But the bright moon shines on the ditch

Chapter 44
All the good things that once happened in Shizi Nong seem to be just a flash in the pan.

Xu Zhiliu didn't know whether Liang Peiqiu had waited for him, or how long he had been waiting for him, so he couldn't confirm this, and Liang Peiqiu never looked for him again.

That night, due to the imminent fighting in Huangjiazhou, he had to rush to deal with it immediately, and Xu Fu waited until midnight, and Liang Peiqiu was also waiting for the same night.

However, she was not waiting for him.

Leaving the county government office in the morning and sneaking back to Anqing Kiln, Wang Yunxian specially greeted the concierge because it was not yet bright. She stayed in Xiaoqingyuan all the time, and immediately discovered the wound on her forehead.

Needless to say, it must have started because of Xu Zhiliu again.Since getting closer to that end, the big and small injuries have not been broken.

Wang Yunxian lost his temper, quickly pulled out the medicine box, cleaned the wound, applied medicine, and bandaged her. After a set of movements, he was so proficient that he seemed to have practiced it. Even Liang Peiqiu was surprised and asked him if he had privately asked a doctor to learn medicine. .

Wang Yunxian stared at her and smiled coldly.

At this time, the light in the house was dim, although there was morning light shining in, there was only a faint light.Wang Yunxian's face was surrounded by the night that seemed to have not yet disappeared, so she couldn't see his expression clearly. In addition, she had to raise her head to see his face when she was sitting and being drugged. Her face turned away.

Liang Peiqiu groaned slightly in pain.

Wang Yunxian's movements paused, and he didn't say anything, only the movements of his hands slowed down and became gentle.

Liang Peiqiu then told him about Huang Jiazhou and explained the origin of the forehead injury.He also said that when he left the county government office, the residents had not yet dispersed, and it was estimated that there would be trouble in the daytime.

She was worried about what happened to Xu Zhiliu, and wanted to go to the county government office to guard.I also asked Wang Yunxian to run for her and go to Huangjiazhou to watch, but if there is anything, the presence of outsiders might be able to ease it.

She babbled a lot, seeing that Wang Yunxian didn't say a word, she suddenly found that he was extraordinarily silent today, she didn't find it strange.

"Yunxian, what's wrong with you?"

"Last night, I told the old man that you are going to learn the art of kiln fire, and you won't go out to eat. Suddenly, there are more wounds on your face. How are you going to explain it to him?"

"I..." Liang Peiqiu reacted, and couldn't help but smile, "It turns out that you are trying to help me make excuses by not talking."

Wang Yunxian lowered his eyelashes, quickly glanced at her radiant eyebrows, turned his gaze away again, and said lightly: "To avoid the old man's suspicion, I think you should not go out today. What does the Huangjiazhou matter have to do with you? Go and see If you watch it, you can watch it? If there is a real fight, don’t you rush to get injured.”

"I understand, it's just..."

"Don't just stop, the old man, I can do it for you once, how can I do it every time? You can figure out the wound on your face." Without waiting for Liang Peiqiu to respond, she closed the medicine box and said step away.

Seeing him disappearing like a gust of wind at the corner gate of Xiaoqingyuan, Liang Peiqiu felt that Wang Yunxian was a bit strange today, but he couldn't tell why.

It was clear that he took the initiative to persuade her and helped her well the night before, why did his attitude change today?Liang Peiqiu didn't know if she was thinking too much, and she didn't sleep all night. After taking the medicine, she felt tired, so she simply stopped thinking, took off her coat and went to bed to rest.

When she came back, the people who caused the trouble were still in the county government prison, and I'm afraid they won't be able to make trouble for a while.Thinking that the Five Blessing Knots might have been delivered to Xu Zhiliu at this time, thinking of seeing him again at night, she couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckling, and fell asleep peacefully.

She didn't want to fall asleep, and when she woke up it was already mid-afternoon, she hurriedly changed her clothes and rushed to the county government office. After asking the people nearby, she was relieved when she learned that the Zhou people hadn't caused any more trouble.

At this time, Xu Zhiliu, with the help of Wu Yin, intercepted Zhang Wensi's letter and sent it to Huangjiazhou.And Liang Peiqiu didn't stay, and went directly to Anqing Kiln to find Wang Yu.

Although the forehead injury requires a lot of effort to explain, but rather than covering it up, discussing cooperation with Wang Yu is the key.She didn't care about Wang Yunxian's reminder for a while, but she didn't expect that Wang Yu was not in Anqing Kiln, so she took a few people to the nearby mountain to inspect the mine source in the morning.

Generally speaking, only when there is good porcelain clay in a place can good porcelain be fired.

Jingdezhen is such a place.

However, in the late Southern Song Dynasty, after hundreds of years of extensive mining and use, the high-quality porcelain clay materials in Jingdezhen gradually decreased, and the overall quality of porcelain showed a downward trend.In order to produce high-quality blue and white porcelain, the ancestors of Jingdezhen had to solve the problem of lack of high-quality porcelain clay resources.

From a historical perspective, it was a crisis of decline faced by the porcelain industry as a whole. Fortunately, the ancestors discovered kaolin (an international term for later generations) through continuous research and development.

For the kaolin that is constantly being mined, the porcelain clay crisis faced by the ancestors has not been eliminated, and the discovery of high-quality porcelain clay resources is still the top priority of all major folk kilns.

Under the Anqing Kiln, there are a group of technical workers who are responsible for the development of porcelain clay, including many experienced Futang masters. Their daily work is to search for ore sources, survey ore deposits, and take samples for trial firing around Jingdezhen.

A few days ago, Wang Yu got a message from Futang Master, and agreed to go up the mountain today to survey the ore deposit and prepare for the follow-up work.After Liang Peiqiu asked the supervisor, he learned that they were going to a small mountain village in the northeast of the town, half a day's walk away from the town, and according to the current progress, they might have to spend the night on the mountain and would not be able to make it back.

Liang Peiqiu was also worried about the late hour and the Huangjiazhou incident, so without thinking too much, she took Taxue and rushed to the mountain village.

Taxue is a famous horse in the north, and it takes only two hours to get there in a half-day. A child is fighting crickets, and the smoke from cooking in the distant village is rising, and the aroma of food comes from time to time.

Liang Peiqiu calculated the next time, worried that Wang Yu and his party would miss the evening meal when they went down the mountain, but also thought that it was summer and it was getting dark late, so they probably wouldn't finish work too early.

Under the guidance of the villagers, she crossed a covered bridge non-stop, then temporarily tied the snow to the bridge head and started climbing.

Wang Yu and his party were approaching the top of the mountain, when they heard a familiar voice from a distance, they thought they were hallucinating, and after a while, Liang Peiqiu appeared in front of them.

Seeing that she had a wound on her forehead, she rushed here again. At this time, the twilight was falling, and Wang Yu had a bad intuition. He thought something happened in the kiln, so he quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Liang Peiqiu comforted him a few words, led him aside, and talked about the fight in Huangjiazhou.After Wang Yu listened, he glanced suspiciously at the wound on her face and didn't say much.

Seeing that he was silent, Liang Peiqiu knew that his master was no more a brat than Wang Yunxian, so he was not easily fooled, so he told the truth, and said: "Suhu Guild Hall is very powerful now, there are many merchants in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and cooperation with Xu Daren may not be impossible to take advantage of." to the benefit."

"You can't wait for tomorrow, and you insist on coming here today just to tell me about it?"

Of course, Liang Peiqiu also picked and picked and said what should be said, and did not dare to say a word that should not be said.When asked by Wang Yu, he naturally felt guilty.

Fortunately, Wang Yu didn't ask her to answer, and said with a light smile, "It has always been Wang Jiayao's business philosophy to communicate with merchants in the north and south, and to communicate with each other in the Central Plains. On this point, I have never rejected any offer from any porcelain store or guild hall. Friendly cooperation, but the premise of these is fairness. If you want to protect the people of Huangjiazhou, then we have to ask others, and the form of this cooperation cannot be decided by us."

Liang Peiqiu nodded: "I know, it's just that the Zhou people are from Duchang, and they have been treated unfairly. Should we just stand by and watch?"

She is not proficient in business, but since Xu Zhiliu brought it up, she took it for granted that cooperation with Xu Daren would be profitable, but how to implement it, how to carry out cooperation, and how to open up channels in Suzhou and Hangzhou, she couldn't figure it out. Come here whole, because of the next rhetoric seems a bit dry.

Wang Yu couldn't help laughing when she saw her clumsy and eager look of trying to find love.

He pointed to the workers not far away and said to Liang Peiqiu: "Do you know why the ancestors had to dig out the best porcelain clay? Because the porcelain clay is the bone, and the porcelain stone is the meat. Only when the bone and flesh are even, can the best porcelain be fired. In the past Without good porcelain clay, the body will not be white. After having a white body, it needs the purest blue and white glaze to match. The same is true for cooperation. Both sides are evenly matched, and each has its own benefits. Only then can a good cooperation be formed. You have to I ceded the benefits to Xu Daren to protect the Huangjiazhou territory, what benefits can Anqing kiln get? Peiqiu, although we are all from Duchang, our ancestors have lived on this land for generations, but the family is so big that there are hundreds of mouths waiting to eat , how can it be child's play? Even if you have a compassionate heart, I can't do this kind of charity."

Liang Peiqiu's heart sank slightly, and when she was about to say something, Wang Yu suppressed her smile and went away.

Wang Yu is no better than Xu Zhong in that he has an excellent arm that can share the kiln's duties. Over the years, Anqing Kiln has gradually grown, relying on his step by step alone, so when he doesn't smile, his whole body's momentum sinks.

At first glance, it is serious, but at second glance, it is unavoidable to be frightening.

Before Wang Yu could speak, Liang Peiqiu's heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, when he spoke, her heart instantly turned cold.

"Peiqiu, you came here specially to find me, are you really worried about the people of Huangjiazhou?"

"I……"

Wang Yu interrupted her: "Have you ever thought about who is doing these things for? Is it for Anqing Kiln, or for Xu Zhiliu?"

He originally thought that Peiqiu would be able to set up a family and take care of the livelihood of a kiln with a gift that no one in the world had, but after seeing it these days, he gradually understood that just having a gift is not enough, she must have a kiln in her heart.

With the kiln, it is just to catch the kiln.

Only with porcelain can we keep the kiln.

He watched Liang Peiqiu grow up with his own eyes. He knew her temperament very well. When she was concentrating on her work, she could be single-minded and had no other distractions. In the past years, her heart had always been on her work.He can guarantee that she has Anqing Kiln in her heart, will plan for Anqing Kiln, and will stand by Anqing Kiln when something happens.

But the premise of all this is that there is no Hutian Kiln or Xu Zhiliu.

If he really had a choice between Hutianyao or Xu Zhiliu, he hesitated, and there was no guarantee who Pei Qiu would choose.

"I asked you to approach Xu Zhiliu in the first place in order to work together with Hutian Kiln to fight against the eunuch. Now the eunuch is obviously unstoppable, so you should move less on the other side of Hutian Kiln."

As for her and Xu Zhiliu, Wang Yu didn't know and didn't want to get involved too much, but after what she did today was enough to surprise him, everything should stop here.

"Peiqiu, the day you recognized me as your master, you promised that you would treat me as your biological father in the future, obey me in everything, be filial to me, and provide for my retirement. I don't know if this is true?"

Liang Peiqiu seemed to have expected something, his expression changed instantly, he couldn't help clenching his fists, and said with a difficult voice, "Really."

"Well, since ancient times when marriage is a big event, the parents ordered the matchmaker's words. Since you recognize me as my father, I will also treat you as my own daughter. Now that you are old, it is time to discuss marriage. I want Yunxian to hire you as my daughter." My wife of the royal family, from now on, write it into the royal family tree, what do you think?"

"Master, I..."

"If you agree, I agree to discuss cooperation with Xu Daren to protect Huang Jiazhou."

……

When Liang Peiqiu went down the mountain, Wang Yu's promise kept flashing in his mind.As long as he agrees to marry Wang Yunxian, he can keep Huang Jiazhou.With Huang Jiazhou saved, Xu Zhiliu didn't have to make troubles, he didn't have to mediate with Xu Daren, and he didn't have to join forces with Zhang Wensi, An Jiujiu and others.

What a wonderful thing!

But, but...

Thinking of Xu Zhiliu's previous agreement with her, thinking of his saying that there is an acre of square pond at home, full of lotus flowers, and enjoying the coolness under the canopy in summer is quite comfortable, thinking of the red candle hanging high on that night, and the interlocking fingers covered by the wide sleeves, thinking of The sound she called her Brother Liu when she was drunk, his demeanor, his eyes... Thinking of all the past, she really broke her heart.

Master must have seen something, right?Otherwise, how could you force her!

Why did Master force her?

Liang Peiqiu didn't know what to do, her thoughts were like knots that couldn't be untied, entangled her one after another, just thinking about it, suddenly her vision blurred.

She looked up, and she didn't know when it started to rain. She didn't pay attention, her feet slipped and she almost fell.

Now that she has walked halfway up the mountain, the last twilight of the sunset engulfed the sky, and the clouds were densely covered. I saw that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the thunder was roaring, and the whole mountain was trembling.

She was worried about the master who was still on the top of the mountain, so she stopped for a while and then ran back.

All the way up the mountain, she kept thinking about what to do, if the people of Huangjiazhou fought again, what should they do if the fight became too serious?If she is still the same as that night in the rainy night, what should she do if she is a step late?If you really agree to the marriage, what should you do?
Her mind was muddled, and gradually she couldn't move, only being shrouded by the heavy rain, her vision became worse and worse, and the mountain road became more and more difficult to walk.

In a trance, she seemed to hear the neighing of a horse, and she turned her head in surprise.Then in the next moment, there seemed to be some turbulent and surging mud flow rushing towards her.

The "stepping on the snow" that was about to be blurted out was buried in an instant.

　I found that the author had something to say that I couldn’t copy and paste. I originally wanted to write an introduction about kaolin.I'll try it out in the comments section later.

　　
　
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