Liu Tan was very surprised that Liu Che only asked him to reflect on his mistakes facing the wall for three days. To be honest, before that, he had locked himself up at home for more than three days, so this confinement was no different from no punishment!
Liu Tan was delighted and left quickly without saying another word, for fear that Liu Che would change his mind.
Liu Che couldn't help but smile as he watched Liu Tan slip away lightly and quickly and disappear outside the gate of Weiyang Palace.
Bu Fan, who was standing by, calmly gave him another glass of honey water.
Liu Che picked up the letter and read it several times before saying, "Burn it."
The fewer people who know about this, the better.
As for Liu Tan's words, Liu Che believed it. If it were not for the purpose of allowing Danyang to survive, Liu Tan would have no need to instigate Danyang to do these things.
Even if Danyang really took control of the Great Wusun, what would it have to do with him? It wouldn't bring anything to his Northern Border Kingdom.
The reason why Liu Che interrogated Liu Tan was actually just to find out how Liu Tan persuaded Danyang.
In fact, Liu Tan didn't need to say it. He could tell from the words between the lines of Danyang's letter that Liu Tan's predictions about Da Wusun were basically correct. Even asking Danyang to reclaim land and raise cattle and sheep was not really just to give her something to do. There must be a next plan.
Originally, Liu Che wanted to force him to confess, but then he thought about it and let Liu Tan go.
He already knew a lot about Liu Tan. Before he was sure of the result, Liu Tan would never speak out his guess, so no matter how he asked, even if Liu Tan really shrank into the ground like a mushroom, he would not open his mouth.
It would be better to let him go and wait and see what kind of surprises he can bring to you.
As for the ambitions shown by Liu Tan and Danyang in this matter, Liu Che saw them as nothing.
Let’s not talk about Danyang. After all, she was a daughter who grew up in the Han Dynasty palace. When she was at her wit’s end, someone showed her a way out. Anyone would do the same. The difference lies in whether they can succeed.
But Liu Tan gave him a surprise.
Liu Che has always been worried that Liu Tan is too gentle. Liu Tan's gentleness is the same as Liu Ju's. Although Liu Ju is gentle, he can take ruthless action if he really finds any bad signs.
Before Liu Tan, he would not take any action unless he realized that the situation was very serious.
His previous decisive execution of the prefect of Xi'anyang County had surprised Liu Che a little, but this time in Danyang, he was pleasantly surprised.
He is resourceful, strategic, bold and careful, this is what Liu Che's son should be.
So Liu Che just asked Liu Tan to go back and reflect on his mistakes for three days. It was not because of what he had done, but because he had already guessed it, and this little bastard was still stupid enough to hide it.
At this point, Liu Che felt more at ease after placing Liu Tan in the northern border country.
But that was just a few things. Winter was coming and the border of the Northern Kingdom became dangerous again.
This time he could allow Liu Tan to come to Beijing as an exception, but could he do so every year in the future?
Not to mention whether the court would object, would Liu Tan himself be unwilling to leave?
Alas, Liu Che rarely sighed in his heart, his children are all debts.
Liu Tan didn't feel at all that he had suddenly become Liu Che's "debt". He now only felt that he had escaped death. Not to mention the next three days, he didn't want to go out even for the next ten days!
As for the storage yard, let Huo Guang and Princess Dangli handle it. If it doesn't work out, Princess Dangli can come to the door directly.
Anyway, he won't go out until New Year's Day. He will avoid showing up if he can.
He was really wrong. He will never be disgusted by playing in the mud again. It is safer to play in the mud at home.
After Liu Tan returned, he asked someone to bring the latest porcelain.
The latest version of porcelain is much better looking than before, the only drawback is that it is thick.
Liu Tan recalled some beautiful porcelains he had seen in his previous life that emitted a hazy glow when placed under light, and he couldn't help but want someone to try it.
He originally thought that as long as the clay was kneaded thinly enough, it would be translucent. However, he did not expect that even if the clay was kneaded thinly, it would only make the porcelain lighter, and it would not be translucent. In fact, the porcelain itself could block the light tightly.
Liu Tan was a little confused. At this point, the craftsmen had reduced the thickness of the porcelain to the extreme. At least in terms of manual labor, it could not be made thinner than this.
But if it can't let in light at this point, it can only mean one thing: the raw materials are wrong.
So the question is, there is definitely no problem with using clay to make ceramics. The fact that celadon can be fired means that Liu Tan’s choice was correct, so there is no problem with clay as the main body, and the rest is the addition of other things.
Liu Tan thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what to add to make the soil transparent. He tried hard to recall the advertisements of later generations, but they didn't list all the ingredients in the advertisements.
Just when Liu Tan was about to give up, there was a whole chicken leg for lunch one day.
Of course, it was impossible for him to eat the chicken legs by himself. Fu Yu and Cen You beside him would help him pick out the bones.
As Liu Tan watched Cen You helping him remove the bones, an idea suddenly struck him: "Yes, bones!"
He is so stupid, really. How could he forget that the most popular porcelain in later generations is bone china?
Most of the porcelains that can transmit light are bone china, so the fundamental reason is that there must be bones in the additives.
Of course, we don’t know how much there is, what proportion it accounts for, and we can only try.
In any case, it is certain that it is calcined bone char.
Liu Tan immediately said to Bigo, "Go find some bone charcoal or bone powder. The more the better. If you don't have any, find a whole bone and have it calcined into bone powder."
Bi Gao was stunned for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Is Your Highness in a hurry?"
Liu Tan thought for a moment and said, "It's quite anxious."
There are only more than 20 days left until New Year's Day. The production of porcelain is actually not slow. If you speed up, it will only take seven or eight days. That is to say, he only has one chance to fail. If he can't make it, he can only use the original celadon.
Bigo looked a little embarrassed, but still agreed: "Yes!"
Liu Tan was relieved. Two days later, when Princess Li came to visit, her first words were, "The storage yard has been prepared, and the people have been sent there. I'll show you the account books as well."
When Liu Tan saw Princess Dangli's delighted expression, he knew the sales must be good, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's almost the New Year's Eve, sister, don't be too busy. If you're too busy, it won't be beautiful."
Princess Dangli was half happy and half complaining: "I have to be busy too. The honeycomb coal you had was sold out before it even arrived at the storage yard. The ones that haven't arrived yet have all been reserved. The people sent to the storage yard have nothing to do."
Liu Tan was immediately surprised: "So popular?"
Princess Dangli said, "Of course, isn't this... we all use honeycomb coal? Plus, Li Xi and Aunt Yang Xin have helped spread the word. Now, if you don't use honeycomb coal in Chang'an, you'd be ashamed to do it."
Liu Tan: ...
I really underestimated these people's enthusiasm for following trends. They even follow trends for things like honeycomb coal!
Then... wouldn't the Broken Evil Gold be even more... Liu Tan took a breath and regretted not bringing more Broken Evil Gold to sell.
On New Year's Day, no matter if they are ladies from wealthy families or girls from ordinary families, they must dress up. How many of these will be sold?
But after thinking about it, forget it, let's just build momentum for Shattered Evil Gold this year, letting everyone know how precious this thing is, so that it can be sold at a high price next year.
Liu Tan doubled the original price in his mind, and even decided to wait and see. If the situation was good, even doubling the price would be unstoppable.
Liu Tan thought about it and said, "I'll go and urge them to bring more."
Although New Year's Day is approaching, it will still be cold for a while after that, especially the late spring cold snap every year is very severe, so honeycomb coal can still be burned for at least a few months.
As for the rest, I'll save it for next year.
Princess Li had nothing else to say after she finished. As she stood up to leave, she said, "By the way, why did you send people to the mass grave to dig up bodies? It's Chinese New Year right now, and the air is so foul. Listen to my sister, let's talk about it after Chinese New Year."
Liu Tan: ?????
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