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Chapter 95 Really Has Words (Please collect and recommend)
Department of Archeology, Jingzhou University.

Li Huachang adjusted his glasses frame, looking at the only two students Liang Jing and Zhang Ru in the audience, he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

I think when he was studying in the Archeology Department of Jingzhou University, there were dozens of students in one class and hundreds of students in one department.It's good now, there are less than ten students in the entire archeology department.

If this continues, the existence of the Department of Archeology will be a problem.

The reason is that it can only be said that it is because of this professional problem.The employment area is narrow, and there are few opportunities to make money, so naturally there are fewer people who come to study.Look at those popular majors, either they will go to official career in the future or they will enter a big company and make money quickly.

Because there were only two students, Li Huachang's enthusiasm for lecturing was also a little less.After a class, it was even a bit boring.

"Professor Li, please stay."

Just as Li Huachang was packing up his things and preparing to leave, Liang Jing stood up and shouted.

Li Huachang: "Liang Jing, do you have any questions?"

Liang Jing: "Professor Li, I personally want to ask you for a favor."

Li Huachang chuckled: "Oh? Tell me, I will try my best."

Liang Jing was also very happy to hear Li Huachang's words, and quickly took out her mobile phone to find the photos that Chen Dong had sent her and handed them to Li Huachang.

Li Huachang: "????"

Liang Jing: "Professor Li, a friend of mine asked me to ask you. I want you to help me find out what is special about this Xuande furnace."

Li Huachang took Liang Jing's cell phone and began to look through it.

I wasn't surprised at the beginning, but when I turned to the last picture, my eyes widened.

Li Huachang: "Liang Jing, tell me quickly, where is your friend?"

Seeing Li Huachang who was suddenly agitated, Liang Jing was also a little surprised.

"Professor Li, this person's name is Chen Dong. I heard from him that he came to Jingzhou this time because he wanted to bring that Xuande stove to the appraising show."

"There's no value in being on that kind of show. Can you contact him? I want to see that Xuande furnace in person."

"No problem, he wants to call on you too."

After Liang Jing finished speaking, she quickly called Chen Dong.

Chen Dong who received the call was at the gate of Jingzhou University with Chen Xi by his side.

The reason why I brought Chen Xi to Jingzhou University is to let her experience the atmosphere of the university campus in advance. Usually, Chen Xi has good grades. If he really has the opportunity to be admitted here, he will have a bright future.

"Brother, the building of Jingzhou University is so old."

Walking into the school gate, Chen Xi couldn't help but said while looking at some surrounding buildings.

"What do you know? This is called cultural atmosphere. Jingzhou University was founded in 1898. It was originally called Jingshi University Hall. It is the first national comprehensive university in modern China. It has been more than 100 years old and has a long history." Chen Dong knocked on Chen Xi's head and said.

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The phone rang for a while, and Chen Dong saw that Liang Jing was calling from the caller ID, so he quickly picked it up.

"What? Professor Li wants to see me?"

Chen Dong was also a little surprised when he heard Liang Jing's words.

"Yes, Professor Li wants to see the Xuande furnace in your collection."

Liang Jing said on the phone.

"No problem, I'll bring the Xuande furnace with me."

Looking at a suitcase in his hand, Chen Dong said.

"That's great. In this way, I'll send you a location. Come here quickly."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Dong opened WeChat, and sure enough, he saw that Liang Jing had sent the location.

I have to say that the current mobile phone map is really very convenient. If it was before, Chen Dong would not know when he would find Liang Jing, but now with the navigation reminder of the map, he came to the Archeology Department in a few minutes.

When meeting Li Huachang for the first time, Chen Dong was a little nervous.I didn't expect to meet this legendary figure in the archaeological world so soon, and he looks kind-hearted. He doesn't look like a university professor at all, but more like a neighbor's uncle.

"Professor Li, this is Chen Dong." Liang Jing quickly introduced.

Chen Dong hurriedly took a step forward, and stretched out his hand: "Hello, Professor Li, I've heard your name by heart for a long time. I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet you. It's really an honor."

Li Huachang chuckled: "Chen Dong, you don't have to flatter me. I am an old man who is not famous. By the way, did you bring that Xuande furnace?"

Chen Dong: "Bring it."

After finishing speaking, Chen Dong opened the suitcase and reached for the Xuande stove.

Li Huachang: "Don't move."

Chen Dong: "???"

Li Huachang sighed: "Is this how you usually hold it?"

Chen Dong: "Ah"

The black lines on Li Huachang's face, this guy doesn't understand the basic common sense of antiques.

Li Huachang took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and took them to his hands, and carefully moved the Xuande stove out of the box.

He took out a magnifying glass from his pocket.

Chen Dong and Chen Xi looked at Li Huachang in astonishment. They really didn't know where this guy got so many things in his pocket.

I saw that Li Huachang was silent, and looked carefully with a magnifying glass, especially the inner wall of the Xuande stove.

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After watching for more than ten minutes, Li Huachang stood up and breathed out lightly.

"Chen Dong, where did this Xuande stove come from?"

Chen Dong: "I bought it at the flea market."

Li Huachang: "Can you tell me how much you paid for it?"

Chen Dong chuckled, "20."

When Chen Dong said 20, Liang Jing and Zhang Ru were taken aback.

I didn't expect a small Xuande stove to be so valuable.

Li Huachang laughed when he heard the figure of 20: "Chen Dong, you got a big deal. If I guess right, this should be the first generation of Xuande furnace, and it may even be the first Xuande furnace to come out. .”

Chen Dong: "???"

Li Huachang pointed to a place on the inner wall of the Xuande Furnace and said to Chen Dong: "Have you seen the words on it?"

"Any words?"

Chen Dong was stunned for a while, and quickly took the magnifying glass in Li Huachang's hand and looked at it.

"It really has words!"

Through the magnifying glass, there is a very small Lu character engraved inside.

"Lu character!"

Li Huachang: "That's right, it's the Lu character that makes this Xuande stove valuable."

Liang Jing: "Why, Professor Li?"

Li Huachang chuckled: "That's a long story, let's start with the history of Xuande Furnace."

When Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di’s grandson, was in power, in order to satisfy his hobby of enjoying incense burners, he ordered a batch of red copper to be imported from Siam, and ordered the imperial craftsman Lu Zhen and Wu Bangzuo, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, to refer to the firewood kiln in the imperial palace. , Ru Kiln, Guan Kiln, Ge Kiln, Jun Kiln, and Ding Kiln, as well as historical records such as "Xuanhe Bogu Tulu" and "Archaeological Map", designed and supervised the production of incense burners.

Lu Zhen is the general person in charge of the manufacture of Xuande incense burners. To ensure the quality of the incense burners, Lu Zhen tremblingly told the emperor that in order to make a good incense burner, the copper had to be refined six times.Refining once, less, after six times, only half of the raw materials will remain.Emperor Xuande was rich and powerful, and had a strong sense of high-quality goods. He immediately decreed that the number of refining times should not only not be reduced, but doubled, and precious metals such as gold and silver should be added.So the craftsmen selected dozens of precious metals such as gold and silver, and went through more than ten careful casting and smelting together with red copper.After great efforts, three years in Xuande, the best copper incense burner was finally successfully produced.

A total of 3000 Xuande furnaces were built at that time, but these Xuande furnaces were only wide at the bottom and had no extra characters on them. Although your Xuande furnace has no wide bottom, it has the word "LV" carved on the inner wall.

So I suspect it was made by Lu Zhen himself.
(End of this chapter)