Chapter 426: Not a drop of water

In addition to the porcelain capital Dehua, the porcelain production in Fujian Province is the most famous kiln. The kiln was built in the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was in its heyday, and the Qing Dynasty began to decline. During the Song Dynasty, the wind of tea fighting among the common people prevailed. The Song people measured the effect of tea fighting, firstly looking at the color and uniformity of the tea noodle soup flowers, with "fresh white" as the first; second, looking at the presence or absence of water marks at the junction of the soup flowers and the tea cups, and the appearance of sooner or later, "no water marks in the tea cups" was the top. The black porcelain tea set of the kiln, as Zhu Mu of the Song Dynasty said in the "Fang Yu Shenglan", "the tea is white, and the traces are easy to check when it enters the black cup". Therefore, the black porcelain tea cup of the Song Dynasty has become the largest variety of porcelain tea sets. In the kiln of black porcelain tea sets, the "Jianzhan" produced by the kiln is the most praised. Cai Xiang said in "Tea Record": "The one who was created by Jian'an...... The most important thing to use. Those who come from other places, whether thin or purple, are not as good. "The formula of Jianzhan is unique, in the firing process to make the glaze show rabbit stripes, partridge spots, sunrise spots, once the tea soup into the cup, can radiate a colorful little brilliance, increase the interest of tea fighting. Therefore, even the Song royal family hand-picked the products of the kiln as tribute.

The celadon of Tong'an is the representative work of celadon in Fujian Province. It was burned in the Song and Yuan dynasties, because it was close to the port of Quanzhou (Quan), so in the time of the "Maritime Silk Road", Tong'an celadon was sold to many countries and regions. Similar to Tong'an celadon kilns in Fujian Province, there are Pucheng kilns, Nanping kilns, Putian kilns, Xianyou kilns, Nan'an kilns, Hui An kilns, Xiamen kilns, Zhangpu kilns, etc., forming a huge celadon production system. Relying on Quanzhou Port, it is exported to the world.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the rise of Zhangzhou Yuegang, coupled with the preferential tax policy for the porcelain industry, brought about the prosperity of Zhangzhou kiln. Zhangzhou kiln is the general name of the kiln industry in Zhangzhou area during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and its kiln sites are distributed in Pinghe, Zhangpu, Nanjing, Yunxiao, Zhao'an, Hua'an and other counties, with Pinghe kiln site being the most representative. Most of the porcelain produced by the Zhangzhou kiln is blue and white porcelain, and in addition to a small amount for the domestic market, a considerable part is for export. Although its glaze is different from other kilns, its stenciling, engraving techniques and compositions are the same as those of Jingdezhen kiln products, so it is often confused with Jingdezhen porcelain.

During the Qing Dynasty, Jinjiang porcelain stove rose. The place name of the porcelain stove is named because the local people mostly make porcelain as a business. According to the "Jinjiang County Chronicle", it is recorded: "Porcelain out of Jinjiang Porcelain Stove Township, take the soil to open a kiln, burn large and small bowls, cylinders, urns, very sparing, and cross the ocean." It can be seen that in the Qing Dynasty and before, the kiln was mainly coarse, with a huge output, and was also exported to Southeast Asian countries. To this day, porcelain stoves still produce practical ceramic products such as urns, pots, pots, and bowls, among which the vegetable urns used to hold pickles are particularly popular.

“...... In fact, this is also very understandable, don't look at what the Kangqian prosperous era is advertised on TV, but in fact, during the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the official kiln, most of the folk porcelain were some coarse ware. In other words, it's sturdy and durable, and the style is not fancy. Why? During the Qing Dynasty, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. In order to save money, porcelain of poor quality and porcelain with low practicality will be discarded by ordinary poor people. Only some coarse wares are the most popular...... It's like the large water tank that still exists in many rural areas is a kind of coarse ......"

Zeng Lao's "professional explanation" made Tang Chenmao suddenly.

In fact, Tang Chen is not to blame, if it were not for Elder Zeng saying this, who knows that the porcelain of Fujian Province actually has such a "glorious" process? As long as Chinese have heard of Jingdezhen, the "porcelain capital", but porcelain from other places has rarely heard of it. If you weren't a local, or a collector like Zeng Lao, how could you know all about the origin of these porcelains?

Even if he is a local, Zhou Deqing only knows Dehua, the "porcelain capital" of Fujian Province.

Tang Chen smiled: "Since this is the case, I am relieved." Old Zhou, this kind of porcelain is actually not difficult to fire, I don't know if it can be burned well in about ten days?"

In fact, Tang Chen also knew that this kind of simple porcelain would only take three or five days at most.

The reason why he said it for ten days was because Tang Chen was afraid that he would not have time to consecrate these two pieces of porcelain. After all, he has more important things to do - to help Zeng Lao crack the evil feng shui bureau of "green worm money".

Many people boast that they can do two things at a time.

But people who are really capable will never be distracted to do the second thing. In the face of the most important things, distraction is tantamount to abandoning all hopes.

Tang Chen was naturally no exception, after all, this time it was not a joke, he had also felt the power of "Green Worm Money", it was absolutely extraordinary. If you had just buried it to crack it, it might not take much effort. But who knows how long this "green worm money" has been buried, how much luck has it absorbed, and how much evil energy it has been transformed into?

In the face of this tricky feng shui bureau, if you want to crack it, you must have all the preparations. This is also why Tang Chen has to buy magic weapons, he can't do it on his own alone!

Zhou Deqing obviously also understands that he is a latecomer, and he always queues up first, and he cuts the queue from behind, which is inevitably a little immoral. Even if Zeng Lao was hindered by his fame and had no intention of complaining, Zhou Deqing himself felt that his face was gloomy.

"Little master, in fact, ten days is still not enough......"

Zhou Deqing deliberately sighed and said, "If you want to fire a flawless porcelain, you need to repeat the test several times. Otherwise, within a month, I promise to do a good job, how about it?"

"A month?"

Tang Chen was a little surprised, it stands to reason that China, as a dignified porcelain country, how could it take so long to burn two pieces of porcelain?

Only Elder Zeng understood, cast a grateful look at Zhou Deqing, and said: "Elder Zhou is perfect, of course it is the best." After all, it's easier to open a perfectly shaped piece of porcelain, right, Master Tang?"

Tang Chen was stunned and said, "Actually, you don't have to be so perfect, it's just a low-level magic weapon......

After bidding farewell to this teahouse, Tang Chen asked in a low voice: "Does it take so long to burn porcelain? Even if it is copper smelting, it is estimated that it can be made." ”

Looking at Tang Chen, who was holding a bunch of things, Zeng Lao shook the "Tieguanyin King" in his hand and said, "Zhou Lao takes care of my face! Look, this box of tea can be regarded as half sold and half given." He knew the first-come, first-served rule, so he proposed a one-month buffer time, and estimated that Master Tang could solve the matter of my ancestral house. At that time, he casually made an excuse, saying that the porcelain had been burned, which was not only polite, but also saved everyone's face, killing two birds with one stone!"

Tang Chen thought about it carefully, and it seemed that in this matter, Zhou Deqing really did a good job, and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Zhou Lao can become the 'King of Tea', it is definitely not a fluke......

As the saying goes, 'there is no first in literature, no second in martial arts', even in the tea ceremony, there are many people who are very powerful. In Qingxi alone, there are no less than 100 tea gardens that grow Tieguanyin, but why is Zhou Lao recognized as the 'King of Tea'?

(End of chapter)