Chapter 5: 'Black-Hearted' Pang Tong
"Childe!"
In the exclamation of the craftsmen, after picking up a piece of snow-white leather paper that the craftsman had just carefully removed, as thin as a cicada's wings, and looking at it, Liu Chan suddenly rubbed it with both hands, and in the blink of an eye, he kneaded it into a waste paper ball.
"Why does Childe ......?"
Like those craftsmen, Zhao Yun, who is Liu Chan's current personal guard, is also puzzled by his abnormal behavior.
It's just that before the words of doubt are finished, I saw that Liu Chan began to slowly unfold the crumpled leather paper again
"Huh?"
Looking at the paper ball that was gradually unfolded and flattened in Liu Chan's hand, the craftsmen present suddenly changed from the previous exclamation to surprise, and they couldn't believe that this was the paper they made.
No way, compared to those Cai Hou paper that will fold and break if you don't pay attention to it, although there are many wrinkles on this 'waste paper' in Liu Chan's hand, let alone cracked, even the slightest scrap of paper has not fallen.
Not only that, but with the unfolding of the lump of leather paper in Liu Chan's hand, a faint fragrance also wafted out. In other words, this skin paper also has its own 'bookish' flavor!
"Childe, this ...... Is this really paper? I look a little like silk! ”
Caressing a piece of smooth new paper that had just been removed, even Zhao Yun, the 10,000-strong enemy who held a sword than a brush, couldn't help but be shocked.
"Uncle Yun, this is indeed paper. Of course, if you use it to make clothes, it's not impossible to ......."
Seeing Zhao Yun's shocked appearance, Liu Chan couldn't help but think of the ancients who used the bark of the tree to make clothes before cotton was not popularized.
Although there are subtle differences between the tree and the tree, they are both mulberry plants. Therefore, the bark paper can be used to make clothes, and of course the bark can be used as well.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that because of his unintentional words of paper clothes, paper armor finally appeared in the Shu Han army hundreds of years in advance, making a lot of contributions to the revival of the Han Dynasty in the future.
Of course, that's all for later. At this moment, Liu Chan's attention is all focused on how to use this parchment paper to 'make profits'.
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"Could it be that this is the new paper that Childe is talking about?"
In the public office of the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, after receiving the leather paper sent by Liu Chan, just like Zhao Yun and the others before, Pang Tong was so shocked by the new paper that his mouth was about to be stuffed into his fist.
"Exactly, please also ask the military advisor to taste it!"
Liu Chan, who was accustomed to everyone's expression when they saw this parchment paper for the first time, was calm, and made a gesture of invitation to Pang Tong with a smile.
As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire, and it is a mule or a horse that has to be pulled out and slipped away. Whether this paper is good or not, you have to write to know it, right?
"Then let's try the new paper made by Childe, haha!"
Hearing Liu Chan's invitation, Pang Tong was not polite, and after pressing a piece of skin paper with a paperweight, he immediately picked up the pen and put pen to paper on this snow-white skin paper.
"Good, good! This paper is as thin as a cicada's wings and uniform in thickness, smooth as jade and full of toughness. The most rare thing is that the writing is smooth and without the worry of immersion in ink, which is really the best writing product, far better than the simple silk silk! ”
In just a moment, Pang Tong, who finished writing a "Liang's Father's Yin", immediately praised this parchment paper with a happy face, and did not hesitate to praise it.
"Then according to the opinion of the military advisor, how much can this paper be worth?"
Unlike Pang Tong, who focused on the merits of writing on this parchment paper, Liu Chan's focus was much more 'cheesy'.
"The new paper made by Gongzi is far better than Cai Hou paper. Therefore, this price should not be set too low, otherwise it will make people think that this paper is not enough...... It is believed that the price of four knives of paper and one silk cloth is more appropriate. ”
didn't care about Liu Chan's 'cheesiness', but after a little thought, Pang Tong directly gave a high price of two knives of paper and half a silk cloth.
"What, four knives of paper and one match silk? Strategist, isn't this price too high? The new paper was made by the kid with the intention of replacing silk and silk with it. If the price is too high, not many people can afford it, right? ”
After hearing the 'black-hearted' price given by Pang Tong, Liu Chan, who originally planned to make small profits and quick turnover, couldn't help but be stunned.
You know, at this time, there were only seventy pieces of paper. In other words, according to the price given by Pang Tong, two hundred and eighty pieces of construction paper can already be exchanged for one silk cloth.
And in this era, the price of the so-called beautiful and strong slaves is only seven or eight horses of silk cloth. If it is really sold at this 'black-hearted' price, then this parchment paper can definitely be regarded as a windfall profit that loses conscience.
"Haha, what kind of person does Childe think will use this paper?"
Seeing Liu Chan's bewildered look, Pang Tong didn't think so, but looked at him with a mocking face.
"Since it is written in place of simple silk silk, it is naturally used more by literati. I am afraid that the demand of ordinary people for paper, especially this good paper, is not great."
Regarding the sudden attack of this Feng Xiao military division, Liu Chan answered without thinking about it.
After all, in this era of extremely low literacy rates, most ordinary people's pursuit is just to be fed and clothed.
"Childe is right, the demand for this paper is naturally mostly literati. But now most of these scholars are members of large families. In terms of the financial resources of the family, such a price is actually nothing. ”
When talking about these big families, Pang Tong's eyes couldn't help but flash a complicated look of disdain and self-deprecation.
"Well, even if the family is not short of money, but now that my father is starting a business, shouldn't we try our best to win over these families for my use? If the price is too high, won't it backfire? What's more, there are many poor scholars......"
Liu Chan, who didn't notice the complicated look in Pang Tong's eyes, was puzzled by Pang Tong's strategy of 'robbing the rich and helping the poor' that was obviously aimed at the family.
You must know that as far as he knows, whether it is the Cao family or the Sun family, one of the most important reasons why they can quickly establish a foundation is that they have more or less the support of the local families.
And a large part of the reason why his own Laozi Liu Bei was unable to 'get water' was that he had not found the 'angel investment' of the big financier.
"Hehe, with the age of the total horn, it is commendable that Childe can think of this. However, there is nothing in the world for nothing, and today he relies on the Shi family to seize the world, but he will return it with interest in the future. ”
Looking at Liu Chan, who was puzzled, Pang Tong couldn't help but shake his head and sigh lightly.
"As for the Hanmen Shizi, since Childe can make such a good paper, then he must also be able to make a slightly worse texture, not ......."
In the end, for the problem that Liu Chan was worried about that the price of paper was too expensive and the poor scholars could not afford to buy it, Pang Tong also gave a solution, that is, to develop a slightly inferior 'low-end' paper to deal with it.
After all, it is difficult to do everything well, and the truth that it is easy to do bad things is common in most things.
"Boy, thank you for your advice!"
was reminded by Pang Tong like this, Liu Chan, who was only thinking about small profits and quick turnover, and then recruited people from all over the world, also woke up at this moment.
"Hehe, the son is smart, but after all, he is still young, and there are occasional omissions for a while! When he gets older, he will naturally ......"
Shaking his head, Pang Tong, who has always been arrogant, did not take credit this time, and was very rare and modest.
"By the way, do you know what is the root cause of my big man's illness now?"
Just as Liu Chan was about to say goodbye and leave, Pang Tong very abruptly launched the school examination to him again.