God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 322 Make Paper Yourself (Part [-])
Soon Wei Zheng was outside the pavilion.

Seeing that Li Shimin was there, he felt a little puzzled, and then said: "I pay homage to Your Majesty! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Huh? Wei Zheng, why are you here?"

Li Shimin asked.

"His Royal Highness, Prince Chen Xun, has something to do!"

Needless to say, Wei Zheng must have come to Li Chengqian because of the book.

Li Shimin wanted to know why Wei Zheng came to Li Chengqian.

Then he asked: "Oh? What is it, I want to know!"

After Li Chengqian nodded towards Wei Zheng, he said: "It's about Datang Publishing House!"

Sure enough, it was because of the books.

Because there are some things, it is better for Li Shimin to know less, everything can be done with Li Chengqian, but Li Shimin wants to know, so let him know.

"Oh? What is it?"

"Among the five surnames and seven hopefuls, the Wang family, headed by them, bought books from my Datang Publishing House a while ago."

"Their purchase seems to be reasonable, and it will also contribute to the filling of our Datang treasury!"

Li Shimin didn't ask too many questions, but he also knew that Li Chengqian was in business and would not lose money. Since there was a market, who would not be selling?
As long as he has money, he doesn't care. As for movable type printing and education, he has to take his time.

Because Li Shimin didn't know about these things, Wei Zheng thoughtfully started from the beginning.

"and then?"

Li Chengqian asked directly.

"Just now, they sold the purchased book at a price lower than ours, and it sold well!"

These five surnames and Qiwang are here to make trouble, if it is only a penny, their loss is not too much!

The first thought in Li Chengqian's mind was: no, it can't be like this.If you don't let you lose money, then I won't be called a prince!
Li Shimin was quite shocked when he heard this, because they didn't understand the mystery.

"What are they doing? Buying and selling at a loss? What kind of operation is this?"

Li Chengqian had no choice but to explain: "These five companies bought tens of thousands of books from us. If they were sold at a price below the cost, the books they bought before would lose at most tens of pennies and labor costs. Ours The book will be unsalable and unsalable."

After all, once tens of thousands of books enter the market, how can they be able to bear it all at once?
"These five companies can really do anything."

Li Shimin said bluntly, but he also doesn't understand commercial warfare. If he is allowed to fight, he will still kill the enemy, and if he governs the country, he will also.

Even in business warfare, he doesn't know anything about it.

So he asked Li Chengqian: "Then what should we do next?"

The emperor wanted to ask Li Chengqian what to do, Li Chengqian was doing really well.This can be taken out to brag, if it is put into the present, it is so simple.

But Li Chengqian pretended to be a master, and said: "It's simple, we will sell books at half the price! If they dare to lower the price again, we will not sell it!"

The purpose of Li Chengqian's doing this is to make them lose money. If they don't follow, this book will have to rot in their hands. If they do, then they must be prepared to lose half of it.

Li Shimin was on the side, a little dazed.

Because he didn't understand what it meant.

But seeing Li Chengqian's confident appearance, he was too embarrassed to ask, after all, he couldn't bear to ask why.

As an emperor, as long as you focus on the result, the process is not important.

Wei Zheng agreed: "Yes! I'll get someone to do it later!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't intend to leave, as if he still had something to say.

Li Chengqian asked again: "Did they raise the price of paper?"

As soon as these words came out, Wei Zheng exclaimed: "His Royal Highness, you are really clever!"

But Li Chengqian said: "The eyeliner I planted around them has already told me these things, these guys are really very courageous!"

Li Shimin was upset when he heard it.

"In my Tang Dynasty, I dare to raise the price indiscriminately! According to my order, whoever dares to raise the price of paper indiscriminately, will be pulled out and chopped down!"

With Li Shimin's words, the five surnames and Qiwang would probably tremble.

"Yes!"

Then someone went down to convey his order.But Li Chengqian had a different idea.

He said: "Your Majesty, even though a few people were chopped off, it still can't cure the root cause. I think that the method of making paper is still a bit backward, and I want to make paper!"

This statement is well-founded. After all, papermaking is in the hands of aristocratic families, and the price cannot be lowered. At the same time, the output cannot keep up. If the papermaking can be improved, the future paper price will only fall.

"Gao Ming, what do you think?"

Li Shimin asked, because Li Chengqian would not say these things for no reason.

However, Li Chengqian said: "I think that my Tang Dynasty must at least master some of these people's livelihood industries, so that they will not be controlled by others everywhere, and if the cost of paper comes down, then books will fly into the homes of ordinary people! Dare I dare Judging that as long as papermaking is in our hands, Erchen feels that the cost of books will be reduced to more than half!"

This is not a joke, if this is the case, I am afraid that it is possible to drop to one percent of the original, then anyone can really afford books, and anyone can own more than a few books.

"Then how to make paper?"

Li Shimin asked.

What he meant was how would Li Chengqian make it? Does he have the technology?

"I learned the method of making paper from an ancient book. I believe that through that method, I can make paper of higher quality, and the price of paper is lower!"

"Oh? Like this..."

Li Shimin was a little skeptical about what kind of ancient texts Li Chengqian was looking at, and why there were so many novel things.

Li Chengqian would not tell him that these are all things in his mind, things that do not belong to this era.

Li Chengqian did not wait for Li Shimin to doubt, and continued:
"When the paper mill is built, it will be supported by Datang Publishing House, and the ink will also be produced at the same time. In this way, once the paper is produced, it is not afraid that it will not be sold, and it will be consumed directly!"

Once the things produced are in the warehouse, they must be sold quickly, otherwise these will be costs, and the books will become old. Things that have not been sold for more than three months will become a burden!This is his business experience, and it is also the way modern people do business.

Li Chengqian has thought of everything that can be done, and since he has done it, he must do his best.

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Success, in this way, those aristocratic families will definitely be hit, and part of the industry will definitely be eliminated."

Li Shimin was only happy when they were weak. It would be better if everything was in his own hands.

And Li Chengqian is also very happy, this paper making is [-]%, and he will not be controlled by others.

At this time, a reminder came to Li Chengqian's head: Congratulations to the host for performing the papermaking task!Extra bonus plus ten percent.

Um?Unintentionally, another reward bonus was triggered, which is interesting now.

(End of this chapter)