Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

This sturdy man, dressed in coarse cloth and short brown, is called Zhou He, because he is the third child in the family, and the kiln workers call him Zhou Laosan.

Now Tao Ranju's kiln factory is managed by Zhou Laosan.

Because of the particularity of the porcelain industry in Tianqi, the workers in the porcelain kilns do not receive fixed wages.

In normal times, these workers get less wages, although not very little, but it is only enough for the family's living needs.

But when the porcelain shops enter the peak season at the beginning and end of this year, it will be completely different.

At this time of year, the workers on the kiln have a heavier workload than usual, and sometimes they even need to work overtime and overnight shifts, and the wages will be two or three times higher than usual.

Take the Taoran kiln factory in Taoranju as an example.

Tao Ranju's business was good last year, and the final harvest was also good, with a full [-]% more profit than previous years.

So Gu Yanli made the decision, and raised the wages of the workers in the kiln.

Therefore, the workers who worked in Taoran kiln factory last year earned what they usually earn in a year during the busiest three months at the beginning of the year and the end of the year.

Gu Yanli's actions last year also directly made the workers of Taoran Kiln understand a truth:

The more porcelain they make, the better the porcelain sold in the store, and the more wages they will earn.

You must know that the workers working in this kiln factory are the pillars of every household. Everyone in this family is waiting with open mouths for the men on the kiln to earn money to go back and buy rice for the pot.

It's Chinese New Year, and every family wants to add one or two meat dishes to the dinner table, and one or two new clothes for their daughter-in-law and children.The workers on the kiln are no exception.

A few days ago, these people were still saying that they would have to take a few more shifts this year, and earn a little more money to take home for the New Year.

Who knew it took only a few days?Shopkeeper Tang actually asked them to stop working, and the planned new clothes for meat and vegetables seemed to disappear in an instant.

How could Laosan Zhou not be in a hurry?

"Hey, princess, this is Zhou Laosan, and he is in charge of this kiln now."

Shopkeeper Zhou coughed, and did not answer Zhou Laosan's question, but looked at Gu Yanshu first, and after introducing Zhou Laosan to him, he turned to look at Zhou Laosan:

"

Zhou Laosan, this is Her Royal Highness Princess Li, I came today to bring His Royal Highness to the kiln factory to have a look. "

"Princess Li? Young master?"

Zhou Laosan was stunned for a moment before realizing that this Princess Li is the young master of the previous master's family, isn't she?

Zhou Laosan usually does not burn porcelain in the cave all day, or discusses the firing of the porcelain with the workers, and has never cared much about the outside world.

Zhou Laosan only vaguely heard about the fact that Tao Ranju and Tao Ran Kiln Factory were given to the young master as a dowry by the original owner, that is, Mr. Gu.

Seeing Shopkeeper Tang's attitude now, Zhou Laosan knew that this matter might be true.

But for the current Zhou Laosan, it doesn't matter who owns Tao Ranju and Tao Ran Kiln, he only cares about when the kiln can fire.

Concerned in his heart, Zhou Laosan also asked without hesitation:

"I have seen Her Royal Highness, I wonder if His Royal Highness can tell the younger ones, when will we resume work?"

Perhaps because of the anxiety in his heart, although Zhou Laosan said hello to Gu Yanshu, his tone was not so nice.

Shopkeeper Tang was shocked to see that Zhou Laosan was so ignorant of the rules.

You must know that Gu Yanshu was not a good friend when he was in Cheng Enhou's mansion.

Now that Zhou Laosan is so rude, wouldn't he be angry?

So he hurried ahead of Gu Yanshu and scolded:

"Zhou Laosan! This is Her Royal Highness Princess Li, what are you talking about..."

However, before Shopkeeper Tang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gu Yanshu:

"I'll talk about the resumption of work after I go to the cave and have a look."

From Gu Yanshu's tone at this time, it could be heard that he did not intend to pursue Zhou Laosan's rudeness just now.

Realizing this, Shopkeeper Tang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

On the other hand, Zhou Laosan was not very satisfied when he heard Gu Yanshu's answer.

What does it mean to go to the cave and see it first?

What if Princess Li said directly that she would not resume work this year after reading it?

What will the workers on the kiln do then?

Gu Yanshu could see the worries in Zhou Laosan's heart almost at a glance, and Dang even smiled lightly:

"Zhou Laosan, right? Don't worry, after I went into the cave to have a look, I will definitely let you resume work a year ago. Even if you don't resume work, all the workers in this kiln factory will still be paid this year's Chinese New Year wages!"

"Really?" Zhou Laosan heard this,

The expression on his face suddenly improved a lot, but he still couldn't believe it.

"Really, if you don't believe me, you must believe in Prince Li's Mansion, right?" Gu Yanshu raised his chin.

When Lao San heard the name of Prince Li's Mansion that week, the hesitation on his face was immediately swept away, and he nodded directly:

"Okay! Then my third son Zhou will take you to the cave!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards the cave behind him, not forgetting to signal Gu Yanshu to follow.

"princess……"

After Zhou Laosan took a few steps forward, Shopkeeper Tang called Gu Yanshu.

After meeting Gu Yanshu's questioning gaze, he hesitated for a moment, and then shopkeeper Tang seemed to have made up his mind, and asked what was in his heart:

"The princess said just now that even if the work does not resume this year, the wages of the workers in the kiln will be paid as usual?"

"Naturally." Gu Yanshu nodded without thinking.

"But……"

Hearing the affirmative answer, shopkeeper Tang immediately didn't know what to say.

The workers in this Taoran kiln are almost all old craftsmen who have worked in the kiln for several years or even ten years.

Although Shopkeeper Tang has no contact with them on weekdays, he still has a few minutes of affection. Naturally, he doesn't want to see them have nothing to cook during the Chinese New Year.

But if the kiln does not resume work this year, it means that there is no way to solve Tao Ranju's predicament.

At that time, Tao Ranju and Gu Yanshu's loss will not be as simple as the 3 taels of goods that are currently backlogged in the warehouse. If the workers are paid in this case...

"I just took a look. The workers in this factory must have been working here for a long time, right?"

Gu Yanshu could see what shopkeeper Tang was thinking at a glance, and smiled slightly:

"They are all old people in the kiln. They have worked hard for Tao Ranju even if they have no credit. If they really can't resume work, this money should be regarded as compensation for them."

Don't say anything else, just say before the end of the world.

Even if the company goes bankrupt, it will pay the last salary and severance pay to the employees of the company, not to mention the Chinese New Year is coming soon.

After Gu Yanshu finished speaking, he saw that shopkeeper Tang's expression was still a little strange, so after a short pause, he added another sentence:

"Don't worry, shopkeeper Tang, I'm short of everything now, except money!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored shopkeeper Zhou, took two quick steps, and followed Zhou Laosan.

Shopkeeper Tang at this time

It suddenly occurred to her that yes, Princess Li won 1201 million taels from Changle Gambling just a few days ago.

Even if Tao Ranju directly announces its closure right now, Princess Li can afford it!

Thinking of this, the expression on Shopkeeper Tang's face immediately eased, and he quickened his pace, following behind Gu Yanshu.

What Gu Yanshu and shopkeeper Tang said just now did not deliberately lower the volume, so the few workers in the kiln factory also heard clearly.

The workers who were still suspicious of Gu Yanshu's words were finally relieved at this time.

There were even a few people who exchanged a few words in a low voice, then turned around and left the kiln quickly. It was clear at a glance that they were delivering the good news to those workers who were not in the kiln today.

At this time, Gu Yanshu had already followed Zhou Laosan into the cave.

Although it's late autumn now, it's almost the beginning of winter, and the fire in this cave dwelling has stopped for two or three days.

But when he walked to the entrance of the cave, Gu Yanshu could still feel a distinct heat coming from the surface.

When you lower your head, you can see a lot of semi-finished porcelain around the cave.

There are mud embryos that have just been dried, some have been painted, and some have even been glazed, and only the semi-finished products that are fired in the kiln are left...

It can be seen that shopkeeper Tang's order to shut down the kiln was a little hasty, and the workers in the kiln were also a little hasty in executing the order.

But it was because of such haste that Gu Yanshu found out.

Whether it is Zhou Laosan or other workers in the kiln factory, they unconditionally obey the orders of their superiors.

For this, Gu Yanshu was very satisfied.

"Usually the workers knead the mud and dry the embryos outside the cave. If the princess wants to, I can take you to see it later..."

Perhaps it was because of Gu Yanshu's promise to send it on time, Zhou Laosan's attitude improved a lot, fearing that Gu Yanshu would not understand it when he entered the cave, he explained to Gu Yanshu the uses of the cave from time to time.

At the end, Zhou Laosan couldn't help adding a few words:

"Before the porcelain is fired, the embryos are dried. The clay embryos that are dried out are always better than the clay embryos that are dried in the shade. These days, God has favored the face, and the sun is just right. It is used to dry the embryos. The best..."

Speaking of the latter, Zhou Laosan seemed to have thought of the current shutdown of the kiln and closed his mouth again.

As for Gu Yanshu?

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As if he didn't hear Zhou Laosan's implying remarks, he just strolled around inside and outside the cave.

Then he turned around and looked through the pile of porcelain that failed to fire, and then squatted down and scratched a few pieces of porcelain that were accidentally broken during the firing process, not knowing what he was looking for.

Just when Zhou Laosan and shopkeeper Tang were confused by Gu Yanshu's actions, they saw Gu Yanshu standing up and throwing out the pieces of broken porcelain that had just been pulled out from his hands.

After casually taking the handkerchief that Bai Shu handed over, and wiping the dust off his hand, Gu Yanshu turned to look at Zhou Laosan who was standing aside:

"I won't go to the place where the mud is kneaded, where is the longest-serving and best-skilled master in the factory now?"

"If you talk about the one with the longest working experience, I really don't know about the younger one. I just want to ask the one with the best skills, and that is the third child this week."

This time, it was Tang Laosan who replied to Gu Yanshu.

At the beginning, shopkeeper Tang chose to hand over the kiln to Zhou Laosan to take care of it, because he liked his skill in firing porcelain.

Don't look at Zhou Laosan's appearance this week, but all the people in this factory add together, and the porcelain fired is not as beautiful as Zhou Laosan.

After all, if you really want to talk about it, this week's third son has a family tradition in his ability to burn porcelain.

This old Zhou's family has worked in the kiln for two generations, so they are old craftsmen in the kiln.

"Is it?"

Gu Yanshu frowned slightly when he heard shopkeeper Tang say that Zhou's third family and the previous two generations were all porcelain-making craftsmen.

After turning his head to look up and down Zhou Laosan, he seemed to think of something again:

"Master Zhou seems to have great trust in Prince Li's Mansion?"

Gu Yanshu asked this, naturally because when he said just now that he would pay the workers' wages for the Chinese New Year, the third child still had a distrustful expression on his face for a second this week.

But after hearing the name of Prince Li's Mansion in the next second, this week's youngest not only believed it, but even had no doubts.

Such an obvious change in attitude, even a three-year-old child can tell the difference.

"Yes." When asked this question, Zhou Laosan was not shy, and readily nodded and admitted.

"Why?" Gu Yanshu smiled lightly, "The reputation of Prince Li's Mansion and His Royal Highness are not good."

"The little one doesn't know who is famous or not."

Zhou Laosan waved his hand very directly:

"The little ones only know that at the beginning it was because

Going to the border for His Royal Highness, we Tianqi can win the battle, and our people in Tianqi can live in peace of mind! "

Zhou Lao's three voices were like Hong Zhong, and there was no trace of hesitation when he said this.

Gu Yanshu stared at Zhou Laosan for a while, thought for a while, and finally nodded:

"Okay, it's just you!"

"What..." Although Zhou Laosan didn't know what Gu Yanshu's actions were for, his intuition told him that what happened next was very important.

And the next moment, Gu Yanshu's performance also confirmed what Zhou Laosan thought in his heart.

I saw Gu Yanshu, who was either expressionless from the beginning, or had a slight smile on his face, suddenly became serious:

"Now I need you to help me make something. Whether it is finished or not, the method of making this thing must be kept secret from the outside world. Even your family, wife and children cannot disclose half of it to them. Can you do it? ?”