Liu Qi prepared gifts for Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Lu Bu, which surprised the three of them.

Lu Bu has been glaring at Liu Qi just now. Although the two sides have temporarily stopped fighting, after all, Liu Qi's Jingzhou army design made him suffer a great loss. As a powerful general who is known for his bravery, Lu Bu is naturally difficult to swallow his tone.

But never thought that this Nanyang County Magistrate who had defeated him would now be willing to condescend to give gifts to him?

What is the way this is?

Yuan Shao stroked his beard with interest and said with a smile: "After Liu Lang is worthy of being a famous scholar, he is so comprehensive in the front line military formation. Yuan is very grateful. Hahaha, when Shao came in a hurry, he never prepared gifts for Liu Lang. Compared with Shaolang, the etiquette would probably be incomplete."

Liu Qi smiled and said, "You are polite, Mr. Yuan is just a junior, and it is not worthy of Mr. Yuan's concern. Mr. Yuan is the leader of the scholars in the world. Liu Qi is fortunate to see him and should offer a gift."

Then, Liu Qi turned around and shouted to the outside, "Take three gifts in to the three generals."

After a while, the people outside delivered the gifts to the coach's tent and presented them to Yuan, Cao and Lu.

What was placed in front of Yuan Shao was a set of exquisite pottery.

Yuan Shao looked at the bottles and jars in front of him, and was really confused.

He really didn't understand what Liu Qi gave him pottery in his own identity.

Does Yuan Shao look like a person who lacks pottery?

Although the usage rate of pottery in this era cannot completely replace bronze ware, it is also extremely popular. Such things can be seen in every household.

What Liu Qi gave him in front of him was no different except that the style was a little weird and the color was too light.

"Young Master Liu, you are..." Yuan Shao raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Qi in confusion.

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Mr. Yuan, please take a closer look."

Yuan Shao frowned, and he looked down again, this time he became much more serious than he had just now.

But soon, he found something was wrong.

Compared with ordinary folk pottery, the pottery given to him by Liu Qi is more round and smooth, and it looks completely different from the soil and hard texture of all ordinary folk pottery. It seems that there is a hint of greatness and high-end feeling - because the utensils he gave to Yuan Shao were actually white!

Yuan Shao's heart trembled slightly, and he hurriedly reached out and picked up a bottle.

As soon as Fang bought it, he felt something was wrong.

It is completely different from the pottery you usually touch.

This is not pottery, it is porcelain!

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court established a department called the "Zhenguan Office". The main task of Zhenguan Office was to specialize in managing and researching the materials and materials used for decoration in the building materials and decoration, including bricks, tiles, stone carvings, clay, etc. It can be seen that at this stage of society's progress, the aesthetics of the Middle-earth people had begun to evolve to a level that was about to flourish.

As a leading figure in many aristocratic families, Yuan Shao has been in Luoyang Jing for many years and is relatively familiar with Zhen Guan Office. His aesthetic cognition is also ahead of most people, and his vision is extremely vicious.

He naturally knew how precious white porcelain was.

"Young Master Liu's pottery is quite good? The luster feel is quite different from what you usually see, and the color... is really different! I wonder which famous artist is practicing it?" Yuan Shao said tentatively.

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Actually, these are not really finished products. Kikushita is still in the stage of perfection. In fact, this thing is not pottery, but my Jingzhou craftsmen are not good at skill, and the things burned are not good. According to the principle, they should be completely white."

Yuan Shao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.

As expected, it was as he thought!

In this era, although porcelain has existed many years ago, it cannot be considered completely popular. Because it is extremely difficult to fire, the output is very low. Those who can make it better are either rich or noble.

Nowadays, there are only a few places that can fire porcelain in the whole world, the most famous of which is Changnan County, which is Jingdezhen in later generations.

But even in Changnan County, the burning of celadon is all celadon, and common utensils include bowls, plates, cups, ear cups, bowls, washings, pots, etc.

But no matter what is burned, the color will never be white porcelain without exception.

With Yuan Shao's status, he has seen many kinds of celadons, but this is the first time he has seen a slightly white porcelain today.

Although the craftsmanship and kiln firing problems are not yet completely white, the traces of light white can be seen, but the process still needs to be improved. If you want to be completely white, it will not be a problem.

Jingzhou has a large population of northern China, and they have brought a lot of advanced northern culture and knowledge. When such talents gather in the south, Liu Qi naturally advised Liu Biao to vigorously develop various industries.

In accordance with Liu Qi's instructions, Liu Pan also established a department similar to Zhenguan Office in Jingnan, and led the name of the county office to gather Jingchu merchants to build a large-scale earth kiln.

This burning kiln is also an important part of Jingzhou's economic development, but the things burned at present are all semi-finished products.

As Liu Qi knows, the two most important differences between porcelain and pottery are: one is temperature and the other is porcelain clay. Both are indispensable.

For temperature, you can spend a lot of money to buy graphite to burn, but the best porcelain clay is relatively not easy to find.

The most famous porcelain burning place in the Han Dynasty, namely Changnan County, which is later Jingdezhen. It is now affiliated to Yuzhang County and is close to Jingzhou. It is not too difficult to use the porcelain burning craftsmen in Changnan to use the power of Jingzhou.

But even the craftsmen in Changnan County have never burned white porcelain.

They really have no idea how to burn it.

But Liu Qi has it.

Although he didn't know how to fire porcelain, he knew that the most important thing in burning white porcelain was the soil.

A white clay called chalk soil is produced in very few places across the country. Liu Qi remembers that it should be produced in Ding County (Zhongshan Country), Huating County (North of Jingyang, Youfufeng), and Dehua (Yongtai County) in Fujian.

With a rough output, Liu Qi has a way to get it. As long as you can get the soil, it only takes time to repeatedly burn it, and you can gradually accumulate experience and burn exquisite white porcelain.

A gentleman is like jade, and scholars are all compared to clear water. In this era, there are very few white, transparent and crystal clear things. Once porcelain comes out, it can be imagined how popular it is among scholars!

As the leader of the gentry, Yuan Shao naturally understood the value of the object in front of him after the publication.

"Good thing." Yuan Shao sighed and said with a smile: "It's a pity that you haven't obtained the finished product yet, so you still need to carefully study it. Mr. Liu, you Jing Xiangzhi have such treasures. It seems that you have a long way to go in the future."

Liu Qi bowed and said, "Mr. Yuan said this very much. The selection officers under Liu's men have already made plans for the refining of this white porcelain. I believe that it will definitely be able to get good white porcelain in the future. At that time, Liu will send someone to Hebei for appreciation and observation by Mr. Yuan."

"Okay, Liu Lang is really mean." Yuan Shao nodded with a smile.

On the other hand, what Liu Qi gave to Cao Cao was a piece of silk, and I don’t know what was written on it, which moved Cao Cao quite.

Cao Cao nodded while watching, and was extremely surprised.

"Good words, good articles..." Cao Cao read for a while, then looked up at Liu Qi and said, "Are all these three articles done by Liu Lang?"

"It was written by Liu Qi. I heard that General Cao was a person who was elegant and good at fu. Liu specially asked General Cao to read these three fu, and please give him more corrections."

Cao Cao smiled and said with emotion: "Young Master Liu's masterpiece is truly talented and has brilliant writing. He is truly worthy of being the eighth and the last, and he will live up to the family of famous scholars."

Liu Qi kept saying "Shame, ashamed".

Then, he turned to look at Lu Bu.

Just as Liu Qi turned to look at Lu Bu, the smile on Yuan Shao's face disappeared. He turned his head to approach Cao Cao and whispered: "What do Meng De thinks this guy?"

Cao Cao was still smiling. After hearing Yuan Shao's words, he turned his head and said, "I am indeed worthy of being the son of Liu Jingsheng. I won't say anything about it, but these three poems are really gorgeous and have a high artistic conception, which makes people feel immersive. Good articles!"

Yuan Shao raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Was Meng De telling the truth and lies?"

"Of course it's the truth. Could it be that he didn't write well? Cao deliberately praised him? He was not such a flattering person."

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good, that's good."

At this moment, in Yuan Shao's heart, Liu Qi's actions really made him feel a little disliked.

As the overlord of Mushou, he focused on burning porcelain and making beautiful poems... This sour Confucian virtue is exactly the same as his father Liu Biao.
Chapter completed!