Xiao Zhang felt that his eyes were very blurry, and he didn't know why he was here, and the beginning of dreams often had no beginning......

By the time the consciousness is awake, everything has already begun.

It's pitch black!

Xiao Zhang walked forward a little aimlessly, because not far ahead, the lights were bright......

A faint red light can be seen in the air.

Xiao Zhang ran to the lamplight.

I don't know how long I walked.

Almost in a circle, the place where the lights were shining in the sky finally appeared in front of Xiao Zhang's eyes.

It is a river, and on both sides of the river there are a large number of proposed sheds, and this shed is full of large and small porcelain kilns.

Xiao Zhang saw clearly this time, wasn't this the ancient kiln mouth he saw last time, and all of them were bread kilns.

That is, the ancient firewood kiln.

The firewood is burning, and every kiln is blazing.

A large number of craftsmen wore white scarves around their heads and white sweat cloths on their shoulders, and their upper bodies were covered with sweat due to the high temperature.

And these drops of sweat all flowed down the craftsman's body, forming obvious traces.

Xiao Zhang's body was able to be controlled by himself this time.

But the mind is a little confused.

Xiao Zhang stepped forward and looked at the ancient kiln mouth.

The craftsman immediately gathered around and smiled and said, "Who are you?"

Xiao Zhang stretched out his hand and said, "I want to see the porcelain in this kiln." ”

"Okay, please ......wait a minute," the craftsman at the head nodded at Xiao Zhang and said.

Xiao Zhang took a few steps back and stood by the river, this river stretched for a long time, and there was no end in sight, it was twisted and turned, and you could see that the fire had been disappearing in the distance.

Xiao Zhang seemed to remember a poem in the depths of his memory in his mind......

The landscape of 100 miles on both sides of the Ru River is full of fires......

Isn't this a true portrayal of what is happening in front of you?

Could it be that this is the Ru River in Ruzhou?

This is Ruzhou in the Song Dynasty?

Could it be that this scene in front of him is Xiao Zhang's reward?

Dream back to the Great Song Dynasty?

Xiao Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and continued to ask the craftsman.

"May I ask this eldest brother, is this river behind you the Ruzhou River?" Xiao Zhang asked.

"Yes, this is the Ruzhou River, why did the little brother say this?" said the craftsman, wiping the sweat from his forehead with the white cloth on his shoulder.

Xiao Zhang kept asking from the kiln mouth in front of him, "Then these kilns are fired with Ru porcelain?"

"Of course, little brother, this Ru porcelain is the glory of my Ruzhou!" said the craftsman with a smile.

It was a proud, simple smile.

Xiao Zhang saw that the firewood in the kiln was being extinguished.

"Is this about to open a kiln?" Xiao Zhang hurriedly asked.

"Yes, it has been fired for two days and one night, and the inside of this kiln is impermeable, the temperature is extremely high, and I think it has been fired. The craftsman said.

Xiao Zhang was suddenly filled with a sense of anticipation...... Being able to see the Ru porcelain kiln of the Song Dynasty in person is such a rare thing for a modern craftsman.

The craftsman stepped forward to look at the kiln, then walked back and invited Xiao Zhang to sit down and drink tea in the small shed on the side.

The craftsman poured a large bowl of tea for Xiao Zhang.

Xiao Zhang was also a little hot from the extremely high temperature of the furnace.

Immediately raised a large bowl and drank a large bowl of tea.

This tea of the Song Dynasty...... It doesn't smell good...... It's to quench your thirst.

"This big brother, what year is this?" Xiao Zhang asked.

"In the third year of Yuanyou, this Ru porcelain has just been established as tribute porcelain by today's saints, exclusively for royal use, so now we are particularly busy here, because the annual demand is very large, and the requirements are becoming more and more high-quality. The craftsman sighed.

Xiao Zhang nodded and secretly said that this third year of Yuan You is the most glorious time of Ru porcelain in the Song Dynasty, and the current saint is Song Zhezong, and his attitude towards Ru porcelain is also very friendly.

It can be said that the Ru kiln, the Ge kiln, the Ding kiln, the official kiln, and the Jun kiln, which were called the five famous kilns in later generations, are at this time when a hundred flowers bloom, and the Ru kiln is the leader......

"This big brother, when will your kiln be opened, the younger brother wants to take a look. Xiao Zhang said expectantly.

"It's going to be fine right now, now that the fire in the furnace has been extinguished, just wait for the temperature to drop a little," said the craftsman.

Then the craftsman continued: "You look at the Ru River stretching for hundreds of miles, and the surrounding local families in Ruzhou all make a living by firing Ru porcelain.

Xiao Zhang also nodded, this spectacular scene can only be seen in the Song Dynasty.

There have been so many dynasties in the ancient history of our country, and only the Song Dynasty was the most prosperous in terms of economy and culture.

Both export trade and foreign trade have reached a new height.

It's a pity that Xiao Zhang can't bear to say that such a prosperous era can only last for about twenty years......

Twenty years later, these kilns would be completely abandoned.

When the iron horsemen of the Jin set foot on the land of the Song Dynasty, it was when the glory of these porcelains was gone.

Xiao Zhang sighed, taking advantage of the current glory, let's imprint this beauty deeply in my mind.

Xiao Zhang drank another large bowl of tea, and watched more than a dozen workers push a cart past him, heading towards another kiln in the distance.

The workers' carts were loaded with firewood.

Now all the Ru kilns are firewood kilns, and they use firewood to burn for almost 30 hours without interruption.

This means that a large supply of firewood is required.

Unlike modern multi-purpose gas kilns for firing Ru porcelain, natural gas is continuously supplied.

Compared with the difficulty of burning porcelain in ancient times, the amount of work can be imagined.

And it's not easy to keep the temperature constant.

The burning temperature of this firewood is sometimes high, sometimes the temperature is low, and the burners need to make up for it in time, otherwise it is easy to extinguish the fire and cause the temperature difference to be too large.

Therefore, once this firewood kiln is burned, it really needs many people to watch it uninterruptedly...... Otherwise, this kiln will be too easy to scrap.

Xiao Zhang is also thinking that the probability of successful firing of this ancient Ru porcelain is too low, is there a certain reason for this?

That is, the poor control of the firewood kiln?

Gas kilns solve this problem.

The master craftsman looked at the mouth of the kiln not far away, then calculated the time and said, "Okay, you can open the kiln, little brother, let's go and have a look?"

Xiao Zhang hurriedly stood up and nodded, this dream, I don't know when I will wake up, many times it is when I am about to take a critical step, and the dream will wake up.

So as soon as he heard that the kiln was about to open, Xiao Zhang hurriedly walked over.

"Ready to open the kiln!" shouted the master craftsman.

Then he stepped forward and opened the door of the kiln with force.

Xiao Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and felt the opening of the Song Dynasty Ru porcelain up close!

As the door of the kiln was opened, it seemed to be a flash of blue light......