Chapter 80 is finally here
“Master Queller, the big lake in front should be Lake Weiss?”
A slightly childish young man in the team shouted excitedly.
Old shipwright Benjamin couldn’t help laughing. This young apprentice named Vito was really energetic. After a day of walking, everyone else in the team looked tired. Only He was still looking around with interest at the scenery on the road.
Quiller, who was riding a horse, responded with a smile: "Yes, you have never seen such a big lake, have you? Did you see the island on the lake? That is the destination of our trip."< br>
Lake Town, is this the place where the lord that Master Queller mentioned lives? Benjamin felt a little excited.
Benjamin, who is nearly forty years old, is an experienced shipbuilder. He has been building ships in major shipyards for half his life. He is well-known in the shipbuilding industry in the Kok Bay area, but he is not a stickler for rules. People always like to think about how to improve the current ships.
Just three years ago, he wanted to try a boat that did not rely on oars, but only relied on wind power. This was not the first thing he proposed. Many people in history have built such boats. But because the environment of Jiaowan was not put to much use, it did not become popular. He was a little tired of the galleys he had built for decades, and Benjamin wanted to try something new.
But he could not afford to build a big ship with the financial resources of a craftsman, so he went to the shipyard owner to discuss the matter. After all, Benjamin is an old foreman in the factory. The boss said that I attach great importance to your opinion and will reply to you after I study it. Then there will be no more.
Benjieming resigned in anger and went to work in several other shipyards. However, every boss was reluctant to invest a large amount of money to test a type of ship that no one might buy in Jiaowan.
During this period, he met a 16-year-old boy named Vito. His ideal was to "go to the other side of the sea and see it." So he went to the shipyard to learn shipbuilding technology and dreamed of building a ship that could go deep into the ocean. . For a ship to have this ability, it is impossible to rely on human power and can only rely on wind power. Benjamin felt that the little guy's ideal coincided with his own goal, so he accepted him as his apprentice.
After the master and apprentice continued to hit the wall for a while, their thoughts gradually calmed down, and then they met Queller Foster who was recruiting shipwrights all over the world.
Benjamin went over to inquire with the idea of trying his luck. Queller happened to be at the recruitment site that day and met an experienced old shipwright. He received Benjamin personally and described it to him during the conversation. When he saw the two model ships in the Fulan Port Shipyard, Benjamin's heart was beating fast, as if he had begun the second spring of his life.
Benjamin resigned from his current job without hesitation, signed up with Queller, and brought his little apprentice with him. The little guy originally wanted to visit other places and knew he was going to the northwest. There are also ten thousand wishes behind the bay.
Now, they finally reached their destination.
When they arrived at the entrance of the town, there was already a group of people waiting for them. When they were still far away from the town in the middle of the lake, Queller sent a fast horse to notify Paul.
Quiller jumped off the horse and walked towards the familiar figure, who had already extended his right hand.
"Long time no see, Queller."
"Long time no see, Paul."
The two held hands tightly.
Queller turned around and raised his hand back and said: "The shipwrights you asked for have been brought to you. This time there are 30 people, but they are just the first batch. They will be sent to you in the future, as well as those from other fields you want." Talent."
Paul patted Queller hard on the shoulder: "Thank you, my hair is turning gray."
Then he greeted everyone behind Queller very warmly: "Welcome everyone, I hope you have a happy life in my territory."
He also saw other familiar figures and greeted: "Everyone from the Leachman Adventure Group, hello."< br>
Everyone behind Queller also paid tribute to him. Paul ordered people to properly settle the people Queller brought, and Queller and the actual head of the caravan, Director Christopher, were invited to have dinner at the Lord's Mansion. They also found Myron Gardner, Earl of Bailding, as well as Director Ford and Han. Searle and other senior officials from the Government Affairs Council accompanied him.
The utensils used at the dinner were all porcelain, and they were patterned porcelain, which really shocked Queller and Christopher.
Especially Director Christopher, who picked up a porcelain bowl and looked at it carefully under the candlelight, couldn't help but utter various words of exclamation.
When you tap the porcelain bowl with a knife and fork, you can hear a crisp and sweet sound. It is really a magical and beautiful creation.
After dinner began, Queller conveyed to Paul his father, Marquis Foster's intention to cooperate. His family wanted to obtain the exclusive agency rights for porcelain and paper in the south.
"No problem!"
Paul agreed immediately, and then added: "But a time limit must be added. After the time limit is up, the contract can be renewed only if both parties are satisfied."
He is now in the north. They are all weak, let alone the south, which is thousands of miles away. If you want to move in the south, you must rely on the big tree of the Foster family, but you cannot rely on it for a lifetime.
Director Christopher said with a smile: "Of course, of course, that's what we do there. Don't worry, Lord Graiman, you will never suffer a loss when doing business with the Foster Family Chamber of Commerce."< br>
He made up his mind to get the agency right no matter what, and when he left this time, he took a batch of porcelain and a batch of paper back to the south.
At this time, the mass production of truly practical porcelain had begun. After acquiring Bairding and greatly increasing its strength, Huxin Town expanded the scale of the porcelain kiln.
At this time, the number of workers inside has reached more than 50, and they can produce 3,000 pieces of ordinary daily-use porcelain per month. Of course, because most of the workers are novices and have poor proficiency, the quality of the porcelain produced varies. together.
Currently, there are two businesses of the porcelain kiln in Huxin Town:
The first is to bake ordinary porcelain that the porcelain kiln has shaped itself. Taking some daily porcelain as an example, a tray is priced at 2 silver coins. The price of dishes is 1 silver coin;
The second is to bake porcelain customized by customers on demand. This price depends on the difficulty of production, and can even reach dozens of silver coins per piece.
It’s exciting to think about turning a pile of kaolin into a pile of shiny silver coins.
However, the consumer group of porcelain is not ordinary civilians. After all, many ordinary people have never even touched silver coins, let alone purchased them. The main target is nobles and wealthy businessmen.
Because of the two military victories, Paul began to feel a little "expanded" and was no longer afraid of big trees attracting wind. He instructed Superintendent Ford, who was in charge of commerce, to relax trade restrictions and gradually expand Alda's trade scope eastward and southward.
Porcelain and paper are hot commodities. At this time, the town in the center of the lake is no longer as peaceful as before. It has begun to become a bit "busy". Businessmen from other places often come here and leave with large amounts of paper and porcelain.
Paul is considering whether to demolish the pontoon bridge and ask an architect to design a real stone bridge. The current loose pontoon bridge is really affecting the traffic and the image of the town too much.
Or move some people to the south shore of Lake Weiss, build new settlements, and expand the town in the middle of the lake into a real city.
I believe that day is not far away.
(End of this chapter)