There is an old family member, if there is a treasure, at the critical moment, you still have to ask this kind of experienced old driver! Sun Lang was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out a gold ingot to reward the old man, where could the old man realize the economic value of this "Tu Datai"? I just thought that this was just ordinary soil, but when I saw that Sun Lang actually took out a shining gold ingot for himself, he hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Childe is too generous!" Just a guide, why bother? It's enough for you to buy this mountain with this ingot of gold, how dare the old man accept it? ”

Sun Lang insisted on giving the gold to the old man, and said with a smile: "My old mother has a spleen and stomach stagnation, has been bedridden for several months, and is about to die, waiting for this 'Tu Maotai' to save her life!" The old man is really a life-saving benefactor, and he will accept this gold for everything! He didn't feel awkward in his heart when he said this, anyway, the vicious Mrs. Wu was not his own mother, and he didn't feel any guilt at all when he cursed her. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The old man repeatedly excused himself to no avail, and seeing that Sun Lang was resolute, he could only accept it with a smile, and led his little grandson away.

Sun Lang saw the old man go away, so he ordered the family to dig in full swing. The family members are accustomed to eating and drinking in Caofu, very few can understand the suffering of the people, yes, and have never heard of this kind of white flour-like soil, pick a pinch with your fingers, put it in your mouth to taste, only feel that its taste is slightly bitter, but bitter, but there is a trace of sweetness, so that people have an endless aftertaste. still wanted to eat more, but Sun Lang hurriedly stopped them, saying that eating too much of this thing would kill people, and they must not eat more. There are indeed many examples of hungry people who died of serious illness because they ate too much Guanyin soil, which caused all the accumulation in the abdomen and could not be discharged.

When the family members saw Sun Lang's serious expression, they looked at each other in shock, so they could only give up. But in any case, after a few days of hard work, I finally got back such a huge white-flour soil mine, which was quite fruitful, so I sold it and excavated it with all my strength.

The kaolin soil is soft and easy to dig, and dozens of people hoe and shovel all go into battle together, and in a short time a large pile is excavated. Spread a layer of thick grass in the basket, then put the kaolin into the basket, pick it up with a flat pole, and carry it back one by one. Sun Lang thought that this was too inefficient, so he bought more than ten ox carts in the city, and let the coachmen rush to the foot of the mountain, and dragged back one ox cart after another, and within two days, a large pile of kaolin like a hill was hoarded high in the corner of the Cao Mansion compound.

With a reserve of kaolin, this is only the first step. Only ordinary clay pots can be fired from kaolin, but fine porcelain cannot be made. The biggest difference between porcelain and pottery is that a layer of glaze is applied to the outside, which is also a technique that the ceramic craftsmen in the late Han Dynasty have not yet mastered.

The main material used to make glaze is a variety of ores. Fortunately, the Chinese people in the Central Plains have a long history of using ores, and they have made great use of them in the process of bronze smelting, and they have tended to mature in the Yin Shang and pre-Qin eras. At this time, in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, the application of metal ore in weapon smelting has become more extensive.

Fortunately, Sun Lang was an excellent blacksmith in his previous life, and of course he knew metal ores well, not as unfamiliar as kaolin. In ancient times, the mining of metal minerals, like salt, was controlled by the government and the army, and the common people had no right to dig privately. It stands to reason that it is even more difficult for Sun Lang to get metal ores in this ancient period, but he had an idea, but he came up with a way in an instant, and went to the door to find his brother Xu Chu Xu Zhongkang, who had just been worshipped, and said that he needed some ore of all kinds, and asked Xu Chu to help him get it anyway.

Xu Chu had already decided that Sun Lang was his reincarnated brother, even if it was a pile of gold, silver and jewelry, he could give it to Sun Lang with pride, not to mention a little bit of ore? Xu Chu patted his chest and said proudly: "My brother is also outside!" Walk! I'll take you to fetch the ore! He didn't ask Sun Lang what the use of the ore was, so he took him in a carriage and came hand in arm to a yamen in the city of Xudu.

This yamen is called Shaofu, which is specially set up by the Han Dynasty to control the income of Shanhaidi Ze and the royal handicraft manufacturing industry, and there is an official position called Wukuling, which happens to be in charge of the smelting and preparation of military weapons. I heard that this arsenal order was a big red man under Cao Gong's account, and Du Lieutenant Xu Chu came in person, not only came, but also said that he wanted to meet him, thinking that it was really a good opportunity for promotion and fortune from heaven, so he rushed to it.

Xu Chu and Sun Lang crossed Erlang's legs, sat and waited with tea, and when they saw this arsenal Ling entering the door, they fell to the ground and kowtowed, with a smile on their faces, he was born from his mother's womb, and he had never seen such a big official, and he finally caught an opportunity today, how could he still afford to lose the opportunity? After kowtowing, he stood up, poured tea and water for Xu Chu, and rubbed his shoulders and back.

Xu Chu scolded: "Duh! Why only give me a slap on the back? This is my brother, hurry up and beat him too! ”

Although Na Wukuling didn't know Sun Lang, he had been in the officialdom for many years, and his ability to observe words and emotions was really unusual, so he hurriedly stepped forward and rubbed Sun Lang's legs and fanned Sun Lang like a son. made Sun Lang sigh, it turned out that the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty also paid attention to going through the back door, and the reason that officials and universities crushed people to death worked anywhere.

Xu Chu arrogantly explained the intention, this arsenal Ling Zheng Zheng is worried that there is nothing to honor the two superiors, hearing this joy from the sky, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go to the tunku to select all kinds of fine ores, a total of more than dozens of kinds, impurities do not want, the quality is not pure, such as panning gold from the sand, one by one finely distinguished, the whole load into the ox cart, by the soldiers in the treasury to personally escort the guards, all sent to Cao Ren's mansion.

Sun Lang was overjoyed, and repeatedly praised this arsenal commander for his good service attitude. After hearing this praise, he almost knelt on the ground and called Sun Lang's father, and sent the two of them far away for more than a mile, and said in his mouth: "Sun Gongzi will need it in the future, even if he comes to the treasury, he only needs one sentence, this ore is inexhaustible, and it will all be sent to the mansion!" He stood on the street and watched Sun Lang go far away, and then returned.

Sun Lang returned to Caofu and counted the ores of several ox carts one by one, but he recognized them all. Peacock green is chlorite, brownish yellow is chalcopyrite, red is red iron hematite, dark black is chromium-bearing chromite, and pale silver is lead ore and tin ore. The rest such as ochre, loess, limestone, stone green, white solstice, cinnabar, peacock blue, coal black, chlorite, lapis lazuli and so on more than ten kinds, are the pigment minerals when painting murals in ancient times, can also be used in ceramic painting.

Kaolin is dug from the mountains, and it is not enough to continue to mine; The ore was transferred from the treasury of the Han Dynasty, and if it was missing, it could be asked for by the arsenal. Sun Lang had all the raw materials for making ceramics, but he didn't spend a penny of his own money. He ordered people to erect a small earthen building four or five zhang high in a secluded part of the courtyard, with a fire hole in the middle and a chimney on it, which was used as a kiln for firing porcelain.

Sun Lang saw that everything was ready, and all he needed was beautifully made ceramics. He plans to make the porcelain of later generations a luxury that is popular in the capital of Xu, so that all the dignitaries and nobles can buy it, and it is best to open a luxury store to make this profitable business permanent. (To be continued.) )