The heavens in Lingnan change at any time.

While everyone was talking, it started raining outside the Wangjiang Pavilion. Billions of water droplets fell from the clouds and fell on the roof of the pavilion, making a crisp sound.

The noise is noisy and complicated, and the big beads fall on the jade plate.

Look at the light smoke on the river, and the shadows of sails are shrouded in the rain. The majestic Guangji Bridge is also misty and rainy, like a mirage.

A group of Chaozhou gentry had no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery like freehand landscapes. They only care about what Mr. Zhao’s factory produced?

"Of course, what makes money and produce what you produce." Zhao Hao asked with a smile: "I have to ask all the experts for advice."

"Of course it's an export product." If we talk about this, the gentry in Chaozhou will not be sleepy. We will give Mr. Zhao every word and every word.

"There are fewer people in Chaozhou and even fewer rich people, so you can't make money locally except selling necessities for daily necessities." Then he heard Yue Yunpeng, the richest man in Chaozhou and the head of the Yue family in the west of the city, said: "So, we must first look at what sales are good in Guangzhou, and second, we must look at what sales are good in Yuegang, Zhangzhou, the closest to Chaozhou. And the most urgent thing in these two places is always exported products such as silk and porcelain."

"Chaozhou is too hot, so it is not suitable to plant mulberry trees and silkworms." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "Then let's produce porcelain first."

"Produce porcelain..." Yue Yunpeng couldn't help but sigh and said with great emotion: "Our Chaozhou porcelain has a history of thousands of years. We have produced blue-white glaze porcelain on a large scale since the Tang Dynasty. By the Song Dynasty, porcelain kilns were spread all over the suburbs of Zhoucheng, with a radius of fifteen miles. In the Bijiashan area alone, there were 99 porcelain kilns, known as the "Baiyao Village"!"

"Yes, it was at that time that there were chimneys on both sides of the Han River, claiming to be "Ten miles along the river, and fireworks are facing each other", which was spectacular." Liu Zixing also said with a look of nostalgia: "It is said that at that time, one-third of the porcelain exported from Guangzhou came from our Chaozhou. Unfortunately, these scenes can only be seen in the palace chronicles. If you want to see the prosperity of the past, do you know if there is still a chance in this life?"

"This is exactly what I want to ask. Why are Chaozhou porcelain disappearing now?" Zhao Hao asked back: "I heard that even the broken porcelain pieces used to inlay porcelain on the roof have to be ordered from Jingdezhen."

"Oh, one is that after the Tartars entered the Central Plains, they forced all the porcelain workers in Chaozhou to move away. Secondly, at that time, the porcelain clay on both sides of the Fucheng and Hanjiang River was gone." The gentry sighed and said, "It is hard to cook without rice. The remaining craftsmen were forced to make a living and either change their careers or move to places like Foshan that can be used for crafts. Over time, Chaozhou no longer had large-scale kilns. Craftsmen also lost their heritage, which made the people now not know that we were once the porcelain capital as famous as Jingdezhen."

"That's it..." Zhao Hao nodded. He finally understood why the famous Chaozhou porcelain had an obvious gap between the Tang and Song dynasties and Ming and Qing dynasties.

At first, he thought that it was because the Yuan Dynasty forced the craftsmen from various kilns in various places in the world to Jingdezhen to concentrate on making porcelain in order to monopolize the profits of exporting porcelain.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty also followed the practice of the Yuan Dynasty and included all the porcelain workers in Jingdezhen as craftsmen, allowing them to burn kilns in Jingdezhen for generations. This was not only easy to manage, but also the emperor wanted Longquan kiln Ru kiln Jun kiln porcelain and other porcelain, so he only ordered the inner court to order Jingdezhen to fire, which was extremely convenient.

As for whether this will destroy the porcelain making industry across the country and affect local employment and economy, it has never been a question that the emperors have considered. Of course, they don’t understand this either…

Unexpectedly, the resources for firing kilns were exhausted. No wonder Chaozhou porcelain making industry disappeared for a long time in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Mr. Zhao had great prophecy, and he knew that by the Wanli period, Chaozhou's porcelain making industry would flourish again, and it continued from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China and the New China. Chaozhou porcelain was once again famous nationwide.

So it is obvious that there are still some porcelain clay mines in Chaozhou, but they are not dug near Fucheng or on the Hanjiang Plain for the time being.

But after the Longqing switch, porcelain, which accounts for more than half of foreign trade products, was continuously exported from Yuegang to overseas, and exchanged for a huge amount of silver. It will definitely drive the Chaozhou people who love to make money to find new mining sites again...

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"It doesn't matter." Mr. Zhao encouraged the gentry of Chaozhou: "Our Jiangnan Group has a rich porcelain clay mine and a strong transportation fleet. If it really doesn't work, transporting ten or eight ships to Chaozhou every month is enough for you to burn!"

"That's great!" The gentry thanked Mr. Zhao with great gratitude: "Young Master and Jiangnan Group are really living Bodhisattvas who save the suffering and the suffering!"

"It's all for the sake of getting rich, just to bring everyone to make money." Mr. Zhao said with a humble smile. You can say "making money" in Chaozhou. You don't have to put the guise of serving the country and the people like in Jiangnan.

"Hahaha, we must respond positively." Sure enough, the Chaozhou guys are truly in love with making money, and they are ready to pick them up.

"However, long-distance transportation costs are too high, and secondly, the clouds on the sea are turbulent, so unless it is absolutely necessary, there is still a local mineral source." Zhao Hao read the answer and naturally had confidence in speaking.

"As far as I know, most of the kaolin mines that burn porcelain should be in mountainous areas, right? Chaozhou is surrounded by mountains. I wonder if anyone has explored the mountains before?"

"Yes, and there must be a lot of reserves." Yue Yunpeng gave him a positive answer: "Decades ago, in my grandfather's generation, I discovered a large mine in Feitianyan. It is said that it was mined for many years."

"Flying Swallow..." Mr. Zhao's eyes lit up, and he thought that four hundred years later, it was still a famous porcelain clay mine. "Then why wasn't it mined? Is it inconvenient to transport?"

"It's okay for transportation. From Feitianyan down the mountain, there is a Phoenix River that can be sailed directly into the Han River." Yue Yunpeng shook his head.

"What's the reason?" Zhao Hao asked afterwards.

"Because it is the territory of Hakka." Yue Yunpeng said a little depressedly: "Our fathers have organized several offensives and want to snatch the Feitianyan. Unfortunately, they repelled by natural danger and hundreds of people died. Gradually, no one mentioned this matter again."

"That's how..." Mr. Zhao nodded, and it turned out that there was a conflict between local tourists.

No wonder even the flexible and flexible Chaozhou people know that Kingsoft has been there for decades, but they can only watch it.

After all, once things rise to the level of conflict between local tourists, rationality will go to the point of being a ghost, and there are only four words left in the per capita mind: "If you don't agree, do it."

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The conflict between the local people and the local people is widely present in Chinese history. What is the local people and what is the local people? It means that the residents are first and then residents are later.

Because according to the old household registration system, all immigrants and naturalized people were included in Hakka, so the ethnic groups who immigrated later became Hakka people.

In times of trouble, in order to avoid war, the people would migrate from the Central Plains area where military strategists were fighting for a large scale to the uncivilized south. Among them, the two migrations to Yongjia and Jianyan in the south were the most important.

These northerners who migrated to the south based on clans will naturally squeeze out the living space of the locals. However, in troubled times, both locals and Hakka people have a small population, and the Hakka people have also brought advanced culture and technology from the north, which is a great improvement to the local economy. Therefore, both sides can still live in peace.

But as the chaotic times pass and the peaceful years enter, the teeth gradually become dense, and the two sides will inevitably have conflicts in order to compete for water, land and resources. This is the so-called "local and guest conflict".

Unlike the impression that is taken for granted, the conflict between the locals and tourists is not ethnic conflicts, but conflicts between different ethnic groups within the Han ethnic group in order to compete for living space.

In the Fujian area of ​​Guangdong, this kind of conflict is particularly fierce. For example, the Hakka people in Chaozhou originally lived in the mountainous areas of Meizhou, Jieyang and other places. The locals lived on the plains, and the two sides were clearly distinguished and basically peaceful.

But after two hundred years of peace in the country, the Hakka population surged. The mountainous hills with barren land could no longer support them, which prompted them to expand from the inland to the east. So the Turkish and Gubians met in the mountainous areas on the edge of the plain.

They called each other a bandit, and the conflict between blood and fire continued to take place. Coupled with the harassment of bandits, Japanese pirates, and the conflict between the Han people and local She people, Chaozhou became in chaos.

Therefore, it is normal for Chaozhou to not be able to develop industry and commerce locally. It is also a normal choice for Chaozhou people to go to Southeast Asia to make a living.

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But for Zhao Hao, this is an opportunity. What he fears most is that the local area is a solid piece, and it is easy to deal with with factions!

However, this topic is obviously not what to discuss today.

So he retreated to his decision just now - to use the fleet to transport kaolin to build a factory and burn a kiln!

This is also what the Chaozhou gentry hoped, so they expressed their willingness to do their part.

Of course I want to get a share of the pie.

"It's easy to say, everyone will definitely make a fortune together. But let's discuss this topic later, otherwise it will be dark and I won't be able to get back to the main topic today." Zhao Hao said to everyone with a smile.

"Yes, we are obsessed with money." The rich dogs said embarrassedly.

Although the current situation is not suitable, they all remember it in their hearts and are about to ask Mr. Zhao or the people around him when they go back.

"Young Master just said that the package of education revitalization plans is the five fingers to form a fist." Or Liu Zixing brought the topic back. "Yufeng Academy is one, the affiliated primary and secondary schools are one; free primary and secondary schools are one; Chaozhou Technical College is one... These are four fingers. What about the last one?"

"This last finger is amazing." Zhao Hao replied with a smile: "A place as big as Phoenix Continent is not available. So I plan to set up Chaozhou Agricultural College here!"

"Okay, this will remind those nerds who are inseparable from grains to always be based on agriculture." Liu Zixing praised Qinghong without asking for advice, and then asked embarrassedly: "But what does this agricultural college teach?"
Chapter completed!