Chapter 41 No one can refuse blue and white porcelain
Zhang Peng stepped off the stage and was replaced by dancers and musicians from the Western Regions. The melodious and cheerful music and graceful dances brought the atmosphere of the conference back to a relaxed and joyful state from the previous tension.
As a Persian prince, although Xerxes had lived a life of exile since childhood, he still ate a lot of delicacies from mountains and seas. After recently arriving in the Bactria area, he became obsessed with eating vegetables with two bamboo sticks.
This elegant way of eating.
Thinking of his old bad habit of eating with his hands, he felt very upset as to why he didn't practice eating with chopsticks. Today he was going to have a meal with Ms. Latis. If she saw that this prince didn't know how to use chopsticks,
, will she dislike it?
Places like the Western Regions don’t need the rules of the Central Plains. There is no need for sharing meals or sitting down to eat!
In his understanding, there was only a big opera singing on the stage, with rows of large round tables and long benches below, surrounded by relatives and friends, hot and cold dishes were served together, and the pockets were folded in, and the food was not eaten yet.
It was sold out, and as soon as the drawings were served, everyone activated the skill of cutting into eight pieces at the same time, trying to grab a big piece even if they had their mouths burned!
This is called a banquet! The rest are not worthy of discussion.
But this idea was ruthlessly suppressed by Ms. Xu Wanyi when it was first proposed. If Zhang Peng's idea is really followed, she will lose the face of Beiting City and the Princess Palace!
Zhang Peng had no choice but to curl his lips, thinking that the ancients were ignorant and did not understand the joy of eating at a table as modern people.
So the carpenters in the army who had just finished making the plow, columbine and waterwheel were in trouble again.
Under the ruthless Commander Ma Ye's power, these craftsmen were forced to work overtime again to build mahogany armchairs, a round-sided Liangyi Eight Immortals table and a round rotating table top according to the drawings given by Zhang Peng.
Initially looking sad, the craftsmen became extremely excited and restless after taking Zhang Peng's drawings. They kept asking if they could make a living by making and selling tables and chairs based on this model in the future.
Zhang Peng had never cared much about this kind of low-tech technology. He nodded and agreed to the craftsmen's request. He felt that it was too much to make the craftsmen work around the clock for more than a month, so he decided to give them some overtime pay.
Make compensation.
But after the craftsmen heard about the reward from the county horse, they quit working one after another and went on strike in the workshop. Zhang Peng was confused and asked Ge Shuyan, who was responsible for paying overtime pay, what was going on.
The result is that these craftsmen are very dissatisfied with Zhang Peng's overtime pay. It is their duty to build tools and equipment for the princess's palace. Moreover, the princess has already given them the blueprints that can be passed down to the family to make a fortune. If they accept it again
With the extra reward of county horses, wouldn't they become ruthless people who couldn't take advantage of them?
This made Zhang Peng confused. This was the first time he heard that employees refused to be compensated for overtime work. He tried to communicate with the craftsmen that this money was given by him to reward everyone, so everyone took it with peace of mind.
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As a result, the leading craftsmen were as bad-tempered as stones in a latrine. Not only were they ungrateful, they threw a sack of overtime compensation money on Ge Shuyan's head, and then banged the door of the workshop.
After closing it, Zhang Peng was disappointed.
What the hell is going on? She took her brother Shu Yan, who wanted to fight the master craftsman, back to the princess's mansion, and told Xu Wanyi about this matter. Xu Wanyi actually felt that Zhang Peng did something wrong, and said that he could not be rewarded.
Too heavy, anything too heavy is not enough. Craftsmen also have their own dignity. If you, Zhang Junma, force you to reward them, you are actually trampling on their professional ethics and human dignity.
Zhang Peng's mind was shocked, and for the first time, the worldview of later generations showed a crack in the simple value system of the eighth century.
So there was the exquisite armchair that sat under the seats of all the wealthy businessmen from the Western Regions today. Zhang Peng touched the chair under his butt, and then remembered the way that damn old craftsman looked at people with his nostrils when he put the chair in front of him.
Speaking of Brother Shu Yan, even he himself had the urge to step forward and give him a punch.
As a result, she didn't have time to activate the "gas-consuming heel", but Xu Wanyi walked forward with a smile and comforted the stubborn old craftsman with kind words. She also rewarded the stubborn old craftsman with pieces of cloth and food, and also rewarded the old man's son with errands. Finally, in Zhang
Peng was dumbfounded. The stubborn old man kowtowed to Xu Wanyi gratefully. Before leaving, he earnestly advised Zhang Peng not to do such a ridiculous thing again.
What does this mean? I, Zhang Peng, suffer and look down on me, but you, Xu Wanyi, get all the benefits and reputation?
Thinking of this, Zhang Peng's high spirits when he had just defeated the group of merchants in the Western Regions suddenly disappeared.
The students from the Agricultural Research Institute quickly cleared away the refreshments and lists on the table, and then began to arrange the tableware one after another.
The exquisite porcelain tableware shone charmingly under the bright glass light. Under the horrified eyes of everyone, the students placed these treasures in front of the merchants.
Even Xerxes was overjoyed when he saw the porcelain with azure lines and even glaze color. This set of tableware includes a dinner plate, a soup bowl, a tea cup, a wine cup, a spoon, and a pair of porcelain-wrapped porcelain
Wooden chopsticks, with words of praise in his mouth, he picked up the exquisite water glass and looked at it repeatedly.
Li Xiao didn't fare much better. As the prince of Daxia, he saw a wide variety of exquisite porcelain, but today's one was indeed unprecedented. He couldn't help but glance at Zhang Peng.
"Brother-in-law, is this porcelain also produced by our two factories?"
Zhang Peng glanced at Li Xiao angrily and said: "With it and Liuli, the two factories will become the four factories. Why are you asking so many questions? Just wait and eat."
He stroked the blue and white porcelain in his hand and smiled slightly. Who knew that he originally just wanted to build a cement factory and a brick factory, but in the end he ended up with Wang Er and his son. This father and son were incredible. The son liked to mess around, and ended up giving Liuli to
It took a lot of hard work, I like to study hard, and finally I fired the prototype of blue and white porcelain.
As the blue and white porcelain tableware was arranged, the businessmen outside the venue fell into endless hustle and bustle. Among them, there were many people who admired the offer, those who caressed the cups, those who laughed wildly while looking at the porcelain, and those who held chopsticks and prayed. Anyway, there were not many normal people.
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Zhang Peng saw their ugliness in his eyes and shook his head slightly.
Feng Yuxi, who was sitting in the attic on the second floor, could no longer stand at this time, because just now, a handsome young student had moved a table and chairs for him alone, as well as a set of equally exquisite furniture.
Blue and white porcelain tableware.
Feng Yuxi just glanced at it, touched it, and then closed his eyes in pain: "As soon as the blue and white porcelain came out, the court's strategy became a joke."
He knew very well that in the Western Regions of this era, the porcelain produced in Daxia was the international hard currency and was more precious than gold and silver. Every businessman traveling on the Silk Road dreamed of purchasing exquisite porcelain from Daxia.
He sells porcelain to distant Europe. If he succeeds once, it will be enough to double his worth!
No merchant from the Western Regions would refuse Daxia porcelain, let alone the unprecedentedly exquisite blue and white porcelain in their hands!
Soaps, new clothes, etc. There are naturally ways to boycott these things that are not popular yet, but what if you want to boycott porcelain?
Are you telling lies?
"Since Zhang Junma knew that I was here, why did it take so long to send someone to serve me?" Feng Yuxi looked stiff.
"The Commander-in-Chief said, your old man has a different stance with him today, and I'm afraid there will be some unpleasantness when we meet. As for why the junior came to serve you so late, the Commander-in-Chief also explained it, saying that he wanted you to calm down enough.