Looking at the basin in front of him, Liu Yongnian's face was a little weird. After a long while, he said: "Porcelain is the most important and pure, either green or white, and the one that is pure and has no light is the best." What you're doing is too cheesy. ”

Supervisor Tan, who was in charge of porcelain burning, said: "Tai Lieutenant, people overseas like this style. These colors were ordered by the merchant who took his own porcelain, and let us follow them. He ordered more than 10,000 yuan of goods, such a generous guest, naturally we will do what they want. ”

Liu Yongnian said: "That's it, you always have to make money when you start." In this way, in addition to burning for him, you can move some people out and specialize in supervising a batch for me and Deng Du. It doesn't have to be too much, it's okay to be 100 or 100 outside. As for the glaze, when the celadon is the mainstay, plus some glaze uniform porcelain, I will give it away. It's just that we wait a few more days so that you don't have to make it difficult. ”

Director Tan said yes. Different glaze processes are different, and the temperature is different when firing, and Liu Yongnian's requirements are actually very high, which affects the normal production here. However, his identity is very high, and Director Tan can only grit his teeth and agree.

The porcelain in this area, the northwest is the Ru kiln, and the north is the Jun kiln, which is not far away. The iron supervisor fired the enamel, which is mainly in the style of these two kilns. The green and white porcelain of Ru kiln and the kiln of Jun kiln are all excellent in later generations, and they are all national treasures. However, the style of the Central Plains is very different from the porcelain sold for export, and it emphasizes simplicity. The porcelain patterns for export are complicated, and in Liu Yongnian's eyes, it is a vulgar word. He is a Danqing national player at this time, and he has extremely high requirements for this, even if he has a pattern, it cannot be this kind of pattern.

In fact, Du Zhongxiao is not satisfied with the current enamel basin. Cups and bowls can be poured or poured, you can use solid colors, which is what you remember. The basin is also a solid color, and then it is azure and snow-white, and many exquisite, he also looks unpleasant. The enamel basin in my memory is made of a white background, and it is painted with bright flowers and birds, which is very beautiful. Su Su's pot, how to look at it and feel wrong.

Out of the iron prison, Liu Yongnian said to Deng Baoji: "Eunuch, it is early spring now, the flowers and plants are sprouting, and the sun is shining. Anyway, we have to wait here for a few days, why don't we go to Qingliang Temple to burn incense and visit? ”

Deng Baoji said: "That's the best." Qingliang Temple is not far from here, we said to Du Yunju, stay for two days, and come back just in time. ”

Qingliang Temple is located in the mountains not far from the iron prison, it is a big temple, at this time the incense is prosperous, and the fame is not small. This temple is located deep in the mountains, and there is a graphite mine nearby, and the iron supervisor arranged for people to mine it. Originally, that area belonged to Wuyang County, and when the iron supervisor was established, it was drawn over.

The iron supervisor was established, and the smelted iron was piled up in a mountain and could not be sold. A few days ago, Qingliang Temple sent a monk to take out thousands of dollars and purchase some iron to cast an iron Buddha in the temple. It's not yet cast, and the iron prison is still there.

casually can take out a few thousand pieces of money, which makes Du Zhongxiao sigh that the temple is really rich. The temple is still in the deep mountains, the morning incense is inconvenient, if it is in a prosperous place, it is okay.

The railway from Yexian to Xiangcheng organized by the imperial court was completed, but the southward railway organized by the railway supervisor himself was still under construction. At this time, it has passed Fangcheng County, and will soon extend to Qingtai Town, and the iron supervisor is about to be connected with Yingtianwu by railway. Du Zhongxiao was still busy, accompanying Liu Yongnian and Deng Baojie for two days, and then let them play at will. Yesterday, the two went to the shop to buy goods, and they didn't want the enamel basin to run out, so Du Zhongxiao came forward and let part of the production capacity come out and specially burned it for them.

The iron supervisor of the enamel basin sold eight yuan to sell one, and the two of them bought fifty yuan each, which is four hundred yuan. These rich and noble families are atmospheric. Du Zhongxiao himself, spending four hundred times at a time, has to hesitate. Although there are a lot of industries now, and the annual income is much more than these two people, the Du family has not been in the business for a few years, and the family background is far inferior. The rich have no savings, and they are still incomparable with these rich people for several generations.

Du Zhongxiao entered the flower hall, and two businessmen in their forties stood there, hurriedly saluting.

This is the maritime merchant who buys enamels, the two brothers, the big thing Qi Bolin, and the second brother Qi Zhongma. They went to sea from Mingzhou and trafficked porcelain all year round. A few years ago, I received a batch of treasures from overseas, and went to the capital to sell, and I heard that Ye Jian had been prosperous here recently, so I turned around to take a look. When I saw the new enamel, I fell in love with it at a glance. took out nearly 20,000 yuan of capital, ordered the goods, and prepared to sell them overseas.

The guest and the host sat down, and Du Zhongxiao said: "As soon as Xian Kunzhong makes a move, he is very easy to do, such a generous businessman, it is rare here in the iron supervisor." I only heard that you are engaged in maritime business, but I don't know where the goods are sold? ”

Qi Bolin arched his hand and said: "Huiguanren, the younger brother's family is in Mingzhou, and the most goods are sold to Japan and Goryeo. We had a fleet at home and often went to these two places to trade. In addition, if you also sell goods to the South Seas, you will have to take someone else's ship. ”

Although Mingzhou is south of the Yangtze River, it is particularly convenient to get to Japan due to the trade winds. The direction is right, and it will be very convenient to get to Japan in four or five days. For them, it is a long journey to the Central Plains, which is not as convenient as those places.

Du Zhongxiao nodded, and said: "I heard that overseas Japan is a big country and produces a lot of gold and silver, I don't know if it is or not?" ”

Qi Bolin said: "When we go to Japan, we only go to the port to sell goods, and the place is not big. According to the local aborigines, there are many islands in the country, and there are many Tibetan countries, and the place is not small, but I have never been there. As for gold and silver, the price there is indeed lower than that of the Central Plains. However, in many places in the ocean, gold and silver are cheaper than those in the Central Plains, and I don't know if they produce more. There is a lot of sulfur there, and it is abundant and cheap. ”

Sulfur is the raw material of gunpowder, and Du Zhongxiao was very interested when he heard it: "Oh, if you sell sulfur back to the Central Plains, won't you be able to make a lot of money?" ”

Qi Bolin said: "This thing is not used much, although it is very profitable, but the amount is small." ”

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but smile when he heard it: "How can the amount be small?" If you can sell it here, I will have as much as I want! ”

When the two brothers heard this, they looked at each other and said, "Can the official's words be serious?" It's not hard to sell, but it's not much use except for making medicine. We are maritime merchants, all of whom sell goods in large quantities, and we are most afraid that we will not be able to sell them, which will delay us for several years and reduce our capital. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I am an official of the imperial court, how can I deceive you!" Sulfur is a very useful thing, as long as it is sold, there is as much as you want! ”

The two brothers were overjoyed, discussed in a low voice, and said, "This matter is not difficult! After a while, the trade winds rose, and you could go back and forth to Japan in a month. When the time comes, we will sell some sulphur and still come to exchange for enamel. We are going to sell these porcelains to Nanyang, if the business is good, there will inevitably be more maritime merchants to come to buy, and the same is true for the iron supervisor! ”

After speaking, his younger brother Qi Zhongma said: "But it is very inconvenient to go to Nanyang here. If you go along the waterway, you have to go from the Han River to the Yangtze River, and after entering the Yangtze River, you have to turn back to enter the Xiangjiang River before you can go south. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Have you seen the railway under the supervision of the railway now?" When the road is opened, you can take a car and go straight down the Yangtze River. ”

Qi Zhonglin said: "The little one has heard about it, and now he can go to Fangcheng County." We originally went east to the Bianhe River, down the river, and then turned to the Yangtze River, and the detour was far away. It is said that this car is more convenient, and this time it will be divided into two roads. One way still take the Bianhe River, and the other way to the Han River, to see if you can get through. In the future, if this road is opened, it will be much easier. However, if this road is really good, it will be even better if it can be repaired to Jiangling Mansion and can cross the lake to Xiangshui. ”