Power and Empire Chapter 11: Enter the road before the kiln
"It's over, the young master's conjecture is getting more and more serious!"
The old butler looked pessimistically at his crazy young master pouting his fat ass, squatting on the dam of the castle moat, constantly groping with his hands in the dirty mud on the ground, occasionally crushing the soil in his hands into particles and putting them He sniffed **** his nose, and the contented smirk on his face seemed to be not the smelly mud in his hand but a fragrant roast goose.
In the past few days, my young master seems to have taken a fancy to this moat dam. Every time I go to the garrison to train new recruits, I go back and forth on this dam, occasionally strolling in the dirty wet mud and squatting. Let's take a look and feel it. It's exactly the same as the incidence of hypothetical disease in the past.
Du Yu's right hand squeezed the soil in the handle into a mass, and then squeezed the moist soil in the hand with inner strength to dry it. The soft and sticky touch and the gray surface of the soil between the fingers made Du Yu happy. Crazy,
In the past few days, Du Yu has been continuously measuring on the bank of this long river, and following the water potential along the river, although the surface of the river’s dam is full of black silt,
But in order to learn the "Tuina Soft Hand" in the previous life, Du Yu, who has studied ceramic making with the Roushou Master for three years, can still see the weirdness here at a glance,
Following Du Yu's survey, it was discovered that the bottom of this river beach was actually rare white clay. In the past, this kind of clay was also called "china clay" and was the material for firing ceramics.
The old housekeeper saw his young master break off a dead wood branch from the dead tree by the river, and drew a large circle several meters wide on the damp dirt pile, and then fiercely stood the dead branch in the middle. Turned around and smiled at the sluggish old housekeeper behind him, "You find a few guards, according to the position I painted, dig down from here, and move all the white soil below to me to the workshop house by the river. , I have a big use"
"Clear water can dazzle my clothes, and the child mountain can be happy, can please my heart, take the mountain as the body, use the water to sculpt, round and turn at will, the heart moves at will, the heaven becomes the soft hand" This was born before Du Yu A formula about "inner strength and soft hands" circulated by a soft hand teacher.
Du Yu feels that as he enters the room with his own strength, the seven orifices of his body can almost be connected to the atmosphere of the world, the blood qi of the whole body forms a circulatory system, and the quick action is like lightning, and the steady action is as slow as running water.
As the state of mind gets more and more diligent, Du Yu can already clearly feel the vortex of various air currents around him, and weather changes can imply a rule,
When the airflow gathers, it will rainstorm. If the airflow is fast, wind and clouds will rise. If the airflow is slow, it will turn into dust. The same applies to the changes in the world’s climate. This unique feeling reminds Du Yu of his past three years of practicing with his master. Porcelain-making soft hands,
Just like this weather change, let the soft and plastic clay gradually turn the frizzy surface into a smooth and square in the self-darkness, and the soil composed of the world's debris becomes crystal clear, not stained with mortal glaze
So on a whim, not only did people build a simple small workshop by the river, but they also found "china clay" near their castle to use for their own soft hands, hoping to find the breath of heaven and earth. The law of flow control.
"The young master is really amazing. I guessed that there is all white dirt underneath. Is my young master really a great wizard?" The old steward directed a dozen guards of the castle to the marked position. Shovel the soil.
As expected, digging continuously along the depth of the dead branches inserted by Du Yu. After digging the first ten centimeters of black soil on the surface, the white soil began to show up.
The old butler who was hypothesized as his young master looked at all this in surprise, although this kind of white soil is not uncommon in the territory, and it can be seen on many mountain edges,
But it was the first time that the old housekeeper saw such soft white clay under the black soil. It was different from the dry white clay exposed on the mountain, which was broken into pieces with one pinch.
This kind of white clay is more like masses of fermented white bread waiting to be baked. The old housekeeper can leave deep fingerprints on it with a gentle pinch. All the guards who saw it were amazed.
These high-quality white clay were immediately sent to Du Yu’s small workshop by the river. No one knew what his lord was doing in this mysterious workshop. Even the most intimate old housekeeper was turned down by the young master. Outside the door, according to the spread of rumors, this is the secret room where the lord, the wizard, is equipped with deadly poison.
In fact, the real reason is that Du Yu fears that when he is practicing soft hands, his pervasive vigor will hurt people nearby,
Within a few days, under the lord’s personal command, more than a dozen guards carefully moved out round and long-necked yellow-and-white vessels from the lord’s mysterious hut, and at first glance they were sent in a few days ago. It was made of white clay, and the old housekeeper standing next to Du Yu suddenly felt his forehead. "It turns out that the young master wants to make his own pottery."
"Master, if you want these weirdly shaped pottery, just tell me. I will let the potters in the territory make them according to the master’s requirements, and you don’t need to do it yourself."
The old housekeeper looked at Du Yu aggrievedly. Although the family has fallen now, it hasn’t been reduced to the point where the pottery for daily use has to be burned by itself. If this is spread, the family’s face is really lost at home. A nobleman made pottery himself!
"Put these things into the kiln on the side. Be sure to handle them gently, but don’t damage them!" Du Yu is carefully arranging for the guard holding the porcelain embryo to carefully put each piece of porcelain. Put the embryos into the fire kiln built by yourself in order~IndoMTL.com~ This porcelain is a delicate technique.
Porcelain embryos placed too densely will cause uneven fire. The burned porcelain surface will not be smooth and will break when it is brittle. If the pendulum is too loose, it will cause excessive heating, which will directly explode into fragments in the fire. Therefore, out of a hundred pieces of porcelain embryos in a kiln, only a dozen pieces can be really formed and smooth, which is extremely difficult to succeed.
"Leave a few people to add fire to me, everyone else will go back first." Du Yu looked at the burning fire in the earthen kiln, waved his hand at the dazed old housekeeper and guard, and then took care of himself Sit cross-legged in front of the earthen kiln, no longer speaking.
In the past few days, Du Yu has reviewed the soft hands that he had practiced for several years. As expected, the realm is different, and the kneading technique is different.
Du Yu found that he had reached a realm where he could watch without eyes. Only by relying on the changes in the airflow caused by the high-speed rotating porcelain clay surface, he could know that the porcelain clay surface in those parts still had tiny bumps. Even without looking at it, Du Yu’s mind A pair of porcelain embryos running at high speed naturally emerged.
"Use the circle to make up for the momentum, see the big from the slight, hide and guard the vacancy, and turn the heart at will." These past life events are not, and the vague and inexplicable words are now like a huge Hong Zhong trembling in Du Yu's mind, excited Du Yulian The castle didn't even return, so I just sat beside the kiln soil to comprehend.
Seeing Du Yu sitting weirdly in front of the earthen kiln with his eyes closed, all the guards looked at their master in confusion, "This young master's hypothesis is indeed getting more and more serious. They all use this place as a bedroom. "
But I don’t know that Du Yu is at the most critical time from quantitative change to qualitative change. The hot red cyclone sprayed from the earth kiln around him is like a guiding light, and the air of Du Yu attracted directly into the soil. Inside the kiln.