Chapter 45: Is This Good Business?

Something bought, yes, it's two sugar packets. Han Zhou wiped them out in one go, and after eating, his strength returned to his body little by little. She embarrassedly sipped the candy from the corner of her mouth, looked at the two people who were concerned about the other side, "poofed", and smiled. Ah, more than two, it's a group of people, and now they're all back in the pottery shop.

"What is the girl laughing at?" The well-dressed man asked curiously.

Han Zhou said self-deprecatingly: "I laugh at myself, and I always make people remember me in this way." Look, that's the woman who asked for sugar. As she spoke, she gestured as if she had met some rare person on the road.

Everyone laughed. She's fine.

"After that, when the girl goes out, she should bring some candy with her." The man said with concern.

"That's what the gentleman said." Han Zhou nodded gratefully.

"Can the girl go? We'll send you back. The car is outside. And the man said.

Han Zhou shook his head with a smile: "Don't bother, as long as you eat well, there will be nothing to do." As he spoke, he clenched his fists as if he were strong.

The man chuckled, nodded, and left. The attendant followed, and also left.

Hanzhou drank some water and went home.

I really can't be a picky eater in the future. Otherwise, there is not necessarily good luck in being rescued again on the street.

For the next few days, Hanzhou did not go to the pottery shop again. She had to give herself a break.

But in fact, people can't be idle. After copying the things and feeding the chickens, there is a grinding of mineral powder from time to time.

She is still a little bottomless, and she doesn't know what the effect of these things will be when they are painted. For example, natural copper, copper should be red, but sometimes green, because the entry of oxygen is not well controlled, and it changes color. If the background color and red are suitable for the design, then the green color is about the opposite. Kiln temperature and air control are too difficult. It's not something she can change. That's how technology is in this era.

In fact, the first thing to solve should be clay. At present, the pottery industry in Xianyang is generally the clay from the Weihe River or Jingshui riverbed, which is sticky, but the color is dark. The background color is heavy, and the color matching is limited. So only the reddish-brown that you use these days can still be used. Of course, it doesn't seem like there's any other color available either.

It is said that Shaanxi is a large province for kaolin production, but with the current conditions, where to find kaolin? Only by whitening the background color can we talk about further beautification. Of course, if kaolin is found, and if it is fired at high temperatures, the pottery becomes porcelain, and the change is earth-shattering.

After settling the chickens and the garden, Hanzhou decided to take a walk on the street. Today, there are two places to go. One is a pharmacy, she really wants to find minerals that contain cobalt, without cobalt you can't come out of a beautiful blue, and then you can find minerals that contain manganese, she has seen a purple porcelain bottle with a compound of manganese in the glaze, which is very beautiful and noble. She can't solve the technical problem, so let's talk about it, it's also important to find the materials first.

Another place to visit is the lacquerware shop. These days in Xianyang, she finds the lacquerware shop to be the most artistic place.

I didn't like the smell before, so I took a look at the door and left, but now because I study pigments, I want to see if there are any references in those mature industries. Maybe people have a good practice, they can take it directly, and they don't have to worry about it in the house.

This is the second store I looked at today. Hanzhou found that the lacquerware inside is exquisite, but the color of the lacquer is still monotonous, only red, black, brown several colors, the inlay process is very complicated, gold, silver, copper, lead, aluminum, animal bones, turtle shells, tortoiseshell, and a variety of beautiful stones, such as turquoise, coral, Shoushan stone, Qingtian stone, as long as it is appropriate, regardless of high or low, can be inlaid on it. In this way, the colors are rich.

But ceramics are obviously difficult to match in this way. Physical changes are easy to control, while chemical changes are too difficult to master.

"Hey, it's stiff again. It's so hard to get it every time. A clerk said.

He took a small bucket of paint in his left hand and a small brush in his right hand, and said helplessly to another person.

Another person was in his forties, maybe the boss or maybe the master, and the man didn't raise his head and said, "Let you use up and cover it, but you just didn't cover it, what's the use of talking about it now?" ”

The young clerk pouted, didn't say anything, and put the paint bucket down.

Han Zhou took a step forward and said, "I heard that there is a way to make the paint not harden, I don't know if your store is willing to try it." ”

When they heard this, they both looked at the visitor strangely.

It was a girl who spoke, with a light gray robe and moon-white bloomers underneath, and her hair was not made into a bun, but a knot with white strips of cloth from behind, looking loose and a little lazy. I thought she was here to buy something, but I didn't expect to say such a thing. The two didn't react for a moment.

Han Zhou smiled: "It's presumptuous." I read in a book that said that putting leftover crab shells in a paint bucket would prevent the paint from clumping. As for why, I don't know, it's just the experience of the past. As for whether it is possible to change the turtle shell, shrimp shell, or shell, I don't know, but you can try it. ”

What she said was mentioned in a related research article about Joseph Needham in a previous teaching. The article said that the Chinese pay attention to macro observation and control, and despise micro decomposition; Pay attention to qualitative grasp and despise quantitative analysis; Pay attention to the application benefits and despise theoretical speculation; Pay attention to the accumulation of experience and despise experimental measurement; Focusing on cause and effect, and despise the ...... of elemental decomposition, this crab shell is an example, maybe there are some biological enzymes in it, but people at that time did not think about the problem like this, and just passed it on as an experience.

The two of them were noncommittal, and later, the man in his forties said, "Ah, it's not easy to find crabs this season, but if you have them in the future, you will naturally try them, and no matter what, thank you for the recipe given by the girl." ”

The other listened, and nodded busily. Cold Stream smiled back.

The middle-aged man asked, "Is the girl going to buy something?" I see that the girl has been in for a while. ”

Han Zhou shook his head and said, "I just like to look at all kinds of beautiful things, and the utensils in your store are very exquisite, so I think I have put a lot of effort into it." ”

The man smiled, nodded, and said, "Yes, there is nothing that is not hard to do in this business." After brushing and grinding, brushing after grinding, over and over again, the paint layer thickens, and then carved, piled up, inlaid ......, and the young guys who just came to learn are going to be annoyed to death. However, I am very happy to make a good thing. ”

Han Zhou nodded, "So good things are grinded out by time, and if you can't bear it, there won't be good things." ”

Both in the store nodded in agreement.

Han Zhou asked, "I looked at two lacquerware shops, and there is one thing I don't understand, and I want to ask the master." ”

The middle-aged master said cheerfully, "Girl, please speak." ”

Han Zhou said: "I don't understand why the part of this lacquer is only a few colors, green and white are rare, and the others are not visible." ”

The master smiled, and bowed his mouth to the young man as if he was taking the school exam, and asked him to answer. The man scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Actually, I don't know why, it's just experience." When things like copper, lead, and iron are mixed with lacquer, they will become black and dark, and the whole utensil will become dirty, so they should not be added to the lacquer at all. But gold, silver and silver can be painted, and stone yellow and soot can also be painted, and we generally use silver vermilion, stone yellow and soot, which are the colors you see. ”

"Oh." Han Zhou nodded, she understood, it was a chemical reaction between some element in the lacquer and the metal.

However, these lacquerware in front of me are indeed beautiful, red and black contrast, bright and warm, with various inlaid objects, it looks elegant and rich, steady and dignified.

Han Zhou's heart moved, it seemed that there was a business that could be done.

The Great Qin Dynasty implemented the unification of currency, in order to strengthen the supervision of precious metals, the people were not allowed to wear gold and silver and other ornaments, somehow, Zhuyu was also affected, so the women had no ornaments to wear. Wouldn't it be a good business to make this beautiful lacquerware into jewelry?

It's just that how to do this business has to be carefully considered.

All she can offer is design, and she only wants to provide design. From the supply of wooden, bamboo or leather tires, to the rough processing of lacquered products, this lacquerware shop can complete the work. There are two problems now, one is the source of the capital, and the other is the competition caused by the leakage of ideas. At present, the craftsmanship of this lacquerware shop is very solid, but their thinking is limited to daily necessities, such as coffins, boxes, boxes, boxes, coffins, pillows, beds, cases, tables, tables, boxes, screens, scales, etc. The second is weapons and musical instruments, such as bell stands, bell hammers, chime racks, big drums, small drums, tiger seat double bird drums, se, qin, sheng, zhu, pan flute, flute, armor, bow, crossbow, spear, ge, arrow, arrow, scabbard, shield, etc. If you order hairpins, bracelets, necklaces and other accessories from them, it will definitely open their minds, so you really have to think carefully about how to deal with their interests.

Leaving the lacquerware shop and not going to the pharmacy, Hanzhou went home directly. Along the way, she was putting together this lucrative business. When she first came to Xianyang, she didn't have a strong ** about money, and at that time the food and clothing were provided by the Hu family, and she was doing well. Recently, she had two consecutive hypoglycemias, and she was a little panicked, thinking that it might be poor nutrition. She hadn't eaten beef for a long time, not since she arrived in the Great Qin Dynasty. In this era, there must be a specific number of cattle in a county to report to the top, and how many have been born and how many have died. In this case, where can beef be sold? She is a slave, she can eat some meat from time to time, and eating a fish for ten days is already beyond the imagination of many people.

Her purpose in making money is very simple, that is, to eat well and live well. Then God cast a merciful gaze on her again and let her go back alive.

When she returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, she took a look at the study, and there was nothing she asked her to copy, so she came to the cottage where she worked, thought for a moment, opened a blank scroll of bamboo slips, and wrote down a draft of a contract. She didn't know much about the laws of the Qin Dynasty and didn't know what specific regulations were about civil legal relations. And the thing she thought of today to prevent the leakage of design ideas belongs to the category of intellectual property, which should be a blank in the Qin Dynasty. However, she thinks that although there is no specific legal provision, there should be basic legal principles, and both parties to the cooperation should enjoy their respective rights and fulfill their respective obligations under the constraints of the law, and the principles of equality, fairness, and good faith should be there. If there is such a principle, and the judicial interpretation is not biased towards one party, then if there is a problem in the performance of the contract she drafted, she can file a lawsuit.

After waiting for a while, Prime Minister Li Si returned. He looked at Xiao Han's appearance, didn't speak, and drank tea slowly. He was happy to talk to Xiao Han now, he didn't know what was going on in her head, and exploring her was a fun thing for him to do outside of work. Xiao Han was obviously waiting for him today, so he asked him to wait a little longer to see if she was always so confident and calm.

Han Zhou also saw what he meant. This man is old, like a child, he likes to play a little trick, well, if you want to play, I will play with you. When Li Si finished drinking a cup of tea, Han Zhou went over and refilled another cup for him. Lees began to drink again. Han Zhouxin said, I think you can have a few drinks? Her smiling and unhurried appearance made Li Si very angry, why didn't this girl say anything?

After the second cup of tea was drunk, Han Zhou picked up the pot again, Li Si glared at her, Han Zhou put the pot down, and waited for the next thing with a smile.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" The old man blew his beard a little and glared.

Han Zhou bowed down again, then went to his house and took the bamboo slips, and said, "I waited for Mr. to come back, I wanted to ask Mr. if I partner with someone to do business and draw up such a contract, once there is a dispute, whether the government will accept it." If so, what are the grounds for the judgment. The second question is, as my slave, whether the business I cooperate with is an equal subject of law. Xiao Han knew that in terms of law, Mr. was the most proficient. In this compound, Xiao Han can only ask Mr. ”

Li Si smiled, is this girl too smart, what kind of equal legal subjects does a domestic slave still talk to others, and what kind of contract does she make with others. However, it didn't take long to unify the Six Kingdoms, maybe there was something to say in her hometown, right? But in which country does the law say that a slave may enter into a contract of cooperation with a man? I think I, Li Si, am also a person with a broad vision, why don't I know?

It seems that she still doesn't identify with her identity, and she still sees herself as a free citizen in her bones.

Open the scroll, Gongli's official book, in one go, it seems that the thinking is quite smooth. Looking at it, Li Si couldn't help but look up at Xiao Han, thought for a moment, and looked at the content of the contract again. He was not very interested in who she partnered with, nor in what kind of business she was doing, but he was interested in the girl's ideas and insights. The content of this contract reflects the partnership, the distribution and constraints of the interests of both parties, and points to the design of the product and the agreement of the market. So where did the stuff in her head come from? Looking at that line again, its logic is clear, and the wording is rigorous and clear, which is not something that a scholar who has read a few poetry books can do. If there is any shortcoming, it is too straightforward, unlike ordinary legal texts. However, with a civil agreement, both parties can be clear about the boundaries of their respective behaviors, isn't it okay?

Closing the scroll, Li Si picked up the teacup again, he really wanted to ask Xiao Han if he had studied law, after thinking about it, he didn't ask, he could basically guess Xiao Han's answer, either he forgot it, or he was taught by the elders in the family. As for where the elders in the family are, the answer is again impossible to remember. This kind of thing has been said many times, and Li Si thinks that it must not be all true. Why is it always critical information that is missing? When it comes to eating, she is more proficient in excitement than anyone else, why can't she forget it?

Seeing that he didn't speak, Han Zhou grabbed an empty teacup and held it like that, thinking that he must be thinking about himself. Is there a flaw in today's matter? I can't let him think about it, and if he continues to think about it, he'll arrest me like a goblin.

"Sir, have you finished reading and still haven't answered my question?"

"Ah, you just write this thing to play around, it's useless." Li Si poured a basin of cold water on the ground.

"Why?"

"First, you're a house slave. Second, there is no corresponding legal provision. Third, sir, I think you're too idle. Li Si's tone was cold, just like in the courtroom.

Well? The last sentence alerted Hanzhou, what is this for? Are you going to lock me up and wash the dishes? Or is it cleaning the yard?

Li Si smiled, looking at the sad little appearance of the girl opposite, it was really cool, and you also had times when you were not calm!

"Girl!"

"Hey!" , Han Zhou hurriedly responded and made himself more humble.

"You do business in the name of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and you still need to be so troublesome? Who dares to play tricks on things that have been clarified, in this Xianyang City, I don't think anyone will dare! "The old man took it for granted.

"Huh?" Han Zhou was a little confused, this is to make her a fox and a fake tiger?

She timidly asked, "Is this okay?" Aren't we ruling the country according to law?"

"Hehe," the old man smiled, "I just said okay." Of course, I also know that you won't mess around. ”

Hanzhou thanked Mr. and retired. Out of the small courtyard, she snickered in her heart, she was pretending just now, who doesn't know what the rule of law is all about? It's just a matter of coaxing the old man to inflate himself.