Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

Gao Zhizhou said gratefully: "Brother Fang, when we have achieved fame after high school, we will visit you again."

Li Yifu said the same way: "Brother Fang, please guide me when the time comes!"

Fang Cheng was very embarrassed, so he could only agree vaguely, and watched them go in.

Walking into the Suzaku Gate, the guards immediately took them to the office of the Ministry of Officials, which had been emptied, and tables and chairs were set up again, waiting for the exam to start.

The person in charge of the exam this time is naturally Fang Xuanling and the others. First, they will issue a number plate to all the scholars, verify their identities, and then sit according to the number plate. These are the procedures that Li Yi'an imagined for them.

The first imperial examination in the Zhenguan period officially started.

At the same time, Li Yi'an was still tossing about his things.

Although the imperial examination was gradually facilitated under his recommendation, he didn't pay much attention to it. Anyway, it doesn't matter who goes to high school.

He remembered the imperial examination during the Zhenguan period, and Li Yifu seemed to be on the list, but he didn't remember the details.

"Sir, can you really succeed in doing this?"

Cheng Yaojin's hands were covered with mud, and he looked at Li Yi'an, who was also covered with mud.

"General Cheng, be steady and have confidence in yourself!"

While talking, Li Yi'an soaked a bowl-shaped porcelain blank with black glaze, and then carefully pasted a maple leaf whose veins had been corroded by soaking in water in the center of the pottery pot.

"Okay, let's burn it first!"

After Li Yi'an finished everything, he wiped his forehead with sweat, and then stained his forehead with the mud in his hands.

He is also a little nervous. Although there is a systematic inheritance of knowledge as a guarantee, it is the first time to do it.

In case of messing up, the fat man invested so much money this time, and he still didn't fight him desperately.

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Chapter 182 Konoha Tianmu Cup

After the play was sent to the cave for firing, Cheng Yaojin didn't know why, and felt that the husband might not be reliable this time.

Put a piece of maple leaf on top of the porcelain body and fire it. Even if something is fired, it is just a piece of porcelain. As for the maple leaf placed inside, it has no effect. The temperature in the cave is so high that it will be wiped out as soon as it is fired.

Sure enough, when the thing came out of the kiln, the leaves were only ashes, and then left faint marks on the surface.

However, the black glazed porcelain bowl looks quite beautiful. The porcelain of the Tang Dynasty is mainly celadon white porcelain, which is as clean as jade, but this is the first time Cheng Yaojin has seen such a black and shiny porcelain bowl. It looks very fresh.

"Sir, this porcelain bowl of yours is very beautiful. If you sell it, you may make a lot of money at first, but if you put leaves in it, it will cause blemishes on the surface, which is very worthless."

Cheng Yaojin hesitated for a while, but still said what he thought in his heart: "Even if there are no flaws, this thing can't reach the level of earning a lot of money that you said, sir."

"General Cheng, this is just a failure, but you can take a longer view."

What Li Yi'an made was not ordinary porcelain, but the famous Konoha Tianmu Zhan in later generations.

Turning leaves into cups, turning wood into gold.

This thing first appeared in the Jizhou kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty. The wooden leaves were placed on the body of the Tianmu glaze, fired at high temperature, and then the leaves were oxidized at high temperature to naturally ash, and fused with the Tianmu glaze to form a texture of wooden leaves.

It is said that only the soil in Jizhou is easy to succeed for this thing, and Li Yi'an asked Cheng Yaojin to send people to dig the soil in Jizhou. The first one that was fired now ended in failure as expected.

"Is this still a failure?"

Cheng Yaojin asked in surprise: "What will the finished product be like?"

"I haven't seen the finished product either."

Li Yian said casually.

In later generations, he only saw pictures of Tianmu lamps, but never saw the real thing.

Cheng Yaojin felt that it was really going to be over this time, and the husband was definitely a failure. It was a pity that he still invested so much money and was going to make a big fortune. From this point of view, everything was ruined.

But he can't do anything. If he dares to ask his husband for money, Li Shimin promises not to kill him.

"Forget it, I'll just play with you, sir."

Cheng Yaojin said proudly: "Sir, how many more do you want to burn, just go ahead, I still have some money for my old Cheng."

"General Cheng, I said you are too small!"

Li Yi'an didn't seem to care about his doubts, and waved a few craftsmen over, saying: "Continue to work."

Li Yi'an taught how to do the method, all of them were members of the Cheng family, so he didn't worry, he quickly made more than ten more, put them all in the cave for firing, and took them out at night, without exception, they failed again .

Successive failures made Li Yi'an lose his temper, but he didn't give up and continued to fight the next morning.

Cheng Yaojin ran over early in the morning, today he said that he didn't want to do it himself, and just threw Cheng Chumo over to help.

Cheng Chumo was even more clumsy than Qi Cheng Yaojin, and after a while, his face was covered with mud.

Then they fired many more batches, all of which failed. Fortunately, there was enough soil in Jizhou, and Cheng Yaojin also had plenty of money. Li Yian did not believe that the last one could not be produced.

Two days passed quickly, the imperial examinations were over, and Li Yi'an's Konoha Tianmu lamp hadn't succeeded, not even a single one.

Every day he had to throw money into it, and Cheng Yaojin couldn't tell how painful it was.

On the third night, Cheng Yaojin finally couldn't bear it and said, "Sir, why don't you forget about it? Don't make any leaves. I think the black porcelain bowl is also very beautiful, and it will definitely sell for money. "

Anyway, they can’t succeed. They only sell these porcelain bowls with Tianmu glaze, and they should be able to pay back the cost. Recently, their production technology has become more and more mature, and the color of Tianmu glaze is getting better and better. You can even see some special ones. pattern.

If things continue like this, let alone helping the poor, Cheng Yaojin feels that he will become a poor household.

Li Yi'an felt that his self-confidence was severely frustrated. Just as he was considering whether to give up, Cheng Chumo ran over and said excitedly: "Sir, do you think this is a success?"

Li Yi'an quickly picked it up and took a look, only to see a red maple leaf with veins clearly imprinted on the bottom of the bowl, it was completely natural, and when he touched it with his hand, there was no flaw.

"Finally...successful!"

Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin snatched it over and took a look, and looked at the porcelain bowl in disbelief.

How could the leaves be fused into the bowl, and they couldn't be picked off without any flaws, which is too beautiful.

"So this is the effect you wanted, sir!" Cheng Yaojin said in surprise.

He is also a member of the aristocratic family, of course he knows how valuable porcelain is, such a Tianmu lamp is so novel and exquisite that there is no second one in the entire Tang Dynasty, and it is definitely a high-quality product.

The husband said that he can make a lot of money, and it is true. This thing can definitely sell for a good price.

"General Cheng, don't be surprised now, Chu Mo, bring some water here." Li Yi'an said.