Chapter 35 Firing Pottery
After the construction of the town kiln was completed, Liu Yuan calmed down, he was not in a hurry, but asked people to find Lu Pheasant. When Lu Pheasant saw this kiln, he was also amazed, "Husband, this pottery kiln is so unique, are you really sure?" She had also seen the structural diagram before, but compared with the dragon kiln, the completed kiln was indeed very abrupt.
"Hehe, don't worry." Liu Yuan smiled, he looked at Lu Pheasant and said again: "Elder Wang said that you are quite good at making pottery, and the husband invited you to come, just to let you try the firing effect of this pottery kiln?"
Hearing this, Lu Pheasant smiled, she looked at Wang Lao, and said beautifully: "Wang Lao is the master of pottery, how dare Ejiao show off in front of you?"
"You Lu girl, the little old man is so old, this pottery can't be done." Wang Lao waved his hand and said jokingly.
Everyone also laughed, Lu Pheasant nodded, a pair of small dimples appeared on her delicate face, and said, "Husband, Ejiao will be ugly."
Lu Pheasant asked Liu Fang to lead someone to dig a basket of clay, she poured the clay on the ground and spread it out to dry, the weather was hot, and it didn't take long for the clay on the ground to dry. Lu Pheasant smiled slightly, and did not rush to mash the dry clay, and then put it into a bamboo sieve, and repeatedly screened and removed impurities, leaving only a very fine mud powder.
Lu Pheasant held a handful of clay powder and said with a smile: "Husband, this is mud."
Liu Yuan bowed slightly, he also understood that this mud was to remove impurities. Then Lu Pheasant entered the water and mixed the mud powder into a muddy shape, "Husband, this water should be in the right amount, and the mud formed into it is just like the dough mud of our pancakes." Lu Pheasant explained.
After finishing, Lu Pheasant took some mud powder and sprinkled it evenly in the mold, and then she smeared the clay into the mold. The molds were specially purchased by Liu Yuan, and these wooden molds can be used to make a variety of pottery embryos. After closing, Lu Pheasant took off the inverted mold, because the clay powder was sprinkled before, the pottery embryo did not adhere to the inverted mold, and suddenly a jar of pottery embryo appeared in front of everyone.
"This pottery embryo is still rough, and it still needs to be smoothed evenly." Lu Pheasant smiled sweetly at Liu Yuan again, and Yingying said. After that, she stretched, squeezed, and wiped the pottery embryo with both hands, and after a while, the pottery embryo became much rounder.
Seeing this, Lu Pheasant nodded, she wiped a handful of beads of sweat, and said: "That's fine, this pottery embryo can be put into the pottery kiln for firing after drying."
"E's hard work, drink saliva first." Liu Yuan handed over the water bladder and let Lu Pheasant rest for a while.
After a short rest, Lu Pheasant made a few more pottery embryos, and after all of them were dried, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Husband, you can fire, but this pottery kiln is different from the dragon kiln, and Ejiao is afraid that the fire is not properly controlled."
"It's okay, after all, this heat still needs to be pondered many times before it can be controlled." Liu Yuan then instructed: "Zhou Bo, you take someone to move these pottery embryos into the kiln." Remember to handle with care. ”
"Bo understands." Zhou Bo responded, and then led people to move the pottery embryo into the kiln body, and the kiln body is the middle room. One of the characteristics of the town kiln is that it is tall, and the town kiln built by Liu Yuan is about five zhang long and two zhang wide, as for the height, an eight-foot man like Zhou Bo can walk upright without hindrance.
"Husband, it's time to seal the kiln." Seeing Zhou Bo and the others coming out, Lu Pheasant reminded.
Hearing this, Liu Yuan took a breath, his face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Seal the kiln!"
Liu Fang immediately led someone to close the kiln door, and then the head fire of the kiln naturally needed to be lit by Liu Yuan himself. He took a piece of firewood, which had been dried and removed from the moisture, so that the smoke could be reduced. Liu Yuandian then threw the firewood into the fire chamber through the borehole on the kiln door, "Put the firewood." ”
Hearing this, Liu Fang and others quickly put the dry firewood into it, and suddenly the fire broke out, and the temperature in the kiln gradually increased. After a while, Wang Lao seemed to be a little curious, he touched the outer wall of the kiln with his hand, and did not feel burned, which made him slightly surprised in his heart, and secretly said that the insulation of this pottery kiln was so good.
Liu Yuan didn't know how to burn the kiln, but fortunately Lu Pheasant was there, at this time, this graceful figure was observing the fire through Hua Gu's eyes against the heat wave, "It's not enough, continue to put firewood." She urged, and the strong man on the side immediately threw firewood, "Okay, that's it." Just keep an eye on the fire. Then she nodded in satisfaction.
"You girl, go back, my old bones can be burned in the kiln again." Wang Lao, who was surprised before, didn't know when he arrived in front of the kiln door, and after touching the outer wall, he also became interested in this town kiln. Wang Laoshan built a pottery kiln, and naturally he was also an expert in kiln firing.
"Wang Lao's kiln skills are not as good as the pheasant, but you will rest first, if you encounter trouble, the pheasant will ask you." The hot weather coupled with this scorching firewood made Wang Lao burn the kiln here, and Lu Pheasant couldn't bear it.
Wang Lao pushed Lu Pheasant out displeased, and muttered, "Okay, okay, I'll leave it to me here." You girl, do you really think I'm old? ”
Lu Pheasant smiled bitterly, and seeing that she was stubborn, she bowed her head and said, "Okay, good, okay, this kiln will be handed over to you." If you have any commands, you will call the pheasant. ”
Seeing Lu Pheasant leaving, Wang Lao also observed the fire, and then he smashed the ashes through the hook brick hole. Firing pottery is not only to see the fire, but also to know the temperature of the kiln, Wang Lao immediately walked to the chimney position, in this chimney also has a glance, but in this era there is no so-called thermometer to measure, but need to rely on their own experience to judge. Wang Lao felt the heat wave in the kiln through his tail eyes, and he was surprised again in his heart, the temperature of the kiln body of this town kiln was significantly higher than that of the dragon kiln.
After being surprised twice, Wang Lao also had to admit that this town kiln was indeed much better than the dragon kiln. At this time, Wang Lao also smiled bitterly, no matter whether this firing was successful or not, Liu Yuan's improvement method has already subverted the process of building pottery kilns in this era.
The kiln is a slow job, which requires continuous firewood, fire watching, and warmth, and Wang Lao is also very tired, but fortunately, there is Lu Pheasant to help him. After two days of firing, Wang Lao also slowly let the strong men rarely add firewood, until finally, the firewood in the fire chamber burned out, the fire was extinguished, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Elder Wang, what's wrong?" Lu Pheasant asked with some excitement.
Wang Lao smiled and said, "Don't worry, wait for the heat of the kiln to drop, and then it's not too late to open the kiln." ”
"Fortunately, there is Elder Wang, otherwise this firing would not have been so smooth." Liu Yuan bowed to Elder Wang and admired him very much.
Elder Wang hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "Pavilion Chief Liu is polite. If this kiln is successful, you will completely change the process of making pottery. ”
"Huh!" Liu Yuan smiled slightly, this process is just a copy of the later generations. After waiting for more than an hour, seeing that Wang Lao nodded, Liu Yuan's heart froze, knowing that it was time to verify, he waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Open the kiln!" ”
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