The Emperor's Son-in-Law

This broken-hand craftsman named Wang Liang was the person in charge of the construction of the farm workshop that Duan Chun had designated in Shangxuanfang.

"Uncle Wang, we are not in a hurry to decide the location of the workshop."

"Have you found the white gravel I asked you to send people to look for in the river valley?"

Duan Chun asked softly.

"Major General, what you want to find."

"They are everywhere in the river valley of our Yuxiang Farm."

"Do you see the river over there?"

"Just over there on the east side of the valley, there's a large river beach."

"The river that passes through the valley flows out of a cave over there."

"A river beach is formed around the valley. The sand and gravel you mentioned are inexhaustible there."

Wang Liang smiled and nodded.

"That's good!"

Duan Chun nodded with satisfaction.

It was because he heard from the veterans that there was a river in the farm.

Only then did the veterans send people to find the location of the river valley as soon as possible.

Because the raw materials for making colored glaze are very simple, but you need to build a workshop to obtain enough raw materials.

Then we have to adapt to local conditions, otherwise we won’t be able to do it with the current transportation capacity.

You haven’t made any money yet by opening a glaze workshop, and the labor and transportation costs are terrifying!

This is the most practical question.

And the Liuli that Duan Chun mentioned is actually not the real Liuli.

It’s just a way of talking about modern glass making.

Because real colored glaze was obtained from the by-products of bronze casting in ancient my country.

After refining and processing, it is made into colored glaze.

There are many colors of colored glaze, and the ancients also called it "five-color stone".

In ancient times, because it was difficult to obtain among the people, people at that time regarded colored glaze as even more precious than jade!

In ancient times, very few glazes were made domestically, and most of them came from countries in the Western Regions.

So the price is even more amazing.

What Duan Chun wants to make is just modern glass.

Modern glass requires only a little processing to produce exquisite modern colored glaze.

Of course, modern colored glaze is basically two different things than ancient colored glaze.

But in terms of appearance and luster, no one can tell it apart unless modern chemical testing ingredients are used.

The manufacturing techniques of colored glaze are complicated, but for Duan Chun, modern glass is the most important thing.

That's a piece of cake.

To make modern glass, the raw materials are very simple.

Just limestone, soda ash, quartz, and fired at high temperatures can be used to obtain glass.

And then use craftsmanship to turn it into a dazzling thing...

The so-called limestone and soda ash need no introduction.

Quartz is one of the most widely distributed minerals on the earth's surface.

Wherever there is river beach and fine sand, these required raw materials can be found.

"Uncle Wang, our glaze workshop should be built outside the valley."

"The raw material workshop is located on the river beach you just mentioned."

“Find the right place, you take the people and just build.”

Duan Chun smiled and took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Liang.

Drawn above are the plans for building a workshop and a stove.

As for the raw material workshop, it is simpler, just let people dry the sand and crush some quartz stones.

"I understand, Major General."

Wang Liang took the drawings. They, the veterans, were originally illiterate.

But when he looked at the drawings, Duan Chun drew them all thoughtfully.

Even those who are illiterate can easily understand it.

We have just finished arranging the construction of the Liulicong Workshop.

Duan Chun discovered that he had followed his father into the village at the foot of the mountain.

The villages to the west of Yuxiang Farm are all populated by veterans and their families who have retired from the Cavalry Guard.

There are more than 700 households in this village, and according to the unfolding of the war.

Every year, many wounded soldiers who cannot be cured are sent here to retire.

But they are definitely not coming here to retire. Smoke is everywhere in the village.

The intensive sound of forging resounded through the foot of the mountain.

There were dense blacksmith furnaces erected there, in wooden sheds.

Countless craftsmen are still working hard to build various weapons and armors.

These disabled craftsmen all lowered their heads and saluted after seeing General Duan.

Then they hurriedly waved the hammer. They all wanted to come and see the general.

But because of the heat required to create ordnance, they couldn't put down the hammer.

Duan Chun understood that most of the weapons of the Cavalry Guards were made from several of his father's farms scattered around the country.

It is almost impossible to expect the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War to provide equipment.

At this time, the veterans of the farm had already brought in wooden tables and bamboo mats.

Dad sat there chatting happily with the veterans.

Duan Chun did not go over and sit down, but was escorted by Zhang Wu and Zhao Changlong.

Make your way to the dense blacksmith furnace on the left.

Long blacksmith shops are densely packed in the area at the foot of the mountain on the left.

Dozens of burly blacksmiths, but missing arms and legs, were swinging sledgehammers and sweating profusely while building ordnance.

There are also many helpers who are throwing boxes of arrow clusters into the furnace to heat them.

Then they were picked out and handed over to the blacksmiths one by one to build...

"This is……"

Duan Chun asked curiously.

"Report to the Major General, they are making arrowheads."

"Let's pour the copper water into the mold first."

"Then it is heated and the craftsmen create the contours."

"Go and polish these arrowheads one by one."

"Put it on the arrow shaft and it will become the arrow used by our Cavalry Guard army."

Zhang Wu replied.

"It's so troublesome and requires several steps?"

Duan Chun also thought that the arrowheads were all molded in one piece and could be used normally after coming out of the mold.

"The Major General doesn't know something."

"Arrows on the battlefield all rely on their armor-breaking and flight."

"If the arrowhead is not in place, our brothers will release the arrow on horseback."

"It will be difficult to hit and kill the enemy."

"The General has made repeated requests since the establishment of the Knight Riding Guard."

"The arrows used by the Knight Riders must all be regulated uniformly."

"Otherwise, how could we, the Cavalry Guard, kill everyone in the world and be invincible?"

Zhao Changlong said proudly.

Duan Chun smiled slightly, he understood how powerful his father's knightly guard was.

But it is a pity that although the Cavalry Guards are brave, they are not good at attacking cities.

Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor never lets the Cavalry Guard directly attack the city.

Because the emperor couldn't bear it.

Duan Chun walked over and picked up an arrowhead from the ground that had been calibrated by the blacksmith.

He had some opinions on the arrows of this era when he was in the military camp before.

Now comparing them, Duan Chun immediately saw the arrowheads of the arrows sent by the Ordnance Department.

It is obviously different from the arrowheads made by the Cavalry Guards themselves.

The first is the difference in material. The Ordnance Department’s arrowheads use pig iron arrowheads.

And the blacksmiths on my dad’s side all use copper arrowheads.

In ancient times, pig iron was not as valuable as copper.

Because copper is money.

Logically speaking, arrowheads made of iron are harder.

Copper arrowheads are slightly softer.

But anyone who knows military knowledge knows the lethality and armor-breaking effect of pig iron arrowheads.

Far less powerful than the copper arrowhead.

What's more, this is just pig iron material.

But some people say that iron alloy arrowheads are definitely stronger than copper alloy arrowheads.

Then there is nothing to say.

It’s just that in this era, iron alloys have not yet appeared…