Chen Xirong has been in business for many years and has an extremely keen sense of business.

It's not that she didn't think about selling books to all counties in Youzhou, but considering that the income of different places is different, and the purchasing power of the people is different.

If the price is reduced, the first is that there is no profit, and the second will affect the sales in Jixian County.

After careful consideration, Chen Xirong finally did not take the plan to sell books in other places.

Now that she heard that the Lin Mansion had begun to sell books to other places, she began to waver a little.

In order to target the Lin family's son-in-law, she naturally wants to contain it in all directions, and since the Lin family has already sold books in other places, she naturally has to arrange for manpower to spread out to all places.

Chen Xirong was very careful, although she was moved in her heart, she still didn't act rashly, she wanted to see how the sales in other places were?

You can't follow others to make a loss-making deal.

After that, he was observed for another four or five days.

Four or five days later, the news that Chen Xirong got was simply incredible.

There were only a dozen trucks going to and from Linfu before, and after just four or five days, there were nearly 100 trucks traveling to and from Linfu every day.

It was all printed books and distributed to different places.

I heard that the trucks of the Lin Mansion have begun to set off for states and counties other than Youzhou.

Such a situation completely disrupted Chen Xirong's pace.

She stayed in her bookstore all day, and no matter how good her business was, she could only sell a few hundred books a day.

Less than two cars on a van.

There are nearly 100 trucks entering and leaving the Lin family every day, and this sales volume is really terrifying.

I was still doubting before, but now I regret it in my heart.

Still worried about what to sell, the number of people in various places is countless times more than Jixian County, how can Jixian County have a vast outside world?

"No wonder the Lin family buys raw materials for papermaking without restrictions, and dozens of truckloads of books are sent out every day, not only will there not be too many raw materials, but they will even be insufficient!"

Thinking of this, Chen Xirong let out an "oops", and his heart was shelled by the golden cicada who played a trick by the son-in-law!

At this time, I guess I was already secretly laughing at myself at home!

"Someone!"

Chen Xirong seemed to have made some decision and shouted.

"Miss, what do you command?"

"Send all the people in the house to collect the raw materials for papermaking, no matter how much, no matter the price, all of them will be collected."

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute!"

"Miss......"

"Don't worry, let me think again."

The words had already been spoken, Chen Xirong suddenly thought of something again, and quickly stopped his subordinates.

Chen Xirong was suspicious: "Dozens of cars of books a day, not to mention a Lin family, even Shangxian Books can't print so many, is there fraud in it?" ”

Chen Xirong couldn't make up her mind, so she hurriedly went out and called a carriage and went straight to Shangxian Books.

……

Chen Xirong rarely came to Shangxian Books, and rarely saw his grandfather.

The reason is very simple, the grandfather, who has always studied books, is not satisfied with his granddaughter.

No matter how good she is now, no matter how good the entire Chen family depends on herself to live.

In the eyes of her grandfather, her granddaughter, who chose to go into business, would never be able to get on the stage.

For this reason, Chen Xirong always has many unspeakable grievances and unwillingness in her heart.

If she hadn't come today, she would never have taken the initiative to come to her grandfather.

When he arrived at the door of the bookstore, Chen Xirong took a deep breath, and said in his heart that he was afraid that he would be counted down by his grandfather again.

The scholar at the door recognized the young lady, and when they met, they said that the old lady was studying things in the printing room in the backyard.

Chen Xirong nodded, and drove to the so-called printing room, and saw that his grandfather was directing several craftsmen to study a drawing.

Chen Xirong knocked on the door and shouted softly: "Grandpa......"

As soon as Chen Lao turned around, he was a little surprised to see that it was his granddaughter, and walked over with a smile: "Pity? What are you doing here? ”

Chen Xirong was stunned, she actually saw her grandfather smiling at herself, she couldn't remember how long her grandfather hadn't smiled at herself!

For a while, Chen Xirong was a little at a loss and didn't know what to say.

Chen Lao has been in a good mood since he got the movable type printing technique, and he has been studying the drawings in the book club all day long, and he is even more happy when he sees that the brand-new movable type printing machine is about to be completed.

"Come on, come on, go sit outside with grandpa, don't lose the things here."

"Oh."

In front of his grandfather, Chen Xirong restrained all the sharpness when he was doing business, tried his best to keep himself like a young lady, and obediently sat down in the open-air courtyard.

"Grandpa, what good things have happened to you?"

"Hahaha...... "Old Chen stroked his beard and laughed heartily, "I'll tell you more later, but you won't come to grandpa for nothing, right?" ”

Chen Xirong nodded: "My granddaughter has something unclear and wants to come to ask her grandfather." ”

"Oh?"

"This Shangxian Publishing House is printing books with all its might, how many carloads of books can be printed in a day?"

"Why are you asking this?" Chen Lao subconsciously said, and then pondered, "This has never been counted, it's hard to say ......"

"Can you get nearly 100 cars a day?"

"How is that possible?"

"Shangxian Publishing House can't do it, will it be possible for other printing?"

"Shangxian Publishing House is the largest printing place in the entire Youzhou, and the technology used is also the most advanced!"

"Oh...... The granddaughter understood. Chen Xirong's face was calm, but he was lucky, so he came to ask, otherwise he would ......

"But!" Suddenly, Old Chen accentuated his tone and smiled mysteriously at his granddaughter, "It was impossible to change before, but grandpa recently got a treasure!" ”

"Baby?"

Chen Lao said solemnly: "Movable type printing!" ”

"Movable Type ......"

"Hey, you don't understand! But you just need to remember that with this movable type printing, the efficiency of printing books in the future can be increased several times, and the cost can also be reduced. Not to mention 100 cars per day, even if it is 200 cars, no problem! ”

Grandpa's last sentence made Chen Xirong's heart change dramatically.

From the impossible to the possible, the situation is completely different.

That movable type printing can make grandpa so excited, it must be quite a great thing!

Thinking of Bai Song's disgusting self-confidence, I am even more sure that that guy must have also obtained movable type printing!

Chen Xirong was anxious and wanted to leave immediately, return home and order a response.

But Chen Lao did not let his granddaughter leave immediately.

"Xirong, you sit down first, grandpa has something to say to you."

Chen Xirong hid the eagerness in her heart and sat obediently.

"In recent days, Grandpa has thought a lot and figured out some questions. In the past, it was grandpa who treated you too harshly. You must have a lot of grievances in your heart, right? ”

"Grandpa......" In an instant, Chen Xirong's eyes were wet.

She did have a lot of grievances in her heart, but she never thought that she would say it from her grandfather.

"Hey! Recently, my grandfather met a young man, who not only gave my grandfather the movable type printing technique that benefited the country and the people, but also told my grandfather the word "edutainment". Grandpa was deeply inspired when he learned about it, and if he hadn't forced you to study too much before, he wouldn't have forced you to go into business. Grandpa used to look down on businessmen, but the one who told him all this was a businessman. Another businessman invented movable type printing, which my grandfather could never have imagined in his life, and it is really embarrassing to think about. However, grandpa also understood that only by integrating teaching into life can more people discover statecraft such as movable type printing. ”

Chen Xirong changed from being moved to being curious, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Who is that businessman?" To be so appreciated by my grandfather, I think he must be a young talent. ”

Chen Lao thought with a smile: "Yes, that kid is indeed handsome, far from being comparable to ordinary literati, and he is good at business with you, which is extremely compatible with Xirong." Find a time, grandpa will take you to get to know each other. ”

When Chen Xirong heard this, her face turned red, and she rarely showed the posture of a little woman, and complained coquettishly: "Grandpa......"

"Xirong, you are not too young......"

"Grandpa, my granddaughter still has something to do, so ...... I went first. ”

Chen Xirong didn't dare to stay for a long time and fled quickly.

Now that he has received an answer from his grandfather, Chen Xirong feels the crisis.

Back home, Chen Xirong immediately ordered the Chen family to officially join the team of purchasing papermaking raw materials.

As soon as the Chen family made a move, the real sheep's head appeared.

The influence of the Chen family is far from being comparable to that of the Lin family, not only a big family, but also a big businessman.

Merchants who were a little hesitant at first also had no worries.

All of them followed the Chen family and began to buy raw materials for papermaking on a large scale, although very few people knew what to do with so many raw materials for papermaking.

The purchase of paper raw materials suddenly became a trend.

Not only merchants participated, but people also participated.

They didn't have the money to buy, so they participated in production, and people went out of the city to look for raw materials in the mountains and forests.

Later, a large number of hawkers stood outside the city and waited for the searching people to return, and then collected the raw materials and resold them to larger merchants.

In less than ten days, the price of bark and other things has increased twenty-fold, even to the point where there is no market for them.

At this time, there were rumors in the market, saying that the Lin family in Pixian County relied on the raw materials collected to print books, which were exported to Jiangnan, and tons of raw materials were in short supply.

The more such news, the more reluctant merchants are to make a move, and everyone estimates that there is still room for price increases.

Up to now, the price of bark, vines, and plant ash has exceeded that of rice and grain, and the people talk about it in a strange way.

Chen Xirong also sensed that something was wrong at this time.

The Chen family spent thousands of dollars in order to purchase raw materials that surpassed the Lin family, and the raw materials piled up at home could no longer be placed.

At the same time as using the Shangxian Publishing House, several new printing houses were established, all of which worked together.

Books on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms have also begun to be hoarded, and the selling price in Jixian County has dropped from 200 to 50 wen.

But Chen Xirong was not panicked, she was still waiting for news from other counties, as long as the shops in various counties were confirmed, this batch of hoarded manuscripts would be sent to various places immediately. At that time, it will not be the Lin family that will do business in various places.

Not long after, the subordinates who were sent out to investigate finally returned, but the news they brought back made Chen Xirong a little unbelievable.

"Miss, according to your request, we have rented shops in seven or eight county seats, and we are waiting for the books to come and open for business. But...... In the seven or eight county towns along the way, none of the Lin family's bookstores were found. The local people said they didn't know anything about the Three Kingdoms. ”