Chapter 91 Impractical
This year, I have become much smarter.
"Well done." Jiang Mixia patted Song Jingyun on the shoulder, "But you should be more cautious next time and try to do less. This time, the stall owner obviously has no background, so nothing went wrong."
"But next time, if you run into a local tyrant who makes money by cheating, and if they find out that you're cheating, you'll be in danger."
"Yes!" Song Jingyun agreed readily. ——The porcelain kiln had fired the kiln again recently.
This time, there were about two hundred items, including bowls, plates, porcelain basins, etc.
About 90% of the products are qualified, and more than 60% to 70% of the high-quality products.
Jiang Mixia brought all these porcelains to Zhao's shop in the town, and worked out the price with Manager Zhao, and finally settled on twenty-eight taels of silver.
And we have confirmed the next order, a full set of underglaze colored tea cups and some ordinary porcelain cups.
Holding the heavy silver, Jiang Mixia smiled and said, "Zhao Ji's business is really booming."
This sentence has some tentative meaning.
Jiang Mixia often comes to the town and is familiar with the business conditions of most of the shops in the town. Zhao Ji's business is indeed good, but the volume is not so large.
The porcelain kiln fires once every half a month, and the quantity is not small. Zhao Ji is able to buy them all and continues to place orders. There must be some other reasons for this.
Shopkeeper Zhao knew that Jiang Mixia was asking, so he didn't hide it and just smiled and answered, "To be honest, Madam Jiang, my uncle's third cousin opened a shop in the county town, and he is in the same business as me. I used to get the porcelain sold in Zhao's shop from him. Now that I have such a good source of goods from you, I naturally have to recommend some to my cousin."
"My cousin said that the products from your kiln are well made, with sufficient glaze, and are durable. They are not much worse than those from the capital, but the price is lower. Naturally, I want to use your products."
"Madam Jiang, you have to run the porcelain kiln in Jiangjia Village well. If you make a wide variety of things and the things are good, you will definitely have no trouble selling them. My cousin and I can also expect to make more money from this porcelain kiln."
I see.
Jiang Mixia understood the reason and bowed to Shopkeeper Zhao, "Shopkeeper Zhao, you are joking. Our porcelain kiln still needs you to push it out."
"Of course, Madam Jiang, just rest assured. Good wine needs no bush. As long as the goods are good, there will be no problem selling them." Shopkeeper Zhao also agreed readily.
As long as the products are good and can be sold, they can make a profit of even 5% on each item, regardless of other things. If there are large quantities, there is still profit to be made. If there are big customers coming to buy, they don't mind being a middleman.
After some pleasantries, seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Mixia said goodbye and left.
After returning, Jiang Mixia discussed with Zhu Yongwu that when doing the order for Zhao Ji, they should burn some tea cans and then take them to the tea garden to promote them.
When tea gardens are shipping goods outside, bamboo boxes are needed, so tea cans are also one of the indispensable storage materials.
As for Zhu Yongwu, he had seen results from firing his own kiln and now had both experience and confidence. Just from the time he was making the embryo, Jiang Mixia could tell that each time he made it was getting better and better.
Making some underglaze colored tea cans is a piece of cake.
"The tea can is big, so you have to control the temperature well when firing it. Let me try it first." Zhu Yongwu had never fired tea cans before, so he was not very confident.
"I don't want a big one, I want a small one." Jiang Mixia explained.
"Little one?" Zhu Yongwu was stunned.
"Yes, a small one, about this size will be fine." Jiang Mixia gestured roughly.
The size of a big pear.
"So small?" Zhu Yongwu was quite surprised. "If it's so small, I'm afraid it can't hold even a pound of tea leaves in a can. At most, it can hold half a pound or two. Isn't it too impractical?"
"It's better if it's not practical." Jiang Mixia narrowed her eyes.
What good is something that is not practical? Zhu Yongwu scratched his head in increasing confusion.
Because there were a lot of things to do this time, Zhu Yongwu was busy for nearly twenty days before he started firing the kiln.
When the kiln was about to be opened, Jiang Mixia saw the impractical tea can that she had asked Zhu Yongwu to make.
Small, apple-sized oval with a lid.
All six were very successful, three white and three light blue, all made using the underglaze color method. The patterns on the jars were provided to Zhu Yongwu by Jiang Mixia.
The floral dots, which take up one-third of the can, are simple and elegant, and can be said to be the finishing touch, making the originally inconspicuous tea can more colorful.
The tea cans were fired, and a batch of waterproof boxes needed by the tea garden happened to be ready and needed to be delivered. Jiang Mixia went there and found Manager Zhou at the tea garden.
"The village's newly built porcelain kiln has specially asked the porcelain master to help make tea cans. Bring them here for Manager Zhou to have a look. Is he still asleep?" Jiang Mixia took out all the six tea cans.
Manager Zhou took a careful look at it and tried how smooth the lid would be when it was put on.
"Not bad." Manager Zhou nodded. "In terms of size, it can hold half a pound of tea. It's quite suitable for giving as a gift or for personal use. The workmanship of this jar is also good. The thickness of the body is even, and the glaze is also evenly fired. It's not worse than the jar I bought in the county town."
"The fact that Manager Zhou likes it is a recognition of the porcelain kiln's craftsmanship."
Jiang Mixia smiled and said, "I see that the tea garden is producing quite a lot of tea now. Has all the tea been shipped to the city?"
"Yes." Manager Zhou said, "The tea shop in the prefecture buys tea from the tea garden every year. The price they pay is also reasonable. The tea garden business is pretty good."
Speaking of the tea garden business, Manager Zhou is also quite proud of it.
When my master took over this tea garden, everyone was pessimistic about it, saying that a murder had happened there. Although the price was low, the place was unlucky, so even if the price was cheaper, the money would have been thrown away in vain.
Manager Zhou had heard such words too many times, and he was determined to make good use of this tea garden to make money, to bring honor to his master, and also to let those short-sighted people see that as long as he did his job well, all the auspiciousness and ugliness were empty.
And now, Manager Zhou has used actual results to show everyone that his master's decision was correct, and that he himself is also a capable manager.
"This tea company buys tea from the tea garden at a low price, ferments it and makes tea on its own, and then sells it at a high price. It makes much more money than the tea garden. Has Manager Zhou ever thought about making a different kind of tea from the tea garden itself?"
Jiang Mixia said, "Supplying tea shops can indeed make money and save trouble, but this is generally most suitable for individual tea farmers. They only need to grow tea, pick tea, and dry tea, and don't have to worry about buying and selling."
There are many little cuties who voted for the monthly ticket at the end of the month, so I won’t post them one by one to thank them. I will thank them all here~ Regarding the monthly ticket and extra chapters... It is true that ideals are full, but reality is very skinny. As a mother of two children who works and writes at the same time, even with the help of my parents-in-law and husband, there are some things that I have to do myself, making it very difficult to add more chapters... But I have been staying up late to write recently, so I will definitely add more chapters in the next few days~ (End of this chapter)
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