As mentioned earlier, if Xiao Likai agrees to this work, his and his personal freedom will be limited to a certain extent, including his family will also be monitored, and may even be in danger.

Meng Zitao said some serious consequences that may occur, and hoped that Xiao Likai would think about it carefully and not rush to make a decision.

Xiao Likai smiled and waved his hand, and only said one sentence: "I believe in you." ”

The simple four words expressed Xiao Likai's trust in himself, Meng Zitao was very moved in his heart, and said with a smile: "Master Xiao, I thank you for your trust, but this is a major decision, I suggest that you discuss it with your family, at least let them be mentally prepared." ”

Xiao Likai did not agree: "Don't tell them this kind of thing, if you tell them, you will be cranky, and sometimes ignorance is a blessing." I just want to ask, after I say yes, will it affect their daily lives?"

"No, they usually only listen to their communications and the like, they are very difficult to detect, and if there is a suspicious situation, they will use personnel to follow them. ”

Meng Zitao said: "Also, remind you in advance that the management of the kiln factory will be stricter at that time." ”

Xiao Likai smiled and said, "I don't have a problem with this. ”

Meng Zitao was also glad that he didn't have to waste time, and then re-signed an agreement with Xiao Likai.

"Mr. Meng, can I see the information now?" Xiao Likai was a little impatient.

"Yes. Meng Zitao took out the materials he was carrying and handed them to Xiao Likai.

Xiao Likai wiped his hands, and then solemnly took the information and looked at it carefully.

After a moment, Xiao Likai came back to his senses from his contemplation: "According to the records on the data, the dragon kiln may be used to fire this kind of porcelain. ”

There are four typical types of porcelain kilns in firewood kilns, dragon kiln, steamed bread kiln, gourd kiln and town kiln.

First of all, the dragon kiln, the characteristic of the dragon kiln is that it is long, it is built according to the hillside, its shape is like a dragon, so it is called the dragon kiln, it is the longest fifty or sixty meters, so it has a large amount of fire, the temperature rises quickly, the heat utilization rate is high, and it is widely used in the Song and Yuan dynasties.

However, due to resources and other reasons, when Meng Zitao and Xiao Likai first discussed, they did not use the dragon kiln, but the improved gourd kiln during the Ming Dynasty.

The full name of the gourd kiln should be the gourd-shaped kiln, the gourd-shaped kiln in the Ming Dynasty, there was a very famous scientist named Song Yingxing in the Ming Dynasty, he wrote a book, which was mentioned in the textbooks of our middle school, called Tiangong Kaiwu.

The book of Tiangong Kaiwu contains an illustration of the gourd kiln of the porcelain capital, and the illustration of the gourd kiln also makes a text description, how does it say? The fire is sufficient for 12 hours, and the ancients have 12 hours for an hour and two hours, that is, they have to burn for 24 hours, and when the fire is fired for 10 hours, the fire is burned at the kiln door and the fire chamber for 20 hours.

The fire was attacked from below, and then the skylight threw firewood for two hours. The fire is from above. It has the characteristics of the steamed bread kiln and the characteristics of the dragon kiln, because the dragon kiln is also in the firewood hole on both sides of the kiln body, it has two gourd shapes, one large and one small, and is like two steamed bread kilns connected, so it is called a gourd kiln.

The gourd kiln is the original creation of the porcelain kiln, and this gourd kiln has been burned from the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than 300 years. Judging from the excavated kiln site, the imperial kiln factory is in use, and the people are also using it, and it is blooming everywhere, and this gourd kiln is used everywhere, making outstanding contributions to the achievements of porcelain making in the Ming Dynasty.

As for why there was a town kiln later, it was because of the large internal space of the town kiln, like the gourd kiln is only more than 40 cubic meters, only one-eighth or one-seventh of its size. If you want to fire porcelain in large quantities, of course, it is better to have a town kiln, so the town kiln replaces the gourd kiln.

The reason why Meng Zitao and Xiao Likai decided to build a gourd kiln was mainly because their idea was to make high-quality products, not to fire too much porcelain at a time, less pollution, and the characteristics of the gourd kiln, so they decided to use this kiln type.

Now the data uses a dragon kiln, but unless it is impossible to think, it is impossible for Meng Zitao to build another dragon kiln.

Meng Zitao said: "Use our gourd kiln first, there is really no way, and then change it to a dragon kiln." It's up to you, though. ”

"It's not a big problem. Xiao Likai smiled, full of confidence: "In addition, I have a question. ”

"What?"

"You know, I have also studied the official kiln and the Ru kiln before, and I have also obtained some recipes, but those recipes are very different from the content of this recipe in important places, and it stands to reason that the formula of a porcelain, even if there is a difference, cannot be so big, which makes me very puzzled. ”

"Oh, where are the differences?" Meng Zitao asked.

"That's it. ”

Xiao Likai pointed out the problem, saying, "Maybe that's the real recipe. ”

After Meng Zitao saw it, he said, "Is there a big difference?"

"There's something of a twist to it. Xiao Likai replied.

"You say, could it be that this recipe is not a Ru kiln or an official kiln, but a firewood kiln?" Meng Zitao said an idea he had for a long time.

Xiao Likai was stunned, and then, he was refreshed, and looked at the formula again, his eyes were as wide as bull's eyes.

After a moment, he said excitedly: "It's possible, it's possible that it's a firewood kiln!"

Meng Zitao was also very excited: "Master Xiao, can we try it according to the recipe?"

After Xiao Likai heard this, he changed from excitement to calmness again: "No, this recipe is indeed incomplete, and the result of firing can only be failure." ”

Meng Zitao was slightly disappointed in his heart, he actually knew that it must be the same answer, after all, the experts invited by his master were no worse than Xiao Likai, and some questions would definitely be thought of before firing.

Xiao Likai continued: "And on this formula, some of the key steps are not written, and it is very troublesome to recover. ”

Meng Zitao said: "I asked for some information to help with the recovery formula. However, you don't have to rush about this, you have to eat the meal one bite at a time, let's solve the problem of Tianmu Zhan first, and then solve the problem of the formula. ”

Xiao Likai said with a smile: "I understand this, but the formula has also given me a lot of motivation, maybe I can speed up the process of solving the Tianmu Cup." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "I still say that, slow work produces meticulous work, and the body is the capital of the revolution, you must not collapse your body because of work." ”

"You can rest assured, I know it. Xiao Likai made a gesture that reassured Meng Zitao.

The two discussed the recipe for a while, and then discussed the work of the kiln factory, Meng Zitao asked Xiao Likai to do a good job of research with peace of mind, and he would immediately send a suitable management person over, and if there was a problem, he could tell him, and he would solve it as soon as possible.