Chapter 109: Firing New Porcelain (Part II)

Li Junxian passed the prompt of the European, and he remembered a copy of the "Cambridge History of China" that he had read when he was a student. As a historical researcher, we should not only revise the history books from our own country, but also look at the history books revised by foreign countries for our own country, which means that we should understand history from different aspects and different people. Li Junxian saw an introduction in "The Cambridge History of China", which is an introduction to thin porcelain.

At that time, China's thin porcelain was transmitted to the West, and the West also happened to study that the glaze on porcelain was similar to glass to a certain extent, and they wanted to imitate thin porcelain. As a result, instead of imitating thin porcelain, they invented a new type of porcelain, and the only porcelain invented by Westerners - bone china.

"Hmph, although this bone china was invented by Westerners, it is also a very new thing. Moreover, the production technology of bone china is not complicated, in fact, it is similar to ordinary fired porcelain. However, if I make bone china and sell it to Westerners, wouldn't that be a bad taste? Li Junxian couldn't help but think secretly.

Since bone china was invented by Westerners, if Li Junxian implemented the doctrine of taking it, he sold it to Westerners again, so that Westerners would be robbed of their wealth by Li Junxian. This kind of making the inventor's money with something invented by someone else is a trick often used by Westerners in later generations. And Li Junxian also likes this very shameless method very much, and there is no psychological pressure to implement it, which is all the shamelessness of Westerners that caused Li Junxian to be forced to resist helplessly!

"Boss, Master Zhou and I are studying here, you go buy a pair of cow bones and come back!" Li Junxian said.

"General Li, do you want cow bones for anything? Don't want beef to eat? ”

"I want beef bones, I want stewed soup to supplement calcium!"

“……”

"Okay, General Lee!"

The boss was a little confused about Li Junxian's thoughts, so he immediately went to buy beef bones

And Li Junxian was in the same place, and he said to that Master Zhou: "Master Zhou, have you ever used a transparent glaze?" ”

"Transparent glaze? Is there such a thing? Master Zhou asked puzzled.

In the Tang Dynasty, the so-called transparent glaze was not invented, and Li Junxian also happened to see the production method of this transparent glaze. And Li Junxian immediately told Master Zhou about this method.

"General Li, what can this transparent glaze do?" Master Zhou asked in surprise.

"Master Zhou, haven't you ever thought that the current celadon white porcelain and the so-called funeral utensils are too monotonous? If you think about it, we can paint patterns on porcelain, why just decorate it with monotonous colors? We can draw patterns on porcelain, so that the value of the porcelain is high.

Master Zhou's eyes lit up, and he obviously thought of this. Today's porcelain is a bunch of monotonous colors, and the so-called selling points are formed through the design and construction of porcelain. And if you can draw patterns on the porcelain, of course, this is good, so that the value of the porcelain is much higher. However, there is also a difficulty in this, that is, the problem of glaze. The current glaze is all colored glaze, which is colored, so it will inevitably cover the drawings of those porcelain, and the drawings will also change color because of the colored glaze.

"Master Zhou, do you know what my transparent glaze does?" Li Junxian asked.

"I know, I know, if you have a transparent glaze, you can draw patterns on porcelain! But, General Lee, we don't have the corresponding paint! We have to put it in the porcelain kiln to fire, and if there is no pigment that can withstand the fire of the porcelain kiln, we can't do anything! Master Zhou said with a headache.

"It doesn't matter, I've also read art history, and paint is not a problem." Li Junxian thought secretly.

Soon, Li Junxian came up with the corresponding pigment formula, which surprised Master Zhou. Originally, he thought that Li Junxian was a general and should be good at commanding wars, but now he is even proficient in porcelain firing, as well as pigments for art painting, so what else in this world Li Junxian can't do?

However, Li Junxian didn't want to pay attention to this Master Zhou's doubts, he was at least calculating how much money he could make now. Because there is no technology to draw on porcelain, and my own transparent glaze can do this, of course, it is good. In this way, the porcelain of the drawing is a very high-quality porcelain me, completely new. According to the laws of the economy, most of the new products are expensive, and Li Junxian can sell these things at a good price.

And if bone china is added, the price is even higher. Although bone china is not as exquisite as thin porcelain, it is also a kind of high-grade porcelain second only to thin porcelain. Bone china has the advantages of high whiteness, high transparency and delicate porcelain, if a high-grade bone china can transmit light, plus the pattern on it, it can produce a magical effect. This effect was very common in later generations, but in ancient times, it was a mythical effect!

Since there is such a good thing, are you afraid that it will not be a luxury? And Li Junxian probably knows the profits of luxury goods, and a small leather bag of a luxury brand in later generations can be sold for dozens of times the profit. Some of them, even if the technical cost is higher, have more than ten times the profit. And this bone china plus painted porcelain is obviously a more advanced type of porcelain, of course, priceless.

It didn't take long for the boss to have someone pull a cow over.

"General Li, this cow is really hard to find now! The imperial court had a clear rule that cattle could not be killed without authorization. Now this cow is still a crippled cow that I bought from below, so that the government is allowed to kill the cow! The boss complained.

"Why did you buy all that nonsense you still have?" Li Junxian said angrily.

Li Junxian then asked the cook to cut off the meat of the cow and distribute it to the workers who fired the porcelain at the mouth of the kiln. And these workers praised Li Junxian loudly because they actually ate meat. In the Tang Dynasty, the aquaculture industry was not well developed, so many people could only eat meat during important festivals every year. Moreover, because cattle are animals used for cultivating fields, the government even strictly orders that cattle cannot be killed without authorization, so beef is extremely valuable and cannot be eaten by ordinary people! Now that they are actually dragging Li Junxian's blessing, they are of course happy to be able to eat beef.

"Alright, when you're done eating, you should get ready for me to work! As long as you get this new porcelain today, I still have good things for you! Li Junxian said.

"Good! Let's do it! Master Zhou shouted.

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