"Brother Zhao, I love to listen to your words, indeed as you said, this southeast coast, up to the Ryukyu and the Wa Kingdom, down to the Nanyang countries, after the South Seas is to go to the Western Ocean, over the years, all kinds of foreign Yi continue to harass my Ming southeast sea territory, especially the Dutch and Liu Xiang's pirate group, in order to protect the Ming Sea Frontier, we defeated the Dutch, eliminated Liu Xiang's pirate group, Chongzhen eight years, my second brother Zheng Zhihu died in Liu Xiang's pirate group in the war. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info," Zheng Zhibao said.

Zhao Guohua knew that Zheng Zhilong's Zheng Group was the largest maritime and military group in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and it was also the largest water force in the East Asian sea in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

"General Zhao, what are you thinking, eat quickly." Zheng Zhibiao said.

Glancing at him, Zhao Guohua said: "I'm thinking, if the imperial court has a powerful naval army landing from the Liaodong Peninsula, it will pose a huge threat to the Tartars, and the Tartars will dare to enter the customs to offend my Daming?"

Hearing this, the Zheng brothers didn't answer, just lowered their heads and ate the vegetables.

Seeing this, Zhao Guohua smiled and said, "It's far away, come and come, drink and drink." ”

"Yes. Drink alcohol. The Zheng brothers said happily.

The Jade Rabbit rose eastward, full of wine and food, and everyone broke up and said goodbye.

Out of "Piaoxiang Restaurant", Zhao Guohua remembered that he hadn't found an inn yet, and heard that Zhao Guohua and others hadn't found an inn yet, Chen Sihai had to pull Zhao Guohua to sleep at his own house, and after some excuses, except for Robert who returned to the inn, Zhao Guohua took Niu Huan and others to follow Chen Sihai to his house.

Chen Sihai's house is near the double throwing bridge, the door is high and wide, the wall stretches, it seems that this yard covers an area of ten acres, four big red lanterns are hung high at the door, four doormen stand at the door, you can see flowers and trees and bamboo inside, showing the rich atmosphere.

"Sir, you're back." When the four men saw Chen Sihai, they hurriedly came over to pay their respects.

Glancing at the four doormen, Chen Sihai said: "Chen Fu, you hurry up and tell the housekeeper to let him vacate five upper rooms immediately, and these distinguished guests will sleep at home tonight." ”

"Yes. Master. Mending Chen Fu looked at the people behind Chen Sihai and hurriedly trotted in.

Seeing Chen Fu enter, Chen Sihai turned around and said with a smile: "General Zhao, this is the cold house, please don't dislike it." ”

"Where! Where! Shopkeeper Chen is too polite, Zhao is fortunate to live in such a beautiful and exquisite garden, which is really a blessing. Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Haha smiled, Chen Sihai bowed down and stretched out his hand to greet the guest: "General Zhao, please!" ”

"You please." Zhao Guohua said and followed Chen Sihai in.

Entering the gate, entering the garden, there are flowers and trees planted everywhere, the fragrance of flowers is emitted in the night, the flowers and plants are from it, one by one, the houses are one by one, the little lights of the windows are reflected in the night, the gravel paths wind through the flowers and plants, there are several pavilions built in the garden, several delicate small bridges connect several lotus ponds, and the water under the bridges is murmuring.

"The Heavenly Immortal Mansion, the Prime Minister's House on Earth. The layout of this garden is exquisite, the winding path is secluded, the ingenuity is unique, it is obviously the masterpiece of the master's skillful hand, the garden of the shopkeeper Chen, I think it is not inferior to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zhao Guohua said with admiration.

"Where, where. General Zhao smiled. Chen Sihai said humbly.

This garden is he invited the garden master of Suzhou to design, which also refers to some of his opinions, this garden has attracted many people to visit after the completion of this garden, all the people who have entered this garden, there is no praise of it, on the exquisite and elegant, in the private estate of Fuzhou, it can be said that it can be ranked in the top three.

Entering the flower hall, a few maids offered Longjing fragrant tea, and then bowed and retreated.

Zhao Guohua and Chen Sihai sat on both sides of the table, and Niu Huan and others stood on Zhao Guohua's side.

After taking a sip of tea, Chen Sihai said: "General Zhao, after Lord Xiong became the governor of the five provinces, the encirclement and suppression of the Liukou went smoothly......

"So far, it's going well." Zhao Guohua said.

"Good. It's good if it goes well. General Zhao followed Governor Xiong, and he will inevitably have a bright future in the future. Chen Sihai said with a smile.

Thinking of the tragic ending of Xiong Wencan's beheading because of Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion in the future, Zhao Guohua didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so he changed the topic and said: "Shopkeeper Chen, I heard that Lord Xiong said that you are in the porcelain business, and you must have studied porcelain, I wonder if you can tell me a little about porcelain, so that I can have a long insight?" ”

These words scratched the itch in Chen Sihai's heart, he smiled and said: "General Zhao, if you say anything else, I may not be able to say it well, but when it comes to this porcelain, in Daming, I can at least rank in the top ten." ”

"Then please ask Shopkeeper Chen to give advice, and I will listen to you." Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Being able to show off in front of a four-grade officer, Chen Sihai felt very comfortable, he drank Longjing fragrant tea, and began to talk about the knowledge of porcelain: "If you want to sell porcelain, you must first understand porcelain, porcelain has existed since before the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the porcelain made from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin dynasties is mostly celadon." The surface is covered with a layer of cyan vitreous glaze. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, it developed into two major porcelain systems such as celadon and white porcelain, which were dominated by monochrome glaze, and produced porcelain pattern decoration techniques such as carving, scratching, printing, appliqué, ticking, and openwork perforation. The porcelain production technology of the five dynasties is superb, and the Henan firewood kiln belonging to the northern porcelain system has the reputation of "a piece of tile is worth a thousand gold". The firewood kiln is the official kiln of Chai Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and legend has it that Zhou Shizong asked (Porcelain Warehouse) to produce porcelain "as thin as paper, as bright as a mirror, and as sound as a chime, and the color of the rain is blue and cloudy for the future". However, so far, there have been no heirlooms or physical objects of firewood kilns. The southern porcelain system is famous for the "secret color porcelain" of the Yue kiln. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Sihai deliberately paused, looked at Zhao Guohua, who was engrossed in listening, he smiled with satisfaction, and continued: "In the Song Dynasty, porcelain has been improved in terms of fetal quality, glaze and production technology, and the porcelain firing technology has reached a full maturity level. In terms of process technology, there is a clear division of labor. Song Dynasty porcelain is characterized by various colors of monochrome glaze, the glaze can be made of ice cracks, and can be fired kiln color and two-sided color, glaze green, glaze red, etc. Jingdezhen was named after the production of porcelain for the court during the Jingde period of the Song Dynasty. The selected porcelain clay must be white and delicate, and the porcelain quality is still thin, the color is white like jade, and it is good at making exquisite flowers. Yuan Dynasty porcelain was prevalent in printed porcelain and multicolored gold. ”

Hearing him talk about this, Zhao Guohua asked, "I heard that the porcelain is the best produced by the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, right?" ”

"Yes, does General Zhao know which five famous kilns they are?" Chen Sihai asked.

Pretending to think about it, Zhao Guohua said: "I heard that it is you, Guan, brother, Jun, and Ding, right......"

"Yes, Ru, Guan, Ge, Jun, and Ding are indeed the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, and the porcelain produced by these five famous kilns is indeed a treasure of the country." Chen Sihai said, a look of intoxication appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Zhao Guohua's heart moved, and his heart said: "This Chen Sihai family has been selling porcelain for three generations, and he must have seen the porcelain produced by the five famous kilns. ”

Thinking of this, he said: "The porcelain of the five famous kilns, the world says how good, but I think it is an exaggeration, in Jingdezhen, I have also seen some rare porcelain, I think the porcelain of the five famous kilns, but also those rare porcelain in Jingdezhen, unless someone takes out the porcelain of the five famous kilns, let me see, it is indeed good, I am convinced." ”

"General Zhao, you say this because you haven't seen porcelain from the five famous kilns, and if you did, you wouldn't say that." Chen Sihai retorted.

Zhao Guohua said with a smile, "There is a saying that "facts speak louder than words", there are physical objects in front of me, I will admit defeat after reading it."

looked at him fixedly, and after thinking about it for a while, Chen Sihai said, "Wait a minute, I'll let you see a few things." After saying that, he arched his hand and walked out.

Seeing him go out, Zhao Guohua thought to himself: "It's done, this Chen Sihai family really has porcelain from five famous kilns." ”

After a while, Chen Sihai walked in, holding a delicate small box in his hand, walked to the door, sent the maids and servants in the house out, and looked at Niu Huan and the others.

Zhao Guohua knew what he meant, so he said: "It's okay, these are all henchmen in our army, Shopkeeper Chen can rest assured." ”

"Since General Zhao said so, then I won't say much about it." After saying this, Chen Sihai slowly began to unlock the lock with the key, twisted left and right for a while, only to hear a soft "click" sound, the box opened, which was divided into three grids, and the grid was wrapped in red satin with several bowls or dishes, he gently took out these things, and gently put them on the table, and then pressed the box somewhere, the upper layer was turned up, and another layer was exposed, and the bottom was also divided into three grids, but the grid was one large and two small, and there were red satin wrapped things inside.

Chen Sihai gently took out the things below and gently put them on the table.

"Shopkeeper Chen, what are you ......" Zhao Guohua asked puzzled.

But he was guessing in his heart: "Looking at him so carefully, could it be that there are porcelain from the five famous kilns among the things he puts on the table?" ”