After saying that, she turned around and ran back.
Qingtian only heard a few words that he had learned, but when they were put together he had no idea what they meant, so he could only look to Madam Lu for help.
"Martina said, so you are the smart and lovely girl that the queen mentioned.
“She said she didn’t know you were coming today, otherwise she would have brought you some candy.
"So she ran back to get you some candy."
Madam Lu smiled and said, "That's just her personality. You'll get used to it after a while."
Sure enough, Martina soon came back with a handful of Western candies and stuffed them all into Qingtian's hand.
Qingtian’s hands are small and she can’t hold so many things.
She wanted to say that she only wanted one candy, but she didn't know whether she was wrong or Martina disagreed.
Martina continued to babble while desperately stuffing candies into Qingtian's arms.
In the end, it was Madam Lu who helped her take it and asked someone to put it in the carriage for her. Only then did Martina give up.
Qingtian felt a little frustrated. He had just said it several times, but Martina seemed not to hear him.
Could it be that I said something wrong and the other party didn’t understand?
Madam Lu keenly sensed Qingtian's mood and immediately praised him, "What you said just now was very good. You are not wrong. Don't doubt yourself.
"It's just that Martina is too enthusiastic and can't listen to what you say."
After hearing this, Qingtian's smile returned to his face.
After all, she had learned Western language from Madam Lu for a few days. If she couldn't even say such a simple thing correctly, she would feel that she was really ungrateful to Madam Lu's kindness.
“Learning Western languages is like this; you have to speak boldly.
“Don’t be shy about speaking up, and don’t be afraid of saying something wrong.
“Sometimes, even if you can’t speak a complete sentence, as long as you say one or two words, they can actually understand you.”
As soon as Madam Lu finished speaking, she heard Martina say, "Lu, porcelain!"
"Look, isn't this also the case when Westerners learn our Great Qi's official language?
"If we compare them, she said that our Mandarin is not as good as your current level of speaking Western languages!"
"Okay, let's go look at the porcelain now."
The porcelain Martina wanted to see was not antique, but it was not the porcelain plates and bowls used in ordinary people's homes.
What she wanted to buy was a set of beautiful, high-quality tableware to take back for use in royal banquets.
Madam Lu had already found out the place, and after getting on the carriage, she took Martina straight to the place.
There is a saying about folk porcelain kilns: "There is Jingde in the south and Pengcheng in the north."
Both the Raozhou Kiln in Jingdezhen and the Cizhou Kiln in Pengcheng are fine products among folk kilns.
The lines of Cizhou Kiln are smooth and unrestrained, and it is committed to balancing practicality and beauty in both shape and decoration.
But the Raozhou Kiln has the characteristics of being as white as jade, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, and as loud as a rock.
The body is the thinnest and the glaze color is even, just like jade.
If used for daily use, Cizhou Kiln is obviously a better and more cost-effective choice.
But if it is to be used for a royal state banquet, even Madam Lu thinks that Raozhou Kiln is better.
The capital city is the center of the entire Da Qi, so products from the porcelain capitals of the north and south are shipped here like water every year.
Madam Lu first took Martina to see the Cizhou Kiln.
Martina praised the items a lot, but only bought a few cute little items with special shapes for herself.
Madam Lu knew it at a glance. She must have felt that the porcelain from the Cizhou kiln was not suitable for state banquets.
So he took Martina straight to the largest Raozhou Kiln shop in Beijing.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the store this time, Martina's eyes were different from before.
Looking at the various jade-like porcelains on the shelves, she never stopped exclaiming in admiration.
After asking about the price through Madam Lu, Martina put her hands on her chest with an expression of disbelief on her face.
Madam Lu said to Qingtian, "Our merchants from Great Qi who go to the West all like to bring back porcelain from the Raozhou kiln.
"Although the damage on the way may be a bit large, once you get there, the price of a plate can increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.
“Martina said that Queen Beatrice once bought a pair of plates and a pair of bowls from a merchant in Daqi.
"That price is ridiculously high. It's enough to buy several sets of tableware with more than a dozen bowls and plates in the store here."
After hearing what Madam Lu said, Qingtian immediately grasped the key.
“Although the porcelain of the Great Qi is cheap, it has to be shipped across the ocean. The time consumed and the risks involved are all included in the selling price.
"Otherwise, if the porcelain shipped out is sold at the same price as in Da Qi, who would risk their lives to send the goods to the West to sell?"
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