Enter the Room

After breakfast, Qian insisted on returning to the city first, and Song Jiyun and Yuan Yunzhong saw her off.

Qian got on the mule cart and said to Yuan Yunzhong: "After finishing the things here, you and Yun Duo can go back to the city. The kiln is too simple and dusty. It's okay to come and have a look, but it won't work if you stay here for a long time." suitable."

He also said: "When you come back, I will ask Manager Wu to buy a cook who can cook Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine."

Even with the three fresh ingredients, Yuan Yunzhong still found it spicy.

Song Jiyun was already numb.

In just one meal, her mother not only planned to send Yuan Yunzhong to study in the Song clan, but also planned to raise two horses, a carriage, and two embroiderers for Yuan Yunzhong.

Buying a cook who can cook Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine can no longer surprise her.

She helped Qian set up the car curtain and said, "Be careful on the road. We will go back in the afternoon."

As she spoke, she winked at the driver.

The driver raised his whip and immediately left the kiln.

Song Jiyun took a long breath and turned around to see Yuan Yunzhong looking thoughtfully at her mother's carriage as it drove away.

She felt a thump in her heart and said hurriedly: "Mr. Yuan, there's still something going on in the kiln factory, so I won't accompany you. If you need anything, just tell the Sixth Son."

Yuan Yunzhong withdrew his gaze from afar, nodded, and said, "Okay! Just ask someone to tell me when you leave."

Song Jiyun watched Yuan Yunzhong leave with a smile that even she didn't know existed at the corner of her mouth.

Zheng Quan and Luo Zixing came over in a hurry.

"Miss!" Zheng Quan said in a deep voice, "A group of masters whose contracts have recently expired have proposed to leave the kiln."

Song Jiyun looked solemn and said, "Let's talk in the private room."

The two of them nodded together and went to sit down in the private room next to the hall.

Song Jiyun said: "How many people want to leave the kiln? Who are they?"

Luo Zixing looked solemn and said: "There are about thirty people, all of whom are masters in the daily porcelain workshop, or apprentices who have just graduated from the apprenticeship. There are people in various processes. Fortunately for the apprentices, I have asked their masters to ask The situation has changed. Those masters took their apprentices with them, and I'm afraid they won't be able to keep them."

Zheng Quan added next to him: "Master Xiang said that it is very likely that someone saw the unrest in our Songjia Kiln Factory during this period and came to poach us."

Song Jiuyun felt the same way.

She pondered: "How are the skills of the people who left?"

Luo Zixing said: "Except for the two talented apprentices who have just graduated, the others can also make daily porcelain."

"Can we keep those two talented people?" Song Jiyun asked.

Luo Zixing smiled bitterly and said, "These two are the ones causing the most trouble."

Song Jiuyun's eyes suddenly became cold and he said: "The melons that are forced are not sweet. Since they are leaving, they must follow the rules of the kiln. Those who have learned the craftsmanship at the Songjia Kiln Factory will keep the money for learning the craftsmanship; those who have not learned the craftsmanship will be kept. For those who are interested in arts, we will deduct three months’ wages and let them leave their jobs.”

No matter who is behind them, pay her a large sum of money first.

She also happened to see what the financial resources of the people behind the scenes were like?

Song Jiyun also told Luo Zixing: "You don't have to embarrass them. The great things in the world must be separated if they are united for a long time, and they must be united if they are divided for a long time, let alone us ordinary people who have to support our families. Others are unhappy with what we do here, and they have not violated the terms of the contract. As agreed, why don't we let others go?

"Others should abide by the rules, so we should also abide by the rules."

Luo Zixing couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said, "I wonder what will happen to them!"

Song Jiuyun waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "Planting sycamore trees will attract phoenixes. Let's work together to make the kiln factory better than before. There will be skilled masters to do the work without us poaching."

She discussed with Luo Zixing for a long time how to rearrange the kiln workers after this group of people left.

Xiang Yang strode in, his face as earthy as he said: "Miss, it's not good, Eunuch Wan is here!"

In the entire Jingdezhen, and even in Liang County, there is only one person who can be called father-in-law.

That is Wan Xiaoquan, the pottery supervisor of the Royal Kiln Factory.

"Why is he here?" Song Jiyun frowned, stood up abruptly, and said, "Who else is following him?"

She originally wanted to visit Eunuch Wan after the kiln factory settled down.

Xiang Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "He also brought two young eunuchs and seven or eight government officials."

It's a normal scene when going out.

Song Jiyun asked Luo Zixing to tell other workshops, while she and Xiang Yang went to greet Wan Gonggong.

"What else do you know?" she asked Xiang Yang, "Do you have any experience or lessons to teach me?"

Xiang Yang sweated more intensively.

He said: "I have been working in the Songjia kiln factory for almost twenty years, and this is the second time I have met Eunuch Wan. The last time was when our kiln fired white porcelain for sacrifice, and he came to visit the workshop of white porcelain in person. . But I heard Wang Dahai say that Eunuch Wan likes to be arty and his claws are very deep. As long as the kilns he targets are covered with blood and meat, it is very difficult to deal with. "

Song Jiyun nodded and saw a small sedan with green curtains parked at the gate. Two handsome boys stood on both sides, and seven or eight tall government officials surrounded the sedan.

"Eunuch Wan!" She stepped forward, bowed respectfully through the curtain of the sedan chair, and said, "I didn't know you would come here. I'm sorry to hear you come from afar, but I hope you'll be considerate!"

The sedan curtain fell quietly, and there was no sound inside the sedan.

Is this to give her power?

Song Jiuyun had no choice but to wait, pondering in his mind the various intentions of Wan Gonggong, but his posture was upright, his expression was calm, generous and dignified.

About a quarter of an hour later, a cold snort came from the sedan, and a feminine voice said: "Get up the sedan!"

Several bearers hurriedly lifted the sedan and wandered into the kiln.

Song Jiyun was leading the way.

The group arrived at the hall.

The sedan stopped, one of the boys lifted the curtain, and a man in his thirties bowed his head and walked out. Wearing a bamboo-green Hangzhou silk straight skirt, a white jade and red gold hairpin inlaid with cloud patterns, and hanging around his waist are golden seven things, a small seal, a jade pendant and other items.

He raised his head and glanced at the plaque with "Song Family" written in front of the hall, and walked in first.

Only then did Song Jiuyun realize that the father-in-law had a long face, sparse eyebrows, a bulbous nose, and a pair of bright eyes, looking very shrewd.

She invited Eunuch Wan to sit down in the middle hall, and when the maids served tea, she blessed Eunuch Wan again and said: "My father's taboo is 'you', and his taboo is 'good'. I am the eldest in the family, and I am Song Dynasty." The eldest daughter of the second wife is also the owner of the Song Kiln Factory. I wonder if Eunuch Wan is here in person. What is the important matter? Is there anything we can do for you? "

Wan Gonggong picked up the tea cup and blew the floating tea leaves. Then he glanced at Song Jiyun and said, "The hostess?"