Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 495 Differential Competition
Revitalize North China?

I have to say that Gao Pragmatic was really surprised to hear the saying of cheap mom.He had known for a long time that Mrs. Zhang had a talent for doing business, but he didn't know that she had such a big ideal.

Jingdezhen has been a porcelain capital for a long time, and the decline of Jun Kiln has been even longer. It may be very difficult to revive, let alone form a north-south duo with Jingdezhen.

But having said that, competition can bring about faster progress and greater development. This theory has always been highly pragmatic. If it can really revitalize Beici, it will not only stimulate the northern economy to a certain extent, but also for Jingdezhen. Also a good thing.

After the Chenghua Dynasty, the phenomenon of "shoddy manufacturing" began to appear in the porcelain, which may be due to the slack factor of Jingdezhen after it couldn't find a rival. Therefore, creating a northern rival for Jingdezhen should be more beneficial than harmful. As long as the publicity is in place, Jingdezhen The other side will definitely be touched - especially if this opponent still appears in the hometown of China's top porcelain Junci.

"Well... Mother has such great ambitions, so a son can only fully support it." Gao Wushi expressed his attitude first, and then frowned slightly: "It's just that this matter may not be easy, even if the three elders Craftsman skills are exquisite, but porcelain making is an industry after all, and it is a high-end industry with many complicated processes, which requires a lot of talents. In addition to skilled craftsmen, a large number of promising apprentices must be continuously cultivated to ensure long-term success. Prosperity does not decline. In addition, there must be someone who can think and try, and constantly create new skills, and can’t just rely on his old foundation, otherwise he will be sailing against the current, and if he does not advance, he will retreat.”

Mrs. Zhang was overjoyed after hearing this, and praised: "My son is indeed very wise, and he can see the most critical issues at a glance! However, you don't have to worry about being practical. These things have been carefully considered in the past few years as a mother. We not only have to rely on The three master craftsmen are cultivating talents, and we must continue to introduce talents from outside."

When she talked about this time, she smiled slightly: "Pragmatically, you may not know it. Jingdezhen is strong, but the competition there is also extremely fierce. Although some of them are skilled, they are not good at management, and some are not deep-rooted, so they are often excluded. We can’t go on. This won’t stop our Gao family. We don’t lack money or foundation—although Jingdezhen is far away in Jiangxi, there is no one in Jiangxi who can speak for us, so we can send someone specially Stay in Jingdezhen to dig people!"

Oh, you might as well simply say that our Gao family is rich and powerful, so we can dig people out in Jingdezhen without fear of retaliation.

Gao Yushi pretended to be cautious: "Then mother must confess, poaching is fine, but remember not to violate the law, and not to bully others."

"That's natural. Being a mother will not make it difficult for you." Seeing her son agreeing, Mrs. Zhang happily agreed, and then said: "Do you have any other considerations?"

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and said to the three master craftsmen: "The three of you know, where is the best porcelain produced in Jingdezhen? I mean the skill."

The three master craftsmen looked at each other, and it was Master Xu from Jingdezhen who opened his mouth and said, "Young master, the strongest thing in Jingdezhen is blue and white. Although blue and white is an ancient method, it is known to porcelain kilns everywhere, but only in Jingdezhen. Blue and white can be called a master, and even introduce new ones, so far, it is far beyond the reach of other places."

"Oh?" Gao Wushi nodded slightly, and asked again: "Then, let's not waste time on blue and white porcelain, just give this piece to Jingdezhen, and let's make colored porcelain—I just heard from you that Jun porcelain is the main Is it also colored porcelain?"

Apparently, Gao Pragmatism confused the concept again, because multi-color does not mean colored porcelain, he thought it was divided by color.

The three master craftsmen quickly corrected his conceptual mistakes, but Gao Wushi knew his mistakes and corrected them, and said with a smile: "Okay, I made a mistake... What I mean is to avoid Jingdezhen's strongest spearhead, let's Focus on other places, and strive to produce special products comparable to Jingdezhen blue and white."

In fact, what Gao Shishi was really worried about was not that he couldn't get the level of Jingdezhen's blue and white flowers. After all, with his Gao family's wealth and power, it was really convenient to poach people. If you spend more money and time, there is always a chance.But he is unwilling to do this, and his purpose is not to bring down Jingdezhen, unless he is crazy.He just thought of differentiated development following Zhang's idea of ​​"revitalizing northern porcelain".For Daming, wouldn't it be a happy thing for both North and South Porcelain to have their own competitive products?
So Gao Wushi decided on this one, and then sent the three major craftsmen to rest, and then said to his mother Zhang: "Mother, my son has another idea that I have to say."

Seeing that he sent the three major craftsmen away on purpose, Mrs. Zhang knew that there must be something important, so she nodded and said: "Although this matter was brought up for your mother, in the final analysis, it is all your property. If you have any ideas, just say it." That is, no matter whether it is successful or not, it is up to our mothers to discuss it carefully."

"In the past, the output of Jun kilns was too low, and they only made high-quality products, and most of them were imperial tribute items." Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "This is not possible. Since we are not official kilns, we must not To do this, you must base yourself on making money.”

Mrs. Zhang laughed: "Mother knows, you will definitely not be ambiguous about making money."

I don't know if this is a performance or a criticism, but Gao Pragmatism doesn't care about it, he also smiled and said: "There is one thing that is very important, that is, our 'Yu Kiln' must also abide by two principles."

"Which two principles?" Zhang asked.

"First, all the porcelain produced by Yu Kiln in the future must have the four characters 'Jinghua Yu Kiln'. No matter where these four characters are left on the utensils, they must be there anyway. This is a symbol of status."

"Mum knows this." Mrs. Zhang nodded, "As you said before, it's called brand effect."

Hey, you've been making great progress, keeping pace with the times?However, all industries under the name of Gao Wushi follow this idea, and the same is true for porcelain, which will not surprise Mrs. Zhang.

"Secondly, we have to divide the products of 'Jinghua Yuyao' into several grades, just like Jinghua soap."

Mrs. Zhang nodded, and asked, "Is it also the same as 'Yu Gong', 'Guo Shi', and 'Ya Shi'?"

"Well... Well, we can change the name." Gao Yushi thought about it and said, "Or we can divide it into four grades, and the highest grade is called 'Song', unless the emperor asks me to pay tribute or ask the inner court to find us. Buy, or not produce."

"Why is it called such a strange name?" Zhang asked curiously, "Is there anything special about it?"

Gao Wushi laughed: "My mother will know what it means after listening to the next few paragraphs."

"Oh?" Mrs. Zhang nodded, "Then tell me."

Gao Yushi said: "It is divided into three grades, from high to low: Daya, Xiaoya, and Guofeng."

"Understood." Mrs. Zhang nodded, and said with a smile, "Feng, Ya, Song, this is the Book of Songs, but you have discussed Daya and Xiaoya separately."

Gao Wushi blinked: "The finer the grades, the more money you can make, because those who have the ability to buy 'Guofeng' will try their best to buy 'Xiaoya' to show their wealth and status. Similarly, Those who can buy 'Xiaoya' will want to buy 'Daya'..."

　Do you feel bored writing about porcelain?But this is to prepare for writing about export trade in the future. If I don’t write about it at all, I’m afraid it will be a little abrupt to mention it later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)