Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 164 The Tribute Meeting

After three rounds of wine, five tastes of food, the banquet is over. The people from the Du family hosted the banquet at the post house at noon. The cook and maids they transferred from the Furong Tower made the welcome banquet rich and delicious, and the guests were full of praise.

Due to the large number of accompanying officials and eunuchs, it is impossible to take all of them to eat in the noisy place of the restaurant, so according to the usual practice, a welcome banquet is set up in the posthouse.After finishing their business assignments, merchants and country gentry would privately invite Jinling envoys to a restaurant for a separate banquet, separate from the public banquet.

After everyone moved to the front hall and took their seats one after another, after the fragrant tea was served, today's tribute meeting officially kicked off.

As the president of the Jiangzuo Chamber of Commerce, Du Qingyun asked Gao Yuan, the transfer envoy of the capital, "Master Gao, can we start?"

Gao Yuan nodded slightly and said, "Okay, let's start."

Du Qingyun stood up, first made an opening statement, and then summarized the business of the Jiangzuo Chamber of Commerce in the past year, such as what new silk weaving products have appeared; Tianshuibi's printing and dyeing technology has made breakthroughs; How does the tea and vinegar of Runzhou become the top grade, surpassing the products of other places.

Gao Yuan and the eunuchs in the palace all showed joy after hearing the words. This Runzhou city is really outstanding and rich in products!

After Du Qingyun concluded, he said: "According to the usual practice, let the nine Jiangzuo families introduce their tributes and lists first, and for the past two years, my Du family has served as the chairman, so I will speak on behalf of the Du family first.

Everyone nodded, echoed a few times, and entered the self-recommended tribute process.

Du Qingyun continued: "The Du family has always been making wine as their main business. This year, they launched two new wines. One is called "Qunfei Drunk", which is specially brewed for the palace and the female family members of the powerful families. The wine is not strong, but full-bodied. Fragrant and rich. The other wine is also imperial brewing, named 'Chaolubai', which is perfected on the basis of 'Nanlubai', and is more suitable for court drinking..."

"The Du family's brewing has been famous for a hundred years. Now that the new wine is released, it will definitely improve." Gao Yuan commented.

"Thank you, Mr. Gao, for your compliment!" Du Qingyun smiled slightly, and sat back in his seat.

Next, the head of the Murong family appeared on the stage. The Murong family's main business is the cloth business. Almost one-third of the textiles in Runzhou are processed in the Murong family's workshop. Murong's family has remodeled the spinning wheel, and now the processing speed of silk fabrics has been continuously improved, and the quality has also been improved. Seeing that it is entering midsummer, this new yarn material enters the palace and Jinling dignitaries' mansions, and is made into outer shirts, which is bound to set off a fad!"

The imperial eunuch Cao Zifeng of the Provincial Shangshe Bureau in the palace, and the eunuch Wei Shan of the Provincial Bureau of Internal Affairs all moved their eyes after hearing the words. The concubines in the palace really like the silk products of the Murong family, and now there is a new bone yarn. , When you go back to do business, you can also ask for some rewards and praise.

Next came the Yan family's turn. The Yan family in Runzhou is also mainly engaged in the cloth business, but mainly in the printing and dyeing industry. A more pleasing and natural color, said it at this time, everyone praised it, and even the messengers in the palace smiled.

As we all know, the officials and queens in the Jinling Imperial Palace liked the color Tianshuibi very much, so that all the maids in the palace wore neon palace skirts of this color. Azure beauty.

Afterwards, the other big families also mentioned the tributes and new products submitted this time. The Yu family’s piano store and various orchestral instruments are top-grade in the Southern Tang Dynasty. There are also many special characteristics, several kinds of tea from the Lu family, turbid wine from the Fan family, and gold and silverware are also signatures.

The main business of these big families has a large annual output. In addition to Runzhou and Jinling, foreign trade is also the main force.

At this time, it was the Ding family's turn to introduce. Ding Yuexi stood up, glanced at Bai Susu with a sneer, and then walked in the center of the field.

Most of the merchants and country gentry present at the scene were fine people, and when Patriarch Ding appeared on the stage, he knew that today's tribute selection was about to come.

Ding Yuexi stood up, looked around, and said loudly: "My Ding family has been devoted to making porcelain for forty years, and it has always been mainly celadon. Although other porcelain has been studied, it has not been put in the main business. The time is different from the past, the white porcelain of the Ding family has also been fired into high-quality products, and it is more detailed, and the glaze color and printing have also improved, which is no less than the texture of the celadon of the Ding family. The family can be an agent, and the price of celadon and white porcelain can be purchased in a bundle, and the price can be reduced by [-]% compared to previous years. If all the masters present here choose to cooperate, the price will also be reduced by [-]% compared to previous years!"

When everyone heard the words, they all showed strange colors. The celadon and white porcelain are bundled and sold together, so the output is huge, the price has been reduced by [-]%, and the profit compression is definitely a lot. The Ding family would rather make less money than the Bai family. .

Gao Yuan, the transfer envoy of the capital, Cao Zifeng, Feng Yu of the Shangshe Bureau, Wei Shan, the prime minister of the Neifu Bureau, and others all looked surprised. After thinking about it, they also understood that this is the Ding family wanting to monopolize the porcelain business and taking this opportunity to suppress the Bai family. up.

"Oh, how is your Ding family's white porcelain firing? Do you have samples?" Eunuch Wei Shan asked.

Ding Yuexi laughed and said: "If you go back to Eunuch Wei, the Ding family's white porcelain is exquisite and has been fired, so you can check it on the spot!"

After finishing speaking, Ding Yuexi ordered the servants waiting outside to bring in some white porcelain products, including teapots, teacups, porcelain vases, porcelain bowls, plates, etc., and hand them over to the transfer envoys and eunuch envoys for review. Let the heads of many families present see it in the eyes, and achieved the purpose of establishing prestige and publicity.

Seeing his brother-in-law's performance, Governor Yin smiled and nodded.

"Oh, it really is fine white porcelain!"

"Yes, it's no different from the white porcelain of the Bai family. It's also a fine porcelain."

"In the future, the Ding family will take over the firing of celadon and white porcelain, and the size of the porcelain business will double!"

"The price is low. In the future, we will all buy porcelain from Ding's house. This is convenient. In the past, every time we went to the two to discuss business, it was a bit troublesome."

The merchants and gentry present at the scene contributed to the flames, and their evaluation of the Ding family was constantly improving, and they intended to follow suit and suppress the Bai family.

Shopping malls are like battlefields. For many merchants, if the nine major families become the eight major families, then the second-rate family will be less oppressed by a wealthy family, and the first-rate family will also have more resources. In a fierce battle, it is best for both sides to lose, and they will benefit from it.

Gao Yuan nodded slightly after reading it. If Ding's family can really provide celadon and white porcelain at the same time, the price will be [-]% lower than before. It will be a good thing for the royal family and other merchants.

"The Ding family has made progress in the porcelain industry. I wonder if the Bai family has made any progress this year?" Gao Yuan looked at Bai Susu and gave the Bai family a chance to win. If they can't impress the Jinling envoys, then the Bai family will be out. In the future, the Ding family will grow bigger and the Bai family will decline, which is unstoppable.

For a moment, everyone looked at Bai Susu to see how she would make a comeback.

However, most people are not optimistic, and feel that the Bai family is going to fall this time.

(End of this chapter)