Another World's Imperial Examination Official Path

Chapter 367 Rest

"Second brother, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really couldn't believe that there would be such a beautiful porcelain in this world." Yun Zhanfei was amazed at this.

Although he had heard Chu Zhuang describe it before, he had never seen it before, so Yun Zhanfei couldn't imagine the specific appearance.

Seeing the true face of this jade porcelain today, he was really shocked.

Yunhong looked at the jade porcelain vase in his hand, and nodded his head in agreement. They didn't even dare to think about such porcelain before.

"Using such a bottle to hold wine, will our price be set too low?" Yun Zhanfei asked suddenly.

Yunhong frowned when he heard the words, he touched the bottle cherishingly, thought for a while, looked at Chu Zhuang who was sitting at the table and recorded seriously, and said: "Chu Zhuang, I also feel that our price seems to be set low. a little bit."

"We only sell this bottle of wine for five gold coins, but we can sell this bottle alone for fifty or even one hundred gold coins!" Yunhong thought for a while and said.

Such a pure white wine bottle, Yunhong believes that even if it costs a hundred gold coins, someone will be willing to buy it.

"That's right! That's right!" Yun Zhanfei nodded in agreement.

Although he would not spend so much money to buy it, he also agrees that this wine bottle is worth so many gold coins.

Moreover, Dongfeng Mansion is the gathering place of the richest and most powerful people in the entire Yue Dynasty, and some people are willing to pay high prices for such porcelain.

After Chu Zhuang wrote down the last number, he put down his pen and looked at the two of them and said, "But elder brother and second elder brother, you have overlooked one thing."

"What is it?" Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong asked in confusion.

"This bottle can be sold for a hundred gold coins, even if it is more expensive, it is not impossible to sell it."

Chu Zhuang smiled and reminded: "But this is the price of selling a bottle."

This still involves a quantity issue. Chu Zhuang requires the firing of porcelain, so it must be mass-produced.

There are only a few or even ten or twenty identical jade porcelain wine bottles in the market, so this wine bottle is naturally very valuable.

But what if there are hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of identical wine bottles?

"Then can the price of this wine bottle go up?" Chu Zhuang asked with raised eyebrows.

"This..." Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong looked at each other, and were a little speechless.

"After all, what we are doing is long-term business, not one-off business. This bottle of wine sells for five gold coins. It is not a one-bottle business, but thousands of dollars!"

Chu Zhuang continued to explain: "At the beginning, we set a price of five gold coins. Everyone will think that it is worth the money, and they will definitely buy it enthusiastically. After a long time, everyone will get used to this price. Even if there are still bottles of wine on the market The quantity is more, but people will not think that the value of the wine is lower because of this.”

"Moreover, wine has the effect of beautifying the skin and prolonging life. This price is also conducive to long-term drinking. If we cultivate people's habit of drinking our wine, then the brand of our wine will be truly determined."

The price of five gold coins is definitely not cheap. You must know that the most expensive wine is only one gold coin for four catties, and the price of wine plus a bottle is less than one catty. This price is definitely very high.

Of course, Chuzhuang can also set the price higher, but that will not be conducive to selling wine to more people, so this price is the most suitable.

Although it is high, rich people can afford it. Although it is expensive, rich people can also consume it as a daily drink.

You must know that the positioning of luxury goods is the daily necessities of the rich, so of course the price cannot exceed this range.

Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong nodded thoughtfully, and said, "That's true."

"One more thing, big brother, second brother, you need to know that our cost is very low, and we can mass-produce both wine and wine bottles, so the more wine we sell, the more income we will earn. Setting a higher price will reduce everyone's purchases, and in the long run, we will suffer instead." Chu Zhuang reminded.

"It's our fault." Yunhong nodded humbly and said.

"I'm not very good at doing business, anyway, Chu Zhuang, I'll listen to what you say!" Yun Zhanfei said carelessly.

He can lead troops to fight, but he is really at a loss if he is asked to do porcelain business.

Instead of meddling with laymen, it is better to follow Chu Zhuang's advice.

In some respects, Yun Zhanfei can be regarded as wise and foolish.

"Now, listen to me!"

Yunmengxi put away the booklet recorded by Chu Zhuang, looked at the three of them and said, "I've been busy all night, now I'll go to rest, and I'll talk about anything when I wake up!"

After working all night, Yun Zhanfei and Yunhong had no effect, but Chu Zhuang was indeed exhausted, mainly because he was too exhausted.

"Well, it's true, Chu Zhuang, go to rest quickly, I have someone arrange the room, and you can go to rest directly after you wash up." Yunhong said immediately after reacting.

It was Chu Zhuang who worked the hardest last night, and they didn't dare to exhaust Chu Zhuang.

"okay."

Chu Zhuang was indeed a little tired, so he didn't refuse. He nodded and said, "I'll arrange my work first and then go to rest."

Chu Zhuang called Zheng Quan and the others. The three of them must not be able to make jade porcelain by themselves right now, and Chu Zhuang is not in a hurry to teach them at this moment.

But during his rest period, it is still feasible for them to do some preparatory work such as stacking mud and drawing embryos.

These three people are all close friends of the Yun family, so there is no need to hide the secret recipe from them.

"All the dosage must be clearly recorded." Chu Zhuang instructed.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chu, I will definitely record it carefully!" Zheng Quan and the three respectfully agreed.

If they had mistrusted Chu Zhuang before because of his youth, but after seeing the successful firing of jade porcelain, they only had worship and admiration for Chu Zhuang.

Right now, they obey Chu Zhuang's orders from the bottom of their hearts.

"Then let's go to rest first, elder brother, second elder brother, you should also rest for a while."

Chu Zhuang and Yun Zhanfei Yunhong greeted each other and left with Yunmengxi.

After a brief shower, the two fell asleep exhausted.

"We only have two cave dwellings right now, which is still too small."

Yunhong frowned. According to Chuzhuang's plan, their wines are definitely not only sold in Dongfeng Mansion, but also promoted to the whole country, and even the whole world.

However, the scale of this ceramics workshop is very small, there are only two cave dwellings in total, and they are not large. If such medium-sized wine bottles are fired in one cave dwelling, at most [-] can be fired at a time.

Even if the two cave dwellings worked non-stop, they could only produce six hundred bottles in one day, not counting the number that might fail to fire.

This kind of output is definitely enough to supply a ceramic shop before, but if it supplies wine.

Yunhong had a hunch that this output was definitely not enough.

What's more, they also need three different sizes of wine bottles, and these wine bottles cannot be fired in the same cave.

"Yeah!" Yun Zhanfei nodded and said, "We have already filled three wine cellars with wine right now. If we use this jade porcelain bottle, one wine cellar can hold at least tens of thousands of bottles. This bottle can only be filled in one day." That’s really not enough.”

You must know that they have purchased all the grapes that can be bought in the surrounding area and are suitable for wine making.

Then, they were manufactured according to the assembly line method taught by Chu Zhuang. Not only the quality of the production was very high, but also the speed was very fast.

The grape production season has not yet passed, and the number of wine cellars will only increase.

"I think at least four cave dwellings need to be added, but right now our manpower is not enough." Yun Hong frowned and said.

In addition, to open a cave dwelling is not simply to build a cave dwelling, they also need corresponding manpower.

It is not just a person who can enter the cave to fire. It must be a skilled craftsman, otherwise it is easy to cause big problems.

It's just that where should the craftsman go to find it for a while.

They can't trust people who have been recruited from the outside rashly!

"This cave is being built first, let's find someone slowly." Yun Zhanfei suggested.

"Well, that's all we can do right now." Yun Hong replied with a slight sigh.

Chu Zhuang slept for four full hours before waking up from his sleep. Yunmengxi came in with a water basin, saw Chu Zhuang woke up, and said with a smile, "Chu Zhuang, you're awake!"

"En." Chu Zhuang nodded with a smile, and stretched out a hand to Yunmengxi.

Yunmengxi put the basin on the shelf, then walked over, sat by the bed and held Chu Zhuang's hand.

"When did you wake up? I didn't hear anything." Chu Zhuang asked while looking at him, kissing the back of Yunmengxi's hand.

"I woke up for a while, you slept deeply, of course I didn't notice." Yunmengxi said distressedly: "Yesterday you worked too hard."

"Jade porcelain can be fired, so it's not hard work, and I actually like firing porcelain." Chu Zhuang naturally knew that Yunmengxi felt sorry for him, so he smiled and comforted him.

The two talked for a while, and then Chu Zhuang got up from the bed, washed up briefly, and after they had something to eat, they went back to the pottery workshop.

"Master Chu, according to your instructions, we have already made all the molds." Zheng Quan immediately went up to meet Chu Zhuang.

"Take me to see."

Chu Zhuang nodded slightly, and followed them in for inspection.

Zheng Quan and the others are all master craftsmen. To be honest, the shape of the bottle they made is even more delicate than that made by Chu Zhuang, even the apprentices under them are the same.

After all, the shortest time for them to do these tasks day after day is five years. Chuzhuang firing porcelain is purely a hobby, and it is still inferior to them in this respect.

"Well done."

Chu Zhuang nodded in satisfaction. He looked at Zheng Quan and asked, "The proportioning is done according to the method I gave you, right?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Chu, we are strictly following your orders and dare not miss the slightest bit!" Zheng Quan said immediately.

"That's good." Chu Zhuang nodded in relief and said, "Then I will teach you the next steps, and you must strictly follow my requirements, you know?"

"Yes!" The three immediately responded.