Yang Anxuan lived temporarily in Peijiawu, Pingbai. Pei Sheng and Yan Hong took him to visit the two porcelain kilns.
The wares were fired in the Yan family's porcelain kiln and then moved to the Pei family's porcelain kiln for glazing. The Yang family purchases and prepares the glaze, but the Yang family does not know what temperature should be controlled for the second refining. This ensures the secret of glaze production to the greatest extent.
Then, he followed Pei Sheng to the southwest corner of Wubao, where the supplies were stored. There were more than a dozen guards guarding the door.
Opening the copper lock of the innermost warehouse and pushing open the heavy wooden door, Yang Anxuan saw several rows of basins, washbasins, plates, jars, lamps, lamps and other items displayed on the table.
Someone lit a torch, and under the light of the fire, the basins and lamps glowed with colorful light, which was dazzling.
Pei Sheng and Yan Hong accompanied Yang Anxuan, looking at these colored porcelain pieces with fascination. Yang Anxuan saw that there were only fifty or sixty colored porcelain pieces on the case, and asked in surprise: "Only these were burned." ?」
Pei Sheng said with a smile: "I have fired several kilns, but the first few times failed because I had no experience. This was the top quality selected from the last two times. The other pieces had some flaws. My father said it was better to have a shortage of iron than to overload it, so I had them destroyed."
When saying this, both Pei Sheng and Yan Hong showed signs of pain.
Yan Hong couldn't help but said: "Although those colored porcelains have some minor flaws, the selling price will never be low. My father-in-law is really good at it."
Yang Anxuan said with a smile: "Ginger is old and spicy. Mr. Pei did the right thing. Only in this way can we ensure that the high-quality products are sold at a good price. Even if a kiln only produces a few high-quality products, we can still make a steady profit."
Pei Sheng and Yan Hong both laughed out loud, and Pei Sheng said, "This business is enough to make us as rich as the rest of the world."
Yang Anxuan casually picked up the colored porcelain placed on the table and inspected it. The colors were bright, either red, green or brown, but a little dull, with not much change and no pattern formed yet.
Shunzui said what was on his mind, and Pei Sheng and Yan Hong kept it in mind, preparing to improve in the future.
After a cursory glance, Yang Anxuan asked, "How can I sell these few pieces?"
Yan Hong said with a smile: "It's already quite a lot. Another kiln has been shipped out in the past two days, and there should be hundreds of finished products. The Ying family, the Qi family, and the Xinye family have all sent stewards to prepare to pick up the goods. Every day The family can get more than thirty pieces, which is quite a lot."
Yang Anxuan came to his senses. Colored porcelain was an epoch-making new thing, and the price was certainly not cheap. Take the light green porcelain bowl he had as an example. If he sold it to a noble family, he could get at least ten taels of gold back.
The businesses of the Yin, Ying, and Qi families cannot exclusively sell colored porcelain, and must be mixed in with other businesses. Dozens of such treasures are enough, but if there are too many, they won't be sold at a high price. I just said that Pei Bo has a sophisticated eye, but he suddenly remembered the saying that things are expensive.
According to the discussion that day, the Ying family was responsible for the Jiangnan and Nanyang areas, and the Qi family traveled to Wei, Yan, Rouran and other countries; the Xinye and Panlongshan families traded with Qin, Liang and the Western Regions. Yang Anxuan decided to go to Wei, Yan and other countries, so he asked : "Did the Qi family send someone here?"
"We arrived two days ago, and the Ying family is also here. We're just waiting for Xinye to send someone over so that everyone can make arrangements." Pei Sheng replied.
After asking if the person coming from the Qi family was Qi Hui, whom he knew, Yang Anxuan asked Pei Sheng to invite him to see him tomorrow. .z.br>
After leaving the warehouse, Pei Sheng said: "Yang Hou, my father said that he wants to see you for something. Please go to the back hall and see you."
In the back hall of the Pei family, Pei Bo was leaning on his staff in front of the door to greet the marquis. Yang Anxuan quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying: "Mr. Pei, I dare you to greet me. Yang is so polite."
Pei Bo smiled and said, "Marquis Yang has been kind to the Pei family for rebuilding. I would be rude if I didn't come out of the castle to greet him."
Yang Anxuan helped Pei Bo into the house. The guests and the host sat down at the table, and the servants offered tea.
After drinking a cup of tea, Pei Bo sighed and said: "Marquis Yang is as kind as a mountain to the Pei family. He saved us from the Qin people twice. The Pei family, the Yan family and the people of Yanshi are so grateful."
Yang Anxuan said with a smile: "The Pei and Yan families are very helpful to each other. In the final analysis, they are just supporting each other."
Pei Bo nodded and said, "Marquis Yang handed over the business of manufacturing colored porcelain to the Pei and Yan families. This is a great gift. Gifts reciprocate, and the Pei family also gave a gift to Marquis Yang."
Pei Sheng got the signal
Finally, he took out four and a half feet long black wooden boxes from the wooden box behind Pei Bo and placed them on the case.
Pei Bo stroked his beard and smiled and said: "I was born in the Wenxi Pei family in Hedong, which is considered a famous family. Speaking of which, my ancestors also had friendship with the Yang family of Hongnong."
Yang Anxuan knew that the Wenxi Pei family had Pei Mao as minister during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Pei Qian and Pei Yu during the Cao Wei Dynasty, Pei Xiu and Pei Kai as famous as Wang Rong in the Western Jin Dynasty, etc. They were indeed considered to be famous families.
Pei Bo looked at the black wooden box on the case, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes, and said: "To be honest with Marquis Yang, I am the second son of Duke Ji Yan (Pei Xiu). My ancestors moved to the Yongjia Rebellion with their clansmen. Pingbai Valley.”
Seeing the blank look on Yang Anxuan's face when he heard about Ji Yangong, Pei Shengjie said: "My ancestor Ji Yangong was Taixiu. He was the Duke of Julu County in Emperor Wu's dynasty. He was later promoted to Sikong, with the posthumous title of "Yuan". "
Pei Xiu and Yang Anxuan suddenly realized, looking eagerly at the wooden box on the case.
Pei Bo smiled and said, "It seems that Marquis Yang has guessed it. What is in this box is the "Map of Yugong Region" drawn by our ancestors. Sheng'er, open the box and please take out the map so that Marquis Yang can see it."
Yang Anxuan stood up and straightened his clothes, bowed deeply to the black box and said, "Yang is very lucky to be able to see the map drawn by the great sage. Please clean your hands."
Pei Bo and Pei Sheng were very satisfied to see that Yang Anxuan respected the "Yugong Territory Map" drawn by his ancestors. He ordered his servants to fill a copper basin with water. After all three people had washed their hands, Pei Sheng carefully opened the black box and took out a roll of silk. Unfolding the slightly yellow silk, a map was clearly drawn.
Pei Bo was obviously very familiar with this map. He pointed at the map and said: "This is the map of Henan and Yingyang. Please see, Marquis Yang, this is Pingbai Valley, Luoyang is here, and Yanshi City is here... …”
Compared with the maps seen by Yang Anxuan in his previous life, the "Yugong Area Map" appears rough and the proportions of the landscape and terrain are distorted. However, under the current conditions, this map is much more detailed than the map used by Yang Anxuan.
Yang Anxuan remembers that the "Yugong Territory Map" was drawn during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, using the "six-body method of cartography", namely fraction (scale), quasi-wang (azimuth), daoli (distance), high and low (ups and downs of terrain), square evil ( The angle of inclination) and the straightness (the straightness of rivers and roads) are of epoch-making significance in the history of cartography and have a profound impact on later generations of cartography.
This "Map of Yu Gong Region" was created when Pei Xiu was appointed Sikong. He thought that the names of mountains and rivers described in "Yu Gong" (an article in Shangshu) had been used for too long, had changed a lot and were even confusing, so he compared the ancient and modern maps. , annotated the doubtful, newly added, and abandoned place names, and compiled eighteen chapters of "Yugong Regional Map". (1)
After Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, obtained the "Yugong Territory Map", he kept it in his secret mansion and did not show it to others lightly. During the Yongjia Rebellion, Luoyang Lantai was burned, and the "Yugong Territory Map" was lost since then. Unexpectedly, the Pei family still treasured a copy.
Pei Bo said sentimentally: "When my ancestors drew the "Yugong Area Map", they made two copies. One was dedicated to the emperor, and the other was kept at home. This map was brought to Pingbai from home by our ancestors."
Yang Anxuan asked Pei Sheng to find the maps of Qing, Xu, Gun and other states in the Western Jin Dynasty and look at them carefully.
Pei Bodao said: "After the "Yugong Territory Map" was drawn, someone drew the "Great Map of the World", which was made with eighty pieces of silk and was inconvenient to read. The ancestors then used the six-body method of drawing, "one inch is divided into ten miles, and one inch is divided into one hundred miles. "The map was reduced to a "Topographic Map", and famous mountains, rivers, towns, villages, etc. were marked on the map. "
This is a map of the whole country. Yang Anxuan asked happily: "Is this map passed down?"
Pei Sheng opened a black box about three feet long, took out a three-foot-wide and five-foot-long framed map and unfolded it. Pei Bo pointed at the map and said, "Yang Hou, this is the "Topographic Abbot Map"."
Yang Anxuan stared at the map closely, his eyes were shining, and he said happily: "This is really a priceless treasure."
Pei Bo smiled and said: "I believe that Yang Hou has great ambitions in the world. It is said that swords are given to heroes and pink powder is given to beauties. This "Yu Gong Territory Map" and "Topography Abbot Map" were presented to Yang Hou."
Yang Anxuan took a step back, bowed respectfully to Pei Bo, and said, "Thank you, elder, for this gift. An Xuan will keep it in my heart."
Seeing Yang Anxuan's heartfelt joy as if he had found a treasure, Pei Sheng recalled that when Yang Anxuan was in the warehouse, he was holding colored porcelain that was worth as much as gold, with a nonchalant look on his face.
A person who aspires to the world.
Thinking of the second brother Pei Qiang who followed Yang Anxuan and was already a lieutenant colonel in the army. He and Yan Ke returned to Pingbai to recruit soldiers a few days ago. Both of them were wearing iron armor, riding tall horses, and the guards around them were shouting in front of them. His eyes were hot.
If Yang Hou can seal the territory and split the land in the future as his father guessed, the second brother will definitely rise with the tide. This time the second brother comes back to recruit troops, he will do his best to help.
Yang Anxuan returned to the guest room arranged by the Pei family, found the map of Gun, Qing, Xu and other states in the Western Jin Dynasty, took out a pen and paper and drew it carefully. The original is too precious to take with you, so a hand-drawn map will be fine.
Ask Zhang Feng to find thin lines, use them to divide the map into horizontal and vertical blocks, and then fold the cloud paper of similar size into squares. Drawing by blocks will not cause distortion, and the speed will also be improved a lot.
The next day, Qi Hui came to visit, and Yang Anxuan proposed to go to Wei with him.
Zhongshan City, the capital of the Later Yan State, fell into the hands of the Wei State, and the territory was gradually encroached by the Wei State and divided into two disconnected parts in the north and south. In the north, Murong Bao, the Lord of Yan, was the emperor, and Longcheng was the capital, retreating to a corner of the northeast; in the south, Murong De, the king of Fanyang, occupied the sliding platform and called himself King of Yan. In the third year of Long'an, the Wei State captured Huatai. Murongde led his army eastward and captured the Qingzhou and Gunzhou territories of the Jin Dynasty, making Guanggu his capital.
Now that Wei is the dominant force in the north, Yang Anxuan knows that Wei will unify the north in the future, so to see the enemy's strength, he must first look at Wei and go to Pingcheng.
Wars continued among the countries, but the trade routes were not cut off. The Qi family had business contacts with Wei, Yan, and Qin, and they had their own authorities in each country to take care of them.
The Qi family established a relationship with Tuoba Gui's imperial concubine, Mrs. He, by giving gifts when Wei was still Dai. With Mrs. He's care, the Qi family's business in Wei went smoothly.
In order to gain favor from those in power, the Qi family had to continuously send out financial gifts, and the money used for management accounted for two-thirds of the dividends.
Qi Hui had been notified in advance by the head of the family, Qi Sheng, and knew that Yang Anxuan would disguise himself as a guard and follow him to Pingcheng, so he immediately nodded and agreed.
Note (1): "Yugong Regional Map" should be an atlas, all of which have the six-dimensional method of cartography. However, referring to the text in "Yugong", the author believes that "Yugong Regional Map" is a combination of maps and annotations.
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