country small landowner

Chapter 46 The Boss Zong of Liulichang

Now that you have decided to do it, you must do it well.It was the beginning of spring when the snow melted, and the ground had not completely thawed, but Xu Jibai's big shed should start to be built.

Naturally, there is no such thing as plastic in this era, and it is naturally impossible for Qi Bao, a small otaku, to know how to make plastic.Fortunately, Qi Bao has a wealth of theoretical knowledge. Thinking of watching TV dramas in the past, there will be a greenhouse with a transparent glass roof. It seems that they can learn from it.

Glass is really a precious thing in the Great Dynasty, and a glass cup is enough for the people of a county to eat and drink for a year.What Qi Bao means is that there are such craftsmen in Dachao Kingdom, they don’t need to produce very sophisticated handicrafts, as long as they can transmit light and be large.

Zhou Tao happened to know such a businessman who makes colored glaze products. After contacting him, the other party quickly gave a positive answer.Due to the immature technology of making colored glaze products, there are often waste products, but as long as they can make a finished product within a year, it is enough for their boss to support so many craftsmen.If two pieces can be made, the businessman will make money.

In a year, they can always successfully produce three or five exquisite glazed products, some of which flow into the palace, and some are scattered among the people.During the production process, there will be a large number of semi-finished products or even semi-finished products, which can only be translucent jelly of waste products.This is what Qi Bao and the others need.

However, these translucent semi-finished products are all made of small pieces. Hearing that his little brother wanted big pieces of gelatinous colored glaze, he was not stingy, and immediately asked the craftsmen to rush to make them. come out.

Although it is a bit far from the big one Qi Bao mentioned, it is still usable.Qi Bao also deliberately discussed the feasibility of transparent colored glaze with the Liuli boss who came to see the excitement.

Originally, things like glass were colored when they were first made. Later, people gradually tried to make them transparent, but they never succeeded. The things they made were often of that translucent, slightly chaotic color.Naturally, such colors are not suitable for making exquisite lamps or other handicrafts, so people began to devote themselves to the research of stained glass. When the candlelight is lit, there will be a kind of radiant effect immediately, so the glass is called colored glaze.

The boss's glass-making techniques were passed down from his family's ancestors. They are all family-handed techniques. The work such as boiling and tempering required in the production process cannot be done by him alone.

So he bought a few people, gave them the technology, and let these people do it for him.If he were alone, he might only be able to make a dozen or so pieces a year, and there might not be a finished product.With the help of these people, the speed will be much faster.

He didn't save all the money, but expanded the scale of his small workshop until he became the number one glass merchant in the Dachao Guopai.

This man's surname is Zong, and he is straightforward. When Zhou Tao got married, he happened to be out of town, and he has only been back for two days.Seeing that Qi Bao was very interested in his technology, he specially invited Qi Bao to take a look.It will take a while for their greenhouse to be built. Father Zhou is enough to supervise the work, so Qi Bao, Xu Jibai, Zhou Tao, and Xu Miao, who was forced by Zhou Tao, got into the carriage together and prepared to visit.

What Xu Miao meant was that if someone else builds a house, the family needs to provide food. How can I just let Grandma Zhou do the work at home?Zhou Tao naturally thought of it too. In the past, when they were at home, they would hire two elder brothers to come over to help cook. After explaining to Xu Miao, plus Grandma Zhou was also willing to let Xu Miao go out with Zhou Tao more, Xu Miao then Followed.

The glass merchant lived in a neighboring county, and when they arrived there, they lived directly in the merchant's house.The businessman was seven or eight years older than them, and he married his elder brother earlier. He had a son and an elder brother at home, and that elder brother was very close to Xu Miao.Zhenri stayed at home, and no one talked to anyone. It was rare to see someone similar to him, but the Zhengjun of the Zong family was so happy that he took Xu Miao's hand to talk to him.

Xu Miao didn't understand what Zhou Tao and the others said, so she was happy to talk to him, not to mention that they were all Zhengjun, Xu Miao had just got married, so naturally she wanted to have a child, so she could ask the Zhengjun about the secret of having a child .

Zhou Tao saw that the two of them had a happy chat, so he let him stay. Although he really wanted to be tied to Xu Miao every minute and every second, it was not realistic after all, so let him get closer to other brothers. , lest you feel lonely if you are not around.

"Then you chatted with Brother Zong at Brother Zong's house. We will come back after we go. Brother Zong is just like my brothers. If you have anything to do, you can just tell Brother Zong directly. You don't have to be polite to them. "Zhou Tao couldn't bear to let his brother suffer a little grievance.

"Okay, okay, I know." Xu Miao urged Zhou Tao to leave quickly, he wouldn't dare to do this in someone else's house, would he make others laugh!

Zhengjun of the Zong family also said: "Go quickly, in my house, can you wrong brother Xu? You go ahead, we will have dinner at home tonight, you guys, why don't you take your big brother Zong to drink!"

"How dare we, brother, it wasn't Brother Zong who insisted on leaving us. When we get home, we must clean him up so that he doesn't have a long memory!" Zhou Tao complained first to the villain.

Brother Zong bent Zhou Tao's neck with his elbow, "You black boy, you are here to sue again, don't ask me for help next time, just block your door and prevent you from entering."

Zhou Tao hurriedly begged for mercy, "I made a mistake, big brother, but you are my big brother, don't bully my younger brother like this, brother, please take care of him."

The brother of the Zong family pursed his lips and pulled Xu Miao to see the two people arguing. Seeing that they were making a fuss, he said: "Come on, the little brother of the Qi family is still waiting there, and carefully read your two big jokes." !"

Zong's eldest brother, Zhou Tao, was of one mind this time, and they all replied together: "He dares!"

Qi Bao pursed his lips, and silently slipped into Xu Jibai's arms, "Please comfort me, please touch me."

Several people were amused by his small appearance and laughed.

Boss Zong's glazed workshop is said to be a small workshop, but in fact it is a small Zhuangzi. There are people working in every room in the Zhuangzi.These people were all selected by Zong Boss from the slaves sold by the government. These people or their hometowns suffered a disaster and couldn't make it through, so they inserted grass bids and sold themselves to the government, and the government sold them at the same time.Or the servants and sons of officials who have committed crimes at home are also sold by the officials.

The Dachao Kingdom does not allow human trafficking privately. Of course, it does not mean that it must not be allowed. If there are one or two, there are also people who voluntarily buy and sell, but if you want to buy a group of servants, you still have to go to the government. .At the very least, this is guaranteed, and the execution of escaped slaves by the government is still very strict.

This is why Boss Zong dared to take out the ancestral prescriptions in his family and teach them to his servants. Their lives are in his own hands. If he lives well, he will not treat them badly. If his life is not good, For example, if Fang Zi was poured out, the unlucky ones were not so one or two.

Boss Zong is not a harsh master. On the contrary, he is quite good to his servants. Some old people who have been working for a long time, he thinks they are loyal enough, and they are all assigned brothers among the servants at home. Each village has its own small yard.Although it is not big, it is much better than when I lived by myself.

People at this time still have a sense of loyalty, so such things as escaped slaves or betrayed the seller's family basically happened too rarely.If there is such a thing, I am afraid that if others find out, they will not be able to live no matter where they are.So people like the Zhou family, in the eyes of people, are all normal.If it's really a slave bullying the master, I'm afraid people won't say anything, and they won't follow this family.On the bright side, you can get by, but in the dark, you will gradually become alienated.

Boss Zong’s Zhuangzi chose a good place. There is a stone mountain behind Zhuangzi. Boss Zong has already bought this mountain.Although this mountain has few trees and grass, it is a bare stone mountain, but it has one advantage: there are many stones.

Quartz sand, a white crystalline stone needed to make colored glaze, is extracted from this stone.

Zhuangzi is not big, but the people in each room perform their own duties, which looks like an assembly line production in a modern factory.Qi Bao was deeply impressed by Boss Zong's management style.

In fact, the process of making colored glaze is not so cumbersome, but it is by no means simple. Qi Bao looked from room to room, but he was not very interested. After all, the process is always tedious. technology.So it is enough for Qi Bao to turn around for a while.

Boss Zong saw that he was not interested, so he smiled and led him to see their finished product.The glazed cup is translucent, the upper part is somewhat transparent, showing light blue, and the blue gradually deepens downwards, in the shape of a boy holding a lotus.Boss Zong lit a candle for him to see. Although it was daytime, there was still some radiance.

"It's so beautiful!" Qi Bao couldn't help but sigh with emotion.Although this glass product is not as fine as the ones he saw in modern times, in this era, this is already the best glass product he has ever seen.

"You like it. I have one at home. If you like it, I'll send someone to bring it to you." Xu Jibai whispered in his ear.

Qi Bao pursed his lips and nodded with a smile.

Boss Zong took another small piece of milky white glazed board about fourteen inches square, "Look, is this what you want?"

Qi Bao held the board and looked at it for a long time. Although it was not what he thought, it was already very good.Sunlight shines into the conservatory through the glass panels, and the room must be very warm.Wait until winter to heat up the walls, and burn the stove regularly in the room. I believe the temperature can be guaranteed.

"Brother Zong, can this be made bigger?"

"The craftsmen are rushing to make it. I think it can be done. This one doesn't need to be made too finely. It should be bigger."

"That's good, brother Zong. When our greenhouse grows vegetables, we will send them to you and your brother first."

"Haha...that's a good feeling!"