The overall color of the copper basin is like gold. The inner basin is surrounded by continuous mountains, the bottom of the basin is the waves, the spray part is inlaid with white copper, and the outside of the basin is bas-relief.

On a cliff, on the platform of the cliff, three old men were chatting under the old pine trees, pointing to a gorgeous house on the island under the cliff. Between the sea and the sky, there were two white copper cranes flying gracefully.

This story is a local Taoist legend in Meizhou, and Su Dongpo later wrote it in his notes.

Looking at the bottom, there is also an inscribed auspicious birthday poem.

The entire copper basin is made of solid materials and exquisitely decorated, as if it were made of gold and silver. It is very gorgeous.

Su You secretly laughed. This copper basin was actually made by first carving out a wax basin, then pouring it into a mold with water glass mortar, and then pouring it with brass juice.

What really takes time is actually the carving of the wax basin and the inlay of the white copper.

However, the fine wavy lines, roof tiles, and crane feathers and pine needles are all exquisite and unusual.

This method is completely different from the ordinary casting method. Without water glass technology, ball milling technology, and flying water method, it would never be possible to turn out such a fine casting mold. This creates a generation gap with the ordinary sand mold lost wax casting method.

Just looking at the basin, anyone would think that it was a relief carved directly on the copper. The time required would be measured in years, and the value would accordingly increase a hundred times.

Soon someone began to drop notes into the box in front of the copper basin. After that, Mr. Fan from the Erlin Department inspected the papers one by one, and finally simply announced: "Fengyuan No."

A young fat man was so excited that his face was red, and the fat all over his body was shaking. He stood up and bowed: "My family, Lao An, must be very happy about this birthday gift. Everyone, I accept it. I accept it."

Zhizhou smiled and said: "Your boss is a very filial son, and he is the first item sold in the Silkworm Market. I have made the decision to waive the tax, and let the Erlin Department return it to you as a reward for filial piety."

The young man was so happy that he bowed repeatedly: "Thank you so much, prefect, and thank you so much, general."

Atunmi smiled and waved to indicate it was nothing.

Next, there are five collars in dragon brain color and ink from Cheng Sheren's bookshop, and ten envelopes with flowery notes.

Colored ink is made from five colors of flying water minerals, added with ink glue and borneol, which are repeatedly tempered, and then molded and pasted with gold. It is divided into five colors: blue, yellow, green, red, and white.

In the past, color inks, except for cinnabar ink, were in the form of mineral powder. Now, for the first time, they appear in the form of ink ingots.

The flower-spreading paper is pressed in three layers. The bottom layer is a single layer of stone paper. The second layer is a watermark of peach blossoms and spring water, with petals made of pink paper scraps. The third layer is a single layer of ordinary bamboo paper for writing. It can be done

Eat ink but not penetrate ink.

Each flower note looks like this. There are large and small pink petals under the light green paper. If you look at it through the light, you will see a colorful pattern of peach blossoms, spring water, and fallen flowers. It is really magical.

Businessmen swarmed forward and rushed to place their hidden bids. Such elegant stationery supplies were far more popular than copper basins, which showed that the Song Dynasty valued culture and it was a rare commodity.

Cheng Wen responded to Cheng San's order to open the box, and after some calculations, he took the note handed over by Cheng San and said with a smile: "Old friend, Mr. Jian Mo Zhai."

The shopkeeper, dressed as a scholar, stood up and held his hands in his hands: "Mr. Cheng, we have something to discuss when we come down."

Cheng Wenying nodded in agreement.

The third item is ten batik kapok cloths from the Su family.

The fabric was common in later generations, but now it is equivalent to silk and satin. The Su family's fabric is unique. It has blue patterns, the warp and weft are finer, and there is a faint layer of luster.

This is of course another application of water glass in printing and dyeing, and it is also the first time it has been used.

Su Xun felt that he had lowered his status by announcing the winning bidder, so he waved Su You over to open the box: "Yizhou Xue Ji."

A middle-aged man stood up and offered his hand: "Young Master Su, do you still remember me?"

Su You was stunned: "Who are you?"

The middle-aged man said excitedly: "The day before yesterday, Meishan was under martial law. The young master Yi Bo Yuntian used a folding knife to exchange the bamboo materials, pine wood, and mule carts brought by the villain and his companions, and also gave them travel expenses to return home. Only then did we save a few lives."

My family’s family fortune, the little people...the little people are really grateful..."

After I finished speaking, my voice started to choke.

Su You was a little confused when he heard this. Didn't I spend money to buy something at a discounted price? Seeing that you suffered a huge loss, didn't I give you a folding knife as a gift? Why is the statement different?

It was not easy to ask in detail at this time, so I had no choice but to nod: "It's easy to do, we'll talk about it in detail when we come down."

But he still couldn't go down. The fourth product was twelve bottles of Yongchun Lutequ in jade porcelain bottles.

Atumi immediately raised his hand: "Can I participate?"

Well, if you want to participate, no one else will have anything to do with it. This time, the Erlin Department has brought thousands of pieces of bronze wares, large and small, and five to six thousand hammers. Plus, you have always been extravagant, who can do anything better than you?

What I want is advertising effect!

Su You had no choice but to hand it over: "Sister, please don't participate. I have another gift for you when you come down."

Atunmi said "Oh" and put down his hand: "You are not allowed to default on your debt!"

Everyone in the building laughed secretly, this barbarian woman really didn't understand etiquette.

When Su You opened the carton, he selected the one with the highest bid, which turned out to be as high as two hundred guan.

This is crazy, I just made up the numbers for fun! No wonder the few in front couldn’t hide their smiles!

After calming down for a moment: "Uh...congratulations to Yuanlifang."

The fifth item is a rhinoceros ivory folding knife with head and tail feather patterns and patterned steel copywriting.

Compared with the ordinary feather pattern steel knife, Shi Tong's craftsmanship has been improved and the steel quality is better. The key lies in the decoration.

The handle is decorated with white ivory carvings at the beginning and end, and the middle section is a rhino horn. In the middle of the rhino horn, there is a light translucent fine line, which is very obvious, dividing the rhino horn into two, opposite to the feather veins on the pop-up flower steel.

With this fine line, the rhinoceros horn is no longer called rhino horn, but "Tongtian rhinoceros".

One year there was a great epidemic in the capital. Renzong asked the inner treasury to produce rhino horn medicinal materials and the imperial medical bureau to prepare medicines to help the people. He then prescribed a drug to treat rhinoceros. The internal officials thought it was a treasure and reported it to Renzong, hoping that he would stay. Renzong was angry and said that toys are more important than the people.

Don’t you know what’s more important? Hurry up and get me some medicine!

Renzong's benevolence was indeed rare among emperors.

Because of the Tianshi Magic Sword, Feather Pattern Flower Steel has already become famous all over the world. Everyone is curious about it and no one has seen it before.

There was a Qinghe dagger with a rosewood base and ivory decoration before, and it was said that it had been brought into the palace. This folding knife was the first time for the attendees to see what a feather-patterned steel and a jumping knife were.

Things are rare and valuable, and the number of bidders this time was comparable to that of the Cheng family. In the end, it was won by an old man who looked like a retired official.

Why did Su You guess that he was a retired official? It was because Zhizhou personally delivered the folding knife to the old man's desk and chatted with him warmly. This behavior was different from others.

The finale is finally here, the jade porcelain color-changing rose glaze plum vase.

Copper salt glaze is extremely sensitive to the environment in the furnace. The color of the glaze changes due to the reduction and oxidation environment. It is the same color when it enters the furnace, but changes a lot when it comes out of the kiln. This is the specialty of Jun kiln.

However, this secret was no secret to Su You. He figured it out after just a few experiments.

The Jun kiln kiln entrance has mud patterns and the bottom is crab shell green. This is the mark of later generations' judgment of Jun kiln porcelain. In fact, it is a defective beauty of the craftsmanship at that time. However, this large plum vase is made of jade white crystal carcass.

There is nothing wrong with the glaze.

The key is that the vessel is huge. In fact, the entire plum vase was fired in four sections. It took Shi Da and Su You a lot of effort from making the tire, burning the tire, splicing to the whole burning.

Even with the help of precise measuring tools, the deformation during the firing process caused most of the carcasses to be unable to be spliced ​​seamlessly. Hundreds of kilograms of porcelain bodies were smashed and turned into abrasives. Shi Dongxiu was so heartbroken that he could not sleep all night long.

Once the large vase is fired, applying glaze becomes easier.

During the process of firing flowing glaze, open and close the air inlets from time to time to change the environment in the kiln, and leave the rest to God.

This porcelain vase is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive of all things. Only one of the last five porcelain bodies is left. Now when I took it out, it immediately amazed everyone.

The bottle is the same height as Su You. The mouth of the bottle is a circle of dark blue, then rose purple at the bottom, and then transitions into a large area of ​​rose red, bright red, then light purple, light blue, and finally pure white. It is radiant and flawless.

It's not just human power, it's also natural. Everyone looked at each other, who dared to step forward and throw a note at this thing?

The prefect laughed and said: "This plum vase is the largest piece of porcelain made by our emperor in the Song Dynasty. It has a rainbow of neon halo and mist and flowing clouds. It is something that no one can treasure. I will only appreciate it with you today. I will raise my eyebrows later."

The state government will bid thousands of dollars to buy it as a birthday gift for our emperor in May!"
Chapter completed!