louisehourcade Chapter 211
Chapter 211
Chapter 211
After ten days of preparation, the paper was in place and the shop was ready to open.
Early this morning, when Lin Xuan came to the store, he saw many scholars gathered around the door.
These people were all attracted by the advertisement made by Lin Xuan, and wanted to see if there was really such cheap paper for sale.
A scholar saw Lin Xuan walking into the shop, and asked aloud, "Is there really ten pieces of paper for pennies here?"
Lin Xuan nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there must be some, but today is the first day of opening, and it's not the auspicious time yet. Please wait a little longer, everyone."
Lin Xuan comforted the people waiting at the door, and then walked in.
He Xinmin was leading a group of people to make preparations before the opening. Seeing Lin Xuan coming in, he quickly said, "I have seen Lord Hou."
"How are you preparing?" Lin Xuan asked.
He Xinmin said: "Back to Lord Hou, let's not make any money at this price. Besides, it will be snapped up wildly, and it won't be long before it will be sold out."
There are only more than 200 million sheets of paper out of this batch.
According to the price set by Lin Xuan, it will cost more than 200 yuan if all of them are sold out.
After careful calculation, He Xinmin found that after excluding the cost, he would not make much money at all.
According to Chang'an's normal paper consumption, more than 200 million sheets can be sold for a long time.
But when those scholars saw this price, they were worried that the price would increase in the future, so they would definitely buy more.
This little paper can't be sold for a few days at all, but their next batch of paper will take a month to go.
It can't be opened for a few days and closed for a month.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "The price of paper cannot be changed, but it can be limited. If you keep informing, each person can only buy a maximum of [-] sheets."
He didn't even think about making much money with this paper, it was purely for disgusting the Wang family.
However, it is true that it cannot be sold too fast, Lin Xuan can only come up with a limited number of routines.
"Yes!" He Xinmin replied.
Anyway, when he was sent here, the higher-ups told him to listen to Lin Xuan, and he just followed through.
"Master Hou, the auspicious time is coming soon, Lord Hou, please unveil the plaque!" He Xinmin said.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "Just expose it, and I won't come forward."
He Xinmin was ordered to go out to uncover the plaque, and the study named "Moxuanzhai" by Lin Xuan officially opened.
Of course, Moxuanzhai not only sells paper, but also some pens, inks and books.
Just after the official opening was announced, a large group of scholars crowded in.
When those scholars saw the piles of pure white papers in the shop, it was like seeing a peerless beauty.
"Everyone, don't crowd, line up well. If anyone doesn't obey the rules, we won't accept you." Lin Xuan shouted quickly seeing the crowd.
Paper is nothing to rich people, and they don't buy paper themselves.
The scholars who can come now are all from families with average conditions.
When they heard Lin Xuan's words, they quickly and honestly lined up.
"Well, I want to ask, is it true that ten pieces of paper are worth one penny?" asked the scholar who was first in line.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Everyone, don't worry, ten papers per paper is definitely true, but the paper is limited, and no one is limited to buying twenty papers."
"Why can I only buy [-] copies? Could it be that the price will increase later?"
"Yeah, twenty is too little, can you buy more?"
"Ten bills for a penny is really too cheap, and it's normal for people to increase the price."
……
When the crowd in line heard that they could only buy [-] tickets, they began to discuss.
Lin Xuan said loudly: "Everyone, each piece of paper is one foot square in size. You can use it for a period of time to practice calligraphy and copy books after you buy it. You can buy it again when you run out. Because the paper mill has just started manufacturing, and the current output There are also some small ones, in order to ensure that more people can buy them, they are limited.”
"But don't worry, everyone. Next, we will expand our production, and we guarantee that the price of our paper will never increase. Don't worry, everyone."
It is certain to expand production, and the current production is too small, let alone make toilet paper.
After being comforted by Lin Xuan, the crowd became much quieter.
They didn't believe what Lin Xuan said, but if they can buy it now, they are making money, and we will talk about the future.
"Let's get started." Lin Xuan said to the waiter in the store.
A junior came forward and asked the scholar at the front of the line, "How much do you want to buy?"
"I want twenty." The scholar escaped with two coins and handed it to Xiao Er.
The waiter at the back quickly counted out the papers and handed them over.
The scholar took the paper and left happily.
"I want twenty too."
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"Master Hou, there are many businessmen who want to talk to Master Hou about cooperation." He Xinmin said.
"Cooperation is not impossible. You tell them that it is only sold in Chang'an now, and we will talk about cooperation after the production expands." Lin Xuan said.
Those merchants have really good sense of smell, but now they can't sell enough, so there is no paper to wholesale to them.
"Master Hou, how much should the paper mill be expanded?" He Xinmin asked.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "Let's expand it by ten times the current scale."
"Ten...ten times is too much." He Xinmin was a little surprised.
He said before that if more than 200 million sheets of paper are sold openly, they will be sold out soon, not that Changan can digest so much paper so quickly.
Just because paper is so cheap, many people choose to buy more and hoard it, and some even buy it in large quantities and ship it to other places for sale.
Normally, more than 200 million sheets of paper are enough for the scholars in Chang'an City to use for a month or two.
The registered population at the beginning of Zhenguan was only over 1000 million. How many people can read and write?
Of course, there must have been some black households in the early Tang Dynasty, but those people didn’t even have household registration. Do you still expect him to be able to read and write?
According to Lin Xuan's ten-fold expansion, more than 2000 million sheets of paper can be produced in that month, which is not enough for the entire Tang Dynasty.
"Do as I say, and when it's done, I have something else to tell you." Lin Xuan said.
Of course he knows that he can't use it up, but with the rise of the imperial examination, there will be more and more scholars.
Moreover, he didn't plan to use all of it to produce paper, and leave a part to produce toilet paper.
Toilet paper is what he uses to make money.
"Yes!" He Xinmin replied.
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"Father, I bought the paper." Wang Qingyun came to Wang Ze's study with the paper.
Wang Ze took the paper and looked at it, frowned, and asked, "Why is there only one kind?"
"Father, Moxuanzhai only sells this kind of paper, nothing else." Wang Qingyun said.
"What did you say? There is only one kind? You mean this is ten sheets of paper for a penny?" Wang Ze asked in shock.
He originally thought that if Lin Xuan could make paper so quickly and sell it so cheaply, the paper must be very poor.
However, it was not what he thought. Although the paper made by Lin Xuan was not as good as the Wang family's best paper, it was better than the Wang family's paper that sold for two cents a piece.
"Father, I know what you are worried about, but your worries are unnecessary." Wang Qingyun said with a smile.
Wang Ze looked at Wang Qingyun in surprise and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Wang Qingyun said: "Father, although I don't know how Lin Xuan made the paper in only one month, the cost of Lin Xuan is definitely not low."
"How do you know?" Wang Ze asked.
"Father, Moxuanzhai has a limited number, and each person can only buy twenty sheets of paper. There are two reasons for him to do this. Either the output is too low, or the loss is too much. He can't bear it." Wang Qingyun confidently Said.
Wang Ze thought for a while, nodded, and said, "That's right, my son's analysis makes sense. Our Wang family has been making paper for many years, and the cost of this kind of paper can only produce about three sheets at most at the cost of one penny. He must sell it this way." A lot to lose."
"Father, I also deliberately asked someone to discuss cooperation with Lin Xuan, but I was told that the production volume is too low, and it is only sold in Chang'an at present, and the cooperation will be discussed later." Wang Qingyun said.
Wang Ze laughed when he heard this, and said, "In this way, Lin Xuan Paper is not a big threat to my Wang family."
Lin Xuan can only buy [-] sheets per person, and those big families buy more paper every time, and they are not short of money, and they don't care about the money, so they finally buy it at their Wang family.
Lin Xuan could only snatch some poor scholars at most, but those poor scholars usually couldn't buy much paper, so it didn't affect them much.
What's more, Lin Xuan is only sold in Chang'an, and the influence on their Wang family is even less.
Wang Ze felt that Lin Xuan should deliberately disgust them because they impeached him.
After waiting for a while, Lin Xuan saw that there was no effect, so naturally he would not continue to toss.
"Haha, Lin Xuan isn't doing too well, the Cui family is still known as the No. [-] family, but Lin Xuan was intimidated by it." Wang Ze laughed.
"I don't think the Cui family is going to die. When our Wang family gets the glass making method and surpasses the Cui family, it will be just around the corner." Wang Qingyun said with a smile.
"Haha~"
The father and son looked at each other and laughed.
(End of this chapter)