"Back to my father, if you work in shifts, you can produce about 20,000 pieces a month, and if you expand production, 10,000 pieces a day is not a problem."

Everyone was amazed, but this seemed to be the beginning of their shock.

The minister of the family began to calculate, if the cost of this paper price was really only two copper, the most terrible consequence of so much extra paper would be tantamount to a change.

What has to do with paper, and what the Maison values the most, is books.

According to this calculation, doesn't it mean that this workshop can provide 300,000 sheets of paper per month?

You must know that the daily amount of paper in the palace is only a few thousand, and even fewer in the major families, hundreds a day.

The amount of paper that each prince could receive each month was extremely limited, but now, it seems that a single workshop can afford to support an entire supply of paper in Chang'an.

What if there were a few more?

If all the state capitals of the Tang Dynasty have this kind of paper, it will be more convenient for poor students to study and study, and won't there be more poor officials in the court in the future?

"Yu'er, this method is good, why not hand it over to the court?" Li Shimin began to calculate in his heart again, if the paper-making technique returned to the court, then how much fame he could gain from it!

Li Fangchen couldn't help but ask, "Am I an official?" In addition to having a knighthood now, there is no difference between me and the people, and the court does not compete with the people for profit, is this a lie? ”

Wei Zheng hurriedly said with relief: "Your Highness, you can't say that, if you hand over this method, everyone in the world will thank you!" ”

"Pull it down, a few years ago, I handed over a method of making salt, and I didn't see the people grateful to me, and even I never found out how much the price of salt in Datang has dropped!"

As soon as this person came out, everyone blushed a little, even if the nobles of the court were from all over the family, they were all full of oil because of the salt profits, where were they willing to let the price of salt fall?

Li Shimin coughed lightly, "Didn't you say that there is another one?" ”

Li Fangchen nodded, "To be precise, it's the three families, my father, please come with me!" ”

After leaving the paper mill, I went around and came to the door of a workshop with the word "Printing Workshop" printed on the door.

The family panicked when he saw it, sure enough, papermaking is for printing books, and he Li Chengyu is planning to break the net with the family!

"Everyone, please!"

When he entered the entrance, Du Ruhui felt that something was wrong, "Your Highness, you ...... here"

Unlike traditional print shops, the shelves on both sides of the entrance are already full.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as for the inside of the workshop, there is also a warehouse, which is not open to the public for the time being."

It's easier than a paper mill, and he directly showed them a front hall, Li Shimin picked up a copy casually, opened it and savored it.

"This kind of book, Benwang can print 2,000 copies a day, mainly because the output of the paper mill cannot be increased temporarily."

The eldest grandson Wuji shuddered, "Your Highness, you came up with the engraving printing technique, but the cost is really not low, wouldn't it be too extravagant to print like this?" ”

"Who told you that I used engraving? Don't you understand that times are changing, and people's brains are changing with them? ”

Era.... Variation?

"Second brother, you just say bluntly, the cost of this book is geometric!"

Because Li Shimin was fascinated by reading books, Li Chengqian couldn't help but speak, didn't he know his second brother's plans?

Previously, because of the emergence of engraving printing, the price of books in the entire Datang Dynasty dropped by more than seventy percent, but even so, there are still many people who can't afford it and look down on it.

What Li Fangchen did was to break this cage.

Didn't your family rely on knowledge to cultivate talents from generation to generation, so that they were inferior to the court and gained the prestige they have today?

Good! The first step of the king is to make the number of officials in your family drop sharply, even if all the people with the five surnames and seven wangs withdraw from the court in the end, Datang will not fall into a situation of no officials and no talents!

"A book, three hundred coppers, this king can still make a little money, what do you think, brother prince?"

Li Chengqian laughed, "If that's the case, I'll set a thousand copies first!" By the way, if it is written by someone else, can the second brother print it? ”

At the same time, the officials of the Confucian faction and the military generals pricked up their ears and wrote books saying that if the price was cheap, each of them would want to intervene.

"Printed? Two hundred and seventy coppers for one book, more than ten thousand copies, two hundred and forty coppers! ”

"Hiss......"

Li Shimin came to read the book very well, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath.

Two hundred and forty coppers?

Yu'er's book seems to be quite profitable, according to what he said before, the cost of a piece of paper is only two coppers, which book should not be dozens of pages? It's only a hundred coppers, and counting the engraving and ink, it will kill two hundred coppers.

Li Shimin never thought that Li Fangchen's piece of paper was worth one-tenth of this book, folded and cut in half, and only a dozen sheets were enough for him to print a book of Analects.

Coupled with the salary of the craftsmen in the workshop, the ink and the maintenance costs of some equipment, Li Fangchen actually made a book, but it was only a hundred copper.

Compared with the price of a book of more than ten yuan, three hundred copper will definitely make the people go crazy and buy it one after another.

"Your Highness, the old minister has written two treatises in his spare time, can you?" Yan Shigu couldn't help but jump out and ask.

Li Fangchen waved his hand very casually, "What's the matter, when the time comes, send it to the Qin Palace, and I will send someone to seal it for you." How many copies do you want to print? ”

"How much...... 10,000 copies? ”

Li Shimin couldn't hold back the resentment in his heart, and said: "These two workshops, I want them!" ”

If this kid is really allowed to do it, won't he Li Shimin not get a single copper in front of Baoshan?

"No, father, this workshop still has the mother's shares, thirty percent!"

"Huh?" Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian, who smiled bitterly and said: "The sons have one percent, the Qingque also has one percent, and the third and fifth brothers account for one percent......"

It can also be regarded as a royal holding, Li Shimin lost his temper in an instant, "As the crown prince, it's useless to keep the things outside your body, hand them over to your mother." ”

Li Chengqian nodded bitterly, it's not a big deal, so his Li family also makes a lot of money in this workshop.

As for to the imperial court? Hehe, it's better for a family to make money than for hundreds of officials to make money together, right?

The Ministry of Industry's eyes were red, and he couldn't find a better reason after thinking about it for a long time, such a great merit could not be taken in front of him, how sad!

Don't talk about him, the household officials are also red-eyed, and there are some ministers of the state, which one is not greedy?

When did His Royal Highness King Qin make a loss-making transaction?

"Let's go, next one."

It's a pity that when they still wanted to know more, Li Fangchen came to a sudden brake and wanted to take them to see the next workshop.

"Your Highness, why don't you take us into the workshop to have a look, we are very curious about the inside!"

Li Fangchen looked coldly at the retainer who spoke, "What kind of thing are you?" ”

The retainers of the family were red-faced, and they didn't dare to speak angrily, they originally wanted to agitate, just to go in and find out the truth, but King Qin is a hedgehog at all, as long as he is not a close person, he will stab you when he opens his mouth! If you dare to talk nonsense, I will stab you!

The scene was extremely embarrassing, but fortunately, Li Shimin also knew that Li Fangchen wanted to hide, so naturally he had a reason to hide, so he didn't bother about it.

"Well, listen to you, next!"