Over the past year, people have become much smarter.
"Well done." Jiang Michia patted Song Jingyun on the shoulder, "But we should be more cautious next time and try to do as little as possible. This stall owner obviously has no background, so nothing went wrong."
"But if you encounter that kind of local snake next time, it relies on cheating to make money. If you are found to be doing something inside, you will be in danger."
"Yes!" Song Jingyun agreed.
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Over at the porcelain kiln, another kiln was fired recently.
This time, there were about two hundred items of dishes, porcelain basins, etc. added up.
The quality of the products is still about 90%, and the quality products are more than 60% or about 70%.
Jiang Michia took all the porcelain to Zhao Ji's shop in the town, and worked with shopkeeper Zhao to price it, and finally determined it to be twenty-eight taels of silver.
And the next order was confirmed, a full set of underglaze colored tea cups, and some ordinary porcelain cups.
Holding the heavy amount of silver, Jiang Michia pursed her lips and smiled, "Zhao Ji's business is really booming."
This sentence has a somewhat tempting meaning.
Jiang Michia often comes to the town and is familiar with the business conditions of most shops in the town. Zhao Ji's business is indeed good, but not in such a large volume.
The porcelain kiln fires once every half month, and the quantity is not small. Zhao Ji can buy them all and continues to place orders. There are some other reasons for this.
Shopkeeper Zhao understood that Jiang Michia was asking, so he didn't hide it. He just smiled and replied, "To be honest with Mrs. Jiang, my uncle's third cousin opened a shop in the county town, and he and I were also traveling together. In the past, Zhao Ji's shop sold I get all my porcelain from him, and now that I have such a good source of porcelain from you, I naturally have to recommend it to my cousin."
"My cousin said that the products from your porcelain kiln are of good workmanship, use enough glaze, and are durable. They are no worse than the ones from Fucheng, but the prices are lower than those there. Naturally, I want to use your products here. ”
"Ms. Jiang, your porcelain kiln in Jiangjiacun must do a good job. If the things you bake are of various types and are good, you will definitely have no worries about selling them. My cousin and I can also count on this porcelain kiln to make more money. Where’s the money?”
I see.
Jiang Michia understood the reason and gave a blessing to Shopkeeper Zhao, "Shopkeeper Zhao is joking, our porcelain kiln has to rely on you to push us out."
"It's natural. Madam Jiang, don't worry. You don't have to worry about the alley being dark because of the aroma of the wine. As long as the goods are good, you don't have to worry about selling them." Shopkeeper Zhao also agreed.
As long as the things are good and can be sold, aside from other things, even if one item earns 5 cents of profit, the quantity is large, and there is still some profit. If a big buyer comes to buy it, they don't mind being a middleman.
After some pleasantries, Jiang Michia said goodbye and left when it was getting late.
After returning home, Jiang Michia and Zhu Yongwu discussed burning some tea cans when making Zhao Ji's order, thinking that they would be used to sell them in tea gardens.
Since the tea garden needs bamboo boxes for outbound shipments, tea cans are also one of the indispensable storage materials.
As for Zhu Yongwu, he has achieved results in his own kiln. Now he has both experience and confidence. Just from making the embryo body, Jiang Michia can see that each time he does it is better than the last.
Making some underglaze colored tea cans is a piece of cake.
"This tea can is big. You have to control the heat when burning it. Let me give it a try first." Zhu Yongwu had never burned a tea can before, so he didn't feel very confident.
"Don't want big ones, want small ones." Jiang Michia explained.
"Little one?" Zhu Yongwu was stunned.
"Yes, small, about this size will do." Jiang Michia made a rough gesture.
The size of a big pear.
"So small?" Zhu Yongwu was quite surprised, "If it's so small, I'm afraid it won't be able to hold even a pound of tea leaves in a jar. At most, half a pound or a few taels of tea. Wouldn't it be too impractical?"
"It just has to be impractical." Jiang Michia narrowed his eyes.
If something is not practical, what good is it?
Zhu Yongwu scratched his head more and more doubtfully.
Because there was a lot to do this time, Zhu Yongwu was busy for nearly twenty days before starting to burn the kiln.
When the kiln was about to open, Jiang Michia saw the impractical tea jar she asked Zhu Yongwu to make.
Small, apple-sized oval with lid.
All six were successful, three white and three light cyan, all using the underglaze color method. The patterns on the jars were provided by Jiang Michia to Zhu Yongwu.
Dotted with broken flowers, which account for one-third of the can body, they are simple and elegant. It can be said to be the finishing touch, making the originally inconspicuous tea can more outstanding.
After the tea cans were fired, a batch of the waterproof boxes needed by the tea garden happened to be ready and needed to be delivered. Jiang Michia followed and went to the tea garden to find Manager Zhou.
"The newly built porcelain kiln in the village specially asked the porcelain master to help burn the tea jars. Let Manager Zhou take a look at them. Do you still sleep?" Jiang Michia took out all six tea jars.
Manager Zhou looked at it carefully and then tested the smoothness of the lid when it was put on.
"Not bad." Manager Zhou nodded, "If it's big enough, it can hold half a catty of tea leaves. It's quite suitable for giving away or for personal use. This jar is well made. The thickness of the body is even, and the glaze is evenly fired. It's not as good as The jars I bought in the county town were inferior."
"If Manager Zhou likes it, it can be regarded as recognition of the craftsmanship of the porcelain kiln."
Jiang Michia smiled and said, "I see that the tea garden produces a lot of tea now. Has all the tea been shipped to Fucheng?"
"Yes." Manager Zhou said, "The tea shop in Fucheng collects tea from the tea garden every year, and the price they give is suitable. The business of the tea garden is not bad."
Speaking of the business in the tea garden, Manager Zhou is also quite proud.
When my master took over the tea plantation, everyone was not optimistic about it. He only said that there had been a murder. Although the price was low, he could not bear the unlucky location. No matter how cheap the price was, the money was thrown away in vain.
Manager Zhou had heard too much about this, and he was very determined to make this tea garden a good place to make money, so as to give his master a good reputation, and also let those with short-sighted eyes take a look. Whatever is auspicious or unlucky is all false.
And now, Manager Zhou has used actual results to show everyone that his master's decision was right, and he himself is also a capable manager.
"This tea shop collects tea from the tea garden at a low price. After fermenting and making the tea, it can sell it out at a high price. It makes much more money than the tea garden. Has Manager Zhou not thought about the tea garden making its own tea?"
Jiang Mixia said, "The business of supplying tea shops can indeed make money and save trouble, but this is generally the most suitable for individual tea farmers. They only need to plant tea well, pick tea, and dry tea. There is no need to worry. A matter of buying and selling.”
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There are quite a lot of little cuties who voted for the monthly votes at the end of the month, so I won’t post them one by one to thank you. I would like to thank you all together~ About the monthly vote increase... As expected, the ideal is very full, and the reality is very skinny. As a person who works and codes at the same time I am a mother of two children. Even with the help of my parents-in-law and husband, there are some things that I have to deal with myself, which makes it very difficult... But I have been staying up late recently to code. Be sure to update more frequently these days~
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