Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 697 The Proposal of the Maritime Department
At present, the kiln firing technology mastered by the Bai Susu family has reached a very high level.

In this, of course, there is Su Chen's help, the improvement of the fire, etc., even surpassing the level of the Northern Song Dynasty official kiln itself in history.

Historically, the pursuit of glaze color for official porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty has reached the extreme, without decoration, and the highest state is the purity of glaze color and the beauty of cracks.

The glaze color of official kiln celadon is crystal clear and translucent, condensed like fat jade, embodying a kind of extremely gorgeous, ultimately plain beauty.

The Bai family has also mastered the firing technology of celadon, which can be completely refined.

Of course, among the five major kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty in history, Ru, Guan, Ge, Jun, and Ding, the best one is Ru kiln, which is famous for its azure color.

Ru kiln began in the early Song Dynasty, flourished in the late Northern Song Dynasty, declined in the Southern Song Dynasty, and finally ended in the late Yuan Dynasty.Compared with this timeline, the people are more familiar with a saying: "Even if you have a wealth of wealth, it is not worth a piece of Ruci."

According to legend, Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, watched the rain in his dream, and after waking up, he wrote the imperial decree "After the rain, the sky and the blue clouds break the place, and this color will be the future".The porcelain workers at that time racked their brains for this, and fired agate into the glaze powder, and finally fired a special glaze color, including egg white, pink green, bean green, chrysanthemum green, light green and sky blue, etc., among which sky blue expensive.

The glaze color is azure, but this kind of blue is not easy to control, and different utensils will have different shades.The so-called light one is like the blue sky for thousands of miles, which is called "sky blue"; the deep one is like the place where the rain has passed and the sky is clear and the clouds are broken, which is called "sky blue".

Su Chen told all these to the Bai family, therefore, the bluish white porcelain and sky blue glaze at this time are already the best porcelains of the Bai family, surpassing the simple celadon and white porcelain in the past.

"I'll find a suitable kiln as soon as possible, and then promote production." Bai Susu promised Su Chen.

She is also very clear that if there is no military salary, this newly established Shence Army is likely to be a mob.

Without enough armor, weapons, horses, food, salary, etc., it is very difficult to explode a strong combat effectiveness, and even face the risk of disbanding once the army's salary and food are insufficient.

For the thousands of people now, part of it is Yang Linger's appropriation, which is obtained from Chen Hongjin's storage after leaving Zhang Quan, and part of the funds is from the money brought by the Bai family.

Without the rich and powerful support of the Bai family, Su Chen would definitely not be able to be so unrestrained. He proposed to form a team and try using his own training method after he arrived here for three days. If it works, it will be applied to the three armies. This is what he said to the outside world.

Yang Linger definitely supports everything, as long as it is mentioned by her brother, she will support it unconditionally!

This is still a fan girl!
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A few days later, three middle-aged generals, Lu Chaoqun, Wei Dongqiang, and Qi Ying, came to Quanzhou from overseas islands.

They are the three major forces of Heiyundu on the overseas islands. This time they attacked Zhangquanhui and sent Lu Zheng, Gao Fuan and others. Now that the situation is stable and they are about to march on Wuyue, they naturally also came to Zaitong City.

Yang Linger, Su Chen, Lu Zheng, Wang Yuanbo and others greeted the generals of the island owner.

"My lord!" The three middle-aged generals saluted Princess Yang Linger first.

But in order to maximize the status of Yang Wu's royal family, they did not call Yang Ling'er the princess, but changed it to the lord!

Yang Ling'er has always been wearing men's clothes, like a handsome young man.

This is to show it to outsiders. Many soldiers will have more fighting spirit when they see the young master.

If it is only the status of a princess, many soldiers will have no idea, worrying about the instability of the regime, and the final inheritance turmoil, etc., and in the traditional concept, there is the idea that men are superior to women. This is caused by the concept of the times. It is necessary to strengthen the confidence of the soldiers so that People came to join him, and Yang Ling'er dressed as a young man was undoubtedly more suitable for the situation.

Now everyone calls her "Master".

"You don't need to be too polite. Welcome General Lu, General Wei, and General Qi to Citong City."

Lu Chaoqun smiled and said: "You are here, and you have won the land of Zhangquan. It is worth celebrating. We came late, and we are suspected of enjoying the blessings. I hope you don't care about it. Wait until the next time we send troops, us old guys, and then charge forward , Contributing to Heiyun."

"As far as General Lu is concerned, we are just pioneers under the guidance of several generals. In the future, Heiyun will be a big event, and several senior generals will be needed to decide." Gao Fuan returned with a smile.

"Okay, let's go in." Lu Chaoqun had the highest prestige, so he spoke and was echoed by everyone.

The crowd surrounded the protagonist Yang Ling'er and came to the meeting hall together.

"Which one is Mr. Su?"

After Lu Chaoqun sat down, he was the first to ask Su Chen.

Since these are not outsiders, there is no scruples about others.

Su Chen stood up, cupped his hands and said, "I have seen General Lu and all the generals."

Lu Chaoqun looked at Su Chen carefully, showing a scrutiny look.

Even though he was on an overseas island, he had heard a lot about his talent, fame and deeds, especially those martial arts novels, which Lu Chaoqun liked to read very much.

"A great chivalrous man serves the country and the people!" Lu Chaoqun felt that he was such a person, and compared himself to Guo Daxia in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Under his sharp gaze, Lu Chaoqun found that Su Chen didn't feel any embarrassment.

From Su Chen, he saw self-confidence, gentleness, bearing, calmness, etc., as well as some masculinity, not a complete image of a scholar.

"Well, sure enough, a good-looking talent is a dragon and phoenix among people!"

When Lu Chaoqun saw the "author" of the novel, he was naturally a little happy and expressed his appreciation.

"Thank you General Lu for your praise." Su Chen continued to keep a low profile.

Lu Chaoqun looked relieved, and said: "Don't be humble, you deserve your name. From now on, you should give more advice to the lord and put down the south of the Yangtze River. You need the great talent of your son!"

"That's right, Mr. Su, even if you use your ingenuity, the revival of the Wu Kingdom depends on Mr. Su's advice."

"That's right, don't let me down!"

These rough generals did not embarrass Su Chen when they met, on the contrary, they admired them very much.

Perhaps it has something to do with the Sui and Tang romances and martial arts novels that they all love to read. If it's just poetry and songs, they probably won't be able to appreciate them, so it's not the current attitude.

After everyone was courteous, Su Chen took the opportunity to mention his plan to establish a Shibo Department.

"Shibosi, what is this for?" All the generals were confused.

So, Su Chen explained to everyone that the Shipbuilding Department is a department responsible for the team's foreign trade, including ship construction and renewal, sea trade, customs inspection and so on.

In the history books, the Song Dynasty Quanzhou Bosi was located in Quanzhou City, which was a natural seaport.

The Shibo Department is a full-time management agency for sea transportation in and out of the country in ancient times. The earliest development of foreign trade began in the Han Dynasty, but it was the Silk Road in the Western Regions. With the rise and vigorous development of sea trade, the Tang Dynasty set up a management The agency for foreign trade affairs - "City Division".

In the Song Dynasty, shipbuilding technology was very developed, and the load capacity of the built ships could reach [-] shi ([-] tons).In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the compass had been widely used in navigation, and there was also a technical biography "The Book of Needles" that recorded sea routes.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were more than [-] countries involved in maritime trade, and more than [-] kinds of goods were imported and exported.Imported goods are mainly spices, treasures, medicinal materials and textiles, etc. Exported goods are mainly textiles, agricultural products, ceramics, metal products, etc.

According to records, Zhao Kuangyin set up a city shipping department in Guangzhou in the fourth year of Kaibao (971), and then successively set up a city shipping department in Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou, and Mizhou. This proposal was six years later than Su Chen's.

The income from the city ship has always been an important source of fiscal revenue in the Song Dynasty.In the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, the income of Shibo reached about 42 yuan.In the early Southern Song Dynasty, the ruling crisis of the Song Dynasty was serious, and the position of Shibo revenue in finance was even more important.

It can be said that Quanzhou Shipping Department, as the ancient foreign trade agency in the Central Plains, witnessed the prosperity of maritime trade in China's Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties.

Su Chen just wanted to use this organization to take the lead in bringing back war horses, food, money, and other commodities through overseas trade, enriching the inventory of Heiyundu, the land of Zhangquan, and developing a stronger team.

(End of this chapter)