The second day was the day of the official kiln selection and delivery of works, and early in the morning, Xu Yunnan went to the venue with the entries from the workshop, and Xu Yunjin also went to join in the fun.

There are two other categories of works to be handed over in the official kiln selection, the first is daily porcelain, that is, the tableware, tea sets, porcelain pots, etc. used by the royal family on weekdays, and even the night pot is.

The second category is art ceramics, which refers to vases, sculptures, some home ornaments and other works of art full of beauty, which are also the favorite of the royal family and various families.

The daily porcelain made by the Xu family workshop this year is two sets of tea sets and a set of tableware, one of which includes a teapot and six teacups, the strange thing is that the colors of these seven are inconsistent, but they are colorful.

The other set is pure white porcelain, the color is regular, and the brilliant thing is its shape, which is much more exquisite than Daqi's tea set today.

At Xu Yunjin's suggestion, Xu Yunnan also made a filter to filter tea, of course, this filter should be replaced frequently.

The tableware is simple blue and white porcelain, matching dishes and basins, etc.

The handicraft is a colorful vase that Xu Yunnan has read for a long time and tried to make several times before he succeeded, with a simple white base and four flowers of different colors on it.

What surprised Xu Yunjin the most was that they actually made a porcelain ornament with rich flowers, the woodworking at the bottom of the ornament was carved by the wooden family, and the porcelain ornament on the top was mainly cyan, and the top was carved with peony flowers and leaves.

Of course, these carved things were completed by those masters, Xu Yunnan's craftsmanship is not good enough now, he only read the book given by Xu Yunjin to have a technical advantage.

The porcelain of each family has been kept secret from the outside world so far, but not internally, so the porcelain of the Xu family has just been placed in the selection hall, and the Tobe Langzhong and Kou Gonggong of the Internal Affairs Office who came to participate in the selection know about it.

"It seems that this year's official kiln has fallen into this Xu family's ceramic workshop."

Tobe Langzhong and Kou Gonggong were all gathered around the table with the Xu family's ceramic workshop written at this time, in order to prevent someone from breaking it, or the hem of the clothes swept to the porcelain and broken, the table was very large, and both of them couldn't help but move closer.

"Yes, yes, this Xu family is really amazing, it's only been a long time, at the beginning, it was the saint who made a county lord, and then there were two powerful scholars, and now it's even worse, this Xu porcelain is made, I want to move home when I see it, not to mention those nobles."

Tobe wanted to reach out and touch the rich ornament, but he retracted his hand.

"Isn't it, although the miscellaneous family can't get out of the palace, I have also heard about the ability of this Xu family."

Gonggong Kou couldn't help but nod and said, he was able to come here this year because of a secret order, at first he thought that the Yuan family would also exercise the rights of the imperial family, but now he felt that the Yuan family was doing it too much.

Yuan Xuan: How do I know that a piece of porcelain can have so many new patterns?

The two days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was June 20, and early in the morning, Xu Yunjin and others got into the carriage to go to the selection venue.

Each workshop can bring people in, but the upper limit is six, and Xu Yunjin and Yuan San plus Han Shaozhi occupy three places.

Therefore, only Xu Yunnan and the two masters can go in to visit the workshop, and Gao Xiaoyue can only stay in the inn with Kang Lian.

The distance was not far, but when Xu Yunjin and the others arrived near the venue, they were blocked, and there were people waiting in line to enter the venue in front of them.

When they finally got to the time, it was already time, Xu Yunnan stepped forward and gave the workshop documents and competition posts registered in the government to the yacha for inspection, and the six of them entered the venue.

"Tsk, it seems that there are a lot of workshops in Daqi that make porcelain, I used to think it was just that."

After Xu Yunjin entered, he looked at the dense crowd of people and said.

"There are a lot of ceramic workshops all over Daqi, but most of them can also make some dishes and teacups, and there are only a few who are really qualified to participate in the official kiln selection, about twenty, but each family has brought people in, and there are officials guarding the venue and it is small, so it seems that there are many people."

One of the teachers obviously knew this very well, so he explained to Xu Yunjin and the others.

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However, when it came to the official selection, only the representatives of each workshop were eligible to sit in the front row, and the rest of the people who brought it were separated by the officials at the back of each house.

The selection process is simple, with three officials from the household department and three local officials voting together, and this year there is an additional internal affairs office.

In addition to the official vote, the representative also has to vote, but there are few representatives who can vote for other workshops in an atmospheric manner, so the results of each year come out and each family writes against the vote.

The selection process is open, so there is generally no fraud in the official kiln selection, but other things are not necessarily, such as grain, medicinal materials, and leather goods.

If someone buys the selected officials, it is not necessarily who can grab that title, of course, grabbing is not the most important thing, the important thing is that you can also show such a good quality after grabbing it, otherwise you will be canceled and punished by the official.

The porcelain of the Xu family appeared relatively late, because Xu Yunnan was unlucky in the lottery, and ranked fourteenth.

The porcelain in the first few workshops was very ordinary, it was the same white porcelain with patterns or carvings, and there was nothing innovative, and several officials voted against it.

It wasn't until the tenth that the situation got better, and the porcelain that the tenth workshop brought out for the competition turned out to be black porcelain and celadon.

Whether it is the appearance, color, shape, and pattern are all very unique, Xu Yunnan, who was sitting in front, was a little nervous, and his breathing was chaotic for a moment.

But what no one expected was that only three people voted for it, that is, the three officials of Jinping Fucheng, the three officials of the household department and Kou Gonggong all voted against, and the representative of the workshop looked a little unsightly.

"This should be the Bao family, the imperial merchant last year, this Bao family workshop started making porcelain two hundred years ago, and has been the boss of the porcelain industry for nearly a hundred years, but now, the Bao family is not as good as before."

The old master shook his head as he spoke, and said to Xu Yunjin and the others with some regret.

"Why is that?"

The history of porcelain in this world is less than a thousand years, and the strength of hundreds of schools of thought has only grown from the very beginning of the earthen bowl and pot to the current porcelain age, and the Bao family seized the important outlet two hundred years ago and became one of the big brothers in the porcelain industry.

These are all a little bit of the history of porcelain that Xu Yunjin has learned, and it stands to reason that this kind of old family that can study and has strong family support will not fall off the altar so easily.

"I know, I know." Han Shaozhi enthusiastically raised his hand to answer like a good student.

"Because the Bao family has also become the lackeys of the He family, the younger sister of the head of the Bao family of this generation is He Chong's concubine of the old thing, and he also has a son named What?"

"Young Master Han, his name is He Liteng." The old master reminded softly that he had lived in Kyoto for a long time and knew more about the He family than Han Shaozhi.

After all, Han Shaozhi lives in a big family like the Han family, and he knows more gossip, and several people quietly chatted in the back.

"Yes, yes, I heard that the status of this concubine has been close to He Chong's eldest son in the past two years, and the Bao family also has its own plans, so over the years, I have thrown money at the He family."

Han Shao pursed his lips as he spoke, and continued:

"My grandfather still thinks it's a pity, saying that the ancestor of the Bao family a hundred years ago was also a figure, but he didn't expect his descendants to fall to this."

The two people in the back row approached and bit their ears, but the atmosphere in the front row had reached a fever pitch, and even the last imperial merchant did not pass, and the others were even more trembling.

"Little brother, which workshop are you from, why haven't I seen you in previous years?"

The porcelain of the eleventh workshop was already on display on the stage, Xu Yunnan was still an old god and did not communicate with others, and a man with a long beard greeted Xu Yunnan.

"I'm from the Xu family's workshop."

Xu Yunnan glanced at the man and knew that he was the representative of the workshop that ranked first.

"Hey, it's your workshop, hey, it looks like we're hopeless this year."

Obviously, this person knows the name of the Xu family's workshop, after all, the Xu family's porcelain is big

Qi is unique, and people in the same industry are naturally the news that comes quickly.

Several people around secretly looked at Xu Yunnan when they heard the words of the beard, and it happened that it was the turn of the Xu family's workshop to display the porcelain on the stage at this time.

"Oh my God, that's pretty too."