Sure enough, following the path led by Sister Zhang, there was another workshop next to Sister Zhang's workshop.

It's just that the courtyard outside this workshop is not full of night pots like Sister Zhang, but is empty, so that Zhang Yi thought that there was no one inside.

When you enter the yard, you can hear the "squeak, squeak" in the backyard. Rub sound.

This kind of voice Zhang Yi is very familiar with, it is stepping on the runner of embryo making, but obviously the industry at this time is not as developed as in later generations, there is obviously no bearing in this runner but something similar made of wood, and the sound is a little harsh.

"It's my father-in-law inside, and I'm doing my job right now!" Sister Zhang led Zhang Yi to walk while introducing her husband's pottery workshop.

Only after understanding Zhang Yi did I know that Sister Zhang's husband's family name is Dong, and her ancestors have been making pottery for generations, and in the heyday Dong Laohan was in charge of a workshop, and his son Dong Wenming was also in charge of one.

Of course, the reason why it is divided into two workshops is not to divide the family, but to split it into two workshops to make it easier to get more business.

Nowadays, although the pottery business has declined, it is very prosperous to live with the family's old foundation.

The son planted the land in his spare time or went to the dock to help people fight some work, Dong Laohan was naturally unable to go out to work as a coolie when he was old, so he continued to make some pottery for his daughter-in-law to sell in the workshop at this door.

Such a layout can obviously see that Dong Laohan is a bit of a doorway, at least his mind is quite lively, which is not something that ordinary people can think of.

When I came to the backyard, there were a lot of good night pots on display everywhere, and there were also a lot of other pottery, at this time Zhang Laohan was concentrating on making the rough embryo of this night pot.

However, Zhang Yi was a little disappointed when he made the embryonic table, he was surprised that he thought it was a connecting rod pedal embryonic table, and he was sighing at the wisdom of the working class, but it turned out to be a primitive embryonic platform that was rotated by hand.

However, even so, a piece of clay turned into a delicate and artistically beautiful pottery night pot in an instant, which still made Zhang Yi secretly amazed.

With this Dong Laohan's craftsmanship, if he is at least a master-level figure in later generations, it is really a bit overkill to let him make ceramic movable type.

"Father-in-law, this is...."Sister Zhang watched her father-in-law doing things, and was about to introduce Zhang Yi to him, only to find that after talking for a long time, she only knew that Zhang Yi was her own family, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed that she didn't even ask what Zhang Yi's name was.

"Buying pottery?" Seeing that his daughter-in-law had brought someone in, Dong Laohan also knew that it must be business that had come to the door, so he hurriedly stopped what he was doing and looked at the two.

"Exactly, exactly!" Zhang Yi arched his hand and said with a smile: "I bought some pottery, but it is not a ready-made kind, but a custom-made one." Specifically, it is made according to our requirements, but we need to fire it into porcelain, but we don't know that Uncle Dong may glaze it? ”

As the so-called pottery and porcelain are not separated, if you can make pottery, you can naturally make porcelain, and Zhang Yi believes that Dong Laohan is so skilled that he should obviously know porcelain and the like, even if he doesn't just find relevant people to learn it, it's not too difficult.

Listening to Zhang Yi's words, Dong Laohan's brows furrowed, and said: "I can make porcelain, but you also know that the soil quality here in our Jiangning is not good, and the porcelain quality made is much worse than that of other places. First, you did a bad job and smashed my signboard, and second, you also lost money, didn't you? ”

Seeing that her father-in-law was lukewarm and insisted on pushing the business out of her hands, Sister Zhang suddenly became anxious.

"Father-in-law, didn't you go to Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province to learn porcelain for a period of time?" Sister Zhang hurriedly squeezed her eyes at Dong Laohan and said, "And with your craftsmanship, even if the soil quality of Jiangning is a little worse, it won't be unsellable, right?" ”

You must know that the current pottery business is difficult to do, except for some old customers, few people care, the most important thing is that Zhang Yi is dressed as a small house, in his opinion, it is likely to be sent out by large families to purchase, as long as the business is negotiated, the order is naturally not small.

"What did you say?" Dong Laohan suddenly raised his eyebrows, glared at Sister Zhang, and snorted coldly: "Business belongs to business, craftsmanship belongs to craftsmanship, these are completely two different things." No matter how good the craftsmanship of the porcelain made by Jiang Ningtu is, it is for nothing, and this little brother is obviously helping the house to do things, if he buys inferior porcelain back, wouldn't it hurt him? ”

Zhang Yi not only secretly admired.

This old man Dong is really good.

Obviously, as long as you promise it, you can make money, but you refuse, obviously for your own sake, such an old artist is really kind!

And Sister Zhang didn't say anything when she heard Dong Laohan say this, she just thought about how much money she could make, but now she saw that things were not so simple, and she seemed a little untenable.

Her face turned red, and she turned her head to Zhang Yi and apologized: "Big brother and sister didn't think of your situation, I'm really sorry!" However, my family has been making pottery for so many years, and I also know some businessmen, so why don't I introduce you to two, and it will be cheaper for you to buy! ”

"Then thank you Sister Zhang and Uncle Dong for their kindness!" Zhang Yi smiled, bowed his hand again to show his gratitude, and then said: "But there is no need for this, the porcelain I need is not so particular, but the process is a little more complicated, I don't know if Uncle Dong can do it?" ”

In fact, the process of ceramic movable type is very simple, it is nothing more than to make the movable type into a uniform size, but there is an additional process in the middle, that is, lettering.

In this way, it will inevitably delay some work, and it will also make the glazing and other processes sluggish, so there is no doubt that the ceramic movable type seems a little repetitive.

The most important thing is that there are very few scholars in this era, and it is undoubtedly troublesome to find another carving master to cooperate with Dong Laohan.

"Hahaha!" After listening to Zhang Yi's words, Dong Laohan immediately laughed, raised his head and said proudly: "The process is complicated? How complicated is it? I Dong Laohan has been making pottery for 40 years, although I dare not say that I am one of the best in Jiangning, but with these hands is still a little famous, I still have a little craftsmanship, if I really don't mind the color difference of the porcelain fired by Jiangning, you might as well say it and take a look! ”

"Uncle Dong's craftsmanship, I am naturally convinced!" Zhang Yi hurriedly patted a sycophant, he pointed to the large and small night pots in the yard and said: "Your night pots are very exquisite, vivid, and you can't reach this level without decades of hard work." What I need is actually something like a seal, and everything else is not much trouble, the key is that I need to engrave words on it, so I have to ask an engraver to cooperate with you, which requires Uncle Dong to pause for a while! ”