Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 652 Glass Raw Material Blast Furnace to County

The next day, New Year's Eve.

Birds were chirping, and rays of sunlight were shining through the window paper into the house, leaving no specks of dust unnoticed.

Shen Zheng emerged from the quilt with messy hair and rubbed her head in annoyance.

The county government office was very lively last night. By the end of the New Year's Eve dinner, the four tables seemed to have merged into one, with no distinction between one table and another. The dishes were clearly exactly the same and they were all being exchanged back and forth.

Shen Zheng didn't know what they were exchanging for, but she knew that even she, who never drank, ended up drinking two glasses of fruit wine.

The fruit wine was not spicy at all, but rather sweet, but she knew that it would have a lasting effect, so she deliberately did not drink too much and returned to her room sober.

I don't know why, but my head still hurt when I woke up this morning.

Shen Zheng sat on the bed and relaxed for a while, attributing the cause to the cold wind last night.

Before she got out of bed, there was a knock on the door. Yu Nanshu asked softly, "Sister Shen, are you awake?"

The little girl has all gotten up, but she hasn’t!

Shen Zheng quickly picked up her outer robe and said, "I'm up, but what's the matter?"

"The sister from the next county is here." Through the paper on the door, Shen Zheng saw Yu Nanshu's little head getting closer and closer: "She also brought a lot of things. Do you think she is here to give you a gift again?"

"The Fifth Tanwei is here?" Shen Zheng dressed faster. "It's not a gift. I asked her to help me find something."

Yu Nanshu said, "Oh——" and said, "I'll wait for you outside. I brought you breakfast!"

Judging from what she said, I'm afraid she has already visited Pei's stall.

Shen Zheng cleaned her hands faster and faster.

......

In the front hall of the county government office, Diwu Tanwei was sitting in casual clothes, looking outside the hall from time to time.

Finally, Shen Zheng's hurried figure appeared in her sight. Before she could speak, she heard Shen Zheng, who had just stepped into the front hall, say, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Not long." Diwu Tanwei looked at her hair that was casually tied up and said with a smile, "Today is New Year's Eve, and the government office has been sealed. I came too early and disturbed your rest."

This is the art of speaking.

Shen Zheng smiled awkwardly, looked at the three carriages parked in the yard, and asked directly: "Have you found all the things?"

"I have found them all." Diwu Tanwei was very confident: "According to the list, they are all in the carriage. Do you want to see them?"

Shen Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Wait a moment, I will go find Lord Liang."

Just as he finished speaking, a figure came from the doorway against the light. Liang Fu looked even more excited than Shen Zheng. He came up and asked, "Fifth Chief Clerk, have you gathered all the things?"

The fifth Tanwei answered again obediently.

"Okay!" Liang Fuyi clapped his hands, looking determined to get Liuli: "Let's take a look first! Grind what needs to be polished, and dry what needs to be dried!"

Shen Zheng had already given him the glass calcining process, which required a lot of pre-processing. Although the Salt and Iron Bureau had not yet delivered the furnace, they could prepare in advance from now on to avoid chaos when the time comes.

The three of them stopped in front of the first carriage. The driver lifted the sackcloth and saw wooden boxes stacked one on top of another on the carriage. From the looks of it, they knew they were not light.

The Fifth Tanwei held the "purchase order" in his hand and introduced them one by one: "The carriage is loaded with mostly white sand, except for the two boxes at the rear of the carriage, which are filled with fluorite."

After her introduction, the driver came forward and pried open the wooden lid, and Shen Zheng and Liang Fu went up to "inspect the goods".

White sand is finer and smoother to the touch, and can also refract a certain amount of light under the sun.

It is undeniable that the raw materials found by the Fifth Tanwei are all of high quality selected according to Shen Zheng’s requirements.

The stuff was good, so there was no need to inspect it too much. In just an incense stick of time, Shen Zheng and the others had finished checking the goods in the first two carriages.

When Shen Zheng looked at the third carriage, his expression became strange.

She had just checked the raw materials she had asked Diwu Tanwei to find, and the goods were all ready. This last carriage...could it be that Yu Nanshu was right?

Liang Fu obviously thought the same thing as Shen Zheng, but he was more straightforward and asked directly, "Fifth Chief Clerk, isn't this the last carriage we asked you to find?"

"Lord Liang has good eyesight." The Fifth Explorer smiled and said directly, "This is the New Year gift I brought to Lord Shen. Today is New Year's Day, so I feel embarrassed to visit empty-handed."

Look at the way she said it, it was clearly Shen Zheng who asked her for help, but she made it seem like Shen Zheng had helped her.

The carriage was also covered with cloth, so Shen Zheng couldn't see what was inside. But how could the item sent by Diwu Tanwei be just an ordinary one?

It can’t be taken back. It really can’t be taken back.

Just as she was thinking about how to refuse, there was a sudden bustle outside the gate of the county government office. Shen Zheng and others turned around and saw a four-horse carriage appearing in front of the gate of the county government office.

It was probably because the objects pulled by the carriage were too heavy, which caused the driver to pull the reins extremely carefully and not dare to stop suddenly.

"It can't be such a coincidence?" Shen Zheng blinked and looked at Liang Fu.

Liang Fu couldn't see clearly what was being carried on the carriage.

But just looking at the four horses pulling the carriage, he felt, "It seems like such a coincidence that they are here just before the New Year."

As soon as the voice fell, two figures, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, walked into the county government office one after the other. Shen Zheng and Liang Fu looked at each other, both with joy in their eyes: "The furnace is really here."

Before the two of them could go over, Fang Qizheng came over with Fat Maitreya and said in a deep voice, "Master Shen, the things you want are ready."

Diwu Tanwei looked at Fang Qizheng, then at Shen Zheng, and after pondering for a moment, he said goodbye.

I’m afraid she won’t be able to give this gift today.

It just so happens that I can come again on the first day of the new year.

......

Shen Zheng had thought about it before, how Fang Qi should transport the blast furnace over, and today she understood.

The blast furnace was not placed directly on the carriage. Instead, wooden sticks as thick as thighs were placed around the furnace to hold the blast furnace in the middle, so that everyone could work together to carry the blast furnace up and down.

But the blast furnace was not finally placed in the county government office, but was placed in the Yinfang area according to Shen Zheng's wishes.

——The printing house is spacious, has few buildings, is not far from the county government office, and is guarded by its own people, making it the perfect place to store the furnace.

The blast furnace fell to the ground with a dull "bang".

Only then did Shen Zheng have time to take a closer look at the huge furnace - a barrel-shaped behemoth that was pitch black in color and exuded the unique chill of iron.

It is not entirely true to call it a "giant beast". Compared with the blast furnaces she knew about in her previous life, this simple small blast furnace is probably only as big as the foot support of a large blast furnace.

But for Shen Zheng at this moment, it is enough.

Compared with the drawings she gave Fang Qi Zheng, the appearance is exactly the same, but she doesn't know what the internal functions are.

"Try burning it?" Shen Zheng looked at Fang Qizhen.

"......" Fang Qi was silent for a moment, and then he made a final struggle: "Today is New Year's Eve."

It’s good enough that he can deliver it, why do you want to burn it again?