As soon as the carriage stopped, several shop assistants gathered around to solicit business.
"Noble man, noble man..." Seven or eight mouths were shouted outside the carriage, each one's mouth was full of smiles.
"I wonder if you want to buy paper or print it?"
"The paper used to cover the shop is famous throughout Chang'an for being cheap and beautiful!"
"The carving masters in the shop are all masters invited from the Shaofu, and there are even famous craftsmen of the Shaofu who are personally in charge. They can definitely meet all the needs of the noble..."
These shouts made Wang Dao beside Liu Che tremble a little.
Liu Che raised his eyes slightly and looked at Wang Dao's appearance.
He snorted through his nose.
The latter immediately knelt down.
"Okay, okay, let's talk about these things after we get back..." Liu Che kicked the guy with his toes.
Liu Che had already anticipated this situation.
The affairs of the young minister are huge and complicated.
There are nearly hundreds of thousands of bureaucrats, craftsmen, eunuchs, and slaves throughout the entire organization.
For such a huge organization, it is natural that some people will go out to make extra money and do private work.
Not to mention now, even in the next two thousand years, it will not be unusual for designers and engineers from state-owned enterprises to secretly take orders from outside, or even open their own studios.
Liu Che didn't bother to care about this kind of thing.
Anyway, as long as the young master can complete the task.
If he is free, he will take orders outside.
Liu Che couldn't care less and didn't bother to care.
but……
The question is, is this really the only thing?
Liu Che got off the carriage and looked around.
The loyal and reliable guards have formed a human protection wall outside Liu Che's carriage.
The shop assistants were all isolated ten steps away from the carriage.
"I want ten thousand sheets of this kind of paper..." Liu Che took out a piece of white and shiny paper from his arms and asked, "Which of you can provide it?"
“Price is not an issue!”
The piece of paper was immediately handed to the waiters by an attendant.
After these guys took the paper, they looked at it carefully.
"Your Excellency..." A waiter with a mole on his face said with a smile on his face, "This is imperial paper..."
Anyone who can be appointed by the boss to solicit business is certainly not a waste.
At least he is a top figure in the industry.
"Please forgive me that our store is small and cannot provide..." The man chuckled, but kept rubbing his hands.
Liu Che naturally understood the elegant meaning of the music after hearing it.
He took out a seal from his arms, threw it to him, and said, "Look carefully!"
When the man took it and looked at it, he immediately slapped his head and bowed, "It turns out it's Mr. Gaolianghou who is in front of you..."
He immediately felt confident.
Gaolianghou!
This is a man born with a halo!
In today's circle of Han lords.
The status of Gaolianghou is the same as that of Zanhou and other Wanhuhou.
This is a family that can fight to death without worrying about being invited to tea by Ting Wei.
the reason is simple.
The biological father of the Gaoliang Marquis of this generation is the great ancestor minister who was cooked by Qi Wang Tian Heng. Now one of the biggest sources of ridicule among Confucianists in the world is Li Shiqi, the son of Li Shiqi, who calls himself "Jiu Disciple".
He also has a cousin named Li Ji.
It is the special elder of the current dynasty, Wuyuan Jijiu!
It can be said to be a big and prosperous family!
The Li family is now the only one in the court who has the prime minister Chang Pinghou and the chariot general Dongcheng Hou.
Many people dream of clinging to Mr. Li.
only……
This imperial paper is still not that easy to get.
The man lowered his head slightly and cupped his hands and said: "Master Rongzhen, the young master is in charge of this imperial paper..."
Liu Che smiled slightly and clapped his hands to Ju Meng beside him.
The latter immediately took two gold cakes and placed them in front of the other party.
The little cuties in yellow and orange are blooming with a luster that is hard to control.
The man choked immediately, swallowing saliva hard in his throat.
Two gold cakes are two pounds of gold.
A pound of gold is worth over ten thousand dollars.
"Money is not a problem..." Liu Che put on a 'tough' face: "The key is whether you have it or not?"
"Yes..." The man immediately smiled and flattered: "How could there not be..."
Others, stimulated by the gold, also said: "Noble, noble, there are some in this shop too!"
"When can I get it soon?" Liu Che asked directly.
"Half a month!" someone said impatiently.
"Ten days!" Some people's eyes were red.
"Five days!" A man in smart clothes squeezed into the crowd and immediately picked up a large number of people: "Your Majesty, please give a certain family five days and 10,000 royal papers. I will prepare them for you!"
The arrival of this person instantly caused everyone else to scatter.
"Five days?" Liu Che couldn't believe it.
"Yes!" The man cupped his hands and said, "Five days! After five days, 10,000 royal papers will be delivered on time!"
"It's just the price..." He chuckled: "The fixed price is one million! It only costs five baht! Of course, the gold cake made by the Shaofu is also fine!"
"One million?" Liu Che became even more interested: "Is it true?"
"Of course!" The man patted his chest: "You can go to Chang'an to inquire. Yang Yue of a certain family always does what he says and will never delay!"
"Is Yang Shen, Zuo Cheng of the Examination Department, your Excellency?" When Liu Che heard this, he immediately thought of a name and asked deliberately.
"It's the eldest brother of a certain family!"
When Liu Che heard this, he looked as if this was indeed the case, nodded, and said: "Good!"
"That's the deal!"
"Five days later, your Excellency will send the paper to Gaolianghou Mansion, and one million will be given in exchange for five baht, without any hesitation!"
"Promise!" Yang Yue was overjoyed and said, "That's it. I've decided that in five days, the paper will be delivered to the noble man's house!"
"These two gold cakes can be considered as a deposit!" Liu Che smiled and asked Ju Meng to deliver the gold cakes to him.
Yang Yue happily accepted the two gold cakes and said with a smile: "Do you still need to engrave it, noble man?"
Liu Che smiled and waved his hand: "There is no need for this at the moment..."
When Yang Yue heard this, he didn't bother, he happily held the two gold cakes, kicked them into his arms, and then said: "The young one will leave first. If you need it, you can come to a certain shop.
Just under the flag pavilion of Zhishi City..."
Liu Che smiled even happier.
He made a timely request: "I would like to visit your palace. Is it convenient?"
"Convenient!" Yang Yue, who had just made a big deal, was worried about how to get in touch with this nobleman, so he immediately agreed.
"Then I'll trouble you to lead the way..." Liu Che said with a smile.
…………………………
A quarter of an hour later, Liu Che and his party were taken to a store in the center of Zhizhi City by Yang Yue.
Liu Che still has some impressions of this place.
In my memory, this place used to be a wicker processing workshop that was steaming all year round and exhaling white smoke day and night.
But now, this place has become a sea of paper and books.
You can see them everywhere, piles of paper and bound books inside and outside the store.
There were even more horse-drawn carriages parked on both sides of the street.
The carriage was either piled with papers or with carved wooden boards.
"Your workshop is not in the city..." Liu Che knew as soon as he saw this situation that these guys must only operate in Chang'an City, and the production bases may be outside the city.
"You have good eyesight!" Yang Yue greeted with a smile: "Now, Zhi Jinwu and Weiwei Yamen are tight, who dares to open a papermaking workshop in Chang'an City? Therefore, everyone moved the workshops to the manor outside the city.
Even moved outside Hongguyuan..."
"Anyway, now that the roads are convenient, all you have to do is hire people to transport you..."
"Oh..." Liu Che nodded thoughtfully.
"My lord, please come in..." Yang Yue opened the curtain of his shop and brought Liu Che and his party inside.
As soon as he entered the door, Liu Che smelled a strong and bookish fragrance.
I saw that the cabinets on the left and right sides were filled with various papers.
From low-quality burlap paper to official paper used by ministers, Liu Che even saw several paper armors made of hard paper placed in the corners.
"Your Excellency, you are still doing nothing..." Liu Che asked: "How about it, can this paper armor be sold?"
A long time ago, Liu Che heard from Xiuyiwei that some people used paper armor to bury their ancestors with them.
Compared with bamboo armor and rattan armor, it is even a high imitation of military standard armor.
This paper armor is very popular because of its low price. It is said that now, ordinary people have to buy several paper armor as funerary objects during funerals.
"It's not bad..." Yang Yue said with a smile: "It's just a hard-earned money..."
He sighed and said: "Nowadays, business is not easy to do, especially paper printing. All you earn is hard-earned money... It's like a noble person, who can easily gain a favor and a country, and make a lot of money every day!"
Liu Che chuckled, picked up a stack of white paper, and asked, "Are these papers produced by your workshop?"
"Of course!" Yang Yue nodded and said: "I dare not deceive you. In fact, my workshop can also produce the imperial paper, but the output is small and the production is slow. It is not as good as the Shaofu for the time being, but next year...hehe
…”
"Huh?" Liu Che asked curiously: "I heard that no one except the Shaofu knows the paper control method!"
Now, the highest-grade paper in the Han Dynasty was produced by Shaofu in Shu County.
The entire production process is tedious and complicated, and the paper produced is as white as jade and as thin as cicada wings, and is widely welcomed by the royal family and nobles.
Because it was produced in Shu County, it is also called Shu paper.
When did the people also learn this?
"Of course!" Yang Yue said respectfully: "It is indeed difficult for outsiders to learn how to use paper in the Shaofu..."
"But there is no airtight wall in this world..." Yang Yue said: "As long as there is a connection, you can always find a way..."
The more Liu Che listened, the more interesting it became.
Doesn’t this scene seem familiar?
Liu Che looked at the furnishings and papers in the shop and asked, "How many employees are there in your workshop?"
"About more than 700 people..." Yang Yue heard this and said ostentatiously: "In the whole of Chang'an, my workshop is one of the best!"
There are more than 700 workers in one papermaking workshop!
This surprised Liu Che.
"So many workers!" Liu Che said with a smile: "Your Excellency is really quite capable..."
"Hehe..." Yang Yue laughed reservedly, then raised his hands and said, "Just because there are more than 700 mouths waiting for someone to pay their salary, someone has to work day and night..."
"May I ask your Excellency, who is running the largest workshop in Guanzhong now? What products does it produce?" Liu Che thought for a while and asked pretending to be curious.
"Of course it's Tian's cloth workshop and the master's carriage and horse workshop!" Yang Yue showed an admiring look and said: "Tian's cloth workshop employs as many as two to three thousand people, and produces thousands of pieces of cloth every day, which is equal to
They are printing money every day!”
"It is said..." Yang Yue lowered his voice and said, "The Tian family developed a brand-new loom, but instead of accepting Taohou's reward, they used it privately..."
"As for the Shi's carriage and horse workshop, there are hundreds of carpenters and ironworkers, and countless apprentices and craftsmen. They repair and manufacture hundreds of various carriages and horses every day!"
Liu Che listened and smiled calmly.
"Embroidery Guard...hehe..." Liu Che sneered twice in his heart.
Facts have proved that it is impossible for one family to dominate!
"It seems that we have to set up a dong factory..." Liu Che thought in his heart.
How long have you been out since?
I discovered that Xiu Yiwei had concealed at least three things.
I don’t know if these guys are cowards or just impatient!
However, these are secondary.
The important thing is that Liu Che knows.
In Guanzhong, the buds of capitalism have already sprouted their first buds.
Moreover, because of China’s special national conditions.
They coexisted in a strange symbiosis with the power of the government and nobles.
Liu Che dares to bet.
This Yang Yue must be the black glove who was ordered to take the job examination by the Shaofu, and he was the person who was pushed to the front.
This is also a Chinese characteristic.
Therefore, businessmen cannot do without politics and bureaucracy.
This also means that in the future, China's capitalism and bourgeoisie may become a completely different product from the capitalism and bourgeoisie of the West in later generations.
Liu Che continued to look at the things in the store.
Suddenly, a checkerboard-shaped vessel placed in the corner caught his idea.
Liu Che walked over, picked up the thing, blew the dust on it, then stretched out his fingers, pinched a few metal pieces on the thing, and turned them over.
"Your Excellency, what is this?" Liu Che waved to Yang Yue and asked.
"Oh..." Yang Yue looked at the thing and said with a smile: "This is an unsuccessful experiment in our store..."
Yang Yue picked up a piece of metal the size of a thumb from the chessboard, played with it for a while, and then said: "You noble man, you should know that in this world, engraving is used as a seal.
Use!"
"Either woodblock or copperplate..."
"I have a good friend who suddenly had the idea to try to cast characters in bronze and then use them in flexible combinations. In this way, there is no need to engrave plates, and you only need to cast a set of commonly used characters, which can be used forever..." Yang
Yue held the metal character and sighed: "Unfortunately, the casting of this bronze character is time-consuming and extremely difficult to shape..."
Liu Che nodded, this is also the technical condition that now limits the metal movable type.
"Why don't you try it with lead?" Liu Che suggested with a smile: "Lead is soft, easier to plasticize, has a higher fault tolerance rate, and is low cost!" (~^~)
