Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 5: See Orchid in the West Market and buy things in the East Market.

Li Huaian led the horse out of Xinghuafang.

I didn’t want to go to West Market.

You can come out of the village.

Or we turned around and went to West Market.

Divided by the central axis of Chang'an City, Xinghuafang is located to the west of Chang'an City, separated from the West Market by only one lane and two streets that divide the lanes.

I want to go to Dongshi.

You need to cross the Central Axis Street and pass through several lanes to reach Dongshi in the east, which is a bit far away.

Simply.

Li Huaian first went to the West Market and had some breakfast.

Then transfer to Dongshi.

It's late in the West Market.

lively crowd.

The West Market was crowded with merchants, and Hu merchants and Persian merchants could be seen everywhere. These foreign merchants from outside the Tang Dynasty were selling their goods in the market.

The voices of bargaining came and went.

In some stalls of Hu merchants, there are Hu Ji struggling to twist the waist of the water snake and dance the eye-catching Hu Xuan dance, hoping to attract business.

Li Huaian sat at a food stall, eating mutton in a water basin, nibbling the bag-like cake in his hand, and started his first breakfast with Tang characteristics in the Tang Dynasty world, admiring Orchid Orchid opposite him. The waist that keeps twisting.

Have to be emotional.

Except for some inconveniences in life in the Tang Dynasty, it was not as comfortable as modern society.

It's actually pretty good.

Especially when he saw the exotic Hu Ji twisting her waist and dancing the Hu Xuan dance while winking at him and showing her charming smile, it made him, a modern young man who has been single for 27 years, feel more confident in this era of rising yang. The defense line was almost lost in the morning.

This also made him a little envious of the life of the Tang Dynasty people.

Especially envious of those dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty.

Corruption.

No need to look at Fan Yi's face.

But Fan Yi looked at Datang's face.

Finish eating.

Li Huaian put down a few coins, and with Hu Ji's disappointed eyes, he led the horse away from the food stall and walked out of the West Market.

Dongshi Dayao Porcelain Shop.

This is the largest porcelain shop in Dongshi, and it is also the most magnificent porcelain shop in the entire Dongshi.

As soon as Li Huaian walked into the porcelain shop, a waiter came up to him.

"The guests want to see the porcelain."

"Well, pick some porcelain."

Li Huaian picked up a celadon vase on the shelf, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully. After looking at the body of the vase, he turned the vase over and took a look at the bottom of the vase.

The bottom of the celadon vase in my hand is very flat, without any year mark.

Such as the words of the Zhenguan year of the Tang Dynasty.

So when I think about it, it seems that the porcelain of the Tang Dynasty did not have a year mark.

Not only during the Tang Dynasty.

The porcelain of the Song Dynasty also has no year mark, and the year of production is not written on the bottom of the porcelain.

Only during the Ming and Qing dynasties did the year mark appear on the bottom of the porcelain, allowing people to check the bottom markings of the year it was fired.

On the porcelain of the Tang Dynasty, only the porcelain that was paid tribute would have words written on the bottom, with the word "ying" written on it, and there would be no extra writing.Most of these porcelains were used by emperors to reward ministers.

Therefore, the porcelain in Li Huaian's hand cannot have any markings, let alone a bottom with the word "ying".

Put down the celadon vase in your hand.

Li Huaian picked up another white porcelain water basin with a lid.

speak up.

From the moment you walk into the porcelain shop, the shelves in the entire shop are filled with celadon and white porcelain. There is no Tang Dynasty porcelain or Tang Sancai porcelain that is most familiar to modern people.

Not a single one was seen.

This was pretty much what he had guessed.

It is estimated that this porcelain shop will not sell Tang Sancai.

Remember the correct words.

In the Tang Dynasty, porcelain such as Tang Sancai actually belonged to the underworld, that is, the porcelain that was buried with people after death. It was not the porcelain used by people in daily life during the Tang Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, the porcelain used by ordinary people in daily life was mainly blue and white porcelain. Even the gentry class and officials used blue and white porcelain. There was no difference from the common people. It was just a difference in the quality of the porcelain. The blue and white porcelain used by rich people is better and more delicate in workmanship.

If you want to buy Tang Sancai porcelain.

I guess I can only go to the Underworld Artifact Shop once.

When the clerk at the porcelain shop saw Li Huaian looking around at the porcelain on the shelves, he quickly stepped forward and said, "The customer has chosen the porcelain he likes."

"Have."

Li Huaian then asked: "The porcelain you have here is the best in Chang'an City. I want to choose some good porcelain."

The porcelain shop clerk smiled and said: "Guests, please worry too much. Since our kiln porcelain shop can open a shop in Dongshi, we will naturally sell the best porcelain from each kiln."

"Whether it's the Duke's Mansion, the Marquis' Mansion, or even the Prince's and Princess's Mansion, the porcelain used is all porcelain from our porcelain shop."

"With so many noble people using it, how can we dare to pass it off as something inferior?"

Mentioning his own porcelain shop, the waiter looked proud and felt a sense of identity with Yourongyan.

Then the waiter lowered his voice and whispered to Li Huaian: "What the customer doesn't know is that the porcelain in our shop is actually no different from the porcelain used in the palace. They are all fired from the same kiln. Even the porcelain given to us by the palace Compared with our porcelain, the porcelain below only lacks a font size mark at the bottom."

After the words fell, the waiter said confidently: "Guests can rest assured, I guarantee that the porcelain in our porcelain shop is definitely the only one in Chang'an City."

At this time, the shopkeeper of the porcelain shop came over and said with a smile: "Is this your first time in Chang'an?"

"Yes."

"This time I plan to settle in Chang'an for a long time. I happen to be short of some porcelain at home, so I want to choose some porcelain for home use."

Li Huaian explained to the shopkeeper the purpose of buying porcelain.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "No wonder, the customer's accent does not sound like the accent in Chang'an City. Even if you don't know our Dayao porcelain shop, you can understand it. Then let me introduce the porcelain in the store to the customer."

As he spoke, the shopkeeper took down a white porcelain bottle from the shelf.

"Guest, the porcelain sold in our porcelain shop is actually mainly white porcelain from Xing kiln in Hebei and celadon fired from Yue kiln in Yuezhou."

"These two major kiln mouths are also the most prestigious porcelain kiln mouths in the Tang Dynasty, and are collectively known as Nan Qing and Bei Bai."

heard here.

Li Huaian gained a lot of knowledge, and it was also the first time he heard that Hebei, his hometown in the main world, had a famous kiln for firing porcelain during the Tang Dynasty.

Before this, I only went to Jingdezhen, and at most I knew that Ru kiln was quite expensive.

The shopkeeper also introduced the advantages of other porcelain.

When Li Huaian saw that it was almost done, he said, "Shopkeeper, I'll pick some and wrap them all up, and put them on my horse when I leave later."

So Li Huaian picked some porcelain on the shelf and asked the clerk to take it all down for him.

After the man took off the porcelain, he wrapped it up one by one and put it aside, ready for him to take away at any time.

(End of this chapter)