Chapter 1213: The Enamel Controversy

The festival came as scheduled.

In the thick of spring, the flowers and plants are flourishing and the sun is shining, and there is already a hint of early summer.

As a grand festival equivalent to the Winter Clothes Festival, the Shangsi Festival is the grandest festival of spring, on this day all the unmarried daughters must wear their most beautiful dresses, show their most beautiful image, to seek the favor of their favorite men.

From early in the morning, the whole Xianyang is very lively, the streets and alleys are full of people, whether it is Keju Commercial Plaza or the shops on both sides of the street are carrying out discount promotions, at the same time, among the flow of people, you can see everywhere the bus sprayed with the words of Xianyang's first Oiran Contest, at the same time, there are beautifully decorated floats in the lively block beating gongs and drums to promote the Oiran Competition, there are beautiful little ladies dressed in cool and thin clothes in the performance of singing and dancing, causing countless hormonal animals to let out the howl of ghosts and wolves and cheers.

The Shangsi Festival is lively for the common people, and for the royal family, it is a grand ceremony.

At the end of the day, with the sound of the bronze bell in the palace, the first emperor rode out of the palace under the protection of thousands of forbidden troops in the jade chariot of the Son of Heaven, and behind him was a long list of ladies, concubines, princesses, princesses and royal cars.

At this time, the civil and military officials and princes had been waiting in the square for a long time, and in the sound of trumpets and gongs opening the way, all the carriages followed the emperor's chariot and drove to the altar outside the east gate of the city to worship heaven and earth to thank the gods for their blessings, and at the same time to carry out a traditional reserved program, that is, to go down to the river to wash their faces and feet.

Under the escort of thousands of forbidden troops sounding gongs and opening the way, where the Son of Heaven drove by, the civilians on both sides of the street all knelt on the ground and worshipped, and all the beings of the hundred families and people with status also bowed their hands and shouted to see Your Majesty.

Now the atmosphere between the emperor and the people is much milder than before, in the past, the emperor traveled, no one was allowed to stay within 30 zhang on both sides of the street, otherwise he would be put into prison or even killed on the street for the crime of disturbing the Son of Heaven, although this rule is still there, but when someone has no time to retreat, it is just a few words of loud reprimand, and the relationship between the monarch and the people seems to be extremely harmonious.

This is a grand festival celebrated by the whole world, so Chen Xu came to the east gate early in the morning with his wife, concubine, daughter and Yu Ji, waiting for the official sacrificial activities to end, and then preparing to go to the river with the family to play, and by the way, barbecue and sing together to relax.

The first emperor went out of the city, at this time the river beach outside the east gate was already crowded, many people had taken off their shoes to play and play in the shallow water by the river, and even a young man who was not afraid of the cold stripped naked and swam in the river, from time to time showing a pair of ribs to the girls on the shore who were showing their body.

"Hee-hee, you see that young man is so stupid!"

"Who says it isn't!"

"Oops, I'm not wearing dirty pants!"

"So you're still peeking!?"

"Who is peeking, black, thin and ugly, I came to see Qinghe Hou today!"

"Don't be a nymphomaniac, how could Qinghe Hou fall in love with us?"

"I'm just thinking about it, but I heard that there is news from the Qinghe Hou Mansion, and I heard that several Hou concubines think that the maids and maids in the backyard are too old, and they want to let them out to marry, so they want to buy some small maids and maids again......

"Really? Why don't we ask the teacher to help ask, I really want to serve Qinghehou, I heard that not only does he eat and drink well, but he also distributes soap for cleaning and bathing every season? ”

"It's just soap, I want to serve Hou Ye to take a bath every day......"

"Hehe, disease is committed again, I heard that there are several ladies who help Hou Ye take a bath, and the maids and maids can't touch their hands, you went to help Hou Ye wash his pants and pour the night pot at most!"

"I also like to wash the dirty pants, wow, look, the emperor's reliance is out, the marquis of Qinghe...... The second is the carriage of the Marquis of Qinghe......"

A group of girls in women's college uniforms playing by the river suddenly burst into cheer.

And almost instantly, there was jubilation on the river beach in the east of the city, which was more than ten miles long, and more than 100,000 people knelt down to welcome the arrival of the first emperor.

Although the sacrificial ceremony of the Shangsi Festival is solemn, it is not very serious, because this is not a worship of the temple to comfort the ancestors, in the tsunami-like cheers of the mountains, thousands of forbidden troops surrounded a bluestone altar full of grass and wild flowers on the river beach, and the civilians watching around retreated dozens of feet like a tide to watch.

The First Emperor got out of the car and came to the altar surrounded by the royal family and civil and military officials.

Under the arrangement of the false and gray Taizhu, Taibu set up an incense case on the top of the altar, Dazai enshrined the Shaojiao, Taile commanded a group of Yuefu musicians to play the music dedicated to the sacrifice, a group of masked witches babbled around the altar and danced the ancient special dance, Taishi took a pen and paper to record this grand ceremony, after a burst of drum dance, the opening ceremony ended, and the first emperor boarded the altar under the escort of a group of Xuanwu guards, Unfold a roll of black silk book and recite a piece of sacrificial text in a frustrated tone and then throw it into the incense burner and light it, only an hour before and after, the sacrificial activity is over, under the leadership of the first emperor, everyone takes off their shoes and socks and goes down to the river, and hundreds of Daqin nobles wearing official robes and brocade clothes stand together in the slightly cold river water to wash their faces and wash their hands.

After the end of the sacrificial activities, the first emperor returned to the palace with a group of concubines, some princesses or together or alone with the palace maids and guards scattered on the river beach to play and fly kites, followed by the princes and ministers of civil and military affairs all rode back to the city by car, because according to the legal arrangement, there was a court meeting after half an hour.

Chen Xu followed the servants to find the family who was flying kites on the river beach, and after a few words, he went back to the Qinghe Marquis Mansion to wash up and then go to the court.

When Chen Xu entered the court hall, almost all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty arrived, and the bell rang in the middle of the hour, and the first emperor changed his usual court clothes and wore a crown to enter the court from the apse accompanied by a group of palace people and chamberlains.

After a flurry of routine greetings from the monarchs and ministers, they each sat down, and the court quickly fell silent.

"Today's Shangsi Festival, the next three days off, so you Aiqing will play some official documents that have not yet been disposed of quickly, so as not to delay the fun of your Aiqing's vacation!"

The First Emperor's eyes swept over the civil and military officials sitting in the hall before smiling.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of Dawan asked about the enamel tableware, and asked Your Majesty to show how to deal with it?" The Pawn stood up and played the report.

"I allow them to buy porcelain glass, enamel is currently used for military supplies, don't reply in advance, wait until the end of this trade fair to discuss!" The First Emperor spoke with a calm face.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Pawn sat down.

"Your Majesty, since the princes and vassal countries and the people of the West like enamel so much, the minister thinks that the enamel technology can be released and the private merchants can participate in the preparation and production of the enamel factory to meet the needs of civil use and export!" Chen Xu stood up and arched his hand and said.

"Zuo Xiang said well, the enamel is strong and beautiful, there is the strength of iron, the beauty of porcelain, the price is also affordable, my people in Daqin also like it, I think that the merchant can open a factory to produce civilian enamel, in order to distinguish the armament!" Some officials from Zhongshu Province stood up and put up the post.

"Well, the young master is reasonable, this strategy is feasible!" Qin Shi Huang nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, the enamel manufacturing process is complex, involving steel, casting, glass, ceramics and other different patent bills more than 10 articles, but also need large-scale stamping and casting equipment and skilled craftsmen to guide, there is not enough funds can not be supported, the most important thing is not to let the private investment too much, after all, enamel is not a daily necessities such as grain, cloth and pottery, once the investment is excessive, these enamel factories will inevitably reduce the price of each other in order to sell each other to cause vicious competition, which is not good for the country and the people, so the minister thinks that this matter needs to be strictly restricted!" The Ministry of Industry ordered Jae Hong to stand up and said.

"The Ministry of Slaughter and Industry is reasonable, if the enamel technology is fully liberalized, many businessmen will inevitably rush to the top, in order to seize the market, they will compete with each other at lower prices, but I am afraid that the profiteers will become Hu businessmen in the southeast and northwest, and I Daqin has not made much money from it!" Another Ministry of Industry official stood up to post for his boss.

"The minister seconded the proposal, the enamel factory should not be blindly expanded, not to mention that things are scarce and expensive, once there is more, anything is worthless, only I Daqin has enamel glass porcelain and other exquisite things in the world, why bother to expand production in order to please these Western barbarians, not to mention that once the enamel technology is stolen and spread, the Western barbarians themselves can make it themselves, and they will definitely no longer buy from my Daqin, don't you make wedding dresses for others?"

"Well, that's true, although the enamel is good, the price is still expensive, and the common people still can't afford it, so it's not wise to blindly expand it!"

"But the princes and the vassal countries of the Western Regions and the Great Wan Kingdom in the West are all buying in large quantities, so they can't watch the money and not make it?"

"Who said that it won't make money, if the quantity is small and expensive, it will be sold to them......"

There was a slight commotion in the court, some nodding and some shaking their heads, and even discussing the pros and cons with each other.

"Silence!" Qin Shi Huang, who was sitting on the dragon couch, knocked lightly on the imperial case, and the court instantly quieted down, Qin Shi Huang turned his head to look at Chen Xu and said with a pleasant face: "The country of princes and the West have needs, and I can't abandon them, but the manufacturing processes such as steel, cement, enamel, porcelain, and glass are all secrets of my Great Qin, and they cannot be passed on unless I allow it. ”

"Yes, the minister must properly arrange the construction of the new enamel factory!" Chen Xu bowed his hand and sat down.

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