Chapter 37 Surprise (continued)
In the hall, Xiao Si, the prince of the King of Poyang, was meeting with talented people who could fire white porcelain. There were three talented people, one of which was Liu Decai, a county party secretary.
The other two are Lang’s uncle: "Lang" is Peng Tang, the eldest brother of Dacai Peng, and "Uncle" is Peng Tang's eldest brother Zeng Quan.
Liu Decai's inner family, Wu, and Pengtang's inner family, Zeng, are both from Xinping Township. They both have ceramic kilns or porcelain kilns. Both families accidentally fired white porcelain while firing ceramics.
Then after some thought, I figured out the process of firing white porcelain, which is a recent thing.
Liu Decai is an assistant to the county party committee. He has clear conversation and strong expression skills, so Liu Decai gave a detailed introduction.
Xinping Township is located more than a hundred miles northeast of Poyang County. The North Po water passes through Xinping and then converges with the South Po water in the east of Poyang City, so it is very convenient to come from Xinping to Poyang (take a boat downstream).
Since the Han Dynasty, Xinping has had a pottery kiln. Because there is a lot of soil around it, Xinping pottery has gradually become famous and shipped downstream to Poyang for sale.
According to legend, during the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Gang, a native of Poyang, was an official in Sanwu and was very familiar with local porcelain kilns. After returning to Poyang, he found that Xinping soil was suitable for firing porcelain, so he introduced Sanwu's porcelain firing technology.
As a result, porcelain kilns began to appear, and the porcelain made gradually became famous. Of course, the porcelain fired by each porcelain kiln in Xinping is all celadon.
Last year, Li Li came up with an idea, and his friend Peng Jun invested in the fishing field, requiring a large number of pottery jars, so he ordered pottery jars and porcelain jars from Liu Decai's wife's house and Peng Jun's wife's house.
The same red croaker can be classified into grades by using porcelain and pottery.
During the process of firing large amounts of porcelain jars, the two companies accidentally fired white porcelain jars, so...
When Xiao Si heard this, he noticed the word "red croaker" and asked Peng Tang interestingly: "Is there something special about the fish croaker you made in your home named 'red croaker'?"
Peng Tang quickly replied: "I'm going back to the next time. This is what my son is doing. The flavors of red croaker and ordinary fish croaker are completely different, and the color is red, so this is called."
"Very different?" Xiao Si was very interested, but now it is important to talk about the main things.
He looked at the two families in front of him, then looked at Li Li standing beside him, and sighed in his heart: You kid, you are such a wonderful person.
Some people have good soil to burn white porcelain, which is a big deal. The court will inevitably set up an official kiln in Xinping and fire a large amount of white porcelain to send it to Jiankang. Therefore, Liu Decai, who was an official, was just in charge of the preparation of the official kiln.
As white porcelain was released, those who could master firing technology would inevitably make a lot of profits. Xinping was in Poyang County, so Poyang Prince's Mansion must master porcelain kilns that could fire white porcelain, namely folk kilns.
And Zeng Quan is a people.
Li Li introduced both officials and civilians to him, which shows that Li Li is very "considered" and can think about what others think and worry about what others are anxious about.
I really think what people think.
Xiao Si thought so, looked at Li Li, and then looked at Liu Decai in front of him: "Liu Shuzuo, the court must set up an official kiln in Xinping to fire a large amount of white porcelain. Do you understand?"
"I understand the humble position."
"You are both a county magistrate and a wife in Xinping, and you have mastered the firing process of white porcelain. What is the most appropriate thing about the abbot, do you have the confidence to do it well?"
After decades of enduring, Liu Decai finally had the chance to make it happen, so he endured the excitement in his heart and quickly expressed his opinion: "I have confidence in my humble profession!"
"Okay, I will explain this to the county party committee. In a few days, I will go to Xinping with the county officials to conduct on-site inspections. You can go together."
"Yes! I'm a humble job!"
After the talks, Xiao Si made plans for his own family and looked at Pengtang, Zeng Quan and the others: "Are you willing to handle the white porcelain matter for the royal palace?"
The two were overjoyed: "The villain is willing to serve the royal palace!"
"Very good. From today on, you two will be the manager of the royal palace and will be responsible for white porcelain matters!"
"Thank you, thank you!"
Pengtang and Zeng Quan thanked him, almost burst into tears: The officials of the royal palace are always walking sideways in Poyang, and many people want to do things for the royal palace but cannot. They get what they want today.
Sure enough, Li Lang has the means!
The two of them thought so and listened to the prince's speech with Liu Decai. Li Li listened aside, absent-minded.
The result must be like this. He has nothing to care about. The firing process of white porcelain is just about to mature recently, so it will inevitably shine.
When the prince came to Poyang, two things happened together, and an opportunity arose, and his original plan was about to change.
Seeing that Liu Decai was about to be promoted and handled the official kiln matter, Li Li was very pleased that he owed this "Uncle Shi" a lot of kindness. Today, it was considered to be a repayment of kindness.
Of course, this was a careless way to plant willows and willows. It took him a long time to figure out that Xinping Township, Poyang County, should be the "porcelain capital" that later generations called Jingdezhen.
Then, sooner or later, the white porcelain will be born in Xinping, and he has nothing but added a lot of effort.
White porcelain is nothing unusual in later generations, but in this era, it was a rare thing. At least in the Liang Kingdom, most of the porcelain fired from porcelain kilns in various places were celadon.
The "green" of celadon does not mean that the color of porcelain is cyan, but also similar colors such as yellow, yellow and brown.
Celadon is so common that people think that porcelain fired from porcelain kilns should be cyan. As for the occasional white porcelain, it is as rare as albino animals.
The white of white porcelain of course does not refer to pure white. Compared with white porcelain in celadon, the "white" color can be light.
In terms of ingredients, most of the ingredients used when firing the two porcelains are actually the same. The only difference is...
Thinking of this, Li Li glanced at the white porcelain bowl in the prince's hand.
Haha, who would have thought that this secret was so simple that most people would not pay attention to it in travel booklets in later generations, but he noticed it.
Blue is better than blue, white (porcelain) is better than blue from blue (porcelain).
The emergence of white porcelain, the "time coordinates" in the history of porcelain development, was probably from the late Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty.
Now it is the middle and late period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so white porcelain will inevitably appear unexpectedly. Li Li directly turned the accident into "reasonable", so big news came.
Once the court knew that someone in Xinping could use local soil to fire white porcelain, it would inevitably set up an official kiln in Xinping.
The Xinping area is so big and there is so much good soil. It must be the coexistence of official kilns and folk kilns, and the firing of white porcelain of different grades will result in a large amount of profits.
Therefore, how to post Bai Ci's "first release" is something Li Li has been thinking about.
Poyang County is nominally the vassal of the King of Poyang, so let the Poyang Prince's Mansion take the lead and make arrangements in advance. Wu and Zeng's two families can get the benefits they deserve.
He himself will have a good opportunity to "win the jackpot".
Liu Decai and the other two left, Xiao Si looked at Li Li with great interest and asked, "Li Sanlang."
"The villain is here."
"Is it possible that Liu Shuzuo is kind to you?"
"It is precisely because the villain lost his father since childhood. Liu Shuzuo was a good friend of his father. Since then, he has taken good care of the villain's family. If the villain remembers it in his heart, he will naturally repay his kindness."
"And the youngest son of the Peng family is a good friend to the villain. His family is good, so the villain will naturally rise."
"So that's it," Xiao Si smiled and asked again: "Didn't you say you want to serve the royal palace? Why are you just focusing on the recommendation? You have no further information?"
Li Li replied: "A villain can ride but cannot sprint, but cannot sprint accurately. He still has to practice hard, but he is not well-educated and cannot immediately share his worries about the first place."
""There are now water bandits in Pengli Lake. The villain wants to summon the village, pick up bows and arrows, and harpoons to protect the fishing fish, but cannot leave."
"So, it is really hard to serve the royal palace now. Fortunately, Liu Shuzuo has the opportunity to serve the court. So, the villain wants to stay in Poyang and assist Liu Shuzuo in order to run the porcelain kiln."
"Only after practicing for a few more years and having the ability, can we do more for the royal palace."
Xiao Si heard Li Li's intention of asking for "Say this matter slowly", but he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.
As Li Li said, if you practice for a few more years, you will be able to do more things, and don’t rush to the present.
But he still felt something was wrong.
After thinking about it, Xiao Si thought he was thinking too much.
"Well, you are willing, I am very pleased. You helped Shiyilang make a mistake and offered white porcelain. I am rewarded!"
"The little man thanked me!"
......
In the corridor, Xiao Qin walked angrily, Li Li followed by, smiling all over his face: "Congratulations to your husband, congratulations to your husband..."
"Why don't you want to go to Xiangyang with me!"
"Oh, didn't the villain say that it's not peaceful now, and the villain's relatives and friends are all seeking life in the lake. If they leave at this time, they will feel uneasy."
"Then the water bandits will be wiped out by the official army, what does it have to do with you!"
"The villain also wants to kill thieves and make contributions, so he can make a comeback... Now he practices arrows with his husband, and he is also very good at practicing..."
"You?" Xiao Qin stopped and looked at Li Li: "How long have you been practicing? It's still a long way to go. Besides, fighting is so dangerous, and the scrambles are flying everywhere. What if you are shot? "
"So the villain should continue to practice his skills, and by the way, see what instructions are there in the palace, run errands and make you familiar with each other, so that you can continue to give advice to the husband in the future..."
"Since you are willing to help me, then go to Xiangyang with me now!"
"My husband is afraid that he can't remember the sixteen-character mantra, so he has to remind him all the time?"
"Forget it? I haven't forgotten." Xiao Qin hummed, and his attention was indeed successfully diverted by Li Li again. "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy stays and I disturb me, the enemy is tired, and I attack me, and the enemy retreats and I chase me..."
"Mr. You must remember this mantra. The villain is in Poyang, and I am waiting for you for the good news for you."
"You... Forget it, wait until my brother decides."
Xiao Qin waved his hand and continued to move forward. He really wanted Li Li to go to Xiangyang with him, but now his brother has the final say, and no matter how anxious he is, it is useless.
Li Li quickly followed: "After the husband returns, remember to practice arrows and exercise, and you must compare other husbands!"
"I know, I know, you have helped me a lot and you will get rewards later."
"Little man Xie Langjun!"
"Don't you ask me what I'm rewarding?"
"It can't be Jin Ying again, right?"
"That's right, it's Jin Ying again!"
"Don't, the gold is precious, the villain dare not accept it again. If the husband really wants to reward it... it's better to reward the villain with a few good bows..."
Chapter completed!