Liang Peiqiu lived for a piece of moonlight until the end of her life.

When he asked Shi Nian, "why did he come to inspect the kiln factory every night", he already had an answer in his heart, but when Shi Nian really said it, it felt different, and a trace of expectation that had been brewing in his heart for many years finally confirmed his guess.

Although the world is big, all living beings live in the same world under a piece of moonlight. If you walk more, you can do more, so why not?

But after all, he failed to return to the ideal poet's pastoral field on the February day when the grass grew and the warbler flew. Since then, Liang Peiqiu will walk the road that the lion has made every night.

After sending the "Hengqu Quotations" and Brother Liu's codex back to Anan in the countryside, he had no worries, and he could do something as much as he could, so he went to bid farewell to Wang Yu.

Wang Yu interrupted before he could speak: "The kiln is going to be opened this afternoon, so you can go to the kiln factory with me first." ”

When I went, I was just in time to put the porcelain into the sagger at the mouth of the dragon kiln, and different utensils also paid attention to different placement and firing methods, because the glaze on the porcelain was completely melted during the firing process, and it was fluid, and it would stick to the objects it came into contact with after cooling. If you burn a glazed bowl directly, then you will get a sticky bowl, but the porcelain will not stick.

Generally, there is an unglazed part at the bottom of the porcelain, perhaps in other places, that is, the part that is placed on the kiln plate when the kiln is fired.

When a bowl is plucked, the bowl mouth is put into the sagger upwards, which is stacked burning. To prevent sticking, they usually scrape off the glaze on the inside of the bowl to the same size as the foot, and then place another bowl with an unglazed foot. The bowls are only in contact with the tires, so they will not stick, which is called astringent ring stacking.

Occasionally, a piece of mud is added between the bowls, which is called a mat cake stack. There are also nail stacking, bead stacking, sand stacking and so on. Regardless of the type of stacking, there is a glazed part of the inside of the bowl.

Wang Yu pointed to the sagger and smiled and said: "I still remember the situation when you first came, I don't understand anything, our side is mostly the bowl mouth up, it is called stacked burning, the most famous kiln in the Song Dynasty, often give the bowl upside down, it is called overburning, although the bowl mouth is missing a piece of glaze, but it is the same in the direction of the glaze flow?" This common sense is that the babbling children in Jingdezhen know that you, not only do you not know, but you often make mistakes. ”

The method of overfiring and stacking is very different, and he still does not know, not to mention the difference between Ru kiln and Yue kiln that use branch nail stacking firing. When asked about him, he opened a pair of round and clear eyes and was confused, which was really cutely irritating. But he has a studious heart, he is good at asking about everything, he is not afraid of being shy, and he is not afraid of being ridiculed.

Wang Yu saw that he still had a bookish anger on him, and intended to exercise him, so he threw him into the kiln factory and let him grow freely, but he didn't expect that he was born with a scheduling ability, and he could master every aspect of porcelain burning in just three months.

On one side, the master will start to load the sagger, and on the other side, he will arrange for the master of the yarn hat to enter the field and move the porcelain from the previous kiln to the outside. After the kiln fire was extinguished, the temperature inside could reach up to 160 degrees, which was entered into the Guinness Book of Records in later generations, but there was no thermometer at that time, and they could not predict how many degrees it was, and ordinary people could not enter it at all. Only specially trained yarn hat masters can wear cotton clothes and hats, wear thick gloves, and endure high temperatures to carry inside.

This is done in order to install a kiln as soon as possible, and use the residual temperature in the kiln to dry the porcelain blank, improve the porcelain rate, and save some firewood. When the sagger is loaded, the masters enter the kiln. During the firing process, the temperature of different positions in the kiln is different, and the corresponding porcelain should be placed in the corresponding position, which is also quite a test of the master's skills. Then the kiln door was built, leaving two holes, one for firewood and one for fire.

Kiln firing is a big project and quite expensive. Thanks to Liang Peiqiu over the years, the cost has been effectively controlled, and the porcelain rate has also been greatly improved. It can even be said that he has a delicate heart similar to Bigan, although Liang Peiqiu has no blood relationship with him, let alone a distant relative who can be beaten by eight poles, just a poor child with widowed parents in the middle of the family, but he still treats Liang Peiqiu for no other reason, just because Liang Peiqiu is honest and kind.

Xu Zhong's old thing, he offers Xu Zhiliu like a jewel internally, and there are always some micro-words externally. Especially after a few cups of horse pee, it is even more open-mouthed.

The young man is too powerful, and he inevitably seems to be the head of the family. Xu Zhong also reminded him to take precautions, but Wang Yu is not Xu Zhong, and in the face of Anqingyao's honor and disgrace, his Xu Zhong's personal honor and disgrace is not enough.

He was not afraid to hand over Anqing Kiln to Liang Peiqiu, but he was afraid that he would not accept it.

"Xiao Liang, do you remember when we first came, how many kilns did we have?"

Liang Peiqiu recalled: "Three. ”

"Yes, you look at the present, just the dragon kiln, we have three, in the past, we had to buy sagger with a kiln factory specializing in sagger, but now we don't need it, let's burn the sagger ourselves." I didn't make porcelain, but now I also have a porcelain workshop, which is a big family that burns two lines, and I watch it grow little by little, and today, it almost condenses my life's work. Whoever dares to touch Anqing kiln, I will definitely play with him. ”

"Uncle Wang......"

"Listen to me first, Uncle Wang has reached this age, he is not afraid of those taboo words, death is a matter of kicking his legs, if I didn't let go of Anqingyao and you, I would have enjoyed Qingfu a long time ago." Xiao Liang, do you know that I have always wanted to pass on the Anqing kiln to you? ”

Liang Peiqiu bowed his head in shame.

"Uncle Wang treats me like a parent, how can I not understand your intentions? Only my ability is limited, I am afraid that I will not be able to handle the affairs in the kiln well, and I will live up to your good intentions. ”

"You don't have to prevaricate with these, I know what you're worried about. At the beginning, in order to protect Xu Zhiliu's spring and summer bowl, you did not hesitate to break your leg to offend An Nineteen. An Shijiu looked at the face of Wanshou porcelain, and did not move the Anqing kiln for the time being, but no one dared to guarantee what he would do after Wanshou. Hutian kiln is the head of Jingdezhen kiln, the first choice of Baoqing kiln burned by the government, to say which folk kiln dares to guarantee the greatest possibility of burning the porcelain of the imperial kiln factory, and can regularly quantitatively Bao Neiting satisfaction, and Hutian kiln dares to boast of this Haikou, that is, the imperial kiln factory, in the big and small things to let the Hutian kiln a few points, but Xu Zhiliu died, An Shijiu did not make a big move on the face, and in private did not cut off the lifeblood of the Hutian kiln a little bit? No one dares to go to Hutian kiln to cooperate, as time goes by, who can withstand that consumption! "This is the same as killing people but not Ling Chi, you have to release the other party's blood little by little, how ruthless is it?" Anqing kiln is still after Hutian kiln, and it really has no use value, so how can you expect his subordinates to show mercy? ”

Hello and I am good in the Taiping world, of course, there is no need to make a fuss and break the bloodstream, but once the status is endangered, it is just a folk kiln, no matter how big the plate is, it is just a dog raised by the imperial court. Killed a dog, and another dog to watch the home. If another dog is not obedient, then find another dog, the great dynasty, can you not find a more obedient dog?

Wang Yu knew that in An Shijiu's eyes, they were nothing.

"Do you think that if you leave Anqing Kiln, you will be able to avoid dragging me down? Have you thought about it? Without the little god's Anqing kiln, what is the value of An Nineteen? A Tao Governor can die silently in Jingdezhen, not to mention me who sang with Xia Ying and An Nineteen that day? Do you want to watch me die silently one day? ”

"I'm not, Uncle Wang, I don't mean that."

"I know you don't, and I, Wang Yu, will never die like this. You must know that the little god has one day in Anqing kiln, and Anqing kiln has one day of use value, after all, in Jiangxi, there can be no second pile with the same god as you. Even if he wants to do something, he must take into account the decency of the Imperial Kiln Factory, and it is easy to move your life and death. Besides, the Halloween Festival is approaching, and this year's oath of the Imperial Kiln Factory and the Folk Kiln Association to present ten peerless treasures has been made, and a spring and summer bowl alone is far from enough to make An Nineteen regain his holy grace, with your talent, you will definitely be able to complete the task. You must grasp this opportunity to go to the front of the emperor, once you are in front of the saint, your life and death will have a new consideration, and the Anqing kiln you represent will also make An Nineteen fearful. Xiaoliang, we are just a small people, we can't turn the sky, even if I have such and such expectations for you, what I look forward to most is that you can take good care of yourself. It's not easy to survive at the hands of the wicked, but it's okay to live, isn't it? ”

Liang Peiqiu understood what Wang Yu meant, but he didn't think that with any credit, An Jiu would be jealous of him, he would only suppress him in a more ruthless way, as if he had treated Brother Liu, coercing him, bullying him, and spoiling him.

He exchanged one leg for Brother Liu's spring and summer bowl, but An Nineteen lost face, An Nineteen would definitely do something to him, but he didn't know when he would do it.

Soon the day came.

At the time of the accident, the fire in the dragon kiln had not been extinguished, and Liang Peiqiu was observing the color of the flame through the kiln hole left behind, deciding whether to throw firewood into the kiln. Every once in a while, he also had to use an iron drill to outline the round porcelain pieces that had been placed in the kiln in advance (called firelight) to judge the kiln temperature by the degree of softness.

Later generations have a thermometer, can be actuated to calculate the temperature of the most extreme beauty of each kind of porcelain, such as blue and white firing 1280 degrees, glaze red 1325 degrees, only the current dynasty did not have a temperature measurement, from the normal temperature to more than 1,000 degrees is already difficult, but also to freeze in the range of a few degrees, it is even more difficult.

Liang Peiqiu observed for a long time and decided not to add firewood first, and he had to keep an eye on the kiln fire all the night. According to the convention, after the kiln is turned off, he can go to sleep, let the kiln cool down for another day, and enter the field with sand caps. Before he could rest, there was a commotion outside.

"Oh no, something is wrong!"

Liang Peiqiu was a little drowsy, and was startled, and the whole person sat up. He put on a thick jacket and picked up his crutches and walked out: "What's the matter?" ”

Because Xu Zhong, the big proprietor of Hutian kiln, has been at odds with An 19 in recent days, the people in Hutian kiln are panicked, and the food of Anqing kiln is more than half a steamed bun in Hutian kiln, so he decisively abandoned the dark and came here. I also wanted to persuade my uncle, who was a long-term worker in the Hutian kiln, to also change jobs together, but who expected that in just a few days, the Hutian kiln would have an accident!

The officers and soldiers surrounded the Hutian kiln at night, and Xu Zhong was imprisoned.

It is rumored that the person who reported Xu Zhong is the sworn enemy - Wang Yu.

Thinking about it carefully, in fact, every word Wang Yu said that day was worth pondering, he said that he would not die with Xia Ying, saying that although it is difficult to steal life, at least live, and it is possible to live slowly.

Every sentence seems to be paving the way for this day's forbearance and humiliation.

Xiaogong said: "I didn't expect our big owner to ...... Alas! ”

His sigh made Liang Peiqiu disheartened. Liang Peiqiu hurriedly rushed to Wang Yu's study to verify, Wang Yu seemed to have expected it, and dispersed the left and right early, leaving him alone to speak.

Siliu turned out to be a watchman in Yaoli, and later came to Anqing kiln, led by his uncle, learned kiln affairs, and took charge of account affairs. After his uncle returned to his hometown in old age, Siliu replaced his uncle and took over the account office of Anqing kiln. After Siliu died, the old man begged to come to him, wanting to find a future for his useless youngest son, and Wang Yu felt guilty about Siliu's death, so he agreed, not wanting this guy to be a Pixiu who didn't vomit, with a bottomless pit in his stomach, trying his best to make money from the account room.

In just half a year, Anqing kiln has lost tens of thousands.

After digging deeper, it is inseparable from Liang Peiqiu. When Xu Zhiliu passed away, he almost gave up his instinct to live, and he collapsed, Wang Yu shouldered all the affairs of the kiln factory, the billet workshop and the outside business, and he was still frightened and scared for him, and he was seriously ill, how could he still take care of the monthly audit? Moreover, the account room is full of old guys who have followed him for more than ten years, Wang Yu is sure that nothing will go wrong, who knows that the moths are one after another, trapping his people one by one, and joining hands to deceive the upper and lower.

By the time he found out, it was too late.

Anqing kiln was not only eaten out of a big hole, but also involved in the crime of evading porcelain taxes! Of course, Wang Yu doesn't know anything, but as the head of the family, can he clear the suspicion with the words "I don't know"? What's more, the account room is now a raccoon dog, and it is in the lobby of the official office, what lie can't be told in order to protect yourself? He will definitely be pushed out, and by then not only him, it is likely that Anqing Kiln will be finished together.

So, when An Shijiu found him with incriminating evidence, Wang Yu was forced to bow his head. That night in Jiangshui Tower, An Shijiu listened to the little song, and stroked the jade wrench finger and said to him: "As for me, I don't want to embarrass you, you do something for me, and we will be a family in the future." ”

Wang Yu knew that something was wrong, so he picked up the hem of his clothes and stepped forward. An Shijiu lowered his voice and said: "Since Xu Zhiliu's death, Xu Zhong's old guy has lost his mind, and he has made trouble with me when he sees the sky, and the people below have clean hands and feet, so I can't catch a little handle." I never expected that a waste who had not taken care of the kiln for several years would be able to hoop the Hutian kiln like an iron bucket after Xu Zhiliu's death. If I think about it, it shouldn't be his credit, it should be the trouble that the dead Xu Zhiliu left me. I'm most afraid of trouble, tell me, what can I do to seal Xu Zhong's mouth and let Hutian Kiln give me a good life? ”

In the end, it is a big farmer who has been operating in Jingdezhen for decades and is extremely popular, An Nineteen weighed it around, and it was really inconvenient to do anything to Hutian Kiln on the surface, but he couldn't stand Xu Zhong's two-headed trouble for three days, and wanted to give him a decisive moment.

These days, he can be said to have met a god in Jingdezhen, killed a Buddha when he met a Buddha, and if someone was not pleasing to the eye, a few days later, the corpse of this person would appear silently in rivers, alleys, wilderness, or under the city gate to show the public. His evil deeds are really heinous, but who dares to really rush to him to accuse? When the people closed the door, they only dared to joke about the "fox king".

The characters in the book of the partial birth of the "Fox King" cannot be implemented, and there are many discussions outside, the city is full of wind and rain, and An Nineteen has nowhere to start, so he can only use the reasons of cleaning up public order and other reasons, and casually catch some people who gather to vent their anger and demonstrate. In this way, after a long time, it is inevitable that the people's grievances will boil, and I don't know who stabbed into the ears of the governor of Jiangxi, the governor summoned An 19 and reminded him to pay attention to his words and deeds, after all, the emperor's longevity is the key time to listen to public opinion. Even if there is no such opportunity, who can guarantee that there will not be a minister from Weifu who paid a private visit to Jiangxi?

The governor always hears some rumors, so he will say this to An Nineteen, if something really happens, he will also blame him for his incompetence. All in all, An Nineteen was very unhappy when he was called this time, and after coming back, he thought about it carefully, except for Xu Zhong, no one dared to do anything with him.

Coincidentally, someone came to hand the pillow when he was sleepy, and the Ministry of Industry issued a document ordering him to inquire about the porcelain tax of Anqing kiln. I don't know if I don't check this, I was shocked when I checked it, is Wang Yu really confused? I didn't even know that a hairy boy had dug out his family. An Shijiu wanted to take the opportunity to rectify the Anqing kiln, but who knew that the servant admonished him, saying that he had a good idea of killing three birds with one stone.

When he heard this, he was really useful.

So An 19 asked Wang Yu: "I heard that Xu Zhong has been fighting with you for decades?" You are old enemies, you should know each other's weaknesses very well, right? ”

As soon as Wang Yu heard this, he guessed what An Nineteen was going to do. Of course he knew where Xu Zhong's life was, and he had reminded Xu Zhong more than once before that sooner or later he would break this mouth.

Who would have thought that a few years later, it was himself who designed to frame Xu Zhong.

He pretended to make peace with Xu Zhong and invited him to Jiangshui Tower for a drink. Xu Zhong did not doubt him, and after drinking, he bluntly said that he had privately contacted the major famous kilns, intending to ask Wan Minshu to petition against An Shijiucao's life. Unexpectedly, An Nineteen listened to it next door, and gave Xu Zhongan a big crime of framing the court officials on the spot, and arrested him.

Now that people are in prison, no one knows what is going on inside. Liang Peiqiu asked Wang Yu what the result would be, and Wang Yu shook his head, afraid that he would die.