Royal Road

Chapter 40 Branch

“Owner of the kiln, you can open the kiln!” One night passed, and the temperature of the kiln finally dropped. The experienced potter tried the outer wall with his hands and said to Jiang Jiantou.

“Open! Be careful, don’t let the heat rush away.” Jiang Jiang gritted his teeth and waved his hand vigorously. Several potters immediately surrounded him, carefully digging open the sealed kiln door with a wooden spatula.

Standing outside, Jiang Jiang’s head rubbed his palms anxiously. It must be fired this time! News came from Zhifang, saying that new paper was trial-produced, and Mufang and Tiefang continued to reward people with money. Only his pottery workshop has been tossing for more than a month, but no new porcelain has been burnt!

Because of this, Jiang Jiangtou’s hair was almost pale. Although the bellows is good, but the firepower is not easy to master, he has rebuilt the kiln mouth twice, and tried his best to study how to add firewood to seal the kiln. The waste porcelain was burned in one kiln after another. They can get some wood, otherwise they will lose half their lives just by cutting the wood!

Now that I have finally consciously done everything to the extreme, this time the kiln is opened, is it time for God to appreciate his face? !

The potters’ hands and feet were quite neat. After a while, the door of the kiln was shoveled open, and there was a heat wave. Jiang Jiantou said loudly: “Disperse, disperse! Let the temperature of the kiln drop!”

The crowd gathered around the kiln, watching the heat wave gradually dissipating before they rushed up and continued to excavate. After the half-person-high kiln door was finally dug out, Jiang Jiantou couldn’t help it anymore, pushed the crowd away, slid and bowed into the kiln door.

After a long while, there was a burst of laughter from the kiln: “Hahaha It’s done! It’s done!”

The pot was fried immediately outside, and Jiang Jiang’s head and face were covered with dust, coming out of the kiln, holding an object cautiously in his hands as if he was holding a grandson. How dare someone step forward at this time? A potter asked nervously: “The kiln owner, it’s really finished?!”

“It’s done! This is definitely porcelain! Go and call Ni Er over and meet the lord with me!” Jiang Jiantou’s waist was straight, and he exclaimed vigorously. This time, his pottery workshop can finally show his face in front of the host!

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Looking at the letters on the desk, Liang Feng let out a long sigh. Jinyang’s situation was much better than he had imagined.

Since Jiang Da rushed to Jinyang, he sent a messenger to send a letter every five days to tell Liang Feng about the situation in the city. Now that the medical laboratory has been established, more than a dozen doctors have joined the ranks of disease prevention and treatment. Naturally, this benefited from the vigorous cooperation of the monk room borrowed by Wang Wen and the Huai’en Temple.

The prevention of the epidemic was originally entrusted to the Buddha’s dreams. With the monks joining in, it is a real statement that more people are willing to leave home to seek medical treatment in the hospital. Other gentry who held their own identities and did not want to enter the hospital would also go to the monastery to inquire about how the monks were preventing and curing the disease. After going back and forth in this way, the concept of epidemic prevention will naturally spread in the city.

Although it was a prefecture and county office, Jinyang was not a prosperous city like Luoyang or Yecheng at this time. The population density was relatively sparse. Therefore, when most people have the awareness of prevention, the epidemic can be controlled. .

And this is also thanks to the Jiang family ancestors and grandchildren in Jinyang.

After carefully reading the letter sent by Jiang Da twice, Liang Feng took out a piece of paper and started writing. He knew very well that he was not a medical student, and he never interrupted in specific matters without authorization. But the suggestion can indeed be mentioned. For example, the dozen or so doctors who came to help are not just a good opportunity to collect cases and sum up their experience?

In other words, he has written numerous case reports and participated in numerous seminars. Liang Feng naturally understands the importance of summing up experience. With Taiyi Jiang, Wang Xi’s direct disciple, is sitting here, maybe they can really make a research result? After thinking about writing the letter, Liang Feng hastily sorted out the scriptures on the book table, and put the last few articles of the “Diamond Sutra” in the letter.

Now is not the time to buy Guanzi. Since the monks have participated in the prevention and treatment of the disease, the Diamond Sutra will be known to them in all likelihood. Rather than hanging people’s appetite again, it is better to take them all out to deepen the evidence. It can be regarded as an explanation for Wang Wen’s strong support.

After checking the letter again, Liang Feng said, “Give this to the messenger and let him send it to Jinyang as soon as possible.”

Lu Zhu didn’t dare to neglect, and sent the letter out. After a while, he turned it back: “Lord, Jiang Jiang, please see me.”

“Oh? Get him in!” Liang Feng sat up straight in excitement.

Just a few days ago, the paper workshop has just produced the first batch of new papers. 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. It is no less than the one currently used in Liangfu. Left uncle paper. However, Liang Feng did not immediately expand production, nor did he directly use it to write scriptures. Instead, he asked Liumutou to add some hibiscus flower juice or mint green juice based on seasonal materials to develop flower notes.

In this era, to visit other people’s homes, it is necessary to hand over a famous stab, which is similar in nature to the business cards of later generations. However, most of the famous thorns at this time were still wooden, just like the one given to him by the doctor Jiang earlier. If you can make a five-color flower paper as a famous thorn, you can also attract attention if you think about it. Paper can be different from other luxury goods. Without sufficient fancy, it may be difficult to sell it. Still have to type in the name first.

But porcelain is different. As long as the quality is outstanding, anyone can see the beauty of porcelain. This is an aesthetic appeal that transcends national borders and races. It has been so powerful that it has been sold globally for hundreds of years and has attracted a huge trade surplus. If you can burn exquisite porcelain, you really don’t have to worry about selling it!

Soon, the Jiang family and his son walked in. Jiang Jiantou was obviously emotional. He walked quickly to the front of the case, knelt down with a puff, raised something aloft, and said loudly: “Lord! The pottery is burned out.” I have the first piece of porcelain, and I will ask the host to have a look!”

“Present it.”

Green Bamboo quickly placed the porcelain in front of Liang Feng. It was a bowl-shaped utensil with a simple shape and black and blue color, but the surface was smooth, showing the unique glazed surface of porcelain. However, at just a glance, Liang Feng’s brows wrinkled, picked up the bowl and touched it carefully, and asked, “Is this porcelain?”

When asked, Jiang Jiang stammered: “Yes, it’s porcelain…Lord, look at the glazed surface…”

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

After all, people who have spent half their lives with porcelain cups and bowls, the old man still has a few Ding kiln treasures in his hands, and Liang Feng has seen many fine porcelains. Therefore, as soon as he hits his eyes and gets started, he feels something is wrong. This porcelain is too rough, not to mention the official kilns and folk kilns, even the daily bowls and cups are inferior. The enamel cannot be said to be smooth at all, and there are many pits and dents, with spots visible to the naked eye. Barely speaking, some of the coarse porcelain bowls of later generations are not high-end goods at first glance. It may be okay to take such things out to deceive and do not know how to do it. If the masters of the Shi family see it, it will only laugh generously.

Without explaining to Jiang Jiangtou, he said to Luzhu: “Go and get that Yue kiln cup.”

Green Bamboo took the lead, and soon he held a small celadon tea cup. Liang Feng took the tea cup and brushed the smooth glaze with his fingertips, motioning Green Bamboo to pass the thing to Jiang Jiang’s head: ” Only this quality can be called a good porcelain.”

The sweat on Jiang Jiantou’s forehead was falling off at this moment, and he took the tea cup cautiously. The expression on his face collapsed just as soon as he touched his hand. How could he burn out the texture of mutton fat? Didn’t you feel the edge of the porcelain at all, or was it spinning on the pottery?

His lips moved, he still didn’t squeeze out a word after all. Jiang Ni who followed behind took a deep breath and said, “Lord, Taofang may not be able to make such good porcelain, but the porcelain produced in the kiln can definitely be sold! The villain dare to guarantee his life! ”

For Jiang Ni’s words, Liang Feng did not doubt. Since porcelain has not yet been popularized in this era, no matter how low-quality porcelain is, people should buy it. But this is not his expected goal. Where is the problem?

Looking at the coarse porcelain water bowl again, he suddenly said, “Give me the celadon cup.”

Lu Zhu hurriedly took the porcelain cup and handed it to Liang Feng. Unexpectedly, after he took it, he did not put it on the table. Instead, he raised his hand and smashed the porcelain cup to the ground.

With a snap, the porcelain cup shattered to the ground, and the three people in the room exclaimed at the same time. Seeing Liang Feng bending over to pick up the broken porcelain, Lu Zhu rushed over: “Lang Jun, let go! Don’t hurt your hand!”

“It’s okay.” Liang Feng had already lifted the broken piece of porcelain, and after taking a closer look at the fracture, he suddenly asked, “What color is the clay you used?”

“It’s brown mud and yellow mud…” How can such a good porcelain cup fall? Jiang Jiangtou was already frightened and murmured.

“Next time try to use gray-white clay. Or look for it nearby. Is there any white clay available. Look at this section. Regardless of the color of the outer glaze of the porcelain cup, its carcass is blue-white. I’m afraid it will burn. The embryonic soil for making porcelain is different from pottery clay.”

This is a question that Liang Feng just thought of. In his memory, regardless of the pattern on the outside, the porcelain carcass is white, and the clay embryos in the porcelain-making pictures broadcast on TV are also gray. Let alone the porcelain capital of Jingdezhen, isn’t it because of the nearby specialty porcelain clay that formed a huge industrial chain?

If it is deduced in this direction, it is not difficult to conclude that porcelain clay and clay are two things. Liang Feng is really unclear about whether there is porcelain clay in the nearby mountains, but using clay according to the method of making pottery, I am afraid that real porcelain will not be burned for a lifetime.

Jiang Jiantou stayed for a while before hesitating and said: “White clay? Remember to dig the clay, occasionally you can see white stones, I wonder if it is the porcelain clay that the landlord said…”

“First take a small amount, crush it and make it into a clay board. There are many mountains nearby, and there should be a lot of various soil layers. Try a few more formulas and master the ratio first. If it doesn’t work, just use ordinary clay. The embryo, white clay try as a glaze.” Liang Feng said.

“This… I don’t know how much firewood and material resources will be used.”

“It’s okay. The mansion doesn’t need pottery now, you can concentrate on making porcelain. Think about it more and try more. If someone in the workshop can be the first to make good porcelain, I will reward him with another ten thousand dollars!”

Jiang Jiangtou only felt dizzy for a while, what happened today was really unexpected. I thought I had made porcelain, but I was reprimanded by the landlord as a bad product, and he also smashed a very valuable celadon. Now what kind of porcelain clay and rewards are emerging, it is simply dizzying!

It was Jiang Ni who reacted more quickly and quickly pushed his father. Jiang Jiantou said “Ah”, bowed his head and bowed: “The villain must live up to the great expectations of the host!”

Jiang Jiangtou was just slower to react, but he was not stupid. The landlord was willing to put so much effort into them, and he had high hopes for them, so he couldn’t even think about it in the past. How can you be worthy of this kind of knowledge if you don’t try your best to meet such a patriarch? Not to mention that the newly appeared paper workshop is pressing in front, he doesn’t want to become the most desolate among the four workshops in a blink of an eye!

Looking at Jiang Jiang’s low head, Liang Feng nodded slightly, his eyes turned to the young man kneeling behind Jiang Jiang’s head: “You just said that these coarse porcelain can also be sold?”

Jiang Ni was taken aback for a moment, and immediately nodded vigorously: “Yes!”

“Then make a batch of coarse porcelain and sell it first.” Liang Feng said with a smile.

Recently, it has taken in refugees and hired people to give rewards. It is net to disperse money outside. It’s also time to make some extra money.