Chapter 60 Really lives up to its reputation, follow-up)
"Well, if it is sold, it can actually be said that it was fired according to the ancient method. It only costs 100 yuan per kiln. It has been fired for two years. Even if it is sold at the cost price, the output value is not low!"
The two brothers Chen Wenzhe all looked at Xiang Lingling. Unexpectedly, this was a profiteer.
"What are you looking at me doing? Allah is from the sea, and doing business is instinctive!"
The two brothers were speechless. The northerners were really too upright, especially the Dongshan people. They were slow in thinking and deserved forgiveness.
"It's better to hide these red pine trees. Dad must know the price!"
"I can't hide it. I have to ask my sister-in-law to help. Otherwise, dad won't believe anything I say!"
"Well, leave it to me. It took two people two years to burn one hundred gold bricks. It took more than two years. The salary of 200,000 is not excessive, right? The material cost is 200,000, so this is 400,000.
, our cost of firing a gold brick is only 4,000, is it expensive to sell it for 10,000?"
“Not expensive!”
"Yes, the main reason is that things are rare and expensive. Rich people don't care about the money at all. Also, can this money buy the Forbidden City gold bricks? Even if they are imitations, you have to imitate them!"
"Sister-in-law is right, no one can imitate this thing."
It is difficult to make gold bricks in ancient times with today's production technology. In the 1980s, after being lost for more than 70 years, the imperial kiln in Sufu began to trial the production of gold bricks.
Because the techniques and materials for firing gold bricks back then have been lost, even gold bricks from the late Qing Dynasty are now difficult to bake, mainly because the current soil properties and craft firing process cannot meet the original standards.
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To be precise, the ones used for the maintenance of the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, and the Imperial Temple are only "imitation gold bricks" or "refined mud bricks" and are not considered gold bricks.
"Well, I know, paving is also troublesome. I heard that there are special processes when paving the floor?"
"The paving process of gold bricks is very complicated. It must use yellow wax, black charcoal, rice, firewood and other materials. In the dry season of August, September or the spring of the next year, the paving process is first water-milled, and then hot-waxed and polished.
The gold bricks that are seamed and fastened together will take a lot of labor!"
"So troublesome? I've been to the Forbidden City, but I didn't pay attention to the gold bricks under my feet."
“You don’t need to pay attention at all, because ordinary tourists can’t step on the gold bricks!”
The area for laying gold bricks in the Forbidden City is also very limited, concentrated on the three routes of east, middle and west.
On the middle road where the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe, and the Hall of Baohe are located, the core buildings of the Forbidden City, the largest gold bricks used are two feet.
The gold bricks on the outside of the middle road are slightly smaller, ranging from 1.7 feet to 1.4 feet.
Just repairing the three main halls of the Forbidden City should be enough to sell a lot.
This all depends on Chen Wenzhe’s level. If he produces qualified gold bricks, he will never have to worry about selling them.
He didn't worry about how to sell it. He didn't intend to use it to make money by firing this batch of gold bricks. The main reason was to become famous!
There is a huge gap between craftsmen who are famous and unknown.
"Let's go home and prepare lunch. My sister-in-law is here for the first time, so I have to entertain her well."
After observing the kiln temperature, I felt that there was no problem, so it would be boring to stay here.
If she were not interested in bricks and was professionally qualified, I am afraid that no woman would be willing to visit a brick kiln.
There are a lot of things to do today, including digging a well and hosting a banquet.
If you have time, you also need to make some porcelain. If you don't want to sell it, you can use it at home.
With the electric kiln, Chen Wenzhe felt a little itchy.
"Hey, who are you? What are you looking at outside the gate?"
As soon as I returned to my new house, I saw a person sneaking around at the door of his house.
"Chen Wenzhe? Tomb robber?"
The man turned around, and he actually had an honest face, but he was a bit shorter and thinner, and he didn't look like a good person from behind.
"You are the master tomb robber, and so are your whole family!" Chen Wenzhe shouted back angrily.
"Uh!" The guy didn't know what to say. He would fall out and get beaten immediately.
He didn't have any brains, but he actually blurted it out. Is it possible for a tomb robber to say it casually?
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, look at my mouth, I don't know what to say. I said the wrong thing."
The man immediately accompanied him carefully, judging from his behavior, he must be asking for something.
"If anything happens, come in and talk!" Chen Qingchuan said immediately when he found someone watching the fun.
Chen Wenzhe was a little reluctant, this guy was definitely not a good person.
The man walked into the yard with a naive smile, "I just want to collect some old things!"
"Collecting old objects? There is a stone coffin to the east, do you want it?" Chen Wenzhe sneered.
He said that this guy was not a good person and turned out to be an antiquities dealer!
"Haha, I do want it, but someone has to dare to sell it!" The man's tone suddenly became a bit tough.
Chen Wenzhe was very surprised. These gangsters were really not simple. They dared to be so tough in their village.
However, when he thought about it, people who were barefoot were really not afraid of those who wore shoes.
Although they are locals and local tigers, why should they be afraid of you if you don’t even know their names?
Chen Wenzhe's eyes turned cold. At this time, Chen Qingchuan pulled him.
"What did the old people teach you? If you are a guest when you come in, please come in and have a bowl of water!"
Chen Qingchuan didn't seem to notice anything, he just treated the guests warmly.
The man was let into the room and the first thing he saw was the Xuande stove placed on the big table in the main room.
The mud on this Xuande stove has not been cleaned yet!
At this time, he was also a little scared. The guy behind him who spoke very aggressively was called the tomb robber, and he really lived up to his reputation!
Chen Wenzhe followed him into the room and naturally saw the Xuande furnace placed on the table for the first time.
He slapped his forehead and felt something bad. He actually forgot to put it away.
Just looking at it couldn't solve the problem. Chen Wenzhe rolled his eyes and pulled out his attribute list.
Chen Wenzhe: Point of Achievement (156);
Independent inheritance: (4/9);
Skills: high imitation, porcelain production, archeology, Chaotian pot (specialization level 2);
Today's achievement points have increased by almost ten points, and it's time for him to use them again.
In order to upgrade basic distressing and basic production, you must upgrade various branch skills.
For example, among the distressing skills, water rust, soil rust, blood Qin, chicken claw pattern, and polishing are the most basic distressing skills.
All these can be upgraded to level 2 specialization before the basic distressing technique can be upgraded.