The Emperor of Qin gave six handsome men

The next day when he was at home, Yue Xin said that the owner of Jinxianju wanted to see him.

"Tell him to come back in two days. How is the arrangement of the banquet you reminded me of going?"

"My Lord, it's almost done."

"Okay! Let's arrange for everyone to come together then. Let's schedule it for fifteen days later!"

At first, no one came to visit her. Later, she defeated all the ministers and won over Fengchang. Suddenly, many visiting cards came, and after fifteen days, vegetables could be eaten.

"promise!"

In the past two days, he went to the government office twice, then renovated the house at home, taught the people in the government office to read, helped them change their names, looked after the vegetable garden, and built a larger greenhouse.

During this period, the people sent by the First Emperor came back, found and brought back the soil and minerals she mentioned.

In the last ten days, she had a kiln built, and then asked the First Emperor to send several potters. Qin Xingfu began to teach them how to make porcelain. After going through a series of complicated processes, the process that originally took a long time was compressed into eight days by Qin Xingfu. In the last few days, they went directly into the kiln to start firing, and the kiln could be opened on the day of the banquet.

She rushed to present the porcelain, but she had no idea what the result would be and she felt unsure.

On the day of her banquet, the whole mansion was busy early in the morning. Qin Xingfu was arranged to wait in the hall as a mascot.

The first to arrive were Fusu and his wife.

"Greetings, sir and madam! Please take a seat."

Next came Li Si.

"It is a great honor for me to have the Prime Minister visit my humble abode!"

Then there were so many officials, big and small, that Qin Xingfu's face froze with smile. Her house was almost full. How many invitations had Yue Xin sent out?

Yue Xin was busy at the side. There were so many gifts! Even the Prime Minister didn't have so many people in his government! They are really amazing!

Finally, everyone arrived. Qin Xingfu looked at the crowd and sighed in his heart. This was just like the big class in college. Everyone was there, and Qin Xingfu was ready to say a few words and then start eating.

"His Majesty is here!"

Qin Xingfu was stunned. Why did the First Emperor come uninvited? He hurried out to greet him.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Get up! I'm here to join in the fun."

"Your Majesty, please!"

Qin Xingfu invited everyone in, and Fusu quickly gave up his seat. No one present had ever thought that the opening banquet of the Minister of Grain would attract His Majesty to come and congratulate him in person!

"Your Majesty, would you like to say a few words?"

The originally lively scene has now become cautious.

"No need, feel free to do as you please."

The First Emperor wanted to see what she was doing. The hot pot was delicious. Seeing that the First Emperor was not going to say anything, Qin Xingfu did not want to say the draft he had just written, and directly signaled Yue Xin to serve the dishes.

As the delicious dishes came up one after another, Yue Xin spoke on the side.

"The first dish is sweet and sour fish, which means there will be fish every year. The second dish is fried crispy pork, which means comfort and success. The third dish..."

First there were eight dishes, both cold and hot, with small and exquisite portions, and each person could finish them in just one or two bites. What was even more amazing was the vegetables.

"It's already deep winter, where do we get fresh vegetables?"

Someone exclaimed, and everyone looked at her, including the First Emperor. It was so delicious, but he had rarely eaten it before. This child was so unfilial.

"Your Majesty, Master, and all the gentlemen, I will answer your questions after dinner."

Just eat your meal well, there's no need to raise so many questions. The food won't taste good if it's cold.

Everyone started eating and drinking happily. Qin Xingfu's colleagues thought that the red meat soup was delicious, fragrant and fresh. It felt wonderful. No wonder she looked down on the food at Jinxianju.

Yilai, the last one, brought his best chef today and pretended to be a servant. He was very reluctant to give him a portion. After eating, the chef felt that what he had made before was simply incomparable to this.

At this moment, he really wanted to become an apprentice on the spot. He wanted to learn how to cook again. Woohoo... It was so delicious. The boss was so stingy that he only gave him this little.

After finishing the first eight dishes, another eight dishes were served. No one spoke, their heads were full of rice, and their stomachs were bulging.

Qin Xingfu was the last one to finish eating, and then had tea served.

Fusu took a sip and felt that the tea was very special.

"Qin Nei Shi, this tea is so special!"

"This is hawthorn malt tea, made from hawthorn and millet. It helps digestion and relieves greasiness. Pregnant women must drink it."

Madam Yan also wanted to drink, but after hearing what Qin Xingfu said, she gave up and asked Yue Xin to bring a cup of hot water.

After eating and drinking, Qin Xingfu invited everyone to go to the greenhouse.

"Your Majesty, Young Master, please follow me. I will answer your questions just now."

Arriving at the greenhouse, Qin Xingfu opened the door and said.

"Your Majesty, Young Master, this is the secret of my vegetables in winter. This is the greenhouse I had renovated. The place is not very big. Groups of three can go in to visit. Your Majesty, Young Master, please."

As soon as he entered the door, Emperor Fusu felt quite warm. He looked at the densely packed vegetables on the two-layer wooden shelves, which were growing well.

"This is just my preliminary experiment. It makes full use of the wooden frame and the land, so that more vegetables can be obtained. The wooden boards are loaded with soil, so that the height can be used. They don't need to grow to a large size. Now they are edible. The roof is made of glass, which is light-transmitting. The charcoal fire is to provide heat and carbon dioxide. Still, you have to pay attention to ventilation, otherwise it is easy to lose your life. The holes on the windows are for ventilation. There is also a greenhouse, which is bigger than this one. It has not been built yet. I plan to use it to grow potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, but I will just transplant them directly when the time comes. The most important thing is to grow sweet potatoes. Most of the suburbs are relatively barren, but a small part is still suitable for growing other things."

The First Emperor didn't quite understand, but he still nodded in agreement, keeping his eyes on the vegetables.

"You can arrange it."

Qin Xingfu looked at Fusu. Fusu was also craving for vegetables and was a little embarrassed to look away.

"Your Majesty, Young Master, I will send people to deliver it to you every day. There will be good things to see later."

"Well! Let's go!"

The remaining people went in to visit in groups of three. After coming out, they handed over the specific answers to the brothers Dabin and Xiaobin who had been helping her.

Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, Fusu and his wife listened to her talk in the house and also asked some questions about greenhouse cultivation.

After everyone finished visiting the greenhouse, Qin Xingfu took them to the place where porcelain was fired.

"Your Majesty, this is the first kiln porcelain of Daqin. How about you knock the first hammer to open the kiln? It will be very commemorative."

The First Emperor looked at her, took the hammer from her hand, and after the first strike, he let the potter start the kiln to do the rest.

Soon the kiln door was cleaned. There was still residual heat in the kiln. Qin Xingfu touched it to feel it. Fortunately, it was not very hot, only about 50 or 60 degrees. She took out a kiln. These were all for the craftsmen. They were quite large, about 30 or 40 centimeters high.

"Your Majesty, this is the first kiln porcelain of Daqin. Porcelain and ceramics are different. I won't go into details. Your Majesty, please open the first porcelain!"

Seeing that she did not protect her hands with tools, the First Emperor thought it should not be hot. Then he opened the kiln and a touch of crystal white came into view, which was eye-catching. The First Emperor reached out and took out the things inside. It was a large porcelain bottle. The whole body of the bottle was white. There was a golden dragon on the bottle, which looked lifelike and seemed alive.

Li Si took the lead and knelt down and said.

"This is a golden dragon, a good omen, Your Majesty. May God bless the Great Qin. Long live the Great Qin and Your Majesty!"

The others also agreed.

"Long live the Great Qin, long live your majesty!"

Qin Xingfu took the porcelain vase with a frown and looked it up and down. There was too much glaze and it had all flowed to the bottom.

"Your Majesty, this is flawed. Let's look at the others. There's too much glaze here. I can't stand it. Open them all and see if they all have this problem."

The First Emperor thought this was great, after all, it was the first one from the first kiln.

"Stay! Everyone, get up."

The craftsmen carried out the rest, and Qin Xingfu opened them one by one to check.

"This tea set is fine."

"This pot is no good, it's cracked!"

"This plate has too much glaze on the bottom and it's deformed."

…………

There were 199 pieces of porcelain in the kiln, large and small. Qin Xingfu sorted the problems and was unhappy to see that only 29 pieces were fine. But he couldn't be impatient! Most of them were cracked, some were painted and blurred, and some were deformed.

"Alas, the yield rate is too low. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! Your Majesty, those are all fine. You can take these nine pieces. The others are not okay. I have a use for them. The rest are all defective products."

All the ministers breathed in unison, Qin Xingfu was really brave, with so many good things, he gave His Majesty nine of them!

The First Emperor was somewhat reluctant to part with them, but she had discussed this with him beforehand and was allowed to handle them by herself. Moreover, those items were really good, so he nodded in agreement.

Except for the first one that had too much glaze, the others made by Qin Xingfu were fine. There were also a few normal pieces made by a man named Chen Lie, who she remembered was a young man in his teens or twenties.

Others saw the porcelain on the ground that Qin Xingfu called defective. It was colorful and beautiful. How could it be substandard? They wanted it, but could they buy it?

The young eunuch beside the First Emperor was very smart and had the people moved away carefully.

After the crowd saw the emperor off, one of the ministers was really itching to get his attention, so he asked Qin Xingfu about his fortune.

"Qin Nei Shi, what are you going to do with those defective products? Can I buy some and take them back to have a look?"

"Those defective products can be smashed. Why did you buy them? I'll just burn them again. We'll talk about it next year!"

"No, no, I want defective ones too. Please pick a few for me!"

Qin Xingfu didn't understand, so she handed the matter over to Yue Xin and went to hold a meeting with the craftsmen.

"You handle it. Ask the owner of Jinxianju to wait for me. I have something to talk to him about later."

Everyone present surrounded Yue Xin, who symbolically charged ten coins for each porcelain piece. The remaining defective products were snatched away by people, and Yilai didn't get any and wanted to cry.

On the other side, Qin Xingfu and the craftsmen gathered together.

"Today we are opening the kiln. Tell me, who caused the cracks? Who caused the uneven or excessive glazing? And who caused the blurred paint? I am not punishing you. I just want you to sum up your experience and think about which steps you did not do well. Why did others not have such problems, but you did? By the way, I want to praise Chen Lie. Among the five things he made, three were qualified, which is still very good. I will take those three out to sell in a few days, and I will give you 10% of the money."

Chen Lie was in the corner. When he heard what she said, he looked up at her. Could he really do it? And there was a share? For a moment, he was at a loss.

Qin Xingfu comforted him.

"Don't worry. Every profession has its own specialty, and those who are more experienced will come first. Now sit down and talk about your own problems. If you don't, I'll call your name. Wu Yi, you have been making pottery for at least ten years, so why are there still cracks? Not just one or two, but all of them! This is the most serious. Did I not make it clear before or are you dissatisfied with me?"

Wu Yi quickly knelt down and said.

"Sir, no, I understand, but the two soils are different. I thought they were similar so I treated them my way. I didn't do it on purpose. I will make sure I make the changes properly."

"Next time you fire the kiln, I will only allow you to make three pieces of porcelain, and I will allow you to make one mistake. Go back and ask others for advice. Zhang Juan, the glaze you applied is too thick. What happened to you? Wei Jian, your painting is all blurred. Tell me the reason."

Qin Xingfu thought she taught very well and carefully, but none of them did what she said, which made her so angry!

The two hurried to explain.

"My Lord, I miscounted the number of glazes. I promise I won't do it again next time."

Zhang Juan quickly assured.

"Sir, I thought about it and it might be because I used too much water when painting. I will pay more attention next time."

Wei Jian also hurriedly thought about the reason. The remaining craftsmen were also wondering if they had done anything wrong. Fortunately, they were all relatively obedient and their work was mostly good. However, some people still felt that their work was not good enough, and they all spoke actively and asked about many details of the process.

"It's getting late. You all should stop what you are doing and discuss things today. If you have any questions, solve them among yourselves first. I will answer them tomorrow."

There were so many questions, it would be tiring to answer them one by one. After Qin Xingfu finished speaking, he went to find the boss of Jinxianju.

When Yilai saw Qin Xingfu, he quickly knelt down.

"Greetings, my lord!"

"Hurry up and get up. I want to work with you on something. You have seen the porcelain today. I still have 20 pieces that I want to sell. I will give you half a month to find a way to spread the news and attract all the rich people in the world to Xianyang. I want to auction these porcelains."

Qin Xingfu came straight to the point, but Yilai didn't quite understand.

"Sir, I can spread the news. What's going on with the auction?"

"It's just displaying items one by one, and then bidding, the highest bidder wins. I'll give you 10% of the profit."

With this simple explanation, Yilai understood that he actually wanted the house in her family more.

"I understand, sir. I don't want the profit from the auction. On the contrary, I am willing to give you 30% of the annual profit of my shop, hoping that your family will get your prescription."

"Okay, go find Yue Xin! I'll invest my technology into your business. I'll give you a plan tomorrow to renovate your Jinxianju. It's too ugly and not high-end enough."

Yilai was extremely grateful, for he knew that this was a big tree, and if he held on to it tightly he would be able to restore the glory of his ancestors.

"Here!"

After Qin Xingfu finished speaking, she came back, got a pen and paper and began to draft a decoration plan. After finishing it, she carefully considered the feasibility and then felt that she needed to burn more glass in the next two days.

The next day, people kept coming to her door, saying that many people wanted to become her disciples, so Yue Xin asked for her opinion.

"Sir, how should we deal with these guests who want to come?"

Qin Xingfu felt a headache. Why didn't the First Emperor implement the method he had come up with to select talents? When would it be implemented? Could it be that he didn't believe me? After thinking it over, he felt that it wouldn't work, or was he worried that his position would be shaken?

"Tell the people outside that I don't accept any guests. I don't have enough time or energy, and I'm not feeling well."