The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 168 Preparation Three

Uncle Zhongqin, Xia Hongdi and Wei Shangshu discussed the list of materials carried by the imperial court for a long time, and then read the goods and quantities reported by the ship merchants.

In the end, they decided to focus on blue and white porcelain and famille rose ware, supplemented by palace embroidery.

This suggestion was made by Uncle Zhongqin, who said at the time: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, no matter how gorgeous the silk and satin are, selling them overseas will cost dozens of times the profit at most.

But our embroidery, especially the palace embroidery, is a work of art, a priceless treasure, and we can imagine hundreds of times the profit.

Moreover, compared with the brocades in bundles, the embroidery is lighter and smaller, and better preserved.As long as the box where the embroidery is placed is sealed, you won't be afraid even if it falls into the sea!
We mostly use goshawks, fierce horses, and fierce tigers as pictures, and use gifts of national treasures to bestow those monarchs who have established diplomatic relations with each other. "

"Subject! Ship merchants bring the largest amount of silk. These silk fabrics take up space and are afraid of getting wet. Porcelain and embroidery are just right for the ship, and the quantity of the other is small, easy to take care of, and the value is high!"

Wei Shangshu silently settled the accounts in his heart: Porcelain = (mud + craftsmanship), embroidery = (brocade + rust technique), the most valuable of these two are craftsmen with these skills, how much are the raw materials worth? !
Hundreds of times the profit?national treasure?This is so exciting!
His Majesty the Emperor personally decreed that from now on, all the embroiderers in the palace will use this sea trade as their main work content, and no one can delay them from generating income for the imperial court!
It's really fortunate that there are not many mistresses in the palace, from the emperor's concubines and princesses to the empress dowager, there are less than 20 of them.

In addition, Xia Hongdi doesn't like to reward his concubines. Except for the regular clothes embroidery for the masters every season, the embroiderers' workload is not saturated at all. With these orders, they are very happy to finally have a place to show their talents.

Many of these people have been making needles since they were three years old. It can be said that they can be regarded as the most outstanding technical talents in the Great Xia Dynasty.

Generations of palace embroidery ladies have absorbed the strengths of hundreds of schools and integrated many embroidery techniques from all over the country to form the unique Daxia palace embroidery today.

Although court embroidery has strict artistic aesthetic standards and norms because it is supplied to the court, it is required that all aspects such as composition, materials, stitching, etc. must be developed within the inherent procedures and norms.

But their patterns are also very wide, including: landscapes, flowers and birds, dragon and phoenix patterns, birds and animals, auspicious eight treasures, etc.In terms of application, it pays more attention to the auspiciousness of the implication, and there are interesting "mouth colors" everywhere. The so-called "pictures must be intentional, and patterns must be auspicious".

Moreover, court embroidery generally uses high-quality silk and satin as fabrics.Embroidery thread is not only made of silk, but also gold and silver thread twisted with gold and silver hammer foil. Some embroidery products are decorated with pearls, agate and other precious stones on key parts.

Except for the patterns of dragon and phoenix, which are not suitable for business purposes, other auspicious patterns and gorgeous jewelry decorations will be the favorites of dignitaries and nobles no matter which country they are placed in.

Especially double-sided embroidery, this kind of embroidery technology that embroiders the same image on the front and back on the same base material and in the same embroidery process is amazing.

More than half a year is enough for these more than 300 embroiderers to make a lot of high-quality goods, from small round fans, handkerchiefs, purses to large screen patterns.

Yuan Laoer, Yuan Laosan, and Hu Sanniu, during this period of time, the firing of famille rose porcelain was all very difficult.

Dozens of court painters took action, and the pattern was perfectly drawn.

In a short period of time, the quality and quantity of pastels have been significantly improved.

The people in the R&D center are full of energy. They represent the highest level of porcelain in the Great Xia Dynasty, and they are going overseas to exchange for gold.

The three of them knew that their eldest brother (brother-in-law) had big ideas, and the emperor's order was hard to disobey, and they couldn't and couldn't stop it.

I can only work hard on the firing of this batch of porcelain, and try to get my eldest brother (brother-in-law) to sell more sets, so that the famille rose porcelain will be famous overseas.

They were so busy that they didn't even have time to go back to the house in the same village. The Fan sisters raised their babies in Dali Village with their stomachs upright. Ma couldn't help but sigh:
"The parents of this son's worthless son are worried. The son is too promising, and they are also worried. The second and third children are just right!"

Fan Qinghe nodded, and couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Mother, Santou's father and uncle, don't they want to go to sea with elder brother?"

Mrs. Ma raised her eyebrows and scolded: "They dare! I won't break their legs! What did they say?" After asking, she became anxious, afraid that the two unfilial sons would have some secret plans to rub each other.

"No, no, mother, we are just afraid of what might happen." Fan Qingju quickly denied that her husband really never said that.

The Fan sisters smiled flatteringly at Mrs. Ma, they must have a man under the care of their own mothers. This time, even such a powerful sister-in-law has nothing to do.

I didn't see the father-in-law with a serious face every day, and couldn't persuade the eldest son, so he could only sulk to himself. The atmosphere was so tense that they spoke cautiously.

It was mid-autumn in a flash, and throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, except for the second-season rice that was still growing in Yazhou and Lingnan, the autumn harvest in other places was completely hopeless.

The bean paste and noodle workshops in Dali Village have also ceased production this year, and even the hot and spicy pot base ingredients of Shu Zhixia have also run out.

This is not a problem for them, Mrs. Zhongqin taught them other tricks during this year.

Shu Zhixia launched before the spicy hot pot was sold out: glutinous rice porridge hot pot, bone soup, cold pot fish with pickled cabbage and peppers, haggis hot pot in clear soup, pigeon soup with mushrooms, and health-preserving medicinal soup, etc.

Although there is no spicy pot, there is no shortage of secret spicy dipping water. Just for this dipping water that is delicious on the soles of shoes, the business has not been affected at all.

Put yuba, bean curd, bean curd, and frozen tofu into the bottom of these pots, and there is nothing that is not delicious.

Franchisees also breathed a sigh of relief. It would be better if there are more dishes on the bottom of the pot. The elderly and children love it more, and not everyone can eat spicy food.

For the other methods of making pot bottoms, the annual fee for each pot bottom is 5000 taels of silver, which can be purchased according to your own needs.

No one is a fool. After the bosses of the franchisees have tasted the bottom of the pot, they know that they can't replicate it in a short time, and who of them will easily offend the empress?They all paid all the tuition fees at the bottom of the pot very readily.

After the one-month period is up, the selected products and merchants will be announced in the Li Fan Yuan.

Uncle Zhongqin has done his best to be as fair and just as possible within his ability, and all parties expressed their admiration.

When the family members are still in the capital and have not returned home, after getting the admission ticket, they start to deploy all resources on the spot, from the boat to the accompanying people, to the most important commodities, all must be carefully arranged.

Mr. Diao and several merchants gathered again. They were all selected merchants, and all of them were the most powerful in Daxia. This gathering was mainly to discuss their preparations for going to sea.

"Master Diao, we brothers, let's follow your lead! Besides tea, what other preparations have you made?"

"I really prepared a lot of preparations. Good water and capable servants, enough food to chew for more than two years, some herbs for a doctor, and dried pickles can't escape. The rest is up to them."

"It's the same, but the difference is the same. Our Su family also invited Mr. Feng Shui to go with us. It's up to the genius to go out."

"Everyone, no matter how well we prepare, it's not as good as what the imperial court has brought. Who has the ability to inquire about what the imperial court has brought?"

"It's a good idea, it's a great idea, Mr. Diao, thank you for your hard work."

Uncle Zhongqin, who was missed by this group of people, was putting the list of materials that HNA needs to carry in front of Xia Hongdi, and Xia Hongdi was dumbfounded.

"Aiqing, why do you need to bring so many vegetables? Come on, thousands of catties?!"

"Your Majesty, if people are short of vegetables, it is not easy to defecate. It is not enough to eat only staple food and fish and shrimp."

"But where can we grow vegetables on the boat? Can we grow seedlings?" Xia Hongdi felt that he knew a little about farming, which was unheard of in growing vegetables on a sea boat.

"I plan to make more wooden boxes. As long as these wooden boxes are filled with fertile soil, kept moist, and properly exposed to the sun after emergence, the problem should not be a big problem. If one species does not come out, it will be a big deal, and we will all sprout bean sprouts. Among the seeds, soybeans carry the most, and this can be done without soil!"

Xia Hongdi is good at absorbing new knowledge, sprouting bean sprouts, which he thinks he can have, and can be eaten after soaking in water and mixing with some salt.

"What's the use of these saltpeter? To make ice on the ship?" The emperor said he didn't understand again, and asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, since saltpeter can make ice in clear water, the water that can turn into ice cubes after being put into seawater should be non-salt water. Maybe it can be used for drinking? Aren't you afraid that the sea is vast and there is no fresh water for drinking? If it’s really useless, it’s also good to make ice cubes to preserve the fish and shrimp meat.”

"That's right. Fish and shrimp can't be caught all the time. What is a cork life jacket?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, life jackets are clothes made of special cork wood. This kind of cork wood has the greatest buoyancy in water. After wearing it, a man of two hundred catties can float in the water even if he can't swim. If you are unlucky and capsize, you can hold on for a while longer."

"This is good, this is good, show me, it sounds like it can be used by anyone who can swim!"

Heiwa had no choice but to study Lao Yuantou, and finally selected a life jacket made from dozens of kinds of wood, and presented it to Xia Hongdi.

One cannot appreciate the beauty of this lifejacket just by looking at it and touching it. In the end, two fat eunuchs who knew how to swim put on the lifejackets and tried it in the lake of the palace.

After the two fat eunuchs got into the water, they floated up without any effort. The cork life jacket proved to be very useful.

"Why did the craftsman of the ship build it? And bring so many people?"

"Your Majesty, didn't everyone say that it is not advisable to build a car behind closed doors? How many of these shipbuilders have been sailing all year round? How far can our seagoing ships go, and what problems are prone to occur on the road? How can they improve without experiencing it for themselves?"

Uncle Zhongqin gave a detailed description of the function of each item that His Majesty was puzzled by, and Xia Hongdi nodded again and again:

"I've approved everything on this list. Ai Qing will look at the purchases. Make more of these life jackets, two for each person. Those merchants who are interested can also let them purchase a batch!"

Xia Hongdi couldn't help but want to grab a handful of these big fat sheep from merchants at any time.

So, instead of being inquired about by Mr. Diao and the others, the imperial court kindly presented a list of supplies they had prepared, and specifically mentioned life jackets.

The imperial court must give face, and after they saw these cork life jackets in Dali Village, they thought they were really good.After people tried it in the deepest river, each family purchased two pieces for their own stewards and servants.

In addition to these, they actively paid for the most important [-]% commodity-based escort fee food, which made Wei Shangshu heave a sigh of relief. Now, one of the most important materials for the long-distance voyage is also complete.

(End of this chapter)