Chapter 50 The Secret of the White Porcelain Cup
After hearing this, Jin Ling was filled with tears in her face: "Madam, we have finally come to an end.W w W 81zW.CoM”
Qing'er bit her lips and tried hard to restrain her inner excitement. She wanted to laugh and scream, but when she thought of her grievance for no reason, she couldn't stop her tears from falling. She turned around and walked into the room, and then ordered Jin Ling: "Close the door, I won't see anyone!" Jin Ling was stunned at first, then she realized her intentions and hurriedly closed the door with a "bang". The wife's unfaithful husband was suspected of being unfaithful, and she had lost all her face. Now the truth is clear, but she asked an outsider to pick her up. How can she meet people after she lost this face?
Mu Li, who grew up in the army, didn't understand the story here. She thought something had happened to Qing'er, so she rushed up the stone steps and slapped the door hard: "Madam, what's wrong with you? Open the door quickly." Seeing that she was unconscious, Jin Ling replied angrily: "Why are you quarreling? Madam wants to be quiet for a while?" Mu Li retracted his hand helplessly after hearing this.
Seeing her anxious and self-blame, Xiaoqi, the guard who came with her, advised: "It is indispensable for husband and wife to quarrel, let alone such a big thing? You can't control the matter of senior sister." Muli rubbed her hands and was anxious and sweating: "Master, I will pick up someone, I will go empty-handed, how can I explain?" Xiaoqi smiled: "You report truthfully, Da Zheng will not blame you." Muli was skeptical when she heard this. Just as she was about to ask, the door suddenly opened. Jinling held the door with her hips on her hips, staring at Muli with a smile, and said: "You go back and tell Da Zheng that Madam wants to be alone for two days, and we will naturally go back in two days, so there is no need for you to wait here." After that, he slowly closed the door.
"This..." Mu Li was about to come forward to ask about the truth again, but Xiao Qi was pulled at him.
"Senior sister, don't go. I've already said it very clearly. I'll ask the handsome man to come and invite him in person before he's willing to go back. Don't go and make it boring."
Mu Li said: "How can this be done? I didn't do what the Grandmaster told me, how can I go back? No, I can't leave."
The two were arguing, and Zhang Lang pushed open the gate to accompany Yang Hao in. Xiaoqi smiled and whispered, "Don't talk, there's a good show." Mu Li stepped forward to worship, Yang Hao hurriedly made a gesture to make her silent, and Mu Li was at a loss. Yang Hao tiptoed to the window of the left wing room and stood up, then gave Zhang Lang a wink. Zhang Lang stepped forward and knocked on the door, and said loudly, "Jinling quickly open the door, I am Zhang Lang, the coach has something to hand it over to his wife."
The door opened with a creaking sound. As soon as the golden bell was exposed, Zhang Lang pulled it out and dragged it out.
At the same time, Yang Hao opened the window and jumped into the room. Mu Li was stunned and was about to ask Zhang Lang. Suddenly, he heard Qing'er's screams coming from the room, and then something was knocked over.
Zhang Lang pulled Jinling's hand and pulled it out, and said to Mu Li who was coming up, "Don't do your business, go quickly, go quickly." Xiao Qi's legs jumped out first, and Mu Li had no choice but to follow him out of the yard. Once the gate of the yard was closed, no matter how loud the room sounded, he could not hear it.
Xiao Qi lay on the door and looked in through the crack in the door. After about a stick of incense, he suddenly exclaimed: "Wow, the handsome man is really powerful!" Zhang Lang pushed him away and looked inward, and couldn't help but scream: "It's really amazing!" Jin Ling said excitedly, "What, let me see." He slammed Zhang Lang away. As soon as her face closed on the crack in the door, the yard door opened, and she almost hit Yang Hao's waist. Jin Ling's face turned red with shame. Zhang Lang, but Xiao Qi covered her mouth and laughed secretly.
Qing'er had re-dressed her eyebrows, her lips were red, and her cheeks were covered with a thin layer of rouge, looking radiant and very energetic. Her body tilted slightly towards Yang Hao, her fingers were intertwined, and her expression was very intimate.
Yang Hao ordered Zhang Lang, Jin Ling: "Go in and clean up the house, and take back all the wife's things."
Mu Li wanted to follow him, but was pulled by Xiao Qi and complained in a low voice: "You are not going to be awkward to follow him now?" Zhang Lang also advised Mu Li: "Xiao Qi is right. The couple is back together. If there are endless things to say, let's not get involved. A few days ago, I saw that the Mulan boxing you played was pretty good. Can you give me some advice?" Mu Li suddenly became energetic when she heard the boxing, pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay to point you to you, but that's the boxing technique used by women to defend themselves. What can you, a big man, learn to do? If you want to learn boxing, I'll teach you another one."
Zhang Lang said: "As long as you want, you can teach anything, but here is too narrow, let's go outside." Muli nodded excitedly, and Zhang Lang turned around to take care of Xiaoqi and said: "I'll ask you about the matter here."
Xiaoqi complained secretly, but he didn't dare to talk back, so he had to hang his head and responded. As soon as the two left, Jinling suddenly became proud. She giggled at Xiaoqi with her waist, looking very strange. Xiaoqi felt a little furious, and grinned and said, "I don't have much work, you can rest, I'll go and clean up."
"Don't leave!" Jin Ling suddenly turned her face, and said with a sweet voice, and stepped on Xiaoqi's feet hard.
"Oh!" Xiao Qi screamed like a pig, and kept jumping with his feet in his arms.
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After two months of trial operation, Wang Moshan's coal mine was finally officially open to the public. On the day of its opening, all figures from all walks of life in Fengzhou's military, political, civil and commercial circles came to support it. The celebration was held in the square in the mining area. The scene was grand and the atmosphere was warm. More than 100 people were invited by the drummer. The platform specially built for the celebration was covered with a bright red carpet woven by Fengzhou Blanket Factory. There were 180 tables of water banquets on the flat ground under the platform. Two thousand people stood there, which was so dark that it made people's hearts excited.
At the end of the hour, Yang Haochen crossed the river to the celebration site. There were five or six hundred guards accompanying him, and with a full guard of ceremonies, giving Wang Moshan a face. The celebration began at the beginning of the 19th hour. In addition to gongs and drums, eighteen salutes were also set off. This idea was provided by Yang Hao. The so-called salutes were filled with gunpowder in sealed bamboo joints. The loud noises during the explosion were earth-shaking and boosting morale. Unlike the solemn and solemn scenes when the salutes were set off in later generations, the huge sound of salutes once caused panic among people. If it weren't for saying hello in advance, I'm afraid that at least half of the people participating in the celebration would have escaped.
After the celebration, there was a banquet. Thirty percent of the people attending the celebration were miners, 30 percent of the soldiers, and 30 percent of the merchants in Feng'an. The dishes were served in the basin and the wine was moved. After three rounds of wine, Yang Hao suggested that the top figures from all walks of life in Fengzhou's military, government, civil and business in Gaotai Loft went down to toast.
Everyone was in high spirits, but when they looked at the dark crowd in the audience, they all looked frightened and everyone wanted to give up. It would be impossible to be able to toast to the table. If you toast one cup on ten tables, you have to change to a big cup. If you come down with one hundred and eighty tables, you probably won’t be able to stand firm. As the saying goes, “There is no father and son in the bar.” If you don’t respect the table, it will cause people to complain. If someone drinks to make trouble, wouldn’t he begging yourself?
Everyone was hesitating, and Yang Hao smiled slightly and said, "Why, I have a way to make everyone have face and not hurt myself." Everyone was skeptical, but they saw Yang Hao's servant Li Wei take out two identical white porcelain cups on the table, with gold placing them on the mouth of the cup, and the workmanship was very exquisite. Even if everyone had seen some worldly appearances, they would also praise the pair of porcelain cups.
Yang Hao introduced: "My cup was supervised by the master craftsman of the official kiln. It's quite a bit of face to use for drinking." Everyone nodded. Ma Li, the shopkeeper of Fuxianglou Inn, laughed and said: "It's good, but it's just too big. It's enough to fill it with wine. It's better to use this cup to toast it." Everyone nodded and agreed.
Yang Hao smiled without saying a word. He asked Zhang Lang to take a measuring cup that could only contain two taels of wine, fill it up, and then pour it into the gold-patterned porcelain cup on the left. The two taels of wine had just filled it. Everyone didn't understand the meaning, but Yang Hao picked up the wine full of wine and poured the wine into the empty cup on the right. It only poured a small half, and the wine overflowed from the right cup.
Everyone exclaimed and looked forward to see what happened. Yang Hao handed the cup in his hand to everyone to see. Everyone looked around, but they didn't think there was anything strange except that they felt the workmanship was exquisite. Ma Li was the fastest, so he picked up the porcelain cup that served the wine and looked at it carefully. Li Wei reminded him to drink the wine, and then everyone could see the secret: it turned out that the inner liner of this cup was much thicker than the previous one, and it was still possible to distinguish it when the empty cup was empty, but after serving it, it was difficult for the naked eye to distinguish the difference between the two due to the refraction of light after being served.
Mali praised Dalian, "Good idea, what a great idea. If this cup is on the market, it will definitely be a big seller."
Yang Hao took the opportunity to ask: "This cup is sold for one or two silver coins, will you buy it?"
Mali shook his head and said, "I won't buy it because I have a lot of alcohol. But if I dare to guarantee that someone will buy it. For example, our king mine owners, and those who cannot drink and must drink."
Wang Rentong took the cup and looked at it, and said with certainty: "I will buy this cup even if it is sold for five taels of silver. It is very cost-effective to spend a little money to maintain your body." These words immediately resonated.
Yang Hao raised the bold porcelain cup and said proudly: "I sell nine taels per cup in Chang'an and ten taels per cup in Luoyang, and often out of stock." Everyone exclaimed, but some people were skeptical.
Li Wei brought a purple-wood gold lacquer box and placed it on the table. He opened the lid and a faint fragrance came to his face. He used carved agarwood as a partition and divided the box into two, and the above-mentioned velvet spun purple-gold embroidered as a lining. The fragrance radiated from the agarwood.
Yang Hao put the bold white porcelain cup into the box and asked everyone: "Who would like to pay ten taels of silver to buy it and give it to others." Everyone then understood what he meant, and everyone laughed knowingly.
Wang Moshan looked at the wooden box and kept saying, "It's interesting, it's really interesting." He asked Yang Hao again, "I wonder if the Grandmaster still has it in his hands? I'm still thinking of buying some to give it to someone."
Yang Hao said: "This cup is produced by Luoyang Magnolia Kiln Factory. I will ask you to support me in the future." Everyone exclaimed again when they heard this. Mali said: "I didn't expect that although the Grand Marshal is in the officialdom, his business is so good. Fortunately, you are a parent official in Fengzhou, otherwise we would have no food to eat."
Yang Hao said: "'As an official, don't compete with the people for profit' is my principle of dealing with someone. But when I see that I have money and no one is willing to make money, I feel itchy. For example, I was also moved by this porcelain cup, so I asked someone to do some things at home to play with. Later, a friend suggested that I could find someone to make a batch and get it to Chang'an and Luoyang to sell it. But when it was launched, I was sold out. So I thought that if I set up a special store to run this business, I would definitely make money."
Wang Moshan was playing with the porcelain cup. After hearing this, he hurriedly continued: "Master, if you open the store, I would like to pay a thousand taels of silver to invest." There was a silence all around, and someone suddenly woke up: "I would like to pay a thousand taels too." Before he finished speaking, everyone shouted:
"I'll pay two thousand taels!"
"I'll pay three thousand taels!"
"I'll pay three thousand five hundred taels."
"I'll pay 3,501 taels!"
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Zhang Lang smiled and said, "It's too late now. Our Grandmaster has already joined hands with others to build a store."
Everyone was not discouraged when they heard this. Mali clapped his hands and said, "What a pity, what a pity."
Yang Hao signaled everyone to calm down, cleared his throat and said, "Don't worry, although this porcelain factory does not have your shares, you will be able to make money without your benefits." Everyone was puzzled, and Ma Li asked, "Why can't we understand what Da Zheng said?"
Yang Hao said: "As a court official, how can I run my own business? I am in the name of Fengzhou Blanket Factory and a large Luoyang Jiahe stock. You all have shares in the Blanket Factory, so you will naturally benefit from making money from the porcelain factory." At this point, Yang Hao sighed slightly and said helplessly:
"I wanted to hold a shareholders' meeting to discuss this matter half a year ago, but none of you came. In order not to delay business, I can only exercise the power of the major shareholder and make decisions for you."
Chapter completed!