At this moment, the team of children on the playground was gathering, and Zhu Daolin on the high platform seemed to have heard the laughter, and glanced in the direction of Zhao Xunting and the others, then turned to the children in the audience and saluted solemnly.

Thousands of children immediately returned the salute in a neat manner, and then, under the leadership of their respective instructors, returned to the camp on the east and west sides of the playground in an orderly manner.

Zhu Daolin quickly came to the front of the waiting crowd, and arched his hand and announced loudly: "You guys go back to have breakfast first, I will stay for three days when I come back this time......"

"This morning will be held in the institute of all the directors of the meeting, tomorrow to inspect Longtan New District, the day after tomorrow morning to inspect Baguazhou, in the afternoon back again to hold a summary meeting! If you have any questions, please raise them at the meeting at 9 a.m. and work together to solve them. ”

The big and small directors and staff immediately laughed reassuringly, and hurried away.

After Diao Meifang took out a stack of reports from her arms and handed them to Zhu Daolin, she also left happily, leaving only Zhao Xunting, Sa Yide and his assistant Hassan to follow Zhu Daolin into the college cafeteria, walked to the table by the window, and chatted while eating.

It wasn't long before more than 300 children dressed in uniform lined up into the cafeteria, and no one said a word except for the sound of footsteps and the grinding of tables and chairs.

After finishing the sumptuous breakfast, Zhu Daolin invited the guests to the second floor of the independent small building close to the west courtyard wall, and the four young students quickly sent a small charcoal stove and tea set, and left in line after setting them up.

Zhu Daolin personally sent the four children downstairs, talked to the excited children in a low voice as he walked, and returned upstairs after a full five minutes, happily asking Zhao Xunting to sit on the side and personally make tea for Sayid and Hassan:

"This is the best Tieguanyin brought back from Tianshu Pavilion, and the taste is similar to Fujian oolong tea. It is estimated that the two have been identified from the aroma of tea. ”

Hassan smiled and nodded, but Sayid's mind was not on the tea, so he smiled and asked directly: "Have the Spaniards and the Portuguese secretly signed a trade agreement with the general?" ”

"No, please drink tea and speak slowly."

Zhu Daolin brought two cups of tea to the guests, and poured a cup for Zhao Xunting, who snorted violently. Comfortably drank a cup of green and mellow hot tea, and said unhurriedly:

"I remember that I promised you at the beginning of last year that I would not sign a trade agreement with the Spaniards and the Portuguese until I received your reply."

"Two months ago, I received letters from Mr. Sánchez and Mr. Moreno, respectively, and wrote to them in reply, in which they informed me of the fact that the Dutch were going to wage war against the Ming and that they were going to force the Ming to give them trade ports, and that the British were expanding their trade routes into the Far East, and that the war was now intensifying and the commercial difficulties in Europe were getting worse."

"Because of that. This prompted me to make the decision to send envoys to visit various European countries. ”

"It's just a voyage focused on political and cultural exchanges, not to open up trade routes to Europe, so you don't need to be nervous."

"If you wish, you can personally follow or send a representative to Europe with our fleet to carry out diplomatic and political and cultural exchanges, and your old friend Mr. Feng Shengtai is the chief officer of this visit."

Sayid breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, my brother, I will always remember your virtue of loyalty and faithfulness!" ”

"As a token of my deep gratitude and that of my people, I have decided to respond to your initiative. Jointly form a powerful long-distance trading fleet, and wholeheartedly manage the trade routes from the Ming Dynasty to the Arab Emirates. ”

Zhu Daolin finally showed a bright smile. Picking up the teapot, he poured hot tea on Sa'id and Hassan: "It's a pity that you Arabs don't drink, otherwise I'd really like to get drunk with the two of you." ”

Sayid and Hassan couldn't help but laugh, picked up the teacup and touched it with Zhu Daolin, and drank it all as if they were drinking.

Zhu Daolin picked up the copper kettle on the charcoal stove and made another pot of new tea: "Since I don't know when your fleet will return, and I don't know if the goods you shipped to Damascus are popular, I don't dare to prepare goods of too high value for you." Don't dare to leave too much tea, I don't know if you are satisfied? ”

"Very satisfied! The three kinds of silk, the five mirrors, and the porcelain you have left me for the Arabs are all very suitable, and they fill exactly four large ships, and all of them are highly profitable bestsellers, which are very good for me. ”

Saïd replied happily. After finishing it, he seemed to remember something, and asked very curiously: "You asked Mr. Zhao to transfer 20 tons of cobalt blue in the purchase list again, is the 12 tons of cobalt blue I shipped back this time not enough for two years?" Or are you planning to start a large ceramics factory on your own? ”

Zhu Daolin nodded and motioned for Zhao Xunting to explain the matter.

Zhao Xunting put down the teacup and gave a detailed introduction: "Half a year ago, in the name of the Nanjing Firearms Bureau, the general transferred 120 official kiln craftsmen from Jingdezhen through the Nanjing town guard eunuchs, and at the same time selected 500 craftsmen and apprentices with pottery experience among the victims, and built 6 different types of porcelain kilns under the hill on the east side of the cement factory in the southern suburbs. ”

"Secondly, the fuel we use to fire ceramics is coal instead of wood, which can more than triple the size of the kiln, and the firing time is greatly shortened, so the price of porcelain can be doubled."

"We are building ten large porcelain kilns in the valley of Qixia Mountain, less than two miles away from the official road, at the eastern foot of Qixia Mountain in the west of Longtan, and have also sent many groups of personnel to open commercial houses in Jingdezhen, Chizhou and Shaoxing, and buy a large number of high-quality porcelain clay and porcelain stones to transport back to Longtan, which has been stored more than 4,000 tons, and will send about 600 tons every month, which can fully meet the needs of producing 8 million pieces of ceramics every year."

"I didn't get clear instructions from the general before, I can't disclose this matter to you, now it's okay, if you are interested, when I finish attending the morning meeting, I will accompany you to the experimental kiln in the southern suburbs to have a look, after reading it, you will understand that the rank of the ceramics we fired is quite close to the ceramics produced by Tianshu Pavilion."

Sayid and Hassan were shocked, and they never dreamed that Zhu Daolin would do such a big thing quietly.

If you can really reduce the quality and price of ceramics by half, no, no! If you can reach half of the quality of Tianshu Pavilion ceramics, the price will be reduced by half, the market demand will definitely increase exponentially, only in the Arab region can sell at least 5 million pieces a year, it is difficult not to get rich!

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PS: Thank you Shan Qingying and haven't found a big reward yet! Small fire routinely asks for subscriptions and monthly passes! (To be continued.) )