The years when I was reborn as a giant in the antique world

Before cleaning the tiles, Yunzhou kept in mind Master Feng's entrustment, wrote his birthday and name on the note, found a woodcarving handicraft shop nearby, and planned to customize a tablet for Master Feng.

Boss: "This kind of high-grade mahogany plaque costs 500 pieces. It is specially made by a master craftsman, and the quality is guaranteed. Pay a deposit of 200 first, and come to pick it up in a week."

Yun Zhou agreed, and after paying the deposit, he handed over the note with Master Feng's name and birth date written on it.

The boss glanced at it casually, put the note away, and handed it to the master carver in the backyard.

Although Master Feng is very famous, his name is only limited to the antique world, and it is nothing special to others.

Besides, no matter how powerful a person is, after death, there is nothing more than a box of ashes and a tomb. The boss has seen many such people, and he is no longer surprised.

After returning home, Yun Zhou cleaned the broken porcelain all morning, but this time he was interrupted by Xiao Yulong forcibly every half hour, asking him to rest for a while before continuing.

Little Yulong yelled 'Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo up', while pulling out the boy's wrist with all his might, looking fierce, even the scales turned red.

The boy could only follow it to rest, which also made his arm not so sore as last time.

Yun Zhou lightly pinched Xiao Yulong's ice-cold body with his fingers, and the latter looked at him proudly with a pair of jade-white little dragon horns, especially when he saw the boy's healed wound. He straightened up and let out a milky cry, as if asking for praise.

"Well, it's really thanks to you, thank you."

Thinking of this young man makes him want to laugh. Since he woke up last time, Xiao Yulong has wrapped his slender tail around his injured finger all day, so as not to let it get wet or rub against it.

Sometimes I would use the bright saliva to disinfect him, no, it should be called 'disinfect him with precious ambergris'.

Perhaps it was because the dragon saliva contained spiritual energy, every time the wound was licked by the little Yulong, it felt very comfortable, the pain completely disappeared, and the fingers healed faster than usual.

Even soaking in a diluted alkaline solution does not feel stinging.

"Wow~ (Next time I will use saliva to disinfect you.)"

The little jade dragon opened its mouth to reveal its baby teeth, hum, its dragon saliva is very precious.

The young man approached with a smile, kissed Xiao Yulong's head rewardingly, and his soft lips touched its wide open mouth.

!!!

Little Yulong's whole body burst into red in an instant, his scales and body were scorching hot, and he buried his head shyly in his tail, and didn't come out for a long time.

She was really too shy.

Yun Zhou thought helplessly, it was the same last time, when will I get used to it?

In a trance, he thought of the first time he saw the Great Emperor in a dream, and when the other party handed him the portrait, the roots of his ears were also red, and he felt very innocent.

The young man shook his head, forcibly removed the picture that appeared in his mind, dried the more than 90 pieces of blue and white porcelain pieces that had been cleaned little by little, and continued the unfinished splicing.

Now he has been able to fit the four pieces of porcelain together seamlessly. No matter what angle you look at, there is no abnormality in the curvature, and there are no traces of excess glue. It can be said to be close to perfection.

When the sun went down in the evening, Master Feng finally appeared in Yunzhou's room.

At noon, the sun is too strong and the yang energy is at its peak, so he has no way to appear. He can only come out at night when the yang energy dissipates.

When he appeared, Yunzhou was seriously gluing the last piece of porcelain, completely unaware of Master Feng's arrival.

What he is putting together in his hand is a blue and white pen holder from the Kangxi folk kiln in the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately only the bottom part.

Master Feng approached lightly. As a ghost, he has no footsteps.

Seeing the result of Yunzhou's adhesion, he couldn't help nodding his head. It was well bonded, but when he saw the super glue placed next to it and the glue coming out of the cracks in the porcelain, he frowned again.

After the boy finished fighting, he let out a heavy breath, and shook his sore arm by the way.

Every time he glued together, he had to gather [-] points of energy, and even his breathing would subconsciously slow down, lest that breath would disturb the splicing of the two tiles, and he completely relaxed after the splicing was completed.

Until then, he finally found Master Feng behind him, "Master Feng, how long have you been here?"

"Just came here." Master Feng floated beside him, stroked his beard: "You spelled it right, you worked hard."

His perception of teenagers has improved a lot, at least he still has patience, which is very rare for young people of seventeen or eighteen.

Yun Zhou laughed immediately, his eyebrows and eyes curved into beautiful arcs, it was a great honor to receive a compliment from Master Feng, he felt that his hard work in the past two weeks was not in vain.

"However, there is a problem with the glue used." Master Feng changed the subject and pointed to the super glue on the table, "This is the AAA super glue produced in Z province. The effect is really good. It is colorless, transparent and cured. The speed is fast, and it is easy to bond after smearing. However, the porcelain repaired in this way will have traces, and it will be more difficult to apply color."

This is the first time Yunzhou has heard this point of view.

Because the steps of porcelain restoration in the book are relatively simple, it is mentioned that resin glue with high bonding strength and strong aging resistance should be used for adhesion, and nothing else is mentioned.

Even the adhesion skills were slowly explored by the teenager himself through day-to-day practice and experimentation.

Yun Zhou asked suspiciously: "Master Feng, I read that most of the other books use the super glue produced in Province Z. What's the difference?"

Master Feng smiled: "We all know that porcelain restoration is a delicate task. If you want to achieve a truly perfect restoration, you must pay attention to every small detail.

With this kind of super glue, the color revealed in the repaired cracks is translucent, which is quite different from the color and texture of the porcelain. After filling the glaze color, some porcelain with thin glaze will not be covered. Live, the cracks can be clearly seen under the light, which is a flaw. "

It dawned on Yunzhou that Master Feng is indeed a master of porcelain restoration in Huaguo, and he can even notice such a small detail.

For porcelain restoration, success or failure is determined by the details. In order to achieve "stainless restoration" or perfect restoration, any slight blemishes must disappear during the restoration process.

Master Feng: "So the first step of bonding, we have to prepare the adhesive by ourselves. You need to prepare the following materials, pigments with the same color as the glaze, natural lacquer with the same color as the glaze, porcelain powder..."

Yun Zhou wrote down all the materials requested by Master Feng, and found that only seven or eight kinds of materials are required to prepare this adhesive, and different glaze colors, such as green glaze, red glaze, and yellow glaze, require different types of pigments and raw lacquers. Not the same, and the percentages that are deployed for each type of porcelain restoration are also different.

Master Feng stroked his beard, "How about it, didn't you expect that there are so many ways in just the step of sticking? Hehe, it took me decades to research this, and I won't pass it on to others easily."

When he said this, he kept paying attention to the young man's expression, lest the other party be frightened by the complicated steps and give up learning this skill.

Then his unique knowledge will really be lost in Huaguo, after he finally met a good disciple.

Yun Zhou looked at his record with bright eyes, and his heart was full of joy.These instructions are like rain after a long drought for him. They are simply too important, and they are knowledge that cannot be obtained from other books.

He looked up at Master Feng, his eyes full of admiration: "Master, you are really amazing, I never thought that the color and material of the super glue would not match the porcelain itself.

I'm off to buy the materials right away! "

Master Feng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

Sure enough, he was right about the person. Not only did the young man not fear in the face of difficulties, but he went straight to the difficulties. He became more and more satisfied with this disciple.

"I know the owner of a grocery store. He has a full set of materials needed for porcelain restoration. I'll give you his contact information, and you can just buy from him. Let me tell you in advance that the prices of these materials are not cheap. "

Master Feng sighed in his heart and fell into the long memory.

This shop was a place he often visited during his lifetime. It was not a big place, located in a remote alley, and few people visited it.With the decline of many traditional skills, few people care about this old grocery store. Before his death, the store could no longer be opened, but there are still some stocks left.

"Well, thank you for reminding me, master, as long as the materials can be bought, the price is not a problem." Since Yunzhou intends to learn the skill of porcelain restoration, he will not feel bad about money.

Being able to learn a top-level craft is enough to benefit you for a lifetime, and you don't need to worry about the short-term cost.

He immediately called the owner of the grocery store, told him all the materials requested by Master Feng, and took pictures.

Grocery store owner: "I saw the picture you took. I think I want to learn how to restore porcelain. Unfortunately, I don't open a shop anymore, and many things have been transferred to others. I'll look for it first, and I'll reply you tomorrow."

Yun Zhou: "I really trouble you."

The grocery store owner sighed: "It doesn't matter, there are not many young people who are still learning porcelain restoration. If you study hard, you will have a bright future."

Yun Zhou turned off his phone and looked at the broken porcelain scattered on the table.

All the broken pieces of porcelain that had been glued before became "useless work", and the young man didn't find it troublesome. He soaked the super glue in the gaps with nail polish remover and washed them all away. His hands were irritated a little sore. A patch of red, especially obvious on the white knuckles.

Even Master Feng couldn't stand it, "Hey, don't do it, these two pieces and three pieces can't make a complete piece of porcelain. Next time, use the prepared adhesive to join other pieces of porcelain."

Yun Zhou disassembled the pieces of broken porcelain that had been put together before, and said firmly: "Master Feng, I remember that the restoration process of porcelain is reversible, so that when newer technologies appear in the future, the porcelain can be disassembled and washed again. , and then repaired more perfectly.

I am the same now, obviously there is a better repair method, so why not use it? "

What he said left Master Feng speechless. For the first time, he looked at this young man with serious eyes, thinking that it was him.

From now on, Yun Zhou will be his closed disciple, not at the request of Master Guishi, but because he really wants to accept him as his disciple.

He will completely pass on his life's skills to the other party, without any secrets.

With such a rigorous attitude towards porcelain restoration, he believes that his achievements in youth will never be worse than himself.

Master Feng began to teach Yunzhou some basic proportioning methods, how to prepare adhesives for blue and white, monochrome glaze, underglaze color, overglaze color, etc., so that they can achieve "no trace" after repairing the gap.

The young man listened intently, taking more than 20 pages of notes in one night alone, densely packed.

**

At noon the next day, Yunzhou received a reply from the owner of the grocery store. Most of the ingredients were still there, but the quantity was not much. The others had been sold before, so he had to look elsewhere.

Yun Zhou: "Thank you very much, I want the rest of the materials."

The owner of the grocery store: "There are quite a few samples, let me read them to you, one barrel of natural lacquer, two bags each of porcelain powder, gypsum powder, and tooth filling powder, one set of various colors of paint, 500 sheets of sanding paper...

If there is no problem, these materials and tools will total [-] yuan, and if it is cheaper, it will cost [-] yuan.Do you still want? "

Yun Zhou: "Of course."

Grocery store owner: "Then you give me an address, and I'll mail it over. I'll take a photo for you after it's mailed out, and you'll give me the money."

Yun Zhou: "Okay."

After receiving the courier order number and photo, the teenager transferred 5000 yuan without hesitation.I went to some other shops to find the few remaining items, finally got all the materials together, and started to learn from Master Feng.

Put natural lacquer, fine porcelain powder and pigments with similar glaze color on the plastic board respectively. Yunzhou mixed them together in a certain proportion according to Master Feng's instructions, and mixed them evenly to form a semi-solid shape.

Then use a very fine brush to brush the adhesive on the broken part of the tile, so that the two pieces of broken tiles can be bonded together, tied with a white cloth tape, and wait for it to dry completely.

In order for the adhesive to stick better, this process should wait at least two weeks before proceeding to the next step.

A month later, Yunzhou has already started to learn to glue the whole piece of porcelain.

Currently in his hands are pieces of white porcelain from the Xing Kiln, and nine pieces of white porcelain can be pieced together into a complete rhombus-shaped wash.

Yunzhou used the adjusted adhesive to glue the nine pieces in order from the bottom, and each crack was aligned extremely precisely, without any curvature deformation.

Master Feng nodded beside him. The boy's patience was excellent, and he got started quickly. This time, the splicing was almost completed in one go.

Yunzhou used white cloth tape to tie the assembled porcelain round by round, ensuring that every gap could be fully adhered.

Because the color and material of the adhesive are very similar to that of white porcelain, there is no cracking at all from a distance. Only when you pick it up and examine it carefully can you see very fine cracks, as if a fine white line was drawn with a pen. Wire.

Master Feng was intoxicated by the smell of the incense candles, it was great to have people enshrining them, and it was like a fairy life.

After enjoying it for a while, he looked at the assembled porcelain, only to realize that this rhombus-shaped wash was actually white porcelain from Xing Kiln in the Tang Dynasty. His eyes were surprised: "Is this a piece of broken porcelain you picked up from the stall?"

Yun Zhou: "Well. At that time, it was all covered at once, and it was later discovered that the fragments inside could be assembled into a complete porcelain."

Master Feng couldn't help but said: "You are so lucky!"

When he practiced porcelain restoration with broken porcelain pieces in previous years, why didn't he come across such a good thing?

Master Feng felt the hard and delicate texture of the diamond-shaped wash, intending to test his disciple, "Do you know which dynasty's white porcelain this is?"

Yun Zhou expressed his guess: "I guess it is white porcelain produced by Xing Kiln in Tang Dynasty. I don't know if it is right."

Xing Kiln is one of the famous porcelain kilns in Tang Dynasty. Yue Kiln is rich in celadon and Xing Kiln is rich in white porcelain.

Nanqing is Yue Kiln, and Beibai is Xing Kiln, which shows the status of these two kilns.

After Xing Kiln, another famous kiln producing white porcelain is Ding Kiln among the five famous kilns of Song Dynasty "Ru, Ge, Guan, Jun, Ding". The glaze color of the Xing kiln is as white as snow, and the white porcelain of the Ding kiln is as pure and clear as ice.

The Xing kiln white porcelain of the Tang Dynasty was praised as "round like the soul of the moon falling, light as the soul of the cloud".

Its tire is delicate and firm, its wall is thin and its sound is brittle, and its glaze color is as silvery as snowy, but it is more flexible and moist, which is amazing. ①

The Xing kiln white porcelain of the Tang Dynasty was divided into thick and thin, and the body glaze was also different.

Fine white porcelain is fired with high-quality porcelain clay. The body is solid and delicate, the color of the body is as white as snow, the glaze is smooth and moist, and some are even as thin as eggshells, with excellent transparency.

On the other hand, Xing kiln coarse white porcelain has a rough and loose body, grayish white color, insufficient enamel fineness, poorly smooth glazed surface and obvious opacity, and the glaze color is often grayish white, milky white or yellowish white. ②

Xing kiln fine white porcelain is very fine and rigorous in its production process, which advances the origin of thin-bodied fine porcelain by nearly ten centuries, and belongs to the court porcelain of the Tang Dynasty.

Master Feng glanced at Yun Zhou with admiration: "You have good eyesight, this is indeed a piece of white porcelain from the Xing kiln of the Tang Dynasty, and it is fine white porcelain, which was used for the court.

This "wash" is an ancient stationery item used to hold water and wash pens, also known as "pen wash". enough.

This brush wash is a typical rhombus shape, which was also a style in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is very classic.Its body is delicate and white, the glaze color is pure, and the glaze surface is clear and clean, like ice and jade. This is the most prominent feature of Xing kiln white porcelain.

In addition, we can also see the characteristics of official kiln utensils in the Tang Dynasty from the inscriptions. "

Master Feng carefully turned the glued rhombus shape over, motioned Yunzhou to take a closer look, and found that the bottom was flat and unglazed, and in the middle of the bottom was written the word "Ying", with clear handwriting and strong strokes.

Master Feng: "Generally, there are two types of court white porcelain in the Tang Dynasty. One is the vertical engraving of "Hanlin", which is made for the Hanlin Academy, and it is more common in pots; the other is the "Ying" character, which is for the royal private treasury Dayingku Ding-fired porcelain is mostly found in small utensils such as cups and bowls.③

This rhombus-shaped wash was fired by the Royal Dayingku, so there is a word 'Ying' at the bottom.

In the Tang Dynasty, characters were engraved on porcelain before it was fired, but now imitations are basically engraved after firing, which is also a sign to distinguish genuine products from imitations. "

After Master Feng's explanation, Yunzhou benefited a lot.

Most of the porcelain before the Ming Dynasty did not have a special inscription, and because the age is so long that it is difficult to distinguish, the year can only be judged based on historical records and this kind of lettering representing the court, which is a big challenge for antique collectors.

This rhombus-shaped washware is relatively easy to identify because of the model at the bottom, but it is difficult to identify other porcelains that have no model and no historical records.

For example, Yuan Qinghua, which is now famous all over the world, has not been sought after by everyone until recent years.Prior to this, people in the academic circles always believed that the blue and white flowers were only found in the Ming Dynasty. The reason is that there has never been any historical records.

Until a person from country Y saw the following text on the bottleneck of a blue and white piece of Yuan Dynasty: "Zhang Wenjin, a disciple of Jingtang Club in Dejiao Village, Yushan County, Xinzhou Road, is pleased to give up a pair of incense burners and vases, praying for the prosperity of the family and the safety of the children. .In April of the 11th year of Zhengzheng, on a good day and auspicious day, Marshal Hu Jingyi of the Ancestral Hall of Xingyuan made a confession."

"Zhizheng 11th Year" is the year name of the Yuan Dynasty. Later, after many verifications, people realized that blue and white porcelain existed in the Yuan Dynasty.

Precisely because it is difficult to date porcelain before the Ming Dynasty, it is only required to identify the general dynasties, not specific emperors.

For example, the pair of bird food jars obtained by Yunzhou before can only say "Longquan Kiln Celadon Bird Food Jar in the Southern Song Dynasty", but will not say whether it is from the period of Song Gaozong, Song Xiaozong, or Song Guangzong.

However, if it is the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is required to be specific to a certain emperor, and the money at the bottom can also provide many clues, such as "Daming Xuande Year System" and "Da Qing Yongzheng Year System". , naturally from Jingdezhen.

Yun Zhou carefully placed the rhombus-shaped wash of Xing Kiln in the Tang Dynasty. After the colloid was completely dry, he could carry out the remaining steps under the guidance of Master Feng until it was completely restored.

How exciting it would be to restore a broken piece of china to perfection!

But now he has one more important thing to do, which is to return the restored 'Qing Qianlong Enamel Colorful Peony Pheasant Picture Yuhu Spring Vase' to Xu Ze.

Yunzhou took out a carved red sandalwood box from the cabinet on the lower floor of Duobao, and inside it was a jade pot spring bottle worth tens of millions.

The boy stood there thinking for a while, but still felt that he should not bring such precious porcelain back to school.In case of any damage on the way or in the dormitory, he can't afford it, so let Young Master Xu come and pick it up in person.

So Yunzhou sent a message to Xu Ze, "Master, do you have time to come to my house tomorrow? The jade pot and spring vase has been repaired by the master. It's better for you to come and get it just to be on the safe side."

After Xu Ze saw the news, he immediately sat up straight, with a rare look of bewilderment. Is he going to Yunzhou's house?

Then he will definitely enter the boy's room and meet the boy's mother!

Xu Ze's ears were a little red, he stood up abruptly, paced in the dormitory with disturbed thoughts, and finally when Yunzhou sent a sentence, "It doesn't matter if you don't have time", he immediately typed back: "I have time."

The young man quickly sent the address, and Young Master Xu stared at it for a long time, then turned off his phone and began to dig through his closet.

Cough, he needs to be more mature and try to make a good impression in front of his aunt.