Hearing him ask about the source of his porcelain, Chen Sihai couldn't help but feel a little wary in his heart, and he said in his heart: "Why does this officer surnamed Zhao want to ask about this, does he want to get involved in this business, if this is the case, he can't take care of the relationship with Xiong Wencan, and no matter what, he must stop him from stealing business with him." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Thinking of this, he asked quietly: "Could it be that General Zhao also wants to do the business of porcelain export?" ”

Observing his words, Zhao Guohua knew that Chen Sihai was wary, he smiled calmly and said: "Shopkeeper Chen, I asked you about this not to grab business with you, but to cooperate with you. ”

"Oh? Is it? What kind of cooperation method, does the general have porcelain to sell me? Chen Sihai looked at Zhao Guohua and said casually, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Nodding, Zhao Guohua said, "There is indeed porcelain to sell to Shopkeeper Chen." ”

Hearing that Zhao Guohua had porcelain to sell to himself, Chen Sihai looked at him carefully, and saw that he looked serious, without the slightest joke, so he knew that what he said was the truth, and after thinking about it, Chen Sihai asked: "I don't know where General Zhao's porcelain is?" ”

"In Jingdezhen." Zhao Guohua said.

"Which one in Jingdezhen?" Chen Sihai asked. Jingdezhen's famous porcelain factory and sellers, he knows that as long as Zhao Guohua says his name, he knows the quality of porcelain, if the quality is really good, for Zhao Guohua's sake, he doesn't mind buying some goods in the future.

Looking at him, Zhao Guohua said: "Jingdezhen Wujia Porcelain Field." ”

"Wujia porcelain field? Wujia porcelain field? ......" Chen Sihai muttered the name, and suddenly he remembered and asked, "Is the owner of the porcelain field called Wu Jincai?" ”

"Yes. It's his house. Zhao Guohua nodded.

Looking at him, Chen Sihai asked curiously: "General Zhao, I want to ask a question, please don't mind." ”

"It's okay, you can say it." Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Chen Sihai asked bluntly: "Why do you want to help Wu Jincai sell porcelain?" Are you related to him or are you related to him? ”

"Neither relatives nor causes." Zhao Guohua said.

Chen Sihai said: "Neither relatives nor causes, why do you want to help him sell porcelain?" It's weird. ”

Smiling, Zhao Guohua said: "It's not surprising, because the Wu family's porcelain field has half of my share." ”

"Huh? What does this say? Chen Sihai was even more curious, he couldn't figure out why Zhao Guohua would occupy half of the Wu family's porcelain field, even if he relied on his power to forcibly rob it, it was impossible, because he did not have a garrison in Fuliang, and through this half-day contact, he also found that Zhao Guohua was not a person who relied on power to rob other people's property

Hearing him ask about this, Zhao Guohua briefly talked about the fact that several inferior gentry in Fuliang County colluded with bandits in Tianzhu Mountain to plot against Wu Jincai, intending to break up his family, and later sent troops to rescue Wu Jincai's son, and let those inferior gentry greatly compensate Wu Jincai and avoid the tragedy of his family.

"I see. The general really saves people, and Wu Jincai knows how to repay it, which is really a good story. Chen Sihai said with a smile.

After a deep groan, Chen Sihai said: "General Zhao, to tell you the truth, the porcelain I want must be of high grade, this Wu Jincai's porcelain field, I have also dealt with it, and the porcelain burned more than ten years ago was also good, but then the level dropped a little, so I didn't enter their goods, since General Zhao has half of the share in it, then I will consider entering their house every year for 20,000 taels of silver in the future, what do you think?" ”

"Thank you for the kindness of the shopkeeper Chen, this time I let them burn a kind of high-grade porcelain that has not yet been burned in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of porcelain has high whiteness, high transparency, and delicate porcelain. This kind of porcelain appears whiter, delicate, transparent, lightweight, with few flaws, and thinner than ordinary porcelain, with a special sense of cleanliness visually, and the strength is higher than that of ordinary porcelain, which is twice that of daily porcelain. ”

Zhao Guohua narrated the characteristics of bone china.

"There's this kind of porcelain?" Chen Sihai asked in surprise.

Nodding, Zhao Guohua said: "Once this kind of porcelain is fired, it will be a big change in porcelain production, but it is extremely difficult to fire porcelain, and now they are still trying to fire." ”

"Since it is a test firing, how does General Zhao know that there is this kind of porcelain?" Chen Sihai asked

After a pause, Zhao Guohua began to talk nonsense, he said: "A year ago, I was ordered by Lord Xiong to lead the army to encircle and suppress the Liukou in a village in Dabie Mountain, and rescued an old man, he was beaten by a group of Liukou, saying that he wanted him to hand over some secret recipe, I happened to pass by, so I saved him, and saw that he was seriously injured, so I found medicine for him to extend the doctor, but because he was too seriously injured, he still did not save his life, when he died, he gave me a secret recipe for burning porcelain, he said that he was from Yuzhou, Henan Province, and he had been burning porcelain for several lifetimes, The whole family was killed by the Tartars, in order to avoid the Tartars, he and a person from the same village came to Hubei from Henan, not wanting to meet the rogue on the road, the same villager betrayed him in order to survive, and now in order to thank me, he gave me the secret recipe for firing new porcelain, and also gave me a bowl of that kind of porcelain, but unfortunately it was lost in the battle. ”

"Oh, that's right." Chen Sihai suddenly realized.

After thinking about it, Chen Sihai asked: "Since there is a secret recipe, it is okay to mix mud and burn the fire according to the secret recipe, why do you say that it is difficult to burn?" ”

"What Shopkeeper Chen said is that the trouble is that there are two parts of the secret recipe, one part is written on paper, and the other part is recorded in the old man's heart, and the old man died before he finished speaking, so I had to let Wu Jincai explore it."

After listening to this reasonable explanation, Chen Sihai said, "It's also appropriate for this old man to do this, but he just left like that, but it is a big trouble for General Zhao now." ”

Smiling, Zhao Guohua said: "Sai Weng knows if he loses his horse, if he is alive, he will not give me the secret recipe." ”

"That's just as well." Chen Sihai said with a smile. After laughing, Chen Sihai said: "General Zhao, I am selling porcelain overseas, and I also know some foreign dignitaries, some of which are related to the royal family, as long as your porcelain is fired, come and inform me, if it is indeed as good as you said, I will sell this porcelain to foreign royal families, and then I will make more money." ”

Zhao Guohua said with a smile: "The reason why I am looking for Shopkeeper Chen to cooperate, the purpose is this, to make money from rich people, to earn money from foreigners, this is the ability, annexing the land of the poor in China, what kind of ability." The poor have no land, have lost the basic conditions for survival, and they take risks and rise up, and this is one of the reasons for the emergence of the rogue. In front of hundreds of thousands of rogues, no matter how much land you have, no matter how much money you have, not all of them will be finished in the end. ”

"Yes. General Zhao is right. What a hit the nail on the head. Chen Sihai said approvingly.

Speaking of this, a short and stocky man in his fifties and sixties walked in, bowed to the two of them, and said respectfully, "Master, the guest room is ready, do you invite the guests to rest?" ”

Looking at Niu Huan and the others, Chen Sihai said: "General Zhao, you and I hit it off at first sight, I wanted to talk to you all night, but I am afraid that it will affect your rest, so let's talk about it tonight, and how about we talk about it tomorrow?" ”

"The guest is as he pleases, and he obeys the arrangement of the shopkeeper Chen." Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Seeing that he was so easy-going, without the slightest pretension of being an official, Chen Sihai was very happy, and he said: "Butler, take General Zhao and these brothers to rest, serve carefully, and there must be no slack." ”

"Yes. Master. The butler said respectfully.

After getting up the next day, after Chen Sihai's enthusiasm and breakfast at his house, Zhao Guohua, Niu Huan and others returned to "Five Lakes Inn" from Chen Sihai's house.

"You're finally back. But let me wait. Robert greeted him and complained.

Smiling, Zhao Guohua said, "I'm sorry, Robert, for keeping you waiting." ”

Robert said: "Now that my sweet potatoes and other things have been sold to you, I am waiting for you to pay, I have been delayed in Fuzhou for a while, and when you pay, I will go back to Italy." ”

"What, you're leaving, not doing business with me?" Zhao Guohua asked.

Robert shrugged his shoulders and said, "Our deal is over, what business is left?" ”

"You forgot, I said yesterday, muskets, gunpowder......" Zhao Guohua reminded him.

"Oh, I thought you were just talking." Robert said.

Zhao Guohua said: "Robert, let's do it, I will pay off the purchase of sweet potatoes and other things today 6,000 taels, and pay you another 10,000 taels of silver as a deposit, after you go back, supply me with your best musket in the West and bring me back five to ten for me to see, in addition, if it is convenient, I will also bring back 1,000 catties of gunpowder, sweet potatoes and potatoes and corn each 10,000 catties, and we will settle the bill after you come back, I will make money for you, how about it?" ”

"God, Mies Zhao, aren't you afraid that I won't come back?" Robert asked jokingly.

Haha, Zhao Guohua said: "Robert, I don't think you are this kind of person, 10,000 taels of silver will not satisfy you." If you swallow my ten thousand taels of silver, unless you don't come to Daming to do business, otherwise, I have a way to find you, and when the time comes, it is a question of whether you can return to Italy. Although he said with a smile, the warning in his words made Robert feel a little chill when he heard it.

"No, it won't. I'm not going to do that, Robert, you can rest assured. I can swear to God. Robert said, raising his hand.

After listening to Robert's words, Zhao Guohua said: "Robert, let's go to the warehouse where you stack sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn to inspect the goods, inspect the goods, pay the money, and you can return to China." ”

"Ahh God, this is the gospel I want to hear the most. Robert said happily.