"Chen Lidian, these utensils are so exquisite, why do you still think they are too simple?" Wang Wu, Wang Qi and other four big men were very puzzled.

This kind of porcelain cup and bowl color is as white as jade, smooth and flat, hard as iron, gently tapping and jingling crisp sound, no matter where you look at it, it is more than a hundred times better than the gray and rough pottery you see on weekdays, it is not an exaggeration to call it perfect, even if there is no such exquisite utensils in the palace.

And Gao He was also stunned for a long time before stammering: "Lord Lidian, such a beautiful object is still ...... How can it be more exquisite, and if it is more exquisite, isn't it only available to immortals? ”

Although Gao He is just a low-grade potter, it is undeniable that he is a craftsman who has been officially recognized by Daqin, and he also knows that the entire Daqin now uses rough and gray pottery, which is very different from the porcelain in front of him, and these porcelains are comparable to exquisite jade.

"Don't you think, the whole body is one color, no patterns, no gold edges, no decoration, isn't it a shame to sell such a porcelain?" Chen Xu said to himself.

"Huh?!" Everyone was even more dumbfounded.

"You two go to the granary and bring me the black box I put in the middle!" Chen Xu said to the two helpers next to him who couldn't close their mouths.

"Go!" Gao He came back to his senses and quickly kicked a helper, so the two of them hurriedly ran away.

In just over ten minutes, two helpers came over with a wheelbarrow with a black box on it.

Chen Xu opened the box, and there were more than ten kinds of red, yellow, blue and green ores inside.

The reason why the porcelain of later generations is beautiful is because the surface is coated with a variety of different glazes, and the glaze is actually the ore formed by various different metal salts, which is ground into powder to make glaze paste, and then painted or painted or soaked or soaked, and these glaze slurries of different colors are stained on the surface of the pottery blank, and then fired out to form a variety of exquisite porcelain with different colors and patterns.

Later generations of famous porcelains such as Tang Sancai and blue and white porcelain were all made in this way.

It's just that glazing is a simple thing to say, but in fact it is very troublesome to make, because the melting temperature of each glaze is different, so the requirements for the kiln worker are particularly high, and the kiln temperature and the time of the kiln need to be controlled to a very fine point, otherwise one does not pay attention, and it takes countless efforts to burn out a kiln waste porcelain.

The more exquisite the porcelain, the higher the requirements for the craftsman to the potter, you must know that a fine porcelain from the selection of soil and the clay into the blank polishing and glazing this series of processes are very time-consuming and manpower-consuming, once the final burn out, the previous efforts are all in vain, which is the reason why good porcelain is very precious.

The reason why the official kilns of later generations are all fine products is that all the bad ones are smashed and discarded, resulting in the very rare ones that fall down in the end, all of which are dedicated to the emperor or princes and nobles, and then after going through the change of dynasty again and again, coupled with the fragile characteristics of porcelain, the more and more rare it remains, and it is naturally extremely precious.

However, at present, Chen Xu wants to make blue and white and colored glazed porcelain, but it does not prevent him from testing the feasibility of colored glaze with various colors of ores that he has at present.

As a traverser, it is not allowed to be satisfied with only making the simplest objects, otherwise it will be ridiculed by the majority of fellow travelers, and it is always okay to make a good-looking bowl for the time being.

"Gao He, these ores of different colors are finely ground into powder with a stone mortar or grinding groove, must be fine, as fine as white clay, and then add water to make a thin mud, and then evenly apply these different colors of pigment mud on the inside or outside of the clay blank, it is best to make a different color for each clay blank during the test, so that the color of the finished product can be known after firing, because the temperature at which these pigments melt is not the same, so the firing time and furnace temperature are different, you have to test more, Then write down the results of the test......"

Every time Chen Xu said a word, Gao He nodded, because after Chen Xu's simple explanation, he had fully understood Chen Xu's idea, that is, to use these colorful ore powders to coat the clay blanks, and finally to fire colorful porcelain.

Thinking that he might fire colorful ceramics, Gao He's already excited chicken feet were crazy, and at the same time, his admiration for Chen Xu rose several notches, this method seemed simple, but no one had ever thought of it, or even if he did, no one had succeeded.

How did Ridian's head grow?

How can it be so spicy and smart?

Such an unbelievable thing can be thought of easily!

Including Wang Wu, Wang Qi and others, they all wanted to use a big sword to slash Chen Xu's head and take a look to see if there was a white-bearded old man with a fairy aura hidden inside.

"By the way, the clay you make after adding clay can be evenly coated with a layer of thin mud stirred with white porcelain clay, so that the porcelain fired after drying may be pure white, anyway, you have to experiment more, I will come back in a few days, I hope to see the most detailed results!" Chen Xu stood up after explaining.

"Don't worry, I will test carefully, and I will never ruin your big thing!" Gao He nodded hurriedly.

"It's not a big deal, but as long as the experiment is successful, you will be the best potter in Great Qin, and maybe one day the First Emperor will invite you to be a great official!" Chen Xu patted Gao He's shoulder, then turned his head to look at Wang Wusi and said, "I'm okay with this, right?" ”

"There is no doubt about it!" Wang Wu, Wang Qi, and the four nodded vigorously.

As long as this fine porcelain was introduced to Xianyang, this result was completely predictable.

The swarthy face of Gao He, who was scruffy with a stubbled beard, darkened a little, and stammered excitedly: "Lidian, I'...... I...... Really able to meet the emperor? ”

"Hehe, if it weren't so simple to see, high-ranking officials would definitely not be able to escape! Well, you study slowly, the main thing is the control of the furnace temperature, it is not easy to really achieve this goal, and you can't be sloppy at all! Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Provincial, provincial, I will be careful!" Gao He nodded again and again.

"Chen Lidian, we're going back, it seems to be snowing!" Wang San, who was standing outside the pergola, looked at the gloomy and hazy sky and said suddenly.

Everyone walked out of the pergola, and sure enough, they saw fine pieces of snow falling down with the cold wind.

"Let's go!" Chen Xu turned over and got on the horse, and told Gao He a few words before leaving, and then went to the oil mill and the blacksmith shop to check, and learned that everything was going well, so he called Liu Po, the three elders and the three pavilion chiefs together and told them carefully to let them always pay attention to the safety after the heavy snowfall, and then packed some things and returned to Xiaohe Village.

Sure enough, by the time they got home, the snowflakes had become fluttering like goose feathers, rolling and falling in the howling cold wind, and in less than an hour, a layer had fallen on the ground, and the sky and the earth were shrouded in vast white.

"Xu'er, Miss Wang has been away for more than two months and has not heard from her, and Wuya has been gone for more than a month, and it is snowing heavily, and my mother always feels messed up and worried!" Chen Jiang sat on the kang and knitted woolen pants, but his movements were not the same, and his face was full of worry.

"Brother, I also miss Sister Shui and Uncle Yu, will they not come back in winter?" Apricot is also knitting a scarf with two bamboo needles.

"With such a big snowfall, I'm afraid Brother Yu won't be able to come back!"

Wang Wu and Wang Qi sat next to them boredly looking at the snowflakes rolling outside, their faces were also a little dignified, this kind of bad weather and the rugged mountain roads are difficult to walk, I am afraid that even if you arrive in Qinghe Town, it will not be easy to come back, and if you are not careful, the horse's hooves will fall into the valley.

Chen Xu stood at the door, looking at the vast sky and snow, and sighed slightly.

But in such an era, all worries can only be worries, and nothing else can be done.

"Stampede......

Amid the whistling snowflakes and the cold wind, there seemed to be a sound of horses' hooves.

"Huh~ There are still people coming with such a big snow?" The sound of the horse's hooves was not only heard by Chen Xu, but also heard by Wang Wu and the others, and soon the sound of the horse's hooves became clearer and clearer, and Chen Jiang's and Xing'er also heard it.

"Brother, could it be that Sister Shui is back!" Xing'er excitedly threw away the sweater needle in her hand, and quickly jumped off the kang to put on her shoes, and Chen Jiang also stopped moving.

So a room full of people soon walked to the door and looked expectantly.

The sound of horses' hooves drew closer and closer in the whistling snowstorm, and soon two horses were seen rushing out of the snowy woods and heading straight into the yard.

The first horse sat a woman in black, with a snow-white cloak fluttering in the wind behind her, a black scarf on her face, and only a pair of big watery eyes were exposed, but the wind came in the snow, and her black hair and eyebrows were covered with snowflakes.

On the back of the horse behind the gentle water, sat a man wrapped in thick felt, bloated and looking like a brown bear, and his body was still covered with snow.

"Eun Gong ~ We're back!" Stopping the horses, Yu Wuya shouted in surprise and excitement, and the snow on his face fluttered and fell.

Chen Xu looked at the figure on the horseback that made him think about it, and suddenly a warm current rose in his heart for no reason, and he strode into the snowstorm and ran over to grab the horse's reins, and then looked up at the woman covered with snowflakes on the horseback, and saw that pair of big eyes as beautiful as a clear spring, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and the anxiety and excitement on his face instantly turned into a warm smile, "I'm back!" ”