Zhao Wuxian replied: "Exactly, Zigong thinks, what are the benefits?" ”

Zigong clapped his hands and exclaimed: "I will be able to make a hundred profits!" They want to get a piece of the gentleman's wheat flour business, not only can this plan not succeed, but they will also find that their own fundamental lacquer pottery market has also been ruthlessly disrupted by the gentleman! ”

Zigong also played chess, so there is this "general", and Zigong has been thoroughly understood in advance, knowing that the firing method of this porcelain is almost the same as pottery, and the cost has not increased much.

Compared with porcelain, copper and tin, the raw materials of bronze casting, are not easy to obtain, especially in the south, and freight and tariffs along the way must be added. Not to mention that in the case of bronze as a raw material for weapons, countries also restrict circulation and export. Even if the raw materials are complete, the smelting and casting of bronze is countless times more troublesome than porcelain.

And what is lacquerware? Lacquer is a liquid that flows out of the lacquer tree and forms a film that protects the wood from corrosion. The lacquerware craft of the Central Plains region has appeared as early as the Xia Hou clan, but at first plain wood-tired lacquerware was only used in daily life. When Xia Yu arrived, "take it as a sacrificial vessel, dye it with ink, and paint it inside", and often use Zhu and black to paint (xie).

In the original history, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han Dynasty, it was a process of bronze gradually weakening and withdrawing from daily life. Because porcelain did not gradually mature until the Northern and Southern Dynasties, lacquerware filled this blank period with its exquisite and gorgeous shapes and relatively simple production techniques compared to bronze, occupying half of the daily utensils, especially in the Warring States Qin and Han dynasties.

Therefore, in this era, if you have a 100-acre lacquer garden, it is enough for people to eat and wear for a lifetime! During the Warring States Period, Zhuang Zhou, as a small official in the lacquer garden, was probably also well-fed and nourishing. Otherwise, how can there be leisure and fun to "return all things to one, and enjoy the world"?

However, under the flapping of the wings of Zhao Wuxian's little butterfly. porcelain, and it is more mature celadon and white porcelain. But it appeared in this small village, which was poor and barren a year ago.

The porcelain body is made of kaolin, which is collected in the nearby mountains and made in a well-sealed kiln at a high temperature of 1,200-1,300 degrees Celsius.

Compared to pottery, the porcelain carcass is harder, denser, thin and does not absorb water. The carcass is covered with a layer of glaze, and the glaze is smooth and smooth. The green glaze component has been modulated by Lu Taoweng many times and is determined to be grass and wood ash, which is blue-yellow because it contains a certain amount of iron oxide.

A celadon pot, according to Zhao Wuxian's plan, is only sold for a quarter of a bronze pot and one-third of a lacquer pot, and even so, it can earn more than ten times the profit. When it entered the market, it could be used as a substitute for bronze and lacquerware. So that the small amount of money left in the family can also afford to use the taxis and the countrymen.

In terms of daily necessities alone, whether in terms of cost, difficulty of craftsmanship, sufficiency and availability of raw materials, porcelain is the general trend to replace bronze and lacquerware in the market. But this process may take decades, hundreds of years.

At present, Zhao Wuxian only wants it to gain an advantage, parallel to bronze and lacquer. As for Fan's pottery, to put it mildly, after the appearance of porcelain, it will be immediately squeezed out of the market of middle and upper class customers!

"Most of these are trial burning, so there are different varieties. In the next few kilns, I plan to mainly fire tripods, gui, pots, etc. And the buyers, naturally, are old customers of wheat flour. This way, you can also sell it with a cereal set. Those scholars who love to decorate the hall with beautiful utensils may have to buy five tripods and four tripods every time, or three tripods and two tripods. ”

"As for the white porcelain, it is a surprise that it can be made with the glaze of the original color of porcelain clay. Now it seems that the appearance of this thing is quite similar to white jade, if the shape is carefully carved, it can also enter the market of pearl jade, but I am worried, will it compete with Han's? If so, it is not beautiful. ”

The Han family started from Han Xuanzi, and their family was famous for their dedication to the princes. In the seven counties of Hanyi, there are three jade mountains, and in the workshop at home, there are hundreds of jade craftsmen, and there are also trade contacts with the Chen family of Qi State, and you can get some East China Sea clam beads.

In Wuxi's view, the goods are just a continuation of politics, and he can use his hands to fight the enemy Fan, so he plans with all his might. But if it will damage his ally Han and cause conflicts between the two families, he will have to be cautious. Moreover, in addition to Han's daughter, he has a good impression of the modest Han Buxin and the handsome Han Hu.

Zigong dispelled this worry, it turned out that Zigong had learned that the jade business was a hundred times more profitable, and the reason for this was because of its rarity.

Pearls and jades are inherently priceless and extremely scarce, often needed by hundreds of people, but can only supply one. And the noble doctor is probably only interested in the real beautiful jade, so he shouldn't have too much competition with the Han family.

Zhao Wuxian is right to think about it, the Hetian jade of the later generations can be fried to tens of millions of sky-high prices for one piece. In other words, there is a great demand for jade and jade-like things, but the quantity is always a little bit

In this way, white porcelain can be used to make small and medium-sized jade substitutes such as Bi, Cong, Gui, Zhang, Huang, and Amber, and the target is the middle class of scholars and Chinese. If there are thousands of people belonging to this class in Xinjiang City, each of them can buy a piece of porcelain and porcelain Jue, and the income is also a terrifying number.

People in the Spring and Autumn Period were good bronzes, and they used it as a ritual vessel, and they were good jade, and they used it as the beauty of a gentleman and used it as a decoration. Although there are still some gaps between porcelain and jade compared with Shangshen's castings and jade, it is expensive in novelty and cheapness, so there is a lot to be done!

When the craftsmanship is more mature, he also plans to make extremely fine and homogeneous porcelain, which is sold as a luxury product, and takes the route of hunger marketing.

In the end, Zhao Wuxian instructed Zigong: "Chengxiang has been used for two years, and the cattle and horses that have been cultivated and milled are enough, and no matter how much is wasted, so this time, we don't want corn, just money!" ”

And these utensils were also given a unique name by Zhao Wuxian.

Into a kiln! Porcelain!

He believes that these two names will inevitably be praised countless times in future generations, and perhaps these few things in his hands will be copied to hundreds of millions of dollars in a thousand years, or treasured as national treasures.

Wuxian caressed the two exquisite porcelain deer and porcelain pillows with satisfaction, and asked people to wrap them in straw and a layer of soft skin, carefully carry them to the cart, and put them in the bamboo basket. He wanted to take it to the lower palace and give it to his sister Ji Huan and Le Lingzi as a thank you gift.

In a few days, it will be the autumn festival, the day when he enters the Qiqi Palace and officially becomes the emperor's assistant sacrifice. And this time when he entered the palace, he also had to accompany Le Lingzi to visit Le Qi, who had been imprisoned for nearly a year. (To be continued)

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