Live Appreciation, Congratulations to Brother

Chapter 376: Build a kiln and open a kiln

Zhang Yang walked around the venue with Shen Shuyu for a while.

There were people everywhere, and there was no place to stay.

The two were almost separated by tourists several times.

"Zhang Yang, why don't we change places? There are too many people in this place, and I can't even hear what I'm saying."

"Okay, is there anywhere you want to go?"

Zhang Yang consulted Shen Shuyu for his opinion.

As the end of the year approaches, there is basically nothing for him to worry about at the museum.

Librarian He is already a mature old employee and has just received a salary increase. He can already share a lot of things for Zhang Yang.

There is no such thing as a mission at the studio.

The live broadcast task of only three hours every afternoon is pure health care for both the anchor and the employees.

Zhang Yang now has a lot of time to spend with his girlfriend.

"As long as you don't look at the calligraphy and paintings." Shen Shuyu stuck out his tongue playfully.

"Tired of looking at calligraphy and painting?"

"Yeah, it's okay. I've been asked to read calligraphy and painting since I was a child. When I get to work, I'm assigned to the calligraphy and painting group." Shen Shuyu complained to Zhang Yang in a somewhat depressed tone.

"If it weren't for someone in Linhai, I wouldn't come to this exhibition to join in the fun."

"Hahaha, thank you for your hard work, Miss Shen."

"Here, let me help you relax."

Zhang Yang gave Shen Shuyu a symbolic squeeze on his shoulders to express comfort.

It is really uncomfortable to read calligraphy and painting all the time, it makes my eyes hurt.

If it were Zhang Yang himself, he would have felt tired of having him appraise treasures for so long if he hadn't been told stories about treasure friends.

If learning calligraphy and painting was a hobby at the beginning, then for Shen Shuyu, contacting calligraphy and painting now is just a matter of work.

My interest turns into work, which is as boring as I want.

Therefore, Zhang Yang was very happy that Miss Shen could make a special trip to the sea for him.

He said proudly: "Tell me, what do you want to do most now? As long as Linhai has it, I will find a way to arrange it for you."

"Let me think about it..."

Shen Shuyu's eyes rolled around Zhang Yang.

After a while, she had an idea: "Yes, didn't you say before that you knew many tomb robbers?"

"Can you take me to see the tomb robbers!"

"Huh?" Zhang Yang didn't expect this answer and smiled in surprise, "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I've always been interested in tomb robbing. Isn't it obvious?"

"Well, it's indeed quite obvious." Zhang Yang nodded, thought for a while, and responded, "Well, let me ask for you to see if there are any unprotected ancient tombs nearby."

It is impossible to rob a tomb, unless two people want to have New Year's Eve dinner in the detention center.

But visiting graves is allowed.

The nature is similar to that of tomb robbing, but with a little less gain.

Anyway, neither of them are short of antiques.

Zhang Yang asked in the group of the archaeological team. In fact, it was Xiao Chu's relationship to see if they had made any new discoveries recently.

There used to be many new tombs near Linhai.

Maybe there is news about the Grave Visitors Association?

But Zhang Yang asked in the group for a long time, but no one paid any attention to him.

In the end, Chu Zhenmin told him that Shen Xingyue and Chu Ziqiang had taken people to the mountains for inspection, and there might be no signal at the moment.

Zhang Yang felt that the statement of this inspection was a bit ambiguous.

It is estimated that in a few days, pictures of ancient tombs will be posted in the group again.

"The person I know who is responsible for professional tomb robbing has lost contact." Zhang Yang told Miss Shen the truth. "Huh? He won't be caught, right?"

"That won't happen. If their family has a background, as long as they don't dig up the National Cultural Protection Bureau, they should be able to fish it out."

"So powerful... Then I know who you are talking about. It's the second-generation official Xiao Chu, right?"

"Yes, he is the one digging graves all over the country." Zhang Yang nodded heavily.

"Besides tomb robbing, can you think of any other activities?"

"I didn't expect it." Shen Shuyu shook his head, "Anyway, as long as I participate with you, it's fine. I don't have any choice."

"Then... how about we go see how to make porcelain?"

Zhang Yang thought for a while and felt that this entertainment activity was the most beneficial to the body and mind.

And girls should be interested in colorful porcelain.

"Really?" Shen Shuyu was indeed interested and asked in surprise, "Is there a place to bake porcelain in Linhai? Then can I knead the mud and bake it myself?"

"It should be okay. I'll call and ask Librarian He to take us there."

……

The place where Zhang Yang refers to "burning porcelain" is in Niujia Village on the outskirts of Linhai City.

It's only half an hour's drive from Linhai Art Museum, where the exhibition will be held.

But it’s already a suburb.

There was a local kiln in Niujia Village during the Ming Dynasty. In the 1980s, Master Wang and his colleagues excavated several kiln sites in the local area.

After research, it was found that the kiln entrance lasted for about two hundred years and ended in the late Ming Dynasty.

Two hundred years can be considered a long history, but when it comes to the quality of porcelain, this local kiln in Linhai only produces some daily porcelain, mainly blue and white bowls and plates.

Nothing technical.

The broken porcelain fragments unearthed are not even qualified to be put into museum display cabinets.

Six years ago, after a porcelain expert from the Hailin Museum retired, he returned to his hometown of Niujia Village and rebuilt the kiln entrance.

"However, the kiln built by Teacher Lu probably did not bake blue and white porcelain. The profit of that thing is too low." Zhang Yang guessed.

"Then what to burn? High imitation porcelain?"

"I don't know either." Zhang Yang shrugged. He could only ask Librarian He on the driver's seat for such a detailed question, "Old He, what do Teacher Lu and the others mainly cook now?"

"I heard that they are made from burning lamps, and the good ones can be sold for 10,000 yuan each."

"Jianzhan?" Zhang Yang was a little excited when he heard the news.

Anyone who has been involved in collecting porcelain for a period of time will know how famous antique Jianzhan is.

Jianzhan is basically ceiling-level Song Dynasty porcelain.

But in fact, newly burned jianzhan is also very popular now.

In addition to being beautiful, it is mainly because it is so difficult to make a perfect lamp.

There was a time when Zhang Yang was addicted to watching people build lamps online. It was more exciting than opening a blind box, and it usually took a long time to open a beautiful product that was completely flawless.

To say it was a lottery would be an understatement.

"Old He, is Mr. Lu's jianzhan made by hand drawing or machine pressing?"

Manual drawing is what you see in many pottery firing experience classes. An electric turntable rotates the clay, and people use their hands to control the shape of the formed porcelain embryo.

Machine pressed blanks are easy to understand. Everything made by hand can basically be replaced by machines, but the quality is slightly worse.

"It should be pressed by a machine. I remember that there were employees in the library who wanted to take their children to Teacher Lu to make porcelain, but Teacher Lu directly said that they didn't have the equipment." Librarian He answered fluently.

"Shuyu, you probably won't have the chance to make porcelain later." Zhang Yang told Miss Shen with great regret.

“However, you may have the opportunity to experience opening a kiln.”

"It's definitely more fun than making porcelain."

"Okay." Shen Shuyu nodded with a smile and said expectantly, "I feel like I'm going to learn a lot again today."

(End of this chapter)