On this day, the Qingbai porcelain kiln workshop in charge of Bai Susu was finally completed and began to be fired and produced.

In order to keep it confidential and take care of it, the Bai Susu family formed a private armed force and strictly protected it, so that outsiders were not allowed to watch it.

Celadon, white porcelain, blue-white porcelain, etc. are all fired and produced, and the process adopted is more mature.

Some of the craftsmen who were dismissed from the Bai family in batches were secretly received here at this time.

However, this time, militarized management was adopted, and these craftsmen were not allowed to contact with outsiders, so as not to disclose the existence of the Bai family and rely on the secrets of the rebel army to restore the country.

Bai Susu also disguised herself as a man and became a handsome young man, often coming to supervise the progress.

A few days later, a batch of porcelain was fired, and Bai Susu and Su Chen came to inspect it themselves.

Bai Susu asked: "How is the quality of the glaze? Are everything going well?"

"Go back to the eldest son, everything went smoothly. Two batches have been released one after another. The glaze color and quality are not worse than before." A veteran craftsman of the Bai family came to report.

Su Chen also inspected it and nodded slightly. The quality was indeed very good, not much different from before. It can be seen that after replacing the new furnace and water source, the soil transported has not changed and has not affected much quality. He said, "It's very good,

Bai Susu ordered: "Calculate and store them in stock, and then put them in wooden boxes to go to sea for trade."

"Yes, young master!" the craftsmen responded.

Bai Susu looked at Su Chen and asked, "Are you sure about the route to the sea? Who will be sent here first?"

Su Chen said: "You come and choose the business candidate. I am responsible for sending a guard to escort the merchant ship to Liao Kingdom, landing in the Bohai Bay, and directly reaching the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. The ships stay on the sea, first take the boat ashore for trade docking. If it succeeds, it is best to find local nobles or big merchants to cooperate, or send people to bribe officials there, establish our direct sales semicolon porcelain shop to make the business bigger."

Bai Susu thought for a while and said, "We can formulate several more plans, including cooperation with the official Liao Kingdom and cooperation with large merchants in Liao Kingdom. Our own semicolon store can also be promoted, blooming more points to ensure maximum profits."

When it comes to doing business, Bai Susu is still a good player and experienced.

Su Chen nodded: "Okay, I'll leave these things to you with full responsibility. I just need to share the final income. Try to buy some war horses and supplies, etc.."

Bai Susu said, "Okay, I will try my best to arrange it, but when the horses are purchased, some of them will be handed over to other troops. If you can't, you will give them all to the Shen Ce Army."

"That's of course, we are still a whole for the time being. Each army will improve its combat power and help our overall strength. The Shence Army can only take a part of it, and follow the agreement without breaking the rules."

Su Chen knew very well that he should not overemphasize the Shen Ce Army now, because it is other troops that charge into battle. Only when the war horses and weapons are well-equipped can they be more combat-effective.

"But the Bai family's foot merchants have never been to the Bohai Sea from the sea, and have not walked through the sea route. You need to find another expert in controlling the ship and guiding the way."

Su Chen nodded and said, "I understand that I have already mentioned to General Lu that he will send some sailors and pilots who often go out to sea to cooperate with us."

Bai Susu felt relieved when she heard this.

In the afternoon, Su Chen met with six or seven navy captains, Dutou and several old helmsmen in the camp, responsible for controlling the direction of the ship, observing the direction and leading the route.

In ancient times, people had different names for sailors according to their division of labor.

For example, the "rudderman" is also known as the helmsman, which is mainly responsible for steering the ship on the ship to control the direction of the ship's navigation at sea.

"Liuzhe" is mainly a sailor responsible for controlling the sailing ropes. "Fighting Hand" is a sailor who climbs on the mast with a rope and is responsible for taking the wind and looking at it. As for "Anchor" it is literally easier to understand, and is mainly a sailor responsible for lifting the anchor of a ship.

"Meet the General."

These people salute to the young general of the Shence Army.

"Sit down."

After Su Chen asked these people to sit down, he asked: "We restored the Kuomintang army and transported a batch of porcelain, liquor, tea, etc., set off from the Quanzhou Wharf, took the sea route to Liao Kingdom, landed from the Bohai Bay, and directly arrived at the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to conduct trade. Are you responsible for this maritime transportation task? Can you complete it?"

"If you go back to the general, we don't know where the Bohai Bay is. Although you have heard of the Sixteen Prefectures in Youyun, you have never been to find it through sea routes, so it is not clear whether it can be done."

A navy captain named Zhang Tuo answered awkwardly with his fists.

It was originally an important task, and it could be said to be an opportunity, but they didn't know what Bohai Bay is and how to get to Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, because they didn't have this chart.

After hearing this, Su Chen asked, "Where do you use to identify the direction you go to sea?"

"Go back to General, we use Sinan."

Sinan is the earliest magnetic directive, and the name "Sinan" began in the Warring States Period and ended in the Tang Dynasty.

The earliest document that records Sinan is "Guiguzi", which reads: "When the people of Zheng take jade, they must carry Sinan's cart, so that they will not be confused."

Gradually, Si Nan used a magnetic spoon, which is a spoon-shaped pointer made of natural magnets. When it was discovered, it was taken as the Big Dipper, and the name was "Sinan".

In the early Song Dynasty, there was no compass yet, because the invention of the compass should have been a result of slowly improving over a long period of time. It was not until the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty that the method of making water floating magnetic needles appeared, and the magnetic needle guide was used.

After the advent of magnetic needles, they were used for geoscience and navigation. In order to facilitate use and easy reading, and the discovery of magnetic declination angles, higher requirements were put forward for the use of compass. Some people first cooperated with the indexing disc to create a new generation of compass - the compass.

Su Chen knew about these things and knew very well that he would provide these sailing helmsmen with accurate charts and advanced compass. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient to rely on Si Nan, and errors would occur.

"I'll draw a sketch of the waterway for you, you'll pay attention."

After Su Chen finished speaking, he found a piece of rice paper, and then used a small hardness brush to simply draw the outline of the coastal continent, as well as the locations of Quanzhou, Bohai Bay, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

"Look at it, this is Quanzhou Wharf, this is the territory of the Wuyue Kingdom, this is the territory of the Song Dynasty... Along the way, there is a retracted sea area, which is the Bohai Bay, and this login area is the Youzhou area; some surrounding prefectures and counties are the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. I will first send a few people to ride horses by land, cross the territory of the Song Dynasty, rush over there, settle in advance, and be familiar with the business environment. Then you will take a boat to transport the property to Youzhou. There are official merchants who will sell porcelain, etc. in exchange for horses, cattle, sheep, wool, etc.."

Everyone surrounded the chart and listened to Su Chen's careful explanation. After reading it, they had a rough understanding.

Next, Su Chen is preparing to make a primary compass or compass for them to use, which will increase the probability of success.

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Chapter completed!