Chunguang Brocade

Chapter 21 Another Order

The Great Wei Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years. After seven emperors, Emperor Xingzheng fought his way out of the five brothers who seized the throne, and finally became orthodox. In the early stage of his ascension, he paid attention to ordering out the chaos, appointed capable ministers and ministers, and worked hard to rule. The Great Wei Dynasty appeared In the heyday, in the later period, he was obsessed with pampering concubines, trusting treacherous ministers, neglecting government affairs, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, which caused the people of the Great Wei Dynasty to be unhappy and riddled with holes.

When Xingzheng passed away, there was no time for the crown prince to be established in the future, and several sons seized the throne, causing a bloody turmoil. Unexpectedly, in the end, the cowardly and sickly former emperor Ji Rong ascended the throne with the support of the emperor's teachers and veteran officials.

Although he wanted to govern, it was a pity that his body was weak and his strength was insufficient. The power fell to the hands of the emperor and the old ministers. Whether it was the queen or the concubine, they were all tools for their marriage to control power.

The first emperor Ji Rong passed away due to illness three years after he ascended the throne. Before his death, his cousin Ji Chong was made the regent. The veteran was killed in a bloody way, and saved the left power back to Ji's family.

For the past four years, Ji Chong, Empress Dowager Gao, and Empress Dowager Liu have assisted the seven-year-old emperor Ji Lian. Although the three presided over the government together, the actual power was in Ji Chong's hands.

The three anti-kings rebelled in the name of the Qing emperor, and he suppressed them. Unfortunately, the most powerful Chu king fled westward, and only the weak Huainan king was held in the dungeon by him, waiting for Zhou Jinnian to confess the whereabouts of the thing.

"Your Highness—" Zhishi came in, "The two empress dowagers in the palace urge you to come to Beijing."

Ji Chong leaned back on the grand teacher's chair, his eyes full of wantonness.

Zhishi took a deep breath, and said again: "Your Highness, Mr. Wen said that he really didn't find out that the Shen and Yuan families had contact with anyone in Beijing, should they be arrested and sent to prison?"

He looked up.

Even though he didn't have any facial expressions, Zhishi still felt the change, and said nervously: "In the past few days, Shen Yuan and his family have moved out of the shared courtyard and rented it again..."

He reported the recent situation of Shen Yuan's family.

After finishing speaking, waiting for the master to show, the room was so quiet that one could hear even a needle drop, making one feel suffocated and chilly.

Sudden.

"Get ready to go back to Beijing."

Zhishi didn't keep up with the master's rhythm, she was stunned for a moment before realizing that she agreed with the meaning of the two empress dowagers: "Yes, Your Highness, this subordinate will go get ready right away."

The Three Kings Rebellion had just ended, and many merchants in the capital were struggling to do business. The little rabbit ran all over the streets with his little men, bringing all kinds of news to Shen Chuxia, hoping to earn another 50 taels, the last time was 50 taels , he was assigned five taels.

Five taels, how many porcelains does he have to touch, and he has to worry about being caught by the yamen.

"Xia Geer, how are you doing?"

Standing at the pier along the canal in the capital, Shen Chuxia saw two large boats of porcelain bowls, "Go up and have a look first."

The woman on the boat thought the boy was coming to buy bowls, so she rushed up to greet him, "Brother, do you want a pottery bowl or a porcelain bowl?"

Shen Chuxia was still dressed in a boy's attire, wearing clean coarse cloth to give him the appearance of a rich man. The woman thought that he was more likely to buy porcelain, so she lured him to a big boat behind.

"No hurry." Shen Chuxia asked her, "Is this boat full of pottery bowls?"

The woman shook her head: "Only the upper part is made of ceramic bowls, while the lower part is made of porcelain bowls and plates."

Shen Chuxia turned her head and looked at the river bank. There were poor people or refugees nearby, "How much is a pottery bowl, and how much is a porcelain bowl?"

The woman told her that pottery bowls cost one penny, and porcelain bowls cost three pennies. Shen Chuxia asked how to buy porcelain, and the woman said that depending on whether it was fired or not, there are high and low prices.

"Have you sold them in the capital?"

Hearing this, the woman looked sad, "My man ran away with his two sons for almost a month, but no one bought them."

"The grocery store doesn't accept it either?"

"There are people who accept it, but the price is too low." The woman was very worried, because the two big ships might not be able to get back the original cost.

"When will your man come back?"

"It will probably be until evening."

"Then do you have a list of goods?"

"..." The woman didn't seem to understand.

"It's a list of how many of each variety there are."

The woman shook her head, "No."

"Then do you remember?"

The woman said, "Of course."

Shen Chuxia nodded, "Shao'an, Dezhi, the two of you take paper and pens, and follow the aunt to register all the varieties, specifications, and quantities."

Yuan Shao'an quickly opened his satchel and took out a pen, ink and paper to grind.

"Brother, you are..."

Shen Chuxia smiled and said, "Let's see what we can buy."

When the woman heard this, she was very happy, and she didn't doubt that the little brother in front of him couldn't afford it. He really looked rich and learned when he stood in front of people.

When the ship owner returned in the evening, Yuan Shao'an and Shen Dezhi had already registered everything. Not only that, many porcelains had been listed with specific dimensions and drawn samples.

The woman moved closer to the man, "It seems to be a big customer."

The man looks about 50 or [-] years old, but he is not as optimistic as his mother-in-law when he sees a few half-children who are still childish, "Brother, you are..."

"Uncle, how long have you been at the pier?"

"More than a month." The man looked at them vigilantly.

"How long are you going to stay?"

They will go back to the busy farming in June, and there is probably less than a month left, but the middle-aged uncle didn't answer.

Shen Chuxia smiled slightly, "Uncle, I spent an afternoon estimating your two boats of pottery bowls and porcelain for you. They are all sold out, about 80 to [-] taels. I'm right."

The middle-aged man nodded, indeed.

Shen Chuxia said, "Uncle, let's cooperate. I will guarantee you to sell it up to 100 taels, and if it exceeds 100 taels, it will be mine. If you think it is feasible, I will help you sell it tomorrow."

"..." Mrs. Yang and her two sons couldn't believe that such a good pie would fall from the sky.

Lao Yang didn't believe it at all.

"Uncle, don't you disbelieve the young man. Gan Luo Twelve is the prime minister, so it's not too much for me to sell two boats of porcelain for you."

The Yang family is just an ordinary kiln maker, who farms the fields when the farming is busy, and burns some pottery bowls and porcelain to make some money for the family when they are not busy. I have never heard of the twelve gods of Ganluo.

"Is it really worth 100 taels?" After more than a month, even pottery bowls were rarely sold. Lao Yang is a dead horse and a living horse.

"That's natural." After visiting the capital N times, Shen Chuxia still has this point.

Lao Yang nodded.

Shen Chuxia smiled, "Then let's start now."

Evening sunset, twilight Sihe.

A few oil lamps were lit on the prow and stern of the old Yang's boat, and the lights were reflected in the water. They were so busy that they didn't go to sleep until midnight.The next day just dawned and continued, until noon the next day, the two boats of porcelain were packaged according to Shen Chuxia's intention, and even the crooked jujube cracked melons were not spared.

"Shao'an, you and Brother Yang went to the tile market to sell pottery bowls and ordinary porcelain bowls with defects. How to sell them, just follow the method I just told you to buy five plus one, buy ten get one free."

"Okay."

"Dezhi, you and Brother Yang go to the restaurant we often go to. The boss knows us and will see that we buy his food every day. He won't drive you away. He sells ordinary dishes in front of his house and snacks in that area. There are a lot of shops, as long as one shop takes the lead in buying, the others will follow suit, so you can sell according to the declining suit method I told you, understand?"

Shen Dezhi nodded.

(End of this chapter)