Chapter 24: The Gap in Vision
"Pheasant, you and I have the same idea, paper is to score different uses, and then sell it in different ways, but only paper cannot be used to absolutely replace bamboo slips, and it is not allowed to touch the expediency of scholars to read."
"But you can think of paper as a high-end and expensive product. Pheasant, what do you think is the cost of a piece of paper? ”
"The servants can be used by the people of the house, and if you cut the bamboo, there will be people at the city gate who specialize in this livelihood, probably money, and if you do, you can make hundreds or thousands of pieces of paper. That is to say......"
In other words, the real cost of making paper ...... It's actually not worth a penny.
"Then price a penny! A blank roll of bamboo slips is about - money, but our paper is priced at a price, so it will only circulate in high society. ”
"Husband is saying...... You don't want to get in trouble, do you? Lu Pheasant was very smart and immediately understood what Li Lin meant.
Then he turned to look at his father, "Daddy, what the husband means is that Daddy has no official position, and the next paper-making business can be related to tens of millions of people. For example, the county magistrate, for example, the local gentry, and so on...... Because of the advent of paper, everyone will be able to read. So who can be the official then? ”
"This ...... Huh! After his daughter's explanation, Lu Gong was stuck. He spun around in place several times, "That's true, that's true." ”
He is already a little old, but it doesn't mean that he is rigid, otherwise he would not have sold his daughter to Li Lin after being robbed in the bamboo forest, and he would not have wavered about marrying his daughter to his friend's son Yunyun after meeting a powerful county magistrate.
"If that's the case, then it's really going to be a disaster."
People who read books in this era are not all fools, so Lu Gong also understands that he has just taken it for granted.
Moreover, Lu Gong's consciousness was not so high, and he just didn't expect that everyone could read because of the circulation of paper, but thought that this was a great merit and a benefit to the world. But this world did not take into account the poor people, and only considered that scholars like him could not hold a pile of bamboo slips every time they did their studies and then die of trouble.
"So let's do it. Arrange the staff now, but keep it absolutely confidential! ”
Watching them become more knowledgeable, Li Lin finally summed up.
It's just that in his heart, papermaking or something, it's just a part of the pit county order and a means to make his life a little more convenient.
Lord Prefectural, come quickly!
I'll let you know right now what great joy and sorrow are!
The paper has been made, but how to get it out still needs a good opportunity. And since you have decided to take the path of high prices, you naturally need these people who can use such expensive paper.
And Lu Gong disliked Li Lin for a long time before, and Lu Pheasant directly took over the task, and she was in charge.
The aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, but it is just a real wine, everyone knows that Lu Gong just came to defect to the county order, and once talked with the county order at night and then slept together.
And the news of the Qin Dynasty is blocked, and the county order surnamed Zhang knows him, and now he has rejected the decision of the other party's in-laws, and he will not help introduce people if he wants to come to the county order.
Therefore, this thing of spreading fame still needs to be done by one's own people.
Like what is "Chengbei Lu Gong has both virtue and talent", "Virtue and Virtue Streamer", "Virtue and Virtue" and so on, maybe he doesn't have this virtue, but he also promotes this virtue.
This was Lu Pheasant's proposal, and she arranged for the family members to infiltrate the market gate valve to publicize her father's deeds. And most of these deeds were made up by her, but it is also hundreds of miles away from her hometown Yudan, who will explore? And even if you find someone from the same country, will others deny it?
Her father is also a little bit of a standard.
This directly caused Lu Gong to sit at home and his face became hot all day long.
But such a shameless act also made even children in Pei County know that there was a virtuous and talented Lu Gong family who read poetry and books.
In this way, the squires of Pei County can be invited to gather in the mansion together.
The family members went out in the afternoon, but soon returned, and listening to the reply of the family members, they were not optimistic.
They had already publicized the reputation of Lu Gong and the banquet on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, but only forty percent of them were willing to come.
And one is like this, and the other is like this, and finally someone said the reason, it was Zhang Xianling who contacted them in advance, saying that Lu Gong had offended him, and the squires all looked at power, so most of them didn't come.
"That Zhang County Order is too much!"
Lu Pheasant scolded directly.
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"This is just the beginning now, and he will make a move in the future." This is what Li Lin said to Lu Pheasant alone, and now Li Lin is planning to cultivate Lu Pheasant.
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"Daughter, what should we do now?"
Lu Gong didn't expect that his former friend would be so faceless, but now he has to stand opposite his friend, so if he is blocked like this, he feels like a fish has lost water, and he is at a loss.
He was very satisfied, even excited, with the papermaking proposed by Li Lin, but now that the county magistrate was an official, as soon as he spoke, he blocked all his back roads. The squires didn't dare to come to the door.
And the squires don't come to the door, so who will come and buy the paper they make?
Is it sold at a low price?
Lu Gong's group turned.
"Perhaps-" Lu Su, who had been following beside him, if he didn't pay special attention, then he would be ignored, suddenly said, "Don't worry." ”
Lu Su is a typical literary young woman, who does not like to talk and has a quiet personality. Because she was quiet, she didn't like to interject, but seeing her sister and father so anxious, she couldn't help but open her mouth.
"How can you not be in a hurry." Lu Gong walked around the room, "That guy Zhang Wen actually let out such words, obviously to expel us from this Pei County." ”
The Zhang Wen in his mouth is his former friend Zhang Xianling.
He was reckless in the end, and he shouldn't have come here in Peixian easily. Zhang County Order, here in the Qin Dynasty, the head of a county rules over ten thousand households, that is to say, he is a high power, and if there is a gap with him, then he may not be able to stay.
Even if it's a local tycoon, let alone an outsider?
"There's no rush."
Lu Su didn't come alone, there was a maid behind her, and the girl was holding a stack of papers in her hand.
"Husband...... My husband asked me to bring something over, saying that my sister had forgotten it. ”
"Husband?"
It's just that she is a little unconvinced in her heart after all.
I wonder how my husband did it?
"Hurry up and show me something."
Lu Su dragged a long dress and walked over, and because the ground was wiped clean by the subordinates, she was not afraid of getting dirty. The girl holding a stack of papers in both hands hurriedly stepped forward.
And Lu Pheasant and Lu Gong both ran over to take a look, only to see that these were all boxy pieces of paper. An article was written on the paper, and it was all in Lu Gong's handwriting.
"Oh-"