Zhou Bida asked how many kilns there were, but Han Jiang answered the village.
"Sixty-seven villages." Han Jiang's answer was not the number of kilns, but the sixty-seven individual fired villages.
Zhou Bida understood: "Eight million dan of porcelain was placed on Jiangnan West Road, which is just a means to cover up. The real good porcelain came from the kiln belonging to the Wancheng Army. I believe that after you snatched it back in Ruzhou, Ruzhou kiln also began to refine porcelain on a small scale."
"Absolutely." Han Jiang didn't hide anything.
Zhou Bida asked again: "How much burn here?"
Han Jiang didn't know, so he turned around and looked at the local official who was greeting. The official replied: "It's still 100,000 dan."
"It's amazing to have a porcelain of 100,000 dan."
The official added: "It can't be considered a porcelain, it can only be said to be a low-quality product among the upper porcelain. There are so many real high-quality products that cannot be burned out. Many apprentices are still practicing, but those that are not burned can be used."
Zhou Bida turned his head and looked at Han Jiang: "So much porcelain is transported to Lin'an? I don't believe it."
"Transport overseas and to the Mediterranean, these porcelains can be valued for countless gold, silver, or precious seeds, things we don't have here. These can be exchanged for money, food, and iron to equip the army. I plan to organize an ultra-large fleet of 200 warships and 800 cargo ships to sea within three months."
Han Jiang's answer shocked Zhou Bida.
He didn't understand how big the market was overseas. He only knew that hundreds of thousands of Dashi and Persian merchants came to the Song Dynasty to do business.
Many of the commodities in the Song Dynasty were the targets of these people.
Many foreign merchants in Guangzhou Prefecture were arrested, and Zhou Bida investigated them. These foreign merchants were indeed abominable. They did many evil deeds, especially trying to control the civil terminals in Guangzhou Prefecture in the Song Dynasty and trade overseas. This is indeed extremely abominable.
Originally, I thought Han Jiang had done a good thing and took back the initiative in doing business overseas for the Song Dynasty.
Obviously, the Song Dynasty court was afraid that it would be less than one-tenth of the distribution.
Jiangnan West Road burned porcelain desperately, and it burned two bowls of one cent. Here, in Wancheng, a rebellious place recognized by the Song Dynasty court, they burned the top and bottom grades of middle porcelain. Take the bowl as an example, it was a bowl of dozens or hundreds of cents per piece.
This difference in profit is a bit too big.
Think about it, Jiangnan West Road is a bit miserable.
While speaking, I had already arrived at the Laoyao District of Dengfeng. Several kilns in this village were built in the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty. Zhou Bida saw a different workshop here.
Zhou Bida has seen first-class kilns.
The real masters have a completely own workshop, starting from the first process and until they burn out the porcelain.
And here is different.
There are professional crushers who have separate processes for crushing materials, including blank making, glazing, drawing, trimming and firing.
In this way, can you burn good porcelain?
Zhou Bida was a little suspicious.
Han Jiang pointed to the craftsmen and signaled Zhou Bida to ask himself.
Zhou Bida only wore a brocade robe like a wealthy family, not an official uniform. Instead, he wore a piece of tunic and walked into the workshop.
Zhou Bida saw that Han Jiang didn't say anything at all, and Lu You was just looking at it from afar, but he believed that he could ask the truth.
"This guy."
Zhou Bida called him "Brother" and the other party was stunned for a moment.
It is obvious that people who are in their forties and fifties are called young men, which is really surprising.
But look at it again, Zhou Bida looks like a respected old man, so he can really shout this little guy. He nodded slightly, but his hands were not idle, and he was still making bottles.
Zhou Bida sat down: "You are just making embryos, aren't your other skills a waste?"
The craftsman smiled happily: "This noble man is joking. I am forty-three this year. I have been following the master since I was thirteen years old and have been thirty years now. I am not afraid of being joked by noble men. I have not yet started my master. Because except for the good embryo, the glaze is always a little worse, and the drawing is really a few points worse than the drawings."
Zhou Bida understood.
This person is not called "I haven't started a master, but looking at the bottle, this shape, and this artistic conception are indeed the craftsmanship of a master.
Han Jiang then walked over: "Master Wang had already touched the edge of the master's face, but the glazed one was only the level of a craftsman. He could only draw the color and said that he was a craftsman, but he didn't have the talent. The burning level was also good, but he had just reached the level of a craftsman. The abrasive work was done by an apprentice."
"Let the person who is best at do the best job of his craft."
"This kind of porcelain making process will definitely not produce extremely rare items, but it can produce porcelain stably. Extreme rare items are a masterpiece, relying on the inspiration and luck of a talented craftsman at that moment. A few ten furnaces are enough to pass on the world, but they are unreplicable. But ordinary good porcelain can be made by my method."
Zhou Bida nodded silently.
That's true.
Letting the most people do what they are best at is indeed a way.
Han Jiang added: "Of course, there is another advantage. Master Wang only takes people to make embryos and teaches the process of embryo making, so others can't learn all the processes of the process, so they can only learn some of them. More importantly..." Han Jiang stopped and turned around and asked, "Master Wang, how's the salary last year?"
When it comes to wages, the embryo-making master smiled: "The young man's wage settlement last year was 680 trump cards, which is not the red reward at the end of the year, and the New Year wine, meat, rice, and cloth that were handed over."
What is the concept of 680 sects?
According to Song Lu, the county magistrate of a county has a monthly salary plus subsidy, etc., totaling 90,000 yuan. According to the income of this craftsman, he has a monthly salary of 56,000 yuan.
The craftsmen in Lin'an Prefecture have the highest monthly income of about 38,000 yuan.
Han Jiang added at this time: "Master Wang calculated less, and he still had to pay taxes. Because he was a master craftsman, he had nothing to do with the stall in the shop. That was for ordinary workers and craftsmen, and he wanted taxes."
The master of embryo making is still smiling: "We have paid the money after paying taxes, and we won't calculate it either. They said that if the monthly income is higher than 20,000 yuan, they have to pay the tax, and then if it exceeds 100,000 yuan, they will double the kiln account for us and have paid it."
Zhou Bida asked again: "Is the tax high?"
Han Jiang said from the side: "It's not low. Those who earn a lot like Master Wang have to pay him dozens of taxes."
Master Wang kept laughing.
He probably knew how much tax he had been expended, but he didn't complain.
Zhou Bida asked again: "Is the tax high?"
Master Wang then said, "This noble brother is right. Although we can't calculate it, he asked the old man Hu of the kiln account. He said that the tax deducted from me last year was about 50,000 yuan."
Chapter completed!