No one cares about the loss in Liu Zhicheng's heart.
At least for King Han, who has always been aloof, he doesn’t even know who the current shopkeeper of Xinhua Bookstore is or whether there has been a recent change. How can he care about what he is thinking now, let alone experience the sudden blank paper?
"Production reduction" has had a huge impact on him.
Regarding this matter, Li Yuanjia only cares about the whereabouts of the paper.
There is no doubt that this year's drought has indeed had a big impact on Wang Pu and the others. After all, the sources of papermaking materials these days are very simple, and they are basically all natural. In the spring, many states begin to have less rain, and many plants either grow
It would be slow, or it would simply die, which left Wang Pu and the others scratching their heads.
But to say that production will drop significantly as a result, it is not likely to happen.
Because Hanwang paper has always been in short supply, Wang Pu and the others have been expanding their workshop after Li Yuanjia agreed... If it weren't for the fact that it is not easy to train a skilled craftsman, and they need land and money, the Hanwang Mansion wants to expand.
It's really too easy.
Therefore, the scale of the large-scale acquisition of materials every spring continues to grow.
For example, Wang Pu and others have expanded the scope of acquisitions to more than 20 states this year, and have offered local businessmen very high prices for acquisitions. Anyway, there is so much demand in Chang'an and Luoyang, they are not afraid of creating problems.
The paper that comes out cannot be sold. Therefore, even though there are so many materials that cannot be found in many places, after expanding the scope of acquisitions, overall there is even a lot more than last year.
However, even so, it is still far from enough.
Apart from anything else, it will be even more difficult to meet the needs of Chang'an City.
After more than 20 years since the founding of the country, Datang's consumption power has further improved, and even the trend of luxury has begun to rise. What's more, just using a little good paper? If it weren't for the fact that the output was not much, just the big bosses of Datang
If the points are not enough, the wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City would dare to buy him dozens or hundreds of accounting records every month...
Paper is expensive for ordinary people, but to the truly wealthy, what does it matter?
For Li Yuanjia, he didn't care even more.
In fact, in addition to the white paper that is sent to the palace every month, the Duke of Ying's Palace and the Duke of Liang's Palace, even the prince and the King of Wei have to pay for the Hanwang paper if they want to use it. They can only use it with Zhao Guogong.
Just like the big guys, you can enjoy the preferential treatment of "no need to queue, direct delivery".
"Please print more copies of the book "University"!"
After Wang Pu arrived at the palace, Li Yuanjia immediately summoned the general who he found more and more useful, and said with a smile: "Anyway, we sell it cheaply, so we won't worry about no one wanting it, and maybe there will be more by then."
A lot of people are vying for it...Haha, how about printing 5,000 copies first?"
"this……"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Seeing the expression on Wang Pu's face, Li Yuanjia frowned and asked casually: "Is there any problem? Or is it that Li Zhong can't print it?"
Gritting his teeth cruelly, Wang Pu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the seal can definitely be printed, but these five thousand volumes...are they too many? We only have one bookstore, and that set of "Mathematics" is so
How many sets will be sold after a long time? I'm afraid that all our books will be piled on the shelves or warehouse of Xinhua Bookstore, which will not be very cost-effective."
Three hundred volumes have been delivered today, and there are at least three to four hundred copies left outside the city. In Wang Pu's opinion, this is enough.
And the price is too low, so what’s the point of selling more?
So after hesitating for a while, Wang Pu still said what was in his heart. Anyway, he now understood the king's temperament and knew that as long as he was not messing around, it didn't matter even if he said the wrong thing...if he hadn't mentioned it before
Regarding the price, Wang Pu's proposal was also rejected by Li Yuanjia. He even wanted to suggest doubling the price of "University"!
That price is still pretty cheap.
So after a pause, Wang Pu licked his lips and said in a slightly dry voice: "Your Majesty, I think we can try printing a few hundred copies first, and then print them again when they are almost sold out! Anyway, Li Zhong
The movable type they have over there is of no use, and the number of words in "University" is not very large, so it can be used at any time."
In Wang Pu's opinion, his own king is good at everything, but his habit of rounding up big integers is so bad. Especially this time about "University", which has five thousand copies...
Five thousand copies of "The Great Learning" will be sold until the 20th year of Zhenguan?
No matter how cheap the price is, there are only so many scholars in Chang'an after all, and most of them already have the book "The Great Learning". How many people are willing to buy a new one?
not to mention……
When he thought about the printing quality of the book, Wang Pu sighed secretly and refused to let himself think about it any more... Even if it was just in his heart, he didn't want to say bad things about his king, so it was better not to think about anything at all.
"That's it..."
After listening to Wang Pu's words, Li Yuanjia thought for a moment, nodded with a smile and said: "Haha, what you said makes sense. If you print too many, you can only store them... But it doesn't matter if the quantity is too small.
I mean, let’s get two thousand copies first! One thousand copies from Chang’an, five hundred copies from Luoyang, and the rest can be sent wherever you like.”
In Li Yuanjia's view, two thousand volumes is considered very restrained.
Because in his eyes, "The University" is like a textbook for the 21st century, the kind of textbook that every scholar should read... Well, at least it is the kind of ace teaching assistant!
If you print 5,000 copies, are you afraid that they won’t sell?
So when Wang Pu was still a little confused after hearing the figure of two thousand volumes, and Zhang Zhang seemed to want to say something, Li Yuanjia rolled his eyes and waved his hand simply: "Okay, that's it, it's settled.
Print two thousand copies... By the way, there is one more thing, and that is to send someone to Luoyang City to buy a shop as soon as possible!"
"Luoyang? Buyer's shop?"
After hearing these words, Wang Pu instantly had a bad premonition.
"Yes, it's Luoyang."
Squinting his eyes slightly, Li Yuanjia said with a smile: "It is also the second largest city in the Tang Dynasty. Wouldn't it be a pity if there was no branch of our Xinhua Bookstore?"
"……hehe."
After hearing about the second city, branches, etc., Wang Pu's eyelids twitched twice, and he could only respond to the king with two dry laughs. He knew that when the king started to say some words and words that made people feel "fresh"
, it is best for you to listen silently, and then nod silently in agreement, because no matter what you say at this time, it is useless...
…
Just as Wang Pu was being influenced by new words, a few blocks away in Dongshi, Xinhua Bookstore welcomed another wave of new customers.
The business in the store is actually very deserted on weekdays.
It’s a bit annoying that the products are so popular, because in addition to “Mathematics”, Xinhua Bookstore also sells pens, inks, paper and inkstones. And those things never need to wait for customers, they are all snatched up the same day they are delivered.
And empty.
Naturally, not many people would be interested in an empty store.
However, the East Market is so busy. Every day, some people see the word "bookstore" and rush in without taking a closer look. Then they walk around and leave disappointed.
After the two young scholars looked around, they only saw two books, and they were naturally surprised. One of them picked up a copy of "The University" and as soon as he opened it, he whispered: "Oh!