The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 74 The Profit of New Paper

Li Chengqian and his brothers accompanied Empress Changsun to talk for a while before leaving the Lizheng Hall, out of the gate, and standing on the white stone steps in front of the Lizheng Hall, Li Chengqian looked up at the sky that was dyed red by the setting sun, then turned his head Look at Li Tai: "Qingque, you heard what Daoist Sun said."

Speaking of this topic, Li Tai's heart was a little heavy, and he nodded with a serious face: "Mother's illness, Daoist Sun said that there is no cure for the time being, and we can only raise it."

Li Chengqian sighed, and said: "That's right, the Lizheng Palace is not suitable for the empress to recuperate from her illness, Qingque, you said that it would be good for the two of us brothers to contribute to the empress's construction of a warm pavilion in the palace."

"This..." Li Tai pondered. It's not that he didn't think about Li Chengqian's proposal, but the two of them don't have any money at all right now. Besides, even if they have money, if Li Chengqian wants to build a warm pavilion in the palace, it's considered an outing. Yu Xiaodao is also unavoidable to be smeared by some courtiers: "Brother, I can't participate in the matter of the Nuan Pavilion, so how about leaving this matter to Shijing."

"En?" Li Chengqian was puzzled at first, and then he nodded after thinking carefully: "Okay, I will leave this matter to Shijing, Qingque, you can just go and talk to him, as for money, I still have some rewards from my father in the East Palace , Pick out some unremarkable ones, send them to the Hou Mansion, and let Shijing help sell them."

Li Tai nodded. As the crown prince, if he wanted to build a warm pavilion for his mother, he would be reduced to the point of selling iron. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sad. He went back and looked in his Wude Hall to see what else was there. And send it to the Hou's Mansion. Although this errand is in the name of Xuan Shijing, in fact, Li Tai has to do the work.

"This matter needs to be discussed carefully, big brother, I will spend dinner in your palace tonight." Li Tai smiled, wanting to ease the heavy atmosphere.

"Okay, I'm very welcome." Li Chengqian also responded with a smile.

At this time, Xuan Shijing was chatting with Qiandui in the study, and Qiandui pushed a stack of papers in front of Xuan Shijing.

"Little Lord, these are all from the shopkeepers of the paper workshops I met today, and their bids are recorded on it. There are nine paper workshops around Chang'an City, and these nine paper workshops supply the entire Chang'an City and surrounding villages and towns. Paper, today I tried it out. These nine workshops are very interested in the new paper from our Zhuangzi. Three of them settled on the spot and sent the money over in the evening. Each of them has [-] guan. When I came here, I transported the money to the Hou Mansion and let Uncle Zhong put it in the treasury."

"The money came to the account so quickly?" Xuan Shijing couldn't believe it, the efficiency of this Datang man was so fast.

"That's right, the money will be delivered tomorrow to the remaining six families, and they're also [-] guan each," Qiandui said.

Xuan Shijing was stunned, then picked up a few pieces of paper that were pushed over by the money pile, and looked at them carefully. Now the whole Hou Mansion has started to use new paper, and the hard yellow paper in the past has been eliminated. The latrines in the mansion are used as toilet paper, which makes the servants of the mansion lament that their Lord Hou is a prodigal.

Xuan Shijing thought in his mind, a family of 240 guan, nine paper mills, this is [-] guan, this is still the area around Chang'an, except for Li Chengqian, Li Tai and Li Ke, a total of [-]% of the mansion is still The rest Xuan Shijing scratched the paper twice and came up with a number, three thousand [-]!
From the construction of the workshop to the employment of paper craftsmen, the cost of the Hou Mansion is only a few hundred guan, which means that the net profit of the Hou Mansion is more than 3000 guan!Xuan Shijing was ecstatic in his heart, but after the ecstasy, he still felt a little uneasy, and asked cautiously: "Six hundred guan for a family, isn't it too much?"

Qian Dui shook his head and said, "Not much. Before I talked with them, I saw a few shops selling the Four Treasures of the Study in Chang'an City. The paper was supplied by these nine workshops. These nine workshops completely monopolized Chang'an City. market, this is the number I got after weighing the pros and cons, it can’t be wrong, besides, the technology in our house was sold to them at one time, and I also told them that if there is new paper in the future The progress will be sold to these nine companies at 80.00% of this price, and it will be guaranteed that only these nine companies around Chang'an City will have our technology, and let them continue to monopolize the paper market in Chang'an City. Don’t they have some soup, young master, selling our technology to any one is enough to break the balance of Chang’an City’s paper market, so they must accept this price, but I also told them that in the future, our village will go to the market. The produced paper will not go to the market, but will only be supplied to our own family and the palace."

"They agreed?" Xuan Shijing asked, after all, the palace market can be regarded as the biggest piece of fat in Chang'an City.

Qiandui nodded, and said, "It's agreed, but it won't work if it shouldn't. If the paper workshop in our village is expanded and new paper is sold outside, their business may not be able to continue."

This Qiandui is really a business genius. After some analysis, there is no lack of coercion and temptation. The Hou Mansion just researched a new paper, which can collect a lot of money without finding a channel to sell it.This is only around Chang'an, if Luoyang, Shandong, Yangzhou and even the entire Tang Dynasty are added, how much will it cost? Xuan Shijing can support the entire Hou Mansion without doing anything in his life.

"These nine workshops spent [-] yuan to buy new paper prescriptions. The price of this new paper will not go up." Xuan Shijing asked, if so, he would rather sell this prescription cheaper, and the paper Excessive prices are not a good thing. It is a matter of benefiting the people and causing disease for no reason, which is not worth the candle.

"Don't worry, little lord, I have also discussed the price of new paper with several shopkeepers. The time for our new paper to be made into paper is much shorter than that of the previous hard yellow paper. In addition, the raw materials are abundant and cheap, so the new paper The pricing will definitely be lower than hard yellow paper, even so, they can make a lot of money." Qiandui explained.

That's good, Xuan Shijing nodded: "Well, send a few credible people to take our paper and go to Luoyang, Shandong, Yangzhou and other places. Before this kind of paper spreads all over Chang'an, We're trying to get as much profit as possible."

"Yes." Qian Dui replied, Xuan Shijing didn't need to order this matter, he can also think that Chang'an alone has paid such a generous return, as an excellent businessman, how could he let other places go.

Li Tai came to the Hou's Mansion early in the morning, brought a large cart of things along, and then had breakfast at the Hou's Mansion.

"His Royal Highness Wei Wang, you can come here as soon as you see it, and what gifts do you bring, it looks extravagant." In the study, Xuan Shijing watched Li Tai chewing and eating his own steamed stuffed buns, and said with a smile.

Li Tai swallowed the steamed stuffed bun in his mouth, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the greasy mouth, and said, "The things I brought this time are not for you, Shijing, this time my brother has something to ask for."

"His Royal Highness Wei Wang, what you said is serious. You can ask me for anything. If you need help, just ask." Xuan Shijing said.

"The things I brought are some things that my elder brother and I received from the emperor's palace. You can help find a home for them and sell them." Li Tai said without haste.

What?sold?What is Li Chengqian trying to do?
"His Royal Highness Wei Wang, what are you and His Highness the Crown Prince going to do? Need money urgently? Just right." Xuan Shijing was about to talk about the return of paper funds, but was interrupted by Li Tai in the middle of his sentence.

"My eldest brother and I want to build a warm pavilion in the palace for the empress to live in. The empress's body is not suitable for living in the dry and cold Lizheng Hall."

(End of this chapter)