While he was thinking about it, the carriage had returned to the door of the first floor.
Before Zhao Hao got out of the car, Lao Zhong immediately came up to him.
"Master, the master asked you to return home."
"Um?"
When Zhao Hao lifted the car curtain, he was surprised.
"My father didn't go to work today?"
Lao Zhong said: "No, the master is waiting for you at home now!"
Zhao Hao nodded: "Okay!"
Having said that, he asked Wu Song to drive the carriage back home.
Everyone was in the main room. Zhao Wenxiang was sitting in the main seat. On the table next to him were a porcelain teapot and teacups.
There is also a vase in the middle.
Zhao Hao stepped in and quickly saluted his father.
Zhao Wenxiang nodded slightly: "Are you going to the palace to see His Majesty?"
Zhao Hao said softly, "Yes, submit a memorial to His Majesty. Has Dad seen this porcelain?"
"How does it feel?"
Hearing this, Zhao Wenxiang turned around again and looked at the pieces of porcelain on the table.
"Each piece is a rare treasure, extremely exquisite, and even gold and silver objects are incomparable."
He had not even seen the porcelain from the first kiln, and it was sent directly to the palace by Zhao Hao.
He came back late last night, and he only heard from his wife that Zhao Hao had fired another kiln of porcelain.
It was not until he woke up this morning that he finally saw the true appearance of the porcelain.
I never expected that there would be such an existence that cannot be described in words.
It’s amazing!
However, unlike others, as the internal historian, he immediately thought of the next move of Empress Jiang Wan'er.
For this thing, we must build a super huge workshop and start firing it in large quantities.
Therefore, he deliberately did not go to the Nei Shi Yamen for duty today, just because he wanted to ask Zhao Hao in detail about the specific matters of this treasure.
Unexpectedly, it was a little late when I remembered it, and Zhao Hao had already left and entered the palace.
Zhao Hao was very happy to see that his father was very satisfied and gave such a high evaluation.
"Dad, I'll make some more these two days. You can use it whether you're drinking wine or tea in the future."
"Um!"
Zhao Wenxiang nodded with relief.
"Well, Dad has something else to ask you about this porcelain, and I want to ask you something specific."
"Go to the study and talk to Dad!"
Having said that, he stood up and walked out of the main room towards the study.
Zhao Hao hurriedly followed.
In the study, Zhao Wenxiang sat down behind the desk and asked, "Hao'er, since you have submitted a memorial to His Majesty, does that mean that this ceramic can be fired on a large scale without restrictions?"
Zhao Hao nodded: "Yes, father, I have written all the details in the memorial and presented it to His Majesty!"
Zhao Wenxiang nodded slightly: "Then what instructions does your majesty have?"
Zhao Hao said, "Your Majesty has given me full authority to handle this matter. Complete the porcelain workshop as soon as possible. I will provide you with money and manpower as needed."
Zhao Wenxiang's eyes moved: "Then did your Majesty say where the money will come from?"
Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Of course it's from the imperial treasury and the inner treasury. There's no other place to go!"
Zhao Wenxiang heard this and a look of worry suddenly appeared on his face: "We are now doing our best to resettle the disaster victims in the two states, so there is no extra money in the treasury."
"Although I don't know the situation of the Imperial Treasury, it's probably similar."
In order to resettle the disaster victims in the two states, Jiang Wan'er proposed a few days ago that money should be squeezed out to reorganize the army.
Whether it is the government treasury or the internal treasury, almost every penny is divided into three parts.
Now they asked the government treasury and the imperial purse to take money to open a porcelain workshop, but there was simply no money available.
Zhao Hao asked softly: "Dad, this money cannot be saved. As long as the porcelain workshop is completed, there will be a large amount of income."
“So, this investment must be taken!”
Zhao Wenxiang glared at him angrily and said, "Father, can't you see that this porcelain will definitely make money?"
"But now almost all the money in the treasury has been allocated. Where is the money left for you?"
"By the way, tell me first, what scale of workshop do you plan to build, and how much will it cost?"
After thinking for a while, Zhao Hao said: "First of all, to build a porcelain kiln, we need better bricks, and we have to burn them ourselves."
“That means at least one brick kiln needs to be built.”
Zhao Wenxiang frowned and said, "Wait a minute, I went to see the small porcelain kiln in your yard before. Aren't all the bricks used in it made from purchased bricks?"
Zhao Hao explained: "The porcelain kiln in my yard was just built casually. It won't last long."
"But if we are going to build a porcelain workshop, the kiln needs to be able to withstand long-term use."
"In this case, the bricks and stones outside cannot be used. Better bricks must be used."
“This investment must be made.”
"It's impossible that we built a porcelain kiln, but after firing for only one or two months, we can no longer use it."
Zhao Wenxiang nodded slightly. He didn't expect there was such a trick.
Zhao Hao continued: "The construction of a porcelain kiln can be large or small. A small kiln can produce a few thousand pieces, while a large kiln can produce tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of pieces."
"We don't have money in the early stages, so we don't need to build it too big. We can build a slightly smaller one."
“It will be enough to fire a few thousand pieces.”
"Given the exquisiteness of our porcelain, the more the better is not the case in the early stage. On the contrary, the less the better."
"After all, scarcity makes things valuable."
"As long as a few thousand pieces of porcelain are produced, we can earn an astronomical amount of money, and then we can continue to expand the scale of the workshop."
"That is to say, we only need to make initial investment based on the scale of several thousand pieces of porcelain."
"The biggest cost here is still in manpower."
"I have calculated carefully. It will take about 1,500 people, three months to complete the project, and at least 200,000 to 250,000 strings of cash."
“This is the most conservative number.”
"What?"
Zhao Wenxiang's expression suddenly changed and he exclaimed in surprise.
"Twenty to two hundred and fifty thousand kan?"
"How is this possible?"
"How did you calculate it, kid? Not to mention 1,500 people, even if it's 3,000 people, it won't take that many!"
Zhao Hao immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Dad, this price is already very conservative. In addition to the workers who do the hard work, we also need a lot of skilled craftsmen."
“It can be said that the success or failure of a workshop depends entirely on the skilled craftsmen.”
"Of course, we can't use the ideas of an ordinary laborer to calculate it."
"This is still labor costs, and there are other expenses."
"All things considered, this number I'm reporting is already quite conservative."
Zhao Wenxiang shook his head: "Don't even think about the two hundred thousand strings of cash. The imperial treasury definitely can't take that out."
Zhao Hao rolled his eyes immediately: "Dad, this is a profitable business, this is a necessary cost investment..."
Zhao Wenxiang snorted, "You have to have money to invest with me. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. There are only 50,000 strings of cash left in the treasury."
"This is money that must not be touched. If it is touched, the salaries of officials of all ranks in the capital will be completely gone."
"That's it. It's the result of the continuous subsidies from the treasury."
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