"Just do what Brother Hong said! The Luo family has a piece of land in Wanning, how about putting the glass workshop there? Luo Youde didn't speak, his left index finger kept tapping on the back of his right hand, probably thinking about the pros and cons of the joint-stock model that Hong Tao said, and finally compromised.

"No! The glass workshop has to be kiln-burned, the smoke and dust are very large, and it needs to be kept secret, and it is difficult to put it in Wanning without leaking the news. I asked the Tan family here, that Ximaozhou is good, it is large enough, not far from the land, not afraid of being snooped, it is also convenient to transport goods and raw materials, and it is not easy to attract the attention of others. At present, there are no people living in it, only some of the Tan family's rows of boats docked to shelter from the storm, they are all my people, and they can help us guard the workshop. "When Hong Tao was racing with Luo Youde, he had a close look at this small island, which was densely forested and had a hill, and the terrain was very high and quiet. He also asked Wen Lao Er, it is a desert island, no one lives, and even the Tan family is just chopping wood and mooring on the beach, because there is no fresh water on it.

"There is no fresh water on that island, but it can be transported up by boat with wooden barrels, but I don't know how big the mouth of the kiln for firing glass will be?" Luo Youde lives in Zhenzhou, and he is naturally clear about this place.

"It is said that it is a kiln, but in fact it is just a crucible for smelting gold and silver, and it does not need to be too big, but it needs to be high-quality anthracite...... It's a black stone, which can be burned! After Hong Tao finished talking about anthracite, he found that Luo Youde and Luo Dacai didn't understand, so he explained again.

"Coal?" This time, Luo Dacai reacted relatively quickly, and he would rush to answer.

"That's right! Carboniferous! Make a few more large bellows, the temperature is not enough to burn the glass. The construction of this kiln mouth has to trouble Lao Luo, brother, I won't build a kiln. Hong Tao dipped his hand in the wine, and drew a crucible kiln on the table, he felt that the Great Song Dynasty had already begun to play Ru kiln, and it should not be difficult to find someone who could build a kiln. There is no difference between this crucible kiln and a porcelain kiln, as long as the crucible base is left, it is OK.

"It's easy, why don't we start right away?" Luo Youde is still an anxious man, or he doesn't want to die to make money.

"It may be too late, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fishing flood should come, the Tan family is going to go to the sea, I am still a Tan family, I must follow, by the way, I also want to try how the new ship behaved in the black water ocean." Now there are no raw materials, and there is no kiln, I can't do anything, why don't Brother Luo build a kiln, shed and warehouse on Ximaozhou first, and then prepare a small part of the raw materials, and then I start experimenting? "Hong Tao doesn't have time to be a contractor, and he wants to cheat and play tricks with himself? They are not qualified enough! Don't look for me for rough work, we're engineers, joking?

"Ah Cai, let's go back and pack up and tell the ship that we will leave for Mingzhou tomorrow." Luo Youde has no problem this time, and he is about to leave when he gets up.

"Oops...... Lao Luo, don't worry, I still have questions for you! Since we are partners, we must understand each other. You've basically figured out the situation on my side, but I still don't know anything about you, isn't that unfair? You're in such a hurry to get glass, it's not just for business, right? Why don't you tell me the details, so I'm relieved, what do you say? "Hong Tao has long felt that this Luo Youde is not normal, you say that he has an easy-going personality and likes to hunt for curiosities, he basically doesn't inquire much about Australian things these days, but he still pesters himself, and he is extremely keen and anxious about burning glass. To say that he had no other plans, Hong Tao couldn't convince himself. Regardless of whether he can help himself or not, since the partnership is doing business, we have to understand each other's situation, and we can't say that you are a smuggler, and I don't care if I do it stupidly with you.

“…… In fact, this is not a secret, originally I thought that Brother Hong already knew, since Brother Hong is a gentleman and does not inquire about other people's family backgrounds behind his back, then I will tell the truth. My surname is Luo, yes, and I am also a descendant of the Luo family, but I am a concubine, and these properties are all family's. In the past few years, my old man's health has deteriorated, and my elder brothers are keen on poetry and do not look up to businessmen. If something happens to my father, I'm afraid I'll have to sweep the floor out, so I have to plan for the future. The spice and weaving industries in Qiongzhou were all controlled by the family, and I could not interfere, and the silk and porcelain were controlled by the guilds in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Mingzhou, and outsiders could not intervene. If you can burn glass, it can be regarded as solving the urgent need of my brother. Luo Youde heard Hong Tao's question, was silent for a while, and then answered Hong Tao's question very clearly.

"I see, by the way, I ask more, can't the children of the concubine inherit the family business? Don't give at all? "Hong Tao doesn't have any opinion on whether Luo Youde is a concubine, he is a qualified businessman, knows how to give and respect, and this is enough. But adhering to the principle of understanding all the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, it is still necessary to ask clearly.

"What belongs to my mother and mine can be kept, and the family property cannot be touched!" Luo Youde was also a little helpless when he talked about it, his brothers were messing around with a group of literati and writers all day long, and the expenses were huge. His cheap dad is just a former general judge who has been demoted and returned, if he hadn't run such a business since he was young, the Luo family in Qiongzhou would have been defeated a long time ago. But in the end, he became an outsider, and although he had accumulated some private money over the years, the business name did not belong to him. Seeing that the old father was getting old day by day and was riddled with diseases, if he closed his eyes one day, the brothers who had always regarded him as an outsider and a lowly person would definitely not let him hold the power of the business again. When he thought that the business he had run was going to be wiped out, he couldn't sleep all night.

"Yes, I have no problem, this matter will not affect the cooperation between us at all, as long as you do not live up to me, I will not fail you, and at least I will give you a big family business. Look, you're pouting again, you can believe it or not, let's see! Hong Tao satisfied his curiosity, and also increased his knowledge, he was satisfied, just wanted to brag a few words of Niu X, and he was happy, but he saw Luo Dacai secretly pouting on the side, very unhappy!

"Since Brother Hong is not an outsider, we are together...... Partner, then don't hide it from Brother Hong, Ah Cai is not my housekeeper, and he is not surnamed Luo, he is my maternal uncle. The reason why I can run this business is because my maternal uncle has followed others to Nanban before, and he is familiar with the sea route and the merchants over there. It was only in order to avoid suspicion that he had to change his surname to Luo and become my housekeeper, not many people knew about this matter, and asked Brother Hong to help keep it a secret for his brother! Luo Youde also felt that it was not a matter for Hong Tao Lao and Luo Dacai to quarrel, in case he really said that he was in a hurry one day, he would just tell the truth.

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