Qiquge Workshop.
The craftsmen dispersed, and Li Zexuan followed Uncle Fu and Yan Shaoning to a room and said, "Uncle Fu, brother Shaoning, you have worked really hard these days!"
Uncle Fu waved his hand politely and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard." Yan Shaoning snorted dissatisfied: "It's really hard work. You, Xiaoxuan, came up with this thing. It stands to reason that it would be the most suitable for you to come over and do it, and the progress would be the fastest. But you kid has to be lazy. Why don't you do it? It’s so hard for Uncle Fu and I to work hard.”
Li Zexuan grinned. Why does this guy's tone sound like that of a harem? But when he heard the second half of Yan Shaoning's sentence, he immediately shouted: "Brother Shaoning, I haven't been lazy these two days. I have been training pinyin for the teachers of the Imperial College recently. I'm almost exhausted!" "
Yan Shaoning smiled teasingly. He pretended to look at Li Zexuan, and then joked: "Hey, Xiaoxuan, don't tell me, you look a bit like a dog now."
"puff!"
Li Zexuan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood and said angrily: "Cao, get out!"
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After laughing for a while, Li Zexuan began to talk about business with Yan Shaoning and the others.
"Brother Shaoning, what is the current output of our paper machine and the cost of producing paper?"
Hearing this, Yan Shaoning closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then he opened his eyes and said:
"According to my preliminary estimate, the paper production efficiency of a paper machine is about 30 to 40 times that of manual labor. Moreover, the paper produced by the paper machine has uniform thickness, finer paper, and seems to be of better quality than current rice paper. Comprehensive estimate , the cost of our paper is about one dollar and twenty cents. As far as I know, the paper cost of other paper-making workshops in Chang'an City is about one dollar and five hundred cents, and all their papers are still in short supply. Our kind of paper, At that time, it will not only be cheaper than theirs, but also of better quality. I believe that once our workshop reaches full production, it is entirely possible that traditional rice paper will be replaced by our paper."
Li Zexuan was slightly shocked when he heard Yan Shaoning's confident words. He did not expect that through the paper machine, the cost of paper could be reduced to one-twenty-fifth of the original. This is really amazing.
Marx said that if capital has 50% profit, it will take desperate risks; if it has 100% profit, it will dare to trample all laws in the world; if it has 300% profit, it will dare to commit any crime. crime, even risking being hanged.
Now if Li Zexuan sells the paper in the workshop at the price of ordinary paper, he will get more than 25 times the profit. This huge profit is enough to make anyone crazy!
The three people in the room gradually thought about this. They were all dizzy from the shock of the high profits, and their breathing was a little short. Li Zexuan shook his head and forced himself to wake up. The purpose of making a paper machine was not Not to make money, but to make books affordable for poor people.
It wasn't his Holy Mother, nor was there something wrong with his brain. It was just that he had promised Ma Zhou that everyone in the Tang Dynasty would be able to read. Li Zexuan must do what he says. As for money, he can never make it all in his lifetime. If he really wants to make money, there are many ways.
"Brother Shaoning, Uncle Fu, our new paper must not be sold at a high price. My original intention of inventing the paper machine was not to make money. In my opinion, the price of new paper should be between thirty and forty cents per dollar. how?"
Li Zexuan used two points of his inner strength and said in a deep voice. Money touches people's hearts. In the face of this huge benefit, even Fu Bo and Yan Shaoning almost lost their minds, let alone others.
"Ah~ You must not! If the young master sets the price like this, wouldn't it offend all the paper-making workshops around the world? A large number of craftsmen will be unemployed by then!"
As soon as Uncle Fu was woken up by Li Zexuan, he heard Li Zexuan's shocking offer. He trembled in his heart and quickly tried to dissuade him.
"Yes, Xiaoxuan, if you set the price like this, it will be a devastating blow to the rice paper workshop!"
Yan Shaoning couldn't help but say.
Li Zexuan frowned. Uncle Fu and Yan Shaoning were still a bit stubborn and conservative in their thinking! During the first industrial revolution in the UK, it also had a devastating impact on the traditional handicraft industry. In the end, large-scale machine production replaced the inefficient handicraft industry, which also caused a large number of traditional craftsmen to lose their jobs. But in the end, didn’t the UK survive? ? Not only that, after the first industrial revolution, Britain became the world's largest country in one fell swoop.
"Shaoning, Uncle Fu, in the future there will be batches of new technologies in our workshop. Will we have to adapt to the backward manual production of this era? The purpose of developing new technologies is to break the inefficiency and backwardness. Existing technology! The times are advancing, and technology is also advancing. People should be allowed to catch up and adapt to the pace of our new technologies. Under the rolling wheel of the times, whoever cannot catch up with new technologies will be eliminated! In this era , without waiting or sympathy, our Qiquge Workshop must lead the technological trend of the new era and promote the technological innovation of our entire Datang!"
Li Zexuan feels that it is necessary to correct the thinking of Yan Shaoning and Fu Bo. These two are the top technical backbones of the workshop. If their thoughts are shackles and they are timid in doing things, it will definitely not be good for the development of the entire workshop. !
"Okay! Under the rolling wheel of the times, whoever cannot catch up with new technologies will be eliminated. Li Zexuan, I have underestimated you!"
Just when Uncle Fu and Yan Shaoning were still immersed in Li Zexuan's deafening impromptu speech, Li Er's palm-shaking laughter came from outside the room!
Li Zexuan was speechless. People from the old Li family always liked to eavesdrop on other people's conversations. Last time it was Li Chengqian, but this time it was Li Er who went into battle in person. There was really no one like this father and son.
After Li Er's laughter came, he pushed the door open unceremoniously and came with Queen Changsun!
Uncle Fu and Yan Shaoning in the room finally came to their senses at this moment. They were both shocked and quickly saluted: "I see you, your majesty! I see you, the empress!"
"I see you, Your Majesty! Meet the Queen!"
Li Zexuan had no choice but to follow him and salute. Although he had never seen his eldest grandson, this woman could wear a phoenix crown and harem and accompany Li Er. Moreover, Yan Shaoning had just said that this was the queen, and he, Li Zexuan, was not stupid.
Li Er waved his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, no courtesy at all! Li Zexuan, come here. I just heard you say that your knife of new paper only costs twenty coins. Is this serious?"
Li Zexuan was speechless, thinking to himself, didn't you overhear just now? Why are you still asking questions knowingly? It's so boring.
"Your Majesty, this is just our preliminary cost estimate, but the final result will be the same!"
Even though he was furious in his heart, Li Zexuan could only answer obediently.
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