Chapter 134 Private chat at night
Su Chen plans to stay in the Baijia porcelain manor outside the city for a while, devote himself to it, carefully examine the characteristics of the kiln and kiln tools, the requirements for several periods of time for the fire temperature of porcelain, how to prepare the glaze color, and the porcelain soil.
Only by familiarizing yourself with all the identification and other aspects can you make appropriate suggestions.
Seeing that he was so serious and asked to stay in the manor, Bai Susu was a little surprised, and then she felt a little touched. She felt that Su Chen really wanted to help her when she did this.
"Su Chen..." Bai Susu originally had a cold and arrogant personality, but after having been in contact with Su Chen for a long time, she unknowingly changed some changes and seemed to be less cold.
"What's wrong?" Su Chen looked at her but stopped.
"Thank you!" Bai Susu has always been very strong, but her words were gentle and full of gratitude at this time.
Because she knew very well that Su Chen could make a name for himself as long as he wrote poems, songs, and surgery to save people, and he could make a name for himself. He would gain both fame and fortune. He would not have to learn the skills of making porcelain from the craftsman himself and reduce his identity. He did this,
It was entirely because I asked him to come and help!
Su Yixuan, who was recently praised by scholars in Runzhou as the "No. 1 talented man in Jiangzuo", fired porcelain in the Bai family's porcelain kiln. If you say it, no one would believe it!
Such a talented man is willing to bow down for her. Bai Susu suddenly understands in her heart what this means!
Her eyes were a little sincere, grateful, and admired. Looking at Su Chen's face, she thought that if she had not shouldered the heavy responsibility of the family, if the Bai family had not been in a declining position, she would have really given up her family power.
Find a man who is responsible and willing to give up his status as a talented man for life.
Bai Susu was a little excited at this time. What she was thinking was actually a bit different from Su Chen’s thoughts!
Su Chen just felt that his friend needed help, and he also needed to cooperate with her later, and he was also interested in burning porcelain. If he learned the craftsmanship, he might be able to help himself make a lot of money by making glassware, and he was completely concerned about new things.
My curiosity and yearning for wealth have chosen to stay.
As for giving up his identity as a talented man and bent down to learn the craftsmanship, he really didn't think there was anything. He was not a real talent!
It is just that the concept of "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" is deeply rooted. The identity of a scholar is too heavy in the eyes of people in this era. Therefore, although he simply wants to learn the craftsmanship, in Bai Susu's eyes, this is already giving up the noble identity of a scholar and bowing to her.
I was moved by this kind of effort.
Su Chen let the flow and said naturally: "It's all friends. I promise to work hard. You can't be passive and lazy. You don't have to feel guilty when you go through the motions. Then, just cooperate and share the accounts. Don't just accumulate my profits. Be honest."
Bai Susu was a little moved, but when she heard these words, she almost smiled angrily, gave him a look and said, "I know, I won't treat you badly!"
Su Chen smiled. After getting along for a long time, he became more and more convinced of Bai Susu's character. He basically did what he said and kept his promises, and was very honest.
Of course, at night, Su Chen lived in the Baijia Porcelain Kiln Manor, where there were pavilions and rooms. Bai Susu did not return to the city and stayed with him.
At night, the candlelight was bright, and Su Chen sat at the desk, carrying his pen to write and draw, writing and writing out his experiences and shortcomings of his own operation and firing of white porcelain and celadon today.
After being familiar with the steps of making white porcelain with clay, molding, glaze and firing, he asked the craftsman to fire two furnaces of celadon and compare the process, and had an intuitive impression.
Celadon is a kind of glaze that uses iron as a colorant on the ligand, and is fired at high temperature and turns green or green yellow.
The Ding family's porcelain making technology comes from the "secret color" characteristics of Yue kiln. This is the best color of Yue kiln celadon. The firing of this cyan glaze requires superb technology and experience, and the porcelain blank is burning to a certain extent.
During the heat, the temperature and ventilation must be strictly controlled to make the air in the kiln produce some carbon monoxide, which can reduce a small amount of iron in the glaze to ferrous oxide, thereby controlling the sky-blue glaze. If the operation is not careful, it may be generated.
Yellow or black glaze changes quality.
In "The Secret Color Yueqi", a literary writer Lu Guimeng of the Tang Dynasty, said that "The wind and dew in the nine autumns bloom in the kiln, and the green color of thousands of peaks" has become a famous line for celadon.
The difference between white porcelain and celadon lies in whether the raw materials contain iron, and whether the firing method is to reduce the flame or oxidize the flame. The iron content in the body and glaze is controlled, and the interference of iron during color is eliminated, and then the firing can be done
White porcelain that is "snow-like silver". In the history of porcelain, the emergence of white porcelain marks a qualitative leap in the porcelain making industry, making porcelain decorative techniques new. It is the porcelain painting technique from blue and white to colorful in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
The foundation of revolution.
Su Chen sat there and learned more about the two kinds of porcelains. At the same time, he was considering how to start with the blue and white porcelain that combines the two kinds of porcelain.
At this time, the door rang, and Bai Susu personally walked into the room with a tea tray.
Bai Susu looked at him, her mouth slightly raised, and she asked softly: "Su Chen, you have been busy for a day, why don't you take a break early?"
Su Chen shook his head and said, "The rough work he is busy with during the day is just practice. If you really want to come up with a solution, you still need to extract theories from practice."
"What are you drawing?" Bai Susu looked at the rice paper on the table with many strange graphics drawn.
Su Chen smiled and explained: "This is a kiln and heating tool. I decided to improve it, use double fire burners to increase the area of the fire net, and double fire mouths to take turns to add firewood. This heating method can control the fire temperature more quickly and effectively
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Bai Susu couldn't understand a little, so she brought out a teapot, tea cup and a few pastries with her hand and placed it on his crime.
"Come on, have a cup of tea and have some pastries!"
Su Chen looked at the green tea in the white porcelain tea cup, thought of a poem by Yuan Zhen, and chanted softly: "The jade cup of Jing is carved and dried into the inner hill bottle."
He took the teacup and observed it carefully, but did not drink tea immediately. He looked at the white porcelain cup with a warm color in the semi-transparent light, the porcelain piece was shiny and as white as snow. The degree of porcelainization gave people a sense of body and glaze integration, which was difficult to distinguish between inside and outside.
It feels like the fine white porcelain is of excellent quality.
"Su Su, I plan to stay here for a while. Tomorrow, you can go back to the city to work hard. Just come and pick me up in a few days."
Bai Susu's expression was complicated and nodded, "That's thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard, and it's quite fun to study." Su Chen smiled, showing a sunny smile, and was as kind and cheerful as a big boy.
Bai Susu looked at his smile, and felt a warm feeling in her heart, and she also smiled.
While Su Chen was drinking tea and eating pastries, Bai Susu sat aside and looked at him quietly.
After a while, Su Chen was a little unnatural when she looked at him. His eyes met the beautiful woman's eyes, and he handed out a piece of pastry and said, "Can you eat something?"
Bai Susu shook her head: "My daughter eats a lot at night and is prone to fat."
Su Chen smiled and said, "Look at you being thin and not fat at all, come on, open your mouth!" He picked up a piece of pine flower cake and stuffed it to her mouth.
Bai Susu was stunned and could only open her mouth and bite her most of the time. With a hint of anger, she looked a little embarrassed and said, "She grew up so old that no man had ever fed her, including her father and grandfather."
Because the wealthy families are all served by the wet nurse and maid.
Su Chen looked at her angry expression. It was rare to see Miss Bai's cuteness like this. He couldn't help laughing. He was so proud that he casually put the pastry she had bitten in his mouth and ate it.
Chapter completed!