The instructions given by various aristocratic families were to wait and see what happens, and they did not believe that Li Shen could make paper cheaper than them. Maybe it's the same as them. At that point it will just be a price war.
And all the Chang'an nobles were watching. In this way, Li Shen's workshop was finally built in the spring of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan. Work was stopped due to snow in the winter. So for comparison, part of it was built in autumn. Another section was built in the spring.
The entire workshop covers an area of ten acres and has a three-meter-high exterior wall. There are several places to stand on each outer wall. Fortunately, there are bricks and cement, otherwise it may not be built in a year. The facilities inside were also designed by Li Shen based on his memory. Li Shen transferred five hundred people from Huangzhuang to Shiyi and came here and have been training for a month. This includes loyalty training.
Today Li Shen brought more than a hundred dandies to the papermaking workshop. There are 1,500 guards on the outside arranged by these dudes. There are also point-of-sale shops in the city. This time, not only are they selling in the East Market, Li Shen also opened a Datang Paper sales point in the West City. At present, these dandies have been left to decorate.
Li Shen bought the store himself. Because of past life relationships. Li Shen is very concerned about fixed assets. As long as someone is selling, buy it regardless of whether the location is good or not.
The workers in the workshop have already started working. The process of modern papermaking is nothing more than pulping, modulation, and copying. Li Shen used a pulping method similar to the semi-chemical pulping method and added some special chemicals. Furthermore, the soaking time and steaming time do not need to be long like that of Saga.
Li Shen took more than a hundred people to watch the more than a dozen large pools where they were soaked. There is also a cooking area. Finally we arrived at the copying place. Every two workers work in groups to copy. The operation was very skillful, and a hundred sheets were raised in a short time, and a dedicated person transported them to the drying room.
"Please see, this one can make eight sheets of paper of common sizes. Currently there are 150 groups responsible for copying, that is, 300 people. The remaining 200 people are working on other aspects. I will continue to increase the manpower in the future. . You have also seen that I have built more than a dozen large workshops. Currently, only three are in use. Now, because the workers are unskilled, more than 100,000 pieces of paper can be produced every day. One piece of paper can be cut into four pieces of paper sold outside. Paper of various sizes. They sell it for 3 cents a piece. We will sell it for two cents a piece. If they sell it for two cents, we will make a penny, and we will still make a profit. We will sell these papers to all areas of the Tang Dynasty. Every year Every state and every county must have it. But we may not have enough for everyone. So we sell it to merchants and let them sell it. We give them a cheap price. But their paper must be cheaper than the market price. Your task is to photograph people and find out information. You will collect the ones that are more expensive and will not sell them to them in the future. We will make paper affordable to everyone in the world. Our prices will continue to drop. As for how to distribute it You should study the area yourself." Li Shen explained while assigning tasks to everyone.
"Your Majesty, if it's so cheap as you said, can it really have so many dividends?" Cheng Chuliang had already heard what his mother said. Papermaking costs are high. He knew something about his mother, who came from a noble family.
"Don't worry, we will know in a month whether we are making money or not. We will distribute dividends every month." Li Shen said confidently.
"By the way. How is the decoration of the shops in the east and west cities that you are responsible for? And where are the brothers who are responsible for spreading the news? Has the news been spread? Don't expect there will be no one when we open. And we have hired all the clerks. How's it going?" Li Shen began to ask them how their work was done.
Tang Jian's son Tang Songling stood up and said: "Your Majesty, we are responsible for the publicity information you mentioned. We have sent people to inform even the villages around Chang'an. We have also organized and recruited the men you want. Got three guys who know how to figure things out."
"The decoration we are responsible for has been completed. And each house has a servant ready to maintain order when it opens. And I don't think anyone dares to cause trouble in our territory. I don't want to live anymore," Yuchi Baolin said
"Don't be afraid of accidents, just be afraid of mishaps. If you are prepared, we will open the day after tomorrow. Remember to dress politely. We sell things for scholars, so be polite.
No matter who you see tomorrow, you must be kind and smiling, and let everyone in Chang'an City see you.
We are also decent dudes, not vicious. Tomorrow there will be half of you in the east and west cities, and I will pay attention to both sides. If anyone dares to cause trouble, don't beat him up in public. Do you understand that we are gentle people and find a place where no one is around? "Li Shen began to train these dandies
"Hey, I understand, we will be very polite," Yuchi Baoqi said with a wicked smile.
"Yes, yes, we are all gentlemen, how can we bully others?"
"The prince is still higher. No wonder the prince's reputation outside is so good."
"You are truly a role model for our generation."
This group of dandies were used to being arrogant and used to doing things if they were not obeyed. How could they be like Li Shen who worked behind the scenes? Li Shen blushed when he was praised by these dandies.
He waved his hands and said: "I told everyone that we will all be brothers from now on, and there will be no civil or military differences the day after tomorrow.
It is easy to mix and match, and the military generals and civil servants cannot be idle. They list the eighteen deadly sins for him and send them to Jingzhao Mansion.
I guess the average gangster would not have the guts to offend so many of us. The day after tomorrow, the civil servants will use their brains and the generals will take action. In a word, only we can take advantage and no one can take advantage of us. "
After Li Shen finished speaking, he received another burst of praise from a role model of our generation. Li Shen really wanted to say that I am different from you guys, my style is much higher than yours. But seeing how excited they were, Li Shen didn't dare to say anything for fear of being beaten up by the group.
Afterwards, Li Shen led everyone away. Outsiders are not allowed to enter this place. Even if these dandies were to enter, they would need Li Shen's warrant.
Li Shen now takes fifty guards with him whenever he goes out, each of them well-equipped and equipped with war horses. The war horses are all Turkic horses that Li Shen spent a lot of money to buy. There are currently only a hundred horses.
From Li Yuan to Li Shimin, people were encouraged to raise horses among the people. Li Shen entrusted the surrendered nobles of the Eastern Turks to purchase it.
And they also invited two Turks who knew how to raise horses to be responsible for raising military horses. The location is at the foot of the mountains east of Chang'an. The land and mountains were given to him by Li Shimin for the purpose of governing the dandy in Chang'an, and are now being used as a military camp for him. Li Shen's goal was to build a cavalry force of a thousand men.
Li Shen's escort team has been filled up, and his family members have been moved to Huangzhuang by Li Shen. Now Li Shen is preparing to build a village next to Huangzhuang.
It is specially prepared for the families of these three thousand guards. This is also a way for Li Shen to increase their loyalty. To put it bluntly, they are hostages. Their family members would be less likely to rebel here. Unless you are cruel and don't care about your family.
Moreover, Li Shen also wrote down some modern military training methods that he had seen through movies and documentaries in his previous life and gave them to Xue Rengui, so that Xue Rengui could train according to the improvements in the books. In particular, Li Shen also had a month of military training. Still very familiar with the basic operations.
Moreover, many of his friends in his previous life had served as soldiers, and he had heard them talk about what three months of military training for new recruits was like. Its purpose is to train soldiers' obedience and military appearance. And Li Shen also added a cultural and ideological education class. It works very well for the simple-minded people of this era.
