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"Fortunately, Huiqing is only used for high-grade porcelain. We checked in time and only lost one kiln. Our kiln factory did not lose much, only more than 300 taels. But if we sold them all, how could we do it? Earn five thousand taels. You are also an expert, and you can calculate this account clearly. I am not blackmailing you, and you understand in your heart.

"The main reason is the suspension of work and production during those days, the wages subsidized to the kiln workers and master masters, and the money compensated to the merchants, front and back, inside and outside, 50,000 taels is not enough, but 80,000 taels is about the same."

"How come there are so many?!" Mr. Wang jumped up immediately after hearing this, "It's only seven or eight thousand taels at most."

"Really?" Song Jiuyun curled up his lips slightly, with a bit of sarcasm in his smile, and said leisurely, "That's another kiln. They can only bake 30% to 40% of the price in one kiln, and earn one to two thousand. Two taels of silver. But the yield rate of my kiln factory is around 70 to 80%. You can calculate for yourself whether you can earn 5,000 taels of silver.

"Then there are other expenses. Other kilns have fired glazes, but most of them are hidden, for fear of ruining their reputation. I tell people everything, and send people to check the inventory, and send When people recovered the porcelain they had sold, they paid double the compensation, not counting the damage to their reputation.

"Eighty thousand taels, am I not exaggerating?"

As she spoke, she looked at Mr. Wang with sharp eyes, as if if he dared to say "no", she would take out the bill and settle things with him.

Mr. Wang's face was full of bitterness, and he said after a while: "This, this is too much!"

He begged for mercy: "Can it be less?"

Song Jiyun hid the needle in his cotton wool and said with a smile: "I also know that it is difficult for you to come up with so much money at once, but since this matter was caused by your brother-in-law, look, do you want to talk to your father-in-law? I just wanted to Buy a few mud pits and ask the old man to convert their mud pits to me."

Mrs. Wang’s family also makes porcelain raw materials.

It's just a kaolin business.

When Mr. Wang heard this, he broke out in cold sweat and said quickly: "How can this be done! How can this be done!"

Song Jiyun smiled and said, "Can't we discuss it with your father-in-law? Or are you unwilling to give me the mud pit?"

The former proves that he is lying, and the latter proves that he is greedy.

He would always choose one of the two.

Mr. Wang was hemming and hawing and his words were confusing. Listening carefully, it seemed that he could neither go to his father-in-law nor sell the mud pit to her.

Song Jiyun didn't force himself, he served the guests tea with a smile and said, "When will Mr. Wang think it through, it won't be too late for us to discuss it in detail."

Mr. Wang probably didn't expect that she would open her mouth like a lion. He needed time to digest it, so he left calmly.

But Mr. Wang wanted to "clear up" after only one day. He gave Song Jiyun a silver note of 80,000 taels and apologized to Song Jiyun again.

Song Jiyun accepted the banknote and turned around to let others know what she had said to Mr. Wang.

Jingdezhen immediately began to spread the news that Mr. Wang had an unhappy brother-in-law, and it was concluded that Yanji Glaze Shop was the culprit that caused the Song Kiln Factory to panic.

Of course, there are also people who can't stand the Songjia Kiln Factory: "Then you can't blame the glaze shop. Didn't you look at the glaze carefully after you got the glaze? The Songjia Kiln Factory is also known as the best in Jingdezhen. , I think it’s nothing more than that?”

But this voice was quickly drowned out by more rumors.

What everyone is talking about most recently is the compensation from the Songjia Kiln Factory: "I heard that someone specially collected a cart of glazed porcelain and blackmailed three Buddha statues from the Songjia Kiln Factory!"

Zhou Zheng was so angry after hearing this that he went to Song Jiyun and said, "I don't know who spread the word! We obviously saw it through on the spot, but why did it spread around and it turned out that we were deceived!"

"I asked it to spread." Song Jiyun said with a smile, "As soon as this rumor came out, our kiln factory became the object of everyone's sympathy. No one will talk about the shocking glaze fired by our family anymore."

Zhou Zheng thought about it carefully and realized that this was really the case.

Song Jiyun took the opportunity to say: "Everyone likes to sympathize with the weak. Sometimes, it is not a bad thing for us to be weaker."

But what Mr. Wang said about his brother-in-law reached Mrs. Wang’s ears, but Mrs. Wang refused to listen.

When Mr. Wang was about to go out, she stopped him: "Did I get married without a dowry or without food rations? Did my brother from my mother-in-law take a piece of yarn from you or wear a piece of your clothes? You said he is not angry, so why is he not angry? What else have you helped him with? If you don’t speak clearly today, don’t even think about going out like this."

Mr. Wang condescended: "Isn't there something wrong in the shop? Isn't it necessary to find someone who can take the responsibility?"

Mrs. Wang sneered: "Why don't you let your brother take the responsibility? Are you going to use my brother as the leader?"

"My brother is not as honorable as your brother!" Mr. Wang said, "This is also for the good of our family's business!"

Mrs. Wang didn't listen at all, she just refused to let him go, asking him to find a way to clarify that this matter had nothing to do with her natal brother.

The two had a fight.

When Mr. Wang arrived at Li Zixiu's house, he was scratched so hard by Mrs. Wang that his face was bloody and beads of blood appeared.

Li Zixiu was stunned: "What's wrong with you?"

"Don't mention it!" Mr. Wang had a look of helplessness on his face. He told what happened and said, "I was hurt because of you, brother!"

Li Zixiu laughed loudly and gestured towards Mr. Wang: "Brother's righteousness, I will remember it!"

He ordered someone to get the silver note to Mr. Wang, poured a cup of tea for Mr. Wang himself, and said with a smile: "As agreed, no matter how much money the Song family has to pay, I will pay for it. I will give you another ten thousand." Two silver coins is considered as tea fee for brother."

Mr. Wang laughed and talked about Song Jiyun: "After all, this is a woman's family. Her hair is long and her knowledge is short. She is satisfied with a mere eighty thousand taels of silver."

He also advised Li Zixiu: "Just think of it as having fun with eighty thousand taels of silver."

Li Zixiu went to Suzhou Mansion every year to eat, drink and gamble for more than this amount of money, but he was not heartbroken.

"I'll invite you to Suzhou to listen to Pingtan another day!" Li Zixiu warmly invited Mr. Wang, "If you want to say there is no better place in the world, it has to be Suzhou and Hangzhou."

"Easy to say! Easy to say!" Mr. Wang nodded repeatedly.

The general manager of Li's Kiln Factory ran in sweating profusely: "My boss, it's not good! Someone from Prince Huai's Mansion said that our family will no longer send daily porcelain to their house. They are planning to send daily porcelain to them from the Song family. The kiln factory bought it!"

"What?!" Li Zixiu was so shocked that he almost dropped the teacup in his hand, "What did you say?"

he asked in disbelief.

The chief steward repeated the words and said: "I have inquired clearly. It is said that Zheng Quan from the Song Kiln Factory brought a set of alum-red snow-scene six-square plates and bowls and sent them to the boss of Prince Huai's Palace through the chief steward of Prince Huai's Palace. In the hands of the concubine. The old concubine liked it very much when she saw it. She immediately met Zheng Quan and ordered a tea set from Zheng Quan, saying that it was to be given to Concubine Wan Gui in the palace.

"Then the palace informed us that we no longer need to send porcelain to Prince Huai's palace in the future. Instead, the Song family will provide porcelain."