Chapter 927 Falling Prices Don't Hurt Farmers
In addition to silk, there are also a variety of woolen yarns, sweaters, wool clothes, and linen clothes.
The time of the whole clothing exhibition is not short, all the models walked twice, and many people estimated that many people could not pay attention to the clothes for the first time, so Li Ke deliberately let people go the second time.
After walking for the second time, Li Ke walked onto the stage again from under the stage, took the microphone from Helian Liuli's hand, and Li Ke spoke: "Everyone, I think many of you are shopkeepers, and the patriarch has already seen the cloth, silk and so on on on display in our exhibition. ”
"Let me announce a few questions, first of all, those clothes styles in front will be the future clothing exhibition of my brand, and the styles of these clothes have been patented."
"As for what a patent is, a patent is an exclusive right granted to an inventor or designer within a certain period of time in accordance with legal procedures by the Tang Dynasty on the premise that the content of the invention and creation is disclosed to the society and that the invention has benefits to the society in accordance with the law."
"In short, a patent is that you invent an item, and after you apply for a patent with the state, you cannot use your design or the invented item for commercial purposes, take the brand-new spinning machine invented by the craftsman under my name, after applying for a patent, if people build one in their own homes, and then spin it for themselves, use it themselves, and do not sell it, this does not violate the patent right." Li Ke explained to everyone.
This is slightly different from that of later generations, although Li Ke knows that it is difficult to identify commercial things, but at present, quite a lot of people in Datang rely on this to live, so this loophole can only be left.
"But if there are other businessmen who directly spin spinning machines made by craftsmen under my name, and then use them to sell them to other people, factories, trading houses, or use them to spin yarn and then sell yarn, these are all infringements! The Patent Office under the Ministry of Commerce of Datang will punish such behavior! and even ordered to suspend business, compensate for damages, and so on. ”
"The reason why I tell you this is because the patent law will be published soon in the future." Li Ke said lightly, "I hope you don't violate the Datang Basic Law." ”
"After saying this time, let me tell you about textiles, now several craftsmen in Datang have invented very advanced spinning machines, looms and other machines! And these machines have already applied for patents. And it will be manufactured and sold by Datang Chang'an Machinery Manufacturing Factory. ”
"Everyone can buy and use these machines directly."
When Li Ke said this, the audience below immediately stirred, which was a great thing for them.
"I know you still have some doubts about the new machine, but I can tell you here that if you don't consider the purchase price of the machine itself, etc., then the cost of a silk silk can be controlled at 60 Wen!" Li Ke directly gave everyone a number.
The original spinning machine and loom can reduce the cost of silk to about 96 Wen, which also includes a lot of manpower and material resources, and now the new machine further reduces the cost of manpower.
Transportation costs are also declining after the introduction of new horse-drawn carriages and a new transport-oriented trading house led by the Longmen Dart Bureau. So now the cost of silk has been reduced to 60 Wen!
Hearing this number, everyone was in an uproar! What is the concept of 60 texts? You must know that the cost of one of their silk silks before was about 240 Wen.
The cost has increased compared with previous years because the labor cost of Datang has risen somewhat, so the cost has increased from the previous 210 wen a horse of silk silk to 240 wen.
And the cost of the other party is only a quarter of theirs...... What this means in business is clear to all.
If they don't keep up, the only thing that awaits them is bankruptcy! No wonder His Highness said at the beginning that after today, quite a lot of people here will have to leave this industry.
"And I can tell you wisely that at a quarter of the cost of yours, the silk is spun quickly and well! And the width of the silk will be wider! Li Ke clapped his hands.
On the second floor of the theater, someone instantly hung down a piece of silk, looking at these silks that fell in mid-air, a silk in the Tang Dynasty was one foot eight inches wide, forty feet long, about 54 centimeters wide, and about 12.1 meters long. This width is because Datang's looms can only make this width.
But if you make clothes with this width, it actually costs a lot of fabric, and many clothes don't look good to make.
And now His Highness has shown that these cloths are at least three feet wide!
"Your Highness." There were really people in the audience who couldn't hold back, raised their hands, and shouted loudly at the same time.
"You say." Li Ke smiled and said.
Everyone else fell silent.
"Your Highness, what I want to ask is, is the cost width of 60 Wen the width you are showing now or the original width?" The man asked directly.
"If it is this width, in fact, the cost is only about 80 Wen, because everyone knows very well that if the width of the loom increases, the cost of a piece of cloth increases the cost of raw materials, and the transportation cost and labor cost increase is actually very little, not much. This width is double the original width. ”
"And the cost of a piece of linen cloth will only be about 40 yuan."
"There is also a new wool tweed cloth, which is a bit more expensive, about 120 wen a horse. Of course, this price cost is because the price of wool is stipulated by Datang, and it must not be lower than a certain price. ”
"In fact, not only wool, but also all raw materials such as silk and hemp crops, Datang will have state-owned commercial banks to purchase them in the future to stabilize prices, and allow market fluctuations within a certain range, but not allow them to fall below a certain price." Li Ke said.
The reason why Li Ke pushed the price so low is because the textile industry is related to the clothing of the people, and most of the people in Datang are farmers.
Although the yield of people's fields will be greatly increased because of the new high-yielding seeds planted this year, the income of the people, who mainly rely on weight, is certainly not high.
But it is impossible for Li Ke to maintain high grain prices.
Food prices must be brought down, and since there is no way to maintain high food prices, then the prices of other people's necessities must also be brought down.
As long as all prices fall, then the people will naturally have money in their hands.
And luxury goods don't matter, anyway, luxury goods have nothing to do with the people.
At present, the main concerns of the people are the food they eat, the cloth and clothes they wear, and the necessities of life such as iron tools.
In terms of ironware, Li Ke has been lowering the price, although there is no way to compare with later generations, but in this era, it is already very low, and in addition, pottery and simple porcelain can also be fired in large quantities into the people's homes.