"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wen Zhenheng sighed in "The Chronicle of Long Things": "The firewood kiln is the most expensive, and the world does not see it." Therefore, the Ming Dynasty had a saying that "a piece of firewood is worth a thousand gold". After the Ming Dynasty, chai porcelain began to become extinct, and no one saw the real chai porcelain again. So far, none of the major museums in China have collected a piece of chai porcelain, and some collections on the Internet that claim to be genuine chai porcelain have not been identified by relevant experts. Now there is only one firewood kiln blue lily vase in the world, which is said to have been a gift from the Ming Dynasty emperor to the Japanese shogun more than 600 years ago, but it is also a remnant, and even so, this chai porcelain remnant is recognized by the Japanese as a national treasure among national treasures. ”

"However, there are many physical objects of porcelain from famous kilns in China that have been handed down to future generations, so why is the only chai porcelain extinct?" Zhan Fei asked curiously.

According to expert analysis, there are two reasons: First, the flow range of firewood porcelain is extremely limited. Chai Rong stipulated that the qualified porcelain fired was only allowed to be used in the court, and all defective products were destroyed on the spot and were not allowed to flow into the people. ”

Second, after Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, he advocated diligence and thrift and opposed extravagance and waste. He once warned his younger brother Zhao Guangyi: "Take playthings, jewelry and jade, don't ask too much, otherwise the disaster of the country will come." Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty stopped the construction of the tower, and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty stopped repairing the Luoyang Palace, all of which were to cherish assets and avoid extravagance. My virtue is not as good as that of the Han Emperor Tang Zong, if the cost is too much, how can I be the king of the world?' It is based on this governing philosophy that at the beginning of Zhao Kuangyin's accession to the throne, he ordered the closure of the firewood kiln that cost a lot of money, caused serious pollution, and damaged the environmental protection, and dismissed the craftsmen, which caused the loss and extinction of firewood porcelain. ”

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin's own approach is not wrong. But objectively speaking, it is really an immeasurable loss for the cultural and collecting worlds!"

"Tsk. How can Japan have such a good thing? It's really uncomfortable to listen to. Zhanfei said.

"That's right, so we have to restore this firewood kiln technology, and try to use more environmentally friendly and scientific methods to make better firewood kiln products. Zhang Tianyuan nodded and said.

"Anything else?"

"Yes, there is also the Xing kiln, a treasure in the traditional porcelain-making process of the Han people, a famous porcelain kiln in the Tang Dynasty, which was still fired in the fifth dynasty. The kiln site is located near Luozhou, north of the Yellow River. It is the birthplace of white porcelain production in China and occupies an important position in the history of ceramics in China. Xingyao site has been listed by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit, the production process of Xingyao white porcelain in the Tang Dynasty, through expert research and experiments, has been explored and explored, and in its main production area of Lincheng County was imitated successfully, the millennium famous porcelain re-released a charming brilliance. ”

"Has it been copied?"

"Although it has been imitated, I have seen the real thing, in fact, the technology is not perfect, what we have to do is to make it better!"

"You know. The Xing kiln of the Tang Dynasty has not yet been seen as an heirloom, but as an unearthed cultural relic, it has been found in the Tang Dynasty ruins all over the country. Ceramic scholars in Beihe Province believe that after analyzing the physical specimens unearthed from Xingyao. The proportion of silica and aluminum oxide in both fetal and enamel is quite high, and it undoubtedly requires a high-intensity roasting temperature. It is calculated that the fetal and enamel of Xing porcelain. It is fired at a high temperature of more than 1380°C. The physical properties of Xing porcelain are very close to the physical requirements of the so-called 'hard porcelain', which is the most advanced in the modern world porcelain industry. Ceramic scholars of Beihe believe. The results of the physical measurement of Xing porcelain provide strong evidence for the firing of 'hard porcelain' in China, and advance the origin of thin porcelain by nearly 10 centuries. ”

"So powerful?"

"Yes, not to mention anything else in our country, this ceramic technology is really powerful. In fact, there is also the Cizhou kiln, as far as I know, the Cizhou kiln has been born since the Song Dynasty, and it is still fired until the late Qing Dynasty, which is not only widely spread, but also has a large enough influence, especially for many folk users. However, there is a problem with this Cizhou kiln, that is, the firing time of the official kiln is too short. ”

"As far as I know, the official kilns of Cizhou kilns probably only existed in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the subsequent kilns were all private kilns. It can't be compared with the official kiln, which forms a blank in the porcelain. Some people even think that there is no Cizhou kiln at all, and this issue has always been the focus of debate in the ceramic circle!"

"My good man, if we can restore all the porcelain of this firewood kiln, Xing kiln and Cizhou kiln, and reuse these technologies, it will be too significant. Zhanfei said excitedly.

He was a layman who could see that.

"That's right, not only historical significance and research significance, but also economic value, a lot of ancient porcelain-making technology used to the present, that is still the most advanced, for our development of ceramics that is very helpful, you say that our porcelain has such a big treasure trove, are you afraid that it will lose to Japan, Britain, Germany, these countries?" Zhang Tianyuan was also a little excited.

"Of course not. ”

"Yes, history doesn't just exist in history, and it would be even better if it could be of great help to reality as well. Zhang Tianyuan nodded and said: "If one day, the porcelain of our HRE Group really dominates the ceramic market in the world, then it can be regarded as a real success." ”

The two of them chatted all the way to the imperial capital.

After returning to the imperial capital, Zhang Tianyuan didn't wait to go home, he went directly to the Shenluo Museum, found Wang Zhengjun, and entrusted Wang Zhengjun to go to Xijiang Ceramics Town, from where he recruited a group of ceramic students from the professional class, these students are mainly to help Liu Dabin, they will not participate in the production of the core, only need to do some intermediate process things according to Liu Dabin's requirements, of course, Liu Dabin asked them to do, that is what they can do.

After that, Zhang Tianyuan contacted Lancelot and others, and got the batch of Tang Sancai and purple clay pots he had at hand out of the country, ready to break the game.

Zhang Tianyuan, who had completed these things, locked himself in the basement, and did not go to school during the day, but stepped up his time to make porcelain samples, which was something he promised Liu Dabin, so it had to be completed quickly, compared to this, those courses in the school were secondary, after all, for him, learning was not a problem for a long time, relying on his ability to remember and excellent comprehension, he would learn everything once, as long as he had class notes.

This week, he almost made himself mysterious, no one was allowed to enter the basement, he was busy working in it alone, and only at night would he look very tired and come out to accompany his wife.

Finally, a week later, he finished the porcelain sample, and then entrusted it to Zhanfei, who personally escorted it to Jincheng and handed it over to Liu Dabin. After Liu Dabin saw those samples, he hurriedly called Zhang Tianyuan, didn't say anything else, and kept repeating the three words "amazing" from beginning to end.

In fact, this situation is predictable, Zhang Tianyuan used the imitation of the word to make the porcelain sample, in addition to the lack of old-fashioned and historical obsolescence and the so-called craftsman soul, it is almost exactly the same as the ancient ceramics, use this as a sample for high imitation, then there is absolutely no problem, what Liu Dabin has to do is to try to imitate exactly the same as Zhang Tianyuan, and then add his own old-fashioned method, that is enough.

The soul cannot be used as a criterion for identifying antiques, because it is not clear.

At this time, the first phase of construction in Jincheng has also begun, and the first thing to be built is a ceramic technology laboratory and a ceramic college, specializing in training ceramic students.

Although HRE Group already has its own vocational school, after all, there are too many majors to concentrate on cultivating ceramic talents, this ceramic college is different, there is only this one major, which can be more dedicated to cultivating talents in this area.

In order to have more professional teachers in the school in the future, during this time, the HRE Group has sent people to Xijiang Ceramics Town several times to dig other people's corners, as long as you are good enough, then you can join the HRE Group and enjoy a high salary.

Of course, Zhang Tianyuan didn't have to worry about this matter, so he was much more relaxed now.

Of course, in the nearly a year that followed, there were several strange events around the world.

The reason why it is weird is because when a certain Tang Sancai, Beauty Drunk and Purple Clay Pot is hyped up and the price has reached a very high level, there will always be a few almost identical things, or similar utensils.

As a direct result, many Chinese buyers reversed their previous decisions and planned to reprice, which made many international speculators angry, so they paid high prices to buy these things, wanting to prove that these were fakes and their own products were genuine.

However, it turned out to be the opposite.

After a number of international ceramic technology experts appraisal, and even through scientific and technological means testing, it turned out to be genuine, and even some people broke a few things in order to prove that these are fakes, but no traces of fakes were found, and it was finally proved that these are genuine.

For a time, the prices of Tang Sancai, purple clay pots and beauty drunken fell a lot, which made many foreign speculators who hoarded a large number of such ceramics suffer serious losses.

The most interesting thing is that the price of these people's ceramics has fallen, and in a hurry to sell, there will always be people who will come to buy it, and the price is much cheaper than before. This made them suspicious, but the investigation found that these buyers are not the same person, or even not in the same country, these people may be from the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Myanmar, Maldives, of course, Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, treasure islands, casino places.

Naturally, the doubts vanished. (To be continued......)