"The kiln is open, the kiln is open!"

With the sound of shouting, the door of the dragon kiln was directly smashed open. Then a group of villagers carefully carried the kiln utensils outside.

Ji Le stood at the end of the dragon kiln and instructed the villagers to carry them from the dragon's mouth: "Put those large pieces in the back first, and you will move the small pieces out of the door first." Especially those dishes are the most fragile, pay attention. Also, if there is a tear or surface crack, put it aside. Wait – you put on a fire shelter and go in again, beware of burns. ”

After losing contact with the Earth Mother, Ji Le temporarily put aside his worries about Xia Guo and devoted his energy to the Taoyuan village in front of him.

Let Hua Tuo and the three elders choose the envoy to the Xia Kingdom, but the three elders are difficult to choose. Taking advantage of this time, Ji Le communicated with the villagers, and soon mingled with the villagers, and took the lead in pulling the villagers to make porcelain.

The porcelain chosen by Ji Le is celadon because the soil in this area is only suitable for making celadon.

Soon, the villagers brought out the celadon from the first section of the dragon kiln.

"Little brother of the Ji family, the inventory has come out. In the first section, there are ten sets of porcelain bowls, twenty dragon ring jars, three crane's beak long-necked pots, and four dragon kiss water urns......"

Ji Le jumped down from the top of the dragon kiln and picked up a dragon ring jar to check.

The biggest feature of celadon is that the color is clear and clean, clear and bright like jade. The dragon ring jar in Ji Le's hand is as big as a beast's head, it is a peak green color, and the body of the can has a ring dragon carving, and the whole is dignified and atmospheric.

"Not bad, not bad. This porcelain jar is good. Ji Le picked up the porcelain bowl next to him again. A set of four porcelain bowls, the body of the bowl is painted with four gentlemen's patterns such as plum orchid, bamboo chrysanthemum, etc.

An old man in his fifties next to him said with a smile: "Thanks to my brother's help this time, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to make such exquisite porcelain." If you want to come to the Beigong Heavenly Prince's royal things, it's just that, right?"

"Hehe...... Ji Le said smugly: "Even the emperor of the Han family can't enjoy the porcelain painted by my own hands." After seeing this set of four gentlemen's bowls, he went to the side to look at the crane-beak long-necked bottle. On the body of the bottle, there are two cranes soaring, symbolizing longevity and blessing.

In addition, this batch of porcelain also has patterns such as the three friends of the year, the five blessings, the prosperity of the six animals, and the hundred sons of durian.

"Can't you see, the little brother still knows about painting porcelain?" A potter came over: "The little brother knows the kiln well, and those who don't know still think that he is really an expert in this way." ”

There were only two or three potters among the fleeing ancestors. After a year of resuming ceramic production, the process was extremely rough, and it was impossible to "paint porcelain" at all, and only some ordinary pottery and crude porcelain could be fired.

But Ji Le stepped in to help, not only painting on some celadons, but also using carving and hollowing to make a lot of hollow trays and vases.

"I used to learn casually, after all, I like painting, so I studied porcelain painting. ”

At this time, the kiln in the second stage of the dragon kiln was also taken out. There are also civilian utensils in them, but there are no things painted by Ji Le in this batch. After all, celadon is still very important to maintain the natural beauty of the original ecology, and the warmth and stillness of the integration are still very important.

It was shipped out in batches, and when he saw the last batch of porcelain, he showed a look of disappointment.

"Tsk-"

The last batch of kilns was an attempt by him, because the porcelain he most wanted to make was thin porcelain. But after leaving the kiln, all the porcelain in the clay bowl was broken into pieces.

"Sure enough, the technology is still not up to par. ”

Thin porcelain, as thin as cicada wings, crystal like jade. With the light, the thin tire wall reveals a hazy halo to the outside, which is the most suitable for making a lampshade, which is also one of Ji Le's favorite porcelain.

However, the technical requirements of thin porcelain are very high. Not to mention Taoyuan Village, even the current celadon, black porcelain and white porcelain craftsmanship of Xia Guo can't be made.

"Do you still want to study 'shadow porcelain' first?"

China has been inherited for thousands of years, and sometimes too rich culture can also bring a happy trouble.

Many cultures have reappeared in other worlds, and although it can greatly shorten the process of civilization for thousands of years, if you want to climb the skill tree, you need to move your whole body. We must first lay a good foundation and suppress the impetuous mood and develop slowly.

"The development of the ceramic industry, I am afraid that within a hundred years, it will not be able to reach the level of the previous modern life. ”

With Ji Le's idea, he first made celadon and white porcelain, which were relatively basic. Then develop to blue and white porcelain, pastel porcelain, and of course, exquisite porcelain and thin porcelain are also indispensable.

After chatting with a few potters for a while, Ji Le returned to the medicine house with two sets of tea sets and bowls, and happened to see Bai Qi playing chess with Hua Tuo.

"Yo--Yuan Huagong doesn't discuss candidates with the three elders, how can he still have the heart to play chess?"

"The candidates have been found a long time ago, but they have repeatedly scrutinized and hesitated, and the old man is too lazy to toss with them. ”

Is it all male, or is it a couple, or should you bring some couples?

The three elders pondered repeatedly and changed the list several times. In addition, many villagers want to go out, rush to sign up, and constantly lobby the three elders, making it even more difficult for them to decide.

"But the leader has been decided, called Sun Boyu. His father was originally the head of Luoyang, and he practiced martial arts diligently since he was a child. It's a pity that he caught up with the troubled times, his mother was killed by deserters, and he killed people in a rage to take revenge. ”

"And then I ran away with you?"

"Not bad. ”

Sun Boyu?

Gongsun lowered his head and restrained the killing intent in his eyes.

Is it here? yes, it started here. This man must die! Although it is not bad at present, the future ......

He tapped the chessboard, figuring out how to remove the man without a trace.

Ji Le thought for a while: "What is the relationship between him and Zi Yigong?"

Sun Ziyi is one of the three elders in the village. The surname is Sun, and the word is Ziyi.

"Distant uncle, that's why I came here. When Zi Yixian saw that he was brave, he took him to flee with him, which was also convenient for dealing with deserters on the road. ”

Ji Le nodded: "Since the captain has been chosen, you might as well go and listen to what he means, after all, a team of envoys will go to the Xia Kingdom, don't make a fuss about yourself -"

"Ji Le, do you want to come over and play chess together!" Bai Qi interrupted Ji Le's words.

Sure enough, Ji Le's attention was distracted and he looked at the chessboard in front of the two.

"Liubo chess?" Ji Le lay on the table and looked at it for a while, shook his head and said, "I'm not good at playing this." ”

Liubo chess is a kind of game chess that was popular during the Warring States period, and it was also popular in the Han Dynasty, and the court of the Western Han Dynasty also had a special Bo Shi edict to play chess with the Son of Heaven and study chess.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liubo chess gradually declined, especially during the period of the second emperor Huan Ling, how many people could play chess with peace of mind?

Hua Tuo only dabbled in this chess slightly, and was killed by Bai Qi and lost his armor.

The old man wiped the chessboard indiscriminately and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Ji Le can come and try it." ”

"Forget it, Liubo chess, if Wu Anjun is really interested, and after returning to Xia Kingdom, he will find the champion Hou, that guy will definitely play. ”

In the Western Han Dynasty, Liubo chess was popular in the court. Emperor Wen Jing, Wu Xuan and other emperors liked this, and it would not be strange for Huo Qu to be ill.

"Champion Hou?" Hua Tuo couldn't help nodding: "Yes, Liubo Chess is known as military strategic chess, if it is a famous general like Champion Hou, he will definitely be able to fight with Wu Anjun." ”

Oh?

An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Wu Anjun's mouth.

"Play chess with me, I'm afraid he will cry. ”

It's not that I haven't played it, but the result...... Hehe......

Ji Le stared at the chessboard and thought for a while, and suddenly tapped his right hand lightly on his left palm: "That's it, I'll teach you Wu Anjun to play chess." ”

Hua Tuo: "Chess?"

"Come, I'll teach you!" Ji Le suddenly became interested, and the young man rolled up his sleeves and commanded Bai Qi to carve chess pieces. According to the standards of later generations, create a standard Chinese chess.

"Some people say that Xiangqi was born out of Liubo chess, which can be regarded as the same lineage. Rest assured, with Wu Anjun's chess strength, chess is not difficult to learn. ”

Bai Qi smiled slightly, silently carving the thirty-two chess pieces of chess. According to generals, soldiers, elephants, horses, chariots, cannons and pawns, carved thumb-sized miniature wood carvings.

"Huh?" Ji Le wanted Bai Qi to engrave on the chess pieces, but Bai Qi's engraving method looked a little similar to chess.

"Forget it, that's fine. I'll teach you the rules. ”

"Okay. Bai Qi put on an enthusiastic posture and listened to Ji Le's explanation of the game of chess.

"The chess players are modeled after the military system, and according to different ranks, the chess pieces have different abilities. Each piece has its own move......"

Unconsciously, the young man in Bai Qi's eyes coincided with the figure of another young man.

"Anyway, if you have nothing to do, how about I teach you how to play chess......? Write down the rules and rest assured that you will learn within three days. ”

The same excitement, the same spirit. It's just that the teenager in front of him is even younger.

"In the end, the body has shrunk in a circle, and there is no way to recover the original body without being replenished by the fire. And ......"

If you cut off the connection with the fire for a long time, I'm afraid Ji Le will really get rid of the shackles of the national spirit.

"Wu Anjun, Wu Anjun ......"

Ji Le called a few times, and Bai Qi came back to his senses.

"What, are the rules hard?"

"No, it's nothing, just the next one. Bai Qi looked at the chess pieces: "Black will be red handsome, you first." ”

It may be that Chinese chess is related to military exercises and military strategies, Bai Qi quickly got started, and he was able to fight Ji Le in the first game.

Ji Le's eyelids jumped, vaguely thinking of the dark history dominated by a certain friend. This Wu Anjun can't be another chess genius, right?

He smiled reluctantly: "The general is worthy of the art of war, and he can take the lead step by step through my chess style." ”

Compared with Huo Quzhi, who spent several months figuring out his own chess move, Bai Qi was able to gain insight into his own chess path from the beginning, find out his own layout and make countermeasures.

The two played chess, and they couldn't see that Bai Qi was a novice at all.

"It must have something to do with the fact that I've learned similar chess games? After all, I'm also an old chess player. ”

Well, it is rumored that Liubo chess is involved with chess, maybe it is the reason for this?

Ji Le muttered in his heart, which can be regarded as accepting Gongsun Qi's explanation.

There are 32 characters in chess, 16 on each side, which is much more complicated than the six sons on each side of the six games, and it involves more strategy and countermeasures. Hua Tuo looked at it for a while, his eyes were dizzy, and he excused himself to leave.

After Hua Tuo left, Bai Qicai said, "How are you?"

"I can talk to you these days, and the relationship is good. And I am confident that I can pull a group of people to join Xia Guo. ”

"I'm not asking about that, I'm asking about your body. How's that curse?"

"It's much better, but I need to bled once a day to alleviate the backlash of the 'Heavenly Arrow'. It would be nice if it could be cleared all at once. ”

"Do you want to clear it all at once? ”

Ji Le's eyes lit up, leaned over his upper body, and said hurriedly: "What way?"

"The fire outside, if you transform into the body of the national spirit, you may have a way to solve the Heavenly Arrow. ”

"National spirit, excuse me!" Ji Le was immediately deflated when he heard this. He sat opposite, holding his knees cross-legged with one hand, and with a flick of the other hand, the "black car" moved a few squares horizontally: "General!"

Bai Qi moved Shuai Qi away at will, only to hear Ji Le say: "I don't plan to be a national spirit anymore." It's hard to get rid of such a heavy shackle, how can you go back stupidly?"

"So, let's make a bet, shall we?"

"Bet on what?"

Bai Qi smiled playfully: "Bet that His Highness will continue to be the spirit of the country?"

Ji Le held his cheek in his hand and tilted his head to observe Bai Qi's expression, as if he wanted to find something from his smile.

"Why, Your Highness doesn't dare to bet?"

"If you want to gamble, you have to have chips. What are Wu Anjun going to bet on?"

"How about agreeing to each other on one condition?"

"Don't bother the other party's conditions too much, if you don't go beyond the bottom line...... Yes!"

"That's a word. I bet you will continue to live as a national spirit. ”

"Then I'll bet I won't. In short, I would never want that fire outside. ”

Ji Le clasped his hands on his chest, sat cross-legged, and reaffirmed his position again: "I will not eat that fire." I've finally regained my freedom, how can I tie myself up again?"

"Wouldn't it be better if we could, after the ancestors integrated into the Xia Kingdom, cultivate a new national spirit through the Tinder Torch?"

"I can concentrate on the Immortal Dao, I have a hunch that I can become an Immortal within a year. I opened up the Immortal Dao here and became the Immortal Dao Patriarch, which is also helpful to the Xia Kingdom. ”

Bai smiled and looked at the boy on the table.

"But there are also advantages to inheriting the fire, such as being able to grow taller?"

"Hehe, no. I have practiced the Qinghua Sutra to a high level and turned into an immortal, and I can still modify my body. ”

"In short, freedom is the most important thing. ”

Boom –

Suddenly, there was a violent shaking from the outside world.

"Earthquake?" Ji Le jumped up, and Hua Tuo hurried over: "It's over there in the forbidden land, Cai Ji is suppressing the mountain demons, and I'm going over to help." ”

Ji Le immediately followed: "I'll go too!" Wu Anjun, you go to the village first to protect the villagers and let everyone take refuge!"

"Well, I know. ”

After watching the two leave, Bai Qi silently packed up the chess, his movements were leisurely and calm, and he put the chess pieces into the chess box.

"Free?"

Indeed, he likes to be free, likes to travel all kinds outside, and he doesn't want to be trapped in the small place of Yongle Palace.

But if a person carries the national honor and carries the civilization, where can he have the so-called freedom at all?

Except for the mask expression he put on when facing outsiders, it's rare to see his true feelings revealed, right?

Speaking of which, when was the last time he really smiled? Was it the Xia Kingdom dominating the Xinghai Sea, or was it opening up the outer universe?

On the chessboard, the last chess piece is Ji Le's "black general".

Bai Qi pinched the chess piece, rubbed the delicately carved chess piece, and his thoughts rippled with time.

"Black general...... It's a pity that chess is not Go, there are only red and black sides. If it's black and white...... I'll think about it. Why? Because of the white general, isn't that Wu Anjun?"

Bai Qi vaguely remembers the scene of that day. The bustling and cold palace, leaning against the window, the faint sunset light spills onto the chessboard. The man leaned against the window, his expression was lazy and calm, without the majesty and solemnity of an outsider. His slender fingers pinched the "black general" and slowly talked to himself.

"The heroes under his command, the famous generals through the ages, only the general can live and die. If you use chess to serve as a general, can there be anyone else besides the general?"

"Of course, I don't look down on Du Pingjun and them...... But who made me and the general 'Gongsun Ben'. ”

"And Taigong, this kind of town stone and Dinghai needle, can't make people bend to make chess generals. Taigong is a rare chess player in our family. Without him, I wouldn't be able to wrestle with those Creators. ”

Thinking of the past, Bai Qi clenched his grip on the "black general" and muttered: "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will win this game." ”

Looking at the sky from afar, the young man said silently in his heart: "Although I don't know whether I am a non-existent 'white general' or a nobody in this game of chess. But since it's the place you left behind, then let's fight it!"

"In that final battle, we will complete the reversal. ”

"But until then, please continue to shoulder this responsibility that only you can bear. Your Majesty in the future. ”