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After a few days of making practice, Yuanshan's hands are relatively stable, and it becomes easier to make a round bowl and cup. Although there are still slight deformations, it is much better than before.

In a few days, I made a batch of various bottles and jars. Yuan Shan used plant ash and various mineral ash to prepare several kinds of glazes, and then poured them on the jars and fired them to get different glazes. ceramics.

The pottery is first fired, glazed, and then fired again.

Yuan Shan didn't know what kind of effect could be obtained after glazing. In the past few days of preparation, he had made thousands of various clay pottery items, including strange shapes and everything.

Then it starts to go into the kiln for firing. Wood is mainly used as the raw material for firing. The whole earthen kiln is like a furnace. Firewood is burned underground, and the fire enters the kiln through the grate, leaving a gap above. The whole kiln The structure of the furnace is basically similar to that of a water jacket furnace, the difference is that it uses adobe brick structure and is relatively large.

After ignition, there is a long waiting time. The kiln will be closed after at least five or six hours. After the kiln is closed, it will be fired for one day. After one day of cooling, the kiln can be opened to see what you can get.

After the unremitting efforts of more than 50 people, the earth kiln finally waited for the time to open the kiln. Yuan Shan took Dugu Ruolan and others to wait outside in person, just in time the famous master Ding began to move things into the kiln.

Housekeeper Zhou saw that the fired pottery showed several colors, some became blue-gray after adding lime slurry, some were yellow, some were green, in short, there were all kinds of colors.

"Master, is this what we made? There are so many colors, and the kilns in Tang Dynasty don't have such rich colors. Master, the cracked pattern on this cup is very beautiful. If you sell it It will definitely sell for hundreds of coins." Zhou Butler shouted excitedly.

Yuan Shan saw that this was not borneol glaze. Haha, this cup might be worth a lot of money if you take it out. Is it dozens of guan or hundreds of guan? Anyway, let’s use it first. If you want to sell it, you must find some masters who specialize in making pottery.

The billet spinning device of the pile wood has been improved, and if it is replaced by a skilled potter, the processed dishes will be faster.

"Haha, let's see who made this cup." Yuan Shan said immediately.

During the production of these pottery, the name of the producer will be left behind. Some servants are illiterate, and someone will do it for them.

"The young master is the cup made by the second lady." After looking at it several times, Steward Zhou handed the cup directly to Yuan Shan's hand and said.

"Haha, I didn't realize that Qian Yu is very talented in art." Yuan Shan loudly praised Qian Yu beside him. At this time, Qian Yu also took the cup over and looked at it again and again. It was made by hand, even if the shape is not so round, the key is It is the intention that matters.

"Move out the burnt pottery first, and separate out the cracked ones. Steward Zhou will unify the pottery a few times to see who's craftsmanship is good, and then he will be in charge of the work of the pottery workshop." Yuan Shan said.

Then he said: "In the future, when this pottery workshop is free, everyone can come to make pottery. In addition, some craftsmen who can make pottery will be hired, and then put into production."

"Yes, young master, these old servants have made a note of it, and they will do it soon." Zhou Butler said.

"Okay, now let's see how the result of Master Ben's making is." Yuan Shan said, walking towards the teapot he made. The teapot he made is relatively small and has a very special shape, which can be seen at a glance. out, so you don't have to look for it at all.

A total of three teapots were made, but unfortunately one of them was burnt and cracked, but the other two were good. Yuan Shan was very happy to hold the teapot he made himself like a treasure and look at it over and over again.

"Husband, what kind of pottery is this? It's so strange, isn't it too small?" Dugu Ruolan asked. In fact, the teapot with a spout made by Yuanshan already had a spout in the Tang Dynasty, but the shape is really very special. It's special, small and looks very delicate.

"This is a teapot, but it's not for making tea, but for brewing tea. In a few days, my husband will fry some tea, and Ruolan will understand by then. By the way, your results are good. Take it out and have a look." Ah." Yuan Shan said.

"Over there, it's the biggest jar." Dugu Ruolan said immediately, and then went over to move that jar, but it was a little heavy. When Dugu Ruolan made this jar, she kneaded it into a long circle with mud and then circled it It was made from a pan, and then the outside and the inside were wiped evenly with mud again. The ancient jars were basically made in this way. I don’t know where Dugu Ruolan learned it from, but it was fired successfully.

Chapter 116

With the experience of firing for the first time, Yuan Shan became more addicted to it. Two days later, Zhou Zhou found more than ten craftsmen who could make pottery, and then the large-scale production project of pottery in Yuanjia Manor began.

In order to speed up the production of gears, Yuan Shan directly asked Steward Zhou to contact the blacksmith shop to make different gear parts separately, while Blacksmith Lu directly put the task on the production of chains.

A week later, three blank-making machines were completed and put into use. The pottery craftsmen invited by Steward Zhou spoke highly of the new blank-making machines. , but this high-efficiency way of making pottery blanks still greatly improved their craftsmanship.

It should be said that it is a kind of display of their craftsmanship. A bowl can be made by pedaling a few times on a bicycle. This speed is completely beyond other kilns for ceramic production.

In addition, Yuan Sha was able to pay these craftsmen a lot of wages, completely leaving everyone on the top spot. In the next two weeks, no less than tens of thousands of pottery of various sizes were fired, most of which were bowls. Dishes and plates are the necessities of life.

After the firing of these two batches of pottery is completed, the autumn harvest time will follow, and all the helpers in the cement factory and brick factory will go home to harvest the crops.

The money they earned in the past few months made their lives much easier. In addition to working in Yuan's house and distributing brand-new coarse clothes, they saved a lot of money.

The helpers in Silizhuang knew that the crops in Wulizhuang were the best in the village when they were working in Yuanjiazhuang. Later, after asking, they found out that they used something called base fertilizer, which was grown from the current crops. Look, it's definitely a bumper harvest.

When October was approaching, Yuanjiazhuang organized Jia Ding, Yuchi Baolin and others to start harvesting the crops. The family members harvested crops from a hundred acres of fertile land, while Yuchi Baolin and others were sent to the wasteland to break corn and chop straw.

With a lot of people and a lot of strength, it took a few days to harvest 20 mu of crops and more than [-] mu of corn. The corn stalks were collected and cut up with a knife knife before being used to feed cattle, and some of the dried corn was used to Vegetable gardens were built illegally and used as firewood.

The crops of Yuanjia Manor are not only corn, but also potatoes, etc., which will be harvested after October.

After finishing his work, Yuan Shan called Yuchi Baolin and others to help farmers harvest. During the harvest season, people's faces were full of joy.

Liu Lizheng called for help when he saw Yuanshan, so he also started to organize the farmers who had harvested their crops to help on the farm.

County magistrate Guo heard that Wulizhuang had a bumper harvest, and the average annual crop yield had nearly doubled year-on-year. He couldn't sit still, and went directly from Lantian County to Wulizhuang to inspect.

It's just that the harvest is still a bit exaggerated. In previous years, it was two to three hundred catties of grain, but this year it has reached an average harvest of more than 500 catties per mu.

This still depends on the actual amount of land allocated, which is at least 150 mu on average, and the worst harvest this year is [-] shi of grain, so this year's income is at least [-] guan.

The price of food will be reduced after a big harvest, but taking Wulizhuang's harvest as an example, it won't play a big role in the entire Tang Dynasty, let alone in the entire Lantian County, but County Magistrate Guo can indeed get a good report card.

After half a month of busy work, the farmers in Wulizhuang brought some things to thank Yuanshan. If Yuanshan hadn't told them to use the base fertilizer to increase production, they would not have such a harvest now.

Seeing that the dealers came to thank them for the gifts, Yuan Shan came out of the study when he was informed. Seeing that all the people from the farm had come, Yuan Shan saw that the dealers were so enthusiastic, so he did not refuse some gifts from them.

But then Yuan Shan said that since everyone has come, let's just have a dinner together, and directly use the things brought by the farmers as the staple food, while Yuan Shan asked people to kill two pigs to make dishes.

The whole Wulizhuang became lively again, and some people said that the government returned to Yuanjia Kiln Factory to continue working after harvesting the grain.

Yuan Shan naturally agreed. Although cement bricks are not sold in large quantities, they are still necessary for home construction.

Seeing the joyful expressions of the farmers, Yuan Shan was also happy for them, but when he talked about his family's [-]-acre field, he got a headache. In fact, there are not so many, and there is no official salary. It is too much for the baron to do his part A little bit sad.

Today's dinner party, Yuanshan specially asked people to inform that the farmers did not need to go home to get the bowls, and everything would be provided by the manor. As a result, when it was time for dinner, the farmers were holding the glazed porcelain bowls in their hands. Use with care, afraid to drop it and break it.

In fact, this kind of ceramics does not cost much to buy in the market. In fact, this glazed ceramic bowl costs about ten yuan per bowl, but this style looks better.

Thousands of bowls like this can be burned in one kiln. Yuan Shan thought that he could sell them. After all, there is no way to use up such bowls and dishes in the manor. Now they have started to make ceramics with patterns. up.

Ten Wen for each bowl, five Wen for a plate, thirty Wen for a big bowl, two Wen for Xiaodie, one penny for a chopstick rest, two Wen for a small porcelain spoon, ten Wen for a soup spoon, five Wen for a porcelain cup, and a big cup Ten Wen, a teapot with six teacups and fifty Wen, all kinds of bottles and cans start from five Wen, the more complicated and bigger the more expensive.

Yuan Shan found that there seemed to be a lot of product categories in Taofang. It would be good to just open a ceramic products store, but thinking about it, it seems that it seems that it is very slow to make money, but the new colors produced can attract many people. Few people's eyeballs.

After another afternoon of this tossing, the plan for the refinery has not been completed yet, so he went back to the yard and plunged into the study to continue his plan.

The old house of the Yuan family really couldn't be used for oil refining anymore, so it was decided to find a place in the back hill of the Yuan manor to build a new oil refinery, and the paraffin factory would also be placed in the back hill area.

Brick kilns, cement kilns, lime kilns, and clay kilns will be divided into industrial zones. The next step is to build the Yuanjia old house area. The plan is to build a foreign village in the entire area of ​​the old house.

Since then, Yuanjia Manor has been divided into Waizhuang and Neizhuang. Most of the land in Waizhuang will be divided into planting areas, which are mainly used to grow medicinal materials and some fruits and vegetables. A large number of green planting areas will also be built to integrate the chess hall into the garden. Among them, some more formal clubhouses and teahouses will also be built.

Yuanshan’s life is like this, planning the manor every day. As time goes by, the sales of candles are getting better and better, especially near the end of the year. Two gold.

This is not a dream but a reality. Now the whole Chang'an city has some decent people with some candles, and the officials of Chaotian do the same, and the beeswax of the Zheng family is still a special supplier of the imperial court, but it sells the most and the fastest. Or ordinary candles.

Weddings, funerals, and weddings can’t be done without these things now, and the last time they have to light oil lamps, and now it’s approaching the Chinese New Year, and the demand for candles is still rising. This month, the Zheng family has purchased for the second time. It is expected that this year’s income will be There will be new breakthroughs.

And Changsun's family is also doing well in business. Many officials' homes use candles basically from Changsun's family, and the channel for sending them to the main store in Hepingfang is still the brothel in Pingkangfang, and the price is also wholesale. Price, but not much cheaper, each price 490 Wen.