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

When Emperor Fengdu learned of the boy's needs, he immediately sent his subordinates to search through ancient books.

All the ancient books written by the ghosts after death are recorded in the books, but most of them are autobiographies that record their lives. There are not many professional books written by themselves, which require extremely high artistic attainments.

If there is such an achievement, I am afraid that a book will be written in the human world, and it is not necessary to go to the ghost world to realize this dream.

As the first of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty, Ru Kiln was well-known, but its firing time was very short, lasting only more than 20 years.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the emperor had not set up a pottery supervisor, an official responsible for supervising the production of imperial porcelain.

The pottery supervisor was established in the Ming Dynasty after Jingdezhen became a porcelain manufacturing center, and lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

There is no specific responsible person, and the firing steps of Ru porcelain are complicated, so it is definitely not a kiln worker who is in charge, which undoubtedly adds a lot of difficulty to finding the recipe.

Under the instructions of their superiors, the ghost messengers read all the relevant ancient books left over from the Huizong period of Song Dynasty, and slowly pieced together some of the recipes of Ruguan Kiln from the kiln workers' few words, but it is not known if they are not comprehensive.

After transcribing all the records about the firing of Ru porcelain, Master Feng obtained a thin booklet with about forty or fifty pages.

In order to maintain the integrity of the information, there are records of kiln workers' failures and some messy complaints. Master Feng and a few friends need to study carefully before they can come to a conclusion.

While the other party was studying carefully, Yunzhou also began to restore the porcelain.

The first is to repair the monochrome glaze and blue and white porcelain that can be assembled into a complete vessel. It needs five steps: cleaning, matching, bonding, grounding, and glazing with an airbrush, which is relatively easy.

He is no stranger to this type of porcelain restoration, but this is the first time he has done it alone without the guidance of Master Feng, so he must not take it lightly.

Currently in front of him are 27 broken pieces of blue and white general jars from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

Put together as a whole, it is a large-scale porcelain with a cover, and it has been preserved intact for hundreds of years, which is especially rare.

The general jar is a kind of covered jar, which is plump and smooth, and can be used to store water, store things, and also be used as an ornamental utensil.

Its shape has a rounded upper abdomen, a restrained middle abdomen, and a gradually retracted lower abdomen, with a flat and unglazed bottom.The lid is a round lid with a bead-shaped protrusion in the middle.

Because of its full shape and towering orbs on the top, it is very similar to the helmets and hats worn by ancient generals. It is magnificent, so it is named General Jar.

Similarly, as a covered jar, the top lid is easily broken in daily use, and there are very few lids.

These fragments may not have been broken at the same time, but in any case, it is extremely rare to have a cover.

There is plenty of light by the floor-to-ceiling windows, Yun Zhou first picked out the 4 tiles that make up the cover and put them aside.

Then, I arranged the remaining 23 pieces of broken porcelain in a row from the bottom of the tank to the top, and from left to right. I took the paper tape with low viscosity and tried to piece it together.

He experimented many times back and forth, and after confirming the correct order, he used an erasable oil-based pen to number the broken porcelain pieces one by one, tore off the washi tape, and rearranged the pieces in order on the dust-free cloth.

After repeating it in his mind several times, Yunzhou began to prepare the adhesive.

The surface of porcelain is a three-dimensional curved surface, which is not on a plane like a jigsaw puzzle. When splicing porcelain, it is necessary to ensure that every direction and every angle is completely aligned, and that there are no gaps in the splicing, so as to meet the requirements of seamless repair.

Especially for this kind of large-scale porcelain, there are a lot of fragments, and the order of confirmation is a very important part of it.Otherwise, it is easy to appear that all the previous pieces have been put together, but the last few pieces of broken porcelain do not match.

He observed the distribution of the cracks, some cracks were in the white porcelain, and some were near the blue and white, and there were corresponding requirements for the prepared adhesive.

Yunzhou opened the notebook, mixed various materials such as natural lacquer, super glue, and porcelain powder according to the proportions instructed by Master Feng before, and adjusted it constantly in front of the natural light.

Unlike other restorations, traceless repairs must be done to perfection in every step.

Add a little here, remove a little there, the adhesive was too thick, but after adding water, it became a bit thinner, so we had to add more ingredients.

It took Yunzhou a lot of trouble to prepare it. Looking at the time, it was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and it took him more than twice as long as usual.

Sure enough, having a teacher's guidance and doing it by yourself are completely different things.

It's as if the teacher talked about the same type of topic several times in class, and after thinking about it for a while, I thought it would be annoying not to talk about it.

As a result, when I do it myself, there will still be problems of one kind or another.

The teenager has been very hungry since sitting at 9 o'clock in the morning, but the adhesive has quick-drying properties, so he must complete it in one go.

Bonding is also a labor-intensive step. Yun Zhou didn't dare to take it lightly. He ate two pieces of chocolate in the shortest time to replenish his energy, and proceeded to the third step of porcelain restoration.

Use a very fine brush to brush the adhesive on the fracture, neither thick nor thin. The young man puts all his energy into bonding the two pieces of broken porcelain together, presses them firmly to make them fully contact, and rubs them together. discard the excess.

Then the third piece, the fourth piece, the fifth piece... starting from the middle, the more difficult it is towards the back.

The part in contact is constantly expanding, and it is necessary to take care of the fractures of several pieces of porcelain at the same time, as well as the curvature of the shape of the vessel. Every time, we must be very careful and focused.

Tightly tie the white cloth strap to the assembled part, Yunzhou looked at the last few pieces of broken porcelain placed on the table, wiped the sweat from his forehead, held his breath, and wiped the broken pieces along the edge of his mouth. The tiles are carefully embedded in it.

When the last piece of broken porcelain was put together with other broken pieces of porcelain completely and fit perfectly, the young man heaved a sigh of relief.

Phew, it's finally done——

Presented in front of Yunzhou at this time is a Qing Kangxi general jar with twining branches and lotus patterns about 45 cm high.

The shape of the utensil is a typical utensil with a straight mouth, short neck and full shoulders, a bulging belly and a retracted foot. The carcass is white and the glaze is smooth.

The whole body of the tank is decorated with twining lotus patterns, and the shoulder is a circle of Ruyi patterns. The decoration is lively and the blue and white colors are bright.

The top of the cover is a pearl button, and the cover is well preserved. Such a big blue and white general jar costs at least two or three million.

As a dark horse in the ceramic industry, general jars were once purchased for 70 yuan and sold for 205 million yuan in the second year. There is a huge room for appreciation.

Only half of this general jar has been repaired, but because the color and material of the adhesive are very similar to the porcelain itself, and the splicing is very careful, no cracks can be seen from a distance.

Only when you pick it up to check can you see the extremely thin cracks, like a shallow thin line drawn on the porcelain with a pen.

very perfect.

Although it took a lot of time and energy, such a large device can be assembled at one time, which is enough to show the boy's talent and care.

Looking at the spliced ​​tank, Yunzhou smiled, feeling a little proud in his heart.

This is the first time he has spliced ​​large-scale porcelain independently, and it seems that the effect is not bad.

He used white cloth tape to wrap the spliced ​​general jars in circles. After two weeks, the adhesive was dry, and then filled the gaps with the primer method, and glazed.

When Yun Zhou was working, the little silver dragon on his wrist coiled himself into a silver bracelet obediently, without disturbing him.

But at this time, he raised his body and looked at him worriedly, even the little white dragon horns on his head drooped, screaming 'oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo is the drooping down on his head.

The boy's face was pale, his lips were dry, and he looked a little weak.

Yun Zhou touched its smooth scales reassuringly, and was about to put the general jar in a ventilated place to dry in the shade before going to eat.

When he got up, his eyes suddenly went dark, and he almost fell to the ground, but was supported by a pair of strong arms in time.

"Zhouzhou, what's wrong with you?!" Emperor Fengdu's handsome brows and eyes were stained with anxiety, and he immediately hugged him horizontally, and the black robe drew a sharp arc in the air, and he was about to rush out the door.

"It's okay, maybe I've been sitting for too long, and my blood sugar is a little low." The boy grabbed his sleeve at the right time, his eyes were bright and clear, "I'm thirsty."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Bei Ji put him gently on the bed, restrained the pity in his heart, obediently poured water, and put brown sugar in it when he thought of something.

After drinking a cup of sugar water, Cheng Ting ordered a meal to be delivered. Yunzhou was full and soon regained his energy.

He is young and in good health now, this little thing is really nothing, there are still many college students who play games all night or go to KTV, and return to class as usual.

However, his own family, Bei Ji, has been sitting by the side and staring at him, his eyes are heavy, his lips are pursed and he doesn't say a word, he seems to be angry.

Yun Zhou felt a little guilty, cleared his throat, and whispered: "I was wrong."

"It's my fault." Emperor Fengdu held the young man's hand and rubbed it lightly, two strands of hair under the jade crown fell down, and said in a low voice: "I'm angry with myself for not taking good care of you."

The man glanced at the little silver dragon on Yunzhou's wrist. The latter curled himself up into a small ball, with the tip of its tail hanging down softly, and even the silver scales on its body were not so shiny anymore.

Just looking at him pitifully like this, the guilt in Yunzhou's heart rushed to the peak, "I don't blame you, I swear it won't be like this in the future."

Bei Ji held his white fingertips with downcast eyes, the pink nails looked healthy, "Zhou Zhou is not lying to me, is he?"

The boy immediately said: "No, I will eat on time and have a good rest."

Bei Ji hugged the young man's slender waist from behind, with a low and elegant voice: "Zhou Zhou can't go back on his promise, otherwise I will be very worried."

"Okay." Yun Zhou said again that he would work and rest regularly, so the other party let him go.

Before leaving, it was natural to be affectionate again.

The boy was pressed down on the sofa by a tall and handsome man and kissed deeply, and his shirt was lifted up. The hot kiss went down from the intertwined lips and tongue, as if a fire had been ignited on his body.

Yun Zhou was like a fish out of the water, his waist suddenly straightened up and then pressed down by a pair of powerful hands, he could only cover his wet eyes with his arms, the tails of his eyes were red, and he was breathing rapidly.

Taking into account the body of his sweetheart, Bei Ji didn't make it to the end, but asked the other party to help with his hands.

After the emperor left, the young man blushed and quickly tidied up the messy sofa.

His white fingers had been washed clean, but when he was putting together another piece of porcelain, he rubbed his fingertips unconsciously, and it seemed that there was still a temperature that would scald people, excited and enthusiastic.

There is also the man's deep and suppressed breathing buried between his neck, which is extremely sexy——

Yun Zhou hurriedly shook his head, eliminated the bad images in his mind, and under the supervision of Xiao Yinlong, he numbered the porcelain fragments in his hand.

By the way, record the problems and difficulties you encountered today, and make a good review.

The sky had completely darkened, and the little silver dragon wrapped his tail tightly around his wrist to prevent him from continuing, as if he was facing an enemy.

Yun Zhou touched his shiny silver scales with a smile, touched the newly protruded horns of the little dragon with his lips, watched it shyly bury its head in its tail, and obediently left the seat.

Well, you have to go to bed early and get up early to be energetic the next day.

Except for going home every two or three days to accompany his mother and occasionally going to the Zhenbao Pavilion to see Mr. Du, Yun Zhou spent the rest of his time in the studio repairing porcelain.

Mr. Du liked the pair of Man Tian Xing Wen playing with walnuts he gave him very much. When he had nothing to do, he just played chess and walnuts.

The private doctor also encouraged him to plate walnuts, which can massage acupuncture points and promote blood circulation.

Mr. Du was very cheerful, and he praised Yunzhou whenever he met. His children were busy making money abroad all day long, so they couldn't think of this at all, and they were not as good as his little apprentice.

In the past few days, Yu Xinlan and her little sisters have traveled abroad, and Yun Zhou simply lived in the studio.

It took him a month to restore more than a dozen pieces of blue and white porcelain and single-color glazed porcelain that could be assembled into complete vessels, and placed them one by one in the Duobao Pavilion.

His collection has changed from 18 pieces to 35 pieces, among which the high-quality rate of official kilns remains above 80%, and almost all of them are high-quality goods.

Including the recently restored Ming Yongle Sweet White Glazed Stem Bowl, Qing Kangxi General Jar, Qing Yongzheng Red Glazed Large Plate and so on.

Looking at the collection on the Duobao Pavilion, the young man's bright eyes were full of joy and pride.

He stroked the pieces of exquisite porcelain with his hands, and his eyes stayed on the newly obtained Tianhuang frozen stone worth tens of millions in the past two months, and a pair of pieces placed in the middle that could be seen at a glance. Enter the geese of suet white jade.

Although he doesn't collect much jade, whether it's the dragon stone full of green jadeite that has been out of production for decades, or the extremely rare Tianhuang steatite and suet white jade, they all belong to the top-level jade, and the degree of preciousness is determined by gram. To calculate, it is worth thousands of gold.

I am afraid that collectors who specialize in collecting jade cannot compare with his collection.

After appreciating enough of his collection, Yunzhou continued to restore porcelain.

There are nearly [-] pieces of porcelain left that have not been restored. These are the parts that need to be supplemented and filled with more complicated glaze colors, including famille rose, five-color and enamel porcelain.

There are also some blue and white porcelains among them, but the colors of blue and white porcelain in different periods are different.

For example, Kangxi blue and white, according to the characteristics of yin and yang, distance and distance, blue and white hair color can be thick or light, and the color is divided into five colors. There are gorgeous colors such as 'emerald blue' and 'sapphire blue', which makes repairing more difficult. a lot.

These porcelains all have missing parts that need to be supplemented, and the colors are complex and the decorations are changeable. He can only deal with the first few steps first.

As for coloring, the current level is not yet reached.

Yun Zhou thought about it, and asked Cheng Ting to help him find a teacher from the Academy of Fine Arts to teach him one-on-one, preferably with knowledge of landscape, flowers and birds, figures, and watercolor.

He does not need to study systematically, as long as he can have a general understanding.

After all, painting on porcelain body is different from painting on paper.

The picture on the porcelain body is a curved surface, which is not easy to display painting skills, and it is easy to flow glaze, and firing is also a big problem.

The glaze color of porcelain is the color displayed after metal ions are oxidized or reduced at high temperature. Once it is complicated, it will not be easy to show color, so the picture is relatively simple.

Yun Zhou suddenly remembered the porcelain sent from Porcelain City two months ago.

After the four people went through the steps of drawing, trimming, and glazing, there was still half a month before the kiln opened. At that time, time was urgent, so I asked the other party to send it by mail.

It turned out to be terrible when the dormitory was disassembled.

Half of his red-glazed vases were not fired properly, especially the rim was bare and colorless, and the red color was only present in a small part of the bottom.

The same is true for the others. Hong Hai's case was the worst. It may be that the billet was not handled properly when it was cast, and it split directly from the middle after burning.

Yunzhou asked the porcelain maker, and the other party said that this is a normal phenomenon.

This is the case with the ancient method of firing. It is not bad to be able to burn one or two out of ten.

This is just a single-color glaze, the outer wall is painted with the same color, and there is no color description; for over-glaze colors such as famille rose, paintings must be painted on the fired plain body, and it is put into the kiln for the second time. It is not easy to fire successfully.

The price given by Yunzhou this time is still very high, 300 yuan/hour, which is twice the market price, and there are many applicants.

Soon, Cheng Ting found a teacher in her 40s from the Academy of Fine Arts, who has dabbled in all aspects of Chinese painting, watercolor, and oil painting. She has been teaching for more than [-] years and has rich experience.

As a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, Lu Shen usually paints some traditional Chinese paintings and oil paintings for auction in the market.

It's a pity that no matter how good the painting is, a painting without a reputation can be worth a thousand dollars at most, which can't be compared with well-known painters.

And a few hours here is comparable to a painting that took months to complete, who wouldn't want to come? !

He made countless preparations in advance, and also specialized in the study of porcelain decoration, and finally stood out among dozens of applicants and got this hard-won spot.

On the day he learned that he was hired, Lu Shen went back to celebrate with his family and promised to buy his wife a pure gold bracelet as a gift on their wedding anniversary two months later.

My wife has been studying for several years, and she must be very happy when the time comes.

With one month of vacation left, Yunzhou still repairs porcelain in the morning, arranges a 3-hour art class in the afternoon, and studies glaze color and restoration in the evening, so he has a full schedule.

On the first day of teaching, the boy said very bluntly: "Mr. Lu, I don't have any foundation in art, and I don't plan to become an artist now. Everything is just for better restoration of porcelain."

The other party emphasized these words during the retest, so Lu Shen naturally understood.

However, he heard from his friends that the work of porcelain restoration is boring, not a one-day job, and pays attention to inheritance. There are very few people engaged in this field in Huaguo.

The employer looked so young, and rented a studio in an area where every inch of land was expensive. He must be a rich second generation who spends money like water.

The young man is already very curious, he wants to try everything, and with such favorable conditions, he doesn't believe that the other party will take this as a career, I'm afraid it's just a 3-minute enthusiasm.

However, after visiting the thousands of broken pieces of porcelain scattered in the workshop, as well as the two unfinished pieces of porcelain, Lu Shen's eyes were shocked, and there was a touch of admiration in his heart.

Even if he has studied art for so many years, he will not desperately collect various picture albums and picture books, he will only have a tendency to choose.

In a way, he was not as good as the boy in front of him.

With this kind of perseverance and attitude, why not worry about your career?

Yunzhou began to learn from the other party. As expected of a teacher with rich teaching experience, in addition to instilling some necessary basic knowledge, he also copied various patterns of porcelain, and explained the skills of color matching and sketching.

After a week, Lu Shen couldn't help but said, "Xiao Zhou, are you interested in learning Chinese painting from me?"

He found that the other party was very talented in this area. Not only was he transparent, but his sensitivity to color was incredible. He could tell the shade of ink at a glance. He was a good seed for painting!

He has taught so many students, and the talent of teenagers can be ranked among the top three.

The others are all well-known, and their works can sell for 3 to 5 per square foot. Six figures for a painting are not a problem, and even close to seven figures for a painting.

Isn't that better than restoring china?

Yun Zhou glanced at him in surprise, "Teacher, I only learned this for the purpose of repairing porcelain."

"right."

Lu Shen sighed in his heart, and suddenly remembered the original intention of the other party, alas, what a pity for this good seedling.

When the summer vacation was coming to an end, Yun Zhou had mastered all kinds of decorations very proficiently, especially those porcelains that were about to be repaired. Under the guidance of Lu Shen, he did research one by one, and marked the key points of sketching and coloring.

However, these alone are not enough. The coloring should be done successfully at one time, otherwise you have to start all over again, and the glaze color may be damaged during cleaning.

In order to reduce the error rate as much as possible, Yunzhou contacted the porcelain masters in Porcelain City and ordered dozens of plain tires according to the size.

He is going to practice glazing on the plain tire first, and wait until he has practiced a few times to become proficient, and then paint.

While he was busy, Jin Qiang, a stall owner he met at the ghost market, sent him a message.

Jin Qiang: "Little boss, it's been more than three months, and seeing that you haven't contacted me, I will take the initiative to contact you.

The outlet for the broken porcelain pieces has been found. If necessary, more than 1200 pieces of broken porcelain pieces can be sent within a week, all of which are specially selected. "

Yun Zhou: "Please send me the video."

Jin Qiang: "Okay."

He sent the video he had taken a long time ago.

Yun Zhou glanced at it, and found that the quality was not bad, and there were many pieces of porcelain that were specially picked out in front of it and could be assembled into complete porcelain.

Jin Qiang: "You think it's okay, 3 free shipping, I'll send it to you."

He collects in large quantities, and is a local, the price is absolutely favorable, and he makes a net profit of 5000 yuan at a time, hehe.

Yun Zhou: "Okay, send it over."