The timing of Zhang Yang's arrival is a bit unfortunate.

Teacher Lu went to Sheng Hai's second son's house to prepare for the New Year.

The person in charge of the workshop, Mr. Lu's eldest son, Lu Ruoyu, received Zhang Yang and his entourage.

This year it was his turn to be on duty at the kiln in Niujia Village.

Lu Ruoyu knows Lao He.

In the past, when Mr. Lu was still working in the museum, they had dinner together.

Listening to Lao He's introduction, the young man in front of him is the deputy director of the current museum manager, Lu Ruoyu was a little surprised and a little unimpressed.

The previous Curator Xiao Wang, who returned from studying abroad, is young enough, and now he has a younger one?

It looks like the Helin Museum is going downhill!

But when he saw the gift that Lao He took out of the trunk, he immediately put on a smiling face and took the thing with a smile.

"Director Zhang, you guys are too polite, just come, why are you bringing so many things?"

"Haha, it's just a small gift, not a tribute. These two supplements will be handed over to Mr. Lu by the time come. Zhang Yang handed over the gifts he bought at a high price very affectionately.

These gifts are really not cheap, but Zhang Yang is the new curator after all, and his attitude still has to be put forward.

"Thank you, I'll bring something."

"Anyway, Director Zhang, it's good if you call me Xiao Lu. Don't be so polite. ”

"Don't, don't...... Or I'll call you Lao Lu, and you can call me Xiao Zhang. Zhang Yang looked at the other party's gray hair and replied.

Lu Ruoyu is at least forty years old, and if Zhang Yang calls out "Xiao Lu", it is estimated that everyone present will be embarrassed.

"It's okay, Curator Zhang, you can do whatever you want." Lu Ruoyu nodded.

He just glanced at it, and the gifts brought by the museum cost twenty or thirty thousand.

This young Curator Zhang really gives face.

So he didn't forget to say hello to Shen Shuyu: "This must be the curator's wife, right?" ”

"It's not ......" Zhang Yang just wanted to explain, but was suddenly robbed.

"Not yet." Shen Shuyu smiled and said.

"yes, not yet." Zhang Yang also smiled.

After the greetings, Zhang Yang asked to see how to burn the lamp.

Lu Ruoyu took the three of them to visit.

As he walked, he introduced:

"Jianzhan porcelain is special, and it must be fired from the raw ore soil in Jianyang. The iron content of the ore over there is relatively high, so the burned building lamp can absorb magnets, which is also called iron tires. ”

These words are all popular science knowledge, and Zhang Yang actually knows it.

But looking at Shen Shuyu's listening with relish, she should have heard it for the first time.

Zhang Yang also patiently reviewed the knowledge points of Jianzhan.

"This is where we store our raw ore......"

"Are these all transported from Jianyang?" Zhang Yang looked at the woven bags in front of him and asked.

Who would have thought that the mineral soil was preserved in this way, and those who didn't know thought that this was a granary.

"Yes, both." Lu Ruoyu explained, "We registered a company in Jianyang, but due to rent, we only set up an office there. ”

"Everything is burned here, and if there is a large order, it will be shipped over."

"Is it so troublesome? Where are the cost advantages? ”

"The main thing is electricity and labor, and my father has always planned to build a kiln in the village......

As soon as Lu Ruoyu mentioned the electricity bill, Zhang Yang understood.

Nowadays, almost all of the electric kilns are used for firing building lamps.

The electric kiln can be regarded as a large electric oven, and the high temperature of more than 1,000 degrees required to fire porcelain is heated up by electricity.

The power consumption behind this can be imagined.

So even if the price of one kilowatt-hour of electricity is half a cent, it will accumulate a lot of money.

"After the raw ore is delivered, the first step is to crush it."

"The second step is to wash the ......"

When introducing the step of panning, Lu Ruoyu took everyone to several large vats.

It was full of yellow muddy water.

This process is really washing the mud with water, and the more the water is washed, the dirtier it becomes, but the sand and gravel are also sifted out.

After washing, the treated mud is poured into a cloth bag to dry the water to obtain a fine mineral soil.

Then it's time for the machine to pull the blank.

"Generally, the blank pulled by the machine cannot be used directly, and it has to be repaired by our master by hand."

"What is this mainly about?" Shen Shuyu asked curiously, "I think this is already the shape of a building lamp." ”

"It's mostly about the details." Lu Ruoyu casually picked up a green body that had not yet been repaired, pointed to various parts on it and explained, "Generally, it is necessary to repair the foot wall, heel, circle foot, mouth edge, and water injection line. ”

After the blank is repaired, it is plain burned.

In fact, it is to bake the unglazed body a little.

It can not only play a role in completely solidifying the green body, but also find out those defective products that have internal problems and crack as soon as they are burned.

"Next is the most important step besides firing, glazing ......"

"Then it's put in a sagger and put it in an electric kiln for firing."

Sagger is a thing that Zhang Yang is very familiar with because he often watches the live broadcast of the kiln.

It is like a steamer for steaming steamed buns, stacked layer by layer, and one or several pieces of porcelain to be fired are placed in each layer.

Looking at the way the workers on site put the sagger, this step seems to be quite exquisite.

Lu Ruoyu said that this is because even if it is an electric kiln, the internal temperature is also related to the location, so different positions are used to burn different glazes.

"There's one more step in the firing process, and I can't see it now, so I'll just introduce it to you."

"In the past, the building lamps were burned with pine firewood, and when the firewood was burned, some ash would fall on the surface of the porcelain, and it would form a colorful color after combining with the glaze."

"We don't have this step in our electric kiln, so when the temperature in this kiln reaches a certain level, we will put in a little pine firewood to set up ash."

"I see, no wonder the electric burning of the building lamp can also have the texture of a firewood kiln." Zhang Yang nodded admiringly.

Sure enough, as long as you can make money, nothing can stump the craftsmen in China.

Stuffing wood into the oven is a bit clever.

After listening to the whole process of Jianzhan firing, the most anticipated link finally came - opening the kiln.

"Lao Lu, do you have a place now where we can experience opening a kiln? My hands are a little itchy. Zhang Yang took the initiative to ask.

"Director Zhang, did you also see the live broadcast of our family's kiln opening on the comics?"

"Huh? Do you still live broadcast the kiln here? ”

"yes." Lu Ruoyu nodded, "The live broadcast of the kiln is too profitable, and now the boss who is a little bit of Internet consciousness will make a live broadcast of the kiln." ”

"Anyway, it's safe to make money."

"Sure to make money or lose money? Why? "Zhang Yang feels a little hard to understand.

Isn't opening a kiln a lottery? Can you still make a steady profit?

There's no going to be a greasy thing in it.

"Hehe, it seems that Director Zhang, you really haven't seen Jianzhan open kiln."

Lu Ruoyu smiled, his smile clear and stupid.

"How can there be real openings now, they are all fake kilns."

"A defective building lamp for 10 yuan can be sold for 200 in the live broadcast room."

"Really?" Zhang Yang nodded thoughtfully, "Where are you broadcasting, can we go and see it?" ”

"Yes, let's go, it just so happens that the fake kiln we made yesterday is about to be live-streamed."

(End of chapter)