"I'm like this, and my brother doesn't know it." Qu Xiaobai threw him a string of white eyes and went straight upstairs.

Yang Chun: ...... Why is this the case with a change of outfit? It's too much of a play, isn't it? Dress change personality also change?

Lao Hu's face trembled: "That, Da Shao, I, I can go to live in Datongpu." ”

Yang Chun glanced at him lightly: "Isn't that still an extra payment for the Chase Shop?" ”

Lao Hu: ......

Yang Chun was in the front, Lao Hu was in the back, and went up to the second floor under the leadership of the little second brother. The two rooms are not close, one is larger and the other is smaller, Qu Xiaobai said: "I carry forward the style and live in the small one, you two, live in the big one." ”

Qu Xiaobai went straight into the smaller room, Yang Chun wanted to ask for a neighboring room, but because there was no room, Qu Xiaobai's two guests lived next door to him, so he could only settle.

Yang Chun instructed the shopkeeper to send hot water to Qu Xiaobai's house first, and then send some to go over early, and only after the order was completed, he went back to his room.

Qu Xiaobai and the others sent hot water, took a bath, washed up, ate a few bites of breakfast, and had no sleepiness at all. Yang Chun and Lao Hu drove the car all night, so they naturally needed to sleep, because she had slept in the car, except for being tired at this time, she felt fine.

She took out a pen and paper, drew a few wine bottles, and then took the drawing paper, went downstairs, asked the shopkeeper the location of the porcelain market, and went alone.

The porcelain market is in the northeast corner of the town, not far from the inn, and it takes only a quarter of an hour to walk over.

There are also a lot of porcelain shops along the way, Qu Xiaobai entered a few shops, didn't say what porcelain to buy, just strolled, the shopkeeper in the store treated her coldly, she came out with grinning teeth, and saw that each one was dragged more than her young master, so she refused to go in again.

Sneaking into the porcelain market, the porcelain is full of eyes, so big that a few people can't hold the water tank, as small as bottles and cans, some are rough, some are exquisite, but the most delicate is just ordinary things.

After Qu Xiaobai looked at a few stalls, she was not satisfied, and asked a few stall owners with the drawing paper, all of them said that such a delicate bottle could not be made, and a kind-hearted stall owner told her that she would either go to a high-end store or go to the official kiln to have a look.

"Is there an official kiln here?" Qu Xiaobai was very surprised. She only took a cursory look at the information, but didn't see the official kiln.

"Yes. Why is our porcelain here famous? That's because there is an official kiln, which is produced by this official kiln, but it is all tribute to the palace. ”

Qu Xiaobai hooked Du Niang and asked some things about the official kiln, and after asking, he learned that this official kiln is only a tribute, and the defective products that come out of the official kiln are smashed on the spot, and they will never flow to the market.

But the stall owner asked her to go to the official kiln to have a look—what do you mean? What's wrong with this, right?

Qu Xiaobai pondered for a moment and said, "Big brother, doesn't the official kiln not sell porcelain?" What they did was to pay tribute to the palace. ”

The stall owner lowered his voice: "This little boy, are you from out of town?" You don't understand this, just relying on tribute, in addition to getting some fame, how many coins can you get? In this world, only silver is good. ”

"Understood. Big brother, please give me some advice, how to go to the official kiln? ”

"From here, three miles away, do you see those porcelain kilns with official flags? It's the official kiln. ”

"Okay, thank you for your advice."

"Hey, little boy, why don't you go to those high-end porcelain shops over there? In the end, the price there is cheaper than the price of the official kiln. The stall owner pointed in the direction she had come.

Qu Xiaobai smiled, "I'll go to the official kiln first, and if it's not suitable, I'll come back." ”

She didn't say that the shopkeepers of those stores were unreasonably arrogant, and even if they could make the bottles she wanted, they would definitely not be able to do excellence.

The road to the official kiln is wide and flat, naturally it is built for transporting porcelain, at the end of the road, there are several earthen kilns, before approaching, it already feels hot, obviously the kiln is still burning on this hot day.

Qu Xiaobai walked sweating all over, and when he arrived in front of the kiln, his clothes were already soaked, sticking to his body, which was very uncomfortable.

Next to the earthen kiln, there was a row of houses, Qu Xiaobai saw someone walking in the house from a distance, so he walked over and knocked on the door, and a thick man's voice came from inside: "The door is not closed, come in." ”

Qu Xiaobai pushed the door and walked in, and saw that this row of houses was a warehouse-like chase room, which was full of all kinds of porcelain, and it was not as hot as outside, it was very comfortable.

The man who spoke was a man in his thirties, who was working in front of a large desk, intently coloring a piece of porcelain.

Behind him, there were more than a dozen people doing the same work as him, both men and women, not all men.

Qu Xiaobai clenched his fists and bowed: "Mu Yiling of Nanping County greets, may I ask, are you the person in charge here?" ”

"Yes, I am the kiln supervisor, Mu Gongzi came to my Jingzhen official kiln, what is the so-called matter?"

The man didn't raise his head, his heart was on the porcelain in his hand.

Qu Xiaobai spread out the drawing paper in his hand, laid it flat on the desk, and said lightly: "I want to ask the kiln supervisor to take a look at this, whether it can be done." ”

The bottles she painted are naturally used to hold wine, and the shapes are all from modern creativity, two are geometric shapes, two are European shapes, and a few are retro dragon and phoenix carved shapes.

The case was big enough, she spread out each one, the man's eyes that were originally focused on the porcelain, swept it here, and with just one glance, he sat up straight, stopped the brush in his hand, and looked at Qu Xiaobai's paintings seriously.

After a while, he said: "The painting skills are rough, but the shape is unique." ”

The corners of Qu Xiaobai's mouth curled: "It's not that I'm not very good at Danqing, so I just draw a look." Naturally, it is not comparable to the peerless pen of the kiln supervisor. ”

"Don't dare." The kiln supervisor was faint, and there was a bit of arrogance between his eyebrows, "These styles of yours can be made, but your dragon and phoenix shapes are more labor-intensive." ”

Qu Xiaobai looked at his eyebrows from the corner of his eyes, this man's serious look towards porcelain was almost stupid, such a person, saying that he took private work in order to fill his private pockets regardless of the regulations of the imperial court, Qu Xiaobai was a little unbelievable.

"As long as you can do it."

"But I'm not going to do it for you. I'm an official kiln here, don't treat me as a kiln supervisor like Chen Shu who guards and steals himself. The man's voice was cold.

Dare to love, there are several kiln supervisors here?

Chen Shu? Who is it? Qu Xiaobai looked at the painters behind him who were seriously painting porcelain patterns, those people, as if they didn't see her, didn't even give her a look, and they all focused on their work.

This kind of working atmosphere, Qu Xiaobai is actually a little envious.

The era she came in called it the spirit of craftsmanship.

Qu Xiaobai looked at him silently, he didn't speak for a while, the kiln supervisor drew a few more strokes on the porcelain, Qu Xiaobai still didn't speak, he sighed, put down his pen, and looked at Qu Xiaobai, "This Mu Gongzi, it's useless for you to stand here with me, I won't take your job." You go to the back, next to each kiln, there is such a warehouse, each warehouse has a kiln supervisor, many of them will take private work for money, you go to them, they can do it. ”

Qu Xiaobai still didn't leave.

"I like principled people." "I also like to deal with principled people." How can I get you to take over my work? ”

The man stared at Qu Xiaobai quietly, "If I take over your work, I will no longer be a principled person." ”

"Some principles may not be right, although you insist on it, I admire you, but it doesn't mean that I am on your side." Qu Xiaobai said.

The man was faint, but very firm: "If I am a kiln supervisor for one day, I have to adhere to the principles of the kiln supervisor." The principle of the kiln supervisor was that every piece of porcelain that came out of the hands of the kiln supervisor could only be supplied to the royal family. ”

"The virtue of the master is admirable. People like the master are rare in this world. Mu Yiling's bottles and cans can naturally be made by others, but I want to make friends with you, master, is it okay? ”

Qu Xiaobai put away the papers one by one, folded them neatly, put them in the bag he carried, dressed neatly, looked at the kiln supervisor, clenched his fists with both hands, and shook it deeply, "Mu Yiling of Nanping County, I want to make friends with the master of the kiln supervisor, and I am here to see you today." ”

The kiln supervisor glanced at her and said lightly: "I'm just a small kiln burner, and I can't afford to make friends with you boys, so please leave." ”

Qu Xiaobai straightened his waist, smiled indifferently, and said, "Master, then, I'll come back tomorrow." Mu Yiling took his leave first. ”

After Qu Xiaobai finished speaking, he saluted again, exited the warehouse, and closed the door by the way.

Looking back at the warehouse, Qu Xiaobai sighed lightly and walked inside.

In the warehouse next to another earthen kiln, Qu Xiaobai found the person named Chen Shu that the kiln supervisor said. The kiln supervisor said that Chen Shu's skills were also very exquisite, and he was not lying, and Chen Shu's craftsmanship in making porcelain was really good.

Qu Xiaobai negotiated with him, those porcelain on the painting paper, 1,000 pieces each, one tael of silver for each piece of geometric pattern and European style, dragon and phoenix devices are expensive, each piece costs 6 taels of silver, Qu Xiaobai first paid a deposit of 3,000 taels, the construction period was agreed to be two months, and the rest of the silver was paid when the goods were delivered.

Although Chen Shu violated the most basic ethics of an official kiln supervisor, he was quite disciplined in doing business, and he did not defraud customers or perfunctory customers, Qu Xiaobai signed a contract with him on the spot, and by the way, he also asked him about the kiln supervisor who adhered to the bottom line. Chen Shu told her that the man's name was Suss and that he was a strange person.

Qu Xiaobai inquired about him, and at noon, he took the contract and left the official kiln, and as soon as he arrived on the road, he saw Yang Chun's figure.

Yang Chun's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he began to question from afar: "Is business so important?" So you can't even sleep? ”