"Okay, uncle, I have a showdown, in fact, I am an outcast of Qingyunmen."

Li Kui looked like a scoundrel who was helpless to be exposed, but before he finished pretending, Fan Chunren's saliva almost sprayed him in the face.

"Whew!"

"You kid doesn't speak truthfully, bullying the old man and not understanding Dandao? Where in the world is there any Qingyunmen? If you want to say Taiyi, Zhongnan, I may believe it. Play this with the old man, who eats more salt than you eat rice. ”

After speaking, Fan Chunren couldn't help but feel empty. Although his old man was more than forty years older than Li Kui, he really didn't have the courage to think that he really ate more salt than Li Kui ate rice. Other people's children can eat up to two bowls of food, Li Kui is in a good mood and can eat two pots, not the kind of very small pot, it has to be enough for a few people to eat. Where is this Danmen boy, this is a walking rice bucket! If the old Fan family had such a servant, he would have been dismissed by his old man.

In order to change the topic, Fan Chunren felt that it was very useful to use Su Shi as a shield: "You kid, don't be sloppy with me, your ancestor was also obsessed with Dandao back then, do you think the old man doesn't know?" Maybe he passed the book of Dan to you? Besides, the old man used to be interested in Dan Dao, but then something happened. ”

"What accident?"

Li Kui stretched his neck curiously, waiting for Old Man Fan Chunren's explanation. I didn't expect Fan Chunren to be obsessed with Dan Dao, could it be that cultivating immortals is the nature of a scholar?

Fan Chunren raised his hand and stroked the beard on his chin, and said embarrassedly: "My father didn't give me money." ”

Alchemy is very expensive, how many emperors have been infamous because of alchemy, think about the family style of the old Fan family, can Fan Zhongyan watch his son embark on the road of being a gentleman? His family even picks and searches for meat, not to mention that his son is about to lose at every turn. I won't get used to him.

As long as Fan Chunren dared to lose, he hated to break Fan Chunren's legs. What's even more unfortunate is that Fan Chunren actually followed Fan Zhongyan until Fan Zhongyan died of illness and Ding Wei did not start to be an official. In his youth, he lived in the shadow of his father. Especially being diligent and thrifty, it has become a habit.

Li Kui showed an expression of understanding, and sympathized with Fan Chunren: "Dan Dao is indeed too expensive, ordinary Yin Shi people are obsessed with this way, and it won't take a year or two to fall into the middle of the road." Uncle, you said that my ancestor was also obsessed with Dan Dao. But why have I never heard of him talking about it? ”

"Because I don't have any money! Alchemy costs a lot of money, and your ancestor's family can't afford it at all. Fortunately, he later abandoned the darkness and began to ponder medical skills, which saved a lot. ”

Fan Chunren sighed, and his eyebrows were full of lonely memories. Since he had been obsessed, he must have believed in the magic of alchemy. In his opinion, Li Kui boiled the useless things between heaven and earth through the flames, this must be the path of the Dan Dao, otherwise it would not make sense.

It's a pity that Li Kui didn't recognize himself as Dan Dao when he was killed, and explained: "But uncle, you must have misunderstood the boy." The kid's method is not Dan Dao, but skill. This is true for snowflake salt, but also for fire oil. ”

"Boy, are you a liar? Tell me how snowflake salt is made? I know that the cheapest sea salt, 20 yuan a catty, was sold by you for 5 yuan a catty, but anyone who is not a black-hearted and black-lung profiteer will never dare to be so greedy. Turning waste into treasure and condensing the art of heaven and earth, isn't this what Dan Dao is? Fan Chunren paused and continued: "There is also the current fire oil, this black oil is just an ordinary and vulgar thing, but after passing through your hands, it is worth ten times. And in the past, no one used black oil at all, at most it was just to make ink. But the effect is not good, not as good as good pine ink. No one knows how to concoct it, but it's easy in your hands, do you think the old man will believe that it's luck? ”

"But it's true!" Li Kui didn't admit it, he didn't want to put on the cloak of ghosts and gods, so what had he become?

Li Dashen?

Or is it a boy in the Tushi Palace?

Anyway, he's just a mortal and doesn't want to be misunderstood.

Seeing this, Fan Chunren also knew that Li Kui would not admit it, and lamented in his heart that his dream of youth had been shattered again.

As for Dan Dao, it's not that his family has no money, but they are reluctant to buy expensive materials for alchemy. Of course, Su Shi gave up because he was really poor.

In fact, it is no wonder that Fan Chunren, but Dan Dao's verification alchemy method, and Li Kui's method of refining fire oil are similar in the eyes of literati warlocks.

It's one word - stew.

This is probably the oldest chemical refining method in China, and many methods for refining mineral deposits have been studied by alchemists. It's just that the opportunity to get the results is too fortuitous, so accidental that all alchemists can't explain it clearly, so they can only introduce metaphysics, plus stars, feng shui and other coats, which makes people feel a sense of suffocation that is so high-end that they can't breathe as soon as they come into contact.

The refining of thermal oil is already on the right track.

Then sales will also be on the agenda.

According to Fan Chunren's idea, it should be sold to the capital, the reason is very simple, there are many rich people in the Great Song Dynasty, but the most rich people are still in the capital, and the price of fire oil is more than 100 Wen, and at least half of the households in the capital can consider buying it. If it is reduced to 50 Wen, then at least seventy or eighty percent of the residents in the capital will purchase.

On this day, Shopkeeper Sun, who was in charge of making oil lamps, took his craftsmen and escorted the first batch of samples and 100 oil lamps to Yan'an Mansion.

"Did you bring a sample?"

Shopkeeper Sun was stunned, and then asked his entourage to bring the sample out. Shopkeeper Sun is a leading figure in the local kiln in Yaozhou, and his family's kiln factory once made tribute, becoming the first imperial kiln factory in Northwest China. His kiln does not go out day and night, and there are hundreds of kiln workers alone. But porcelain is a kind of ware, mid-range and low-end porcelain can not be bought at a high price, only fine products can be sold at a high price. The main reason is that it is inconvenient to transport, and secondly, the kiln mouth of Yaozhou can dominate the Yongxing Military Road, which is because Yaozhou is a famous porcelain production place in Guanzhong from the Tang Dynasty. And as the Great Song Dynasty set the capital in Bianliang, Tokyo, Yaozhou kiln, which was far away from the capital, was increasingly neglected.

In today's Northern Song Dynasty, the high-end porcelain of Yaozhou kiln is almost impossible to go out of Hangu Pass.

The porcelain kilns in the Central Plains are more exquisite than those in Yaozhou, and they are close to the most important consumer cities in the Great Song Dynasty. And the high-quality, even the best tribute porcelain, coupled with the rapid development of Ru kiln and Jun kiln in the past few years, is more and more sought after by scholars, and the orders of Yaozhou kiln are almost extinct in the capital. In the long run, the status of the six famous kilns of Yaozhou kiln is not guaranteed, and the sales of fine porcelain are getting less and less.

Today's Yaozhou part of the kiln can only rely on the daily utensils of ordinary people to barely give people the illusion that business is booming, and in fact it has been reduced to the point of earning hard money. Even the porcelain kilns in Fujian and Zhejiang, because of the relationship between sea trade, are much better than those of Yaozhou kilns.

Because of the perennial loss of the high-end market, the shopkeeper Sun, as soon as he heard about Li Kui, Li Kui, who sold snowflake salt at a sky-high price, immediately moved his mind.

After taking the best craftsmen and eating the drawings sent by Li Kui, they kept optimizing them, and then rushed to make them overnight, and finally the first batch of oil lamps made caught up with the eve of the sale of hot oil.

Why does he attach so much importance to Li Kui?

Because the salt jar used by Li Kui's original best snowflake salt was Ru kiln.

The kind of look that makes you feel expensive and hateful when you look at the salt shaker.

He even expects that as long as he catches Li Kui's line, his oil lamp can also be sold at a sky-high price. Therefore, the oil lamps he brought in this batch are all made by the best craftsmen of his kiln factory.

"My lord, look at this black-and-white glazed oil lamp, don't dare to boast about anything else, just black-and-white glazed porcelain, in the Great Song Dynasty, Yaozhou said first, no one dared to say second. Our Yuhuagong kiln factory, but the kiln factory that Yaozhou paid tribute to Ouchi is naturally the first in the world. "Shopkeeper Sun boasted that his kiln factory was simply sparing no effort, of course, the world's first name must be self-proclaimed.

"The Cizhou kiln is also good, it seems that the palace purchased a Cizhou kiln last year. I have seen a lot of water bowls, pen washes, plum bottles in Cizhou kiln, and their black glaze and blank space are impressive. Li Kui thought that the shopkeeper Sun was bragging, and there was a way to beat people without slapping their faces.

"Shopkeeper Sun, are you showing up now? They are all people who know the roots, so they don't need to use the means of the layman. Although Hao Sui on the side has already left the palace, he is familiar with palace purchases. He also had a small calculation and wanted to send the oil lamp to the palace.

Yaozhou kiln and Cizhou kiln, although one is northwest, the other is in Hebei. However, in terms of the delicacy of porcelain, Cizhou kiln pays more attention to the production of fine products. In the Great Song Dynasty, Cizhou kiln has a better reputation.

Of course, Yaozhou kiln is not bad.

It's a pity that since Emperor Shenzong, Yaozhou Kiln has never been able to get orders for tribute in the palace, and it has been almost fifteen years. Without the name of tribute porcelain, even the leading boss in Yaozhou kiln, Yuhuagong Kiln Factory began to decline. The name of the imperial kiln factory can only shout two sentences locally, if he goes to the Central Plains, his peers can spit on his face with disdain.

Shopkeeper Sun laughed awkwardly, he knew his own affairs. Yaozhou kiln is inferior to Cizhou kiln in terms of high-quality products. It can't be compared with the Jun porcelain in Yuzhou and the Ru kiln in Ruzhou. But if it is in the northwest, Yaozhou kiln is known as the first, and there is no problem at all. He came mainly to appease Li Kui, thinking that if he was lucky, he would be able to bring the Yaozhou kiln to the imperial palace in Bianliang, Tokyo, once again, as a tribute, and restore the name of the imperial kiln factory.

If you have the name of the Imperial Kiln Factory, the fine porcelain of Yaozhou Kiln can be sold at a high price in the Central Plains.

"Your Excellency, please see, this vessel has a simple and elegant shape, but it gives people a sense of richness. As for the color of green grapefruit, we added patterns such as tangled branch lotus, peony, chrysanthemum and so on. Of course, compared to the treasure jars of snowflake salt sold by adults back then, there are still slight shortcomings. But in terms of the quality and condition of these oil lamps, we think that the wealthy people in the capital have face to use, and the powerful will not dislike it......"

"Wait, you're doing so well, what price does this oil lamp sell for?"

Li Kui thinks that Shopkeeper Sun is a bit of a waste of money, and the original snowflake salt was to make people ...... No, it's to give enough consumer satisfaction.

Besides, snowflake salt was originally a niche commodity, and only the powerful and wealthy could afford to eat it every day. That's why jars of snowflake salt can be found in any ordinary home in Bianliang, Tokyo. But if you open the salt tank, you will find that it is not snowflake salt stored in it at all, but sea salt with a price difference of dozens of times.

I have to say that the salt shaker of snowflake salt has become a prop for the people of Bianliang, Tokyo, and even the entire Great Song Dynasty to pretend that their own lives are thriving. It simply loses its original purpose.

Of course, the salt shaker of Ru kiln, no matter what is put in it, looks at the high-end value of a lot of money, and people can't help but want to buy it.

This is also the means by which the Cao family operated after cooperating with the Cao family at the beginning. At the beginning, the packaging of snowflake salt, on the layer of the salt tanker, could not be compared with Ruyao at all.

Shopkeeper Sun was very embarrassed, Li Kui's style was not like the daily life of an official in the Great Song Dynasty at all, and even the number of ways to blow and praise was saved. It's really hard to guard against.

Fortunately, he was not discouraged, and he got the purchase price of the snowflake salt jar, which was always one.

has always been a jar of money, and the annual sales of snowflake salt are nearly hundreds of thousands, which is fatal! This kind of opportunity to make money, why didn't he catch up.

There is a way that the child can't be reluctant to trap the wolf, the shopkeeper Sun rolled his eyes, and then stomped his foot and said to Li Kui: "Adults don't know if it's commonly used or urgent?" ”

"If you need it urgently, just purchase a batch. It is going to be shipped to Bianliang, Tokyo, and some will be sent out in order to promote the sale of kerosene. ”

Li Kui didn't plan to buy and sell oil lamps, this kind of thankless business, and there was no technical content at all, so he didn't bother to do it. Besides, oil is not his business, if it weren't for the entrustment of the old man Fan Chunren, as well as the ardent hope of his teacher Zhou Yuan, he would not have bothered to do it.

Not to mention the addition of Hao Sui.

Shopkeeper Sun immediately patted his chest and said: "Since Lord Li is in a hurry, Sun Mou made a friend of Mr. Li at that time, how much do you want, Sun Mou will be the master, and give it all to Lord Li for socializing." I just asked Master Li to mention the name of my Yuhuagong kiln factory, and I was grateful. ”

"Okay, send 10,000. But the light oil lamp is not enough, there must be an oil bottle, the shape is simple, and it is 10,000. ”

Goodong, Shopkeeper Sun listened to Li Kui, regretting that he wanted to die, 10,000 sets, and 10,000 oil bottles. He invested according to the cost of selling two sets of investment, not to mention the investment of 10,000 yuan. With 10,000 guan, to do a favor, if he dares to agree, after he goes back, the Yuhua Palace kiln factory will be gone!

He simply couldn't afford to pay for it.

In a hurry, Shopkeeper Sun knelt down for Li Kui and regretted: "Lord Li, the villain is wrong, the trumpet really can't afford to lose such a large amount of money!" ”

Li Kui looked up at Hao Sui, who also hesitated and asked, "Shopkeeper Sun, what do you think?" ”

"Isn't it a tribute?"

Shopkeeper Sun looked up at Hao Sui with a bitter face, and Hao Sui said angrily: "You, what are you doing with your wit in front of the masters?" The oil had no intention of paying tribute. Buyers don't buy casually. This is only for the sake of the people in the capital. ”

"Ahh

Shopkeeper Sun was disappointed, and he felt a kind of despair of being deceived. You are a promising civil official, a powerful eunuch in the palace, just for such ordinary goods to disgrace the former imperial kiln factory?

But Li Kui didn't give Shopkeeper Sun a choice at all, but asked: "You don't need to be so fine with these oil lamps you took out, as long as you correct them, can you take down a set of money?" ”

Shopkeeper Sun gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!" ”

"It's just a set of money, or 10,000 sets." Li Kui is a person who is afraid of trouble, so he immediately made a decision. It's only a thousand business, and the shopkeeper Sun is suddenly like a mourner, and he has a kind of frustration after being fooled.

Fortunately, Li Kui pointed out a clear way for him: "Shopkeeper Sun, this style of oil lamp will be in demand a lot in the future, you can prepare early." ”

"How many?"

"If someone lights a lamp in the world, someone uses it." Li Kui said proudly.

Silk –

Shopkeeper Sun gasped, and the raging money in his eyes burned again, and he immediately clung to it: "My lord, the villain is determined to be strong for the adult, or this ten thousand sets of oil lamps, the villain is ready to sacrifice to the adult." ”

Li Kui didn't care either, nodded and said, "It just so happens that I am also going to put the oil lamps in the capital to sell, but I am in charge of these 10,000 sets, and I don't need money." ”

Hao Sui thought that Li Kui was stupid, how shrewd he was, and he actually made a loss-making business. After the shopkeeper Sun left, he chased after Li Kui and asked, "Renjie, aren't you going to make money in this business?" ”

"Earn! Didn't I ask Qiu Xuanhuai to prepare, and I will follow you to the capital after the New Year. ”

"But you've sent it all away, how can you make money?" Hao Sui is not in a hurry, although Li Kui does not dare to monopolize the business of fire oil, but it is absolutely no problem for him to control the sale of a business. Otherwise, he would have been working in vain these days. And among this firm, there are also Hao Sui's elements, seeing that the real money is about to be wasted, Hao Sui is really anxious.

He has a big family to raise!

Li Kui waved his hand and walked to the door, the sun shone on him, as if there was an extra layer of holiness, and a leisurely voice came out: "Hao Sui, I am accumulating virtue and doing good, you need to learn more." ”

"Whew!"

Hao Sui didn't believe it, but Qiu Xuanhuai understood Li Kui's true intentions, if the oil wanted to quickly occupy the lighting market in the capital, it was the best way to free it in advance.