By the time Li Min returned to Yizhou again, nearly three months had passed.
In three months, Yizhou has not changed much.
Of course, small changes still have some benefits.
For example, the living standards of villagers in Xiaohe Village have skyrocketed.
From being at the bottom of the entire Yizhou, it has now jumped to at least the middle level.
For example, Li Min handed over the task of making glass to Qiao Qi.
Now three months have passed, and Qiao Qi finally produced glass products according to Li Min's requirements.
Mirrors, glasses, glasses, and many other glasswares have been produced, and their shapes look quite beautiful.
For example, within three months, Yan Liben had produced cement and steel bars.
In Yan Liben's continuous experiments, he found that the reinforced concrete structure is indeed as His Highness said, both in terms of strength and hardness, reaching unprecedented heights.
With reinforced concrete structures, the construction of new cities can definitely be achieved steadily.
And now, the construction of the new city has begun.
However, if you want to build a new city, the investment is not huge.
If these investments were funded solely by the Shu Palace, it would be impossible to support them.
However, within three months, the Wang family had spread its salt business to the entire Yizhou.
Moreover, even the surrounding areas have penetration.
The profits from salt can also ensure the steady construction of the new city.
Of course, the income from salt alone is actually not enough.
At least it's impossible to roll it all out for construction.
Fortunately, there will be new inputs in the future.
Li Min really didn't pay much attention to the issue of funds.
Within three months, the Wang family's paper mill also produced paper.
The newly produced paper is of first-class quality and the price is only one-tenth of the price of paper on the market.
Once these papers were circulated, the paper originally circulating on the market immediately suffered a devastating blow.
Well, this kind of paper is produced in a paper mill in Wucheng Village outside Chang'an City.
However, the paper they produce is not sold externally, but books are printed directly.
And now, the paper that the Wang family sells to the outside world is the first time that new paper has been sold to the outside world after Li Min innovated the papermaking technology.
And as soon as new things come out, old paper is completely vulnerable to impact.
The sales of new types of paper are spreading at an extremely explosive rate.
The paper produced by Wangjia Paper Mill cannot keep up with the sales speed.
Although the price of new paper is only one-tenth of that of old paper.
But the profits here are also very astonishing.
Just because of this papermaking, it can bring amazing profits to the Wang family.
Moreover, although the new paper sold by the Wang family has had a huge impact on the existing paper market.
But because the Wang family's industries are all concentrated in Yizhou.
Outside Yizhou, there are no other industries at all.
Although the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes are strong, not every place is under their control.
At least in Yizhou, their hands can't reach in for the time being.
Therefore, although the paper produced by the Wang family in Yizhou has had a huge impact on the market.
However, the Five Surnames and Qi Wang temporarily did not attack the Wang family.
Of course, this does not mean that Qi Wang, the fifth surname, will not take action against the Wang family in Yizhou.
I believe that as long as they are given a chance, they will definitely take action against the Wang family in Yizhou.
Now, the Wang family is enjoying the benefits of the family's rapid development.
At the same time, he was worried about the revenge of Qi Wang, the fifth surname.
Now they can only hope that the King of Shu, Li Min, is strong enough to press all the five surnames and Qiwang to the ground and rub them.
At the same time, the books that the King of Shu had handed over before, the Three-Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames and Thousand-Character Classic, with pinyin and annotated versions, had been printed and began to be sold on the market.
The prices of these books are extremely low, with each book selling for only fifty yuan.
However, even at this price, initial sales were not very good.
On the one hand, these people have already experienced the impact of low prices. This time, they are already immune to such low prices.
Although, books can be passed down from family to family.
But if the price of books plummets, they will lose their significance as heirlooms.
The second is that the Three-Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames and Thousand-Character Classic are actually enlightenment education. During the imperial examination, these basic books will not be tested.
Because they are not exam books, the sales of these books, even if the prices are low, are not good.
However, this situation is gradually changing.
This is mainly reflected in the construction of new cities, the recruitment of glass plants, cement plants and steel plants.
Because these factories are recruiting workers, especially for the construction of new cities, they need a lot of manpower.
Once there are too many workers, these people must be managed.
And now, the Shu Palace is seriously short of manpower.
Then, they can only choose managers among these newly recruited people.
If you want to be a manager, you must be tall and able to convince others, you must also be flexible, articulate, and capable and reliable.
As long as you are literate, these aspects can be relaxed.
In fact, the managers they selected are basically literate.
If you are illiterate, you will not be able to record work or keep accounts.
And the wages of these selected managers are much higher than those of ordinary workers.
Even the work they do is very easy.
The value of culture is most vividly reflected here.
Educated people can do good jobs that are light and easy and pay well.
People without education can only earn wages by working hard.
Because of this, the sales of the three enlightenment books, Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames and Thousand Character Classic, began to gradually improve.
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Of course, this is all good news, but there is also bad news.
The bad news is that they started attacking the Zhao family a little late.
It happened to be just in time for farmers to do their spring plowing.
After taking action against the Zhao family and confiscating their farmland, they happened to miss the time for spring plowing.
Therefore, the land owned by the Zhao family was not leased out.
If you miss this opportunity, you will have to wait until next year to rent it out.
The Zhao family's land occupies almost one-tenth of the entire Yizhou City.
If these lands are allowed to panic this year, I am afraid that Yizhou's harvest will be greatly reduced this year.
But due to timing issues, there was no way around it.
And just when Li Min returned to Yizhou, the men sent by Qiwang from the fifth surname had already arrived in Yizhou.
