Chapter 214 Let Porcelain Be the First to Sell Well in the World (Please Vote for Me!!!)

"Dear squires, I believe you have all asked about my origins. During this term of office, I will be the parent official of Rong County, and I still need your help." Qin Hao handed over to everyone, which was enough for these places. Rich face.

The elders and squires present also knew that as the future heir of the Qin family, Qin Hao was here to gain political achievements and would not stay in Rong County for a long time. There was no need to quarrel with him.

"You're welcome, Magistrate Qin. If you need me to wait somewhere, just ask." A thin, even slightly hunchbacked old man bowed slightly.

Seeing this, the other squires and elders also agreed.

Qin Hao took a deep look at the hunchbacked old man. This man was the head of the Tao family in Rong County, and the Tao family was the most populous and powerful among the families in Rong County.

"Thank you all very much." Qin Hao calmly exchanged cups with these local tycoons without directly expressing his intention to cooperate.

At the end of the banquet, when the head of the Tao family was about to get on the carriage and go home, a boy suddenly stopped the carriage at the intersection.

"Mr. Tao, our adults are here to invite you."

Mrs. Tao was still drunk. He was startled for a moment, and then he woke up. The only person in Rong County who could be called an adult was Qin Hao. It was obviously not that simple for the other party to quietly leave him behind after the banquet.

Mr. Tao originally didn't pay much attention to the children of aristocratic families like Qin Hao. At least most of the children of the aristocratic families he had met were just scumbags. In addition, Qin Hao had made several meritorious deeds in suppressing rebellions before, which made Mr. Tao feel that Qin Hao was a good person. Hao is just a warrior, he only knows how to fight, but he doesn't know how to govern the place.

However, after having real contact with him today, I discovered that this young man is not simple. He does not have the arrogance of a military general or the arrogance of a child of a family. He only spent a banquet and gained the favor of these wealthy families in Rong County.

Returning to the county government office, Qin Hao was already waiting in the front hall: "Mr. Tao, let's have a cup of sobering tea first."

"Thank you, Mr. Qin." Mr. Tao respectfully handed over his hand.

After drinking the sobering tea, Qin Hao said seriously: "Old Tao must know the situation in Rong County better than I do. The people are short of food and clothing, and the people's livelihood is in ruins. Since Your Majesty has handed over Rong County to me, I have the responsibility to take care of it on behalf of the emperor." Herdsmen, I am so shameless, please ask Mrs. Tao to help me."

When Mr. Tao heard this, he thought Qin Hao wanted him to pay, and he hesitated: "This little old man is ashamed to say it."

Qin Hao smiled and pressed Mrs. Tao's hand and said: "My family is quite wealthy. I plan to build a kiln in Rong County to specialize in firing porcelain. It requires a large amount of land and manpower. Please don't refuse, Mrs. Tao."

When he heard that he didn't have to pay for it himself, Mr. Tao immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "The Tao family does have some of this land. Since it is to make a living for the local people, the Tao family is naturally obliged to do it. It's just this manpower."

The reason why Qin Hao left the task of recruiting people to the Tao family was mainly because he had just taken office and had little prestige and was not as influential as the local powerful.

The main reason why Mrs. Tao is unwilling to help Qin Hao recruit people is because the kiln factory has been a place of cannibalism since ancient times. It is not only hard and tiring, but also life-threatening. For fellow villagers, the Tao family will still live in Rong County in the future. This kind of infamy cannot be tolerated.

Qin Hao thought about it for a moment and understood Mrs. Tao's concerns. He couldn't help but feel a little funny. Did Mr. Tao think of him as running a black kiln?

"Mr. Tao has misunderstood. The Qin family will never oppress the people or take human life seriously. Anyone who comes to work in the kiln factory will be given five hundred yuan a month, including two meals. And I don't ask for the land in vain. I will sell Tao Tao according to the market price. The piece of wasteland near our home near the Minjiang River will be sold to me."

Mr. Tao was stunned when he heard this. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the currency in circulation was five baht. According to the price at that time, millet (millet) = stone/about 220 yuan, one stone is about 27 kilograms, and five hundred yuan a month is enough to buy two Stone corn is enough to feed a family of four for a month, and there is still some leftover.

Moreover, ordinary people would not buy corn, so they would replace it with cheaper wheat. If they save a little, they can eat for two months. This was definitely a high salary in the Han Dynasty.

"Master Qin, are you serious about this?" Mr. Tao asked in surprise.

Qin Hao smiled and said, "I don't have time to keep Mr. Tao here in the middle of the night to tell jokes."

"That's right, that's right." Old Mrs. Tao agreed, thinking in his mind that after returning home, he would mobilize the Tao family's farm men to work in the kiln factory. They could earn five hundred yuan a month, and each one of them would not be able to pay him. Serve as a god?

"Master Qin, how many people are needed in this kiln?" Mr. Tao asked again.

Qin Hao knocked on the table: "In the early stage of building a kiln, three to five hundred people will be enough. After the kiln starts construction, we will recruit more."

Mr. Tao was so shocked that his jaw dropped. He originally thought that one hundred and eighty people would be enough when building a kiln, but Qin Hao said it was three to five hundred people. How big of a kiln would this be?

"Are there too many people here?" Mr. Tao thought Qin Hao didn't understand engineering.

Qin Hao waved his hand and said: "No more, no more. One kiln factory is far from enough. In the future, we will build a second and third factory. I'm afraid it won't be enough even if all the people in the county come to work in the kiln factory."

Mrs. Tao subconsciously felt that Qin Hao was bragging. If all the people in the county went to the kilns, who would be left farming? What's more, although Rong County is not a big county, it has a population of 8,000 households. With so many people working in the kiln factory, how big must the kiln factory be?

But regardless of whether Qin Hao was bragging or not, after Mr. Tao returned, he still gathered the backbone of the family and notified them to recruit people.

Similar to Mrs. Tao's initial suspicion, everyone in the Tao family doubted whether Qin Hao's five hundred yuan salary was an exaggeration.

Mrs. Tao's crutch struck the ground: "Since you don't believe it, then give the place to outsiders. But when the time comes, you must not regret it."

The Tao family finally decided to give up half of their quotas and give half to those in need in the family. Anyway, they had no better way out, so they might as well try their luck.

The newly opened kiln factory, five hundred yuan wages, two key words, quickly spread throughout Rong County. At first, everyone thought it was a joke. After all, farming may not bring much profit after a year of hard work. The kiln factory has always been notoriously shady, how can it offer such high wages?

However, as the Tao family began to recruit people, and after seeing that many people from the Tao family signed up, some poor people who were really too poor to survive also began to sign up.

However, most people are still waiting and watching, and there are also many local powerful people who are waiting to see the jokes of Qin Hao, the new county magistrate.

Qin Hao was not idle during this period. He took the Qin family's stewards, craftsmen, and Cheng Shaoshang to measure and plan the kiln site.

Cheng Shaoshang seemed very excited. Her biggest hobby was making these buildings. Unfortunately, she could only make small gadgets such as tables, chairs, benches, and swings before.

Now having the opportunity to participate in the design of such a large-scale building was something I had never imagined before.

In fact, the stewards and craftsmen were very surprised when they first saw Cheng Shaoshang at the construction site. They originally thought that Qin Hao was just bringing Cheng Shaoshang to relax, but the drawings drawn by Cheng Shaoshang impressed many old craftsmen. After a while, I realized that this young lady has real qualities.

"Husband, why do we need to build this kind of arched structural support on top? Isn't it more convenient to have a flat surface?" Cheng Shaoshang asked curiously.

Qin Hao explained with a smile: "Although the arch structure is a bit troublesome to build, it is durable enough and relatively simple to maintain. It is also conducive to heat conduction. We are firing porcelain, not pottery, and the temperature requirements are higher." High, so the arched design can reduce part of the fuel consumption.”

Although Cheng Shaoshang didn't understand the principle of heat conduction very well, he could probably understand what it meant and carefully recorded what Qin Hao said.

After putting down the brush, Cheng Shaoshang couldn't help but asked Qin Hao worriedly: "Nowadays, the whole court is using lacquerware. Can this porcelain really sell well?"

Before the Han Dynasty, most bronze ware was used. However, because bronze ware was difficult to refine and costly, it was only popular among nobles.

After the Han Dynasty, because bronze was too heavy and easy to rust, many nobles began to abandon bronze and switched to more gorgeous and lightweight lacquerware.

The so-called lacquerware is actually made of wood and pillars that are first carved and shaped, and then painted with various colors of paint. Not only is the color beautiful, but it is also more gorgeous.

However, the cost of making lacquerware is also very high. Ancient lacquer is different from the industrial supplies used by later generations. It is made from natural resin collected and then added with pigments. Only nobles can afford it.

Qin Hao is not worried about this at all. Ceramics have many advantages over lacquerware, that is, they can be fired in large batches. A lacquerer may not be able to make several sets of lacquerware in a month, but ceramics can be fired continuously. After firing, thousands of finished products come out of the furnace.

In fact, there was porcelain in the Han Dynasty, but the production technology was relatively backward, and the fired porcelain was more like pottery. On the one hand, the temperature was not high enough, and on the other hand, the technology of using glaze coloring was not mastered.

Qin Hao believes that low-cost, exquisite porcelain produced by a perfect industrial system will be able to replace pottery and lacquerware and quickly occupy the mainstream market.

It was even exported to some countries such as the Western Regions and overseas in advance. By then, the demand would be so huge that Rong County would not be able to supply it.

Of course, all this is still on paper. The next thing Qin Hao has to do is to build the kiln and at the same time use the waterway advantages near Rong County to sell these porcelain to every corner of the Eastern Han Empire.

In the early stage, Mr. Tao recruited more than 300 villagers to work in the kiln factory. At first, everyone was doubtful about the wages, but by the time lunch was served, everyone was dumbfounded.

Huge steamed buns with wild vegetables and egg soup were lying there quietly. The Qin family's cook knocked on the barrel and shouted arrogantly: "Everyone queue up, one by one, two big buns for each person." Steamed buns and a bowl of egg soup, everyone has a share, and you, please wait in line and don’t be crowded!”

Tian Laowei stood in the middle of the queue with his back hunched over. There were already more than thirty people in front of him. He licked his dry lips and watched the tall pile of steamed buns disappear. He was anxious, for fear that he would be gone when he arrived. .

He started to try to count, but he had never studied and couldn't even write his own name, let alone count. He could only hold back the expectation in his heart and watch the team move forward little by little.

However, something that made him desperate still happened. When the pile of steamed buns arrived in front of him, it was still gone, and the large wooden barrel of wild vegetable and egg soup had also bottomed out.

Just when Tian Laowei felt disappointed that he had missed the only big meal in his life, he saw that the cook had another large pile of steamed buns brought up, and even a large bucket of wild vegetable and egg soup was replaced.

Tian Laolan was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands. The cook saw him standing there in a daze and didn't come forward, so he said angrily.

"What are you doing? If you don't hurry up, we'll be waiting later. If you don't eat, there won't be anything left."

The people behind him also said impatiently: "That's right, if you don't eat, we will still eat."

Tian Laowei then nodded and stepped forward with a smile. The fragrant and glutinous steamed bun was bigger than his fist. It was the first time he saw such a big steamed bun. He took a bowl of wild vegetable and egg soup. The fragrance made him laugh. He narrowed his eyes in intoxication.

No one laughed at Tian Laowei, because most people were like him. It was probably the first time in their lives to eat such big steamed buns and drink egg soup. Although there was almost no trace of eggs in the soup, for local people like them, For the common people who live in the countryside, eggs are an important commodity. They are left for the wife's confinement, or they are taken to the market to be exchanged for coarse cloth. How can they be willing to eat them themselves?

Just tasting egg soup already feels like celebrating the New Year.

Tian Laowei found a hard clod of soil and didn't care whether it was clean or not. He just sat down and then carefully took out a wild vegetable steamed bun from his arms and took a careful bite.

He bit carefully, only breaking a little bit of the skin. He had to savor such precious food carefully, for fear that after a few bites, he would never be able to eat it again in his life. Eat slowly now, remember this taste, Maybe he can brag to his children in the future, if he can still find a wife in this life.

At this moment, Tian Laowen suddenly saw a commotion in front of him, and his nature to join in the fun made him follow. When he saw it, he found that there was a fight over wild vegetables and steamed buns.

The leader, Tian Laowen, knew him. They were the three Tao brothers who were bullies in his village. Although they were just a branch of the Tao family, they often bullied their fellow villagers due to the large number of brothers in the family, so he was bullied a lot.

The three Tao brothers went into battle together and beat the other two men until they were unable to fight back. The two men could only hold their heads and huddle up, letting them punch and kick them.

"Hurry up and hand over the steamed buns, you bastards. If I don't beat you, you won't know how powerful my three Tao brothers are!" Boss Tao laughed loudly and even stepped on a man's head.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a shout: "Stop!"

On the dusty construction site, a group of guards came in full armor. The leader was very young, but he was very majestic, walking like a dragon and a tiger. He was accompanied by a charming young lady. Tian Laowang unconsciously looked down. Head, this is the first time in his life that he has seen such a beautiful little lady. He cannot look directly at such a noble person.

"Master Qin."

"County Magistrate Qin!"

Tian Laowang couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he heard someone calling the young man County Magistrate. Is this the new Magistrate of Rong County?

Although the three Tao brothers were arrogant, they still knelt down knowingly when they saw the county master.

Qin Hao glanced at the three of them and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

"Reporting to your lord, the three younger ones are from Taojia Village." Boss Tao said flatteringly.

Qin Hao snorted: "So, you are from the Tao family?"

"Sir, the younger one is a branch of the Tao family. Now Mr. Tao and his ancestor are cousins." Mr. Tao is still a little proud. Look, the new county magistrate also wants to sell the Tao family's face.

However, Qin Hao directly shouted: "Take it!"

Three knives were placed on the three Tao brothers like this, and the onlookers were so frightened that they fell to their knees.

Qin Hao shouted loudly: "Since this county has become the head of this county, if there is any illegal activity within the jurisdiction of Rong County, this county will severely punish him in accordance with the laws of the Han Dynasty, no matter how deep his background is or the connections of the people behind him." How tough it is. Before I took office, I was a general on horseback, and I was granted the title of Marquis by virtue of my military merits. If you don’t believe it, I can try it with your necks to see if it is your neck that is stronger or the sword of this county that is stronger!”

The two kiln workers who had been surrounded just now got up, knelt down to Qin Hao, and shouted: "Master Qingtian!"

"Thank you, Mr. Qingtian, for taking the decision!"

Cheng Shaoshang watched them being beaten with bruises and swollen faces, and kept kowtowing in thanks. He couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart, and said to the lotus next to him: "Go and get some medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis."

Qin Hao noticed that they were always keeping the two wild vegetable steamed buns tightly in their arms, so he asked, "Why don't you eat these steamed buns?"

Only then did the two of them raise their heads and replied in a straight and clear manner: "Replying to your lord, we still have my mother, wife and children at home. We want to take them back to feed them, and we don't want to be seen by the three rogues of the Tao family."

Before Qin Hao could say anything, Cheng Shaoshang stepped forward angrily and kicked the three Tao brothers down.

"You guys are worse than beasts, and living in this world is just a waste of food!"

Mr. Tao rolled his eyes and cried miserably: "Sir, I have an old mother, wife and children to support at home!"

However, their lie was exposed in the next second, and a timid voice shouted: "The parents of the three Tao brothers were so angry with them that they never got married. They and I are from the same village."

"Tian Laowei, if you dare to betray us, I will kill you!" Tao Laosan was so angry that he rushed towards Tian Laowei.

However, the next second, Qin Hao kicked him down the slope, causing his nose to be bruised and his face to be swollen.

"If you dare to commit murder in front of this county, someone will come and beat these three people with thirty boards, tie them up at the entrance of the construction site, and show them to the public for three days as a warning to others!"

"promise."

Qin Hao couldn't help but feel sad when he looked at these ordinary people who looked disheveled and regarded the two wild vegetable steamed buns as treasures.

In the world, people are suffering when they prosper, and people are suffering when they die. A sentence written lightly in a book is so heavy in reality.

Qin Hao promised Emperor Wen that he would give Rong County a new look within three years. Before, it was for political achievements, but now, Qin Hao really wants to do something practical for the people here!

It was not in vain for him to come to this world.