Huo Xi was a little puzzled: "Isn't Yuezhou close to Ningbo Port? Why did you go to Songjiang instead of being close?"
Seeing that Huo Xi and others were interested, Wen Xingning smiled and said, "I am determined to make friends with you. Can you please allow me to take the food back to the ship to give to my parents, and then I can talk to you again?"
Seeing the other party nodding, Wen Xingning took two portions of food and rowed away.
Back on his boat, he handed his father Wen Tao a piece of hot food: "Dad, this is the hot food I bought from that family."
Wen Tao took it over and opened it. There were river fresh food, meat, eggs, rice, vegetables, and chicken soup. It was very rich.
Nodding slightly: "I wonder who this family is, not only has the ability to protect themselves, but also prepares food so well. It's not easy for a layman to get a mouthful of hot food when traveling on a boat."
Wen Xingning nodded: "I saw that the other party was young and acted very thoughtfully. He didn't look like an ordinary merchant, and he was very organized. I am determined to make friends with him."
Wen Tao was silent. His family had been burning kilns in Yuezhou for generations, but this year the sea ban was lifted. The family said they would open shops in Ningbo Port and Songjiang Port to do business.
The ship's porcelain brought Xingning to Songjiang.
A boatload of goods was sold completely, and the price was not bad. Unexpectedly, the trip went smoothly, but on the way back, we encountered water thieves.
Fortunately, there was no danger.
Nodding: "Although the water thieves are not targeting us, once they succeed, there is no guarantee that they will not attack us again in the next place. Now that family has been beaten hard by the water thieves. If they scare the water thieves, it will be safe for us.
It’s a favor from that family. Since our family wants to open a business in Songjiang Port, we have many friends and many paths.”
"Yes. Where are you now?"
Wen Tao glared at him. The other sons were obsessed with studying skills and thought this son was smarter, so they brought him out. Unexpectedly, he was still so ignorant.
"People are having dinner at the moment. Would you like to come over at this hour?"
Wen Xingning chuckled: "Then I'll go after dinner with dad."
He opened his own portion and ate it, nodding repeatedly: "It's delicious." It tasted much better than eating dry food, so he cooked the rice faster.
After finishing the meal, I waited a little longer and then rowed the boat over.
Yang Fu took him on board the ship and invited him to the cabin to talk.
Wen Xingning entered the cabin and looked around: "Isn't this a merchant ship?"
Yang Fu smiled and said: "Our boat has always been a fishing boat."
"Fishing boat?"
Wen Xingning looked around. Are fishing boats so powerful now that they use earthen cannons to blow up water thieves? Or are water thieves also plundering fishing boats now?
"Those two are also fishing boats?" It doesn't look like it.
Yang Fu smiled and shook his head: "No, that is our company's cargo ship. Our family started out as a fisherman. This boat has always been used for fishing. In the early years, our family used boats as our home."
"Making a boat your home?"
No wonder there are all kinds of belongings, including pots, pans, rice, flour, grains and oils. It is naturally very common to make hot meals.
"This is the first time I've met such a fisherman who makes his home on a boat. Your boat is not small. Fishing is a bit wasteful."
"While I am fishing and living on a boat, I naturally want to buy a big boat so that I can live more spaciously."
Seeing the other party talking animatedly to Yang Fu, Huo Xi sat aside and looked at him.
Judging from his age in his early twenties, he still has a childish look on his face. It seems that he is going out to do business for the first time or traveling far away for the first time. His face does not have the smoothness and sophistication of other businessmen.
I couldn't help but smile.
Maybe it would be a good thing to know a kiln maker in his family. Now Fan people like the porcelain of the Wei Dynasty very much. I don't know much about it, so I just want to ask him for advice.
Then he said: "Before this, we wanted to go to Ningbo Port. We heard that there are a lot of merchant ships coming there. We wanted to go there to see the excitement. But we have to go from the capital to Ningbo Port more than to Songjiang Port.
Nearly half of the journey. I just wonder why Brother Wen chose the distance instead of the near?"
Wen Xingning looked at Huo Xi.
He smiled and said: "Ningbo Port is very close to our Yuezhou. This time the tribe planned to do business with other people, so they opened a shop in Ningbo Port first. Later, the elders of the tribe also said that Songjiang Port gathers ships from the south and north.
Not only were the ships of other people docked, but there were also many ships from the north going south to Songjiang Port, so I decided to open another shop in Songjiang Port. This time I shipped a shipload of goods with my father to try the market.
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Huo Xi nodded and asked him again: "Do you have a shop in the capital?"
"Yes. We also have a shop in the inner city called Wenji Porcelain Shop."
"Wenji Porcelain Shop? Does it belong to your family? Before coming to Songjiang, we went to your shop to buy porcelain." Yang Fu said in surprise.
"Oh? Really. Next time you just need to give me my name and I will ask the shopkeeper to give you a 10% discount."
Huo Xi tilted her head and looked at him: "Only 10% off? We are doing large-scale business. This time we bought a shipload of porcelain and transported it to Songjiang to exchange for foreign goods."
Wen Xingning's mouth opened wide: "You want to buy porcelain and exchange it with a foreigner? Then next time, tell me in advance and I will ship it to you directly from Yuezhou and give you the lowest price."
Huo Xi and Yang Fu looked at each other and laughed: "Okay, then we will accept your young master's family."
Wen Xingning scratched his head: "I am not from the Shaodong family. The affairs of the clan are decided by my grandfather and several clan relatives. But now that I am out running business, I can also make some decisions."
The small talk became more lively.
Huo Xi also learned more about porcelain from Wen Xingning.
There were many kiln mouths in various places during this dynasty. In addition to official kilns, there were also many private kiln mouths.
Each kiln has its own characteristics. In addition to the different glaze colors, the shapes and patterns of the kilns are also different. Some are rich in single-color porcelain, and some are rich in colored porcelain.
Some kiln mouths are rich in bowls, plates, cups, saucers, jars, bowls, pots and other daily utensils, and some are rich in vases for ornamental display, etc.
Some kilns are good at breaking branches and flowers, and some are good at figures and landscapes.
Some kilns fire all types of utensils, while some kilns focus on one type of firing. For example, there is a kiln in Yuezhou that is rich in all kinds of tea sets and is called "Zhan Kiln".
It is famous for producing various tea cans, teapots, tea cups, etc.
Some kiln entrances have their own secret skills, such as firing glaze colors that others cannot. For example, the Lang kiln can fire a red glaze. The ruby red produced is so dazzling that people are paying high prices to get it.
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"Then what do you mainly cook at home?"
"Our family mainly makes celadon, supplemented by white porcelain, and mainly makes some daily utensils and wine vessels."
"Wine vessel? Then you can customize it? For example, I will draw it for you and let you help bake it."
Wen Xingning nodded: "Customized ones are also accepted. However, the base payment must be printed with the name of our kiln."
Huo Xi nodded to express understanding.
Almost all the porcelain at each kiln entrance has its own original mark, year number, hall number, or something else.
To mark the bottom line, one is for promotion, the other is to mark identity, and the third is of course brand protection. The more famous it is, the more attention it needs to pay attention to brand protection. The more valuable something is, the more it needs to be marked.
Huo Xi was thinking that people like the porcelain of our dynasty, but things from foreign countries are not as pleasing to the eyes as things from their own country once the curiosity period is over.
Wouldn't it be more popular among foreigners if we burned or painted some exotic patterns and shapes?
For example, in Huo Xin's life, the two fried chicken tycoons in the fast food industry were obviously the world's number one, but they were beaten to the rank of number two in China by a certain guy.
It’s not just a certain group that has adapted to the tastes of Chinese people and integrated into the local market.
Huo Xi thought about the possibility of doing this.
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