Chapter 50: The Secret of the White Porcelain Cup
When Jin Ling heard this, her face was full of tears with joy: "Madam, we have finally come to an end." ”
Qing'er bit her lip to restrain the excitement in her heart, but when she thought that she had suffered this grievance for no reason, the tears couldn't stop falling, she turned around and hurried towards the house, and ordered Jin Ling: "Close the door, I won't see anyone." Jin Ling was stunned for a while, and suddenly understood, and hurriedly closed the door with a "bang", being a wife who was suspected of infidelity by her husband for no reason, and she had lost face.
Mu Li, who grew up in the army, didn't understand the Tao, she thought something had happened to Qing'er, so she rushed up the stone steps and slammed the door: "Madam, what's wrong with you, open the door quickly." Jin Ling saw that she was unconscious, so she replied angrily: "What are you arguing about, can't Mrs. want to be quiet for a while?" When Mu Li heard this, she retracted her hand helplessly,
Xiao Qi, the guard who came with her, was persuading: "Husband and wife quarrels and quarrels are indispensable, not to mention how big it is, you can't control this matter, senior sister." Mu Li rubbed her hands and sweated anxiously: "The general ordered me to pick up people, and I returned empty-handed, how can I explain it." Xiao Qi smiled: "You just report it truthfully, the general won't blame you." When Mu Li heard this, he was suspicious, and was about to ask carefully, when the door suddenly opened, and Jin Ling stood guard at the door, staring at Mu Li with a smile, and said: "You go back and tell the general, Madame wants to be quiet for two days, and we will naturally go back in two days, so I won't bother you to wait here." After saying that, he slowly closed the door,
"This ......" Mu Li was about to step forward to ask what was going on, but was pulled by Xiao Qiyi,
"Senior sister, don't go, isn't it already very clear what people say, you have to come and invite the general in person before you are willing to go back, so don't go to be bored."
Mu Li said: "How can this be done, I didn't do what the general told me, how can I go back, no, I can't go." ”
The two were arguing, Zhang Lang pushed open the courtyard door and accompanied Yang Hao in, Xiao Qi grinned and said in a low voice: "Don't talk, there is a good show to watch." Mu Li didn't listen and stepped forward and was about to speak, Yang Hao made a gesture to signal her not to say hello and speak, and walked lightly to the window of the left wing room and stood up, and then gave Zhang Lang a look, Zhang Lang stepped forward and knocked on the door, knocking loudly and said: "Jin Ling, open the door quickly, I am Zhang Lang, the general has something to give to Madame." The door squeaked open, and as soon as Jin Ling showed his head, he was dragged out by Zhang Lang, and walked out.
At the same time, Yang Hao pushed open the front window and jumped into the house, Mu Li was dumbfounded, and was about to ask Zhang Lang, when suddenly Qing'er's exclamation came from the house, and then there was the sound of something being knocked over,
Zhang Lang took Jin Ling's hand and walked out, while saying to Mu Li, who came up, "Don't do your business with me, go out quickly." Xiao Qijiao jumped out first, Mu Li had no choice but to follow out of the yard, as soon as the courtyard door was closed, no matter how loud the house was, he couldn't hear any noise.
Xiao Qi leaned on the door and looked in through the crack in the door, and after about a stick of incense, he suddenly exclaimed: "Wow, the general is really powerful." Zhang Lang pushed him away, looked inside, and couldn't help but shout: "It's really amazing." Jin Ling said excitedly: "What's it, let me see." Zhang Lang was squeezed away, her face just closed on the crack of the door, and the courtyard door opened, just a little bit her face hit Yang Hao's waist, Jin Ling suddenly blushed with shame, but Zhang Lang and Xiao Qi pursed their lips and snickered on the side,
Qing'er re-groomed, her eyebrows were like the moon, her lips were red, and a thin layer of carmine was applied to her cheeks, looking radiant and very energetic, her body was slightly inclined to Yang Hao, her demeanor was very intimate, Yang Hao instructed Zhang Lang and Jin Ling: "Go in and clean up the house, and bring back all the things of Madame." ”
Mu Li wanted to go with him, but he was stopped by Xiao Qi and complained in a low voice: "At this time, you are looking for it, aren't you looking for awkwardness." Zhang Lang also persuaded Mu Li: "Xiao Qi is right, let's not get involved, the Mulan boxing you played a few days ago is very good, can you point me out." Mu Li suddenly came to his senses when he heard the practice of boxing, pursed his lips and smiled: "That is the boxing technique used by women to defend themselves, what do you learn to do as a big man, if you want to learn boxing, I will teach you another set." ”
Zhang Lang said: "As long as you want, you can teach anything, but this place is too small, let's go outside." Mu Li nodded excitedly, Zhang Lang turned back to Xiao Qi and said, "I'll leave the matter here to you." ”
Xiao Qi secretly complained, but he didn't dare to talk back, so he had to bow his head and answer yes, as soon as the two left, Jin Ling suddenly became proud, she crossed her waist and smiled at Xiao Qi, her expression was very strange, Xiao Qi was a little hairy in her heart, and grinned and said: "There is not much to live, you rest, I'll clean up." ”
"Don't want to go." Jin Ling suddenly turned her face, and with a coquettish sound, she stepped on Xiao Qi's feet fiercely,
"Ahh Xiao Qi screamed like a pig,
Wang Moshan's coal mine after two months of trial operation, finally officially opened to the public, the opening day, Fengzhou military, political, civil and business leaders from all walks of life came to cheer, the celebration was held in the square in the mining area, the scene was grand, the atmosphere was warm, the drummer alone invited more than 100 people, for the celebration specially set up a high platform covered with the bright red carpet woven by the Fengzhou blanket factory, one hundred and eighty tables of flowing water banquet were placed on the flat ground under the high platform, two thousand people to which station, black pressing, see the people surging,
Yang Haochen crossed the river at the end of the time to rush to the celebration site, the accompanying guards were five or six hundred people, with a full guard of honor, giving Wang Moshan enough face, the first moment of the celebration began, in addition to gongs and drums, but also put eighteen salutes, this idea is provided by Yang Hao, the so-called salute is to fill the sealed bamboo with gunpowder, the huge sound of the explosion is earth-shattering, very boost morale, and the solemnity of the scene when the salute is released in the later celebrations, the huge sound of the salute once caused everyone to panic, if not in advance to say hello, I am afraid that at least half of the people who participated in the celebration will flee,
After the celebration is the wine banquet, the people who participate in the celebration are miners, three percent are soldiers, and three percent are the merchants and people of Feng'an, the dishes are moved with a basin, the wine is moved to a jar, and the wine has passed three rounds, Yang Hao proposed that the leaders of the Fengzhou military, government, civil and commercial circles in the Gaotai color shed go down to toast together,
Everyone was in high spirits, but when they saw the black crowd under the stage, they didn't feel frightened, everyone retreated, and it was definitely impossible to do it from table to table, ten tables to toast a cup, then to change the big glass, one hundred and eighty tables down, it is estimated that few people can stand firmly, as the saying goes, "there is no father and son in the wine field", this table is not respectful to that table, but it makes people complain, if someone borrows wine to make trouble, is it not self-inflicted,
Everyone was hesitating, Yang Hao smiled slightly: "Okay, I have a way to make everyone have face without hurting myself." Everyone was skeptical, but saw Yang Hao's attendant Li Wei took out two identical white porcelain cups, the mouth of the cup was painted with gold inlays, and the workmanship was very exquisite.
Yang Hao introduced: "My cup was made by hiring an official kiln master, and it can be regarded as a face-saving drink for drinking." Everyone nodded, and the shopkeeper of the Fuxianglou Inn laughed and said: "It's good, but it's too big, it's going to be filled with wine, let alone two taels, and you have to lie down with this cup to toast." Everyone nodded in agreement,
Yang Hao smiled and said nothing, he asked Zhang Lang to take a measuring cup filled with two taels of wine, filled with wine, and then poured it into the gold-painted porcelain cup on the left side, the two taels of wine were just filled, everyone was puzzled, but Yang Hao picked up the wine glass full of wine and poured the wine into the empty cup on the right side, only poured a small half, and the wine overflowed from the right cup,
Everyone exclaimed, all went forward to see what was going on, Yang Hao handed the cup in his hand to everyone to see, everyone looked around, in addition to feeling that the workmanship was exquisite, and did not feel anything peculiar, Ma Ma thought the fastest, he picked up the porcelain cup containing the wine and looked at it carefully, Zhang Lang reminded him to drink the wine dry, and then everyone saw the mystery: it turned out that the inner tank of this cup was much thicker than the previous one, and it could be distinguished when the cup was empty, but because of the refraction of light after the wine, it was difficult for the naked eye to distinguish the difference between the two.
Ma Dalian praised: "Good idea, really wonderful good idea, this cup will definitely sell well if it goes on the market." ”
Yang Hao took the opportunity to ask: "This cup sells for one or two pieces of silver, will you buy it?" ”
Ma Da shook his head and said, "I won't buy it, because I don't need it because I drink a lot, but I dare to pack the ticket and someone will definitely buy it, such as our king mine owner, and those who can't drink and have to drink." ”
Wang Rentong took the cup and looked at it, and said affirmatively: "I will buy this cup even if it sells for five taels of silver, and it is very cost-effective to spend a little money to maintain my body." These words immediately caused a resonance,
Yang Hao lifted the thick gall porcelain cup and said proudly: "I sell this cup for nine taels in Chang'an and ten taels in Luoyang, and it is often sold until it is out of stock." The crowd exclaimed, but some doubted it,
Li Wei took a purple wood gold lacquer box and put it on the table, opened the lid of the box and a faint fragrance came to his face, with carved silk agarwood as a partition, the box was divided into two, and the top velvet spun purple gold embroidery was lined with the fragrance, and the fragrance was emanating from the agarwood.
Yang Hao put the thick white porcelain cup into the box and asked everyone: "Who is willing to pay ten taels of silver to buy it and give it away." Then the people understood what he meant, and they all laughed heartily.
Wang Moshan looked at the wooden box and said in a loud voice: "It's interesting, it's really interesting." He asked Yang Hao again: "I don't know if the adults have it in their hands, but I want to buy some to give away." ”
Yang Hao said: "This cup is from Luoyang Yulan Kiln Factory, my own business, please support you more in the future." When everyone heard this, they exclaimed again, and Ma Li said: "I didn't expect that although the adults are in the officialdom, the business is also so good, fortunately, you are the parent official of Fengzhou, otherwise we would all have no food." ”
Yang Hao said: "'For the official not to compete with the people for profit' this is my Yang someone's principle of doing things, but seeing that there is money to make, and no one is willing to earn, I am also itching in my heart, such as this porcelain cup, I also have a sense of it, so I asked someone to make a few to play at home, and later a friend suggested that someone can find someone to make a batch of out to Chang'an, Luoyang to sell and see, who knows that it will be sold out as soon as it is listed, so I think if it is a special business store to operate this business, it will make money. ”
Wang Moshan was playing with the porcelain cup, and when he heard this, he hurriedly continued: "My lord, I will give 1,000 taels of silver to buy shares." There was silence at first, and suddenly someone came to his senses: "I also gave a thousand taels." Before the words fell, everyone shouted: "I will give two thousand taels." ”
"I'll give three thousand taels."
"I'll give you three thousand five hundred taels."
"I'll give you three thousand five hundred and one taels."
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Zhang Lang said with a smile: "It's too late now, our adults have already co-founded a business store." ”
Everyone was discouraged when they heard this, and Ma Ma clapped his hands and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”
Yang Hao motioned for everyone to calm down, cleared his throat and said, "Don't worry, although this porcelain factory does not have your shares, it is indispensable for you to make money." The crowd was puzzled, and Ma Li asked, "Why can't we understand what your lord says?" ”
Yang Hao said: "As an official of the imperial court, how can I run my own industry and commerce, I am in the name of Fengzhou Blanket Factory and a Luoyang Dajia shares, you all have shares in the blanket factory, and the porcelain factory makes money naturally without your benefits." Speaking of this, Yang Hao sighed slightly, and said helplessly:
"Half a year ago, I wanted to hold a shareholders' meeting to discuss this matter, but none of you came, in order not to delay the business, I can only exercise the power of the major shareholder and make the decision for you."