Runzhou City, Furong Building.

This is the first restaurant recognized in Runzhou, built on the Yuehua Mountain in the city, built by Wang Gong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The reason why it is famous all over the world is because the great poet Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty was demoted to Jiangning County, and he once sent a friend to the north by boat in nearby Jinling, and feasted on the Furong Tower one night in advance, and wrote a popular masterpiece "Furong Lou Sends Xin Gradual":

"The cold rain and the river enter Wu at night, and Pingming sends off the guest Chushan Lonely. Luoyang relatives and friends asked each other, and a piece of ice was in the jade pot. ”

It is this masterpiece that has made Furong Tower famous all over the world since then, famous in ancient and modern times, which is the influence of the great writer.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Furong Building was purchased by the Du family, one of the nine major families in Jiangzuo, and the Furong Building was renovated and repaired.

Whether it is the natural scenery of the restaurant environment or the halo blessing of the reputation of the historic sites, it makes Furong House deserve to be the first restaurant in Runzhou.

At night, the Furong Building is brightly lit, the real dignitaries, giants and gentry, will feast and drink here, only to appear the most high-grade, this is the Bairun Building, Fengyue Building, Tianfu Building can not be compared with the advantage.

In the private room on the second floor of the Furong Building, the Ding family is going to hold a banquet here tonight, specially for the merchants and squires who make ceramic sounds in Runzhou City, and their porcelain business is different.

Some operate porcelain shops locally, distributing porcelain to villages and towns outside the city, mainly for daily necessities, which are in high demand, but often not at high prices.

Some are large businessmen who go to Huzhou, Changzhou, Jiangzhou, Yuanzhou and other state capitals to operate and sell.

Some are engaged in the porcelain business of neighboring Fanbang, such as the porcelain tea road of Wuyue, Fujian, Shu, Dali, Southern Han and Western Regions, and the demand is not small.

There are also those who specialize in running by sea and doing business with Khitan, Goryeo, Fusang, and Nanyang, which is risky but profitable.

These dozens of merchants can be said to be business tycoons who bought porcelain for resale and distribution in various parts of the south and Fanbang, and they used to buy celadon at wholesale prices from the Ding family, and then buy white porcelain from the Bai family, and cooperated with the two families at the same time.

Tonight, the Ding family invited everyone to the most luxurious Furong Building in Runzhou to set up a banquet, they were still a little strange, and they felt that this year's porcelain business meeting seemed to be in advance, and the banquet specifications were moved from Tianfu Building to Furong Building.

"Boss Liang, you are also here to attend this banquet."

"The head of the Ding family sent an invitation, how can you not come, Boss He, you are also here."

"Is this Boss Ouyang? I'm glad I will! ”

"Oh, several bosses have arrived, Shen is a step late, forgive me!"

"It's okay, the head of the Ding family hasn't appeared yet, so it's not too late."

As soon as this person's voice fell, Ding Yuexi walked down from the staircase, seemed to have just come down from the third floor to the banquet, came to the door of the private room, and hugged his fists to the guests who appeared inside: "Bosses, Ding just took a seat upstairs, accompanied Yin Tingshi for two drinks, and did not go downstairs to greet him in person, only let the dog and the steward attract guests downstairs, the number of courtesies is incomplete, please forgive me!" ”

Most of these businessmen were third-rate families, and they were considered wealthy squires in Jiangzuo, not giants; Among them, there are only three or four second-rate families, all of which are too inferior to the Ding family, and I heard that Ding Yuexi accompanied Yin Tingshi on the third floor for two drinks, and suddenly showed admiration and envy.

Usually, it is very difficult for them to see the assassin history, and they also know in their hearts that Yin Zhengxiong is Ding Yuexi's eldest brother, and Ding Yin calls Yin the assassin an uncle.

"The head of the Ding family doesn't have to be polite, it's an honor for us to be invited to this banquet."

"Thanks to the care of the head of the Ding family, we can earn a lot of silver in our family's porcelain business, and we also set up a banquet several times a year, and we have an opportunity to exchange and do porcelain business, which is even more commendable."

"That's right, the head of the Ding family has the strength and is admired by contemptible."

These businessmen are all exquisite people, and they also talk about people when they speak, talk nonsense when they see ghosts, and they come when they open their mouths to pat horses! Of course, when it comes to turning the face, it is faster than turning the book, and everything is based on interests.

"Brothers, please take a seat." Ding Yuexi stretched out his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

In this large room, three large round tables were placed, each table was more than ten people, and a total of more than forty people were accommodated.

On the seats, there is a small wooden sign with a brush written in black letters, with their names written on it, and the seats are arranged in advance.

The one who can sit at the same table with Ding Yuexi must be a second-rate family, or the head of the third-rate family, the seats are arranged according to the family's financial resources, just like the officialdom, the concept of hierarchy is used to it, and I am not surprised.

After everyone took their seats, Ding Yuexi smiled and clapped his hands.

In a moment, some beautiful maids walked in from outside the door, holding pieces of fine white porcelain in their hands, with bowls, stoves, plates, pots, bowls, saucers, cups, pots, porcelain vases, etc., placed on each table.

"It's ...... Fine white porcelain? ”

These merchants looked at the white porcelain, looked at each other, and thought that the Ding family would let people serve celadon. This is the case every year, if there is a process innovation, a more detailed porcelain surface, or a new celadon with changes in patterns and shapes, it will be shown to everyone, but this year it is the first white porcelain, which makes people scratch their heads.

However, there are also businessmen who are well-informed and have heard about the secret, and recently the Ding family bought off a porcelain craftsman of the Bai family and got the secret recipe for making fine white porcelain.

Ding Yuexi smiled slightly and said, "Everyone, it must be very strange why this banquet, the Ding family will let people show white porcelain instead of celadon first." Hehaha, these are not the fine white porcelain of the Bai family, but the latest fired by my Ding family, which is not inferior to the porcelain of the Bai family. ”

When everyone heard this, they were surprised and curious to pick up these white porcelains and observe them carefully, and found that these porcelains were really similar to the white porcelain of the Bai family.

Ding Yuexi stroked his beard, showed a confident look on his face, and said in a firm tone: "From this month, the Ding family will officially produce white porcelain, and it will be fired on a large scale with celadon. If you buy celadon and white porcelain from the Ding family, then the price will definitely have a big discount, the price of white porcelain, will be lower than the Bai family by two percent, and the celadon will also drop by one percent, these two kinds of porcelain are purchased in bulk from the Ding family, and your cost will be reduced a lot! ”

The businessmen and squires present, but they are all human spirits, quickly calculated in their hearts, if the purchase of white porcelain is lower than the price of the Bai family last year, the celadon can drop by one percent, and it can really save a lot of porcelain introduction costs, and the profits will naturally be more.

However, some of the heads of the family here also have a good relationship with the Bai family, and they have cooperated for decades, but they are not cut off, so they are in danger.

Ding Yuexi glanced at He Jikuan, the head of the He family, who was also seated, and asked, "Brother He Xian, there seems to be something unspeakable?" ”

He Jikuan looked embarrassed, and arched his hand: "It's not a secret, the He family has been doing porcelain business in Fanbang for 20 years, and every year it is from the Ding family to introduce celadon and buy white porcelain from the Bai family. What's more, the old man of the Bai family still had some help and support for the He family ten years ago, and He really couldn't pull his face, so he broke off his friendship with the Bai family directly! ”

"Yes, Brother He's words are polite, and so is my Tang family, I have received the favor of the old man of the Bai family, as long as the old man Bai is alive, I Tang Zhiyi will not be able to turn my face!"

The rest of the people also nodded, although the Ding family is one of the nine major families in Jiangzuo, but the same is true of the Bai family, it's not easy to offend, at least it can't be cut off directly, the big deal is to introduce some from the Bai family, and then buy some white porcelain from the Ding family.

Ding Yuexi suddenly laughed and said, "Your thoughts, Ding can understand, but you don't have to worry about the old man of the Bai family questioning you." Because this afternoon, I have already received news from Baifu that Old Man Bai is very old, and he has suddenly suffered a stroke and is unconscious. The Bai family invited Lang Zhong, but it was difficult to save him, even if he didn't have to worry about his life for a while, he might not be flexible for a while, his mouth and eyes were crooked, and it was difficult to take care of himself, and he couldn't speak. ”

After hearing this, everyone showed surprise, but when they thought of Bai Fengxian's seventy years, they were suddenly surprised, but they didn't think much about it.