Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 228: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 25

Shen Guli was just a commander who had theories but no practice. She didn't even know what refractory clay looked like. But as long as she had money, she could find people with relevant expertise and leave professional matters to professionals!

"Boss, take a look at this and see if it meets your requirements?" When the old craftsman saw Shen Guli and the other two coming, he hurried forward and pointed at the finished porcelain crucible and asked.

His son studied all his life and only passed the examination to become a student, but he could see that his grandson had potential for study. Unfortunately, he was too old to support his grandson.

At this time, the boss found him and offered him a high price to work on her farm. Wu the blacksmith agreed without thinking twice.

The opportunity to replace the door lintel of his house finally came. Therefore, Wu the blacksmith always did his work with great care.

The refractory clay was delivered yesterday evening, and he fired two porcelain crucibles overnight according to his employer's requirements.

Shen Guli did not hesitate to praise, "Master Wu is very hardworking, I am very satisfied. Grape, for those who work hard, there will be a bonus at the end of the month!"

There was a gleam of light in Wu the blacksmith's cloudy eyes, which made Shen Guli feel creepy. Looking at her was like looking at a huge mountain of gold shining with golden light.

"Yes, it's a porcelain crucible like this. And a long ceramic tube. Have you made it?"

Blacksmith Wu nodded repeatedly and said, "Done, done." Blacksmith Wu carefully pulled out two ceramic tubes from under another table.

"Master Wu, you are amazing!"

Wu the blacksmith laughed out loud, "I have been working in kilns all my life, and I was almost selected to work in the official kiln. If I hadn't performed poorly that day-----"

Grape coughed, interrupting Wu the blacksmith's chatter. Even if he showed his temper, the official kiln would not want him.

You talk too much and you don't even know how to read people's faces.

Unexpectedly, besides Master Wu who couldn't read people's faces, Lu Zhengrong was also the same. He asked in confusion: "Aren't you called a blacksmith? Why are you a kiln worker making porcelain?"

Wu the Blacksmith burst into laughter again. "My last name is Wu, and my name is Blacksmith. I'm not a blacksmith, I'm just called Blacksmith!"

Lu Zhengrong: -----

Wu the blacksmith added: "The people at the official kiln didn't like the fact that a porcelain maker like me was called a blacksmith, so they didn't want me!"

Shen Guli: -----

Grape's mouth twitched slightly.

This was not the reason he just gave.

"Boss, what do you want this crucible and porcelain tube for?" Master Wu was still very curious about the things in his field of expertise.

Firing porcelain crucibles is, of course, for making glass.

Although overseas trade had been opened at that time, the shipping routes were not yet mature, the journey was long and there were too many uncertainties, so there were few rare things coming from overseas.

Things are rare.

The fastest way to make money is not the dried noodles for the general public, but the scarce goods for a few fat sheep.

She wanted to make glassware, which is now known as colored glaze products.

She wanted to absorb the money of the nobles and wealthy businessmen as the first pot of gold for her career. This was also the gift she was preparing to give back to Lee Hyun-ji.

It can be regarded as her token of allegiance. She hopes that she can be completely tied to the prince's big ship when the time comes.

While waiting for the kiln to dry, she kept a close eye on the people making soda ash.

If possible, Shen Guli actually wanted to buy soda ash directly from the alkali mine, but she didn't find any naturally mined alkali mines near the capital, and she couldn't wait to look for them everywhere, so she had to use the most crude method to extract the alkali.

Wood ash is the raw material she uses to make alkali.

Shen Guli asked someone to go to the warehouse and bring a bag of quicklime. Potassium hydroxide can be obtained by mixing wood ash and quicklime in water.

Potassium hydroxide is a strong base that can corrode moles on the skin because it has the property of dissolving protein.

Shen Guli, who was thinking about making money all the time, even thought of making money for the clinic by selling the house.

While Shen Guli was daydreaming, Lu Zhengrong had already mixed the wood ash and water together, and was stirring it with a long stick.

Master Wu was eager to try, "Boss, do we have to add water to the quicklime and mix it together?"

"Well, yes." Shen Guli warned, "Be careful, this thing will generate heat when it comes into contact with water! It can burn human skin." The heat generated by quicklime when it comes into contact with water can reach up to 700 degrees Celsius.

"Don't worry, boss. Old Wu understands this."

This is the advantage of hiring experienced craftsmen, they are full of experience.

Grape stayed with Shen Guli all the time, watching Master Wu walk a long distance away and far away from Lu Zhengrong, and then he placed the quicklime with extreme caution.

"Miss, what do you want to do with these?"

Shen Guli smiled happily, "Make Liuli!"

Grape opened her mouth for a long time without reacting. Her daughter would make Liuli from overseas? Before she could ask again, Shen Guli had already walked to Lu Zhengrong's side.

She shouted at Grape, who was still in a daze, "Silly girl, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get some gauze to help filter it!"

"Ohhh. Here it comes!"

Add quicklime water to the filtered wood ash water, stir evenly, and filter again after sufficient reaction to obtain potassium hydroxide solution.

In order to increase the success rate of the experiment, Shen Guli added an evaporation concentration step to increase the concentration of potassium hydroxide.

While the alkali was being dried out during the drying process, Shen Guli took people to the river in the mountains to dig the last raw material for making colored glaze, sand.

"It would be nice if there was white quartz sand." Shen Guli stood by the river in front of the beach and looked at the ordinary sand that the servants dug out with shovels, and sighed.

Although this kind of sand can be used to refine glass, there are too many impurities and the color of the refined glass is mostly green.

If you want to refine clear glass, you also need to find white quartz sand.

"Miss, you need white sand. I can ask someone to pick it out for you!"

What?

Ask someone to sort out quartz sand from a pile of sand and gravel?

Grape really did it because her young lady wanted it.

Shen Guli lived in the manor for four or five days, and was busy running around, so she didn't have time to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the manor.

Only after all the important matters were handed over did she have a moment of free time.

Zhuangzi faces south and there is nothing but a cliff on the east side except for a flat land.

The flat land was not large, but several varieties of chrysanthemums were planted there. It was late autumn, and the chrysanthemums were in full bloom. From a distance, it looked like a cemetery! Even in the cracks of the cliff, a few chrysanthemums were growing one after another. They must be growing too well.

There was no way, Shen Guli would think of cemeteries when she saw chrysanthemums. She was powerless to appreciate the splendor of the chrysanthemums, so she turned around and left.

She had no knowledge of chrysanthemums, and if this was a rare and precious variety, she would not want to destroy it.

Just leave them open like this.