Long live the ancestral dragon of all worlds

Chapter 74 Xianyang Zhigui, Dog Rong Changes

Sima Yi asked curiously, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

"Zhongda, how much does a piece of paper cost?" Ying Zheng looked at him.

Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty, a piece of paper costs 5 Wen."

"5 Wen? It's still a bit expensive!" Ying Zheng said to himself.

One tael of silver can be exchanged for 1000 Wen, and the annual living expenses of an ordinary family of four in Daqin are about thirteen or forty taels of silver.

If a piece of paper costs 5 cents, plus transportation costs and the profits of paper merchants at all levels, even if Daqin Paper Mill adopts a low-price sales strategy to win by quantity, a piece of paper will cost at least 15 cents in the hands of ordinary people.

The children of ordinary people must not be able to afford it.

In the early days, paper was popular among the rich and aristocratic, and it cost 5 papers a piece to produce, without any problems.

After all, a piece of paper can be sold for as much as 100 silver coins.

However, if the King of Qin wanted to make paper affordable for the whole world in the later period, the production cost of five texts would be too high to popularize paper at all.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng closed his eyes and checked Wenzhi Mall.

See if there are any ways to improve papermaking efficiency and reduce costs.

"Ding dong! The host doesn't need to check Wenzhi Mall, there is no information you need in Level 1 Wenzhi Mall.

The host can only improve paper production efficiency and reduce costs only if the country level is raised to level 2, and in the level 2 cultural governance mall. "

At this moment, the sound of the cold system sounded.

Qin Wang heard the sound and checked the host panel.

hum-

The space in front of him trembled slightly, and a light screen appeared.

Host: Ying Zheng.

Identity: King of Qin.

National level: Level 1 country (1366.5 National Luck Points, 2 National Luck Points are required to upgrade to Level 2000 countries).

Territory: Ba, Shu, old Qin and other places.

Cultivation method: Supreme God Emperor Jue (the upper limit of cultivation is related to the level of the country).

Cultivation level: First level of Xuanwu Realm.

Supernatural powers: None.

Martial arts: None.

Divine Weapon: Emperor Xuanyuan Sword.

Mount: White jade unicorn horse (rider of the king).

Gods and Demons: Sima Yi of the Tomb Tiger, Bai Qi, the God of Killing, Invincible in the East, Ji Gang, the Hand of Gods and Demons, Xue Rengui, the God of War in the Tang Dynasty (the first level of Xuanwu Realm).

Harem: Lu Yuyan (wife), Shiyin (beauty), Sui Keren (beauty).

Items: "Up and Down 5000 Years", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", Emperor Xuanyuan Sword...

Wenzhi value: 1600 points (dark blue).

Martial arts value: 18360 points (blood red).

King Qin sighed slightly after checking.

It is really difficult to upgrade Qin from a level 1 country to a level 2 country!

I have done so many things to get about 300 points of national luck, and I am still short of more than 600 points before I can upgrade to level 2.

"Ding dong! The system reminds you that the host does not need to be discouraged. As the national strength of Qin continues to increase, the more powerful the enemies eliminated, the more martial arts points you will get, and the more national luck points you will get.

If the host can destroy the Inurong Kingdom and merge it into the territory of Daqin, it will gain a lot of martial arts and national luck, and it is expected to upgrade Daqin to a second-level country. "

The system noticed that Ying Zheng was not in a good mood, so he reminded him.

When Ying Zheng heard this, the negative emotions in his heart disappeared.

According to the system, there is a high probability that the country can be upgraded by defeating the dog army.

……

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Ying Zheng's mind, and he remembered that there was a record about the process in a book he had read.

Sima Yi, who was at the side, couldn't help feeling a little panicked when he saw His Majesty's complexion.

Worried that His Majesty would blame himself for failing to control the cost of paper manufacturing.

Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty, I will definitely find ways to improve the craftsmanship and lower the purchase price to achieve the purpose of reducing costs."

"Zhongda, there is a prerequisite for reducing costs, and the quality must be guaranteed." Ying Zheng came back to his senses and said.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know."

Ying Zheng said: "The widow has thought of a method, you should remember it well."

"promise!"

Ying Zheng said four words: "The assembly line method!"

"The assembly line method?" Sima Yi was puzzled.

Ying Zheng explained: "The assembly line method is that each worker only does one of the processes, which can improve worker efficiency..."

After hearing His Majesty's explanation, Sima Yi was thoughtful.

After a while, he said: "Your Majesty, does this method really work?"

"Try it and you'll know!" Ying Zheng said.

"No!" Sima Yi said, leaving the imperial study with strong curiosity.

The evening of the second day.

Sima Yi came to see King Qin again and reported the paper sales situation.

The 5 sheets of paper were sold out within an hour, leaving a net profit of 475 taels of silver after deducting costs.

This amount of silver seems to be not much, but it is because of the lack of paper. If 10 or 100 million sheets are sold, the profit will be astonishing.

In the following time, as soon as 5 sheets of paper were released every day, they were all sold out within an hour.

In the black market, the price of a piece of paper was even fired up to 500 Wen, which directly increased the price by 4 times.

The paper made by the Daqin Paper Mill was not only famous in the Qin State, but also heard of the name of paper in all Shandong countries.

Many foreign merchants came to Xianyang to snap up paper, hoping to bring it back to their own country and sell it at a high price.

Of course that's all for later.

Half a month later, after Sima Yi ordered the paper mill to implement assembly line production, the efficiency was greatly improved.

In the same workshop with the same number of workers, the daily production of paper is nearly 1.5 times higher than before.

In this way, the labor cost is reduced, and the price of paper manufacturing has dropped a lot.

From the original 5 Wen per sheet to 3.5 Wen silver coins.

On the 16th day, the prime minister's office posted a notice:

Daqin Paper Mill will hold a state-level paper monopoly auction in one month. Whoever can obtain the state-level monopoly right will be able to monopolize the sales of paper in their kingdom (except Qin).

As soon as this news came out, the merchants from other countries in Xianyang City were all excited.

Whoever can obtain the monopoly of paper in their own country will make a lot of money, and the daily income is not enough to describe the profit of selling paper.

A new thing like paper is definitely in high demand.

Moreover, paper is a consumable, and scholars from rich and noble families have to buy it after they run out.

Those merchants who were backed by the wealthy family wrote letters one after another to have their servants hurry back to the wealthy family to inform them of this matter.

Merchants who were not from the proud family wrote letters to their friends, hoping to raise money together to win the paper monopoly in their country.

No one wants to miss this opportunity to make a lot of money.

……

For half a month.

There was also constant information about the infighting among the 36 powerful families, which was sent to Ying Zheng.

After this period of fighting, the 36 Hao family lost a lot.

Among them, the four big families of Lu Fan, Zhu Sui and others lost the most, and each private army lost at least 3000 people.

However, due to the considerable losses, the fighting tended to ease temporarily.

When Ying Zheng heard this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth:
It seems that they need to add fire to them to make them burn more violently!

……

At this moment, a major event happened in Quanrong Kingdom, which is far away from Xianyang.

(End of this chapter)