Chapter 797: Hot Paper
More than 200 merchants gathered in the Cursed Land, and more than 2,000 wagons were used to transport goods. The merchants were smiling from ear to ear, as if they saw a steady stream of citrine coins flowing into their pockets.
And the efficiency of Han Xiaowu's side is also very high, mining limestone, transportation, and paper mills are connected in series within one day of starting. Several of the chief craftsmen are veterans brought by Xingchen, and they are very skilled in business. The Cursed Land is also hot, which is conducive to drying. The first batch of paper was produced in half a month.
Of course, these papers cannot be distributed by all merchants. The merchants could only come in line.
However, the merchants who did not get the first batch were not in a hurry, the price had been set at the time of signing the contract, they were all uniform, and the market demand was quite large, even if all the paper produced was put into the market, it could not be satisfied, so there was no need to worry about others selling at a high price or seizing market share.
The merchants were happy, and Han Xiaowu was also happy, the Land of the Cursed had spent so much money, and now it finally began to make money. The share allocated by the merchants is 20,000 citrine coins, which means that he has an income of 4 million in the past few days, and there is almost no cost for materials, mainly the cost of labor, thousands of people inside and outside the paper mill are busy, and then counting the limestone mining and transportation, it is estimated that the profit after removing the cost is more than 3.5 million.
"It's a pity, although the scale is twice as large as that of Xingchen Ling, it is still not enough! It is too far from the profit of hundreds of millions of perfume and soap a year!"
Although he said this, he kept a smile on his face, he was already very satisfied with this kind of income, and there was a cement factory behind him, after last year's flood. This thing will definitely sell for a good price. The demand for both paper and cement is huge, and the output of the Cursed Lands is far from satisfying. Don't worry about sales at all. Coupled with the income from planting and breeding, the Cursed Land should generate about 100 million yuan a year. You can come back with a five-year or six-year investment.
Thinking of this, Han Xiaowu smiled even brighter, picked up the pen and paper and wrote a letter to Jiang Xingchen. Ask if you want to contact some builders and construction families.
In fact, the market's demand for paper is greater than Han Xiaowu thought. This news was published in this issue of Xingchen Monthly, which immediately detonated all countries.
In the city of Qiyue Lord, the people have recovered from the drought, and this year's harvest has been preserved, which has made their mood much more relaxed. I also have the energy and interest to discuss this news.
"The rivers of the Cursed Land have been opened, the paper mills have started, and a large amount of paper is about to be put on sale...... A large number of papers were put on the market. I'll go!" A man in a small teahouse holding the Stars Monthly suddenly shouted.
Hula, a group of people gathered around and asked in a gossipy manner: "It's really fake, it's not that except for the paper used in the two major monthly magazines, Xingchenling can't produce it at all...... Wait, what are you talking about, Cursed Lands!"
"That's right, the new paper mill in the Land of the Damned," said the speaker, raising the monthly magazine in his hand and smirkingly.
"New paper mill. But what does that have to do with the opening of the river?"
"Stupid, you must be a channel for transporting raw materials! Otherwise, why wait for the river to open the paper mill before starting?" someone immediately replied.
"What raw materials are used to make paper?" someone asked again.
"You are stupid, why are you asking this, what raw materials are used to make paper......, can people sue you? Brothers. Did you say it in the monthly magazine, when the paper is on sale, where is it?"
"Didn't say it!" the man holding the monthly magazine shook his head: "There is nothing else." That's what it said in the monthly magazine!"
"That's a shame......
"Regret what. Since it is a large-scale listing, there must be more than one merchant. ”
"Yes! Then hurry up and line up, if you go late, you won't be able to get a score! Now I don't know how many people are staring at it!"
But while they were talking, a large group of Hula people ran over from the teahouse. They vaguely heard the name of Baochang Trading Company.
"Let's go, let's go to Baochang Commercial Bank!" The people in the teahouse also moved, and they walked away in an instant. As soon as the shopkeeper walked into the hall with hot water, he saw this scene, and thought that something had happened to his teahouse, and he was so frightened that the hot water fell to the ground......
The front of Baochang Commercial Bank was crowded and couldn't walk, and they were all asking loudly when the paper would arrive.
How dare the shopkeeper say it, otherwise these people will not leave, and they will be blocked at this door, so there will be no need to do business. Now he was sweating and scolding in his heart, if I found out which guy leaked the news, I would peel him.
The Qiyue Lord City is not small, and Baochang is not the only one who has signed a paper consignment agreement with the Xingchen Lord. But every business is crowded with people outside the door. It's all people waiting to buy paper. The sound of noise, noise, and quarrel is mixed together, and it is called a hilarious.
Speaking of which, the empire's side is still good, and the doors of the four sales outlets in the capital of the Great Chen Kingdom have been squeezed through. The shopkeeper was so frightened that he got under the counter. I have never seen this meeting in my life in business, where is this to buy something, it is simply to come and grab it......
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a robbery, when the paper arrives, the shopkeeper can only see countless outstretched arms in front of him, each arm holding money,
And all that was left in his ears was the cry to sell me, to sell me.
When the owner saw this situation, he was so happy that he was about to jump to his feet. He knew that paper sales would be very popular, but he didn't expect it to be so popular. In this way, the paper will be sold out on the same day.
In fact, it didn't take the day, and the paper was sold out in half a day. These people who came copied hundreds of citrine coins, and thousands of citrine coins were bought.
In the end, all the paper was sold out, and there were still more than half of the people crowding in the back.
"Prepare the carriage immediately and go to the Cursed Lands!" The owner who had just returned laughed and ran towards the Cursed Lands without resting his legs. It's worth it even if you're tired.
"When I first saw the sale of Xingchen Monthly, I was envious. Now I've finally tried it...... Hahahaha......"
Paper is selling so hot, merchants are happy, those who buy paper are even happier, since the paper is produced, its good quality and low price, moderate soft and hard, light and convenient characteristics are sought after by everyone.
However, due to limited production, there is very little paper on the market except for the two major monthly magazines. It was generally monopolized by the big nobles and the royal family. People can't use it if they want to.
Many people try to write on paper in order to buy the Imperial Monthly Magazine specifically for paper, and others go to the Star Collar just to get some paper out.
The person who bought the paper walked out with a grin, and exclaimed: "Finally bought, white, smooth, delicate......"
I know that this is praising the paper, and I don't know that I think I'm praising the girl... And those who didn't buy it all gathered around, staring at the paper greedily.
"Brother, it's okay to divide me a little! I'll give double the money!"
"No! I don't have enough myself!" the person who bought the paper was very protective of it.
"I'll just ask for a few, a few will do, and you'll be fine!"
"What's the use of a few tickets?"
"I wipe my ass, I haven't been to the Star Collar yet, I heard that ...... are used there"
"Fuck off, why don't you go pick it with your hands......"
Those who bought it ran back proudly, and those who didn't buy it regretfully waited for the next opportunity.
Although paper sales are booming, the impact is not great. The Qiankun Empire plus the four kingdoms alone are more than a million nobles, and the demand for paper is too great. The Cursed Lands can't even make a splash if thrown into it.
The only impact is that the sales of white silk have decreased a lot. In the past, the paper of Xingchen Ling also had an impact on white silk, but after all, it was not put into the market in large quantities. White silk still has room to survive.
But this time the paper is menacing, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the white silk will withdraw from the stage of history.
Those who did the white silk business naturally cursed Jiang Xingchen to death. But in the face of such a situation, they can only give up this piece painfully.
Fortunately, those who make white silk generally make clothing, and they will not starve to death if they lose the white silk business.
Regarding the situation of paper sales, Jiang Xingchen did not pay much attention to it. Now that Xingchenling's stall is very large, he can't do it all. Since it was handed over to Han Xiaowu, it was necessary to give him enough trust.
In addition, now that the site selection has ended, dozens of biogas digesters are being built, in which the tightness of the pipes needs to be checked, the pressure device has to be installed by him, and he has to design the boiler from memory, and there is no time to spare.
"No, you can't use iron directly, especially the inner wall of the boiler! If you come into contact with water for a long time, it will definitely oxidize and corrode, and you will have problems with cold iron...... You've got to study alloys!"
In the study, Jiang Xingchen put down the pen in his hand and focused his fingers on the position of the boiler.
Studying several problems with the steam engine, now that the fuel has been solved, the next thing is the boiler! Cast iron is certainly not good, it is too inefficient and unsafe.
But the best way to solve the material problem is to use alloys. But how the alloy should be refined, he had no idea what it was going to do.
"Bang bang!" there was a knock on the door, and the old man walked in with a cold face.
Since he was blown out, the old man has never shown a smile to Jiang Xingchen, although he knows that this kid is not deliberately yin himself, but he is angry in his heart.
"This old guy is really childish!" Jiang Xingchen laughed secretly in his heart, the word old child can be best reflected in the old man.
"It's early October, boy!" said the old man.
"Isn't it going to be winter, so early?" Jiang Xingchen said in surprise, the work here is not over yet.
"It's not early, it's much earlier than the winter on our side!
Jiang Xingchen thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it first, you prepare the necessary items!" (To be continued......)