After leaving Mogana with an itchy temptation, Hong Yuner turned to find Clifford. This Clifford also had his weaknesses. During the tour, he couldn't help but take out the painting board to draw oil paintings. Hong Yuner only went up to chat for a few words and found that Clifford was an alien in the Rothschild family. He came from a merchant family, but was quite addicted to humanities and art, and especially liked paintings and porcelain products.

Clifford took out a jing snuff bottle from his side and said, "Madam, Chinese porcelain culture has a long history. As early as the Tang and Song dynasties, Chinese porcelain was already famous all over the world. I admire Chinese porcelain culture very much, especially Chinese artists who can bring vivid characters and landscapes to porcelain, which makes me amazed, so I came to China to seek the roots of porcelain culture."

Hong Yuner looked at the snuff bottle in his hand and smiled and said, "This is a blue and white porcelain snuff bottle. Blue and white are underglaze painted porcelain. It first uses cobalt earth ore materials to depict the patterns on the body, and then uses white glaze. It is fired at high temperature and becomes white ground and blue flowers. It is refreshing and bright. The snuff bottle was originally a Western thing. It became popular in Europe in the 17th century and was later introduced to China. At first, there was no special container for snuff. It was only after it was introduced to China that this kind of art was specially made. The glass, copper-tied enamel and other snuff bottles made by the Qing Palace Building Office during the Kangxi period opened up a new arts and crafts.

Variety, blue and white snuff bottles account for a large proportion of porcelain. During the Daoguang period, there was a special snuff bottle made by the Yangxin Hall Office of the Imperial Palace, with a small spoon inside the lid to scoop out the cigarette powder. The earliest blue and white snuff bottles were made during the Kangxi period. The blue and white porcelain snuff bottles in your hand should be the blue and white porcelain snuff bottles from the Yongzheng period. The flowers are not as rich as those of the Kangxi blue and white porcelain snuff bottles, and the snuff bottles are not as bright as those of the Kangxi blue and white porcelain snuff bottles. But it also has its own advantages. Look at this snuff bottles are round and long, with blue and white, red underglaze, and purple in blue and white. There are openings, and the characters and dramas are all full of energy. It is the advantages of the blue and white snuff bottles in the Yongzheng period."...

After talking a lot, Hong Yuner secretly said that she was lucky. Fortunately, she had selected the history of Chinese porcelain and knew a little about the history of porcelain. Her family also had an ancestral porcelain snuff bottle, so she studied this, but later she found that although the porcelain snuff bottle in her family was a blue and white snuff bottle from the Yongzheng period, it was a fake, which made Hong Yuner depressed for a long time. Unexpectedly, it was a whim at that time. It helped to talk about porcelain with Clifford today. Hong Yuner secretly praised it as a dangerous thing. She had never studied other types of porcelain, and would definitely reveal the stuff when talking about other things. So she decided to look back and read it at night and collect some porcelain books to read it, so that she could scare the authentic rich second generation in front of her.

After hearing Hong Yuner's words, Clifford was very surprised: "God, Madam, you are the one with the most knowledgeable knowledge I have ever met. I am also very interested in paintings on porcelain. I am very curious about how Chinese artists put these gorgeous colors on them and can not keep them off for a long time?"

Speaking of painting, Hong Yuner was blind. She didn't know the real method of making porcelain, but Hong Yuner is worthy of being the first debater in the school. Her strong psychological quality and rapid response. She smiled calmly and said: "The method of making Chinese porcelain is profound and has a long history. The most famous place for Chinese porcelain is Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. I can let you go there in a while." In fact, Hong Yuner's answer was ambiguous and had no substantive content, but she immediately raised a topic that interests Clifford, and Clifford forgot the question she asked.

"That's great." Clifford was very happy: "I heard that Jingdezhen's porcelain is the best in China. I really hope to go there and see it. I don't know when we can set off?"

Hong Yuner uh, Jingdezhen is still within the Qing army's scope, and the West Palace has no plans to move west for the time being. She wanted to learn from Xiao Yungui's promise in advance, but she didn't expect Clifford to be so anxious. She smiled slightly and said, "There will be a chance, but the epidemic in Suzhou has stabilized a little now, and we still have a lot to do."

Clifford hurriedly said, "This is fine. I also sympathize with the citizens here. I will donate another batch of food and medicinal materials, hoping it will be helpful to you. I really hope to understand the method of making porcelain. After arriving in Shanghai, the Qing government there not only prevented foreigners from going deep into the mainland, but also prevented the exchange of porcelain making laws. I don't want Mrs. Xiwang to be so enlightened. You must know that art is the crystallization of wisdom of all mankind. We have the obligation to spread it so that it can be spread to the world."

Hong Yuner was overjoyed. She was worthy of being a rich second-generation. In order to pursue the art she liked, he could spend money at will. Compared to Xiao Yungui, who only knew how to spend money to pick up girls, he didn't know how noble the love was. Hong Yuner agreed with a smile. After a few words, she received a batch of material assistance. It was really good. However, Hong Yuner felt a little guilty and always felt that she had deceived others, so she made up her mind to look for more porcelain craftsmen to communicate with Clifford. After Clifford's reminder, Hong Yuner also came up with an idea to apply for patents for various secret methods of porcelain, and there were many inventions and art products in China, but she seemed to not pay attention to the protection of intellectual property rights. Hong Yuner planned to change the method of porcelain making, but she didn't know whether the method of porcelain making has spread.

In this way, Hong Yuner and Mogana, Clifford and others were having a great time chatting. After devoting their preferences, they quickly got closer. Even Luo Weilin and Hong Yuner found a lot of common ground between Christianity and Taiping Christianity. In this way, Hong Yuner deals with these foreigners and shows her rich knowledge to the fullest. After all, the era she lived in was an era of knowledge explosion, and there were everything you want to know on the Internet, so Hong Yuner could stand on the shoulders of the historical giant and give a full guidance on the country.

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However, Xiao Yungui came to the camp of the Taiping Army outside the city and immediately summoned the generals to prepare to send troops. After the generals arrived, Xiao Yungui ordered Ji Wenyuan to lead 10,000 troops and horses, with most of the artillery from Suzhou, to Hangzhou for support, and ordered Chen Yucheng, Tang Zhengcai and other generals to follow him to Shanghai.

In the battle of Suzhou, more than 30,000 Taiping Army in the West Palace attacked, and then Ji Wenyuan, Chen Yucheng and other generals led 10,000 people to help. After the war, more than 6,000 people were killed in the West Palace, and more than 4,000 people were injured and sick. This was unprecedented. However, in this battle, the West Palace took over Suzhou, an important city in southern Jiangsu, and completely reversed the situation of the battle. It even annihilated tens of thousands of Qing troops from Zhang Guoliang's army, captured more than 3,000 people, and eliminated a long-standing stubborn enemy. It was also a great victory.

Among the captured Qing generals and civil officials of the Qing court surrendered. Xu Naizhao was from Hangzhou, and his official reputation was good. Most of the evil deeds he did in Suzhou were done by Zhang Guoliang. Therefore, Xiao Yungui allowed him to surrender, but he did not give him an official title. He just followed Zuo Zongtang to do business and govern Suzhou. As for the generals such as Zhang Guoliang, Xiao Yungui was not killed for the time being, and they were all imprisoned in the prison. If he killed Zhang Guoliang like this, it would be too cheap to him, and he would still be useful. Xiao Yungui planned to take Zhang Guoliang and other captured Qing soldiers and generals together when he was about to return to Tianjing to report his duties. There were more people in Tianjing who hated Zhang Guoliang and wanted to vent their anger and go out together. It was also considered that the West Palace had an explanation to Tianjing.

After the arrangement of the troops, the generals left one after another, but one of them did not leave. Xiao Yungui looked up and saw that it was Hou Yutian, the commander of the Right Second Army under Ji Wenyuan, a powerful general under the West Palace Ji Wenyuan. This Hou Yutian was also known as Guan Sheng, a native of Jiayingzhou, Guangdong. He was originally a soldier under the Qing army Zhang Guoliang. In the summer of the second year of the Renzi of the Taiping Kingdom, he was defeated in Daozhou, Hunan, and was captured by the Taiping Army. When he was in the Qing camp, the Qing army generals regarded soldiers as slaves, or even private property, and beat, scolded, bullied, or even killed them at will. However, after Hou Yutian arrived at the Taiping Army, he saw the officers and soldiers as close as Brothers seemed to have arrived in another world. The Taiping Army did not forget to kill monsters every meal, and there were also reasonable education. Shortly after he arrived at the Taiping Army, he understood the crime of the Qing Dynasty's cruelty torture and harming the people, and understood the purpose of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's uprising and rescuing the people and restoring the Han Dynasty. He was sincere and wanted to devote himself to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's cause to restore the Han Dynasty, so he joined the Taiping Army in the West Hall. Later, Hou Yutian participated in many battles such as the West Hall attack on Changsha, and followed the West Hall to Suzhou from Hunan. He was agile and majestic, with sharp edges and strong, and was desperate to fight. When he attacked Nanjing, he made great contributions and became promoted to the military commander.

Xiao Yungui also recognized him. Hou Yutian was one of the two thousand subordinates when he conquered Changsha. At that time, he was just a soldier and was already a powerful general at this moment. Xiao Yungui asked, "Is there anything wrong with brother Yutian?"

Hou Yutian bent his knees and knelt on the ground and bowed to the ground and said, "Your Highness the Western King, I have a reluctant request."

Xiao Yungui was a little surprised. Hou Yutian was taciturn and had little troubles. Why did he suddenly ask for a request? He got up and left the case, and stepped forward to help him up and said, "If there is anything to stand up and say, as long as it is reasonable, I will make the decision for you."

Hou Yutian lowered his head and said, "I used to be soldiers under Zhang Guoliang, a dog thief. When he was under his command, he was bullied by veteran soldiers and gangsters in the camp. He was almost beaten to death several times. Thanks to the rescue of two brothers in the camp, he saved his life."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yungui understood: "Oh, you mean that the two Qing soldiers who saved you were still in our prisoner camp, do you want to ask the king to let them go?" The three thousand Qing soldiers captured were all in the prisoner camp, doing the hardest and most tiring work every day, and the food was not good. Xiao Yungui only said that Hou Yutian wanted to release the two Qing soldiers who had rescued him, and said with a smile: "This is OK. I will write a note later. Take them to the prisoner camp to lead people. They want to follow us to welcome them, so they can be assigned to your subordinates. If you don't want to, you can also send travel expenses and let them return home."

Hou Yutian knelt down again, clasped his fists and said, "West King, they are no longer ordinary soldiers now, they are both powerful generals under Zhang Guoliang."

Xiao Yungui's face sank. Zhang Guoliang's Qing generals were covered with blood from Taiping soldiers. They were all taken back to Tianjing to offer prisoners. The punishment of heaven was severe, so these Qing generals could not escape and die. Hou Yutian wanted to release him for personal gain? Xiao Yungui felt it was difficult to deal with, but then he smiled and helped Hou Yutian up and said, "Get up and talk, what are the names of those two?"

Hou Yutian stumbled and said, "One is called Hu Kunyuan, the other is called Feng Zicai..." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!