A treasure-appraisal maniac

Tang Hua's reaction said everything. If he didn't admit it, he would still have three hundred taels of silver.

Mr. Jin Xin laughed heartily, but Tang Hua was about to cry.

"What?"

"Mr. Lu, are you deliberately deceiving me?"

Tang Hua wished he could give himself two mouths.

Damn, this is so embarrassing.

I am already in my forties, but my mental quality is not as good as that of a young man in his early twenties. It is so embarrassing.

Why! !

I don’t blame my wife for always saying that I can’t be successful. With this kind of personality, it’s really annoying.

Lu Fei also smiled, but it was a kind smile, without the slightest hint of ridicule.

At the same time, Lu Fei was also full of relief and even more emotional.

It’s another old friend!

Although Tang Hua's great-grandfather Tang Wannian was not his life and death brother who went to the South China Sea with him, he was still an old friend.

Speaking of Tang Wannian, he is definitely a super talent that has been buried by history.

There are records about Tang Wannian in the history books, but they only record that he was the last deputy governor of porcelain in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and even the entire feudal dynasty. Little did they know that Tang Wannian himself had unexpected talents.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the political situation was chaotic and the court was in name only.

Although there are still institutions such as the Manufacturing Office and the Porcelain Supervision Office, they are already just decorations. Not to mention the offices, even the official kilns have been closed down, so Tang Wannian has no chance to display his talents at all.

Speaking of the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty, in their heyday, they had extremely strict requirements for porcelain clay.

The official kiln in Jingdezhen must use the highest grade kaolin to fire porcelain. Only with such strict requirements can perfect works be produced.

But by the late Qing Dynasty, moths had spread to every corner of the court, and even institutions like the Governor's Office were no exception.

At that time, there were internal and external troubles, and officials were all in danger and did not care about government affairs at all. All people wanted to do was to try to get benefits and money for themselves.

If you want to make money, you must have the opportunity to make money. The opportunity for the Porcelain Department is of course raw materials and porcelain.

The kaolin mine in Jingdezhen has very few resources due to years of mining.

To mine high-grade china clay, you need to pay a lot of money.

Often out of a hundred stones of porcelain clay mined, only one or two stones of high-grade porcelain clay can be screened out.

There were no machines at that time, and everything from mining to selection to grade determination had to be done manually. Therefore, mining porcelain clay required a lot of workers and experts. As a result, the cost of mining was quite high.

Ever since, the leader of the manufacturing office and the general person in charge of the porcelain supervision department

The people got together and came up with a good way to hide the truth, that is, to get high-quality porcelain clay from other porcelain clay producing areas, transport it to the porcelain capital and sell it as dog meat, and use it as high-grade kaolin clay in the porcelain capital.

Although it is transported from other places, due to the huge quantity, it is much cheaper than the cost of mining in the porcelain capital. In this way, a large amount of special funds can be obtained.

Isn't that person afraid of being seen out?

Of course not.

The high-quality porcelain clay from other regions is also very good. If you are not a top connoisseur, you will not be able to tell it at all.

But those experts who are responsible for supervising and controlling the production are their own people, and they have benefited from it, and of course they will not cut off their own money.

As for the emperor, queen, and concubines in the palace, they don't know how to do it at all.

Emperors of the past dynasties, except for Qianlong, Kangxi and Yongzheng who really loved porcelain, did not study this thing at all. In their eyes, they all looked the same, as long as it looked good, it was enough.

In fact, this trend began to spread during the Xianfeng period, and by the late Qing Dynasty it was out of control.

Tang Wannian was just a deputy commander. To put it bluntly, he was a victim. The real power was not in his hands at all.

Moreover, he can only go along with those people, otherwise, those people will try every means to exclude him, or even get rid of him to avoid future troubles. This is not surprising at all.

Anyone who is not from our tribe must have different intentions. If you go to the mountain to join a gang, you have to submit a certificate. It is impossible for you to be alone, and others will not believe you.

Although Tang Wannian was on the same page as those morons, he deeply despised them, and he also despised himself.

Tang Wannian had studied with his master for more than 20 years, and his lifelong dream was to make the most perfect porcelain. Although he was forced to collaborate with the moths in order to survive, he never forgot his dream.

In his spare time, Tang Wannian spent his time researching and experimenting, trying to improve every detail of the firing process and taking detailed notes.

Tang Wannian was in charge of porcelain clay and had various high-grade porcelain clays from all over the world. He tried to conduct experiments with various porcelain clays and recorded the characteristics and particularities of each kind of porcelain clay.

While other officials were living and drinking, he was still studying day and night.

After more than ten years of research, Tang Wannian finally made a major discovery.

He discovered that although kaolin in the porcelain capital was the best, it was not the most perfect.

Kaolin, the capital of porcelain, has a hard soil, and the fired porcelain has a high gloss. Especially enamel pastels and other patterned objects have a common weakness when they are fired. Due to the high gloss, the patterns look a bit ethereal and not so reality.

The royal family may like this kind of luster, but in Tang Wannian's eyes, unreality means imperfection. This is not the effect he wants to pursue. Tang Hua's reaction said everything. If he didn't admit it, he would still have three hundred taels of silver.

Mr. Jin Xin laughed heartily, but Tang Hua was about to cry.

"What?"

"Mr. Lu, are you deliberately deceiving me?"

Tang Hua wished he could give himself two mouths.

Damn, this is so embarrassing.

I am already in my forties, but my mental quality is not as good as that of a young man in his early twenties. It is so embarrassing. .??.

Why! !

I don’t blame my wife for always saying that I can’t be successful. With this kind of personality, it’s really annoying.

Lu Fei also smiled, but it was a kind smile, without the slightest hint of ridicule.

At the same time, Lu Fei was also full of relief and even more emotional.

It’s another old friend!

Although Tang Hua's great-grandfather Tang Wannian was not his life and death brother who went to the South China Sea with him, he was still an old friend.

Speaking of Tang Wannian, he is definitely a super talent that has been buried by history.

There are records about Tang Wannian in the history books, but they only record that he was the last deputy governor of porcelain in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and even the entire feudal dynasty. Little did they know that Tang Wannian himself had unexpected talents.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the political situation was chaotic and the court was in name only.

Although there are still institutions such as the Manufacturing Office and the Porcelain Supervision Office, they are already just decorations. Not to mention the offices, even the official kilns have been closed down, so Tang Wannian has no chance to display his talents at all.

Speaking of the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty, in their heyday, they had extremely strict requirements for porcelain clay.

The official kiln in Jingdezhen must use the highest grade kaolin to fire porcelain. Only with such strict requirements can perfect works be produced.

But by the late Qing Dynasty, moths had spread to every corner of the court, and even institutions like the Governor's Office were no exception.

At that time, there were internal and external troubles, and officials were all in danger and did not care about government affairs at all. All people wanted to do was to try to get benefits and money for themselves.

If you want to make money, you must have the opportunity to make money. The opportunity for the Porcelain Department is of course raw materials and porcelain.

The kaolin mine in Jingdezhen has very few resources due to years of mining.

To mine high-grade china clay, you need to pay a lot of money.

Often out of a hundred stones of porcelain clay mined, only one or two stones of high-grade porcelain clay can be screened out.

There were no machines at that time, and everything from mining to selection to grade determination had to be done manually. Therefore, mining porcelain clay required a lot of workers and experts. As a result, the cost of mining was quite high.

Ever since, the leader of the manufacturing office and the general person in charge of the porcelain supervision department

The people got together and came up with a good way to hide the truth, that is, to get high-quality porcelain clay from other porcelain clay producing areas, transport it to the porcelain capital and sell it as dog meat, and use it as high-grade kaolin clay in the porcelain capital.

Although it is transported from other places, due to the huge quantity, it is much cheaper than the cost of mining in the porcelain capital. In this way, a large amount of special funds can be obtained.

Isn't that person afraid of being seen out?

Of course not.

The high-quality porcelain clay from other regions is also very good. If you are not a top connoisseur, you will not be able to tell it at all.

But those experts who are responsible for supervising and controlling the production are their own people, and they have benefited from it, and of course they will not cut off their own money.

As for the emperor, queen, and concubines in the palace, they don't know how to do it at all.

Emperors of the past dynasties, except for Qianlong, Kangxi and Yongzheng who really loved porcelain, did not study this thing at all. In their eyes, they all looked the same, as long as it looked good, it was enough.

In fact, this trend began to spread during the Xianfeng period, and by the late Qing Dynasty it was out of control.

Tang Wannian was just a deputy commander. To put it bluntly, he was a victim. The real power was not in his hands at all.

Moreover, he can only go along with those people, otherwise, those people will try every means to exclude him, or even get rid of him to avoid future troubles. This is not surprising at all.

Anyone who is not from our tribe must have different intentions. If you go to the mountain to join a gang, you have to submit a certificate. It is impossible for you to be alone, and others will not believe you.

Although Tang Wannian was on the same page as those morons, he deeply despised them, and he also despised himself.

Tang Wannian had studied with his master for more than 20 years, and his lifelong dream was to make the most perfect porcelain. Although he was forced to collaborate with the moths in order to survive, he never forgot his dream.

In his spare time, Tang Wannian spent his time researching and experimenting, trying to improve every detail of the firing process and taking detailed notes.

Tang Wannian was in charge of porcelain clay and had various high-grade porcelain clays from all over the world. He tried to conduct experiments with various porcelain clays and recorded the characteristics and particularities of each kind of porcelain clay.

While other officials were living and drinking, he was still studying day and night.

After more than ten years of research, Tang Wannian finally made a major discovery.

He discovered that although kaolin in the porcelain capital was the best, it was not the most perfect.

Kaolin, the capital of porcelain, has a hard soil, and the fired porcelain has a high gloss. Especially enamel pastels and other patterned objects have a common weakness when they are fired. Due to the high gloss, the patterns look a bit ethereal and not so reality.

The royal family may like this kind of luster, but in Tang Wannian's eyes, unreality means imperfection. This is not the effect he wants to pursue.