Chapter 79： finally come

"Master Quiller, the big lake in front should be Lake Weiss?" A slightly naive young man in the team shouted excitedly.

The old shipbuilder Benjamin couldn't help laughing, this young apprentice named Vito is really energetic, after walking for a day, other people in the team looked tired, only he was still working happily. Looking around at the scenery on the road.

Queller, who was riding on a horse, responded with a smile: "That's right, have you never seen such a big lake? Have you seen the island on the lake? That is the destination of our trip."

Huxin Town, is this the place where the lord that Master Quiller mentioned lived? Benjamin's heart became a little excited.

Benjamin, who is nearly forty years old, is an experienced shipbuilder. He has built ships in various shipyards for half his life. He is well-known in the shipbuilding industry in the Jiaowan area. How to improve current ships.

Just three years ago, he wanted to try the kind of boat that does not rely on oars but only relies on wind power. The big environment didn't come in handy, so it didn't become popular. The galleys I built for decades were a bit boring, and Benjamin wanted to try something new.

But with the financial resources of a craftsman, he couldn't afford to build a big ship, so he approached the owner of the shipyard to discuss this matter. After all, Benjamin is the old foreman in the factory. The boss said that I value your opinion very much, and I will reply you after I do some research, and then there will be no more.

Benjamin resigned angrily and jumped to work in several other shipyards in succession, but each boss was reluctant to invest a large sum of money to test a type of ship that no one in Jiaowan might buy.

During this period, he met a 16-year-old boy named Vito. His ideal was to "see the other side of the sea", so he went to the shipyard to learn shipbuilding technology, dreaming of building a ship that can go deep into the ocean. . It is impossible for a ship to have this ability, it is impossible to rely on manpower to row, only to 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 a wall for a while, their minds gradually faded, and then they met Quiller Foster who recruited shipwrights all over the world.

Benjamin went to inquire about it with the idea of ​​trying his luck. Quiller happened to be at the recruitment site that day. When he saw an experienced old shipwright, he personally received Benjamin. During the conversation, he described to him the Seeing those two models in the car made Benjamin's heart jump, as if he had started the second spring of his life.

Benjamin resigned from his current job without hesitation, signed up at Quiller, and brought his little apprentice along with him. The little guy originally wanted to visit other places, but after knowing that he was going to the Northwest Bay, there would be 10,000 of them. willing.

Now, they finally reached their destination.

When they came to the entrance of the town, there was already a group of people waiting for them. When they were still far away from Huxin Town, 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, Quiller."

"Long time no see, Paul."

The hands of the two were tightly held together.

Quiller turned around and raised his hand back and said, "The shipwright you want has been brought to you. This time, it's 30 people, but it's just the first batch. I'll send it to you in the future, as well as other fields you want. talent."

Paul patted Quiller on the shoulder hard: "Thank you, my hair is going to be gray."

Then he greeted everyone behind Quiller very enthusiastically: "Welcome everyone, I hope you have a happy life in my territory."

He also saw other familiar figures, and greeted, "Everyone from the Lichman Adventure Group, how are you?"

Everyone behind Quiller also paid tribute to him.

Paul ordered people to properly accommodate the people brought by Queller, and Queller and the actual person in charge of the caravan, Director Christopher, were invited to the Lord's Mansion to have dinner together. Searle and other high-level officials from the Government Affairs Council accompanied him.

Queller and Christopher were astonished that the utensils used for the dinner were all porcelain, and they were patterned porcelain.

Director Christopher, in particular, picked up a porcelain bowl and looked at it carefully under the light of the candle, while involuntarily uttering various exclamation words.

Just tap the porcelain bowl with a knife and fork, and you can hear a crisp and pleasant sound, which is really a magical and beautiful creation.

After dinner began, Quiller conveyed to Paul his father, the Marquess Foster, of his intention to cooperate, and his family wanted to obtain the exclusive right to distribute porcelain and paper in the South.

"No problem!" Paul agreed without hesitation, and then added: "But there must be a time limit. After the time limit expires, the contract can only be renewed if both parties are satisfied."

He is currently weak in the north, let alone in the south, which is thousands of miles away. If he wants to move in the south, he must rely on the big tree of the Foster family, but he cannot rely on it for a lifetime.

Supervisor Christopher said with a smile: "Of course, of course, we do it all over there. Please rest assured, Lord Graeman, you will definitely not suffer from doing business with the Chamber of Commerce of the Foster Family."

He made up his mind to get the agency right no matter what. When he left this time, he took a batch of porcelain and a batch of paper and returned to the south At this time, the real practical porcelain has begun to be measured. Production, after acquiring Bairding and greatly increasing its strength, Huxin Town expanded the scale of its porcelain kiln.

At this time, the number of workers inside has reached more than 50, and it can produce 3,000 pieces of ordinary daily-use porcelain per month. Of course, because most of the workers are novices and their proficiency is not good, the quality of the fired porcelain is uneven.

Now there are two types of businesses in the porcelain kiln in Huxin Town: one is firing ordinary porcelain that is shaped by the kiln itself. Taking some daily-use porcelain as an example, a tray is priced at 2 silver coins, and dishes are 1 silver coin; the other is firing Porcelain made to order by customers is priced according to the difficulty of production, and the high price can even reach dozens of silver coins per piece.

It's exciting to think about turning a pile of kaolin into a huge 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 bought them. It was mainly aimed at nobles and wealthy merchants.

Because of the two military victories, Paul began to "inflate" a little, and he was no longer afraid of the big tree attracting the wind. He instructed General Manager Ford, who was in charge of commerce, to loosen trade restrictions and gradually expand Arda's trade area to the east and south.

Porcelain and paper are in high demand. At this time, Huxin Town is no longer as peaceful as it used to be, and there are some "busy" scenes at the beginning. Foreign businessmen often come here and leave with a lot of paper and porcelain.

Paul is considering whether to tear down the pontoon bridge and ask an architect to design a real stone bridge. Now this loose pontoon bridge really affects the traffic and the image of the town too much.

Or move some people to the south bank of Lake Weiss, build new settlements, and expand Lake Town into a real city.

I believe that day should not be far away.