Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 89 Semi-finished Mirror

After a night of hard work, Zhao Wen looked at the palm-sized piece of glass with a pair of panda eyes in the early morning of the next day.

"All the reagents have been prepared, and the next step is the silver mirror reaction. As long as the reduction products in the silver mirror reaction can be perfectly left on the glass surface, it will be successful."

Zhao Wen stared closely at the glass mirror in his hand, and used a brush to apply the prepared silver nitrate solution to the other side of the glass.

Liu Wu looked at the busy Zhao Wen with a blank expression, and couldn't help but ask, "My lord, it's been a whole night, haven't you done it yet?"

After Zhao Wen finished everything, he turned his head and said, "It's finally done, now is the time to witness the miracle."

Zhao Wen put the glass piece coated with various reagents face up on the stone bench next to it.

"It'll be fine soon, it'll be fine soon."

Zhao Wen kept muttering, his eyes fixed on the surface of the glass.

The silver mirror reaction is a kind of reduction reaction, which is to reduce the silver ions in silver nitrate to simple silver with a reducing solution such as glucose.

When the reduced silver element is attached to the surface of the glass sheet, a glass mirror is half completed.

At this time, the silver substance on the glass mirror is very thin and easy to fall off. In order to prevent the silver coating from falling off, it is necessary to paint it.

Under Zhao Wen's gaze, a silver-white film slowly formed on the surface of the glass piece. The film adhered to the glass piece, shining brightly in the morning sun.

Seeing this, Zhao Wen clapped his hands and said excitedly, "It's done, now it's time to paint."

Liu Wu looked at the silver-white film on the glass lens in shock, unable to speak for a long time.

"Your Excellency is truly worthy of being an immortal in the sky. I have never seen such an immortal technique." Liu Wu stared at Zhao Wen with his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open.

Zhao Wen took out a soft-bristled brush from the wooden barrel next to him, and dipped it in the wooden barrel.

There is some raw lacquer in this wooden barrel.

Holding his breath, Zhao Wen carefully applied the raw lacquer stroke by stroke.

When four or five layers were applied, Zhao Wen put down the brush in his hand and blew gently.

Zhao Wen put the smeared lenses on the stone table in the yard.

The sun gradually rose, and the hot sun shone on the lens.

Zhao Wen rubbed his swollen eyes, and said to Liu Wu, "No one is allowed to approach this lens. Remember, it's anyone."

"Yes!"

Although Liu Wu didn't know why Zhao Wen did this, he still sat on the stone bench next to the stone table according to what Zhao Wen said, staring fixedly at the lenses on the stone table.

Zhao Wen let out a long breath and walked out of the yard.

Just two steps away, Zhao Daniu, Zhao Hu and Wang Qi ran over.

"My lord, the processing has been completed. This time we have selected a total of 250 soldiers from the refugees. Including the soldiers we recruited before, there are a total of [-] recruits." Song Hu held an extremely thick roster, and his face was full of joy. Said.

Zhao Wen took the roster and casually flipped through it twice.

The current Longmen Army is not as poor and empty as it used to be, and Li Xiaoying has to replace even the copying of the roster.

Now in the entire Longmen Fort, there are at least seven or eight accountants who can write and calculate.

Therefore, Li Xiaoying did not need to register the names of recruits.

"Where are the rest? Are they registered?" Zhao Wen asked casually.

Zhao Daniu said: "There are nearly 200 people left. These people are either a little older, too young, or women. There are also some young and strong who do not want to be soldiers. We also register these people up.

We had already finished it at midnight last night, so we wanted to show it to the adults.As a result, I met Miss Li who had just come out of the account room on the way. She said that my lord was busy with work last night, and no one was seen.Let's just show it to the adults this morning. "

As Zhao Daniu said, he took out a relatively thin roster from his arms and handed it to Zhao Wen.

"Well, divide the 56 soldiers into teams of [-] each, and divide them into six teams for training first. Remember, these recruits can only use weapons such as knives, guns and sticks during training. Get them in touch. Let them train for two months first.

These refugees were arranged in vacant houses in the fort.Remember, make it clear to them that these houses are only for them to live in temporarily.He had to pay three cents of the rent every month. If he wanted to put the house under his own name, he had to spend money to buy it, or he had to work in Longmen Castle for three years. Zhao Wen took the roster and flipped through a few pages casually.

The reason why Zhao Wen wants to do this is because he doesn't want to do something like promoting Mi En and fighting Mi Qiu.

"For the rest, put them all to work in the cement factory. Although these people are not enough, it is better than none. Give each of them a salary of two taels of silver per month, and take care of their meals." Zhao Wen put the two rosters in his folder Under the arm, Shen Sheng said.

The cement factories of this era are not as highly mechanized as those of later generations.

Cement plants in this era basically rely on manpower.

Those young and strong who do not want to be soldiers can just let them work in cement factories.

As for those women, children, and the elderly, Zhao Wen didn't think of a proper resettlement method for a while, so he put them in the cement factory first.

Of course, it is impossible for women, children and the elderly to work in the cement factory for too long, otherwise, their bodies will not be able to bear it.

Zhao Wen didn't want all the people he had worked so hard to get to die in the cement factory.

"Yes!"

Zhao Daniu and others clasped their fists at Zhao Wen, and then left quickly.

Zhao Wen held the roster between his hands, looked up at the sky, and let out a sigh of relief, "Finally, I have firmly established my foothold in Daming."

Although the dark circles on Zhao Wen's face are heavy, he is in a very good mood now.

Humming the songs of the later generations, holding the roster in his mouth, he walked towards the hall with steady steps.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw a small figure, holding a rag in his hand, wiping the table on tiptoe.

Zhao Wen took a closer look, and it turned out to be Zhao Xiaoni.

"You doll, what are you doing here?" Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Xiaoni and asked in a low voice.

Zhao Xiaoni didn't notice that Zhao Wen came in, and was cleaning the table intently.

She was startled when she heard Zhao Wen's voice suddenly, and the rag in her hand fell to the ground.

Zhao Xiaoni hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said timidly to Zhao Wen: "Good morning, sir."

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Xiaoni who was kneeling on the ground, put the roster under his arm on the table next to him, and hurriedly helped her up.

"Who asked you to work?" Zhao Wen frowned.

A seven or eight-year-old girl, holding a huge rag, was standing next to the table, which was not as high as the table, so she could only stand on tiptoe and carefully wipe the edge of the table.

When Zhao Wen saw this, his heart suddenly became angry.Can a seven or eight-year-old girl do this kind of work?

"Did Zhou Shiqi ask you to do it? Didn't you?" Zhao Wen asked in a low voice with a sullen face.

With the continuous development of Zhao Wen, the number of servant girls in the garrison mansion also increased.

The number of people was too large, and Zhao Wen and Li Xiaoying had other things to do, so they couldn't handle it at all, so this week, Zhou Shiqi, a distant relative of Lao Liu, became the butler of the garrison mansion.Responsible for managing the subordinates in the mansion.

"Butler Zhou didn't ask me to do it, I wanted to do it myself." Zhao Xiaoni said bluntly.

"Master, it was the servant who asked her to do it. The master bought our mother and daughter, and we have to work. We can't let the master spend his money in vain." Zhao Xiaoni's mother came in from the outside, holding a rag in her hand, and walked towards Zhao Wenxing A salute, respectfully said.

"The child is a girl, why do these jobs?" Zhao Wen retorted.

A child of this age is exactly the age to act like a baby in the arms of his parents. Besides, these tasks are indeed a bit heavy for a child who has just had enough for a few days.

"No, I'm going to do it. The elder bought Xiaoni, and Xiaoni can't let the elder spend his money for nothing." Before Zhao Xiaoni's mother could speak, Zhao Xiaoni said with a stubborn face.

Zhao Wen scratched his head, and said helplessly, "I've convinced you, that's all right, don't do this for now, go and call Li Xiaoying over for me, I have something to ask her."

"Row!"

Zhao Xiaoni readily agreed, and then ran away quickly with two short legs.

The pigtails tied up on the head flicked and flicked.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Xiaoni who was leaving, shook his head helplessly, and then stood at the entrance of the hall.

And Zhao Xiaoni's mother took a rag and began to wipe the table that Zhao Xiaoni hadn't finished just now.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Li Xiaoying walked over slowly.

"Brother Zhao, what do you want from me?" Li Xiaoying looked at Zhao Wen's tired face and knew that Zhao Wen hadn't slept all night, so she said, "Brother Zhao, it's okay not to sleep this night. What's better than resting?" Is it important?"

Zhao Wen waved his hand, and said calmly: "For a big event, if this matter is done well, it may earn a lot of money every year."

"Okay, let's not talk about this. I heard from Zhao Daniu and the others that you didn't sleep at midnight last night?" Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaoying and asked in a low voice.

"Well, there are too many things going on in Longmen Castle right now. In addition to the many refugees you brought back, someone has to watch over everything. Otherwise, who knows if the hands and feet of those under him are clean or not." Li Xiaoying grew a little Tone, said in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)