has seen many colored glasses in later generations. The difference lies in whether metal oxides are added during the melting stage. For example, adding some hematite can make the glass appear bright. red.

So within a few days, Yang Kang, Su Yongxin and others made the first red glass bottle. Although this thing had no practical effect on Yang Kang, it amazed all the craftsmen, especially the bottle. The smoothness of the surface is far above the Yangzhou workshop.

As the saying goes, rarity is the most precious thing, so Yang Kang didn't let the newly produced glass sit idle. Since he arrived in Jiaxing, he had to win over the local officials anyway, so as not to get in the way, so he went to the official's mansion in person on the same day. After a visit, I gave this thing to him as a gift.

And this official also had some eyesight, so he was shocked at that time, he couldn't help but become more active, and then donated it to his superiors. In this way, Yang Kang's glass workshop became famous again, and many officials, businessmen and wealthy gentry came here. Orders came down like raindrops.

After guiding Su Yongxin and others, Yang Kang appointed Su Yongxin as the general manager of the glass workshop, and handed over all matters to him. Although Su Yongxin had a certain position in the Yangzhou workshop, he did not receive such treatment. I am grateful to Yang Kang.

And in the past few days, Lu Guanying also brought more than a thousand people to the south to increase the new labor force, and with the experience of making the glass successfully for the first time, many of these people were put into the glass production by Yang Kang, responsible for all aspects .

Of course, these people were from water bandits after all, and their quality cannot be said to be low. The main reason is that they are vicious and unwilling to accept the key. At this time, their old bosses Lu Guanying, He Jin, and Shi Quan played a role.

Lu Guanying was in charge of the more than 2000 people, Shi Quan led 500 people to collect and transport raw materials, and He Jin helped Su Yongxin manage the remaining 500 people so that they could work smoothly in the workshop.

In addition, Yang Kang also gave Shi Quan some medicine that was enough to refresh him. After all, this person's previous performance was extremely eye-catching. If one day he fell into the hands of Yang Kang's enemies and leaked information about Yang Kang, it would be his own fault.

As for Lu Guanying, Su Yongxin, and He Jin, Yang Kang was truly trustworthy, especially Lu Guanying. As soon as he arrived, Yang Kang asked him to be the protector of the Taikang Gang. Although he has not yet reached the level of a first-class master, But Yang Kang believes that as long as he is trained slowly, he will not be worse than Li Tiezhu and others.

In terms of martial arts, Yang Kang taught Mu Nianci the part of the Nine Suns Divine Kung Fu that he had given to him before, and Yang Kang also named it Taikang Nine Suns Kung Fu; Yang Kang didn't worry too much about teaching his apprentice and grandson, he only taught a set of Southern Shaolin Xiaohong Fist that he got from Huan Shi Shui Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)