"Ah, Mr. Moller, are you here?" Old Al saw Alphonse entering the door, and quickly stepped forward to greet him: "Half of the plate glass you want has been made, and I will send it to you this afternoon."<

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"Is this done?" Alphonse walked over and picked up an oval glass plate. It was okay. There were no bubbles or cracks. It looked very transparent, but I didn't know whether it was flat or not...

"Yes, a total of thirteen pieces have been made, but they haven't been polished yet, and I'm worried about losses, so I'll make a few more as spares." Old Alga said with a smile, Alphonse said he wanted the best, and money is not an issue.

, so he planned to turn the 10 glass plates Alphonse asked for into 20. The price was also based on the bottle, and there was no discount at 2 livres apiece!

"Why not just pour liquid glass onto the template and flatten it?" Alphonse asked.

"Look what you said, this glass will have bubbles as soon as it is poured out. You can only blow the bottle, otherwise it will just be a cake." Arga replied with a smile.

"Al, your workshop doesn't have much business anymore. Let me buy it. You set a price and I will still hire you as a master craftsman." Alphonse smiled and said: "You refused to agree last time, so I had to go

I hired a group of ceramic craftsmen, but when I hire glass craftsmen next time, you will have no business."

"This... Master Aotong came to me and asked me to join his chamber of commerce." Old Al said awkwardly: "I owe him a lot of favors, so I have no choice but to agree."

"Mr. Francis? That's okay. His chamber of commerce will soon join my chamber of commerce." Alphonse also didn't expect Francis to be so fast. He immediately went deep into all walks of life in Calais and began to recruit people to join him, but this time

It also shows the influence of local snakes in the local area. He is a big customer, and he has been looking for old Al several times. This guy is unwilling to sell himself to work for him, but Francis gets it as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Mr. Francis following you?" Old Al looked confused.

"It turns out that we also have bubbles when we cast cannons. The solution is very simple, just open a pipe at the bottom of the furnace and pour the molten liquid, so there will be no bubbles." Alphonse made a small suggestion.

"Is that so? Then we need to renovate the furnace, which will cost a lot of money." Old Al began to feel reluctant to part with it.

Alphonse didn't say anything. After Old Al's workshop joined the Freemasonry, he immediately took it out and transformed it into a large glass factory. Some made glass utensils, and some specialized in making mirrors! Thinking of this, he asked again

Said: "If you blow the bottle like this, how big can you make it?"

"This is the biggest one. I blew it many times before but it was not full. I had no choice but to add more ingredients and then push it full with the iron shaft." Old Al said helplessly. This Mr. Moller does not take people seriously.

Man, you still want to get a bigger bottle to blow yourself?

"Should I add more money?" Alphonse asked again.

"Uh...how much?" Old Al swallowed and asked.

"How much do these cost?" Alphonse asked, pointing to the finished glass panels.

"2 livres, don't think it's too expensive. Although you only saw the tablet, you also saw that I am a bottle blower, so it has to be calculated according to the bottle..." Old Al kept chattering.

"I can offer up to 5 livres. How big can you give me?" Alphonse asked.

"Huh?" Old Al opened his eyes wide, swallowed hard, and then reluctantly said: "I can blow a bottle twice as big, but I don't know how big it can be."

Alphonse thought for a while and realized that he could only blow the bottom up to one-third larger. It was impossible to make large pieces of glass by doing this alone; but he didn't understand float glass either. He could try it in the future, but

For now, forget it. He nodded and shook his head. After thinking for a while, he said: "Let's do this for now. I'll take these back first, and you can continue to brag about it. I'll use it. I'll see if I need to add another order later. You don't have to."

It’s worn, it’s worn so I can’t use it.”

"Hey, okay, you can take it away." Old Al immediately knew that since it was flat glass and not polished, he must be trying to tinker with the mirror. Could it be that Mr. Francis would really partner with him in business, so he came to buy him?

workshop? Didn’t you make a big loss? Your good first-hand partner turned into working for the Aotong family?!

Holding thirteen pieces of glass, Alphonse took the carriage back to the house and asked Alfred to find himself a candle, a large ceramic soup basin, a tripod, copper pliers with wooden handles, cotton cloth, tin foil, and tin

Ding went to the wasteland in the backyard and started his first mirror-making business.

Put the soup pot on the tripod, light the candle and start to burn it. Then put some pieces of tinfoil on it. When the tinfoil begins to melt into tin water, Alphonse puts in the tin ingot and continues to melt it.

Lay the cotton cloth on the ground, use copper pliers to try to clamp the glass and place it on the cotton cloth.

After trying several times to get the strength right, the tin ingots melted. Alphonse used a copper spoon to remove the floating film and continued to add tin ingots. After several attempts, half of the soup basin was filled with extremely pure tin water.

After that, he held the first piece of glass and scraped it diagonally from the edge to apply a layer of tin water.

The result was very embarrassing. The tin didn't stick at all, and most of the tin water fell directly down. Alphonse had to hang it a second time, a third time, and a full six times before he hung all the tin water on one side of the glass.

After it cooled down slightly, I spread it on the cotton cloth and went up to try to look in the mirror.

The mirror was indeed formed, but first of all, Alphonse chose the piece of glass that looked the most uneven, so it did become a funny mirror. In addition, because the glue was hung too many times and the thickness was uneven, the texture of the tin film on it was clear.

In other words, it is absolutely beautiful...

Don't worry, go up to the second piece of glass. This time, Alphonse has experience in how to hang the glue. First, soak it for a while and let the sides hang the glue. Then, after the edge is successfully glued, slowly change and shake the glue.

The amplitude ensures that when the liquid level is finally raised, the entire mirror surface is formed by hanging the paste at one time!

It is still an undeniable fun mirror, but the angle is not so obvious, and at least the central part is not deformed. In addition, the texture of the glue is very small, and only some wrinkles appear in its place. This made Alphonse think about it for a while before he understood: thermal expansion.

The reason for cold shrinkage is that the solution has condensed before it flows out completely, so it wrinkles.

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As a last resort, Alphonse could only patiently fumble and make mirrors again and again. It was not until the ninth time that he made a successful mirror: an elliptical mirror that is flat without curvature, has no texture on the paste, and has a clear mirror image without deformation!

"Ann, your gift is here." Alphonse breathed a sigh of relief and quickly wrapped it in cotton cloth and put it aside. After thinking about it, he put out the candle and personally escorted the successful mirror to the place.

I locked up my study and then came back to continue making new mirrors.

After all, it has been successful once, and the successful experience is enough to greatly improve the success rate of the subsequent ones. The first one was not successful until the ninth one, but the last four mirrors were successful for three, which was even far beyond his expectations. You know

, he was even mentally prepared to succeed with just one of these thirteen mirrors...

"It seems that tin amalgam is no longer useful." Alfons couldn't help but sigh. He stood up and thought about those mirrors with textures. Should he try tin amalgam? After all, it will melt away the excess tin water!<

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"Mr. Alfred, come and have these two mirrors sent to Desai's house and Morty's house respectively, but don't tell them that I made them." Alphonse ran over holding the three successful mirrors at the back.

, then handed out two mirrors, and continued: "Put the other one away for me. If I make a new mirror later, give it to Armand; if I don't, just pretend it's nothing."

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"Okay, sir." Alfred didn't expect Alphonse to actually tinker with the mirror: "Won't you leave a piece for Miss An?"

"I've kept the first piece." Alphonse waved his hand and continued: "Oh, you don't need to give the third piece to Armand, just give it to Yasuo. His grandson is about to be born. This is a birthday gift."
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Alfred felt that if Armand were here, he would be angry at Alphonse's attitude! Such a fine mirror costs 150 livres in Venice, and Alphonse gave it to a child as a pawn.

A birthday gift, and I didn’t even give it to him!

"By the way, do the people from the manor have any blacksmith or tinsmith apprentices?" Alphonse asked again. The manor has its own blacksmith and tinsmith. After all, some commonly used farm tools, iron pots and tinware still depend on others.

Self-produced and supplied.

"There is a tinsmith apprentice." Alfred nodded and replied. He originally wanted this apprentice to help Alphonse, but Alphonse did it himself: "I asked him to go there in the morning.

I bought some utensils to help you. You are using pliers, copper spoons and even crucibles from the kitchen, and there is no leather apron, which is very dangerous."

"Okay, he'll be here soon. Ask him to help me in the backyard." Alphonse nodded and went to get the mercury, preparing to use tin amalgam on two pieces of glass with flat panels but poor tin-hanging.

Mirror-making method to turn waste into treasure...

"Master, are you looking for me?" A young man in his early 20s came in carrying a small bag and two leather skirts. To his surprise, Alphonse knew this guy!

"Zach?" Alphonse was stunned for a moment. Isn't this one of Alphonse's former followers?

"Hehe." Zach scratched his head, handed the leather apron to Alphonse and said with a smile: "Sir, when you went to Amiens to study, I went to be an apprentice to old Wardman (the manor's tinsmith).

If you are recruiting workers this time, I will be here right away."

"Come on, let me re-melt the tin from these waste glasses." Alphonse pointed to the remaining seven pieces of flat glass that were determined to be waste products.

"Ah? Oh." Zach quickly stepped forward and began to take out the things he had brought, a small crucible, two large and small copper tongs and two stone spoons. He also put on a leather apron, tied up his sleeves, and

Alphonse took down the soup basin that was placed on the tripod together with the tin water on it, replaced it with his own small crucible and said: "Look at mine, look at what I have learned over the years... Isn't this a mirror? Master, Rong

Already?"

"It's melted, no more." Alphonse waved his hand.

"This... this is very good!" Zach pointed at the useless mirror and said: "Although it is unevenly attached, it can be repaired. I burned it and then scraped it flat?"

"No need, the glass is not good." Alphonse waved his hand and said: "After melting it, I will take the glass to the glass workshop to return it."

"Ah? Oh." Zach then put the glass on top of the small crucible with heartache, held a candle with copper tongs and began to heat the side of the glass without tin, and the melted tin water began to remain.
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