Chapter 87 The Right Decision
Shopkeeper Zhao said, "You have a good business vision for building a porcelain kiln, but whether you can do business well depends on the quality of the things you make."
"Then Manager Zhao will take a look at the quality and set a price?"
Jiang Mixia took out the porcelain bowls and basins she had brought.
When Shopkeeper Zhao saw the things on the table, his eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly picked them up to take a closer look.
Look at this, look at that, touch the wall to feel its thickness, and even pluck it with your fingers, listening carefully to the sound.
"Not bad." Shopkeeper Zhao nodded. "It's considered well made among fine porcelains. The shape of the bowl is also good. One can cost a hundred coins. The porcelain basin is even more expensive."
"It seems that the craftsmanship of your porcelain kiln master is quite good. How about this, bring all the things that this kiln has produced and we can set a price."
"Okay." Jiang Mixia agreed with Shopkeeper Zhao to deliver the porcelain bowls and basins tomorrow so that they could check the goods and place an order.
On the second day, Shopkeeper Zhao received a total of 78 pieces of porcelain from Jiang Mixia, and the final settlement amount was ten taels of silver.
After deducting the cost of glaze and firewood, the profit was five taels. Zhu Yongwu received one tael and five cents of silver, which was 30% of the profit.
It took less than half a month from the beginning of making the clay mold to the final opening of the kiln.
In half a month, Zhu Yongwu earned one tael and five cents of silver, and this was when he fired the kiln for the first time and the quantity was not large.
If I become more skilled in the future, I can basically earn about five taels a month. If the porcelain kiln expands in the future and I recruit more apprentices, I can earn more...
Earning one hundred taels of silver a year seemed less out of reach.
When I was working in the porcelain kiln in Zhujia Village, I was busy every day and even scolded. I only earned 300 coins a month...
Zhu Yongwu felt more and more that leaving Zhujia Village and settling in Jiangjia Village was the right decision.
After finishing this batch of porcelain, Zhu Yongwu began to continue making the embryos.
Jiang Chunyu was helping out on the side.
The last time the kiln was fired, Jiang Chunyu begged Zhu Yongwu to put all the bowls and basins he had made in to fire.
From making the embryo to dipping in glaze and finally putting it into the kiln, although under the guidance of Zhu Yongwu, Jiang Chunyu completed all of them independently, and the final result was two medium-quality products.
I succeeded the first time and it was of average quality, which is very good.
In Zhu Yongwu's words, it is much better than what he did when he was a child.
This gave Jiang Chunyu great encouragement. Not only did he put the bowls and basins he made at home and often showed them off to his friends, he also worked even harder to learn the skills of porcelain firing from Zhu Yongwu.
Zhu Yongwu also liked Jiang Chunyu's personality and felt that he was willing to learn, learn quickly and learn well, so he was very willing to teach him.
Therefore, without a very strict apprenticeship ceremony, Zhu Yongwu and Jiang Chunyu have been getting along as master and apprentice.
This time, the kiln needs to fire more plates according to the orders negotiated by Jiang Mixia and Zhao Ji, and they must be underglaze-colored plates.
In this case, the pattern and color need to be painted on the body after it has been dried and before it is glazed. Use white glaze or light-colored glaze when dipping it in glaze and fire it once. The resulting porcelain will have a pattern and color that will not fade and will be durable.
Underglaze color has more processes and is much more troublesome, but correspondingly, the reward will be higher.
As long as he could make more money and let Zhu Guangtai live a good life in the future, Zhu Yongwu was not afraid of trouble and just led Jiang Chunyu to work in the porcelain kiln.
The bamboo weaving workshop is also becoming increasingly busy.
The workshop is busy and goods are constantly being shipped out.
Zheng Ji has a lot of orders here, so we can only deliver them in a hurry.
Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun went together that day to deliver the batch of waterproof bamboo boxes that were needed.
Because they were going to the county town, Song Jingyun was happy all the way.
The orders came late after the New Year, and Jiang Mixia and the others were busy helping Zhu Yongwu to build a porcelain kiln some time ago, so they hadn't taken him out for a walk for a long time.
Song Jingyun was still missing the hustle and bustle of the county town and the various delicious foods.
Jiang Mixia also knew that Song Jingyun had the mind of a complete child, and also knew that he had been bored for too long, so she let him look around in the county town. If he saw food or toys he liked, she would buy them.
In order to accompany Song Jingyun for a good stroll in the county town, he even bought some food that the young son-in-law liked, and asked the coachmen to have lunch, and he went out for a walk alone with Song Jingyun.
In spring, pea yellow and water chestnut cake are in season.
There are also fried pancakes with minced meat on the street. They taste delicious. You can smell the fragrance from far away, and they are golden on both sides...
Song Jingyun's gluttony was aroused and he wanted to eat everything he saw.
Jiang Mixia simply bought a little bit of everything, and the two of them ate while walking, treating it all as lunch.
As they were walking and eating along the way, Jiang Mixia noticed that the place ahead suddenly became lively.
"Is it so lively ahead?" Song Jingyun stood on tiptoe and looked around.
Even though he was tall enough, almost a head taller than Jiang Mixia, he couldn't see clearly because of the crowds of people in front of him, who were surrounded by people in three circles inside and outside.
"Madam, shall we go take a look in front?" Song Jingyun swallowed the chive box in his hand.
Since there are so many people in front, the food must be extremely delicious.
Song Jingyun licked his lips, pulled Jiang Mixia and walked forward.
Jiang Mixia paused slightly as Song Jingyun's broad hand held her hand.
But before she could react, she was dragged forward.
Huh? The little son-in-law seemed to have become much stronger, and he was able to pull her.
Jiang Mixia had a gratified smile on her face like an old mother, and she followed Song Jingyun into the crowd that was packed with people.
"Come on, come on, dear customers, please step back a little. Don't knock over our stalls, and don't mess with other people's luck. If someone loses the prize because of this and blames you, I won't be responsible for it."
As the stall owner Wei Wanshun shouted loudly, the crowd of onlookers who had gathered very close to the front subconsciously stepped back, leaving a safe distance.
Make sure you can see the excitement in front of you without disturbing other people's work.
Seeing that some of the people around him had left, Wei Wanshun's smile became even wider. He just held a box of chestnut cakes in his hand and shouted to everyone.
"Sun's cakes, the big reunion cakes, have everything in them, such as lotus cakes, chestnut cakes, honey three-knife cakes, and fried dough twists. It's a big box full. If it were sold normally, this big box of cakes would cost 180 wen. Let's calculate it as 150 wen now."
"This piece of cloth is sold at 200 coins in the cloth shop. I bought a lot, so the purchase price is about 70%, so let's say 150 coins. And there are also these porcelains, hairpins, and silk flowers..."
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