"Good news?" Liu Xiangling looked a little suspicious.
"Haha..." Shen Tang laughed loudly, "Second brother, but that thing has been baked!"
Youcai nodded vigorously, "For more than a month, I and some of my confidants have been trying the firing recipe that my sister-in-law gave me. Finally, it was successfully fired a few days ago, and the first kiln was successfully fired. There are dozens of statues and various utensils. This time, I pulled a full cart and delivered them to my sister-in-law."
Seeing the curious look on the second girl's face, Shen Tang said, "Didn't I give my second brother a business before? This business is to bake some utensils."
"Is it porcelain?" Shao Muyu was a little confused. The Shao family had many porcelain kilns. If it was porcelain, it wouldn't be considered a magical business.
"Hehe..." Youcai smiled, "Don't worry, girl, you'll see it soon."
While several people were talking, they saw a carriage pulling a load of things slowly approaching.
"Stop, stop, stop right here, Tao Er, hurry up and unload the things and show them to my two sisters and brother-in-law!" Youcai shouted loudly.
The boy driving the carriage held the horse, and then shouted to several men to carefully unload the large and small wooden boxes on the carriage!
"What's inside?" Shao Muyu asked. These wooden boxes are square or long, big or small. Among them, the big one is half a person's height, but the small one is only about the size of a palm.
"Open, open, put everything out!" Shao Youcai said proudly.
Tao Er and other waiters followed the instructions and opened the wooden boxes one by one. Each wooden box was filled with soft cloth and thatch. He threw the thatch aside and opened the wrapped cloth. Then, a beautiful glazed jade vase appeared. In the eyes of several people.
Shen Tang was naturally not surprised, but the two girls and the little girls were wide-eyed.
"Ah, it's Liuli!" Xiao Yun'er exclaimed, then rushed forward, carefully picked up the exquisite glass bottle, and then turned to Liu Xiangling and Shao Muyu, "Madam, Miss, look , it’s really Liuli.”
Although the colored glaze is precious, how could the two girls not recognize it? However, what shocked them was what happened behind the colored glaze. Nowadays, the reason why the colored glaze in the Song Dynasty is precious is because they are all imported, and each one is worth tens of thousands. .However, from what Youcai said just now, they knew that this colored glaze was a business deal given to Shao Youcai by Shen Tang, and these colored glazes were actually made by Shao Youcai. How is this possible?
No wonder Shao Youcai dared to say that he would surpass the Shao family's wealth in a year or two. If he could really master the method of making colored glaze, he would be as rich as the enemy in a short time.
While a few people were stunned, the waiter had already opened most of the wooden boxes and taken out the utensils. Under the sunlight, exquisite and various glazed utensils were placed in front of everyone. There were actually dozens of them. So many pieces.
"Second brother, are these colored glazes really made by you?" Shao Muyu came back to his senses and asked urgently.
Shao Youcai nodded, "Yes, according to the formula given to me by my sister-in-law, I tried it more than ten times and finally succeeded."
“What’s the cost of firing?”
Youcai scratched his head, "This first firing cost a lot of materials and failed more than a dozen times, so the cost was nearly ten thousand taels. However, this money includes building a workshop, purchasing supplies and other miscellaneous things. Now, I am sure that the cost of a kiln in the future will be around a hundred taels at most. Well...a kiln can produce more than a hundred colored glaze objects, which is the number of two or three carts."
Although Liu Xiangling and Shao Muyu were quite knowledgeable, they were still shocked by Shao Youcai's words. The cost of a kiln was about one hundred taels, and it could produce dozens of artifacts. The price of each glazed artifact was still low, no matter how low it was. Thousands of taels, what's more, these are all fine products made of colored glaze, and it is not unusual to sell tens of thousands of taels. This is not only a huge profit, but also a huge wealth can be accumulated without any cost.
"Mr. Shen, is this true?" Shao Muyu turned to Shen Tang for confirmation.
Shen Tang nodded, "Firing these colored glazes is similar to firing porcelain. The materials required are mainly sand, gravel and clay, so there is almost no cost."
"Sister, how are you? With this business, second brother, I want to surpass my father, but I'm so arrogant?" Shao Youcai showed off to Shao Muyu.
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Shao Muyu nodded slightly. With such a hugely profitable business, as long as it is run properly, it is easy to amass wealth. Moreover, this is a unique business of the Song Dynasty, and there is no competition at all.
Liu Xiangling and a few girls went to play with the glass objects on the floor out of curiosity. After Shao Muyu was silent for a moment, he said to Shao Youcai: "Second brother, with this kind of capital, it is not difficult to be as rich as the enemy. But, what do you think? How should this business be?"
Shao Youcai was stunned, "What should I do?"
"How are you going to tell dad, and how will you distribute the benefits?"
Shao Muyu's words made Shao Youcai fall into a rare silence. After a long while, he said solemnly: "Sister, although this business was given to me by my sister-in-law, this business does not belong to the Shao family, nor does it belong to me. I am responsible for all operations, and I am responsible for 20% of the profit, and the remaining 80% belongs to my sister-in-law. No matter what others or my father say, this cannot be changed."
"I am lucky to have the opportunity to control such a huge business. If I continue to covet wealth, second brother, wouldn't I be too greedy? Therefore, I will use this business to build a big business empire for my sister-in-law, even if it is Neither my Shao family nor Sheng family can compare."
Shao Youcai's words made Shao Muyu feel relieved. Wealth is charming, even hundreds of taels of silver are enough to kill people, not to mention that the business in front of him represents more than millions of dollars?
Although Shen Tang has given the business to her second brother, she does not want the wealth to cause a gap between her family and her husband. Shao Youcai is not greedy for wealth, but gives up huge interests. How can he Don't you want Shao Muyu to be happy?
"In this case, we will have Brother Lao later."
Shao Youcai chuckled, "Don't worry, sister, my sister-in-law has a gap in his chest, so naturally he can't care about these things. From now on, I will be the boss of my sister-in-law, and I will run this business well for my sister-in-law."
"Also, although I only have 20% of the profit, it is not difficult to surpass my father's net worth with the 20%. From now on, your second brother and I will probably be the richest shopkeeper in the world. What about the Shao family? Sheng My family is definitely not as rich as the big shopkeeper like me."
"What my sister-in-law said at the beginning was indeed true. You can control a huge amount of wealth in just a few seconds. How can such exciting things be compared to gambling? Fortunately, I listened to what my sister-in-law said, otherwise I would regret it now..."