Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 533

The atmosphere in the Xingyuan Flower Hall became more and more harmonious, almost as good as honey.

"This king fully understands your intentions." Zhu Zhen still has this kind of temper, the more you support him, the less he can let you suffer.

"Borrowing and returning, it is indeed a bit of a privilege. But how can I let my friend suffer? That would be too embarrassing!" He thought for a while, slapped his thigh and said:

"Why don't you do it like this, this king will give you another chance to get rich."

"That's good, please tell me, Your Highness." All the big families had extremely high expectations for the 'magical sixth'.

"Don't you think that the products we export are a little monotonous?" Zhu Zhen asked first, and then asked Shen Rong: "You are the vice-president of the Shipbuilding Department, and you have the right to speak on this issue."

"Yes." Shen Rong nodded quickly, and replied respectfully: "Currently, raw silk, various silks, and silk products account for more than [-]% of the export commodities of the Shibo Department. It is indeed too dependent on silk."

"What is the remaining [-]%? Why can't the share be expanded?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"The remaining [-]% ​​are mainly stationery and toys such as porcelain, Songjiang cotton, rice paper and lake pens, and some handicrafts." Shen Rong replied in a deep voice:

"As for why the share is so small, some are because of limited production, such as porcelain. Some are because of mediocre sales, such as Songjiang cotton and various medicinal materials. Overseas produce cotton cloth. No matter how good our Songjiang cotton is, they are not willing to spend tens of dollars on it. double the price."

"En." Zhu Zhen nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that only our exclusive products, and those that are widely sought after by overseas countries, such as silk, can have a high price and a high price, allowing us to make a lot of money !"

"Your Highness is right." Shen Rong nodded heavily and said, "It's just that there are not many such products. Among the products that Daming can export, the only ones that meet these two conditions are silk and porcelain."

"..." Some big households moved their lips and did not dare to speak.In fact, they originally smuggled arms overseas and made a lot of money.However, considering His Highness's status, this deal is out of the question.

"Can't you use tea?" Zhu Zhen asked a little puzzled.In his impression, traditional overseas trade also has such a competitive product as tea.Together with silk and porcelain, it forms a troika of foreign trade.

"The sales of tea overseas are very limited, mainly because overseas people are rarely used to drinking it." Shen Rong replied: "In the north and southwest, tea is the hardest product."

"The tea-horse business is not something we can touch." Zhu Zhen frowned, and said in a deep voice, "The tea-horse trade is an important tool for the court to control Mongolia and Tibet. Don't meddle in it, or I won't be able to keep you guys."

"Yes, yes, I will bear in mind His Highness's teachings and will never overstep the threshold." The big households who had had enough of prison food hurriedly expressed their opinions.

Zhu Zhen asked again: "What about porcelain? It can be sold openly, why are there so few sales?"

"Because we can't get in the goods." All the big households said in embarrassment: "The production of Jiangnan porcelain is limited, and there are only kilns in Longquan, Zhejiang."

They won't say that it's because food stamps can only buy silk...so they don't bother to develop other products.With all my heart, I wanted to spend the food stamps as soon as possible.

"Jiangxi is also Jiangnan." His Royal Highness Chu Wang said lightly.

The big households heard Zeng Tai say the same thing yesterday, but today they heard the sound of a fairy, suddenly enlightened, and asked in unison: "Your Highness is talking about Jingdezhen?"

"That's right, it's Jingdezhen." Zhu Zhen nodded with a smile.

The famous Jingdezhen naturally needn't talk nonsense. By the Yuan Dynasty, Jingdezhen porcelain had basically unified the world and was sold overseas.

In this dynasty, Jingdezhen's status continued to rise.In the second year of Hongwu, the imperial court set up an "imperial kiln factory" in Jingdezhen, which made Jingdezhen porcelain the royal imperial use, far ahead of the whole country.

The quality of porcelain fired in Jingdezhen is also unrivaled in the world.Overseas, Jingde porcelain is even more sought-after than silk.However, it is generally exported from Fuzhou and Guangzhou, and it is rarely exported from Jiangnan.

Jiangnan is closer to Koryo, Japan, but what kind of porcelain do Bangzi and Wonu know?It is enough to buy some folk kilns from the local area and sell them to them.Selling Jingde porcelain to them is pure waste.

Therefore, despite the fact that Jingde porcelain is placed in the homes of big households, few people have the idea of ​​exporting it.

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After hearing everyone's explanation, Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "So that's the case. It's because it's too far away."

"Yes." Everyone also nodded and said: "If Jingdezhen porcelain wants to be transported to Jiangnan, it must first enter Poyang on the Changjiang River, then enter the Yangtze River from Poyang Lake, and then flow downstream to Taicang. Not to mention the long distance between Jiangnan and Nanyang. Fujian and Guangdong are much farther away, so most people don’t sell them to us.”

"Then what if we move some of the workers from Jingdezhen to our side to open kilns?" His Royal Highness Chu Wang asked quietly.

"That's a good relationship!" Everyone was excited when they heard it: "If we can open our own kiln and produce porcelain that is not too different from Jingdezhen, then we will make a lot of money!"

"It's just that the people in Jingdezhen have always kept the kiln tightly covered, are they willing to give up this chicken that lays golden eggs?" The more concerned the big households were, the more concerned they were about gains and losses.

"Haha, I'm definitely reluctant to part with it on weekdays." His Highness Chu Wang said with a sly smile, "But is it normal now?"

"Yes, yes, no, no, of course not!" The big households immediately reacted, patted their thighs and shouted: "Now we are in the big immigration. Whoever dares not cooperate will send him to Huguang!"

"These words are all the people of Ming Dynasty, how could this king treat them like that?" Zhu Zhen said angrily.

"Yes, it's us Meng Lang." Everyone hurriedly apologized.

"However, Jingdezhen is the most densely populated place in Jiangxi. It is unreasonable for them not to move during this large-scale immigration." Hearing Lao Liu turn around, he said calmly:

"I heard that there are only two to three out of ten natives there, and seventy to eighty percent are kiln workers from outside. It's really inappropriate to have such a floating population. It's reasonable to move one or two percent of the population out?"

"Reasonable, very reasonable." Everyone nodded in unison.

"It's just a pity to let these skilled craftsmen go to Huguang to farm the land." Zhu Zhen said leisurely again: "This king is the one who decides to place them in the Susong Town area. Do you have any opinions?"

"No, no, absolutely not." Everyone fully understood what His Highness meant, and nodded excitedly like pecking rice.

"As for the cost of resettlement..." Lao Liu said again.

"We are responsible, we are responsible!" Everyone became envious immediately, wishing to bring all those kiln workers and kiln households to their own homes.

"But it can't be a man's match. How about this, I will take you to the kiln tomorrow." Zhu Zhen smiled and said: "How many craftsmen you can recruit depends on your own ability."

(End of this chapter)