Red Dust Daqian

On this day, Madam Xiao, Xiangcao, Xiao Zhuyu, Shen Qianrou, Shen Yueer, Zhao Tiechui, and the whole family gathered in the Zhuyutang kiln factory to witness the opening of the first furnace of the Daqian first high-temperature furnace built by Zhou Sen after months of arduous efforts. The moment the kiln was opened, the crystal yellow colored glaze appeared in front of everyone, and everyone was very excited. Madam Xiao even shed tears of excitement. Everyone saw Zhou Sen's desperate efforts in the past few months.

Zhou Sen was actually not satisfied with the quality of the first batch of colored glaze, but it was much better than before. The colored glaze produced now was at least of medium quality in the market. However, Zhou Sen was happy in his heart. After all, this was only the first batch. After some revisions, he would surely be able to produce the best colored glaze in Daqian.

The success of colored glaze soon made Xiangmu Society firmly established in Changnan County and raised considerable funds. Zhou Sen was not in a hurry to expand the production of colored glaze. After all, scarcity makes things valuable. If a large amount of high-quality colored glaze was put into production at one time, it would inevitably pull down the grade and price of colored glaze, which would not be beneficial to the operation of Qianmutang. Inspired by the improvement of the process of firing colored glaze, Zhou Sen also improved the original ceramic firing process of Xiaojia Ceramic Kiln Factory, making the quality of Zhumutang ceramics superior to that of any other ceramic kiln factory in Changnan County.

Zhumu Hall was successful, and Xiangmu Society was undoubtedly successful as well, which finally made Zhou Sen put down his worries. That night, Zhou Sen once again convened all the key members of Xiangmu Society to hold a periodic club meeting.

Zhou Sen redefined a new goal for the next stage. Controlling Changnan County was not just about controlling the county government. What Zhou Sen wanted to do was to control the politics, business, and education in an all-round way. Zhou Sen wanted to turn Changnan County into his base and rear area.

Zhou Sen announced this outrageous new goal, thinking that everyone would think he was crazy, unreasonable, and shocked. However, no one was surprised by Zhou Sen's new goal. It can even be said that no one was surprised at all. They accepted it calmly and were willing to help Zhou Sen achieve his new goal.

During the time spent with Zhou Sen, in close contact with each other. Whether it was Xiangcao, his childhood sweetheart, or Shen Yueer, who recently joined the Tianshi Mansion, they had long discovered that Zhou Sen had a greater goal and was not a person who was content with the current small happiness. His laziness when he had nothing to do could not cover up his inner ambition. Such desperate efforts to successfully fire the colored glaze were only the beginning of his ambitious goal. Zhou Sen did not mention that everyone enjoyed that small happiness around him. Zhou Sen proposed that everyone should work hard to help him achieve his goal. Working together is also a happy thing, as long as they are together.

Although it was the first time at the meeting that Zhou Sen proposed to control the politics, commerce, and education of Changnan County and build Changnan into the Changnan of Xiangmu Society, in fact, Zhou Sen had already been subtly planning these things.

Zhou Sen did not need to reassign tasks deliberately. Xiangcao had always been assisting the county government in arresting criminals and thieves, and had long established irreplaceable prestige among the yamen runners and constables. Now he only needed to win over and place some of his own people.

Xiao Zhuyu, expanding the scale of ceramic production, training capable assistants, and annexing the kiln factories around Changnan seem difficult, but after Zhou Sen helped Zhumutang improve the ceramic technology, it became easy.

Shen Qianrou could take advantage of the quality of ceramics to first take over the Changnan County ceramics market, and then expand the business to cover Daqian. With the help of rare colored glaze and high-quality ceramics, it would not be too difficult.

Zhao Tiechui established Tiemu Hall and recruited soldiers. The security of the entire Xiangmu Society and Tianshi Mansion was directly under the responsibility of Zhao Tiechui. In the future, it would also involve escorting goods and transporting money. Tiemu Hall had become Zhou Sen's force guarantee hall, and it was also a large hall, so it could not be sloppy.

Madam Xiao, the boss of Xiangmu Society, just needs to maintain her dignity. After this period of recuperation, Madam Xiao has changed from being thin and timid to being graceful and beautiful. Her face is more similar to Xiao Zhuyu, and now she has the time and energy to dress up, which makes her look younger, more beautiful, and more charming. She was only in her thirties, and now she and Xiao Zhuyu are sisters. Her personality has also become much brighter and more cheerful.

Zhou Sen emphasized once again to everyone that to the outside world, the owner of Xiangmu Society will always be Madam Xiao, and that outsiders can only address Zhou Sen as Master Mu or Zhang Tianshi. Of course, in private, they can call him whatever they want.

If he just kept the glass kiln factory, he could be content with a small fortune; now that he has enlarged his goal, there are still great uncertainties and risks in the future, and he may pay an unimaginable price, or even his life. Zhou Sen felt gratified and deeply moved by the Tianshi Mansion. Everyone did not back down and was willing to advance and retreat with Zhou Sen.

After Zhou Sen's many improvements, Zhuyutang ceramics are far better than any other company in Changnan in terms of quality and firing efficiency. Under the deliberate operation of Zhou Sen, Xiao Zhuyu and Shen Qianrou, Zhumutang ceramics, which already have advantages in quality and cost, quickly seized most of the ceramic market in Changnan County. In addition, Zhou Sen intended to seize more market share and subsidize the ceramic costs with the profits from colored glaze. Xiangmu Society gradually annexed all the ceramic kiln factories in Changnan and the surrounding areas, and monopolized the ceramic business in Changnan County. Changnan County itself is one of the important ceramic origins of Daqian. Now it can even be said that Xiangmu Society has monopolized half of the ceramic market in Daqian. Xiangmu Society surpassed the Shen family in Changnan County and became the richest society in Changnan.

In terms of politics, after experiencing the arena competition, killing the wolf demon, finding the missing people, and helping the county magistrate successfully overcome the robbery, he trusted Zhou Sen step by step. County magistrate Shangguan Wuhou can now be said to be blindly following Zhou Sen. Zhou Sen's presence is indispensable in the various policies and personnel changes of the county government. Zhou Sen has successfully controlled the county government. Among the grassroots yamen runners and constables, in view of Xiangcao's superb martial arts and outstanding achievements, the yamen runners and constables are also convinced. Even if Xiangcao does not deliberately place personnel, the current yamen runners and constables regard themselves as Xiangcao's confidants and completely trust Xiangcao. It can be said that the entire Changnan County government is under Zhou Sen's control.

In terms of the mass base, Zhou Sen became famous in Changnan County for his monster-catching cases. Later, because the county magistrate Shangguan Wuhou blindly followed Zhou Sen, he set up a charity soup kitchen and a school in the name of Zhou Sen and the county government to help the elderly and the weak, which made Zhou Sen's reputation among the people of Changnan County explode.

Later, the county magistrate Shangguan Wuhou withdrew from the charity activities due to financial difficulties. At that time, Xiangmu Society's business was successful and Zhou Sen was no longer under financial pressure. Zhou Sen promised the people of Changnan to continue to do charity activities to benefit the people of Changnan County. Zhou Sen arranged for Xiangmu Society to participate on behalf of the county government, and set aside a portion of the profits from Xiangmu Society for charity. He continued to do charity activities to benefit the people of Changnan directly in the name of Taoist Master Zhang Mumu and Xiangmu Society.

Today, Changnan County is like this: People may not know the county magistrate Shangguan Wuhou, but everyone knows the immortal Taoist priest Zhang Mumu. The rumor that the immortal came to the world was naturally started by the people to express their gratitude for Zhou Sen’s charity. In the end, the people of Changnan directly praised Zhou Sen as an immortal who came to the world to save the people.