Chapter 716

Wu Mei Niang woke up and felt refreshed. She suddenly jumped up from the bed and exclaimed, "how long have I slept?"

"Not more than six hours!" the voice of purple came from one side.

"Six hours? No! I'm afraid it's too late!" Wu Meiniang looked anxious and was ready to run out.

Purple clothes pressed Wu Meiniang down and said, "don't worry. The glass used for making mirrors in Mojia village today is escorted by Uncle Zhang, the best craftsman in the village. He's here. I'm sure I can't miss you!"

"Grandpa Zhang?" Wu Meiniang was stunned. Although she had just joined the Mojia village, she had heard a lot about Lao Zhang tou's reputation. Naturally, she knew that Lao Zhang tou was the most skilled craftsman in the Mojia village.

Under the supervision of Ziyi, Wu Meiniang finished washing and ate something before she was released.

"Grandpa Zhang!" Wu Meiniang came to the backyard and saw Lao Zhang already waiting there. She quickly shouted sweetly.

"Mei Niang is so old," Lao Zhang replied hurriedly. Wu Mei Niang is a disciple of Merton, and her status in Mojia village is naturally respected.

"Uncle Zhang, Meiniang is my disciple. It's right to call you Grandpa." Merton's voice came.

"Master!"

"Young master!"

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The crowd saluted one after another.

Merton waved and said, "don't be polite. Business matters."

Lao Zhang took a small piece of glass and handed it to Merton. He said, "please look, young master. This is the flattest glass made by Mojia village. It will certainly satisfy the young master."

Merton picked up the glass and felt it carefully. It is really much better than the previous flat glass, which has reached the level of making mirrors.

Merton nodded and said, "then try to make a mirror by the way Meiniang makes a mirror."

"Yes, master!" Wu Meiniang said excitedly, telling Lao Zhang about her previous discoveries one by one.

Lao Zhang said, "don't worry, Meiniang. The silver is very soft and easy to polish. I'm sure Lao Zhang can make it soon."

"Thank you, Grandpa Zhang!" Wu Meiniang thanked. At the same time, she handed over the silver in her hand. Wu Meiniang naturally wanted to make the first mirror with her own things.

Lao Zhang took it, picked up the tool in his hand and forged it slowly.

Jingling, with Lao Zhang's superb forging skills, a piece of silver was slowly knocked into a thin layer of silver. What makes people marvel is that although it is forged, the surface of the silver is as smooth as a mirror.

"Uncle Zhang's craftsmanship is really superb!" Merton couldn't help but praise him. In terms of craftsmanship, Lao Zhang Tou is indeed the best craftsman in the world.

"Old, some useless!" Lao Zhang touched his head with sweat, modest in his mouth, but showed an extremely proud expression on his face.

Lao Zhang's head flipped in his hand. Without any tools, he cut the silver piece into a round piece two or three times, picked up a glass lens of similar size and pasted it. It was even the same.

"Mei Niang, please see if you are satisfied." Lao Zhang handed Wu Mei Niang the glass pasted with silver. Wu Mei Niang took it and was stunned. The silver and lenses tightly pasted together unexpectedly showed an incredible reaction and reflected her own clear image.

"It's a miracle!" Lao Zhang couldn't help exclaiming. He had made bronze mirrors, but even the image of the bronze mirror might not be even one tenth clear in front of the silver mirror.

"This is the real mirror!" Wu Meiniang looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help exclaiming.

All the people in the ink house watched one after another and saw their faces in the silver mirror. They couldn't help showing a curious look. I'm afraid they saw their faces so clearly for the first time.

"Please comment!"

Wu Meiniang picked up the silver mirror and respectfully handed it to Merton.

"Really good! You pass." Merton looked at the clear image in the silver mirror and nodded with satisfaction.

When Wu Meiniang heard Merton's approval, she couldn't help showing an excited look. However, before she was happy for too long, she listened to Merton continue: "although it is better than bronze mirrors, there are many shortcomings."

"Please give me some advice!" Wu Meiniang said respectfully.

Merton pointed to the faint trace of the silver sheet behind the glass and said, "although Uncle Zhang's craftsmanship is superb, there is still a gap between the silver sheet and the glass, which directly affects the clarity, and it is inevitable to enter foreign bodies in the future. The longer you use it, the worse the effect."

In the history of mirror manufacturing, metal mirrors dominated by silver mirrors have been popular for many years. However, their biggest disadvantage is that they are used for too long, and water vapor will enter, which greatly affects the clear effect.

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "maybe you can set the copper mirror to be removable to clean up foreign matters."

Lao Zhang nodded. This is really a way, and it's not difficult to operate.

"In addition, there is a more serious disadvantage, that is, expensive! Do you know how much a bronze mirror is worth and how much silver you have just made." Merton pointed to the few silver pieces left.

"Ah!" Wu Mei Niang could not help but cover her mouth and said heartache.

The bronze mirror is made of pure copper. It is only worth a hundred Wen copper coins. However, the silver piece made by Lao Zhang tou just now cost nearly one or two silver. Coupled with the value of glass, I'm afraid it's much more expensive than copper mirrors.

Expensive and defective! Wu Meiniang had to admit that the silver mirror she designed had great defects.

"Maybe Mojia village can solve the problem of too much money," Lao Zhang said suddenly.

"Hmm?" the crowd couldn't help looking at Lao Zhang's head.

"In recent days, Lao Zhang has been studying machinery. Together, using machinery can really do things beyond the reach of human beings, and save time, labor and money." Lao Zhang is not a stubborn person, and he naturally sees the convenience of machinery.

"Silver is soft and easy to forge. Tieping can make a machine for stamping silver sheets. In this way, the silver sheets can be thinned as much as possible, so as to save costs." Lao Zhang said solemnly. To make a mirror, you only need a silver sheet as the bottom. An inch thick silver sheet has the same effect as a silver sheet as thin as a cicada's wing, but the cost is very different. However, by hand, It is impossible to make a silver sheet as thin as a cicada's wing. Only stamping machinery is possible.

Merton could not help but look at Lao Zhang's head with satisfaction. Lao Zhang could take the initiative to think of using machinery, which was a very rare change for Mojia village.

Merton nodded, "in that case, it's Tieping's job to make silver mirrors as a new industry in Mojia village."

"Young master, wise!" all the people in the Mohist family were surprised. Such a clear mirror appeared in the market and must directly crush the bronze mirror. There is an extra source of wealth in the Mohist village.

"Mei Niang, as the inventor of silver mirror, enjoys half of her membership." Merton's words surprised humanity.

"Half a member!" the crowd suddenly exclaimed, looking at Wu Meiniang with surprised eyes.

You should know that such a mirror has appeared, which must be popular in the Tang Dynasty. What a huge fortune half members will make. Now all this wealth belongs to a ten-year-old girl.

"Master, this is too much! I can't afford it." although Wu Meiniang doesn't understand, she knows that it must be a huge fortune.

"You deserve it, and so will the children of Mohism in the future. Whoever invented the ink technology will enjoy half of the benefits of this technology." Merton said positively.

"Young master, wise!"

The Mohist people believe that as soon as the policy of Mohist village comes out, countless Mohist children will compete to develop Mohist technology. All along, Mohist village's innovative technology has been supported by Merton alone. With this incentive method, I believe that there will be a second Mohist and a third Mohist in the future Mohist Village

"It's an honor for Mei Niang to help the master. She really doesn't dare to ask for too much." Wu Mei Niang was at a loss. From everyone's mouth, he has gradually understood what a huge fortune this half member is.

Merton laughed and said, "you look down on being a teacher too much. How can you be a teacher? How can you use your mirror as a bride price."

Wu Meiniang looked at Merton with a surprised look on her face and said, "could it be that the master has made a magic mirror!"

"This is nature!" Merton nodded proudly. Of course, what he did was not a common silver crossing mirror in later generations. Even if he wanted to achieve it with the current technology, his technology was the tin amalgam method in the transitional stage.