Lu Jiuteng knocked to see the head of the house. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" An ordinary-looking young man knelt on the ground in fear, his face full of nervousness.

"Don't be polite, get up, I'll just go around, everyone doesn't have to salute, just do your duty." Zhang Fang stretched out his hand and motioned for Lu Jiuteng to get up.

This is the western civilian area of Chang'an, and the Fuping Marquis Mansion also has a lot of industries here. Zhang's business philosophy is not only to occupy the high-end market, but also to the low-end market. This pottery workshop, called Xiguo Pottery Workshop, is one of them.

The area of Xiguo pottery workshop is about 300 square meters, there are 23 potters, the front is the shop, and the back is the workshop. As far as the eye can see, all kinds of large and small clay pots, bowls, urns, kettles, and kui...... And so on, piled up on the ground, all the way to the corners of the wall. Except for a tic-tac-toe walkway, the rest of the place is full.

After the craftsmen saluted and confessed, they returned to their posts, some digging mud, some piling mud, some pulling blanks, some repairing blanks, and some pouring water...... It's a fiery scene.

Lu Jiuteng is the nephew and nephew of the Tian family, and many pottery workshop craftsmen look down on this young man from Huiji Wucheng. There are not many such potters in Chang'an, and I don't understand why Da Lang invited them from afar. It's okay to please, who made him the nephew and nephew of the old craftsman Tian An, the problem is that this person is still at ease when he comes, and he tinkers with glaze water and recipes all day long, and burns a lot of waste products. If it weren't for Tian An saying that this was the meaning of the head of the family, I am afraid that he would have been condemned by the potters.

Even so, there are still a lot of rumors behind it, until this day, there are also tools out of the kiln......

In a small room in the backyard, Lu Jiuteng carefully took out a square wooden box. When it was opened, there were two layers of linen wrapped in an object, and when the linen cloth was lifted, everyone's eyes lit up, and a never-before-seen "pottery" appeared in front of them.

This is a bowl with a very common shape, and what is unusual is that it is not the commonplace, crudely shaped glazed pottery, but a delicate jade-like object: dark blue in color, thin and transparent, its quality is like jade, there are fine ice cracks, and the tentacles are smooth......

Except for Zhang Fang, everyone was dumbfounded. Zongba wanted to reach out and touch it several times, but he didn't dare after all. In this regard, Qingyan is much bolder: "Childe, can I touch it?" ”

Zhang Fang handed it to her casually: "Feel free to touch it, touch it enough." ”

Lu Jiuteng obviously regards this brainchild as a baby, Zhang Fang is the head of the family, and he has no opinion on touching this baby casually, but seeing a tomboy who is neither male nor female, touching with those calloused hands, he is very distressed. Seeing Qingyan playing, the Hu entourage also wanted to stretch out his hand, so he hurriedly snatched it back and hugged it in his arms.

Zhang Fang shook his head and smiled, this thing is indeed a good thing beyond the times, but he is really a little unsightly. Strictly speaking, this is not really porcelain, but similar to Tang Sancai, which still belongs to the category of pottery. And the condition of this thing is not good: the thickness of the glaze tire is uneven, the color is uneven, and there are a few places that are too thick and condensed into spots, and the glaze feels sticky. Originally, ice cracks were a characteristic of celadon, but the ice cracks on this glazed bowl only had a few irregular places, a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, which had no beauty at all.

Still, this flawed thing is a pleasant surprise. At least, it allowed Zhang Fang to see the dawn of success.

Zhang Fang encouraged Lu Jiuteng at the moment, and handed over to the Taofang account office to pay 5,000 yuan as a reward. Later, accompanied by Tian An and Lu Jiuteng, he visited the pottery workshop.

Zhang Fang basically didn't know how to make porcelain, but he could provide advice to Lu Jiuteng from a chemical level. Zhang Fang believed that the dark blue glaze should be the reason for the excessive iron content of the glaze raw materials, and suggested that Lu Jiuteng should further purify the raw materials.

"Purification?" Lu Jiuteng scratched his scalp and looked embarrassed, "The little one has also used various methods, but they are not very good." ”

Zhang Fang didn't know the method of purification, but there was a way to remove the impurity of iron, and he thought about it: "In this way, you know the magnet, right?" ”

"Magnets? Know. Lu Jiuteng blinked his eyes, as if he had realized.

"You roll a magnet on the raw material powder to remove the excess iron filings as much as possible, maybe the glaze water works better."

Lu Jiuteng rubbed his hands with joy: "The head of the family is serious...... Great, that's a good idea. ”

Zhang Fang said with a smile: "I can only provide a little skill, and the real research depends on a skilled craftsman like you who has the spirit of study." ”

Lu Jiuteng was so excited that he didn't know what to say, compared to rewarding, the affirmation and praise of the young family head made him even more grateful to Dade.

Zhang Fang has always felt that since China was able to produce primitive porcelain in the Warring States period or even earlier, it means that this inheritance existed, but for some reason, it was interrupted for hundreds of years. Moreover, the status of craftsmen is low, and it is not easy to make a living, where will anyone study and improve? As a result, there has been no breakthrough for a long time. This Lu Jiuteng is an alternative. If it weren't for Zhang Fangzhao and funding it, when Lu Jiuteng got old and his motivation passed, where would he still have such momentum? Throughout the ages, how many talents have been annihilated because of this?

When inspecting the kiln where the pottery was fired, he saw the kiln that was as big as a house, and he was relieved to move, remembered something, and asked, "Are the kilns all the same size?" ”

This time, Tian An replied: "Yes, this is the case at all kilns in Chang'an." ”

Zhang Fang stroked his palm and smiled, and he found another reason. Zhang Fang has seen it in later generations, and the kiln mouth of the porcelain is a "dragon kiln", that is, the kiln mouth is like a long dragon. This type of dragon kiln can provide more intense firepower and increase the temperature. To put it bluntly, glaze water is a layer of crystallization, and heat is very important. Perhaps there is only a layer of flame between the glazed pottery and the real porcelain.

Zhang Fang picked up a pottery shard and drew the shape of a dragon kiln on the ground - he only knew the shape, and the internal structure was not something he could know.

Tian An and Lu Jiuteng are both insiders, and they are insiders to watch the doorway, and when they saw this thing, coupled with the explanation of the head of the family, their eyes lit up.

When he was about to return home, Lu Jiuteng personally brought the wooden box to Zhang Fang, but Zhang Fang refused with a smile: "You keep this thing, it is both an encouragement and a spur." I hope you can make real porcelain as soon as possible. The first kiln, the first piece of porcelain, I will definitely collect it. ”

Tian An and Lu Jiuteng bowed deeply and couldn't stand it for a long time.

Although I didn't see the real porcelain on this trip, it was not in vain, success was in sight, and it really made Zhang Fang quite happy, it seems that it is really possible to take out this fist product when he travels west next time, so that the Silk Road will become a silk porcelain road.

As soon as the carriage entered the Hou Mansion through the side door, a steward from the outer courtyard came to report: "The Marquis of Yicheng sent a family order to ask the head of the family to come over the house to talk." ”

Marquis of Yicheng? Gan longevity!

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(Thanks to Feng Meng, Cai Pig, Green Pothos Language, Sangu Sanming, Xiao Chubby, Near the Water Building Lost the Moon First, Xathena, Drifting with the ‖ Wind ‖ Miao) (To be continued.) )