Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Turning around, Su Xia said to Xiong Hui: "Didn't you say that there is a severe drought in Qingzhou City and some people are already suffering from famine? It just so happens that we are recruiting some refugees there who have no food to eat, and we will give priority to those who can be masons. Pull them all to our island, tell them to recruit rural soldiers and conscript them here, and then focus on building large-scale construction here. "

After hearing this, Xiong Hui slapped the table: "Sir, what a great idea. In this way, we can deceive others and recruit bricklayers specifically by recruiting rural soldiers, so it won't cause too much panic. This is good."

"Xiong Hui, I will leave this matter to you. All the craftsmen recruited will be handed over to Li Gaosheng and the others for centralized arrangements. I have decided that Li Gaosheng will be the full supervisor of the construction of the house. In addition, you tell Li Gaosheng that the construction of the house this time, First, we need to build a larger conference hall than this one. Later, we will build a conference hall dedicated to discussing Salmon Island affairs. Zhu Fu, you can also participate in this construction matter. "

Zhu Fu, who was writing a letter to his brother, heard Su Xia calling him and got up quickly.

Su Xia looked at Smiling Tiger Zhu Fu and said with a smile: "Zhu Fu, you are an expert in making a living. What do you think about building houses on Salmon Island?"

Zhu Fu smiled and said, "Sir, I'm just confused for a moment."

"But it doesn't matter!"

"Salmon Island is far away from the wealthy land of the government and the public. It has been a barren land since ancient times. What is the purpose of building these houses? Otherwise, villains do not know the purpose of building these houses and how to control the quality of the buildings."

Su Xia smiled heartily and said: "Building a house is of course about living, and living well. Are you willing to sleep in the prison camp every night? So many people squeeze into one house? I asked you to come this time because I want you to Working closely with Li Gaosheng, I told everyone in the construction team that all the brothers who contributed to the construction of the house must keep a record. I named it "work points". How much effort each person contributed and how much work he did were recorded uniformly. The record is called work points.

Then during the entire construction period of the house, all the people whose work points are ranked in the top 100 can move into the room we have occupied in advance. "

Zhu Fu's eyes lit up: "Sir, this method will definitely greatly stimulate the enthusiasm of the craftsmen in their work."

Xiong Hui, who had been silent for a long time, was stunned. He paused and said, "Sir, do you mean to let the people from Prison Camp live in this new house on Salmon Island in the future? This is a bit against the rules."

"There are not so many so-called rules on our Salmon Island. Here goes the order. From today on, people from Salmon Island are not allowed to serve as thieves and serve in the army. Anyone who violates the rules will be detained regardless of their official position. All these people will be called our Salmon Island." subordinate islanders.

Tell all the islanders that all the people who have performed actively in building houses and are ranked in the top [-] for their work points will be placed in our newly built rooms. Tell them that the more they work, the more they will get. The more they work, the less they will get. Those who work more will get less. If you are positive, you can stay in a spacious and bright room in advance! "

Xiong Hui nodded trustingly: "Sir, I understand, this matter will definitely mobilize everyone's enthusiasm. In this way, I immediately went to Dengzhouwei, a famine-stricken place, to recruit workers from other places, and quickly replenished the young labor force to Salmon Island. .”

"Okay, I'll leave this to you. In addition, I have one more thing to ask you. Do you know anyone who is proficient in the firing of those utensils and ceramics on Salmon Island?"

Zhu Fu on the side thought for a while and suddenly said: "Sir, I am not talented. To be honest, I know a little about firing ceramics."

Hearing Zhu Fu say that he could bake ceramics, Su Xia smiled: "Oh? You also know something about utensils? Then do you know that there is an object called a white jade cup?"

"White jade cup! I have heard that it is transparent in color. The original shape is made of precious Hetian jade, and its appearance is transparent and elegant. I have seen this cup when I was in Bianliang, Tokyo. It has that natural transparent and moist beauty."

"Oh, have you ever seen transparent glass?"

"Sir, colored glaze is not rare, but transparent colored glaze is extremely rare and expensive. Ordinary people will not have it."

Listening to Zhu Fu's statement, Su Xia thought to herself that the so-called transparent glass is an ordinary glass bottle in modern times and is not valuable at all, but in ancient times, this thing was purely formed naturally, so it was naturally valuable.

Then he asked: "Then do you know how to make this?"

"How to make it? I have seen imported products from foreign countries and Southeast Asia, so I know a little bit about it and have seen how they make it. I just want to produce such transparent colored glaze. The details of the process and the secret recipe are unknown."

"You can try it if you are willing. I do have some craftsmanship now, and I still need you to explore and make them!"

Zhu Fu was shocked: "Sir, do you know how to make colored glaze?"

Hearing his question, Su Xia secretly laughed.

In fact, the principle of how to make transparent colored glaze is very simple, but he liked to read some leisure books when he was in school. The book said that in ancient times, the soda-lime glass used in the West was different from the colored glaze used in ancient my country. The soda-lime glass used in the West It is a completely different glassware system from the colored glaze in ancient my country.

Su Xia has some understanding of the basic technologies of the Western soda-lime glass industry.

He knew the ingredients very well, but he forgot about the heat and temperature control. He only remembered some specific high temperatures, but he forgot the proportions of the ingredients.

So he said: "Zhu Fu, I can only remember a rough recipe and write it down on paper, but you have to figure out the proportions on your own."

Su Xia originally wanted to write something like soda ash, but considering the understanding of Zhu Fu and others, he naturally changed the special terms such as soda ash and sodium carbonate into common sense in the Northern Song Dynasty - written as plant ash.

As for the specific proportion, he remembered roughly it. After writing it on the paper, he handed it to Zhu Fu:

"Brother Zhu Fu, I can only remember this rough proportion. Just give me something that can produce transparent beads first, and then you can try to make a transparent glass cup. According to this recipe, if you can produce something that looks like white jade Transparent glass like a cup is best, I call it glass. In addition, you can also find some people from the prison camp to develop this specifically and give me a research project."

Zhu Fu, who received the formula, nodded doubtfully: "Don't worry, sir, I'll figure it out when I get back."

After explaining how Li Gaosheng built a house and how Zhu Fu built glass.

Su Xia's heart calmed down. Of course he wanted to bring back modern technology to make these glass balls. Although glass balls were worthless in modern society, in the Northern Song Dynasty, these were priceless treasures. After all, things are rare. It’s expensive.