Chapter 343

The east courtyard of Liulichang's side courtyard is brightly lit, with whispers and laughter, lively and yet warm.

Yuan Yunzhong not only booked a banquet for Song Jiyun, but also for Zheng Quan and others.

"These fried croquettes are well done." Zheng Quan and others were eating in the east wing, talking in a low voice, "Crispy but not woody. What's that on the bottom? It tastes like shredded radish. It's so finely chopped. . But paired with these dry croquettes, it’s refreshing and soothing. Delicious!”

Xiang Hairpin and Wang Hua served Song Jiyun and Yuan Yunzhong in the main room.

However, the simple four dishes and one soup include spicy dishes such as roasted pork with dried winter bamboo shoots and sausage and stone chicken, as well as light dishes such as steamed lion head and boiled cabbage. It caters to the tastes of two people and is very homely.

Yuan Yunzhong also pointed to the food box he mentioned before: "Here is red dates, lotus seeds and bird's nest soup. You can serve it out and let your eldest lady drink a bowl."

Xiang Hairao responded with a smile, and went to open the food box with Wang Hua.

Song Jiyun poured a cup of tea for Yuan Yunzhong and said: "I was a little busy in the afternoon and couldn't take care of you for a moment. When I looked up, I saw that you were gone. I was still worried about where you were. Who knows where you are? Restaurant.”

Yuan Yunzhong said: "I didn't expect you would make it so late."

Having said this, he frowned and said, "I don't know who came up with the idea to glaze three hundred porcelain embryos in one go? If it can't be finished today, why not wait until tomorrow?"

It's indeed a bit much.

But the matter has come to this, and it is useless to say more.

Song Jiuyun smiled and said: "It is not easy to open a kiln. We have to bake at least a thousand pieces at a time. If there are too few things, the master who sets the piles will not know how to control the heat."

Yuan Yunzhong still thinks this idea is frustrating enough.

Xiangzhan brought red dates, lotus seeds and bird's nest soup.

Yuan Yunzhong urged her: "Moisten your lungs. You have to stay by the kiln these days, you are very angry."

Song Jiyun smiled and thanked him.

Yuan Yunzhong asked what happened just now: "But what unpleasant words did Song Tao say? I think Zheng Quan doesn't look good."

Normally, he always sticks to the principle of "eating without saying anything while sleeping", but when he met Song Jiyun, he seemed to have endless things to talk about. Not to mention eating together, he just took a nap on the Arhat couch in her study that day. He had to say a few words to her before he felt at ease.

Fortunately, Song Jiyun didn't seem to be so demanding. When he talked to her, she would talk with him.

"She just couldn't bear it, so she just barked a few words." Song Jiyun selectively relayed a few words of Song Tao's words, winked at him and said, "She must be envious of me for having a good husband, who speaks sourly."

Yuan Yunzhong said "Oh" calmly, picked up the chopsticks and said: "Eat, eat."

The ears are bright red.

Song Jiyun pursed his lips and smiled.

*

After dinner, they took a walk to the entrance of the kiln.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment were heavily guarded, and except for the master guard and his apprentice, no one else was allowed to approach.

Song Tao may have gone to eat, but there was only a stake master and his apprentice watching the fire at the entrance of her kiln. In addition to those watching the fire, Song Jiyun also had many people watching around the red line. Judging from the tone, they were all residents who lived nearby and came here to hang out after eating. Zhou Zhengzheng stood there talking hoarsely to those people.

From time to time bursts of laughter erupted from the crowd.

Yuan Yunzhong's eyes fell on the patrolling government officials, and he nodded slightly and said: "The people sent by the Criminal Department this time are quite organized. You can have a peaceful sleep at night."

He knew that Song Jiyun was worried about King Ning's conspiracy, so he specially asked He Dazhi and others to pretend to be Master Xiao Guo's apprentices and guard the entrance of the kiln in shifts.

"Tomorrow, people from Dali Temple should be on duty." He said, "I will greet them in advance."

Song Jiyun smiled and nodded.

Zhou Zheng saw them, pulled a boy to replace him, and trotted over.

"Uncle, my boss." He saluted Yuan Yunzhong and Song Jiyun.

During this time, people around her often saw Yuan Yunzhong, and Yuan Yunzhong's attitude toward her made them less afraid of Yuan Yunzhong, although they still respected him.

"I just went to Yinyu Hall to take a look." He said excitedly, "The team there has lined up from Xizhanlan to Chang'an Street. It is said that many people took pottery plaques to ask, and gathered three What's the surprise for ten? The waiter in the shop followed the instructions of you and Boss Hong and said that he could exchange a small tea cup for free. He also took out the tea cup and showed it to them. Everyone was shocked, and now they are all I asked people around me what kind of pottery plaques they got, and someone even offered a price of one penny per pottery plaque. Our Yin Yu Tang has made a name for itself in the capital."

It’s only been one day!

His voice was choked with excitement.

Although Song Jiyun had never done marketing in her previous life, she had seen countless marketing plans. You can apply a similar one just by thinking about it.

She said: "You should think about how to transport the tea cups that are used to exchange pottery plaques for free from Jingdezhen as soon as possible. Don't forget that someone has collected thirty pottery plaques, but you can't bring out so many tea cups. Come on, if you don’t keep your word, even if I have extraordinary abilities, it will be of no use.”

"No, no." Zhou Zheng looked around, and when he saw no one else, he whispered, "We followed your instructions and only distributed the last three patterns on the day the kiln opened. They have to collect thirty patterns. I have to come here every day, but there are only about a hundred of the two designs. We have more than two hundred identical tea cups in our warehouse."

Song Jiyun said "hmm" and warned: "The tea cups that have not been replaced would rather be smashed than sold again. What I want is this unique one, and don't think it is a random ordinary style."

Zhou Zheng was still a little distressed.

That's thin, sweet white porcelain engraved with lotus patterns!

You can get two or three taels of silver each by selling them individually.

He hesitated: "Can't we just sell it in Nanjing?"

"Then you might as well put up more pottery plaques." Song Jiyun objected, saying, "There's no need to worry about this trivial matter. A few more people will benefit from it, and a few more people will help us spread the word."

Zhou Zheng laughed sarcastically and ran to follow Song Jiyun's instructions to rearrange the distribution of pottery plaques.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yuan Yunzhong also said goodbye: "I'll come back tomorrow. Don't look for me in the crowd. Just go about your business with peace of mind."

Song Jiyun could only send him to the gate of Liulichang: "I don't have anything to do tomorrow. I just watch the fire and wait for the kiln to open. But you, if you have nothing to do, don't wait in the crowd. The Third Division has arranged a rest here for us. If you have nothing to do, go and have a rest. The sun has been pretty hot these days."

Yuan Yunzhong should be "good".

Saying goodbye, the two of them stood in front of the Liulichang gate and talked in a viscous manner for almost half an hour before they separated.

*

The next day passed without incident.

It’s just that there are a lot of people coming to receive pottery cards.

Zhou Zheng had no choice but to temporarily hire a few people to help deal the cards.

Some people even came to pick up several of them.

Zhou Zheng was worried about how to stop a family member from coming to pick it up several times.

Song Jiyun smiled and said: "Let them take it. I just want people to join in the fun at Yin Yu Tang, as long as there are many people."

Zhou Zheng ignored it and handed out pottery cards happily.

The third day passed uneventfully, and Song Tao didn't even show up.

Song Jiuyun sat with her elbows on the pony next to the steamed bun kiln. She didn't quite believe that Prince Ning and Song Tao would give in so easily. She wondered if there was something she hadn't considered that would allow them to take advantage of the situation.