The next morning, Chen Rui drove to the suburbs of two large blue and white cloud dragon-patterned tanks.

This guy, Lao Yang, has more than one yard in the suburbs of Beijing.

Because porcelain is often burned, the area required is large.

So he rented several courtyards in several villages in the suburbs of Beijing.

They are all divided into different villages, and the only thing in common is that they are located relatively remotely and the main body of the villages is relatively far away.

In this way, it will be convenient for him to do a lot of things.

What I went to today was a yard he rented in a village in the west of Pyeongchang District.

The yard is at the foot of the mountain and is very large. You can see an open platform when you enter the yard.

There is a large long table on the platform with a simple shed.

There are many tools on the long table.

Chen Rui knew at a glance that this place should be Lao Yang’s studio.

"That's what you mentioned, are the two big water tanks?"

After the two of them moved the fragments of the large water tank to the table together, Lao Yang asked.

Chen Rui nodded: "It's all here."

Lao Yang didn't say much nonsense and began to check the fragments of the water tank.

"Hey, I really don't know what to say about you boy."

"These fragments are all genuine. If they are put together, this thing will be valuable."

"Haha, but that depends on who will repair it."

"If this is an ordinary craftsman, it will be worth one or two million yuan if it is repaired, but if it is replaced by me..."

Lao Yang boasted at himself while checking the gap in the fragments of the large tank.

"If you change it, how much will it cost to repair it?"

Chen Rui couldn't help but tease him, and Lao Yang rolled his eyes.

"Hmph! I don't understand the rules. Today I will let you see my skills."

"If you want to repair this residual device, the first thing you need to do is to check and clean it."

Chen Rui knew that Lao Yang was about to start teaching again, so he hurriedly got into the state.

“What to check?”

As soon as Chen Rui asked, Lao Yang answered.

"Check the broken parts and see if there is any broken pieces."

"If so, then we have to evaluate whether this residual tool is worth repairing."

"Because if there are too many broken pieces and are the key parts of the picture, it will greatly affect the value of the residual tool."

"Even if repair is invested too much, the cost and the value of the repaired remnants will easily hang upside down."

“So this step is necessary.”

"You two big tanks, you're lucky enough."

"It should be buried in the soil. After a long time, it has been subjected to external forces and has been squeezed and damaged."

"So even if it breaks, it will crack directly, and the surrounding soil will relieve most of the pressure."

"So there is no broken slag in the cracked area, so it is relatively easy to repair it."

"And the buried place is relatively dry, not in the tomb chamber, and has not been soaked in any messy liquid."

"In this way, there will be no color, and no calcium substances attached."

"This way, it is more convenient to clean it up. You only need to use clean water, dishwashing liquid, and brush off the soil."

"If you really can't handle it, you can also add some hydrogen peroxide and bleach..."

While listening to Lao Yang's explanation, Chen Rui took a large basin from the side and brought a basin of water over.

Put a few pieces of porcelain into the basin and start washing and brushing.

After a while, the fragments of the large tank were cleaned up and taken one by one to dry under the sun.

Every time he brushes one, Lao Yang checks one.

"Well, the brush is OK, it's considered clean."

"You guy is so lucky..."

Chen Rui shook his head when he heard this: "What's good about it?"

Lao Yang glared: "Do you know that many of the objects buried underground for hundreds of years have calcified parts on them?"

"It's a problem to clean it up. You need to use acetic acid, hydrochloric acid, and even nitric acid to remove calcifications."

"It's so difficult to clean up that kind of porcelain piece."

"If you are not careful, you will hurt the porcelain piece. If you are not careful, you will also hurt yourself."

"It's not like you. You soak it in water and wipe it clean."

"So you said, are you lucky?"

Chen Rui nodded after hearing this: "That's really good enough."

"The next second part is to spell the right one, which is to spell the porcelain pieces back into the original pattern and cracks."

"This job is easy to work, if the porcelain is broken less, it is easy to work on."

"The more powerful the porcelain is, the harder it will be to fight."

"Or I said you're lucky. Look at your big tank, there are only less than ten lobes in total."

"It's so easy to put together. I've seen the most broken ones, and they can all have hundreds of pieces."

"That kind of thing is a troublesome..."

When Lao Yang said this, Chen Rui heard it again and his scalp was numb.

What a difference is it between a piece of porcelain, broken into hundreds of pieces?

But in the intention of protecting cultural relics, you have to fight back one by one.

How much work is this?

In this way, his big jar is really a very simple life.

"The next step is the most critical process, repaired!"

After hearing Lao Yang talk about this, Chen Rui couldn't help but straighten his back.

This is a real skill, Lao Yang told him.

If he could learn this craft well, it would be enough for him to spend his whole life in the antique circle.

"We have had this method of restoring ancient porcelain in ancient times, and the method we used at that time was also simple."

"It is to use gluten and lime as the binder to glue the damaged porcelain back."

"Later, a binder with glutinous rice porridge and egg white was developed. The advantage of this binder is that it is pollution-free."

"And if you repair well, you will leave few traces, but the disadvantage is that you cannot see water."

"Later, we developed three more repair methods."

"One is the method of priming nailing, which is to use metal priming nails to rivet the porcelain fragments together after drilling holes in the porcelain fragments."

"The advantage is that the repaired porcelain will be very strong."

"But it can only restore the function of the use of the utensil. Not only can the original appearance of the utensil be restored, but it can also cause more damage to the body and glaze."

"So this kind of craft is generally only used on daily porcelain with lower value."

"The more expensive ornamental porcelain will not use this technology unless it is absolutely necessary."

Chen Rui has really seen the nailing method Lao Yang mentioned.

When I was a child, someone in the countryside had broken a water tank at home, so they used nails to apply them to the turrets, and they could continue to deal with them.

But he has never seen it on porcelain.

"The second type is the 'Kimshu' restoration method, which is generally used on valuable ornamental instruments."

"It is to glue the pieces of porcelain with natural paint, and then apply gold powder or gold foil to the glue that seeps out of the cracks."

"In this way, the cracks will turn into pure gold patterns."

"Not only did the porcelain be repaired, the key is that the gold pattern is also more decorative."
Chapter completed!