Chapter 797 Glass (2)
At this moment, Caiwei was so excited that a road to wealth that could make her rich quickly had opened up in front of her.
She remembered that in her previous life, she had seen about the origin of glass. It was said that more than 3,000 years ago, a European Phoenician merchant ship, loaded with crystal mineral "natural soda", sailed on the Belus River on the Mediterranean coast. Due to the low tide, the merchant ship ran aground.
So the crew members boarded the beach one after another. Some crew members also brought a big pot, moved firewood, and used a few pieces of "natural soda" as a support for the big pot to cook on the beach.
After the crew finished their meal, the tide began to rise. When they were about to pack up and board the ship to continue sailing, someone suddenly shouted: "Everyone come and see, there are some crystal clear and sparkling things on the sand under the pot!"
The crew took these sparkling things to the ship for careful study. They found that these shiny things were stuck with some quartz sand and melted natural soda. It turns out that these glittering things are natural soda used as a support for pots when they cook. Under the action of flames, they react chemically with quartz sand on the beach to produce crystals, which are the earliest glass. Later, the Phoenicians mixed quartz sand and natural soda together, and then melted them in a special furnace to make glass balls, which made the Phoenicians a fortune.
Around the 4th century, the Romans began to use glass on doors and windows. Now there is no such thing as glass in the world. Even the windows of the palace hall are pasted with blurry Korean paper, which is not good for lighting and has poor warmth in winter. If glass windows come out, they will definitely be a blockbuster and cause a strong sensation. If they are produced and sold on a large scale, they will definitely make a fortune and quickly replace the Huo family to become the richest man in the capital of the Jin Dynasty!
Moreover, if the Mengnu people can cooperate with her, Lingbei will soon become a prosperous place. By then, the people will be rich and well-off, with no worries about food and clothing, and no longer have to live such a nomadic life. Who will care who the leader of the tribe is? What is the nationality of his family?
Soon, Zhuifeng found two bags of quartz and a bag of natural soda. It seems that there are still a lot of reserves of these two minerals in this place!
Caiwei excitedly put these two things into the space and began a long experiment of firing glass...
Beijing
In the magnificent and flowery backyard of the Huo Mansion, Huo Yuan walked into the Fushou Hall where his mother, Mrs. Huo, lived. He walked around the carved lacquer and inlaid red and green gemstones and four-season flower screens and came to the main room where his mother usually lived.
The main room was full of flowers and willows, surrounded by pearls and jade, and was full of concubines and concubines given to him by Mrs. Huo. Although he had never favored any of these women, they all showed shy looks when they saw Huo Yuan, and bowed to him: "Young Master!"
Huo Yuan waved his hand, motioning them to get up. Without even looking at them, he looked directly at the Luohan bed opposite.
Opposite, Madam Huo was lying sickly on a rosewood bed, leaning against a dark-colored pillow with a large crabapple flower inlaid with gold threads. She was wearing a rust-black and blue jacket with gold-embroidered sleeves, a black skirt with a horse-faced face embroidered with a Baoxiang flower, and a neatly combed ingot bun on her head. Because she was sick, she didn't wear accessories such as hairpins and rings, but only a dark purple headband embroidered with lucky bamboo and a bright big Dongzhu in the middle, but she looked graceful and dignified, and her whole demeanor was not comparable to that of the wives of small families.
On both sides of the bed, Madam Huo's four trusted maids and her dowry Gao Mama stood like goose wings. When they saw Huo Yuan coming in, a little maid came over and placed a brocade velvet cushion with bamboo patterns in front of Huo Yuan.