As for why Ding Kiln is called this name, it is because it was originally produced in Dingzhou during the Northern Song Dynasty.

Dingzhou is Quyang County, Hebei Province, the future market, but that place now belongs to the Jin Kingdom. After the Song family moved south, the Song Dynasty had lost this treasure land for producing Ding Kiln porcelain.

After that, by the Southern Song Dynasty, there were only two places in the Jiangnan area that produced Ding kiln porcelain.

One is in Pengxian County, Sichuan, and was later called Pengxian Kiln.

And the other place is Pingjiang Prefecture! So everyone knows why Apu went to Pingjiang, because the land of Sichuan and Shu is now in the hands of his teacher Shen Mo. It would be easy for Shen Mo to break the monopoly of local merchants.

That's why Apu determined his destination in Pingjiang, another origin of Dingyao.

As for Shen Mo, his purpose of this trip was mainly to meet Apu and take his boat by the way.

The place Shen Mo was going to is also Pingjiang Prefecture, but he went to the silk industry there.

...In the Song Dynasty, the top three major economic products were undoubtedly tea, porcelain and silk.

Nowadays, tea has been made with the guidance of Sihai Business Company and is very successful.

The Ding kiln porcelain that Apu needs to conquer should not have too many twists and turns.

Because porcelain is different from tea, the production of porcelain requires appropriate soil quality, so the production area is very concentrated.

This time, Apu personally brought the elite soldiers and strong generals, and also brought Shen Mo's deterrent power to return with the previous victory.

I guess this trip will be very smooth.

As for the third industry silk, it involves a father-in-law of Shen Mo... Mr. Zhang Jiutai.

Because Mr. Zhang has helped Shen Mo a lot, Shen Mo is about to marry his only beloved daughter.

Besides, this old man is known as the "King of Silk in Jiangnan", so Shen Mo is extremely cautious when facing the silk industry.

Because it involves his father-in-law, his subordinates will be very embarrassed if they are not careful.

To be honest, it was not appropriate for him to send anyone there, so he had to go there himself.

As for this old man Zhang Jiutai, although he occupies a large part of the market in the silk weaving industry.

But Mr. Zhang is not a person who monopolizes the oligopolis.

Otherwise, Shen Mo wouldn't have to go there and discuss it with his father-in-law at home to solve this problem.

Because Zhang Jiutai, the king of silk in Jiangnan, mainly engaged in weaving, that is, the process of silk product.

But what Shen Mo wanted to solve this time was the problem in the silkworm breeding and silk reeling industry.

This time, Shen Mo still went with makeup. In order to avoid exposing his target, he sent all his family back to Tongzhou.

I led this team straight to Pingjiang, where the mulberry and silkworm industry is the most concentrated.

...Suzhou, known as Gusu and Pingjiang in ancient times.

It is adjacent to Huating (Shanghai) in the east, Jiaxing in the south, Taihu Lake in the west, and Yangtze River in the north. It has abundant fish and rice, making it a fertile land in the world.

Not to mention anything else, just look at the surrounding prefectures and counties: Wuxi, Changshu, Jiaxing, and Huating. Everyone knows that this place must be a rich and prosperous place.

Suzhou has the most beautiful gardens in the world, and the mountains are warm and the water is soft.

Especially the beauty who walked out from here is truly unparalleled.

Xi Shi, Yu Ji, Dong Xiaowan, Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan, Lin Daiyu, these names that have been passed down through the ages are all beauties in Suzhou! As the saying goes: "The Mulan boat outside Helu City is spreading towards the mountain pond and the evening tiger hill.

Thirty-six thousand is easy to live, and life only lives in Suzhou!”

...So in this era, the ancients came to Suzhou just as they came to Paris in later generations.

It was a romantic smell even floated in the air.

After Shen Mo arrived at Pingjiang Mansion, he said goodbye to Apu, and then headed towards a remote place outside Suzhou City.

The inspection location he selected this time was called "Mudu".

Mudu is also quite famous in later generations and is known as "the first town in Wuzhong and the most beautiful place in Jiangnan".

The Neolithic Age was once unearthed here, and ribbons and fabrics made of silk from home... You should know that it was more than 4,000 years ago! It can be seen that the history of silk-reeling in this place has a long history, and the mulberry silkworm industry is also an important source of economic resources in the local area.

You should know that Suzhou weaving was also an important part of the "four major weavings" of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the supply of products in Suzhou far exceeded the total of the country.

So as soon as Shen Mo aimed at the silk weaving industry, he came to Pingjiang Prefecture, and then he plunged head toward the source of the mulberry silkworm industry, which is Mudu County.

When Shen Mo came to Mudu, all of them had changed their clothes.

Now, the two bodyguards, one young master, one servant and one tent, are all dressed up like rich men from other places.

When locals saw their appearance, they knew that this was a group of "silk guests"... that is, businessmen who came to buy silk cocoons.

After that, Shen Mo immediately joined one of his intelligence personnel in Mudu County.

When Shen Mo saw this person, they were still far apart in the street market.

But they still recognized each other at a glance.

After that, they walked to a teahouse tacitly and sat down on the adjacent table.

At this time, Shen Mo turned around and bowed, and said to the person next to him: "Oh! Isn't this Brother Gu?"

"oh?"

At this time, Brother Gu also turned around and looked at Shen Mo in surprise, and he also looked surprised.

Afterwards, the two pretended to meet old friends in a foreign land and immediately gathered together and started eating and drinking on a table.

... By the way, this person's name is Gu Yuzhe, and it was the intelligence personnel who came to support Shen Mo this time.

He was a subordinate of Tongzhou spy Wang Wuyiwen. When Shen Mo conquered Shuzhong, he made extraordinary achievements.

Speaking of these three magical demons of poisonous fangs, everyone may not remember them. They once played an important role in the confrontation between Shen Mo and Song Ci.

The young man dressed as a playboy was named Li Ji, who was the one who sang the boatman's roster in the prison after being arrested by Song Ci.

Under Shen Mo's support, Li Ji formed a couple with Xiao Lingyue, who played the romantic female tailor.

As for the Gu Yuzhe who came today, he was the young man who pretended to be a tofu brain vendor back then.

Now when Shen Mo saw him again, he felt that his temperament was smooth and smooth, and there was no longer the feeling of being a little green in his eyebrows.

It is obvious that this young man has become a mature and steady warrior on the intelligence front.

This time, Gu Yuzhe came here to investigate the situation with their commander in advance and attacked the front station.

So while there was no one around, he quickly whispered the situation he had found and briefly reported to Shen Mo.
Chapter completed!