Zhu Yuan came to the lobby of the second courtyard, Tan Zao and Tan Qu brothers were already waiting, and when they saw a rumored Xiao Pingzhang appear, they immediately greeted him according to the ceremony.

Seeing that they were both tall and thin people, the two Tan brothers could be recognized at a glance, but Zhu Yuan remembered Wen Zao, who he hadn't seen for a while.

After returning to Jinling, Wen Zao, who had assisted in spreading the message for a long time, was also promoted to the next level and was sent to the north by Lao Zhu.

This time it's for the Northeast.

Referring to Zhu Yuan's "Book of Heaven", it is impossible for Lao Zhu not to pay attention to the Northeast, obviously, if the work of Wenzao is done well, there will be greater credit.

Retracting his thoughts, Zhu Yuan sat down on the top, looked at Tan Zao on the side, and asked with a smile, "This, Mr. Tan, came from Raozhou on purpose?"

Tan Zao heard Zhu Yuan call him so, and hurriedly arched his hand on the chair: "Don't dare to be called "sir", adults can call villains "migrant workers"."

Migrant......

Zhu Yuan was interested: "Why do you have such a table?"

Tan Zao sat down again, his back was still straight, and he said respectfully: "My father wanted to take "Tiangong" as the word in the following table, as the meaning of "skillful Tiangong", hoping that the villain could carry forward the family craftsmanship, but my grandfather felt that the word "Tiangong" was too big, so he changed the word "Tian" to the word "people".

This is ...... Justified.

It's just that seeing Tan Zao wearing an expensive indigo silk shirt that looks expensive, it really can't be associated with a certain table.

It's not a silkworm farmer!

Zhu Yuan didn't dwell too much on this, and instead said, "Since you're here from afar, it's not just to introduce yourself, right?"

"My lord, that's the case," Tan Zao said, "My brother gave my lord a few pieces of porcelain a few days ago, but it was just a thing to deal with Hu Shang, as a gift to my lord, it was really unbearable, and the villain hurried over after hearing about it, and I was only willing to offer a few fine products to my lord, and I hope that my lord will forgive the people for their unintentional loss."

What do you say......

Those red-glazed porcelain, Zhu Yuan also asked people to inquire later, it is not that there is no red glaze on the market, but, in terms of silver, the price is basically not less than 100 taels.

If you talk about high-quality products, even the best, 120,000 taels of silver, you may not be able to buy them.

Tan Zao's words are really too modest.

In addition, "Minshui" is probably the expression of Tan Qu, which ...... It's weirder than it sounds like a migrant worker.

Tan Zao said that he had already gotten up, and motioned to the three boxes that had been moved here in advance: "My lord, can I let the small one be shown to you?"

Zhu Yuan was interested, nodded and said, "I'll take a look."

Tan Zao first picked up the largest mahogany box and put it on the coffee table on the side, and Tan Qu on the side also got up to help at this time. Zhu Yuan noticed that when Tan Zao took out a blue and red plum bottle of about one and a half feet, the corners of Tan Qu's mouth twitched obviously, and he looked very reluctant.

Tan Zao bowed down and stepped forward cautiously, put the plum vase painted with red peonies on the coffee table in Zhu Yuan's hand, and said: "My lord, this bottle is called "Flowers Bloom Rich", and a total of six peonies are reflected in the flowers.

This bottle is too big, seeing that Tan Zao is as careful as holding his son, Zhu Yuan didn't start at random, just got up, looked at it carefully with Tan Zao's display, thought about it, and said, "The blue and white glaze is red, I seem to have heard that it is more difficult to burn than the red glaze, right?"

Proper nouns are those that have been heard in previous lives.

In the past, Zhu Yuan was not interested in porcelain, but when he reached a certain level, he could always see more.

As for this firing method, Zhu Yuan has not understood it in detail, but since it can reach his ears, it is obvious that there is one word.

Expensive!

"It's more difficult," Tan Zao showed Zhu Yuan a circle, before putting the bottle on the coffee table, and then said: "This porcelain firing, the emphasis is on the word "fire", blue and white have blue and white fire, red glaze has red glaze fire, the two are intertwined, the heat is slightly wrong, either the blue and white will turn into gray, or the red glaze will become black, don't hide it from adults, Tan's has burned red glaze for decades, this blue and white glaze red plum vase, this is the only one."

"It's a one-of-a-kind." Zhu Yuan nodded with a smile, and then gestured, "Seeing that you are so careful, still."

Put it away, lest you stumble upon it."

Tan Zao looked like he didn't plan to touch his hands again: "My lord, why don't you let the next person send it to the back, and the small one will show the second one?"

"No," Zhu Yuan walked to the chair, worried about touching a few plum bottles, sat down carefully, and said with a smile, "I'll just take a look at this thing, it's too expensive, I can't accept it."

"Why did your lord say this," Tan Zao said, "The Tan family fired this porcelain, but it was just a pinch of clay and a plate of glaze, just a little more luck. There is a saying in the miscellaneous drama that the so-called "sword for heroes", such a wonderful thing, naturally should be given to adults."

Zhu Yuan leaned back in the chair with a smile, thought for a while, and said, "A few days ago, Tan Qu and I talked about red glaze, and I knew the preciousness of these porcelain, not to mention the red in this blue and white glaze. However, if you really want to send it, you can wait, I'm planning a museum. Well, this museum is probably a collection of cultural treasures from all dynasties and dynasties to show to the world, in order to show the brilliance of our 5,000 years of China, and your bottle should be qualified."

Museum?

Tan Zao seemed to understand for a while.

Zhu Yuan said in detail: "I happened to tell Tan Qu that if you want to help your Tan family become famous, this museum is the best platform. For example, I'll just talk casually, this museum, I hope to collect the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the calligraphy of the two Han Dynasty, the characters of Wang Xizhi, the paintings of Gu Kaizhi, and so on, just imagine what it would be like to include the porcelain of your Tan family?"

Tan Zao understood now.

Tan Zao trembled a little in the blink of an eye.

Parallel with the likes of "Wang Xizhi" and "Gu Kaizhi", if this is true, the Tan family ...... Not to mention the money and money, even if it is in the history books, I am afraid that it can be recorded.

After shaking for a moment and coming back to his senses slightly, Tan Zao's expression changed, he took two steps back, and bowed to Zhu Yuan again: "Tan Clan...... Pray for the fulfillment of the adults."

Seeing his brother like this, Tan Qu also hurriedly knelt down.

"Get up," After a long time, Zhu Yuan became more and more indifferent to a certain word "grab", and just said, "I have said that this is for you to be willing, not for me." Theoretically, I should have begged you to send you good things."

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be."

Tan Zao thought about it, kowtowed again, and finally got up and stood there, as if he didn't know how to continue for a while.

Zhu Yuan had no choice but to signal to the side: "Load it up first, put it so high, don't fall."

Tan Zao nodded hurriedly, carefully picked up the plum vase, and put it back in the wooden box, only then did he show the second piece.

This time it's a one-foot-tall pure red glazed amphora.

Compared with the one that Zhu Yuan placed on the book in the back house, the biggest feature of this vase, well, is still red, but it is a rare and very bright red, not the general dark red that Zhu Yuan has seen a few times before.

Without Tan Zao's introduction, Zhu Yuan understands its rarity.

Tan Zao still followed a few words of introduction, or it was obtained by chance, and it was the only one for decades.

Finally, there is a small pen holder, which was also obtained by chance, and by much more chance than the first two.

Because, the first two pieces are what the Tan family wants to burn, what has become, this one, the original meaning of the painting on the pen holder is "red carp play green lotus", but also for the blue and white glaze red process, but as a result, it was accidentally burned into "green carp play red lotus", only after the completion of the only time, it was the glaze adjustment error, the wrong into the kiln, and unexpectedly became, although the glaze color is not so positive, but it is rare to see the interest between the lotus carp, very ingenious feeling.

Zhu Yuan also liked it, this time he was not polite, while playing, he said: "I happen to have a pen holder on the book, I will collect this by myself, and the other two pieces are still the same sentence just now, as long as you are willing, you can donate them to the museum in the future." Well, there will be a nameplate to record the donor's and other information, and you can also provide a text introduction of some items, after all, you are the professional."

Tan Zao agreed again and again.

This Xiao Pingzhang can accept a pen holder from them, and it will not be in vain today.

After the three precious porcelains were displayed, they motioned for the Tan brothers to sit down again, and Zhu Yuan did not wait for them to introduce the topic by themselves.

took the initiative to say: "The imperial court is preparing for the Daming Ceramics Group, you should know, right?"

Tan Zao's expression moved, and he arched his hand on the chair again: "Do you want the adults to mention something?"

Zhu Yuan still rubbed the pen holder in his hand and said, "In the past, the official porcelain of the previous dynasties was either used by the imperial court for its own use or used for rewards, and only a few were sold. In the future, relying on this Daming Ceramics Group as a platform, the imperial court will expand the commercial operation of official porcelain. I don't know much about these, but I can only say that the imperial court still takes the high-quality route, which will not affect the low-end porcelain industry of the people. However, for you, this is actually an opportunity, because this matter is not only that I don't know much, but also in the court...... After all, the country has just been founded, and it is still a new idea that I proposed, and there will not be many of them."

Tan Zao actually knew that the imperial court was currently openly recruiting people to take care of the "Daming Ceramics Group", and inquired that the various so-called "groups" and "companies" that have emerged one after another this year were proposed by the young man in front of him.

Coming over today, in addition to giving gifts and pulling relationships, it also has the meaning of exploring the tone.

Zhu Yuan took the initiative to speak, but Tan Zao couldn't ask for it, so he got up again and said with a long voice: "A certain qualification is reckless, but there may be one or two merits in porcelain firing, please recommend it on your behalf?"

"Actually, I don't really want to meddle in this," Zhu Yuan muttered, and added, "However, seeing your red glaze, I also have some ideas. In this way, the Tan family and the imperial court, let's set up a joint venture company, and don't talk about anything else, just study the firing of this red glaze. Well, shares, I want to think about it, three seven points, how about it, for example, experimental firing, it takes 10,000 yuan, the court pays seventy percent, and you pay thirty percent. Don't think that these thirty percent are very small, think about cooperating with the imperial court, you can take advantage of it."

Tan Zao didn't expect Zhu Yuan to come up with a plan in a blink of an eye.

He has no opinion on what three or seven points.

Of course, I also understand that if you can do business in partnership with the imperial court, you can still care about this share.

It's just that......

After a little hesitation, Tan Zao said, "My lord, this red glaze ...... If you want to burn it in large quantities, I'm afraid it won't work. Don't dare to deceive adults, although the Tan family has this craft, they don't dare to fire it often, they just treat it as a family, and if they have spare time, they will only open a furnace in three or two years. Besides, this furnace, hundreds of pieces of porcelain, can produce one or two, it is rare."

"The success rate is so low?" Zhu Yuan sighed with a question, and understood, but he was not discouraged, and said, "That's why we have to study the doorway more carefully, you sit, I use my understanding, let's talk about it."

Tan Zao sat down obediently.

Zhu Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "The 'heat' you said is actually 'temperature', I happened to invent a thermometer, I don't know if you've seen it?"

Tan Zao doesn't know why.

Tan Qu, who was the first to do so, took the initiative to say, "My lord, the little one has seen it in Mingzhou, but it's only ...... The thermometer said that it could only measure the temperature under boiling water, and the furnace temperature was too high, but it didn't work."

"Actually, if you understand the truth, there is a way," Zhu Yuan said, "You have to test the furnace temperature of hundreds or thousands of degrees, huh...... You can borrow the melting point of different metals, for example, the melting point of silver, the melting point of copper, the melting point of iron, and even the melting point of different alloys such as copper and iron. Although it is not yet accurate, I still said it just now, and I understand the truth, and we will always be more and more accurate when we ponder it little by little."

Tan Zao listened carefully to what Zhu Yuan said, revealing a thoughtful look.

Zhu Yuan pondered again, and continued: "Also, about the furnace temperature. I know one, traditional fuel, the maximum furnace temperature is about 1500 degrees, which is exactly the melting point of iron. I now have a new fuel that can raise the furnace temperature to 2000 degrees, don't underestimate this 500 degrees increase, the temperature has reached 2000 degrees, and the metals in our current cognitive range can basically melt. In the same way, a higher temperature can also be used to make more special porcelain. These are the things you are going to try."

Tan Zao began to be a little abrupt, and looked forward to it.

Zhu Yuan didn't stop, and said, "Besides, the joint venture company I planned was not intended to be as big as you said

Mass production, every year, you can give me dozens of fine porcelain, it is enough. This one...... By the way, someone should have tried to buy this plum vase of yours, so tell me about the price?"

Tan Zao paused when he heard Zhu Yuan's sudden change of words, and finally said, "A few years ago, there was a local official ...... Please forgive the little one for not saying his name, he once wanted to buy it for 10,000 taels of silver, but the villain politely refused."

"That's right," Zhu Yuan said, "10,000 taels of silver, this is the goal of our joint venture company."

Tan Zao also thought that if he said something, Xiao Pingzhang in front of him would regret it a little and so on, but he didn't expect this kind of reaction.

Zhu Yuan continued, "Let's ...... Oh, it's you and this company of the imperial court, whose goal is to burn rare porcelain that ordinary people can't afford, and ...... in the future Even if the technology is figured out and can burn more, the output must be controlled, and the output cannot exceed 100 pieces a year, what about these 100 pieces, we don't ask for each piece to be 10,000 taels of silver, a compromise, an average of 5,000 taels, you calculate, how much business can it be in total?"

Tan made the math.

Tan Qu also calculated.

Then, the brothers swallowed together.

This......

It's a big business of 500,000 taels of silver a year.

Is it possible?

However, seeing that a certain Xiao Pingzhang was confident, and then thinking about the various dazzling deeds of the other party in the past year, Tan Zao felt ...... Perhaps, probably, probably...... It should be fine.

At least, Tan Zao suddenly understood, why was this Xiaopingzhang so flat in the face of porcelain worth 10,000 taels?

If you can easily outline a big business of 500,000 taels a year, of course, you can be so peaceful!