When King Xian heard what Emperor Chu said, he waved his hand, grabbed Xu Qing and said, "Isn't it just four or six points? Come on, let's do it this time too."
Emperor Chu continued to argue: "Four or six is amazing? Xu Qing, follow me, I will give you five or five!"
King Xian looked at Emperor Chu, turned around, and walked outside.
Emperor Chu looked at the leaving King Xian and said in surprise: "Brother Huang, did you agree?"
The wise king waved his hand without looking back: "No, I am going to do something."
Emperor Chu asked in confusion: "Is there anything more important now than collecting enough military expenses?"
The wise king waved his hand and said: "The death anniversary of King Run and King Duan is coming soon. I am going to offer them a stick of incense. Alas, my two half-brothers, why did one of them die of illness at such a young age?"
How about a man who has become dissatisfied and died? Oh, God is jealous of talents, God is jealous of talents! I pity my brother!"
Emperor Chu: "..."
In the end, Xu Qing and Xian Wang settled the deal with a score of 40-60.
Xu Qing accounts for 40%, and Xianwang accounts for 60%.
It was a rare occasion for a wise king to be generous, so Xu Qing decided to wait until the fruit was ripe and reward his daughter with a fruit smoothie.
Once you have decided who to cooperate with, it’s time to choose who to sell to.
Colored glaze is a rare item, and demand has always been in short supply. It has a price but no market.
So it is definitely not like selling toilet water, opening a shop with some colored glass and selling it with a clearly marked price.
Xu Qing thought for a while and said: "How about this, hold a glass exhibition, invite the ministers of the court, the princes of the aristocratic families, the ladies, and the wealthy businessmen of the capital to come to the exhibition, first mark the glass with a minimum price, and then let them bid.
Increase the price, and the one with the highest price will win in the end.”
The wise king thought for a while and nodded: "This is a good method. The officials in the court often lie on the treasury to suck blood. My teeth are itching to see them. It's time for them to bleed profusely today."
They can pretend to be poor at other times, but if they still pretend to be poor at the glass exhibition, the high-grade glass will be bought by others.
Emperor Chu said: "I wonder where is the appropriate place to hold this glass exhibition?"
This glass exhibition is not suitable to be held in the palace. Otherwise, it would be against the rules to allow merchants from the capital to roam the palace unscrupulously.
Xu Qing thought for a moment and said, "How about we arrange it in the Furong Garden?"
Furong Garden is a royal garden. During the hot summer, the emperor would go to Furong Garden to escape the heat.
I don’t know how the Furong Garden, which is just two streets away from the palace, has the effect of repelling the heat. At best, it only has more trees and artificial lakes.
Emperor Chu thought for a while and said: "Furong Garden, this is possible, but..."
King Xian looked at Emperor Chu and asked, "But what?"
Emperor Chu said: "But if you rent a place as big as mine, you have to pay some rent, right? I don't want much, so I just have to collect 20% of the profit after military expenses. How about that?"
"Rent...rent?" Emperor Chu frowned and said, "Isn't that the property that the late emperor left to future generations? Do you still want rent?"
Emperor Chu: "No, brother, let me correct you. Furong Garden is actually the property left by the late emperor to future emperors."
King Xian stood up and said, "I'd better go and offer incense to King Duan and King Run..."
"Hey... Brother Huang, Brother Huang." Emperor Chu quickly grabbed King Xian and laughed with him: "If you think the price is too high, we can actually bargain..."
In the end, after a debate between the two, the wise king wanted to collect 55% of the military expenses, and the Chu emperor took half of the profit as rent.
After Xu Qing said goodbye and left, he touched his waist.
Eh? Where’s the glass pendant?! You left it on the table and forgot about it?
But it's okay, it's just glass, so I don't feel bad.
Most of the valuable-looking things on Xu Qing's body were fake except for his clothes.
There's nothing you can do about it, don't you feel bad if the fake one is lost or stolen...
The so-called food in troubled times is gold in prosperous times.
Currency is naturally gold and silver, but no one says that currency is naturally jade and agate.
Those things do not maintain their value. If they are expensive, they are expensive. If they are worthless, they are just rocks.
He Xu Qing lost his mind and went to buy real jade and agate, antique calligraphy and paintings...
The most practical thing is to hold real money and silver in your hands.
After Emperor Chu and Xu Qing left, King Xian looked at the empty table and murmured: "How stingy, he didn't even forget to take a piece of fake glass."
Emperor Chu held the glass ring in his hand and looked at it under the sun. It was shiny and translucent.
At this moment, he felt that the shoddy things in the palace were fake colored glaze.
This fake one is better than the real one, so who would buy the real one?
…
Before Xu Qing returned home, he first went to Mo Heng's place. All these glassware were made by Mo Heng.
The longer Mo Heng followed Xu Qing, the more he marveled at the power and magic of this dean.
A pile of sand can be turned into priceless and exquisite glass?
This is no different from turning stone into gold, right?
Originally, Mo Heng followed Xu Qing wholeheartedly, but he still wanted to repay his kindness. After all, the dean saved his wife.
But now Mo Heng admires the dean of Guoshang from the bottom of his heart.
in the workshop
Xu Qing looked at Mo Heng and asked, "How much colored glaze has been accumulated in the warehouse?"
Mo Heng said: "There are already several boxes. This is the result of suppressing production according to the instructions of the dean. If we are free to make it, I am afraid it will not be difficult to build a glazed palace."
Xu Qing said: "Make a few more boxes of colored glaze. Just watch the making of the large and small objects, but they must be meticulous. Also, the colored glaze craftsmanship must be highly confidential."
Mo Heng cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
After Xu Qing finished giving instructions to Mo Heng, Xu Qing returned home carrying a small box of glazed utensils.
When Xu Qing just walked in, she saw Xiao Ruxue jumping over, looking at Xu Qing with her big eyes bent and saying: "Are you back?"
Then Xiao Ruxue glanced at the box held in Xu Qing's hand. Xiao Ruxue looked at the box in Xu Qing's hand and asked curiously: "What is this? Is it delicious or fun?"
Xu Qing shook his head and opened the box, looked at Xiao Ruxue and said, "Take whatever you want."
Xiao Ruxue looked at a box of colored glaze products and was pleasantly surprised: "Wow, what beautiful colored glaze!"
Then, Xiao Ruxue took a hairpin from inside and looked at Xu Qing and said, "This hairpin is so beautiful!"
Xu Qing smiled and said: "Take it if you like it."
Xiao Ruxue imitated her mother's behavior and gently inserted the hairpin into her hair, wanting to show it to Xu Qing.
But it was not firmly worn at all. The little girl let go of her hand and the glazed hairpin in her hair fell to the ground.
With a "pop" sound, it shattered into transparent crystal blocks on the ground.
Xiao Ruxue was horrified when she saw this scene. Colored glaze is very precious, and she was not allowed to play with the colored glaze artifacts collected by her father...
But she just accidentally broke a glazed hairpin...
Xiao Ruxue cautiously raised her head and looked at Xu Qing. She found that Xu Qing was not too angry, and she relaxed slightly: "I...I didn't mean it...you...don't be angry, I...I apologize."
Can I give it to you?"
Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ruxue and asked curiously: "What are you going to pay for?"
Xiao Ruxue looked at Xu Qing with big watery eyes: "I...can't I promise you my life?"
Xu Qing obviously doesn't believe in the idea of promising one's body to each other: "Is this why you turn one person's debt into a joint debt for both husband and wife?"