Ming Zuo

Chapter 519 Bathroom
"How to make porcelain, everyone is a teacher. We are better at how to make new porcelain. Only when we work together can these new products be made and thrive in the world."

Zuo Menggeng arrived in Zichuan.

Knowing that the progress of the bathroom products was not very satisfactory, he dropped the matter of Qingzhou Mansion and rushed over here.

Along with him, there is also the fully equipped First Division.

Now that Jinan has been captured by the Dongjiang rebels, and it is time to recover, the First Division will of course continue to move forward.

In addition, there is also Zuo Menggeng's scheming.

He received a report from Xu Yingyuan, mentioning that the family in Zichuan seemed to have two hearts, and they were more resistant and alienated from the new government.

Based on the principle of persuasion, Zuo Menggeng personally proposed that the army come.

Look, I brought so many people to convince you, should you believe me?

When welcoming Zuo Menggeng, seeing the boundless army passing by with his own eyes, many families really understood the truth.

Even Bi Ziyin sat in front of Zuo Menggeng naturally.

"The Commander-in-Chief, allow us to cooperate with all generations in Zichuan?

In the days before Zuo Menggeng's arrival, regarding the new type of porcelain, this place has entered the trial production stage.

After all, it is a new gadget, and no one understands it, so it needs to be mastered slowly.

Zuo Menggeng only knew that porcelain could do this, but he didn't know the specific process.

Xu Yingyuan, Wang Yan and the craftsmen of the mold factory borrowed Wang Mengzhen's workshop and porcelain craftsmen to make trials over and over again.

The previous process is no different from traditional porcelain production.

The soil needs to be mixed first, and various materials reach a certain ratio.

But from the second process, problems appeared.

In the production of traditional porcelain, the second process is kneading mud.

It is to knead the prepared soil continuously like kneading dough, mix the ingredients evenly, and burst the air bubbles.

But the bathroom is a big thing, so it needs a lot of pottery clay, which cannot be moved by human hands alone.

For this reason, the craftsmen made a large mixing pool, poured the soil into it, and then stirred with a shovel.

As a result, the soil produced in this way is very poor.

Not only that, but the burned things are so brittle that they almost break when touched.

After several times, a craftsman had a whim and changed the method.

After mixing the soil, instead of kneading the mud, add water to the soil and sieve it.Only the most delicate clay is used, which immediately improves the quality.

When Zuo Menggeng arrived, they had already started casting the mold.

In the past, porcelain production also used molds.But it can't be compared with the mold of bathroom products at all, and it can't be done with the local technology of Zichuan.

But at this stage, anyone with a discerning eye can see that these new types of porcelain are completely feasible.

At the same time, each family in Zichuan also understood.

With Zuo Menggeng's powerful army, I'm afraid the court will never come back.

With great benefits on the one hand and threats on the other, the various families in Zichuan quickly changed their attitudes.

Not only that, but Bi Ziyin even quietly wrote a letter to Bi Ziyan who was far away in the capital, hoping that his cousin would come back quickly while he was dismissed from office.

Otherwise, if they learn that the Bi family has taken refuge in Zuo Menggeng in the future, the court may not let Bi Ziyan go.

"Zichuan is not a place of wealth. The local people are poor and poor, and they have just been poisoned by the rebels. If we want to change the status quo, we should use the ceramic industry to make it bigger and stronger and make it an important source of local income."

The new government attaches great importance to business, which makes the Zichuan families quite strange, but also very happy.

It is not that they did not invest more in the ceramic industry in the past, but the government always warned them to pay attention to agriculture and mulberry, and did not allow them to invest too much in the commercial field.

Song Yunxiao hurriedly said: "If you don't know about the joint venture, how should the power be divided into details?
Zuo Menggeng didn't speak, but Xu Yingyuan gave an answer.

"The new ceramic company will be funded by the government and all interested parties. The company will form a board of directors, and all shareholders will be directors of the board of directors. Then one person will be selected from the directors to serve as the chairman and be responsible for the control of the entire company. At the same time , and then the board of directors will make a resolution to elect the general manager to be responsible for the company's daily operations."

This method caused a lot of discussion among the people in Zichuan, and they felt that it was novel, but after careful consideration, they found that it was actually quite reasonable.

The government did not greedy and took more, but was on an equal footing with each other.

This alone makes everyone feel a lot more comfortable.

Wang Mengzhen has completely changed, and immediately said: "My Wang family contributed eight thousand taels."

Han Jun hurriedly followed.

"The Han family contributed five thousand taels."

Seeing the smooth progress of the joint venture, Zuo Menggeng was quite pleased.

It's worth the trip to do it yourself.

In the end, after discussion, a total of thirteen joint venture ceramic companies became shareholders, and a total of [-] taels of silver was raised for start-up capital.

Among them, the Zichuan county government contributed the most, becoming the largest shareholder of the new company with [-] taels of silver.

It is logical that the first chairman will also be held by someone from the government.

The general manager is Wang Zesheng, the fourth son of Wang Mengzhen.

Wang Zesheng has never been an official, and has always been in charge of the family business. He has a wide network of people in Zichuan, who is qualified for the post of general manager.

The board of directors voted for the first time to order [-] sets of bathroom molds from Dongping Mold Factory.

Only factories in industrial parks can produce such workpieces that require uniform specifications.

"The new company has risen from the ground and is about to show its grand plans. Please also ask the commander to name it to increase morale."

At the founding meeting of the new company, Xu Yingyuan smiled and invited Zuo Menggeng to name the new company.

Many brands are named by Zuo Menggeng, which is not only very appropriate, but also easy to remember and very popular.

Another one, Zuo Menggeng is the leader, and products named after him are the best guarantee.

Zuo Menggeng didn't refuse, and thought about it in the eyes of everyone, and said: "Our new company focuses on bathroom products. What is bathroom? Eliminate dirty smells and keep clean. In my opinion, our bathroom products are named after Hengjie, how are you?"

Everyone tasted it and praised it one after another, and couldn't agree more.

"Heng Jie, people are always refreshing, and the home is always clean. It's wonderful, it's refreshing to listen to.

Wang Mengzhen flattered Zuo Menggeng a little, but it didn't make people feel ashamed.

Sitting in the town in person, he settled the establishment of the ceramics industry. Zuo Menggeng didn't stop for a moment, and began to march towards Jinan with the first division.

At the same time, all ministries of the New Army began to mobilize.

The second division is divided into two routes, one route goes to Lijin and Qidong, the other route goes to Pingyuan and Yucheng, and it also squeezes towards Jinan.

The first regiment of the third division still controls Yanshen Town, and the rest of the troops are deployed in parallel along Laiwu, Xintai, and Pingyi, forming the eastern defense line.

The Fourth Division was also mobilized by Zuo Menggeng, and deployed along the border between Dongchang Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture, as well as east of Dongping County, blocking the westward advance of the Dongjiang rebels and preventing the Dongping Industrial Zone from encountering war.

In this way, there is only one escape route left for the Dongjiang rebels.

That is to follow the official road from Jinan Mansion all the way south to Yanzhou.

The war in Shandong began to enter the final stage.

(End of this chapter)