The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 602 Tian Feng Makes the Difference as a Middleman

After receiving the order from Lin Chao to produce paper on a large scale, Zhen Yan immediately showed his powerful financial resources.

Usually, her wealth is not revealed, and she has to act in a low-key manner, but after getting the inner government order in her hand, Zhen Yan immediately showed the world what it means to be rich and what it means to be arrogant.

With the support of the unsolvable tactic of throwing coins, in just half a month, one workshop after another was built outside Tan County, all of which were used to produce paper.

Anyway, it's just for production. It doesn't matter if the house is a little rough, as long as it can work.

For this reason, Zhen Yan even reached an agreement with the inner government, and Zhen's family paid for it to recruit [-] civilian husbands from the inner government.According to the corvee system of the Han Dynasty, these people had to build bridges, pave roads, and repair city walls anyway instead of making paper.

There will be no more wars for a few years now, so people are simply transferred to produce paper.

But this workshop is a private factory after all. After some hesitation, Xun Yu declined Zhen Yan.

Then Tian Feng quit and clamored to impeach Xun Yu to Liu Bei.

If you have money but don’t make money, you don’t care about it!

If you are not in charge of the family, you don’t know how expensive firewood is, right? Come, come, the Minister of the Ministry of Households will do it for you!

But Xun Yu also had something to say, the conscripts were originally recruited to do things for the state government, but now they were poached by the paper workshop, and it was rumored how the common people would view this matter.

Tian Feng immediately said that we will collect corvée on a large scale again, so that more people can build bridges, pave roads, and repair the city walls!
Xun Yu immediately shook his head, saying that Tian Feng was a tyrannical government, which would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people.

Immediately afterwards, Tian Feng waved his sleeves and said four words directly:
Let's give money!

It was these four words that made Xun Yu completely silent.

If you don’t pay, it’s corvée, but if you pay, how can it be considered corvée? That’s called employment.

It is winter now, and there is no need to look after the fields. If the state government is willing to pay for the people to work, then the people will definitely sign up happily.

But then the question came again, Xun Yu glanced at Tian Feng in amazement, and asked, "Where does the money come from?"

Don't you Tian Shangshu call you poor all the time? Where did you get the money?

Tian Feng pointed at Zhen Yan, and said with a sneer: "He paid the state government, and we will use the money to collect corvees and distribute them to the people as wages."

After speaking, Tian Feng turned his head and asked Zhen Yan: "Cheng Zhen, how much can each laborer pay?"

Seeing Tian Feng's aggressiveness, Zhen Yan quickly replied: "One hundred dollars per person per day, one meal."

Since the Lin Dynasty came to power, there has been no war in Xuzhou, and prices have been relatively stable. One thousand yuan is enough to buy a stone of grain and rice, which can feed an adult for half a month.

Hearing this, Tian Feng looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Okay, then the state government will give each of the people seventy qian per day as wages."

Xun Yu:  …

"Yuan Hao, isn't it a hundred?"

Tian Feng glanced at Xun Yu, and said with disdain on his face: "Do you understand Kaiyuan, the state government doesn't make money, where do you ask someone to get it when you spend it?"

Therefore, Xun Yu had no choice but to bow down and express his agreement with Tian Feng's decision.

He never imagined that one day he would succumb to money.

As for the profit from selling paper, the Zhen family and the state government split [-]%.After hearing the news, Tian Feng got excited again, and hurriedly wanted to go to inspect the paper mill with Zhen Yan, wondering how much money he could get into the pocket.

With the two bosses at the top, Zhen Yan, a little transparent, naturally didn't dare to have any opinions, so she led the two of them to the outside of the city, but happened to meet Lin Chao who was about to go out for a walk.

Seeing Tian Feng, the god of plague, Lin Chao subconsciously wanted to turn his head and leave, but was stopped by Tian Feng.

According to him, the paper mill was built by Lin Chao, and now he should go to inspect it together. If something goes wrong, you, Lin Zichu, will never be able to deal with it alone.

Tian Shangshu's speech has always been so simple and melodious, which caused Lin Chao to succumb.

The next group of four came to the outside of the city in a bullock cart.

It was said to be an inspection, but Xun Yu and Tian Feng knew nothing about the papermaking process, while Lin Chao knew a little, but it was unlikely that he would pay attention to the specific details.

So instead of coming to investigate, it's better to say that it's just a formality. The focus of Tian Feng's trip is to take over the production and financial situation of the entire paper mill.

I don't care how you produce, I just care how much you make, how much you sell, and how much money you make.

If the numbers don't match, I'll tell Cui Yan to impeach you, and finally let Jushou send you to experience life in the newly built prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

However, in the paper mill at this time, after the early production, the paper has already piled up like a mountain, and it is no longer a problem to sell it for a period of time.

As for the corvée recruited, we will continue to expand the production line in the future.

Xun Yu held the paper in his hand, and his face was full of exclamation: "With the output of this thing, the collection of books may no longer be precious in the future."

Lin Chao said with a smile: "It should be like this. The words of sages and sages should naturally be heard and taught by the whole world, and passed on to generations to come. This is a prosperous age of culture and education. If Wen Ruo thinks it is inappropriate?"

"No, I think it's quite appropriate, but some people, I'm afraid they won't..."

Lin Chao waved his hands and smiled, "It's okay, it's just a bunch of clowns, don't worry about it."

"A gentleman is far-sighted, and he knows what he sees, so I think we have to make some preparations."

"It's natural." Lin Chao said with a smile.

During the conversation between the two, Tian Feng came over with a lot of paper in his hand, and said excitedly: "The market will open, and the market will open for sale tomorrow!"

As a scholar, how could Tian Feng not know the value of this thing, and immediately asked for the opening of the market, which would not only benefit the scholars all over the world, but more importantly, he could take this opportunity to make a lot of money.

Do you know that the money in the treasury has bottomed out!
Xun Yu frowned and said, "Yuan Hao, should we wait for a while, and open the market so hastily, if the production is not enough, it will inevitably lead to looting and even malicious price hikes. Some people think that it is better to wait for the civilian husband to start production before... ..."

"Don't you think that the market will open for sale immediately, tomorrow!"

Xun Yu was stunned speechless, so he could only look at Lin Chao, hoping that he would come to the rescue.

Lin Chao hurriedly coughed twice, and said with a smile, "Yuan Hao, this matter cannot be rushed, why don't we wait a little longer."

"Okay, Lin Changshi has an order, I dare not disobey." Tian Feng snorted coldly, "Just don't come to ask for the salaries of your yamen from now on, there is no money in the treasury!

When the market opens, when there is money! "

Tian Yuanhao, it's too much for you to threaten us with salary.

If it is true as you said, then we... of course choose to surrender!
Lin Chao and Xun Yu looked at each other, and immediately decided to agree with Tian Feng's opinion.

The poor and elegant gentleman Xun Wenruo succumbed to money again.

In the end, the three of them discussed and decided that in order to achieve the greatest effect, they would allow five days to build momentum, and at the same time leave room for delivery, and open the market for sale on the sixth day.

The state government endorsed it in person, and the effect is naturally huge.

Although Cai Lun invented paper long ago, the output of that kind of paper is too low, so it cannot be kept for writing and preservation, so it has not been widely used on a large scale.

Now the state government claims to have created a new type of paper. Although it has nothing to do with the common people, scholars in the entire Tan County and half of Xuzhou are talking about it.

Lin Chao didn't use too many methods, just a trick of hunger marketing, which successfully whetted everyone's appetite.

There is no scholar who is eager for ignorance. As the carrier of content, paper is naturally extremely precious.

After a long wait, it was finally time for the market to open.

When the first ray of sunlight hit the ground in the early morning, the shopkeeper in the shop belonging to Zhen's in the city opened the door, and when they brought out stacks of papers and placed them in front of the door, the picture of a bustling market did not appear as imagined.

On the contrary, the severe cold of early winter made no one want to get up early, so there was no one outside the door.

This made Tian Feng, who was observing in secret not far away, a little depressed. Lin Chao, who was forcibly pulled over by him, was standing next to him. Probably because he was too tired last night, he was yawning and looking unconscious.

"It shouldn't be...why no one bought it..."

Tian Feng frowned, unable to think of the reason.

Lin Chao yawned again, and said, "No matter how good the momentum is in the front, someone must truly understand its benefits. Foxes can't see chicken feathers, and they won't jump into pits."

Although this metaphor is not appropriate, Tian Feng still nodded.

Sure enough, when the sun rose, the temperature began to rise, and there were more people walking on the street, and three or five people dressed as sons of aristocratic families came to the door with their servants.

When they saw the snow-white paper, they couldn't move their eyes away.

"This piece of paper... how much is it?"

The people who came were Wang Ling, Sima Lang, Lu Jun from the Lu family of Wu County, and some descendants of less powerful families.

It was Wang Ling who spoke just now. He was not interested in the promotion of the past few days. He just walked around with the attitude of giving it a try. He never thought about it but found the real treasure.

Seeing someone asking, the clerk immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Sir, this new type of paper has just been sold today, so it's cheaper than you, one hundred yuan per piece."

Wang Ling couldn't help but change his face when he heard that, "What, one hundred yuan apiece!"

Even though Wang Ling had seen the big world, he didn't expect it to be so cheap.

The content that can be written on this piece of paper is almost equal to one-fifth of the bamboo slips.

Five sheets of paper can be turned into a book.

A book for five hundred dollars?

Am I crazy or the guy in front of me is crazy!
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Tian Feng was actually not very satisfied with Lin Chao's pricing.

"Zi Chu, the price is too low."

Lin Chao shook his head and said, "This kind of paper can be produced by hundreds of people a day, which is nearly ten times the profit. What else do you want?"

"Even so, it's too cheap."

Tian Feng's thoughts at the moment were similar to those of Wang Ling's. He used paper to convert the price of the bamboo slips into a book, and naturally felt as distressed as cutting flesh.

Lin Chao smiled and comforted, "In the long run, this thing will definitely replace old books. When the output increases, the price will naturally fall. It's no pity. You need to know that the long flow of water is the kingly way."

Tian Feng didn't understand this truth, but he still sighed, and the painful expression didn't fade away.

In front of the store, Wang Ling and Sima Lang looked at each other, and they both saw joy in each other's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Xu waved his sleeves, pointed at the paper in front of him and said with a smile: "How many are here, I want them all!"

(End of this chapter)