The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 12 Riverside Fired Pottery

Shun rode four elephants, entered a vast plain, walked for three months, and came to the bank of the Yellow River, where the number of people gradually increased.He went to some markets to replenish water and dry food, and then stopped in a larger village.He saw a very spectacular scenery. There were many pottery on the open space of the village, all of which were commonly used household utensils.This is not surprising, the strange thing is that every family seems to be able to make pottery, and every household has at least a dozen pottery, and basically all daily necessities are made of pottery.

Little Xingxing looked at the hydrology and terrain of this place, and thought that Shun should have come to the lower reaches of the Yellow River, located in the North China Plain, probably at the junction of Henan, Hebei and Shandong.

Shun went to the village to inquire. A farmer looked at Shun's attire and knew that he was a visitor from afar.

"This strong man looks like an outsider. Our place was originally the fiefdom of Emperor Yao of China. He taught us the pottery industry. We made some pottery and exchanged it with the surrounding tribes. In this way, we have been making pottery for decades. The Tao industry has formed a village, and outsiders call us Taoqiu Village.”

Little Xingxing listened to the name of the village, and thought about the location of the Yellow River at this time. He suspected that the place he was in was Dingtao City, SD Province.

Little Xingxing couldn't help but patted his thigh, annoyed:
"It's really hard to walk without a location. I originally wanted to go to Henan, but I didn't expect to be in Shandong."

Little Xingxing touched the pottery, looked at the fish and bird patterns, and thought that although these bottles and jars looked simple and clumsy and inconspicuous, if they were placed in an auction house thousands of years later, they could fetch millions or even tens of thousands of dollars. With a price of tens of millions, Little Xingxing couldn't help sweating his palms, wishing he could take a few and travel back to the 21st century, but he knew it was just a delusion.

But Na Shun and Xiao Xingxing had different ideas. When he saw these beautiful pottery, he fell in love with him, and wanted to learn how to make pottery from the old man, but the old man shook his head.

"I'm just a trick, how dare I pretend to be a teacher."

Seeing that the old man was unwilling to teach him pottery making skills, Shun insisted on humbly asking for advice, and finally the old man showed Shun a bright way.

"The pottery craftsmanship in our area was taught by the master pottery maker Bi Qing. Comparing me to him is like comparing candlelight to the sun and the moon. Boy, if you can get his teaching, you will definitely benefit from it."

After thanking the old man, Shun inquired about Biqing's residence, rode on Sixiang, and walked towards Biqing's house.I walked along the Yellow River for about three miles. On a low-lying land, I saw a small village. It was a little bigger than the previous village, but the ground was covered with broken pottery. I guess some discarded pottery was thrown in the river side.

Shun rode Sixiang and walked towards the village stepping on broken pottery shards.Walking to the gate of a large courtyard, they saw a rectangular rammed-earth building two feet high and four feet long. Both Shun and Little Xingxing recognized that it must be a stove for firing pottery.According to the guidance of the old man, Shun thought that this place should be the home of Bi Qing, a master pottery maker.

Shun led Sixiang into it, and saw a large square courtyard inside, with a square stove in the middle, surrounded by many unfired pottery, some people were sitting on the ground beating clay, and some people were using A large fan fanned the fire, and some men were adding wood to the fire.

There are about 20 people in the whole yard, most of them are young people, only an old man with white hair sitting in front of the fire, holding a brush, drawing patterns on the pottery, lost in thought from time to time.

Shun looked at the old man's clothes and considered his age, thinking that this old man should be the pottery master Bi Qing that the old man said earlier.

Shun led the four elephants, swept the dust off his body, walked up to the old man, and bowed.

"May I ask if the old man is Mr. Bi Qing, a master pottery maker?"

The old man glanced at Shun, looked at him slightly, and looked at the pottery in his hand again, as if he didn't notice his existence.Suddenly, the old man who fell into deep thinking saw the four elephants behind Shun, his eyes widened immediately, he stood up, walked to the four elephants, touched the horns on its forehead, and observed the lines on its body.After walking around in this way, the old man picked up a pen and drew on the pottery. He quickly drew the outline of a four-figure, and then took out a colored pen to color the four-figure. After a while, a lifelike four-figure was carved on the pottery. .

The young people around the old man also came to see the old man's painting of the four images on the pottery, and they were all amazed.

"This is the most handsome animal I have ever seen master draw."

"Haha," the old man was naturally very happy to hear the apprentice's praise after drawing the last stroke, "Sacrifice pottery, light up the fire quickly, I want to make this exquisite pottery for my master, so I call him the five-eared pottery of the beast." Bar."

A sturdy young man with thick eyebrows came over, took the mythical five-ear pot from the old man's hand, opened the stove cover, put it into the stove, closed the cover, and then kept fanning the fan.

The old man walked to the stove, checked the fire, paced back and forth from time to time, as if he didn't notice Shun's existence.

Shun decided that this person was Bi Qing, and walked up to the early stage again, bowed and bowed, and said loudly:
"The younger generation has Yao Chonghua from the Yu clan, and I pay my respects to old Mr. Biqing."

Bi Qing finally noticed Dao Shun's existence, smiled at him, and nodded slightly, still showing a bit of arrogance.

"This beast belongs to you. It's really extraordinary. This old man has only heard of this beast, but it's the first time I've seen it. To thank you for letting me see this beast, you can choose any pottery here."

With that said, Bi Qing walked to the fire again, looked at the color of the fire in the fire, thoughtfully.Na Shun moved again and walked up to Bi Qing.

"The junior Yao Chonghua came here especially because he knew that the pottery pots made by Master Biqing were exquisite and extraordinary, but the junior didn't come here to get a utensil, but to learn the art of pottery from the master as a teacher."

Na Biqing finally understood Shun's intentions, and couldn't help looking at Shun, and found that his eyes were piercing, and his body naturally exudes a fairy spirit that does not fall into the mortal world.Knowing that he is unusual, he secretly marveled, but he didn't look like a Dongyi man in his attire.

"You are not from Dongyi, but you seem to be from the Huaxia tribe."

Shun thought to himself, when Bi Qing said this, there must be a distinction between regions. He was originally from the Youyu clan, so he should belong to the Dongyi people, but after being driven out of the Youyu clan by Gusou, he was Cao Muzi of the Youxin clan in the Huaxia Alliance. Recognizing him as his grandson, he became a member of the Youxin clan.One must not forget one's roots, since one is already a member of the Yu family, one is no longer a member of the Yu family.

"The junior is the grandson of Cao Muzi, the genius doctor of the Xin family. He is definitely not from Dongyi. He admires Dongyi's pottery making skills very much. I hope the master will not hesitate to teach you and accept the junior as a disciple."

Listening to Shun's words, Bi Qing stroked his beard from time to time, thinking that Shun's answer was decent.

"Cao Muzi can be regarded as a genius doctor. The old man has heard of it a little and admires it a lot. It's just that this pottery making technique is not passed down by my Dongyi people. Now that Dongyi and Huaxia are in constant disputes, if I pass it on to you In the future, after you Huaxia people learn it, you may cause trouble. You can go, but I still thank you for letting me see your beast, how about it, you pick three pieces of pottery, and we owe nothing."

But Shun didn't intend to leave. He knelt down in front of Bi Qing and swore that if Bi Qing didn't accept him as his apprentice, he would never stand up.Na Biqing didn't care, just let Shun kneel down on the ground, and continued to sit by the stove, watching the fire, waiting for the time to turn on the stove.

(End of this chapter)