Chapter 4 Dazzling

"What is that little guy doing?" In Li's Mansion in Wuyang City, Li Yulong was asking about a flickering shadow beside him.

"It's all here." Shadow handed out a jade slip, which recorded all of Li Xian's performances.

After reading it, Li Yulong just said lightly: "It's still not doing business properly. Forget it, you can continue to protect him."

The shadow disappeared in an instant, as if it had never existed.

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In the afternoon of the next day, Li Xian summoned all the owners of the jade lamp workshop again. There were nearly sixty people in total, including those who purchased jade, cut jade, managed tools, and so on.

Seeing these people, Li Xian was a little excited, and his great career would start from here. Technology doesn’t need technology at the beginning, what it needs most is a solid foundation—the foundation is the most important thing.

Although there is a splendid civilization of practice here, it does not mean that it can be used directly. It must be digested and absorbed from the root. The development of science and technology needs to start from the very basics, starting from the ground.

Li Xian first swore to promise what he said yesterday; all the craftsmen also swore. For a while, everyone seemed happy. A few other workshops came to watch the excitement, many people didn't say anything, but they were still a little mocking in their hearts-who doesn't know Li Xian.

Li Xian also looked at the other workshops, but he smiled and laughed in his heart, take a look, take a look, take a look, I believe it won't take long, you will be envious. It is for you to see it, so that you can willingly join my chariot in the future.

That night, Li Xian called everyone to a meeting. Looking at nearly sixty pairs of expectant eyes around him, and Li Youwei who squeezed over with a stern face, Li Xian finally delivered a formal speech.

"I know that everyone has a lot of confusion, and I also know that everyone is a little nervous. But some things are not said, but done. Please give me a month, and I will let you see a different jade lantern workshop.

For the time being, the master of the jade lamp workshop is still the teacher Sun Ming.

But I will also pay attention, and give rewards, punishments, and promotions to everyone based on their respective performances and abilities. Ladies and gentlemen, from now on, your future is in your own hands.

Now I announce the first plan. roughly divided into three sections.

First, integrate sculpture and art into colored lights. Among them, it is necessary to study lights of different colors and different brightnesses, and it is necessary to study jade, crystal and other spiritual materials for sculpture.

Second, study the glass craft. There are actually only three main components of colored glaze: quartz, alkali, and lime; however, there are also advanced formulas, such as quartz, alkali, and calcite, or adding fluorite and saltpeter. We will discuss this later. In addition, in order to make our glass more noble and unique, I decided to change the name to: glass (no laughing).

Third, set up a research team. Responsible for researching formations, glass formulas, etc.

The first and second items are implemented first; the third item, I personally implement and screen. As long as you are selected to join the research team, you will be rewarded with one tael of silver every day. "

Shua... Hearing the reward of one tael of silver, even the old master Sun Ming's eyes lit up.

On the third day, Li Xian personally presided over the operation of the workshop; but like all enterprises, he encountered a difficulty on the first day-the array. The original formation is engraved on both ends of the jade, just reverse it. But if you make a three-foot-sized lotus lamp, you can't buckle the lotus over, that would be too funny.

The first difficulty in making colored lanterns is the transformation of formations.

"Extend a certain loop in the formation to make it a switch that can be turned off at will?"

"That will destroy the formation." Sun Ming very much refuted Li Xian's unrealistic idea.

Sure enough, in the first trial, Li Xian failed with honor.

Sun Ming shook his head: "It's not that the formation cannot be changed, but it cannot be changed casually. Every corner of the formation and the length, thickness, and depth of each trace are strictly regulated. The reason why we made the cylindrical jasper lamp before is that Formation is also very important.

If you want to change the formation, you must have a deep formation foundation. "

Li Xian didn't answer, but was thinking: Everything has its foundation and rules, and this formation must be the same. As long as you master the basic rules, you should be able to design formations casually. Just like software!

But if you want to sum up the laws of the formation, you must start from the most fundamental: one yuan, two instruments, three talents, four images, five elements, Liuhe, seven stars, eight trigrams, nine palaces, and ten absolutes. This will be a very complicated task.

"No, this jasper lamp only involves a small formation, there should be an easier method! By the way, do this!"

Do it as soon as you think of it, dye all the jasper lamps that have been made with ink, and roll them on the paper, leaving a series of traces in this way. One after another, Li Xian and Sun Ming began to compare each other.

"Here... here... and here..." Li Xian became more and more excited, and finally found the pattern. This formation is not impossible to change, but it cannot be changed casually. Each formation has several "modules", and there are lines between the modules; the modules cannot be changed, but the linked lines can be changed appropriately.

"It can only be changed appropriately?" Li Xian frowned and thought. Sun Ming next to him saw Li Xian thinking, and felt a little emotional for a moment: It really is the prodigal son who has turned back!

Thinking of this, Sun Ming suddenly stretched out his hand and drew two parallel lines, extending from the center and the edge of the formation respectively; "Xiaoxian, this is a pattern that the old man accidentally discovered back then. These two lines will interfere with the formation and make the formation more difficult. The formation cannot work. But as long as any one line is cut off, the formation can be restored. If two lines are cut at the same time while the formation is in operation, the entire formation will be destroyed."

Li Xian was stunned for a long time, then suddenly yelled, "Damn it, this is the grounding wire!"

"Grounding wire? Where is it grounded?" Sun Ming was full of doubts.

"Haha, it's called the grounding wire. From now on, these two wires will be called the grounding wire. One is called the positive pole and the other is called the negative pole. Teacher, students can't take advantage of you. I announce that I will give you 5% of your net profit as a reward." .”

Li Xian donated 5% of his 80% profit to Sun Ming. Sun Ming's two simple strokes made Li Xian truly touch the threshold of changing the world of formations. Most importantly, this little "switch" is of great significance, and the entire technological system cannot do without the existence of switches!

"This..." Sun Ming was stunned for a moment. As a master craftsman, how could he not know how much 5% of the net profit represents? It should be at least 25 taels of gold, 250 taels of silver, and 250,000 copper plates! And two copper coins can buy a catty of japonica rice. That's a lot of money.

"Teacher, you can continue with peace of mind. If you don't accept it, others will not dare to accept the reward in the future." Li Xian was very happy to send it off. Haha, with this reward, I don't believe that the rest of the people don't work hard——models, role models.

Solving the most fundamental problem, the jade lamp does not need to be turned upside down, and a switch can be drawn out, a switch as convenient as a circuit. In this way, more exquisite jade lanterns can be designed, and this kind of grounding line idea is also effective in other formations.

And the glass technology was quickly solved with the help of Li Xian and fellow practitioners. It has to be said that although these cultivators only have three or four layers of cultivation, or five or six layers of cultivation, they are practitioners after all, with spiritual consciousness. With everyone's efforts, the glassware was blown out in just three days.

The colorful glass products immediately convinced Sun Ming and others; at the same time, Li Youwei was also impressed.

The finished glass is not only beautiful, smooth and translucent, and rich in color, but also has a seamless texture, and it is impossible to use spiritual knowledge to detect components, processes, etc. Therefore, as long as the glass making method is kept secret, wow... I get excited just thinking about it.

Perhaps the only problem is that glass, like stone, has no spirituality and cannot replace jade.

The formation is solved, and the glass is also solved; the rest are all minor difficulties. Finally, two months after Li Xian came to the Jasper Lantern Workshop, the Jasper Lantern Workshop was completely transformed into a lantern factory, and everyone produced more than 500 colorful lanterns, large and small.

More than 500 colorful lanterns were lit in the Lijia Workshop compound, and everyone was stunned for a while.

The big one tells the story of the seven fairies. Each fairy sculpture holds a colorful and splendid lotus lantern with different postures in its hands, and the dazzling jasper platform is under its feet. The whole sculpture is eight feet high and one foot in radius. Made of glass, crystal clear. Moreover, the glass is wrapped in jade, which also hides the pattern of the formation very well, and it cannot be disassembled, so at least it can be kept secret for a period of time.

The small art lamps are the size of a fist, in the shape of flowers, water droplets, birds, and cute little squirrels, all of which are lifelike.

And in addition to the art lamp, there is a great invention - the flashlight; well, its name here is "Night Running Light".

Also, since there is glass, of course the mirror will play grandly! There is also a telescope, but this one is sealed, and the good things are put on the shelf.

Everyone at Jasper Lantern is cheering; any fool can see the business opportunity.

But facing the excited Li Youwei, Li Xian said something surprising: "Third Uncle, I'm going to make a loss-making deal!"