I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 43 Do you really want to burn the bowl?

Seeing them nodding, Guo Yi turned around with a smile and continued walking.

According to the knowledge stuffed into his mind by the system, he began to look for suitable porcelain stone raw materials, as well as raw materials for enamel.

It took about two days to go around several hills before I finally found all the raw materials I needed.

While looking for raw materials, he also told Yang Huijin and the others about the properties and functions of these raw materials.

They are still young, with good memory and physical strength, and they are all descendants of Lao Yang's family.

If the item of porcelain can be made into a large scale in the future, they are undoubtedly the best successors.

They lit a fire on the rocks, scalded the rocks, and then watered them. Using the principle of heat expansion and contraction, they broke the rocks into small pieces and carried them back in bamboo baskets.

And if you dig in along the stone pattern, you will slowly form a porcelain stone mine.

In the past few days when they were looking for raw materials, the water quilt and water mill made by Yang Licheng have also been installed.

Seeing them coming back, Yang Licheng was full of pride: "Brother Yi, why don't you come and have a look?"

The water quilt and the water mill are respectively driven by two small water wheels, and are installed on the Xizhang River outside the wall of Mr. Yang's house.

The river flows slowly, driving the water wheel to rotate continuously, and then through the connecting rod, the power is transmitted to the water quilt and the water mill.

Guo Yi checked it back and forth twice, but couldn't help smiling, and raised his thumb: "Uncle Thirteen, good job!"

As expected of a well-known carpenter in ten miles and eight towns, his things are exquisite.

As for the mountain rocks that were carried back, Yang Huijin and the others washed them with water to remove debris and improve the purity of the raw materials.

After washing, it is divided into two piles of porcelain stone and enamel.

Then, use a hammer to knock these washed rocks into small pieces.Then put it into the water quilt and beat it into crumbs.

Finally, the slag is ground into a fine powder with a water mill.

At this point, the raw materials for porcelain stone and enamel are ready.

The next step is to elutriate the precipitate.Wash the fine powder and remove the fine residue.The remaining porcelain mud will sink to the bottom of the water, and when the excess water is released, thickened and concentrated porcelain mud will be obtained.

And these thickened and concentrated porcelain muds are used to make porcelain blanks after they are slowly thickened.

Usually, these prepared porcelain muds need to be placed for one to two months to be stale, to promote the oxidation, hydrolysis and organic matter decay of the mud to produce organic acids, to naturally eliminate the air bubbles and stress in the mud, to make the water uniform and to enhance the plasticity. Improve molding quality.

But now, Guo Yi didn't have the time to wait.He needs to produce a batch of finished products first to hone his skills and find experience.

So, now he skipped the old-fashioned steps and started mixing the mud directly.

A group of people took off their shoes and stomped back and forth with their bare feet.Step on it while turning it.

After stepping on it, you have to keep kneading back and forth.Just like kneading dough, squeeze out the air bubbles inside to make the moisture in the mud even.

He wouldn't have...

Fortunately, there are knowledge and techniques forced on him by the system.It was a little rusty at first, but gradually became proficient.

After kneading, the next step is to make porcelain blanks.Also called blanking.

The wheel cart that Yang Licheng was instructed to make was also pulled over.Throw a ball of kneaded mud on the upper turntable, step on the lower pedal back and forth with your feet, turn the wheel, and start the molding operation with your hands.

Start with the bowl.

Because the bowl is the easiest.

Of course, it is as simple as he thinks...

He is still better, because the system has already taught him, the difference is only experience.

As for Yang Huijin and the others, they didn't feel it at all. After rubbing their bodies covered in mud, they could only look on stupidly.

Watching him stepping on his feet, the wheel cart turns, rubbing his hands back and forth non-stop, and with the subtle changes in the distance between the hands, a bowl is slowly formed inadvertently.

Then, trim it finely to make it more and more round.

Soon, a bowl came out.

After a little drying, it has to be put on the wheel car again for turning to make the surface of the vessel smooth and uniform in thickness, which is the key process in the molding process.

At this point, a bowl-shaped porcelain blank is considered to be formed.

The finished porcelain body must be dried thoroughly to prevent deformation during firing. It is best to carry it out on a sunny day with sunshine, or put it on the drying rack pond of the billet workshop. Allows ventilation for even drying.

"Brother Yi, this thing is too difficult!"

Yang Huijin and the others stepped on the wheel cart hard, pulling the mud ball on the disc with their hands very clumsily.

Either elongated, torn, or crooked.

"Brother Jin, when you are waiting for your bridal chamber, if you can't, do you have to call me in?" Guo Yi teased non-stop.

"Hey! Hahaha...!"

Hearing his ridicule, several people all laughed.

And Yang Huijin, blushing instantly like a monkey's butt, scolded angrily: "You guys are laughing farts! You don't and you don't know how to!"

Guo Yi ignored their laughter, settled down, and concentrated on his work.As he became more proficient, his speed slowly increased.

With him making samples in front, the others gradually calmed down and began to ponder the texture.

The finished porcelain blanks were carefully carried out by the pillars to dry.

The next step is to adjust the porcelain glaze.

Glaze requires glaze ash first. The glaze ash is stacked with a kind of blue and white stone and Pteris vulgaris, and the ash is washed with water to form a glaze ash.

Then, according to the needs of different varieties and specifications of porcelain, add porcelain mud bricks and water to adjust, and prepare different proportions of glaze juice.

If it is a porcelain body that does not need to be painted, after the porcelain body body is dried, it is directly dipped in glaze, and what is fired is a commonly used large white porcelain bowl.

And this time he is a trial firing, in order to hurry, he didn't paint the color, just dipped it in the glaze directly.

During the period, Yang Liwen asked someone to come in, "Brother Yi, the small cave you wanted has been dug out! The third brother asked you to go and see if you are satisfied."

Guo Yi nodded and agreed: "Understood, I will be fine soon. It will be over in a while."

He asked Yang Liwen to dig a new cave next to the brick kiln, firstly, so that the two caves could warm each other, and secondly, because the stone and carbon were gathered together, it was more convenient to use.

Since the brick kiln was opened, three new bricks have been fired.

The billet firing team also expanded to more than a dozen people, led by Lao Ba Yang Lizhi.

The open space in front of the brick kiln is also densely packed with ready-made bricks, some just finished and some already dried.

At this time, seeing Guo Yi, Zhuzi, and Yang Huijin coming in a mule cart, Yang Lizhi put down his work and shouted in a rough voice: "Brother Yi, I heard from the third brother that you are going to open a new car." Kiln fired porcelain?"

After finishing speaking, he took two steps forward and stretched his neck to look at the mule cart.

I saw that the top was covered with straw, and the bowl blanks that had been prepared and dried were separated by straw to prevent damage due to collision.

"Yo! You really want to burn porcelain bowls!" Yang Lizhi was full of surprise, and while talking, he stepped forward to pick up one carefully, held it in front of his eyes, and looked back and forth.

　During the promotion period, please follow up!
　　If the follow-up is not enough, it is a two-round tour!

　　Don't raise it now, it's about to die...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)