Siheyuan: Qin Huairu relies on me

"Is it really that valuable?" Zhao Xiyan was a little unconvinced.

"Really? If I lie to you, my whole family will die." Wang Liu swore, "If I can really get a batch of porcelain... then I won't have to worry about food and drink."

"Well."

Zhao Xiyan touched his chin and said, "Li Yun, lock them up and don't let them run away. As for freezing to death... forget it."

"Fuck."

Wang Liu was frightened again.

What do you mean by "freeze to death"? Is that something a human being can say?

"Eh."

Li Yun tied him up with a rope with disgust on his face and then dragged him out.

"Village chief, what do you want to do?" Li Yu asked curiously.

"What do you think? We can make some fake porcelain to fool the Japanese?" Zhao Xiyan chuckled. "We are idle anyway. It's winter, so we have nothing to do, right?"

"Village chief, stop making trouble. We specialize in this. If it's fake, they can tell it at a glance." Li Baohong said with a wry smile.

"Do you know what my major is?" Zhao Xiyan said with a pout.

"History?" Li Baohong asked uncertainly.

"That's good to know. I've seen all kinds of stuff. It's not too hard to make something fake to fool the devils."

This is half true and half false.

Zhao Xiyan does have more knowledge about cultural relics. After all, he is a history teacher, and he has a bunch of troublesome students, right?

I still remember that a student brought a painting of "Guan Erye Riding a Bicycle" and titled it "A Thousand Miles Alone", which stunned him for a long time.

"Village chief, is this...is this illegal?" Li Yu asked uncertainly.

"of course."

Zhao Xiyan curled his lips and said, "But we are so poor, why are we afraid of this? What's more... we are not harming our own people, right?"

"Then do it."

Li Baohong gritted his teeth and said, "Rather than being so poor, I might as well beat him up..."

"I need your permission?"

Zhao Xiyan rolled his eyes at him, then looked at Li Yu and said, "Find a few masters who know how to fire kilns, and let's study it."

"No, Village Chief... Can you please talk to me properly?" Li Baohong begged, "I know what I did was wrong, I admit my mistake."

"Well, do you really know you're wrong?" Zhao Xiyan said with a smile.

"I really know I was wrong." Li Baohong said hurriedly.

"Now that you know you're wrong, go keep an eye on the two tomb robbers, especially the one who was shot... don't let him die." Zhao Xiyan threw a cigarette to him.

"Yeah, I'll be there right away."

Li Baohong took Li Yu and left quickly.

Only Zhao Xiyan and Wang Yinuo were left in the office.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't care about the village's affairs? Why are you thinking of helping them again?"

"Have you noticed a problem?" Zhao Xiyan said softly, "Why are there only men at the door this morning, and very few women... or even no women at all?"

"Why?" Wang Yinuo asked in surprise.

"Because some families only have one pair of pants, women can only stay in bed." Zhao Xiyan sighed.

"Huh? Really?"

Wang Yinuo was a little unconvinced.

"What the village chief said is true."

Li Yun walked in from outside, blushing and saying, "Our village is one of the poorest villages in Huairou... Many families don't even have decent clothes, and the children don't dare to get out of bed."

Wang Yinuo fell silent and turned his head to look at Zhao Xiyan.

"Watch what I do?"

Zhao Xiyan laughed and scolded, "I'm not a god... I'm free anyway, so why not give it a try? Maybe I can accumulate my first pot of gold."

"Zhao Xiyan, I believe in you. You are very capable." Wang Yinuo said seriously.

"Go to hell, stop flattering me."

Zhao Xiyan stood up and walked towards the door, and Li Yun followed quickly.

Wang Yinuo sat quietly for a long time, and finally sighed.

Sometimes she wondered what her parents liked about Zhao Xiyan. This guy had a bad temper and was not at all sympathetic to women. Although he was good-looking and capable, but... but he was married after all.

What’s even more infuriating is that he has so many concubines. If this were to get out, he would be shot eight times.

"Hey."

She sighed softly and then walked out.

But as soon as I went out, I was frightened by the scene.

Outside the door of the village branch, people were sweeping snow, fetching water, and everyone was busy having fun.

Zhao Xiyan was chatting with an old man, writing and drawing in a notebook in his hand.

"Master Li, the structure of my house is roughly like this...you can do it as you see fit."

"Hey, village chief, I don't deserve the title of 'master worker'. You can just call me Li Jiewen." The old man said hurriedly.

"Got it, Mr. Li, you can go get busy with your work." Zhao Xiyan handed him a cigarette and turned his head to shout, "Who is Li Keliang? Come here quickly..."

"coming."

A middle-aged man walked quickly up to him and called out "Village Chief" with some fear.

"Stand up straight."

After Zhao Xiyan scolded him, he smiled and said, "Have you ever been the manager of a porcelain kiln?"

"Well, when I was fleeing, I was captured and taken to Ruzhou. I stayed there for twenty years. I only came back after the liberation." Li Keliang said cautiously.

"Ruzhou?"

Zhao Xiyan was overjoyed, "So, you know how to make Ru kiln?"

"Village chief, the Ru kiln today is not the same as the previous Ru kiln." Li Keliang said with a bitter face, "The previous craftsmanship has long been lost. Once a big boss brought a Northern Song Dynasty Ru kiln azure glaze sunflower washbasin and asked us to imitate it, but after firing many kilns, it was completely different."

Flower washbasin is actually a brush washer.

This thing was used by literati in the past to wash their brushes. If it is really the Ru kiln celadon glaze sunflower washbasin that Song Xilian knew about, it would have been sold for more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, which is terrifying.

"Are you crazy? You still want to make it real?" Zhao Xiyan rolled his eyes at him and pouted, "Why don't we just make a fake one to fool others?"

"Village chief, I'm not refusing. People who play with these things have very sharp eyes. They can see it at a glance..." Li Keliang sighed.

"So you are questioning my decision?" Zhao Xiyan said with a squint.

Snapped!

Li Keliang was hit on the head.

"How dare you question the village chief's decision?" Li Baohong scolded.

"No, I dare not, I dare not..." Li Keliang said hurriedly.

"It's good that you don't dare. Do you know where I can find kaolin and bentonite?" Zhao Xiyan handed him a cigarette.

"I know, there is a lot of kaolin and bentonite next to the riverbank between us and Xiahe Village, but it's on the mountain." Li Keliang whispered, "There is a small iron mine on the mountain... and there is a lot of bentonite next to it."

"Okay, go get it."

Zhao Xiyan nodded with a smile and breathed a sigh of relief.

What is kaolin? Jingdezhen became the "Porcelain Capital" because of the large amount of kaolin. As for bentonite, there are quite a lot of it. It is generally a non-metallic mineral with montmorillonite as the main mineral component. What is montmorillonite?

This is what was called Guanyin soil in the old society.

Guanyin soil is edible because it will make you feel full, but if you eat it and cannot digest it, you will suffocate to death.