Go to ancient times and engage in construction

After Yu Kui stayed in the valley for half a month, he took Da Zhuang to Kang, the capital of Wu.Yu Kui's external identity is a ceramics boss, and the products he brings are a batch of porcelains that have just been developed in the valley.

In the Shang Dynasty, people had already fired glazed pottery with thin body, high hardness, and low water absorption. Because the firing temperature of these porcelains was too low, the fired porcelain appeared rough. This kind of porcelain was called For 'Original Porcelain'.The living utensils used by people at this time, except for bronze vessels, are this kind of primitive porcelain.Real porcelain appeared in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and the famous Tang Sancai in the Tang Dynasty was a work of evolution between the two.

Zheng Yuming turned to the simple steps of firing porcelain from the materials printed out from the computer, and built a thermal insulation kiln. Oxygen was used, the firing temperature was increased to 1200 degrees, the porcelain embryo was glazed, and white and cyan porcelain were fired in experiments.

People in this time and space did not know to use coal as fuel, but only knew to use coal crystals to carve crafts. Coal crafts were found in the Xinle ancient cultural site in Liaoning Province.

The firing temperature of porcelain must be above 1200 degrees. Zheng Yuming did not find coal around Dacheng. The fuel used in the valley is high-quality charcoal. Firing high-quality charcoal requires wood and manpower, so firing porcelain is very expensive. Porcelain kilns in the valley Very little porcelain was fired.

After these porcelains were fired, Zheng Yuming didn't plan to sell them around Dacheng. He planned to find a reliable merchant to sell them at a high price in distant vassal states. Now that Yu Kui is going to Kang, the capital of Wu, he will take the batch of porcelains to him for business. Of course, in order to prevent outsiders from knowing the porcelain produced in the valley, Yu Kui claimed that the porcelain he brought was purchased from southern merchants, and the southern merchants purchased it from overseas islands in the south.

Not long after Yu Kui left, the Mid-Autumn Festival came on August [-]th.In this time and space, August [-]th is not called the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the Moon Festival.It was originally a festival for the ancient emperors to sacrifice to the moon, which originated from the ancient custom of worshiping the moon and singing and dancing under the moon to find a mate.After developing into a farming society, because another month will be the autumn harvest, this lunar festival gradually evolved into praying for a good harvest and happiness to the moon.

Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui would go to Dalseong to visit Lord Ulsan every month, and every time they went, they must have presents.The Moon Festival is a very grand festival, second only to the Spring Festival in grandeur. This time the two of them went to participate in the Moon Festival hosted by the city lord of Dacheng. The white paper for the mule cart, the Artemisia annua pills to prevent the plague, and two baskets of sweet potatoes.The black jacquard cloth is dyed exclusively for Ulsan Jun.

In the Great Qin Dynasty, black was the most precious. When the Great Qin Dynasty was first established, only the emperor could use pure black to make clothes and crowns, and the monarchs of the vassal states could only use light black.As Daqin's control over the vassal states became weaker and weaker, the vassal states' observance of the emperor's etiquette became more and more casual. Not only the princes and kings used pure black silk to make clothes, but the princes' children and grandchildren also used pure black.So in Daqin, if you want to see who wears black clothes, that person is either the king of the vassal state, or the prince and grandson of the vassal state.

The Lunar Festival officially begins at Jishi (09:11 to 21:23 Beijing time) on August [-]th, and will not end until Haishi ([-]:[-] to [-]:[-] Beijing time). For people in this time and space, it is a veritable day and night. carnival.

This time, the largest number of people followed Zheng Chu to Dacheng, including Wu Da and his wife, the Huo family brothers and sisters, Wei Qing, ventriloquist and teacher Fan Jin, and witch doctor Jiang Gui.

The purpose of taking Mr. and Mrs. Wu is to improve the status of Mr. and Mrs. Wu, the purpose of taking Huo Sihua is to let the girl see the big scene, and the reason for taking Fan Jin is that Fan Jin needs to perform at the Moon Festival, and the witch doctor Jiang Gui is going there on his own initiative Yes, he wants to go to Dacheng to exchange medical skills with other doctors.

People going to the festival in the valley got up before dawn. Zheng Chu, Huo Sizhong, and Wei Qing rode horses, and the others sat on three mule carts loaded with goods. A group of carriages headed towards Dacheng mightily.Along the way, many common people walked towards Dacheng. These people wore their best clothes, and the young girls wore all their accessories on their bodies. They also wore flowers of various colors on their heads, among which chrysanthemums were the main ones.Chrysanthemum is a symbol of noble quality in ancient times, and it is one of people's favorite flowers.

The group of people going to the festival in Nanbu is very conspicuous on the road, except for the horses they ride to tell people that this group of people is distinguished, and the outstanding appearance of Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui is even more eye-catching. The passers-by they meet along the way always hold flowers in their hands The wild fruit threw them and chanted hymns loudly. To Zheng Yuming's surprise, the elderly men and women also behaved in the same way.People at this time were bold and straightforward, and loved beauty regardless of age and gender, and the reservedness of the Han people only came later.

"Governor Zheng!"

The convoy walked to Qiuzhuang, which was the closest to Dacheng, and met the convoy of the Guo family participating in the Moon Festival. Guo Huben rode in front first, caught sight of Zheng Yuming and his party, and quickly chased after him.

"Guo Huben! Don't come here without any problems!" Zheng Yuming cupped his hands at Guo Huben immediately, his face was a little embarrassed. No matter where this Guo Huben saw him, he would try his best to approach him. If it was an ordinary conversation, Zheng Yuming would not I don't mind, but Guo Huben's gaze is too hot.

"Guo Huben! I haven't seen you for a month, and you're even more heroic!" Chu Zhaohui pulled the corner of his mouth down, turned his horse's head and squeezed into the middle of the two.

"Hey! Governor Chu!" When Guo Huben saw Chu Chaohui who had intervened, he realized that he hadn't greeted the governor just now, so he quickly made up for the etiquette.Guo Huben didn't like staying next to Chu Chaohui very much. This foreigner was too tall and burly, which gave him a sense of threat.

"Did Guo Huben lead the team to Dacheng to celebrate the Moon Festival?" Both Chu Chaohui and Zheng Yuming's horses stopped moving. The only person who led the Guo family to Dacheng to celebrate the festival was the patriarch of the Guo clan. Chu Zhaohui asked this intentionally. Guo Huben, alluding to Guo Huben's rudeness, came to chat before the patriarch of the clan came forward to speak.

Before Guo Huben had time to answer, the Guo clan leader in the carriage behind had already asked, "Is the governor of Nanbu in front?"

The patriarch of the Guo clan was in his early fifties, and he was sitting in a carriage drawn by two brown horses.

"Governor of Nanbu has met Director Guo." Chu Chaohui and Zheng Yuming got off their horses and saluted Patriarch Guo. The two of them had a lower official rank than Patriarch Guo, so it would be impolite to salute immediately.The head of the Guo family is very trusted by Wei Shen. The Guo family is one of the three powerful nobles in the Dacheng area.

"Don't be too polite, the two governors. Here, Mr. Guo would like to thank the two for donating the Artemisia annua pills to the Guo family. With this good medicine, no one in the Guo family's fiefdom died of malaria this year."

The head of the Guo family has a long beard like Wei Shen, Wei Shen has a beautiful beard, and the Guo family's long beard is a sparse goatee.

Zheng Yuming asked Jiang Gui to refine a large amount of Artemisia annua pills. In addition to sending one third to Wei Shen every month as a tribute, one third was for his own use, and the other third was distributed to several nobles.As one of the three major families in Dacheng, the Guo family is of course among the gifts.The season when the weather turns hot and mosquitoes appear every year is mostly the season of concentrated malaria infection. Many people die of malaria in Dacheng area every year. This year, with the emergence of artemisia medicine, the number of people in Dacheng who died of malaria has decreased unprecedentedly.In addition, Zheng Yuming helped the nobles build water conservancy tools for irrigation, and the patriarch of the Guo clan had a very good impression of Zheng and Chu.

"Patriarch Guo doesn't need to take this trivial matter to heart. Just talk to Nanbu when the pills are used up." Zheng Yuming spared no effort in doing good deeds. Jiang Gui, who was beside the mule cart, heard his facial muscles twitch. He and his pharmacist, Half of the time is spent on refining pills every day, just to satisfy Zheng Yuming and squander good deeds in Dacheng.

"Haha! The two governors are straightforward, and Guo is not polite. When the pills are used up, they will definitely send someone to Nanbu to ask for them!" The patriarch Guo stroked his goatee and laughed.

"Uncle, I will send my nephew to Nanbu in the future." Guo Huben was listening, and hurriedly approached Patriarch Guo to ask for orders. He wanted to have more chances to see Zheng Yuming.

Patriarch Guo glared at his nephew, who was a little bit of a child, and ignored his pleading, but invited the Nanbu motorcade to go with Guo's motorcade.

All the aristocratic convoys gathered and waited in Dacheng Taimiao.When the Nanbu motorcade and the Guo family arrived, the nobles had almost arrived, and Zheng Chu exchanged pleasantries with these nobles again.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Prince Guang of Ulsan was wearing a black wide-sleeved deep coat, a high crown on his head, two tassels on both sides hanging down under his jaw, and thick-soled cloth shoes on his feet. .

"Zheng Qing, Chu Qing, come to your side." Mr. Ul Shan saw Zheng Chu standing out of the crowd at a glance, and immediately waved affectionately.

"See the city lord!" Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui hurriedly walked to Lord Ulsan to attend the ceremony.

"Both of you are free! Yuming, you just follow me." Ul Shan-jun waved his hand to let the two of them excuse, and grabbed the left hand of Zheng Yuming, who got up, and let Zheng Yuming walk on his right side. As for Chu Chaohui, he could only fall on the Behind Ulsan-kun, on the left of Ulsan-kun is Wei Shen.

Before Ulsan Lord entered the temple, he had been chattering with Zheng Yuming, Wei Shen, who was walking on his left, lowered his eyes and remained silent, and Chu Chaohui, who was following behind Ulsan Lord, was expressionless.

Zheng Yuming was already a little used to Ulsan-kun's affectionate attitude, but today's scene was grand, and Ulsan-kun's behavior towards him was still the same as usual, which made Zheng Yuming very uncomfortable. Thousands of eyes fell on him. If it wasn't for Ulsan-kun Naturally, the behavior was not ambiguous, and Zheng Yuming felt like he was about to run away.

In front of the gate of Taimiao, Lord Ulsan let go of Zheng Yuming's hand, adjusted his clothes, and then stepped over the high threshold of Taimiao and entered. The officials who followed behind Lord Ulsan entered in order of rank. Hui followed the Guo patriarch and Chen Meng, the patriarch of the Chen clan, and entered together.Wei Shen saw it and nodded slightly in satisfaction.

The ancestors of the King of Wu are enshrined in Dacheng Taimiao, and the worship etiquette is very complicated. Under the sacrificial chants, the nobles followed Ulsan Lord to worship in the Taimiao, and the common people bowed outside the temple.During the worship, apart from the priest's singing and shouting, there was no noise other than the rustling of clothes inside and outside the Taimiao. Both Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui didn't believe in gods. In such a solemn environment, they couldn't help but maintain a solemn attitude.

After worshiping in the Taimiao, it is time to offer sacrifices to the ancestors.The sacrifices offered in the Taimiao are alive and kicking cattle, elk, sheep, pigs, chickens, jade and brocade.The animals were burned on firewood piles in the open space of the Taimiao, and jade and brocade were also placed on it.Lord Ulsan led the people of the city to bow down again in front of the burning fire.After kneeling and worshiping, they stood quietly by the fire, and when the fire was extinguished, the priests went up to check and pronounced the hexagram of "great kindness", and then the people who participated in the sacrifice cheered in unison. Sacrificial offerings are very satisfactory, indicating that this year's autumn harvest will have a bumper harvest.

The procedure after the Liao Sacrifice is that nobles from all over the country offer tributes and gifts to the city lord of Dacheng, and the offerings are still carried out according to the rank of the official.Every nobleman will present the best products and treasures of his fiefdom. This dedication activity is carried out under the eyes of the people of the whole city, so the things that the nobles prepare to present are carefully prepared, and no one wants to lose them in public. face.Every time the nobles presented themselves in front of Ulsan Lord, it aroused heated discussions among the people.

The items presented by Nanbu are novel and unique, not to mention the Nanbu jacquard cloth, which is already recognized as exquisite.The white paper aroused people's great interest, and the two baskets of sweet potatoes aroused the curiosity of Ulsan Jun. After knowing that the sweet potatoes taste sweet and delicious after being cooked or baked, Ulsan Jun ordered on the spot to enjoy a basket at the carnival tonight.