Chapter 5 Empty Shell Kiln Factory
"Come back to your senses, what are you thinking about?"
"Thinking about that red mandarin duck bellyband..." After Su Jinghe said this, he realized that something was wrong. When he looked at his colleagues, he saw a playful look in their eyes.
"I'm not interested in that person." After Su Jinghe said this, he felt something was strange again. It felt like the more he explained, the worse it got.
"No one said you were interested in Wang Gang, did I say that?" The man was about to continue teasing Su Jinghe when he was slapped on the head from behind.
"What are you doing? He's already stupid, what if you tease him even more stupidly?" The voice sounded familiar. Su Jinghe turned around and saw that it was indeed the boss!
"Boss!"
The puppy-like eyes looked at him wetly, and Zhang Dexiang looked a little dazed.
He is so stupid, he shouldn’t be so poisonous. Could it be that the exclusion was wrong?
The old fox didn't say a word of his plan. Facing his two subordinates, especially Su Jinghe's stupid look, it was really hard to bear to set a trap for him or carry out any conspiracy.
"I just heard you were talking about Wang Gang, right?"
Without waiting for Su Jinghe's answer, Zhang Dexiang smiled and patted Su Jinghe's shoulder like a good boss. "Regarding the matter between Wang Gang and Zhang Qiang, Wang Gang is from Liao and has few assets. Zhang Qiang's family owns a kiln factory."
Wang Gang used the back door because of the relationship of Zhang Qiang's family. This man was Lu Xiang's fifteenth apprentice. He was talented and had a good family background. For example, this kiln factory was his family's property.
"The kiln factory is really rich."
"Yes, so our Privy Council will definitely get it, and then it will be up to you..." Zhang Dexiang followed the words, and when he met Su Jinghe's eyes, he realized that it was not Su Jinghe. He turned sideways imperceptibly and looked at Su Jinghe, "You will go and help when the time comes."
Eh? Me? Not...
Su Jinghe also tilted his head, wanting to ask his colleague if he wanted to go together, but he didn't expect that the other party would walk away with the people from the Ministry of Revenue in a very natural way, arm in arm.
"Okay, boss." Su Jinghe had no choice but to take on this difficult task.
Damn it, he has no idea about kiln firing!
"Don't be in a hurry. Go and prepare first. I haven't got it yet." Zhang Dexiang looked at Su Jinghe's head and surroundings. He didn't look like he had any special abilities at all. When the other party noticed his gaze, he retracted his gaze and turned into a kind old man.
——
"Is this really okay?" Zhang Dexiang looked at Lu Yijian. "After all, even if we find out who it is, we won't do anything to him, right?"
Actually, there is no way to do it even if you want to.
They had studied it, and just as this news could not be revealed to outsiders, anyone who had any dangerous thoughts about the protagonist of "The Voice of the Heart" would suffer a headache and even start to have bad luck.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be your subordinate who has lost his memory, Su Jinghe, the newly crowned top scholar who was promoted to the third place in the imperial examination some time ago." Lu Yijian spoke with an upright face about things that no one knew.
"Amnesia?!" There are people who don't know.
"So amnesia can bring such power?"
"Then I'll also find a way to lose..."
"Don't have that kind of thought." Lu Yijian looked at the person who had said that outrageous thing. "There aren't many people available to begin with. If you cause trouble again, do you expect me to take over your job?"
Su Jinghe's workload is not heavy now. He works as a secretary, and as long as his superiors set a good example, his subordinates will follow suit. His amnesia only makes him rigid and inflexible in his work, which is actually a good thing for his work.
When the person who was speaking saw that Lu Xiang was so serious, he also put away his relaxed thoughts.
“What if the kiln factory is destroyed?”
Zhang Dexiang had learned about the kiln factory in advance. This small workshop was family-run. Now that the Zhang family had all been evacuated, the people who were struggling to support it were either technicians or laborers with nowhere to go. Those who had some prospects had already run away.
After all, the Zhang family fell quickly, and people are afraid of getting into trouble.
"It's okay." Lu Yijian looked at Zhang Dexiang with a complicated look.
After being looked at inexplicably and without any follow-up, Zhang Dexiang was speechless.
Are you crazy? Why are you pretending to be so sophisticated in front of me?
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Three days later, Zhangjia Kiln Factory.
"What kind of empty workshop is this!"
After being taken for a tour, Su Jinghe spoke out in a rather rude and angry manner.
"Yes, that's right." The guide rubbed the back of his head. "The money left on the books is only enough to pay three or four months' wages."
“People nowadays don’t have the ability to sustain operations for three or four months.”
Su Jinghe pointed out the most critical issue incisively.
It is obvious that it is a small workshop. The kiln factory is not very big, and even the previous products that can be produced are only two kinds, one is white porcelain and the other is celadon, and they are all common household styles - bowls, plates, vases and so on.
“Has anyone bought it before?”
There are no orders now, but for a style like this, Su Jinghe feels that no one would have bought it before.
"Yes, we used to have several customers, the Song family in the south of the city, the Xu family in the north..."
This person was shy when chatting, but now he talked about his previous clients in detail.
So she's actually in sales? Such a shy salesperson?!
Su Jinghe was even more surprised. When he wanted to have a deeper conversation with this person, he said, "Brother Xiao He, you know..."
"Hey, Xiao He, are you still there?"
The two of them were still chatting when a man came in with his hands behind his back, like a leader coming for inspection, and joined the conversation as if no one else was around.
"You!" When Xiao He saw that person, his spines exploded on the spot like a puffer fish.
"What are you doing back here?!"
Su Jinghe looked at the shy Xiao He who instantly got angry, and then looked at another person.
Well, it fits the stereotype of the villain cannon fodder in TV dramas, with a pointed face, three white eyes, and a smile on his face but he looks malicious.
Because he didn't know this person's background, Su Jinghe quietly opened the system to see if there were any hot searches about this stranger.
The man glanced at Su Jinghe, then said to Xiao He, "Wow, you really got me a lucky guy, and he's wearing an official uniform."
There was no respect in his tone.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Xiao He was about to introduce Su Jinghe, but the man didn't give Xiao He the chance at all.
"Look at how poor he looks. He can't afford to buy much, right? He's a fresh-faced young man, and he doesn't look familiar. He must have been tricked out of nowhere. Is he buying porcelain here to take to some remote place?"
This man's mouth is really poisonous. Su Jinghe even suspects that he will be poisoned to death if he licks his lips.
The original owner's clothes were so luxurious. You could tell they were not cheap by the smooth and soft feel of the material. When Su Jinghe took out a worn-out piece of clothing and asked someone to mend it, he found that the cost of the mending alone was enough for him to buy two sets of cheap clothes!
If I had known that if I changed my whole body into a simple inner layer, people would call me shabby and mean in front of me——
Su Jinghe will not change either. He only realized how expensive food and fuel are after he became the head of the family. His funds are not enough for him to maintain his wealthy image!
When Su Jinghe was distracted, the two of them had already started arguing.
"You blockhead, what does the Zhang family's kiln factory have to do with you? Why don't you just leave?"
"I won't leave. This place doesn't belong to the Zhang family anymore. It will get better and better!"
"You really are! I told you that you can't see the situation clearly, but you really don't see it at all." San Baiyan said with a bitter look, "Now that the Zhang family has fallen, the kiln factory is declining and not making money, the other members of the Zhang family haven't come to contact you. If you really make this place successful, just wait for others to pick the peaches!"
What he said was not entirely unreasonable. If Su Jinghe had not seen the new hot search, he would probably have believed it.
#Farmer and Snake, the kiln factory is facing crisis again!
The first part tells a story of ingratitude, and the second part explains the man's purpose.
"Excuse me, your name is Chen Shiwu, right?" Su Jinghe looked at Sanbaiyan.
"Hey, did this kid tell you about me in advance?" Sanbaiyan was not surprised how Su Jinghe and this stranger called out his name, and he even found a reason for himself.
Xiao He was a little confused. He looked at Su Jinghe with a look of "Did I say that?" in his eyes.
That’s good. Then the news is his.
Su Jinghe reached out and pulled Xiao He, who was still talking nonsense, behind him. "You came back to learn about the core technology of this kiln factory in making white porcelain, right?"
In a word, the look of Chen Shiwu, who had been so arrogant, suddenly changed from a disdainful look of "see what you want to say" to a gloomy and vicious look.
"How do you know? No, I..."
He subconsciously asked back with three rolled eyes, and only remembered to make amends after he said it out loud.
"I was wondering why you're suddenly concerned about my fate! You're trying to get secrets out of me. I'm telling you, forget it!" Xiao He poked his head out from behind Su Jinghe and barked loudly at San Baiyan, "Don't even think about it!"
Sanbaiyan was about to swear, but he suddenly changed his words to try to persuade him.
"The Zhang family's kiln factory is definitely going to go bankrupt. Bring your father here now, and I can help you talk about it and help you make more money."
"Did you go to Chengjia Kiln Factory?" This was of course what Su Jinghe saw in the system's hot search. The three-white eyes suddenly widened and looked more ferocious.
"We've taken away a lot of old customers from the Zhangjia Kiln Factory."
"It's him. We had some orders that were still being processed, but the old customers just left and said they didn't want to." Xiao He looked at San Baiyan indignantly, "Has the Zhang family treated you badly? Are you going to kick someone when they're down to this extent?"
That definitely won't happen.
"You were a beggar at first, and were taken in by the Zhang family, who asked you to work in this kiln factory to make a living." As soon as Su Jinghe opened his mouth, he shocked the two people in front of him.
"How did you know!" If looks could kill, Sanbaiyan would have killed Su Jinghe. His sharp eyes scraped Su Jinghe again and again. After finding that Su Jinghe did not retreat, he shouted again, "He Yun, did you say that?"
After asking, he shook his head and said, "No, the Zhang family never told me, and neither did I. You can't know."
Su Jinghe was also stunned when he heard it.
Yes, even He Yun doesn’t know, so how would I, an outsider, know?
Ah, if I am found to have a system, will I be arrested?
"Master Xiao Su was sent by the imperial court to support our Zhang Kiln. No, it will be the official kiln in the future! What's so strange about knowing your past?"
Xiao He's words saved Su Jinghe. He had already begun to rehearse in his mind various possibilities of "the ancients frying, stir-frying, boiling and deep-frying time travelers" in advance, and the "Ten Cruel Tortures of the Qing Dynasty" also began to play in his mind.
Upon hearing this, he nodded immediately.
"Don't even think about leaking this technology. If you use some trickery..."
Su Jinghe also tried to make his eyes look fierce.
But when he heard that the Zhangjia Kiln Factory was going to become government-owned, his legs went weak.
Su Jinghe didn’t come to buy it himself, but had official endorsement!
"You, I..."
Just when Su Jinghe thought he was going to say something cruel like "I will be back", or even say something stupid like "there is someone above him", Sanbaiyan crawled away.
"He's leaving now?" Su Jinghe looked back at He Yun and found that he was looking at Su Jinghe with sparkling eyes.
"It turns out that the adults have done so much homework in advance. It seems that they really want to develop a kiln factory!" Xiao He's words were so full of emotion that it didn't sound like he was talking about developing a kiln factory, but more like "he wants to help us make a fortune."
Su Jinghe was speechless for a moment, and continued to visit the kiln factory following Xiao He, who was becoming more and more excited. He didn't feel comfortable saying directly that the kiln factory was too empty and that even if someone was there, it might not be able to develop well.
After all, his boss only asked him to help manage it, but he didn't say that the products here would be directly connected to the court in the future!
The latter is the real change of luck, the former...ah.
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The news spread quickly. Su Jinghe had just started arguing with Chen Shiwu, but within half an hour, the secret guard had already reported to Song Renzong.
"He has never understood it at all." Zhang Dexiang naturally knew this. He, as a subordinate, had been in the Privy Council for the past two days and had been looking at the contents of the kiln factory. How could he remember the experiences of the people inside?
"No more."
Chen Sanbai is now in his forties, and it is estimated that most of the people in the Zhang family who know about this matter have been replaced, so it is difficult to find them.
"It's really amazing." Song Renzong held his chin, "It would be great if we could use this."
"I can't say anything in front of him. I talked about various things in the morning court, but this guy didn't have the slightest intention of responding." Lu Yijian talked about the current dilemma.
As one of the parties involved and the only one to receive a "response," Zhang Dexiang felt a little embarrassed when he recalled the experience of being criticized. "I'm usually a very kind person, but I was so mean and mean."
"Yeah..." Those words were even more of a blow to Song Renzong. It was almost like he was pointing at his nose and scolding him for making a mess of the governance of the Song Dynasty.
"What should I do..." Song Renzong sighed.
"What should I do!!!" After parting with Xiao He, Su Jinghe hugged himself, looked up at the sky, tears streaming down his face.
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