Yu San has no name, or his name is Yu San.
He was sold to Yu Mansion since he was a child. At first, he just did some chores in the mansion, such as cleaning barrels and pouring night incense. Later, because of his cleverness, he was once spotted by the steward and was able to leave the mansion to work in the family shop. As a boy, my life is much more nourishing than before.
A few days ago, due to his outstanding performance, he was even promoted from a clerk to the shopkeeper of this shop, which can be said to have reached the highest point of his life.
The Yu family has been in the paper shop business for decades. The paper produced by the family can supply the imperial court at first, and satisfy the market at the bottom. It is very popular in the whole Jingguo. The place is full of customers, and most of the time, he has to be busy from morning till night.
Looking up and seeing a person walking in, Yu San walked out immediately, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Ma, the business has been good recently. I just ordered a batch of goods yesterday, and I'm ordering again today?"
This horse shopkeeper is in the picture book business, and he has always used paper from Yu's family. Occasionally, he will give him a few wonderful picture books, so that he can talk about comfort in lonely nights.
The shopkeeper showed embarrassment on his face, and said: "To be honest, I came today to return the goods."
"Return the goods?" Yu San looked at him in surprise, and asked, "But there is something wrong with the quality of that batch of goods. Don't worry, Shopkeeper Ma. If that's the case, we can exchange them after verification."
"No, it's..." The horse shopkeeper looked embarrassed, and he hesitated for a while before opening his mouth: "There are a few new paper shops in the city. The quality of the paper is high-quality, and the price is 100% compared to the same level here." No, so I came today…”
Those who do business are not fools. They can use 10% of the low price to buy things of better quality, so there is no need to think about how to make a choice.
"A newly opened paper workshop?" Yu San was startled for a while, thinking that this was a malicious trick by some competitor, but before he could have any doubts, footsteps came from outside the door again.
After a while, looking at the few people standing in front of him, Yu San showed a look of vigilance on his face, "Are you all here to return the goods?"
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Just when Yu San rushed out of the shop and ran towards Yu's house, Yu Dingfeng's complexion changed drastically in Yu's mansion.
"What did you say?" The head of the Yu family, who was discussing important matters with the Cui family alone, stood up abruptly, grabbed the servant by the collar, and asked, "You mean, the paper sold by someone outside is better than the Yu family's paper?" The quality is better, and the price is only less than 10% of ours?"
The servants of the Yu Mansion trembled and said: "Patriarch...there are several shops in the capital, and people who go to return goods have lined up for a long time..."
Yu Dingfeng let go of his collar, forced himself to calm down, and asked: "Have you found out, who is the person behind these shops, and what kind of paper is that paper?"
If this is just a malicious suppression by a certain competitor, then it’s fine. He knows better than anyone how much the cost of papermaking is. The higher the quality, the higher the cost. If it is sold at a low price, even the cost cannot be recovered. It is impossible to last long.
But if..., if someone really improves the papermaking technique and can produce high-quality paper at a very low cost, the Yu family, the things that the Yu family relies on for survival, will be gone in an instant...
What's more, in order for the academy to buy more paper at a high price so that they can make a profit from it, the Yu family... has invested even their entire family fortune in hoarding a large amount of goods. A kind of high-quality and cheap paper, so that no one is willing to buy the Yu family's paper, the Yu family, the Yu family is really going to the end.
"Their backgrounds can't be found out..." The servant looked at Yu Dingfeng and whispered, "Those papers have already been inspected by someone, and the quality is indeed very high. It has never appeared on the market before."
Before the servant finished speaking, the voice of the man surnamed Cui came over.
"Brother Yu, Brother Yu, what's wrong with you..., Brother Yu, Brother Yu, wake up!"
Yu Dingfeng was pinched by a man surnamed Cui. After waking up, he felt chills on his back and his face turned pale. He said: "Go, send someone to the princess mansion, no, no, prepare the car, prepare the car quickly, I will Go yourself!"
Although the eldest princess has always lived in the palace, the princess and prince in the palace can open a mansion outside the palace after they reach adulthood. The people in the princess mansion have always been in touch with the Yu family about the supply of paper for the academy. .
Yu Dingfeng urged the coachman all the way, regardless of whether he would be seen by the censor if he was driving the carriage rampage in the capital, he hurriedly got off the carriage when he reached the gate of the princess mansion.
After being brought into the princess mansion, she has been waiting in a certain side hall.
He felt uneasy, and poured a cup of tea countless times until the taste was gone, only then did he see a female officer slowly walk in from the outside.
Yu Dingfeng got up in a hurry, and said straight to the point: "I came today to supply paper for the academy..."
The female officer looked at him and smiled slightly: "Does Lord Yu know about the new paper shops in Kyoto?"
Yu Dingfeng's legs gave way, and he fell heavily back into his chair.
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"How did this happen, how did this happen..." Chen Qing paced in the hall, glanced at Chen Chong who was sitting there drinking tea from time to time, and said, "It's only been a few days since that night, that is to say, before that , someone is already plotting the Yu family?"
"Isn't this normal?" Chen Chong looked up at him and asked, "What does the Cui family say?"
"Cui Qingze overturned the table on the spot. It's not just a matter of not preventing the establishment of the academy." Chen Qing said a little irritably: "The Yu family did their best to bring down the eldest princess this time, and it is precisely because They did their best - from now on, there will be no Yu family anymore."
Chen Chong shook his head and said, "Yu Dingfeng is too greedy. After the Fanbang businessman incident, the Cui family's vitality was seriously injured. Now that there is no Yu family, the Cui family is like a broken arm, and this arm was deliberately chopped off. broken."
"It was cut off on purpose?" Chen Qing frowned, and was startled again, and asked, "You mean, he has already started planning... Impossible, impossible, he and the king of Shu are just personal grudges, never Which prince is close to him? Prince Jin is too young. Your Majesty still has so many adult princes. It cannot be Prince Jin. Do you still want to assist the eldest princess?"
"Of course it's impossible." Chen Chong shook his head and said, "But I always feel that this is just the beginning, let's just watch..."
He stood up, looked at Chen Qing, and said slowly: "Perhaps, it's time for our Chen family to think about it..."
Qin family banquet.
Qin Yan sighed, and said: "This time, the Yu family has absolutely no chance to stand up. After this time, those big families who make paper mills as their business will suffer a serious injury. If they put all their eggs in one basket like the Yu family, even the whole The family will be affected."
After he said a few words, Qin Yan couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw Qin He who was fighting with the seven-year-old urchin in the next place, and said, "Old Wu, can you stop being so nonsense so that you can't do something serious?" ?”
"Hey, Fifth Uncle is an elder, you should respect elders, and you can't compete with me..." The fifth master of the Qin family was teasing with the child born to Qin Yan's concubine, when he heard this, he raised his head with a look of astonishment, "Brother, I am here every day Do business..."
"Watching plays and listening to music, is that what you're talking about?"
Qin Wuye looked blank, "Isn't that counted?"
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"It's all arranged according to what you said. In the future, the price of paper will drop sharply. Like the Yu family, the scene of one family dominating will not appear again. Of course, even if it is the only one, we will be the only one..."
Li Xuan said this lazily, then thought of another thing, got up and sat up, and asked doubtfully: "Now can you tell me, what is the second kind of paper used for?"