Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 539 Daming Porcelain Association
After visiting the production process, Zhou Ji invited His Royal Highness to rest and drink tea in Zhengya, and watch the finished products.

Because it is a royal utensil, everyone in the inspection team is not qualified to look at it.So under the arrangement of Zhou Ji's eunuchs, he went to the side hall to have tea.

Looking at the various and exquisite official kiln porcelain on the Bogu shelf, Zhu Zhen couldn't help sighing secretly. If these things can be preserved intact for future generations, just pick out one casually, it will cost tens of millions.

In fact, it is already very valuable at the moment, Zhou Ji told Zhu Zhen, don't look at Cheng Qian's bragging yesterday, but there is no comparison between the porcelain of the folk kiln and the official kiln, and the one here can't be replaced by the one here.

"Is it so exaggerated?" Zhu Zhen was a little surprised.

"The craftsmanship and styles of other folk kilns are all imitated from our official kilns, but at best they can only be regarded as imitations." Zhou Ji covered his mouth and smiled:
"Besides, our Royal Kiln Factory's standards are surprisingly high. When fired in a kiln, at most two or three pieces will be kept, and the rest will be smashed. How could they be willing to do this?"

"Isn't that too wasteful?" Zhu Zhen looked at the paper-thin yellow glazed bowl in his hand: "Isn't it just a bowl for eating? It's almost enough."

"Oh, my lord, this is a bowl that only Ye's family can use." Zhou Ji couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "One thing that is used by the emperor can't be passed on to the people, and even one servant can't bear it if it goes out."

"It's a bit over the top. My old man will definitely go crazy when he finds out." The sixth child didn't expect that a random piece of porcelain in his home was so valuable.

He was playing with the yellow glazed bowl, suddenly glanced at Zhou Ji, and asked quietly: "Are all the waste products you talk about smashed into pieces?"

"This..." Zhou Ji felt a thump in his heart when he heard this, and wanted to shake his head subconsciously.But what happened to Cheng Qian yesterday is still vivid in his mind.He didn't know if His Highness dug a hole again, waiting for him to jump into it?
Does Luo Guanxin on the side need to ask?He is already familiar with the operation of the sixth child.

This sixth son, since he was injured by a big dog once at the Laba Banquet in Jinshan Temple.If there is anything else, I never have a good talk with people.

Now he will drive you into the abyss first when he comes up, and then extend an olive branch to lift you up when you are most desperate.

At this time, you can only take His Highness's olive branch as a life-saving straw, and you will not have the guts to bargain any more.Only what he said was what.

So, it's not easy for this person to learn well, and it's a matter of learning badly...

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Under His Highness King Chu's eyes that seemed to know everything, Eunuch Zhou was speechless for a while, but his back was drenched.

During this period, he had already imagined the whole process of being interrogated by the king of Chu.And all sorts of tragic endings...

Unlike Cheng Qian, he is a servant of the royal family. His Royal Highness King Chu can deal with him as he wants, without worrying about the bad influence.

In the end, Zhou Ji's knees softened, he knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed vigorously:
"I dare not lie to Your Highness, the slaves dare not lie to His Majesty. The cost of the imperial kiln factory is too high. The little money given by the court alone cannot make ends meet. Therefore, from time to time, some waste products will be retained and let Cheng Qian and the others sell them to sea merchants. However, slaves I have repeatedly told you that all waste products must be sold overseas and cannot be left in the country, otherwise they will not be able to eat and go around.”

After a pause, he added: "Of course, there are also up and down management, and the slave's own pension money is also sourced from here. The slave has said everything that should be said, please dispose of it."

After Zhou Ji finished speaking, he lay on the ground motionless, as if letting him be slaughtered.

"Look, after all, he came out of the palace." Zhu Zhen said with a satisfied smile, "It's just that he is more sensible than the local businessmen."

"Indeed." Luo Guanzhong said lightly, "It's all shit, some people think they smell good."

"Mr. Luo is speaking more and more vulgarly now." Zhu Zhen laughed.

"Hehe, it's normal." Luo Guanzhong smiled and said nothing.

After joking with Mr. Luo, Zhu Zhen turned his head to look at Zhou Ji, and said lightly:

"This king is not the kind of person who can't rub the sand in his eyes. I still understand the principle of relying on mountains to eat mountains, and relying on water to eat water. Besides, Jingdezhen's supervising eunuchs is also one of the few vacancies in the palace. Old Wu and our old Wang, etc. I'm looking forward to your filial piety. If you don't try to earn some extra money, it won't take you more than two days to be overwhelmed."

"Oh, Your Highness is so right." Zhou Ji was moved and burst into tears, "I can't help myself."

"Okay, you're still out of breath." Zhu Zhen pretended to kick him, "You eunuchs, who is not greedy for money? You can make money even if you don't have to deal with it."

"Yes, yes." Zhou Ji said coyly, "However, slaves never covet a penny elsewhere, they always earn money by selling scraps."

"It's a poor thing to say, are you a waste product? You can't sell one piece for more than ten taels?" Zhu Zhen scolded with a smile.

"Yes." Zhou Ji nodded hurriedly, thinking that 20 taels was about the same.

"However, don't think that what you have done is perfect," Zhu Zhen changed the subject again: "How many people handled the whole process? Maybe someday someone will sell you if the spoils are not evenly distributed."

"Yes, this servant is also worried about it." Zhou Ji said awkwardly: "Just now when His Highness asked a question, I thought someone had reported on this servant."

"So, although this money is easy to earn, it is also life-threatening." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "You are also a wealthy and powerful person now, so you should earn some money that looks good."

"Your Majesty is stupid, please give me some advice." Zhou Jike was not stupid at all, and he understood what His Highness meant immediately.

"Have you heard of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Of course I know, it's similar to our Imperial Kiln Factory." Zhou Ji nodded hurriedly and said, "We make porcelain for the palace, and they make clothes for the palace."

"Do you know how they make money?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"I heard from the inspection team yesterday," Zhou Ji continued nodding, "All silk sold overseas must be certified by them."

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "Porcelain and silk have always been the two major export products. Therefore, the king plans to set up a similar porcelain certification organization to control the quality of export porcelain and guide their production and sales. "

"Yeah, this is a great thing." Zhou Ji hurriedly nodded his praise.

"This future Great Ming Porcelain Industry Association... must have sufficient professionalism and authority. Therefore, the Royal Kiln Factory and the Jingdezhen Porcelain Industry Guild must join in." The King of Chu said again:
"Of course, we must ensure the wide range of representatives, and we must attract some famous kilns such as Longquan Kiln and Cizhou Kiln to join. In the future, only qualified products certified by the Porcelain Industry Association will be exported. It is far away, and it is impossible to completely manage it in a unified manner, and it still needs to be divided into various branches.

"For example, here in Jingdezhen is the Blue and White Porcelain Branch. As for the certification standards, you can discuss with Cheng Qian and them, and you can get certified. It is similar to other places, but the number of certifications every year is determined by the general assembly."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this servant will definitely show His Highness a good view of the stall in Jingdezhen!" Zhou Ji said very well. "Guarantee that they will all follow His Highness's lead."

"Okay!" Zhu Zhen nodded approvingly, finally he was right.

(End of this chapter)