From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 467

"Where are we going?"

"Guangzhou."

"Aren't we going directly north?"

"No, this is the only free time I have. I have a lot of things to do. It's very important to lay a foundation for the future."

After hearing Zhou Yuan's words, Li Yu'an was silent for a moment, but suddenly said: "You haven't given up yet?"

"What?"

Zhou Yuan looked up at her.

Li Yu'an said: "The current situation of the Great Jin Dynasty can be said to be surrounded by enemies. There are enemies and chaos everywhere in the northeast, north, southeast, south and southwest. What's more terrible is that the land annexation has reached such a level that the court's taxes are not enough to cover the expenses. According to history, such a dynasty has only one way to go."

"Have you not given up yet?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "I haven't thought about this issue. Giving up is not in my thinking. I just want to save the world."

Li Yu'an frowned and said: "Where do you get the confidence? To be honest, looking at history, it seems that no one has done it."

Zhou Yuan said: "Maybe it is the confidence given to me by Her Majesty the Queen. She has shortcomings, but also advantages."

Li Yu'an said: "For example?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Her shortcomings are that she does not respect human nature, and her advantages are that she can endure everything for the Great Jin Dynasty."

"The former makes me uncomfortable, and the latter allows me to let go. Do it. "Li Yu said:" Do you really believe she can come back? "" Of course, she will definitely come, which is doomed. "Zhou Yuan sighed:" The world is gone, Wenchen family, the clan is noble, it is impossible to watch the world died. " "You know." Zhou Yuan said slowly: "The foundation of Jin Shang is going empty, and the out of control of the sea power makes the tide merchant difficult. The bureau, until the sixth day of October, it was time to get. Zhou Yuan got off the carriage and said straight to the point: "Are you ready?"

Qiao Chaiqing said: "Everything is ready! We'll open the kiln today! We are quite confident!"

"Let's go! Let's go!"

Zhou Yuan followed Qiao Chaiqing and others into a large kiln.

The temperature inside was extremely high, but everyone wore leather aprons.

Zhou Yuan looked at Li Yu'an and said: "The heat will surge later, and there may be red-hot slag. Do you need an apron?"

Li Yu'an smiled and said: "What do you think?"

Zhou Yuan said: "I think it's not necessary. After all, your internal strength is so powerful that it can condense an invisible air wall."

Hundreds of people had gathered in the kiln. They made way for Zhou Yuan and others to walk over.

Qiao Chaiqing said, "Sir, I'm just waiting for your order."

Zhou Yuan immediately shouted, "Open the kiln!"

"Open the kiln!"

Accompanied by a roar, the kiln mouth was smashed open, the flames finally extinguished, and hot smoke floated out.

"Take the goods!"

Qiao Chaiqing shouted, and several workers poured water on themselves and strode into the cave with iron carts.

After about twenty breaths, they pushed the carts out, and they were so hot that they blew white smoke.

But when the smoke dissipated, the two porcelain glazed vases placed on the iron cart stunned everyone.

The vases were a pair, about three feet high, with a diameter of about two palms wide, and a moderate curve of the body, full of beauty.

The key is the glaze!

It was a complex pattern, a seven-color color that had never been seen before, and an exquisite color combination.

The unique temperament, bright colors, delicate glaze, pure and gorgeous, enough to make people fall in love with it.

"Success! We succeeded!"

Qiao Chaiqing jumped up excitedly and shouted hoarsely: "Success! Finally succeeded! Sir! Sir! Shanxi merchants are saved!"

At the end of shouting, he even knelt on the ground, covering his face and crying.

The workers around also cheered. In the past eight or nine months, everyone has paid too much for this kiln.

Huang Zuoyu looked at the pair of porcelain bottles and was stunned.

Then he said excitedly: "Exquisite craftsmanship! Exquisite craftsmanship! This is the first time I have seen such exquisite porcelain!"

Li Yu'an was also stunned, and then suddenly looked at Zhou Yuan and said: "This... How is this fired? There can't be such porcelain!"

"No! No! I think I have seen it!"

Li Yu'an suddenlySuddenly, he remembered something and said loudly: "I saw it in the palace when I was a child. My father has a treasure that has never been made public. It is similar to this."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, and nodded: "Yes, it is not the first time it has appeared in this world. There have been some before, but they are rare and almost unseen. Even the royal family of Dajin only has two."

"This is porcelain made by enamel craftsmanship. You can call it enamelware or enamel color. We are the first kiln in the whole Dajin to mass-produce enamelware."

He looked at Qiao Chaiqing and shouted: "How many pieces! How many pieces!"

Qiao Chaiqing hurriedly said: "Four hundred pieces! A full four hundred pieces! But the quality is good enough. Maybe only half!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Smash the remaining half! Burn all the fragments, don't let them flow out!"

"Such exquisite enamel porcelain will definitely be fought over by nobles."

He looked at the people around him and said loudly: "Thank you for your hard work, we will not treat you unfairly. Tonight is a celebration banquet, and everyone can get a reward of ten taels of silver."

"But you can't tell anyone about everything here, even your mother, wife and children."

"Don't tell anyone, there will be a reward in the future, but if anyone tells anyone, don't blame us for killing someone!"

Everyone was already stunned by the ten taels of silver, and they quickly promised not to tell anyone.

Zhou Yuan walked out, and Qiao Chaiqing hurriedly followed.

He said excitedly: "Sir, such exquisite porcelain, one piece is enough to buy five thousand taels! Here are two hundred pieces, at least one million taels of silver!"

Zhou Yuan looked at him suddenly and said coldly: "Five thousand taels? There are only these two hundred pieces in the whole Jin Dynasty, and you told me to buy only five thousand taels? How poor are you recently?"

Qiao Chaiqing scratched his head awkwardly and smiled bitterly: "It's really poor. Our Jin merchants have encountered twists and turns in the past year or so, and they have started to sell shops and businesses."

Zhou Yuan said: "Let me tell you, every piece of porcelain here is worth more than fifty thousand taels! Do you understand?"

Qiao Chaiqing was shocked and glared: "Fifty thousand taels? How to sell it!"

Zhou Yuan said: "When Of course, it is to give enamelware a mysterious color and cultural significance, making it not only a decoration, but also a carrier of luck! "

"In the next month, the mythical story about Tianjiang enamel will spread throughout the entire Jin Dynasty."

"When the time comes, you can sell it one by one, don't rush to sell it all."

Qiao Chaiqing panted and said, "Do you mean that these 200 pieces of enamelware are going to sell for 10 million taels?"

Zhou Yuan said, "It's a guaranteed 10 million taels!"

"The people are poor, and I, Zhou Yuan, don't have the ability to earn their hard-earned money, but the more money the nobles have, the better."

Two hundred pieces of enamelware in one kiln, if Zhou Yuan didn't intervene, it would be impossible.

Without the firing technology, only 30 to 50 pieces can be fired a year. Fortunately, Zhou Yuan has experience and has learned about the pillar industries in the jurisdiction in detail in his previous life, including this one.

This kiln has exceeded the output of three years during the Yongzheng period, and it has made a fortune.