Enter the Room

"This is sweet white porcelain!" I don't know when Song Jiyun came over with a smile. She said warmly, "This is a new porcelain that my father has been researching when he was alive. After I took over the kiln factory, I improved part of the process and It’s fired.”

As the saying goes, "You only speak three words when meeting people."

Not to mention these trade secrets.

She has no intention of exposing herself to the public yet.

"Sweet white porcelain?!" Eunuch Wan whispered, standing up and holding the bowl in his hand toward the sun.

There was a warm light in the plain bowl.

"Because its glaze color is as shiny as cotton candy, it is named Sweet White Porcelain." Song Jiyun explained to him, "Unfortunately, time is too tight, otherwise I would have planned to try dark flowers or carvings, which would be very interesting. "

Eunuch Wan nodded, but his eyes seemed to be glued to the small bowl, unable to tear it apart. He praised in a low voice: "It's so beautiful!"

Song Jiyun pursed his lips and smiled.

Song Daliang was shocked and came back to his senses.

"How could this happen?!" He looked at Eunuch Wan and Song Jiyun who were talking and laughing with a face as thick as gold, feeling flustered.

He obviously arranged everything.

How could it become like this?

Song Daliang blinked, hoping that this was all his imagination.

But the jade-like and elegant porcelain among the rough broken pottery pieces reminded him all the time that all this was true.

He couldn't help but push through the crowd around him and rushed over, but was stopped by Luo Zixing and others who were guarding the entrance of the kiln.

"Get out of my way!" Song Daliang said with a livid face, and got entangled with the person who stopped him.

Eunuch Wan and Song Jiyun heard the noise and came over.

Song Jiuyun was expressionless.

Eunuch Wan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let him come in!"

Luo Zixing and others hesitated for a moment, then Song Daliang jumped over them and threw himself on the gray broken sagger.

"Impossible! Impossible!" He murmured, turning over the cups and dishes randomly.

The sound of clinking porcelain is as soft as the roar of a dragon or like a chime bell, which is very pleasant to the ear.

Eunuch Wan was stunned and said hurriedly: "Be careful!"

Song Daliang was completely focused on pulling out the newly fired porcelain without even looking back.

Eunuch Wan was slightly stunned and ordered the small flag he carried with him to pull Song Daliang: "What are you doing? Porcelain is fragile. If this is broken, who does it belong to?"

"Impossible!" Song Daliang looked dazed and said loudly, "The second brother is still studying how to improve the 'jade clay', how can it be possible to produce new porcelain? Song Jiyun, what are you doing? These porcelains must be from you Where did you get it from?”

Song Jiyun sneered and said, "Whoever makes new porcelain doesn't go to Lord Wan to take credit, and lets me take the limelight?"

Song Daliang was still nagging: "You can't make sacrificial white porcelain. If you don't have porcelain powder, you can't make 'jade clay'."

Song Jiyun's eyes flashed slightly when he heard this, and he said, "Where did your uncle get the porcelain powder?"

"I've never..." Song Daliang said, as if he thought of something, his mouth immediately pursed into a slit, with an obvious meaning of rejection.

Song Jiyun snorted coldly, pointed to the pile of sweet white porcelain and said, "Sir, do you think this can be sent to the palace as a sacrificial white porcelain?"

The new porcelain is gleaming and shiny, like jade carvings.

But Eunuch Wan looked a little confused when he thought about the agreement with Song Daliang.

For a moment, there was silence inside and outside the kiln entrance.

Wan Daliang's hair stood on end and he woke up.

He and Song Jiuyun were arguing about new and old porcelain.

He now wants to get the order from the imperial kiln factory and the Song family's kiln factory.

"Sir!" He quickly reminded Eunuch Wan, "The ones I sent to the palace before were all sacrificial white porcelain, not sweet white porcelain. Is it a bit bad to offer two types of white porcelain on one altar table?"

When Eunuch Wan heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Song Jiyun said hurriedly: "Sir, I also burned several high-foot-purifying offerings."

As she spoke, she picked out a few offering plates from the kiln and handed them to Eunuch Wan: "Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, it's a good time to give them to others. In autumn and winter, it would be best to offer citrons, Buddha's hands, etc. ”

If you want to promote new porcelain, you have to get the nod from the eunuchs in the Imperial Manufacturing Supervision Office, and the Qingliu people in the court like it.

Eunuch Wan thought deeply and did not take over.

Song Jiyun didn't take it seriously, but still smiled and said: "This sweet white porcelain is good for sacrificial porcelain, but it would be better if it was made with blue and white and underglaze colors - now the road to the Western Region is cut off, and the green porcelain in Sumali The more materials are used, the less. The colors of asphalt and green glaze are light and elegant, and the original celadon glaze is used as the base color and it is easy to fade."

Eunuch Wan and Song Daliang both frowned when they heard this.

If, as she said, sweet white porcelain has such a wide range of uses, the value of this new porcelain goes far beyond just being used as sacrificial porcelain.

Eunuch Wan couldn't help but take the offering plate and calculate it carefully.

Song Daliang didn't think as much as Wan Gonggong thought. He just wanted to keep the porcelain he fired as sacrificial porcelain for the imperial kiln.

He said in a panic: "Master Wan, what about blue and white and underglaze colors, that's just what I said. If it really works, let her burn a kiln for you alone in a few days. It won't be too late for you to see it with your own eyes first." .”

However, Wan Eunuch thought of another thing from Song Jiyun's words.

After all, he is a eunuch, and the palace is where he belongs. But the longer he left the capital, the more unfamiliar he became with the twenty-four yamen. He wants to return to the capital, but money alone won't do it.

Now the Songjia kiln has produced new porcelain. As the pottery supervisor, this is also his contribution.

With this merit, he had a legitimate reason for wanting to be transferred back to the capital.

He looked at Song Daliang, whose face was anxious, and then at Song Jiuyun, who was calm and composed, and gave his entourage a look.

The entourage immediately stepped forward to receive the offerings from the high-ranking disciples.

Song Jiyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and spoke in a lighter voice than before: "Sir, I think what my uncle said makes sense. When you are free, I will burn some blue and white pieces for you. and underglaze color, just in time to be sent to Beijing together with this batch of sweet white porcelain, in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Sir!" Before Wan Gonggong could say anything, Song Daliang hurriedly interrupted Song Jiyun, "I don't know if the blue and white and underglaze colors can be fired, but I can't delay the sacrifice of the white porcelain. Otherwise, I I will also burn some blue and white pieces or underglaze colors for you, and you can decide which one is better before it is too late."

But Eunuch Wan made up his mind to use the new porcelain as a stepping stone to return to the capital.

Without even looking at Song Daliang, he ordered the people around him: "Ask the warehouseman to come and collect the goods."

Luo Zixing and others listened happily but did not dare to laugh out loud.

Song Daliang was dumbfounded.

"No!" He wanted to win over Eunuch Wan.

The people around Eunuch Wan immediately stopped him aside.

Song Jiyun heard the sound and said with a smile: "What else do you want? Ask the people around you to make a list, and I'll ask Wang Dahai to go get it. I just happened to get a painting of flowers and birds by Ma Shirong. I don't know if it's true or not. , let him take him over and ask you to help palm the eyes."

Eunuch Wan was very satisfied with her knowledge and said "hmm".

Song Jiyun struck while the iron was hot and said with a smile: "Do you see the bet between me and my uncle?"

"There is no one in Jingdezhen who dares not to give me face!" Wan Gonggong was anxious to plan the new porcelain. He responded impatiently, waved his hand, and left with the people around him.

Song Daliang was anxious and panicked.

"My lord! My lord!" He ran after Eunuch Wan's sedan in a panic.