dhibooks Chapter 361 Jade Porcelain
Chapter 361 Jade Porcelain
"What about the third effect?" Yunhong asked impatiently.
"Collection!" Chu Zhuang explained: "Wine products always taste better the longer they are stored, so naturally the longer this wine is stored, the better its taste, and the value will naturally increase accordingly. .”
Everyone suddenly realized and nodded, and Yunhong sighed: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books!"
If Chu Zhuang didn't mention it, they would definitely sell wine as a drink, and they would never have thought that it would have other functions.
"Now that we have figured out the functions of wine, we need to package and price wine differently according to these functions!" Chu Zhuang continued.
"Because there are three functions, correspondingly we also have three prices and at least three packaging."
Chu Zhuang explained: "First of all, the first type is drinking, which is our largest sales group, so its packaging is relatively simple, and the price is relatively low."
"Although I can make glass, the market price is too expensive after all, so this kind of packaging is not suitable for glass." Chu Zhuang thought for a while and said.
Glass bottles are definitely the most suitable for wine, but glass is too expensive in this era, so if you choose glass, the price will naturally go up, which is not conducive to their large-scale sales.
"Then what kind of container should we choose?" Yunhong nodded slightly and asked.
"Porcelain, it's just that this kind of thing is definitely not acceptable."
Chu Zhuang shook the wine bottle that Yunhong brought earlier, thought for a while and said, "I thought about it, and I still think white porcelain is the most suitable container."
Wine is bright red, and its color itself is very gorgeous, and it does not need other colors to match, so most of the wine glasses are transparent glasses.
Since glass is not used at the moment, Chu Zhuang believes that white, a pure and flawless color, is the most suitable to match wine.
"White porcelain? But white porcelain is inferior. Isn't our wine... a luxury...? How can this be used?" Yun Zhanfei asked in confusion.
At present, Yue Dynasty porcelain is mainly made of blue glaze, and the technology is the most advanced. Although white porcelain has appeared, the technology is still relatively backward, and the white porcelain produced is recognized as inferior.
"The white porcelain I'm talking about is not the white porcelain that everyone is familiar with now." Chu Zhuang said with a smile.
"Oh?" Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong looked at each other and asked curiously, "What kind of white porcelain is that?"
"There are many types of white porcelain, and I think suet jade porcelain is the most suitable." Chu Zhuang said after thinking about it.
"Suet jade porcelain?"
Everyone savored the name carefully, and felt that this kind of white porcelain was not simple just by hearing the name.
Chu Zhuang nodded slightly and said: "The glaze of this kind of porcelain is white and moist, like gelatin, like beautiful jade. Under the sunlight, it appears translucent, that is, the state of glazed glass. If the wine is placed inside, the wine can be faintly visible from the outside. See the shade of red."
This kind of white is also called ivory white in later generations, and it is called the pearl of porcelain altar.
"There is such a porcelain..." Yunhong and Yun Zhanfei looked at each other with shock in their eyes.
On the contrary, Yunmengxi's expression is normal. There are many porcelains and fresh items in the Chuzhuang space, and he has long been accustomed to this.
Listening to Chu Zhuang's description, Yunhong looked at the bluish-yellow bottle on the table, and suddenly felt ugly. It really didn't match wine!
"only……"
Chu Zhuang frowned, and said with some regret: "Although it is suitable, it is not suitable for us to use right now."
"Why?" Yunhong immediately asked, he thought that the suet jade porcelain described by Chu Zhuang was the most suitable for wine.
"The craftsmanship of suet jade porcelain is very complicated. The finished product is difficult to produce and cannot be mass-produced. More importantly, it requires a special kind of pottery clay, which we don't have yet." Chu Zhuang said, pursing his lips.
It's okay to say clay, they can be found by people, but it will be troublesome if they can't be mass-produced, after all, they need more than a few wine bottles!
"Ah! That means we can't use it!" Yun Zhanfei's face suddenly collapsed. There is no way to use it. What's the use of Chu Zhuang saying it!
Yun Hong felt that Chu Zhuang would not say this for no reason, he must have other intentions.
"There will be a chance for suet jade porcelain in the future. Right now, we still need to find another substitute." Chu Zhuang said with a sigh.
"Substitute, what substitute?" Yun Zhanfei asked.
"Bone China!" Chu Zhuang said helplessly.
If possible, he prefers to use the porcelain of his ancestors rather than Western porcelain.
But after thinking about it, now that Chu Zhuang took it out, in this world, this kind of porcelain would be regarded as oriental porcelain. Thinking of this, Chu Zhuang felt better again.
"What is bone china?" Yun Zhanfei asked curiously.
"Bone china and sheep fat jade porcelain are very similar to a certain extent. The porcelain is delicate and transparent, as thin as paper, white as jade, bright as a mirror, and sounds like a chime." Chu Zhuang explained in a popular way: "It is thinner than paper. It is whiter than milk, more transparent than glass, and the sound is very crisp and moving."
"Wow!" Yun Zhanfei exclaimed, just listening to it made him feel amazing!
"Will the firing cost of this bone china be too high?" Yun Hong frowned and asked.
The bones in this bone china made Yunhong think of bones. If animal bones were needed, the rest would be fine, but if it involved cows and horses, it would be difficult.
The more the dynasties lacked farming cattle, so the slaughter of oxen was prohibited. Naturally, there were fewer bones of this kind of cattle.
Once this thing is missing, the price will naturally be expensive. If the bones of these things are used, correspondingly, the production cost will naturally go up.
"The reason why bone china is called bone china is because the bone meal of cattle, sheep and other herbivores is added to the clay. Among them, the effect of bovine bone is the best." Chu Zhuang glanced at Yunhong, knowing that He relieved his worries: "But there is another method that can be made without bone meal."
Of course, high-end bone china still needs to be added with bone powder. This kind of bone china is considered as a handicraft and the price is high.
However, the composite formula of calcium oxide and alumina can also be used to produce bone china, but this type can only be regarded as industrial products, and the price of this type is low, and ordinary people can also use it.
And what Chuzhuang is going to make right now is the latter one.
Chu Zhuang wrote down the raw materials needed, Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong looked at it, showed a surprised look, and asked, "Is that all you need?"
The cost is too low...
"Further processing is needed, but it's not complicated." Chu Zhuang nodded and said.
"So if there is no objection, our bottle will be bone china." Chu Zhuang looked at the three of them and asked.
"This name has to be changed!" Yun Hong frowned and said.
The name is too blatant, and the ingredients can be known as soon as you hear it, and it is easy for others to know the secret recipe.
"Yes!" Chu Zhuang nodded and agreed. This is the first time this bone china has appeared in this era. The name is not a matter of their choice, so he asked: "Then I don't know what the second brother thinks it should be changed to?"
"Why don't we call it Jade Porcelain?" Yun Hong thought for a while and said, it was named after the appearance of the porcelain described by Chu Zhuang.
"Yuci is also quite good." Chu Zhuang said with a smile.
Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong also nodded and said: "Jade porcelain sounds much better than bone china!"
"In this case, let's make jade porcelain as the wine packaging for drinking." Chu Zhuang nodded and said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"How should we price this type of wine?" Yunhong asked.
"How much does the wine cost?" Chu Zhuang asked.
"This... wine is cheap, and the cost of each barrel does not exceed ten copper coins." Yunhong thought for a while and said.
The grapes are from their own garden, and the people are also their own people. Apart from the purchase of some tools, they basically didn't spend much money.
"Ingredients, packaging, shops, labor, a rough estimate of the cost of a barrel of wine should not exceed fifty copper plates."
Chuzhuang and Yunhong negotiated a lot, and finally came up with a rough figure.
"The price of drinking wine should not be too high, but it should not be too low." Chu Zhuang thought for a while and asked, "How much is the most expensive wine in Dongfeng Mansion?"
"This must belong to Fan Lou's gentleman's milk, and this little wine bucket is priced at one gold." Yun Hong replied.
Chu Zhuang made some calculations. A small bucket weighs about two kilograms, and one gold is 1 yuan. The price of this wine is about 500 yuan per catty.
This price is very high even in modern society.
Chu Zhuang nodded slightly, picked up a pen and drew three bottles of different sizes on the blueprint.
The first type is a pocket size, only half a palm, with a small and exquisite shape, the second type is the size of a bottle of mineral water, and the third type is double the size of the previous type.
"We can price the first type at one gold coin, the second at five gold coins, and the third at nine gold coins."
"Why are there three types?" Yunhong asked curiously.
Yunhong quite agrees with this pricing. Wine is scarce in the first place, so those who are rich can afford this price, and those who have no money are not within their sales range, but he is a little curious, why they are divided into three different sizes .
"Yes! According to this scale, everyone must choose to buy the third type. After all, the price is the lowest, but the wine is the most!" Yun Zhanfei clicked.
"The first type is convenient to hold and play with, the second type is convenient for entertaining friends on the wine table, and the third type is the most cost-effective. We only sell one type of wine, and the variety is too single. A little more variety can also make wine Everyone has more choices."
Chu Zhuang gave the reason, paused and said: "At that time, we can adjust the production ratio according to the purchase ratio."
Yun Zhanfei suddenly realized and nodded.
"People who buy for the first time and some women and twins should be more inclined to buy the first type, and entertain guests at a banquet, or drink with friends, the second type is the most suitable, although the third type has the largest quantity, but in fact The price is also the most expensive, if you buy the third type, you will have to pay more." Yunhong nodded and analyzed.