After Gao Lifeng really learned Xiao Ming's identity, he couldn't help but be in awe! He welcomed Xiao Ming into the living room of the back hall and treated him like a guest, and during the conversation, he was respectful, Xiao Ming also sent out an invitation in a timely manner, Gao Lifeng seemed to be a little hesitant to leave his homeland, Xiao Ming persuaded him.

"Xiao made steel through metallurgy, not only to seek wealth, but also for the development of real steel materials for my Central Plains Song Dynasty, I don't want to hide these technologies, steel materials are the necessities that we ordinary people have to apply in the future, if possible, I hope that Brother Gao can also be a part of the promotion and dissemination!"

Gao Lifeng said: "Xiao Daguan is so broad-minded, it really makes Gao embarrassed!" "I agreed to go to Gu's Refinery in Hangzhou on the same day to join the R&D base of steel materials!

Xiao Ming had a major matter solved in his heart, and he didn't feel very relaxed, so he talked and laughed with Gao Lifeng! When Gao Lifeng learned that Xiao Ming wanted to find Zhang's Kiln Factory, he patted his thigh and said: "What a coincidence, Zhang Shengyi, the boss of the kiln factory, and I are friends, but the kiln factory of the two brothers is indeed not called Zhang's Kiln Factory!" No wonder no one knows about the locals! ”

It turns out that the kiln factory of the Zhang brothers is not their own, the younger brother Zhang Shenger of the two is from Dingzhou in the Central Plains, is the chief craftsman of the Dingzhou kiln, and the elder brother also has a unique skill of firing porcelain.

But I don't know what the reason, a few years ago the younger brother Zhang Shenger suddenly returned to Longquan, the two brothers will integrate the skills to build a kiln, located in Longquan's Shutian Village, outsiders are called "Shutian kiln", within a few years the two of them fired the Shutian kiln porcelain will be famous, every kiln will have a boutique coming out!

Xiao Ming didn't know much about porcelain, he asked Gao Lifeng to explain to him what are the characteristics of the porcelain in Shutian kiln, Gao Lifeng told him that in fact, the firing of porcelain is the same as casting a sword! In order to take into account the strength, toughness, elasticity and sharpness of the sword, swordsmiths often add many other metal materials to the sword blank, and then forge them according to the characteristics of these metals.

The same is true for the firing of porcelain, porcelain in the construction of a lot of materials are considered, generally speaking, the clay is the general clay, but the substances contained in it are different, the skill is to consider the proportion of different components, if the clay contains a variety of trace elements, it is necessary to make a certain selection and increase or decrease according to the type of porcelain fired according to the need.

Many recipes are not passed on secrets, but how to judge is unknown, or the glaze on the surface of porcelain, this is even more difficult, considering the factors of humidity, temperature and heat, the probability of producing fine products within a kiln is extremely low, so a good porcelain maker is like a good sword casting master, are rare talents in a hundred years!

As far as the porcelain produced by the Shutian kiln is concerned, their biggest feature is that there are many small cracks on the glaze surface of light white, called "100 garbage pieces", and the lines are staggered, forming a lot of glaze color to be mainly green, with different shades, but there are also lilac and yellow products. The thick glaze of the black tire and the purple iron foot are another characteristic of it, and the texture of the "hundred pieces of garbage" is also called the "caviar pattern" and the glaze of the porcelain is wonderful, which is a rare superlative.

Xiao Ming listened to the fascination, China's porcelain reputation and the Song Dynasty, the peak and the Ming and Qing dynasties, but now the Song Dynasty porcelain is irrepressible, that era has unparalleled porcelain burning skills, many excellent porcelain production processes have been lost, countless intelligent porcelain craftsmen have declined!

Gao Lifeng was willing to introduce Xiao Ming to the Zhang brothers, but he also said that Boss Zhang had encountered some trouble recently, and he didn't know if he could solve it, Xiao Ming asked him what was the matter, Gao Lifeng shook his head and said that he didn't know, he promised to take Xiao Ming to Shutian Village early tomorrow morning to formally meet the Zhang brothers and see the situation.

Xiao Ming thought about it, so the two agreed to go to Shutian Village together the next day, Xiao Ming went back and secretly pondered, listening to Gao Lifeng's words, the second eldest of the Zhang family in Shutian Kiln must be the craftsman who came back from the Jun kiln and Dingzhou kiln controlled by them during the last time the Shi family evacuated, but I just don't know how much the Shi family controls the Zhang brothers, and everything will not be known until tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Xiao Ming hired a carriage and pulled Gao Lifeng to Shutian Village together, and there was still a convoy on the road into the village, it seemed that something came to Shutian Village, from the decoration of the carriage and the size of the carriage, it was known that it was from the metropolis, it seemed that someone came specifically and this person was either rich or expensive.

The Zhang brothers lived in a single-family village courtyard, and after the carriage arrived, Gao Lifeng got off the car and went straight to the courtyard gate, Xiao Ming and his entourage followed, because there were many people around the door of the Zhang family! It seems that something is going on in his house.

Gao Lifeng cared about his friend and was about to break in, but he was stopped by Xiao Ming, because Xiao Ming found an acquaintance in the yard! There are now many people in the courtyard, and there are a few people behind everyone, a young man with a feminine appearance is sitting there, it is Shi Wengong, the second son of the Shi family that Xiao Ming has seen!

It seems that this matter must be related to the Shi family, but now that the Shi family is subordinate to Ri Changlong, Xiao Ming naturally will not appear rashly when he does not understand the situation, he can only wait and see what Shi Wengong wants.

There was a fat man in the courtyard, dressed in silk and satin, with a big belly, who was foaming at the mouth, and a man with big hands and feet opposite him, squatting on the ground without saying a word, and a man behind him who looked very similar to him was also persuading him, but the man squatting on the ground seemed to be very stubborn, and the two sides seemed to be deadlocked.

"I said Boss Zhang, don't insist on it, the land in your kiln factory was only rented and not sold, and now someone has taken a fancy to that piece of land and wants to buy it at a high price, so I have to sell it to others, and it is useless if you insist on not moving out! Won't all the things on that land belong to someone else? ”

Squatting on the ground is none other than Zhang Shengyi, the boss of the Zhang family! She raised her head and said to the big fat man: "Zheng Daguan, our villagers, can you really bear to do this?" ”

"It's the villagers who helped you, when you came from Jinyi Village, you wanted to build a kiln factory, didn't I rent that piece of land to you? And the rent was temporarily forfeited from you! ”

"But what we said was a rent, but a year! It's been less than five years ......! ”

"But the land is mine after all, I want to sell it again!"

The brother behind him, Zhang Shenger, said: "Forget it, big brother, the land of the rich people is their own, and what they want to do with it is their business, it's a big deal for us to choose the kiln site!" ”

Zhang Shengyi: "You don't know that the special cement of that land is important to us, and it is too difficult to find such a place, and we may not be able to burn good porcelain once the kiln site is broken!" ”

"But big brother, what Shi Gongzi said ......"

"Don't say it, when you went north to burn the kiln, you burned the kiln for ten years for the government, and now the kiln factory is closed, you haven't come back alone, what benefits have you got, you shouldn't have gone when you listened to me!"

Zhang Shenger sighed and stopped talking, Zhang Shengyi said to himself: "In this life, I just want to eat and not work for the government, and the ancestor invented this ceramic firing technique not to serve those government masters!" What presides over the kiln factory of Shunaiji, I'm not interested! ”

Shi Wengong heard Boss Zhang say this, he snorted angrily and stood up, just wanted to say something, but sneered again, turned around and left, his follower immediately followed and left the small courtyard of the Zhang family, Zheng Caizhu saw Shi Wengong leaving, the fat on his face trembled, and he finally couldn't help but say a cruel word to Zhang Sheng.

"I'll tell you Boss Zhang, today is to give you advance notice, whether you like to move or not, three days later, I will say that the land will be sold to others in person, and at that time, your kiln factory will become someone else's thing, you don't regret it!"

Zhang Sheng stood up angrily, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, the villagers around him were talking, and the rich man Zheng flicked his sleeves and was ready to leave! was suddenly stopped, "Zheng Daguan, right?" Please stay, Xiao has something to ask! ”

It was Xiao Ming who stopped the rich man Zheng, and he asked, "May I ask how much silver did the guest who wanted to buy your land give you, so that you have to force the Zhang brothers to move the kiln factory?" In three more days, how can the huge kiln factory be moved? ”

Seeing that Xiao Ming was well-dressed and had a majestic face, but he had never seen it, he asked, "Who are you, what do I do with you when I buy and sell land with others?" ”

Xiao Ming said with a smile: "I also want to buy land, I don't know if Zheng Daguan is willing to cut his love?" ”

Rich Master Zheng sighed, looked Xiao Ming up and down, and said: "If your bid is higher than others, of course I am willing to sell you, but I advise you to take a look at the land first, that piece of land is a piece of mountain and woodland, if you want to buy it, not only the current land, but also the surrounding mountains and woodlands must be bought together!" ”

"Of course, buying land is to grow crops, what's the use of asking for that dry woodland!" "Yes! ……！ The surrounding villagers couldn't help but exclaim.

"No problem, then you can make a price" Xiao Ming didn't even blink his eyes.

The rich man Zheng was greedy, and opened his mouth and said: "One mu of land is five hundred yuan, and all of that piece of mountain and forest land is about sixteen.seventy-eight acres, which is seventeen acres, a total of eight thousand five hundred yuan!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the villagers watching around immediately "Boom!" Obviously, the price of Rich Master Zheng was too high, and this person's greedy face was exposed, even Boss Zhang stood there with a stunned face, looking at Rich Master Zheng in surprise, while his brother Zhang Shenger was looking at Xiao Ming with interest.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "A thousand taels of silver is only a lot more, right?" As soon as he turned around, Gu Xiaoliu handed over a few pieces of paper, Xiao Ming scooped out two and said to Zheng Caizhu: "The promissory note paid by Taiping Yinzhuang in cash, one thousand taels, did you bring the title deed?" ”

Rich Zheng's eyes widened, someone promised to buy his piece of land in the kiln factory only promised him a total of two hundred taels of silver, and now he has earned five times as much with one backhand! This business is too profitable! Hurriedly said: "Bring it!" With the entourage, he immediately handed over the title deed, and the rich man Zheng bowed in front of Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming glanced at it, nodded and said, "That's right!" The title deed and cash are cleared, and they do not owe each other credit, and Zheng Daguan is good! I don't send it! ”

Zheng Caizhu smiled and walked away with his entourage, and the villagers around him looked at Xiao Ming like monsters, Xiao Ming scooped the title deed and glanced at Gao Lifeng with a smile, walked towards Zhang Shengyi, gave the title deed in his hand, and said, "Master Zhang, you don't have to move the kiln factory!" ”

Zhang Sheng was like falling into the clouds, what happened just now was like a dream for him, looking at the title deed in front of him, he rubbed his eyes, suddenly woke up, and said: "No...... No! I can't take it

！ ”

Gao Lifeng took a step forward and said, "Old Zhang! Your luck is so good, this is Mr. Xiao, the big shopkeeper of Richanglong! He's here to help you today, don't you thank them soon! ”

Zhang Shengyi: "Lao Gao, this ...... What the hell is going on! ”

Gao Lifeng then explained and explained Xiao Ming's identity and intention to Zhang Shengyi, and this time Xiao Ming helped the Zhang brothers in order to fully acquire their kiln factory! Xiao Ming was not only responsible for the production and sales of porcelain, but also responsible for all the costs of the construction and renovation of the pharmaceutical factory, which, according to Xiao Ming's words, was the independent Zhang's kiln factory under the name of Richanglong.

At this time, Zhang Shenger suddenly said: "I know you, you are Lord Xiao Mingxiao, the envoy of the Southeast Fifth Road, aren't you buying us on behalf of the government, instead of this, we should agree to Shi Wengong's son, go to the Li Yue Dynasty, and open the official kiln!" ”

"What do you say? What Li Yue Dynasty! Xiao Ming was shocked.