Royal road

"Kiln owner, the kiln can be opened!" After one night, the temperature of the kiln finally dropped, and the experienced potter tried the outer wall with his hands, and said to Jiang Jiangtou.

"Open! Be careful, don't let the heat blow away." Carpenter Jiang gritted his teeth and waved his hand vigorously. Several potters immediately surrounded him and carefully dug open the sealed kiln door with wooden shovels.

Standing outside, Carpenter Jiang rubbed his palms anxiously.This time it must be burnt!News came from the paper workshop that new paper had been trial-produced, and the wooden workshop and the iron workshop continued to reward money and people.Only his pottery workshop has been tossing for more than a month, but no new porcelain has been fired yet!

Because of this, Jiang Jiangtou's hair was almost turning white.Although the bellows is good, but the firepower is not easy to control. He has rebuilt the kiln mouth twice, and worked hard to study how to add firewood to seal the kiln. The waste porcelain was fired one kiln after another. Fortunately, there are many jobs in the wooden workshop. They can get some wood while they are here, otherwise they will be exhausted just by logging!

Now I have finally consciously done everything to the extreme, this time the kiln is opened, God should reward me, right? !

The potters were quite agile in their hands and feet. After a while, the kiln door was shoveled open, and a wave of heat burst out.Jiang Jiangtou shouted: "Scatter, all of them! Let the temperature of the kiln drop!"

The crowd gathered around the kiln, watching the heat wave gradually dissipate, and then rushed forward to continue digging.After the half-person-high kiln door was finally dug open, Carpenter Jiang couldn't bear it any longer, pushed away the crowd, slid into the kiln door with a stoop.

After a while, there was a sudden burst of laughter in the kiln: "Hahaha~ It's done! It's done!"

Immediately, a pot exploded outside, and Carpenter Jiang emerged from the kiln with his head and face full of dust, holding an object carefully in his hands like he was holding a grandson.How dare anyone come forward at this time?A potter asked nervously: "Kiln owner, is it really finished?!"

"It's done! It's definitely porcelain! Hurry up and call Ni'er over, and come with me to meet the master!" Jiang Jiangtou straightened his waist and shouted vigorously.This time, his pottery workshop can finally show its face in front of the Lord Lang!

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Flipping through the letters on the table, Liang Feng let out a long sigh.The situation in Jinyang is much better than he imagined.

Since Jiang Da rushed to Jinyang, he sent messengers to send letters every five days, specifically telling Liang Feng about the situation in the city.Now the medical dormitory has been established, and more than a dozen doctors have joined the ranks of epidemic prevention and control.This is naturally due to the strong cooperation of the monk's house borrowed by Wang Wen and Huai'en Temple.

The matter of epidemic prevention was originally a dream of the Buddha. With the participation of monks, this statement has been confirmed, and more people are willing to leave their homes to seek medical treatment in the clinic.Other gentry who insisted on their status and did not want to enter the medical office would also go to the temple to inquire about how the monks prevent and control the epidemic.In this way, the concept of epidemic prevention naturally spread in the city.

Although it is a state and county seat, Jinyang at this time is not a prosperous city like Luoyang and Yecheng after all, and its population density is relatively sparse. It is precisely because of this that when most people have the awareness of prevention, the epidemic may be controlled. .

And this is also thanks to the grandparents of the Jiang family in Jinyang.

After carefully reading the letter from Jiang Da twice, Liang Feng took out a piece of paper and started to write.He is very clear that he is not a medical student, and he never intervenes in specific matters without authorization.But the suggestion, can indeed be mentioned.For example, the dozens of doctors who came to help, isn't it a good opportunity to collect cases and sum up experience?

After all, having written countless case reports and participated in countless seminars, Liang Feng naturally understands the importance of summarizing experience.With Imperial Physician Jiang, Wang Xi's direct disciple, sitting in charge, maybe they can really make something out of their research?After deliberating and finishing writing the letter, Liang Feng hastily sorted out the scriptures on the desk, and put the last few chapters of the "Diamond Sutra" in the letter.

Now is not the time to play tricks. Since the monks have participated in the prevention and control of the epidemic, there are nine out of ten times that the Diamond Sutra will be known to them.Instead of tantalizing people, it is better to take them all out and deepen the evidence.It can be regarded as an explanation for Wang Wen's full support.

After checking the letter again, Liang Feng said: "Give this to the messenger and let him send it to Jinyang quickly."

Lu Zhu didn't dare to neglect, sent the letter out, and after a while, turned back again: "Master Jiang, please see Jiang Jiang."

"Oh? Call him in!" Liang Feng sat up excitedly.

Just a few days ago, Zhifang just trial-produced the first batch of new paper. The quality is quite good. Although there is still a big gap with the rice paper of later generations, the texture is fine and the paper color is white, which is no less than that used by the Liang Mansion now. Zuo Bozhi.However, Liang Feng did not immediately expand production, nor did he directly use it to write scriptures. Instead, he asked Liu Mutou to add some hibiscus flower juice or mint green juice to develop flower paper according to seasonal materials.

In this era, when you visit other people's homes, you need to hand over a name card, which is similar in nature to the business card of later generations.However, most of the famous thorns at this time were still wooden, just like the one given to him by Doctor Jiang before.If you can make five-color flower paper as a famous thorn, you can also attract attention when you think about it.Paper is different from other luxury goods. Without enough fancy, it may be difficult to sell it.You still have to call out your name first.

But porcelain is different.As long as the quality is outstanding, anyone can see the beauty of porcelain. This is an aesthetic interest that transcends borders and races. It is so strong that it has been sold all over the world for hundreds of years, leading to a huge trade surplus.If you can burn exquisite porcelain, you really don't have to worry about selling it!

Soon, Jiang's father and son walked in. Jiang Jiangtou was obviously emotional. He walked quickly to the case, knelt down with a plop, held up something high, and said loudly: "Master! I have bought the first piece of porcelain, please have a look at it!"

"Bring it up."

Lvzhu quickly placed the piece of porcelain in front of Liang Feng. It was a bowl-shaped utensil, quite simple in shape, green and black in color, but smooth on the surface, showing the unique glaze of porcelain.However, with just one glance, Liang Feng frowned, picked up the bowl, touched it carefully, and asked, "Is this porcelain?"

Startled by the question, Carpenter Jiang stammered, "Yes, it's porcelain...Look at the glaze, Mr. Lang..."

Liang Feng shook his head: "This quality is too bad!"

After all, he was a person who had used porcelain cups and bowls for half his life. The old man still had a few treasures from the Ding kiln in his hands. Liang Feng had seen quite a few exquisite porcelains.Therefore, he felt something was wrong as soon as he punched his eyes and started to use it.This porcelain is too rough, not to mention official kilns and private kilns, even bowls and cups for daily use.The enamel is not smooth at all, and there are pits and pits in many places, with spots visible to the naked eye.To put it bluntly, it looks a bit like a large coarse porcelain bowl of later generations, which is not a high-end product at first glance.It may be okay to take out such things to deceive those who don't know how to do it, but if they are seen by the powerful family, it will only make people laugh.

Without explaining to Jiang Jiangtou, he said to Lu Zhu, "Go and get that Yue Kiln."

Lvzhu led the order, and after a while held a small celadon teacup. Liang Feng took the teacup, brushed the smooth glaze surface with his fingertips, and motioned for Lvzhu to pass the things to Jiang Jiangtou: " This kind of quality can be called good porcelain.”

Jiang Jiangtou was sweating on his forehead at this moment, and took the teacup carefully.As soon as he touched his hand, the expression on his face collapsed. How can he burn the hand that is as solid as suet?Could it be that he didn't touch the edge of the porcelain at all, or was he spinning around on the pottery?

His lips moved, but he still didn't utter a word after all.Jiang Ni, who was following behind, took a deep breath and said, "Master Lang, the pottery workshop may not be able to make such good porcelain, but the porcelain produced in the kiln can definitely be sold! The villain dares to guarantee it with his life! "

Liang Feng had no doubts about Jiang Ni's words.Since porcelain has not been popularized in this era, no matter how poor the quality of porcelain is, people should buy it.But this is not his expected goal, where is the problem?

Glancing at the rough porcelain water bowl again, he suddenly said, "Give me the celadon bowl."

Green Bamboo hurriedly took the porcelain cup and handed it to Liang Feng, but he didn't put it on the table after taking it, but raised his hand and smashed the porcelain cup to the ground.

With a bang, the porcelain cup shattered to the ground, and the three people in the room exclaimed at the same time.Seeing Liang Feng bent down to pick up the broken porcelain, Lu Zhu hurried over: "Lang Jun, put it down quickly! Don't hurt your hands!"

"It doesn't matter." Liang Feng had already lifted up the piece of broken porcelain, looked carefully at the fracture, and suddenly asked, "What color is the pottery clay you used?"

"It's brown mud and yellow mud..." How can such a good porcelain cup be dropped?Jiang Jiangtou was already frightened, so he murmured.

"Next time, try using off-white clay. Or look around to see if there is any available white clay. Look at this section, no matter what the glaze color of the outer layer of the porcelain cup is, its carcass is blue-white. I'm afraid it will burn The clay used to make porcelain is different from clay."

This was a question that Liang Feng had just thought of.In his memory, no matter what the pattern on the outside is, the carcass of porcelain is white, and the porcelain-making scenes shown on TV show that the clay embryo is also grayish white.Not to mention the porcelain capital of Jingdezhen, isn't it also because of the nearby specialty porcelain clay that a huge industrial chain has been formed?

If it is deduced in this direction, it is not difficult to conclude that porcelain clay and pottery clay are probably two different things.Liang Feng really doesn't know if there is porcelain clay in the nearby mountains, but if pottery clay is used according to the method of making pottery, it is likely that real porcelain will not be produced in a lifetime.

Jiang Jiangtou was stunned for a moment before hesitatingly said: "White mud? I remember digging the pottery clay, and occasionally I saw white stones. I wonder if it is the porcelain clay that the master said..."

"First take a small amount, crush it and make it into a clay board for firing. There are many mountains nearby, and there should be a lot of various soil layers. Try a few more recipes and master the ratio first. If it doesn't work, use ordinary clay as the base. Embryo, try white clay as a glaze." Liang Feng said.

"This... I don't know how much firewood and material resources will be used."

"It doesn't matter. The house doesn't need pottery right now, you just need to concentrate on making porcelain. Think about it and try a lot. If someone in the workshop can make good porcelain first, I will reward him another [-] yuan!"

Jiang Jiangtou felt dizzy for a while, what happened today was really unexpected.I thought I made porcelain, but was dismissed as a bad product by the landlord, and even smashed a very valuable and excellent celadon. Now what kind of porcelain clay and rewards are coming out, it is simply dizzying!

It was Jiang Ni who reacted faster and quickly pushed his father.Only then did Jiang Jiang let out an "ah", bowed his head and bowed: "The villain will definitely live up to the high expectations of the master!"

Jiang Jiangtou was only a little slow to react, but he was not stupid.The master is willing to put in such a lot of effort and has high hopes for them. In the past, I really dare not even think about it.If you don't try your best to meet such a patriarch, how can you be worthy of this kindness?Not to mention that there is a new Zhifang pressing in front of him, he doesn't want to become the most downcast among the four workshops in a blink of an eye!

Looking at Jiang Jiangtou's low head, Liang Feng nodded slightly, and turned his gaze to the young man kneeling behind Jiang Jiang's head: "You just said that these rough porcelains can also be sold?"

Jiang Ni was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

"Then let's make a batch of rough porcelain and sell it." Liang Feng said with a smile.

Recently, they are taking in refugees and hiring people to give rewards, all of which are throwing money out.Time to earn some extra cash, too.