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

After Yunzhou drove for two or three hours, the four of them rested in the service area for a while, and ate some snacks to fill their stomachs. This time, Hong Hai drove.

As soon as he touched the car, Hong Hai was so excited that he forgot everything that happened just now, and praised the performance of the car while driving.

"Xiao Zhouzhou, this car is so handsome, its comfort and anti-vibration are excellent, and it has enough horsepower. Hey, I will drive it when I go back."

"Okay, no problem."

Audi galloped all the way and arrived in City J at around 8 o'clock in the evening. Yunzhou had already booked a room online, and several people checked in smoothly, and ordered a sumptuous supper.

Lying on the big bed in a five-star hotel, Hong Hai couldn't help gossiping with Xue Yifan, "Damn it, Xiao Zhouzhou's boyfriend is really handsome, and he has a lot of status at first glance. He must be the president or something."

He saw the watch on the other party's hand, the classic model of the B family, which cost more than 200 million.

What's more, the man exudes the aura of a superior, and it takes a certain amount of courage to even look at him. I really don't know how Yunzhou took him down.

There is a feeling that the novel is reflected in reality, such a perfect person actually exists.

Xue Yifan recalled the scene at that time: "The two of them really look like a good match."

He inexplicably felt that the man was a little scary, and for a moment he felt so cold that he almost froze him, but Yunzhou smiled at him, and that feeling disappeared again, and he even suspected that it was his own illusion.

"It is."

Hong Hai thought about how the two stood together, one was tall and handsome, the other was clean and fresh, both of them were first-class and good-looking, especially seductive.

Then he suddenly remembered that the tall man leaned his head on Yunzhou's shoulder, hugged the young man's waist affectionately and said something in a low voice, as if he was acting like a baby, and he couldn't help being startled.

Damn, Xiao Zhouzhou is still the best, the 'overbearing president' is obviously eaten to death, and he doesn't even care about his cold image.

Hong Hai was filled with envy, and his tone was excited: "I've decided, I also want to find a mature older sister, and I want a Yujie with a super figure!"

Xue Yifan glanced at him: "Go to sleep, there is everything in the dream."

Hong Hai: "..."

Alas, I hope to have a good dream tonight.

Here, Xu Ze and Yun Zhou each asked for a big bed room.

After the boy washed up, he lay on the soft bed and began to plan tomorrow's itinerary.

He came here for the broken porcelain pieces, but there are other roommates around, so I still have to take a brief tour on the first day.

Yunzhou had searched the Internet in advance, and there was a "ghost market" on XX Road in the porcelain capital, which lasted from three or four o'clock in the morning until eight or nine o'clock in the morning.

At that time, there will be vendors from all over the street gathering to display all kinds of old objects, whether it is books, calligraphy and paintings, bronze and wood carvings, porcelain and jade, everything that one expects to find, especially broken porcelain pieces.

Because the Porcelain Capital is a city piled up with tiles, it will definitely be able to meet its own needs by then.

The ghost market is a special street stall culture of buying and selling antiques in the early years. Street stalls are set up in the middle of the night to do business, and the market is dispersed at dawn.

Because there are fakes and items of unknown origin among the things sold, it is not convenient to sell them during the day, so people who visit the ghost market have flashlights, and there are many people in the middle of the night, so it is called "ghost market".

It is said that the treasures brought out of the palace can still be seen in the ghost market in the early days.

Yun Zhou couldn't wait for this so-called 'ghost market' in his heart. After a day's rest tonight, he must go and see it in the morning of the day after tomorrow.

The next day, I woke up naturally when I fell asleep, and the breakfast time passed early, so I ate lunch directly.

Today's first stop is the Royal Kiln Factory in J City.

The imperial kiln factory is the place where the palace burns porcelain.

As a thousand-year-old porcelain capital, J City started firing porcelain from the Han and Wei Dynasties, developed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and emerged in the Song and Song Dynasties.

The Yuan Dynasty was its rising period. At that time, the "Fuliang Porcelain Bureau" was the first official kiln established by Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty. It was dedicated to firing imperial porcelain for the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty. generated here.

In the early Ming Dynasty, J City became the center of porcelain production all over the world. It lasted for 600 years until the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the name of the Porcelain Capital was astonishing.

"This is where the official kilns of the Ming and Qing dynasties fired porcelain."

Hong Hai sighed while strolling, "This thumbnail looks quite delicate. It seems that the scale was really large at that time, and how many porcelains had to be fired."

Yunzhou saw several burial pits along the way, "The ones sent to the palace are all selected one out of a hundred, and the yield is less than 10%. The rest are all smashed and buried."

The Ming and Qing Dynasties had extremely strict controls on the finished products of porcelain organ kilns. For some precious varieties, only one or a pair of porcelains would be selected from among the many porcelains. The basement of the factory is full of ancient porcelain.

I don’t know how much was dug out during the archaeology, and many excavated porcelains are now collected in major museums.

Hong Hai shook his head: "It's a pity to break it, it's worth a lot now."

Xu Ze said lightly: "If there are too many things, the value will decrease. The official kiln must ensure that every piece is a high-quality product."

Hong Hai nodded: "Yes."

After reading these, there is a ceramics museum next to it. Yunzhou saw the Yongle plate made of whole pieces of broken porcelain, as well as various other repaired porcelains, and his confidence in the pieces of broken porcelain increased a little in his heart.

After visiting the ruins of the imperial kiln factory, several people discussed to experience the production of porcelain.

This is very common in J City, and I went directly to the nearby studio.

The firing of porcelain is very difficult, including various complex processes such as kaolin mud refining, billet drawing, billet printing, billet trimming, billet drying, engraving, glazing, and kiln firing, which can be subdivided into 72 steps.

In ancient times, there were no temperature control equipment such as thermometers, and it was extremely difficult to fire. In addition to its historical and cultural value, its own value is also very high.

They chose the simplest monochromatic glaze to try.

The mud is washed, and Yunzhou puts the mud ball in the center of the turntable of the potter's wheel, and keeps retracting and releasing as it turns, and pulls out the body.After demoulding, the blank is rotated and repaired. It takes a lot of effort to repair the surface to a smooth and coherent surface.

"Huh, I'm exhausted."

Beads of sweat oozed from the foreheads of several people, and the shape of the mud in front of Hong Hai came out, but the surface was very irregular. He scraped it bit by bit with a knife, with deep and shallow patches, and he lost patience after a while.

The master next to him took the tool knife and helped him repair the blank.

At this time, Hong Hai saw the plump and flat body in front of Yunzhou, and said in surprise, "Damn, Xiao Zhouzhou, you did it so well, didn't you? Have you learned it before?"

The boy smiled lightly: "No."

But he has been learning how to restore porcelain, and he has a good control over the shape and carcass of the vessel, and he is not lacking in patience, and it will happen naturally.

Even the master porcelain makers came to check one by one, but couldn't find any mistakes, so they couldn't help but glance at him, this young man is very talented.

Hong Hai sighed in his heart, he is really more popular than a person, he has such an outstanding appearance, but his ability is also strong.

When the green body was ready to dry to a certain extent, several people began to glaze it, using the traditional technique of dipping glaze.

"The glazing is done like this, and it's different from what I imagined." Hong Hai muttered, "It's too easy."

All they make are monochromatic glazes, for example, Yun Zhou made a red glaze vase.

Under the guidance of the master, directly clamp the rim and bottom of the bottle with a tool, dip it into the jar filled with glaze, up and down three times and then take it out, so that the glaze stains the outer wall.

"It's just easy to look at." Yunzhou saw the glaze dripping from the bottom of the bottle, "As long as there is a slight deviation in the angle, the glaze color will be uneven, and the thickness is difficult to control. We also need to pay attention to the fluidity of various glazes. It's actually hard."

The master next to him smiled and said, "That's true. Without rich experience, the bottom of the bottle will generally condense into drops due to the flow of glaze, and it will not be considered a qualified finished product at that time."

Hong Hai let out an 'oh', and asked excitedly, "Then master, would you like to see mine?"

Xue Yifan was speechless looking at the dripping glaze in his hand, touched his arm, and whispered: "Let the master do it for you."

The whole afternoon was spent talking and laughing like this.

"Are you going to be fired in the kiln? You couldn't get out at that time."

Yunzhou asked for opinions from several people, "It needs to be fired."

Because it is a traditional craft, the kiln is opened every half a month, and it will take at least ten days for them to get it.

"Then send it over for us after it's burnt."

Yunzhou left his address, and the commemoration of the first finished product is of great significance, so it doesn't matter if you wait a few more days.

After a day of shopping outside, the four of them went back to the hotel to rest, and Yunzhou said the plan for tomorrow morning, "Everyone go to bed early today, get up at three o'clock in the morning, and let's go to the ghost market."

Xu Ze had heard of the ghost market. He visited it out of curiosity when he was in Kyoto, and there were still many good things.

Hong Hai and Xue Yifan were very excited, rubbing their fists together and said, "Isn't it dawn at three or four o'clock in the morning? It really is a ghost market. Is there anything I should pay attention to?"

Yun Zhou inquired with the porcelain maker in the afternoon: "Prepare the flashlight, magnifying glass, and some cash, the first two items are sold at the street stall, we can just buy them when the time comes.

The water in the ghost market is very deep, and there are many counterfeit products that are fake. If we don’t buy them, we don’t ask the price or the source, so as not to cause unnecessary disputes.

In short, it is still the rule of the antique world, you will not be responsible if you buy it and leave it. "

Hong Hai and the two nodded, and the young man continued: "I have asked, if you come across a higher-priced item, the seller will usually not directly say the price, and usually set the price in yuan and hair.

One piece is divided into different sizes, the small one represents 100 yuan, the large one represents 1 yuan, and a dime generally refers to 10 yuan. "

For example, if the price of this item is [-] yuan, it is five yuan.

If it's something worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, many stall owners won't cryptically say that it's basically based on the normal price.

"OK, I understand." Hong Hai repeated in his mind several times. He knew that some people were just bullying, and they said some jargon to test whether they were experts.

Hmph, when the time comes to bargain, we must kill him without leaving any.

Yunzhou took cash in advance, [-] per person, not much, mainly to prevent some old stalls that only accept cash.

If it is tens of thousands of items, it is better to transfer directly, after all, it is safer to transfer money.

After introducing the precautions, several people went back to sleep early.

When the alarm clock sounded at three o'clock in the morning, even Yun Zhou felt a little uncomfortable.

He turned off the alarm clock, turned on the bedside lamp, covered his eyes with his arms and adapted to the light for a while, got up and washed his face with cold water, and then barely woke up.

After changing his clothes, Xu Ze knocked on his door, and the two went to call Hong Hai together.

"Brother Hai, wake up, it's time to get up." It was three o'clock in the morning when people were fast asleep, and it was still dark outside without a ray of light.

Hong Hai was forced to wake up from his sleep, dawdling in not remembering, Xue Yifan had no choice but to wash up first.

In the end, Xu Ze lifted his quilt with a cold face.

Ten minutes later, a few people arrived near the ghost city in an Audi car, and Yun Zhou parked the car in a parking space on the side of the road.

"I'm so hungry, let's eat something first."

"Well, there is a breakfast stand next to the ghost market, let's talk about it in the past."

At 03:30 in the morning, other people are still dreaming sweet dreams, but the ghost city is already brightly lit.

Under the dim light, the vendors spread out blankets or straw mats on the ground, arranged the items they wanted to sell, and kept busy. It seemed that the market had just opened.

The stalls are connected one by one in a magnificent way, extending to the end of the road.

Although it was early, many people were already watching with flashlights.

The breakfast stalls are also steaming, and there are all kinds of fried and boiled steamed buns, and there is even a proprietress who walks across the incubator and sells them.

"Young man, do you want some pancakes and fruit, as well as meat buns, vegetable buns, steamed buns, and soy milk."

"Here's a pancake."

"Okay, three dollars."

Some people were shopping while eating, and the four of Yun Zhou went directly to the breakfast stand when they saw that they had time.

Xu Ze wiped the table with a paper towel, saw that it was still clean, and sat down.

Many people nearby were looking at these two young men with outstanding eyebrows. There were many young people who came to visit the ghost market, and I had never seen such a handsome guy.

The steaming steamed buns are served freshly made, with thin skin and lots of stuffing, the soup will overflow after one bite, but it is a bit hot.

After breakfast, the stomachs were warm, and the few people finally started to "go to the ghost market".

The first booth sells flashlights and magnifying glasses. There are all kinds of them. Yun Zhou picked out a few with enough electricity and distributed them to several people.

"Let's go shopping separately. If you are not sure, don't buy it. We will see it when we finally meet up. The lights here are dim, so you should be more careful when you look at it. If you have any questions, contact the phone."

"clear."

The four of them spread out along the roads on both sides. At this time, there were already a lot of people, no less than the daytime market, even more than usual, after all, it only opened once a week.

Soon, the roommates disappeared in the crowd.

Yun Zhou touched the little silver dragon on his wrist who was curiously looking at the surrounding environment, and looked back one by one from the booth on the left.

Just now because the lights were dim, he didn't look carefully. When he came to the third booth, his eyes lit up completely, and he took a flashlight to look back——

My God, broken porcelain, so many broken porcelain, the whole street on the left is actually full of broken porcelain!

As expected of the city of porcelain, it's really great.

Yun Zhou squatted down excitedly, started to pick with a flashlight.

The broken porcelain pieces here are all genuine products, the quality is much better than those in the stalls in S City, and they have all been cleaned, divided into different categories and neatly arranged, there are more than 100 pieces in total.

Put the base models in a row, put the big pieces in a row, and the small pieces in a row. Basically, there are no badly burned colors, and at most there are some small flaws.

In addition to folk kilns, there are also many official kilns.

This place is like heaven for Yun Zhou!

Within 10 minutes, he had already found two pieces of broken porcelain that could be assembled into a complete blue and white porcelain, and there were still one or two pieces missing. Although they were all folk kilns in the Qing Dynasty, the probability of this was not low.

It's perfect for practicing restoration skills.

The little silver dragon also propped up the white little dragon's horns, unceremoniously absorbed all the aura from the tiles, and slowly replenished the aura that had been consumed before.

Yun Zhou's eyes sparkled, and he asked the stall owner, "How do you sell these broken porcelain pieces?"

The stall owner gave him a surprised look. He didn't expect the business to come so quickly. After all, broken porcelain pieces are not something that is highly sought after in J City.

"Fifty cents with a base payment, and one thirty cents for the rest."

Yun Zhou realized after a while that a dime is equal to 10 yuan, that is to say, 50 yuan a piece with a deposit, and 30 yuan a piece of other fragments.

Not expensive at all for their quality.

But he still paid back the price, "How can I sell it if it's cheap?"

Seeing that he really wanted to buy it, the stall owner said, "Small business, if you buy more than [-] pieces, I will give you a [-]% discount."

Yun Zhou: "Okay, I want it all."

The stall owner was stunned for a moment: "? Are you sure?"

Generally speaking, those who look at broken porcelain want to collect some orphans, and I have never seen them all packaged.

Yun Zhou smiled and nodded. It may not be of much value to others, but it is a treasure to him.

112 pieces of broken porcelain erased the odds, and paid a total of 3500.

The stall owner looked at his empty booth, and was a little overwhelmed.

He should be the first to collect the stall, right?

It was done in half an hour after I came here, so I can go back to sleep early.

Yunzhou continued to move forward, and found many broken pieces of five-colored, pastel, bucket-colored and enamel-colored porcelain on the way.

He still remembered that he bought more than 700 pieces of broken porcelain last time, among which there were only one or two pieces of bucket color and pastel porcelain, and even none of enamel color, but this is not uncommon here.

When he came to the booth, he knelt down and checked carefully with a flashlight. Most of these were scattered pieces, and not many of them could be assembled into complete porcelain.

The stall owner was chatting with others. Anyway, no one was interested in these broken porcelain pieces, but they just came here every week to have a try.

Seeing the young man with clean eyebrows approaching, he looked at him a few more times before turning his gaze to the phone.

When the other party asked the price, he didn't respond, "Six cents a piece, no bargaining."

"OK, thanks."

The youth's white fingers rummaged through the tiles, suddenly his fingertips paused, and he quickly picked out eight pieces of broken pastel porcelain, and put them together into a "Fan Cai Guo Zhi Fu Shou Shuang Quan" Eight peaches and five bats plate'.

Its diameter is about fifteen centimeters, and the center of the disk is a luxuriant peach tree, winding along the inner wall to the outer wall.The peach tree is covered with fruit, five in the tray and three extending to the outer wall.

On the left side, three bats are painted in alum red, and the other two are painted on the outer wall. The composition is vivid and exquisite, full but not overflowing, full of beauty.

After observing it carefully, Yun Zhou knew that the technique of "crossing branches" was used.

That is, the layout of flower painting connects the inner and outer walls of the bowl, and the patterns climb from the outer wall of the dish to the edge of the dish and spread out in the center of the dish, so that the inner and outer patterns are both independent and integrated.

"Tao Ya" written by Chen Liu in the late Qing Dynasty records: "Gengzi came out with five colors, crossing branches and bowls. Those who cross the branches and clouds reach from one side to the other. The branches are connected, and the flowers and leaves belong to each other. They are all Yongzheng official kilns.”①

Eight peaches and five bats, implying prosperity and prosperity, good fortune and longevity. The bottom foot is a blue and white double-frame "Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty" six-character three-line regular script.

The price of such a Yongzheng official kiln 'Fan Cai Guo Zhi Fu Shou Shuangquan Eight Peach and Five Bat Plate' at the auction house will not be less than 500 million.

Although there is a gap missing in this piece of porcelain, Yunzhou will definitely make it up.

He put the broken porcelain pieces back in their place, "Hello, I want all these broken porcelain pieces."

stall owner: ? ? ?