Xinzheng is the fundamental place of the Gao family, and this "fundamental" is not necessarily the foundation of the economy, which can be counted in the past, and now with Gao Pragmatism, it cannot be counted in this way.

Gao Pragmatism has two "industrial clusters" in Henan, with Weihui and Huaiqing to the north of the river, which are dominated by cement and supplemented by coal mines and iron works.

The annual output of cement here is more than 800,000 catties, which sounds very powerful, in fact, it is only equivalent to the production capacity of a large cement plant in later generations for one to two days, in addition to the production of agricultural tools and coal, needless to say, Henan has always been a large agricultural province, and all kinds of agricultural tools can be sold, and Gao Pragmatic does not plan to make his industry in Henan militarized, after all, there is no local demand, and it is not cost-effective to transport it far away.

However, there is far more coal than iron in this area, so a large number of remaining coal mines are transported directly through the Yellow River, flowing west into Luoyang and east into Kaifeng. Zhang's according to the high pragmatic arrangement, in Luoyang and Kaifeng have honeycomb coal plants, after the arrival of the coal mine made into honeycomb coal sold in these two places, although the sales are worse than Jingshi, but the two places together can also earn 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver a year, in fact, it is not a small amount, only because of the name of Gao pragmatic, it is relatively inconspicuous.

The coal mines in Xinzheng and the iron mines in Yuzhou are highly pragmatic in order to benefit the fame of the township, at the beginning it was mainly to produce agricultural tools, and later added other living ironware, such as iron pots, iron kettles, etc., and then expanded to the production of iron sheets, which were used to supply the military to make armor, etc., and a small number of arrows.

The surplus coal is still made of honeycomb coal, but it is basically sold at a low price without looking at profits, just as a prestige among the neighbors.

Later, Zhang's was a little dissatisfied with the industry here, and kept writing to Gao Shishi, saying that Yuzhou is the origin of the famous porcelain Jun kiln of the Song Dynasty, and the Gao family is now a leader in Xinzheng and Yuzhou, and should enter the porcelain industry and strive to restore the status of Jun kiln, but now it can not be called Jun kiln, because it is necessary to avoid today, so it has to be renamed Yu kiln.

Gao pragmatic because he has always felt that China's porcelain industry does not need him to intervene to promote, so he is not very enthusiastic about this matter, but Zhang is very enthusiastic about this matter The value of Jun kiln is not a joke, China's five famous porcelain, Jun, Ru, Guan, Ge, Ding, Jun porcelain, said to be the king of porcelain. "Gold is priceless and priceless", "Even if you have a lot of wealth, it is better to have a piece of Jun porcelain", these are all words that have been widely spread in the Song Dynasty in the past.

So Zhang has been looking for opportunities to persuade his son, and at the same time, he is not just waiting for high pragmatic words, but starting to prepare first.

Taking advantage of Gao Gong's power and her son's wealth, she has been recruiting porcelain masters in Yuzhou, Ruzhou and other places in Henan, waiting to persuade her son to approve the investment.

In order to persuade Gao Pragmatic, she also deliberately replaced several of the most conspicuous furnishings in the east room prepared for Gao Pragmatic to live in Longwen Yayuan with Jun porcelain.

But it's a pity that Gao Pragmatic didn't understand porcelain at all, and after a few laps in it, Leng didn't pay attention to porcelain. Later, the Zhang family was angry, and the old lady even wrote a letter to the third brother in order to gather these Jun porcelain in front of you, and asked him to send the Zhang family's most handsome treasures in Yangzhou, and even in order to escort this batch of national treasure-level Jun porcelain, she also transferred a full 500 people from Xinzheng and Yuzhou to escort you all the way to the stinky boy who was blind and didn't see it

Zhang's anger said the situation, Gao pragmatic was a little confused, in Zhang's heartache under the introduction of careful looks, finally showed the wonder, what "earthworms walk mud lines", "like jade non-jade Teng like jade", "green like the first birthday of spring water, red like the morning glow when you want to go up." The sky is full of smoke and stars, and the sunset is purple and green."

Then he said suddenly, "I've seen a lot of these Jun porcelain in the palace."

Zhang's anger was uncontrollable, "There are naturally many in the palace, because in the former Song Dynasty and the former Yuan Dynasty, only in the palace, where can the people see a few pieces, this is the precious place" She looked angry and indisputable, and said, "When I came to the Ming Dynasty, Yuzhou Jun kiln declined, but some of the Jun kiln production methods were scattered in Yixing, Shiwan and other places, and there were some Jun porcelain side pragmatic, this is our Zhongzhou famous porcelain, we should revive it"

"Oh, yes." Gao pragmatic thought about it, and secretly said in his heart that the decline of Yuzhou Jun kiln may be related to the loss of the Central Plains in the Northern Song Dynasty, and later after the Ming Dynasty expelled Meng Yuan, because most of the porcelain masters went to the south, and the Ming Dynasty did not attach great importance to Henan, so the Jun kiln has not been revived much, if this is the case, I invest one or two is not impossible.

But he thought about it, and it was okay to invest, but it couldn't be like the previous Jun kiln that only took the upper route, or simply only the cutting-edge route. In the past, there was a saying in Jun kiln, called "ten kilns and nine failures", which I couldn't stand, and I had to greatly improve the yield and yield rate.

There is also, since you want to invest in the porcelain industry, then just pondering in the domestic market can not mix, porcelain in the eyes of others how I don't care, but in my eyes, the biggest function is to export foreign exchange China's porcelain is a global monopoly of high-tech products, I don't take this to shear sheep, it's simply intolerable

Thinking of this, Gao pragmatic has no resistance to entering the porcelain industry, and he plans to wait for the restoration of the Jun kiln to be slightly effective, and then take out the bone china process as another skill of the new Jun kiln or Yu kiln.

Anyway, the idea is ready-made, the traditional Jun kiln can continue to focus on the high-end, while the bone china focuses on the mid-end, as for the low-end and low-end, it is not done.

Of course, the name bone china has to be replaced, otherwise it is too easy to be revealed, such as Yu kiln light porcelain. The real advantages of bone china are actually three things: lightweight, strong and few flaws. As for what kind of permeability, delicacy, extraordinarily white, etc., China's inherent porcelain can actually be made, and the reason why it is often not made too transparent is actually because of China's cultural tradition of loving jade.

Gao Pragmatic has seen research before, from the Chinese porcelain for the glazing technology of the point of view, China can make glass, but why China has not been to crystal clear glass for so many years, because jade is not transparent, and China's various skills like to imitate jade, so there is no consideration of making glass that is pure and transparent.

However, the lightness and sturdiness of bone china is indeed an advantage, especially for exports, sturdiness can ensure that the loss during transportation is minimized, and it is lightweight and can reduce the difficulty of transportation.

As soon as Zhang heard that Gao Shishi had agreed, he immediately turned his anger into joy, and said, "Since this is the case, Weiniang will immediately call a few masters over to see you."