Spring and Autumn I Am King

Opposite Zhao Wuxi was the beautiful young Han Hu who was sitting next to him. People who don't know will mistake Zhao Wuxi for a beautiful and dignified lady, just like Zhao Wuxi's first embarrassment.

As a die-hard ally of the Zhao family, the Han family has always had a very close relationship. If there is a big swallow, they are usually invited. However, Han Hu came today, in addition to being ordered by his grandfather and father to support the Zhao family, there is one more important thing to discuss with Zhao Wuxi.

Exactly about the "white porcelain" thing.

From July to now, finished porcelain has been on the market for two months. It is cheaper than bronze and lacquerware, but more expensive than pottery. It is suitable for those who like fresh flavors, as well as middle-class taxis. This is also the initial positioning of Zhao Wuxi and Zigong for this kind of goods.

However, "what is rare is precious", because of confidentiality reasons, porcelain is currently only produced in Chengxiang, although Zhao Wuxi and Lu Taoweng discussed the concept of "assembly line" operation: cultivating soil, making embryos, and glazing , shoveling coal, observing the temperature of the fire... more than a dozen potters commanded dozens of civilians who were recruited to work.

However, only three kilns can be produced in one day, and the number is less than 100. Because of the shortage, while the price of wheat flour has fallen, porcelain has been rising day by day. However, Zigong predicted that this is a normal phenomenon in the early stage of new goods entering the market. When the initial heat disappears, it will return to the normal price.

Wu Xie agrees with him. On the one hand, he wants to find a way to expand the scale of production while maintaining confidentiality. On the other hand, the products have to be differentiated, and the carefully crafted treasures are sold at sky-high prices, and the goods are multiplied. Ordinary products have to be sold more, so that Chengci can go out of the hundreds of miles around Xinjiang, because it is about population and purchasing power. Hedong in Jin State and Dadu Dayi in Nanyang are extremely impressive.

At present, the finished porcelain is mainly composed of one blue and one white with uniform color and luster, celadon. Mainly do large and medium-sized living utensils and furnishings. As for white porcelain, smaller ornaments are fired, and with its smooth and even ice-like appearance, it is regarded as a substitute for jade, and it is also popular for a while.

The six ministers of the Jin state each had their vassal merchants and craftsmen, specializing in one industry, and the Han family mainly engaged in the pearl and jade business. Han Fu seven counties. There are three mountains of jade, hundreds of craftsmen who attack jade, and he is also keen on collecting famous jade in the world. Han Xuanzi once did two things to forcefully buy jade from the jade merchant of Zheng Guo, but he was finally discouraged by the quilt and failed to succeed. .

In the west, their original fief, Handi, was next to Qin State, controlling the "Jade Road" that had been opened up since Yin and Shang.

The Jade Road is the predecessor of the Silk Road in later generations. As early as the time of Wuding, Dayi merchants were full of beautiful jade from foreign countries. The merchants of the Sai people set out from the desert and Kunlun Snow Mountain, and passed through the Hexi Corridor of Yuzhi and Xirong. Arrived in Qin land, and Qin Shang sold the jade to Hancheng and entered Jin state. on the east. The Han family also has close contacts with the Chen family on the coast of Qi State, and the Donghai mussel beads, even the legendary shark pearls, can be repurchased and sold.

But these things are extremely precious and have always been exclusively purchased by the upper-level officials, so there is a saying that the benefits of pearls and jade are a hundredfold. It was not until the white porcelain ornaments made by Zhao Wuxi came into the market that they filled the needs of middle-class scholars and Chinese people.

In this regard, the sensitive Han quickly noticed.

A real doctor would disdain to wear such cheaper "fake jade" as decorations. Therefore, Han's business has not been affected, but he is also very interested in this new product. In Han's craftsman workshop. There are also some potters, who are instructed by the owner and the worker. I bought white porcelain and studied it carefully, but no matter how I tried, I couldn't imitate it well.

Fan's lacquer pottery merchants are also facing this situation. They have been inquiring about the production method of porcelain, and they do everything possible to prevent Zhao's profit.

However, what Han thinks is cooperation. After all, the relationship between the two families for more than 100 years is still there. In the spring of next year, Han's granddaughter will marry her cousin, the eldest son of Zhao's mother, who is a Han daughter. Dear.

Therefore, Han Hu, who had some friendship with Zhao Wuxi, was instructed by his father Han Shen to discuss cooperation matters with Wuxi during this banquet.

However, Zhao Wu Xie declined Han's attempt to come up with gold to buy the formula of white porcelain, and he replied, "Han Zi can come to the banquet and deign to ask me. I am sorry that I cannot tell you the law.”

Han Hu sighed slightly, he knew that things could not be so smooth.

Wu Xie added: "However, I can sell it together with the Han family, I provide white porcelain, and the Han family is responsible for transporting and using the pearl and jade merchants all over the country to sell them abroad, Xinzheng, Chengzhou, Yongcheng, and even How about Yingdu? Of course, I have other requirements."

Han Hu slapped his palms and said with a smile: "That's very good! If you have any requirements, Zhao Zi said it's fine." With this, the task assigned by his father was considered completed.

"How to share the profits equally, we will decide after consultation between the two parties. This is one of them; when Han's jewelers go to various countries, they will also bring the people I send with them, so that they can have a long experience. , I am familiar with the market conditions in various places, this is the second; I heard that the Han family has obtained a crossbow made by the Chu Renqin family, can you lend me a look? This is the third."

Han Hu hesitated for a moment and said that he was going to go back and ask his father Han Shen. Speaking of this, he couldn't help but envy Zhao Wuxi. The whole conversation was entirely his own, and he didn't have to report to Zhao Yang's decision.

Although it is an industry of Chengxiang, it is inconceivable that the general should treat a fourteen-year-old uncrewed youth so gracefully and delegate power. Han Hu also noticed something was wrong. This time, Zhao Yang not only called back his eldest son Bo Lu, but also called Wu Xie, while the second and third sons were left in the town by him and could not return.

Since the late Yin and Shang Dynasties, there has been an orderly relationship between the elders and the younger generations, but in the face of cruel competition, the ministers of the Jin state have always chosen the wise first. Han Hu's great-grandfather, Han Xuanzi, was the second son. He was established as the heir after Han Xianzi deposed the "sick" eldest son Han Wuji.

And the Zhao family~www.wuxiahere.com~ is even more so. Zhao Xuanzi, Zhao Jingzi, and Zhao Yang are all not the eldest sons who stand by virtue.

Han Hu couldn't help worrying about his blood-related cousin, Bo Lu, if he was not married to the future Zhao clan master, his sister Han Ji would definitely feel dissatisfied and resentful.

However, Zhao Wuxi also has his own small abacus. He only has a small caravan in Zigong. Although it has expanded several times in the past six months, with the help of Zhao's original cattle and horse trade network, the business has expanded to the surrounding area of ​​Xinjiang. Within a hundred miles. It is only a matter of time before it is transported to Jinyang, Wenxian and other regions for sale.

However, the merchants of the Zhao clan were only limited to the Jin state and the land of the Rong and Di in the north. Zigong was originally familiar with the line of Jin, Wei and Lu. And using Han's contacts and merchants, he can let Zigong send people to the Central Plains countries to familiarize themselves with the market, experience the experience, and prepare for Chengci to officially go abroad and sell to the princes in the future.

Speaking of which, Zigong's caravan encountered a strange incident some time ago. At that time, they went to a doctor's territorial town dozens of miles north of Xinjiang to deliver goods. There was no incident all the way when we went, but when we came back through the mountains, things changed suddenly, and we encountered thieves! (To be continued)

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