Lu Kai is not handsome, but he has a decent face, dark skin and a loud voice.
His eyes were full of curiosity about Kang Yueran. He bowed and said, "Master Kang, I've long heard of your great name! I'm Lu Kai!"
Kang Yueran also cupped his hands, "Master Lu!"
Lu Kai waved his hand and said, "What do you mean by young master? I'm just a little older than the boss. So, just call me Brother Lu."
What a casual Lu Kai! Kang Yueran laughed out loud. "I already call you Brother Lu, how can you call me the boss? Just call me by my name, Kang Yueran!"
No matter how casual Lu Kai was, he couldn't ignore the rules between men and women. "Then I'll call you Sister Yue Ran. I heard from Uncle He's manager that Sister Yue Ran wants to start a shipping business."
Kang Yueran handed over a porcelain bowl, "Yes! I have two kilns, and this is made by me."
Lu Kai touched the peony flower painted on the porcelain bowl and gave a thumbs up, "This colored porcelain is really beautiful. With this colored porcelain, we are sure that other companies will be unable to do porcelain business.
I plan to go out to sea in early April. How many pieces of porcelain do you have? How do you plan to form a partnership with me?"
Since shipping is profitable, she naturally started by supplying the colored porcelain to the market. "By the end of March, I can produce 20,000 pieces of this colored porcelain."
You and I will each contribute half the silver, and you'll get 70% of the profit, while I'll get 30%. We'll convert the 20,000 pieces of porcelain into silver based on the price they sell at the kiln, and I'll make up the rest. How do you do it?"
Since they used Lu Kai's ships and Lu Kai's men, it's reasonable for Lu Kai to take 70%.
"Twenty thousand pieces are too few. Can't we order more?"
Kang Yueran certainly wanted more. "The colored porcelain has just been successfully fired. It took less than a month to produce 20,000 pieces, which is already the limit. I'll prepare some more when you go out to sea next time."
"Okay, then I'll add another batch of white porcelain and celadon. However, Sister Yueran, I'm taking my brothers out to sea, so the losses will be greater than others." He has always treated his subordinates well.
Kang Yueran smiled and said, "Going to sea is a dangerous thing. It's a good idea to spend more money to make adequate preparations in advance. Since I have chosen to partner with Brother Lu, I trust Brother Lu's character and will listen to him in everything."
Lu Kai slammed the table and said, "Okay! I like straightforward people! It's settled then, we'll be partners this year."
He Yifan was happy for the two of them for agreeing so quickly. "Although Yue Ran is a woman, she has a free and easy personality. I knew you two would definitely get along."
Kang Yueran said, "I also want to thank my uncle for helping me and Brother Lu get together." The He family father and son really helped her a lot.
"Why are you being so polite to me?"
Lu Kai grinned and said, "My father still has a few jars of aged wine. I'll steal one and send it to Uncle He later."
He Yifan laughed and waved his hands, "Don't steal your father's aged wine again, or he'll beat you up again!"
Lu Kai was a little embarrassed, "Uncle He, please stop embarrassing me in front of Sister Yue Ran!"
The three of them laughed at the same time.
After finalizing the sea shipping matter with Lu Kai, Kang Yueran went to Beigu Kiln and placed an order for 20,000 pieces.
There are still few people painting porcelain, and producing 20,000 pieces in a short period of time is very tight. Therefore, she chose a small number of varieties, with common shapes and simple patterns.
Wang Hai assured him, "By the end of March, these 20,000 pieces of colored porcelain will definitely be fired. We're always looking for painters, and we've also selected a group of skilled children from some of the kiln workers' families and are training them."
"Don't just pick boys, pick a group of girls too. Girls are more attentive. At worst, we can just build an extra room for girls to work in."
With a female boss, Wang Hai certainly wouldn't look down on girls for being useless. "I picked two kilns, over a hundred each, but there were more men than women."
Many people were unwilling to let their unmarried daughters work with a group of men, so it was not easy to recruit girls.
After strolling around Beigu Kiln, Kang Yueran rode his horse and trotted back to Qingping Village.
Yes, riding a horse! Kang Yueran learned to ride a horse, but his technique was not yet proficient, so he only dared to let the horse trot.
The horse was sent by Chai Shijing, who said that it would be more convenient to travel after learning to ride a horse.
Kang Yueran knew that Chai Shijing was indirectly asking her when she would go to the capital.
But she was too busy to leave, so she wrote in her reply that the clear and cool autumn weather was a good time to travel.
By the autumn, Chai Shijing was very dissatisfied and wrote three letters in a row, full of longing. They had not seen each other for almost half a year.
The two were still in the honeymoon period, so naturally they didn't want to be separated for a long time. Kang Yueran counted the things on hand and wrote another letter to Chai Shijing, saying that he would get back as soon as possible!
By mid-March, the oil press and soy sauce workshops to the east of Kaoshan Village were completed.
Kang Yueran and Xu Jiushi discussed it and decided to appoint a young man named Ma Zheng as the manager of the oil press workshop, and Zhengzhong as the manager of the soy sauce workshop.
Dayong already has an oil mill. It is not difficult to open it by buying two sets of oil pressing tools and hiring a few masters and assistants.
Rich people ate sesame oil, while poor people ate Xanthium sibiricum oil. Xanthium sibiricum oil was cheap but had a strong flavor. Soybean oil, priced between the two, filled a niche market.
It is not difficult to make soy sauce, but the trouble is that it takes nearly half a year.
Wash the soybeans, soak them until soft, and steam them for half an hour. Spread them on a sieve to remove moisture from the surface, then mix them with flour and stir evenly. This is the process of fermentation and koji making.
After the soybeans grow mycelium, put them in a large vat, add salt water, and then seal it.
Expose it to the sun for about five months. After the due date, remove the seal, add salt water to the jar and stir it, then filter out the residue with gauze or cotton cloth.
Pour the soy sauce into a large pot and bring it to a boil. Skim off the foam and the soy sauce is ready. Once it has cooled completely, store it in a jar.
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