In a few months, he can earn two million taels of silver, which is enough for Zhu Youzhen to agree to anything!

Except, of course, for his own throne!

Regarding Wang Li's words, Zhu Youzhen has no doubts!

Anything that has ever been done, as long as it is handed over to the West Factory to do, it will be done!

So, it's the same this time!

After discussing everything, Zhu Youzhen was heroic and full of ambition.

After tidying up his robes, he went to Kunning Palace with great interest.

"Factory father, the matter of printing vanilla coupons, just cooperate with the "factory", why do you want to go to the Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau? ”

"In the Inner Dyeing and Weaving Bureau, there are handsome palace maids, you can feast your eyes;

The "Hanjing Factory" and "Fanjing Factory" you are talking about, are there palace maids in them? ”

Wang Li's answer made Cao Huachun unable to refute.

Wang Li did not listen to the advice, and Cao Huachun was not easy to object.

Who made him have the ability to do it?

Long live the Lord has asked for full cooperation, what else can I say?

In fact, Wang Li handed over the printing of vanilla coupons to the "Internal Dyeing and Weaving Bureau", completely out of anti-counterfeiting considerations!

During the Ming Dynasty, the development and popularization of printing technology had reached an unprecedented height, both in the court and among the people.

The Inner Government, the Liangjing Factory, the Guozijian, the ministries and institutes, the local political secretaries, the judges, and the wealthy businessmen or residential schools of the people all have the ability to engrave and print.

However, these printing agencies, whether run or private, can steal the print of any institution if they want to, if they dare to do it!

In other words, the commonly used "engraving printing" cannot be anti-counterfeiting!

Even if each "vanilla coupon" is stamped with a jade seal, it cannot achieve the function of anti-counterfeiting!

After all, Wang Li has done the matter of carving jade seals privately!

No big deal!

As long as there are craftsmen, it's a matter of a few pieces of wood!

If you can't find wood for a while, you can pick up a few turnips!

Jade seal, you can carve as much as you want!

As long as you dare to do it!

So, engraving is easy to be "pirated"!

However, it is not so easy to steal the "screen printed" version!

The history of "screen printing" can be traced back to the Han Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago!

At that time, the "East Weaving" and "West Weaving" in the court were equivalent to the "Internal Dyeing and Weaving Bureau" in the Ming Dynasty, responsible for the dyeing and printing of the fabrics needed in the court.

In the Han Dynasty, the silk fabrics in the Central Plains could go abroad through the Silk Road, which was inseparable from the superb printing and dyeing skills of "East Weaving" and "West Weaving"!

"Factory ...... It's not that the little maid pushes three or four, but ...... It's a bit difficult......"

Knowing that more than 50 million vanilla coupons were to be printed, the voice of the palace maid in charge was trembling: "Factory man, manpower is short and time is urgent, the little maid can work overtime and try to complete it;

However, each batch of dyes, the color is more or less different!

Tens of millions of vanilla coupons, if you want to keep the same color, the little maid really can't do it! ”

Wang Li can completely understand the worries of the palace maid in charge!

Not to mention this era, even in the industrial age hundreds of years later, even if the ink produced by the same factory, there is no guarantee that there will be no difference in the color of each batch!

Therefore, the anti-counterfeiting measures that Wang Li wants are not in the color!

"It doesn't matter!

The color difference between different batches of dyes is not a problem!

The difference in font and pattern of each silk plate is not a problem! ”

After that, Wang Li picked up the cloth on the bamboo pole and nodded with satisfaction: "For each printing plate, the difference in the transition color of the same area is not a problem!" ”

Hearing Wang Li's words, the palace maid in charge breathed a sigh of relief.

When I think about it, I'm still a little scared!

The number of more than 50 million printed sheets is too large!

The number of printed copies of "Wild Panda" alone is six million!

Just a "wild panda" cannot be completed with a single silk screen!

Dozens of plates had to be made, printed by different palace maids at the same time!

However......

Not to mention dozens of plates, even if there are only two, even the best plate-making technician cannot guarantee that the two plates are exactly the same!

So, dozens of plates will surely print dozens of similar patterns!

How can the "anti-counterfeiting printing" required by the factory be done?

However, the factory said that colors, patterns and fonts are allowed to be different!

In this way, how to fake it?

It's no wonder that the palace maid is not confused!

Could it be ...... After the printing is completed, none of the palace maids who participated in the printing can survive?

Thinking of this, the palace maid in charge broke out in a cold sweat!

At this moment, Wang Li spoke again, still holding a cigarette case in his hand.

"Aunt Liu, I see this panda, I want to print it as a gradient!

The upper part of the pattern is printed in dark red, red to black;

In the second half, I'm asking for a big red!

In other words, the pattern of this panda slowly transitions from dark red to bright red from top to bottom!

Yes, no problem, right? ”

"This ...... Factory father, please forgive the little maid for not being able to do anything, I really can't do it......"

"I'll go! Why can't it? Aren't you able to print gradient patterns?

Look at this cloth, this lotus pattern!

Isn't every petal also a gradient? ”

"Factory man, this is different......"

The palace maid in charge was so anxious that tears flowed, and she explained stubbornly: "Gonggong, the lotus leaves on this cloth are a gradient from crimson to pink, and some of them are white;

However, this is achieved by the mechanic in the process of plate making, through a special process, to adjust the amount of dye adhesion on the white silk! ”

The palace maid explained, worried that Wang Li would not understand, and continued to explain: "The whole lotus flower is actually printed on a printing plate, and the main dye used is alizarin red;

The different shades of color on the petals are actually alizarin red!

This is the only one!

And it's done in one shot!

It is only because of the different amount of dye adhesion that different shades of red appear!

However, if the factory wants to gradually change from dark red to big red, the little maid really can't do it!

Because, there is no such dye!

The dark red dye, no matter how you adjust the amount of adhesion, you can't adjust the bright red!

In the same way, on the same plate, you can't print a dark red color with a bright red dye!

Factory, you ...... Do you understand what the little maid means? ”

"Huh! Can't really tune it out? ”

Wang Li's expression was a little strange, and he stared directly at the palace maid in front of him: "Aunt Liu, gather all your technicians and help think of a way!"

As long as you print the color that the factory wants, you will be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver! ”

Ten...... 100,000 taels!

This number scared the palace maid almost to her knees!

However, this number came out of Wang Li's mouth, and the palace maid in charge had no doubts!

Because, Tianyin Pavilion, which is subordinate to the West Factory, has long been popular all over the country!

The wealth of the West Factory has also spread all over the country!

The songs sung by the courtesans are secretly learned to be sung by the palace maids!

Just to one day, I can become a courtesan of Tianyin Pavilion!

Since you are a palace maid, you don't care about being a prostitute!

The palace maid can only get food and clothing!

If it weren't for the emperor's luck, there would never be a day!

Singing prostitutes, but they can make money every day, and they don't have to worry about eating and drinking in the second half of their lives!

Therefore, if the palace maid wants to get ahead and earn the rest of her life, she can only dream!

Unexpectedly, just today, the factory came to the dyeing and weaving factory!

A reward of 100,000 taels was offered!

As long as the internal dyeing and weaving factory can do it, this reward will be cashed!

No one will doubt it!

However, the palace maid in charge still shook her head!

"Thank you, little maid!

But, the little maid really can't do it!

No need to call a technician for a consultation!

Because, the little maid is the chief technician of the inner dyeing and weaving factory!

No one can print the pattern that the little maid can't print! ”

"Really? Aunt Liu, don't think about it anymore? 100,000 taels! ”

"Factory father, it really can't be printed! Because, there can be no such dye! ”

"Good, good, good!"

Wang Li applauded, pulled the white silk, and pointed to the lotus petals on it: "Overprint, you all know, right?" ”

"Overprint, naturally, no problem!

It's just that I don't know what the factory meant......"

"Aunt Liu, your brain is really not open!

First use a printing plate, print the big red panda pattern, and all the text patterns, that's no problem, right?

Then, use another plate to overprint a layer of light black in different shades on the red panda pattern!

In this way, what color will the whole panda become? ”

After thinking about it carefully, the palace maid in charge suddenly realized!

The biggest difference between screen printing and engraving printing is that it can be printed on curved surfaces, and second, it can adjust the color depth of the same printing plate through a special process!

By controlling the amount of dye adhesion, using only black dye, and using only one printing plate, it is possible to print different shades of black and gray!

Stacked on top of the original bright red, doesn't it become a gradient color from dark red to bright red?

High!

The factory is really smart!

The palace maid in charge of the Daming Inner Dyeing Factory, the chief technician, is ashamed!

"Aunt Liu, there's no problem now!

The recruitment of the dyeing and weaving palace maid, the new address of the dyeing and weaving workshop, and the communication and coordination between Aunt Liu and Gonggong Cao, will be finalized as soon as possible!

The pattern and printing quantity of different vanilla coupons will be sent by our factory guild within 10 days!

I also asked Aunt Liu to think of a way to complete the printing on time! ”

After that, Wang Li took out a stack of thick silver tickets and stuffed them into the hands of Cao Huachun and Liu Shumin respectively.

The two of them excused themselves a little, and they were all in the bag.

A thousand thanks, grateful.

……

"Factory father, cigarettes worth four million really want to be dedicated to Long Live Lord?

Nothing?

Moreover, you also suggest that Banzai Ye sell it at half price?

Factory, you ...... Are you sick? ”

"Humph! It's not that easy to get wool on my body! ”

Wang Li's eyes were like torches, and his face was murderous.

However, he immediately returned to the same as before, and took Liu Ruyan over.

"Don't worry! Didn't I say that on the surface, we are paying for this money, but in fact, there is someone else who is really wronged! ”

"Factory father, the concubine still doesn't understand!"

Liu Ruyan broke free of Wang Li's hand and took out a few pieces of white paper: "Factory father, no matter how you calculate the concubine's body, we are still losing money!"

Pay for printing vanilla coupons yourself, it's just a small amount of money!

Each vanilla coupon can be exchanged for a box of cigarettes, no matter how much the cost is reduced, no matter how much it is pressed, it is still a loss!

In Sichuan, more than 10% of the annual cigarette production was given away for free!

The remaining eighty percent can only increase the price in order to earn back the four million!

Factory, you ...... Is it really sick? ”

"No, I'm not sick!

With a beautiful woman by my side, I don't want to get sick! ”

While speaking, Wang Li pulled Liu Ruyan over, and then lifted her skirt: "I'll just say, whether a woman is beautiful or not, look at the legs, not the feet!" ”

"Factory ......"

Liu Ruyan snorted, her face turned red, and she quickly lifted the hem of her skirt and hid her big feet tightly.

"Factory father, the concubine really can't figure it out!

How can you make money in a business that is obviously losing money? ”

Out of concern, Liu Ruyan kept digging into the roots.

Wang Li couldn't resist her, smiled indifferently, and slowly explained: "After this batch of vanilla coupons was handed over to Long Live Lord, they were only sold at half price;

Since it is the Lord of Banzai who is looking for someone to sell, then most of the people who buy vanilla coupons must be ministers in the court!

Those ministers must not be able to smoke so much vanilla!

They will sell to others at a higher price!

The final price of different vanilla coupons, as long as it does not exceed the corresponding cigarette price, will be robbed like crazy!

But, that's just the beginning!

Do you really think that the value of each vanilla coupon will not exceed the value of a box of cigarettes? ”

Liu Ruyan shook her head after thinking about this question for a long time.

On the contrary, I was even more confused!

"Factory man, even if the price of the vanilla coupon exceeds the corresponding cigarettes, the silver is still in the hands of the Lord Banzai and the courtiers!

Never, it didn't come back to us!

This business, in the final analysis, we are still a huge loss! ”

"No!"

Wang Li shook his head, his eyes full of murderous intent: "You ignored one thing: the people who secretly bought a large number of vanilla coupons, what if they were our people?" ”

"That'...... Isn't that even more of a loss!

Forehead...... No, you can lose a little less!

However, at least two million will be lost! ”

"Alas! My beauty, you still don't understand the doorway! ”