Sima Yi said curiously: "What else does Your Majesty command?"

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

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

"5 Wen is still a bit expensive!" Ying Zheng said to himself.

One tael of silver can be exchanged for 1,000 yuan, and the ordinary living expenses of an ordinary family of four in Daqin are about thirteen or four taels of silver for a year.

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

15 yuan for a piece of paper, ordinary people's children must not be able to afford it.

In the early stage, paper was popular among the rich and aristocratic classes, and there was no problem with the manufacturing cost of 5 wen sheets.

After all, a piece of paper can be sold for up to 100 silver dollars.

However, if King Qin wanted that in the later period, the whole world could afford to use paper, and the manufacturing cost of the 5 texts was too high.

With such a cost, it is simply impossible to popularize paper.

Ying Zheng thought about this, closed his eyes and looked at Wenzhi Mall.

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

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

Only by upgrading the country level to level 2 and the level 2 Wenji Mall can the host improve the paper production efficiency and reduce costs. ”

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

King Qin heard the sound and looked at the host panel.

Buzz –

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

Host: Ying Zheng.

Identity: King of Qin.

National level: Level 1 country (national fortune value is 1366.5 points, and 2000 national fortune points are required to upgrade to level 2 country).

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

Exercises: Supreme God Emperor Jue (the upper limit of cultivation is related to the national level).

Cultivation is: Xuanwu Realm is heavy.

Avatar: Not yet.

Martial Arts: Not yet.

Divine Soldier: Xuanyuan Emperor Sword.

Mount: White Jade Kirin Horse (King's Ride).

Gods and demons: Tsukasa Tiger Sima Yi, Killing God Bai Qi, Dongfang Undefeated, Ji Gang, Hand of Gods and Demons, Xue Rengui, God of War of the Tang Dynasty (Xuanwu Realm One Heavy).

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

Items: "Five Thousand Years Up and Down", "The Art of War", Xuanyuan Emperor's Sword ......

Stat: 1600 points (dark blue).

Martial arts: 18360 points (blood red).

After King Qin checked it, he sighed slightly.

Upgrading the Qin State from a Level 1 country to a Level 2 country is really not easy!

I have done so many things to get about 300 points of national fortune value, and there are still more than 600 points left before I can be promoted to level 2.

"Ding Dong! The system warmly reminds that the host does not need to be discouraged, as the national strength of the Qin State continues to improve, the stronger the enemy destroyed, the more martial arts points will be obtained, and the more national fortune points will be.

If the host can wipe out the Inurong Kingdom and incorporate it into the territory of Great Qin, it will gain a large number of martial arts and national fortune points, and it is expected to upgrade Great Qin to a level 2 country. ”

The system noticed that Yingzheng was not in a high mood, so he reminded him.

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

The system says so, then nine times out of ten, if you attack the dogs, you will be able to upgrade the country.

......

Suddenly, Ying Zheng had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and remembered that there was a record of the process in the books he had read.

Sima Yi, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel a little frightened when he saw His Majesty's face was not good.

I am worried that His Majesty will blame himself for not controlling the cost of paper manufacturing.

Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty, the minister will definitely find a way to improve the process and lower the purchase price to achieve the purpose of reducing costs." ”

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

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister knows. ”

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

"No!"

Ying Zheng said four words: "Assembly line method!"

"Assembly line method?" Sima Yi was puzzled: "Is it to build a stream and then make paper on it?"

Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "No, the assembly line method is that each worker only does one of the processes, so it can provide worker efficiency ......"

Sima Yi listened to His Majesty's explanation and was thoughtful.

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

"You go and try it!" Ying Zheng said.

"No!" Sima Yi said, and with strong curiosity, he left the imperial study.

The evening of the second day.

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

5,000 sheets of paper were sold out in an hour, and after deducting the cost, it made a net profit of 475 taels of silver.

This bit of silver is not much, but this is a small amount of paper, if you sell 100,000 sheets, 1 million sheets, the profit is amazing.

For the next month, 5,000 sheets of paper were sold out in an hour as soon as they were released.

In the black market, the price of a piece of paper was even speculated to 500 wen yin, a direct increase of 4 times.

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

Many foreign merchants came to Xianyang to buy paper, wanting to take the paper out of the Qin State and return to their own country to sell it at a high price.

Of course, that's all for later.

Half a month has passed, after Sima Yi let the paper mill implement assembly line production, the efficiency has been greatly improved, and the number of workers in the same workshop has increased by nearly 1.5 times compared with the original.

In this way, the labor cost was reduced, and the price of paper manufacturing dropped a lot, from the original 5 wen to 3.5 wen silver per sheet.

Sima Yi once again admired His Majesty's five-body throw.

He really wanted to see how His Majesty's brain grew and why it was so bright.

On the sixteenth day, the Prime Minister's Office posted a notice:

The Great Qin Paper Mill will hold a national paper monopoly auction in a month's time, when whoever can obtain the national monopoly will be able to monopolize the paper sales in his kingdom (except for Qin).

In addition, starting tomorrow, Xianyang will supply and sell 20,000 sheets of paper every day.

As soon as this news came out, the businessmen from other countries in Xianyang City were boiling.

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

Paper, a new thing, is definitely in high demand.

Moreover, paper is a consumable, and rich and noble people have to buy it again when they run out of it.

Those merchants who were backed by the Hao clan wrote letters one after another and asked the servants to send them back to the Hao clan as soon as possible to inform them of the matter.

Businessmen who are not from the proud family write letters to their friends, hoping to raise money together to win the monopoly of paper in their country.

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

......

Half a month.

There is also constant information about the infighting of the thirty-six wealthy clans, which is sent to Ying Zheng.

After this period of fighting, the losses of the thirty-six wealthy clans are not small.

Among them, the biggest losses were the four wealthy clans of Lufan, Zhu and Sui, and each of the four wealthy clans lost at least 3,000 people in their private army.

However, due to the considerable losses, the fighting temporarily eased.

When Ying Zheng learned of this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: It seems that he has to add a fire to them to make this fire more violent!

......

At this moment, a major event happened in the country of Inurong, which is far away from Xianyang.