Chapter 197: Cold Spring

Su You asked: "What's wrong with the weather? Oh, by the way, there may be a solar eclipse on the first day of April. Hachigong, please greet the village without making a fuss."

Hachiko said: "That's not what you're talking about! Something is going to happen to Youwa. I guess there will be a bad spring this year!"

Su You smiled, Hachiko's estimate was consistent with the first batch of business information that arrived.

But what Hachigong didn't know was that the explosive growth of Meishan's economy last year had given the family a lot of food.

The former governor of the state was very happy. Because of his brilliant political achievements, he went to the north to get a high job. Before leaving, he completely filled the deficit. Not to mention that he built a new official warehouse at the dock, rented the dock, and put in great efforts in organization, and reaped a lot of benefits.

With the support of all the people, a group of refugees who had just finished eating rice with beef bone soup were crying and shouting, climbing on the board of the boat and calling Master Qingtian. This was truly sincere.

I’ve gained enough face!

The new magistrate came here with a sour face. The people of Meishan were difficult to treat, which was well known in the court. When he saw this situation, he quickly put down his body and humbly asked the elders for advice during the handover.

The old man just said that there is no need to do anything, just pay close attention to education, pay close attention to salt well taxation, and complete the naturalization of refugees. The Jiang Qing family will take care of the rest.

After speaking, he patted the junior on the shoulder: "I haven't lost a penny. Brother, am I interested in you? The little income from Guancang Pier is new, so I haven't joined the company yet. Therefore, I will take some of it to the new appointment to deal with the predecessor.

Deficit, hello, me, hello, everyone, you understand?"

Before the new magistrate could speak, the old magistrate said with a smile: "You're welcome. For those warehouses, brother, whether you want to join the government and be counted as a political achievement, or continue to maintain the status quo, it's all up to you! The whole thing is considered to be your new one.

Brother, I will never say anything!"

Xinzhizhou understood instantly, bowed deeply, and then asked the most critical question in one sentence: "Senior, what do you think is the most cost-effective?"

Old Zhizhou laughed loudly and said in a low voice: "According to me, Meishan's political achievements will still be improved in the next few years, so there is no need to be too fussy and treat your wife and children too little, right?"

Xinzhizhou is very satisfied with this exchange of benefits. Now even the Changping warehouse in Meizhou is full, and the envoy is being given money to spend. Due to changes in the diet structure and the introduction of a large number of pork dishes, there has been a decrease instead of an increase. Obviously, he has become fat.

Big Er, the hospitality from all parties has not diminished at all, but he has been given a reputation of being honest.

So in Su You's eyes, being late in the cold season was really nothing.

He is also from the countryside, so he knows how to cope with the late spring cold by planting new seedlings and transplanting rice seedlings to make up for it. The harvest will only be a month or two later than in previous years.

Seeing Su You disapproving of it, Hachiko became really anxious: "You baby! If the harvest is delayed by one month, it will cost people's lives!"

Su You was very confident about his efforts over the past year and a half: "Bagong, every household in Kelongli now has grain, chickens and ducks, and fish in the fields. The wine shop's grains are added to the fattening pigs in the pen."

Pigweed, and the family's grain is not consumed, how can there be a situation where the grain is in short supply? "

"Nowadays, in addition to eating the meat and eggs in our village, we also supply Fang Zhiwei Restaurant, dock stalls, school palace, Tududiao Primary School. Which family doesn't have some savings? This will cost people's lives. I'm afraid everyone in the Song Dynasty will die.

I must die."

Hachiko stamped his feet anxiously: "What about other prefectures and counties? You have never seen the scene where refugees rise up and cause chaos! I tell you, it is like locusts crossing the border!"

Su You took Hachigong's hand and sat down, comforting him: "Don't worry, Hachigong. The imperial court has set up Changpingcang for so many years. This is not a severe drought or flood. If it can't cope with it for a month, those warehouses will be replaced by warehouses."

Cao, we all deserve to be hanged!"

"Now that Academician Zhang is in Shu, he comes from the Department of Accountancy. The people around him must have warned him a long time ago. You, just take care of our Kelongli, enjoy peace of mind, and live a long life is the most important thing!"

Hachigong finally smiled: "That's right. Hachigong can take care of our Su family's stall so that we don't go hungry. Why do we have to worry so much? Last year, we harvested a lot of food from the 200 acres of family land."

"I'm also scared. This year's new rice is made from the rice seeds you brought back. The seeds grow larger than the rice seeds we have here, and the seedlings are also stronger. I think they are also stronger than ours..."

As soon as he said this, Su You jumped up in shock: "Ouch! I forgot about this!"

Growing up is of no use! Being strong is of no use! That thing comes from the southern tropics, and it may not be able to adapt to the cold spring weather!

Hachiko was confused: "Didn't you just say everything was fine?"

Su You said: "It's okay for others, but it might be really troublesome for us in Kelongli. Third brother, go call the people from the infrastructure team over, we have something to do!"

After everyone arrived, Su You began to organize and assign work.

To deal with the late spring cold, to put it bluntly, it is just a way of keeping warm.

I just want to make a glass column board for a longevity lamp, so let’s get it together.

Shi Da and Shi Fu were also called over. This was another systematic project.

If the glass plate is directly pressed, the flatness is difficult to control and there will be a lot of bubbles, so the float method must be used.

It sounds very grand, but it is actually completed by high-temperature glass solution in a tin bath filled with protective gas.

The molten glass flows from the crucible and floats on the surface of the relatively dense molten tin. Due to the effects of gravity and surface tension, the molten glass spreads and flattens on the surface of the tin. After cooling and hardening, it is pulled out of the tin bath.

After entering the annealing kiln, annealing and cutting, the flat glass products are obtained.

This year the Song Dynasty got more than 15,000 taels of gold, more than 219,000 taels of silver, more than 5 million jins of copper, 7.24 million jins of iron, more than 90,000 jins of lead, and 330,000 jins of tin.

.So it is not a problem for Shi Fu to build a tin bath.

But don't think about the assembly line, it's still a handicraft industry. The tin bath is made into the required size for the glass plate, the burned air is used in the combustion chamber for protective gas, and then a pot is burned, a few plates are poured into the kiln, and then sent to the annealing kiln.

Anneal slowly.

It goes without saying that the benefits of the float glass process are that there are no glass boils or bubbles in the finished product, the structure is tight and heavy, it feels smooth, the thickness is uniform, and the upper and lower surfaces are flat and parallel to each other...

The disadvantage is...it can only be made of boards.

Of course, it is impossible for Su You to use such precious things to build a greenhouse. The cost of solving the cold spring would be too high.

Take a few pieces of silk, spray it with water glass solution, and send it into the gas reaction chamber. What you get is a vitrified film.

This thing is very brittle and cannot be bent like plastic film, so wooden boards must be inserted in the rice field, the film must be framed, clamped with bamboo strips, spread on the wooden boards, and finally the joints must be sealed with mud.

The escape heat obtained from making glass will heat the water in the pipe outside the furnace, and the hot water can be put into the rice field to adjust the water temperature.

Just making do with it like this already makes Hachigong very distressed. A piece of silk is just money. If I had known it, I wouldn't have mentioned Chuhan, so I didn't have to waste a good thing.

Su You smiled and comforted Hachigong: "This insulation film can't only be used once. You can also use this method in the future to grow some cucumbers, eggplants, etc., so that you can eat summer vegetables in winter."

Hachiko burst out laughing: "What's wrong with me and my spirit? We are a land of abundance on the four sides of the Sichuan Gorge. We can't eat all the seasonal vegetables in all four seasons."

Well, this is true. Su You could only say: "Then you can cultivate tea saplings and borneol camphor saplings, which are also good things. Anyway, one thing can have many uses, so it can't be said to be a waste."

Hachiko thought for a while: "It would be a good idea to install windows in the winter, as they can let in light and keep out the wind."

Su You rolled his eyes: "You just can't guard against naughty children. They will poke a hole with your fingers. And I dare to assure all the heavenly masters that they will definitely poke a hole."

After speaking, he pointed to the plate glass in the tin bath: "The window, you have to rely on that..."
Chapter completed!