"How's it going? How's the paper sales in the past two days?"
After taking some free time on the second day, Xiao Zhengtai took people to the Panxia Workshop, and then to the paper mill.
Seeing the young lady entering the door, Zhang Liang quickly put down his work and went to greet the young lady, "Back to the young master, the business of the paper mill is as hot as ever. Now we have added ten more permanent workers, and we are working day and night to produce, so we can barely complete the task." Order!"
"Is it possible for ordinary people to buy paper?"
"Yes, the purchase restriction policy adopted by the young master is very effective. Even those nobles cannot stock up on goods. Besides, the paper mill is mass-producing, so it is useless to stock up on goods!"
"Um!"
Little Shota walked around the paper mill and nodded.
"Is Huang Yuan here?"
"Here! Right in the backyard...!"
Zhang Liang led the way respectfully, "Printing technology has been successfully developed, and Huang Yuan is watching the craftsmen printing books in the backyard!"
This was the first batch of books printed after the printing technology was developed. Huang Yuan came over early in the morning to stare at it.
"good!"
Little Shota followed behind, and no one could tell that this was the real boss of the paper mill.
Some newly arrived long-term workers even thought he was Zhang Liang's son, and secretly asked the craftsmen around him, "Is that the son of our shopkeeper? He has handsome features and looks somewhat similar to our shopkeeper. He is probably the shopkeeper's wife." Isn’t it beautiful too?”
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't talk nonsense. That's the young master, His Majesty's son. He is the one who manages this paper mill. If you say this, you will be beaten!"
The long-term worker next to him had been working here since the paper mill opened, so he was very familiar with Xiao Zhengtai, so he quickly covered his mouth.
"What? Is this the young master?"
Looking at the cute little baby with red lips and white teeth, the new long-term worker almost dropped his jaw and even the movements of his hands stopped.
I heard that a young master manages this place, but I didn’t expect him to be so young and so cute!
"That's right!"
The old manager nodded firmly.
In fact, he had the same reaction as the young master when he first met him. He never thought that a baby boy could manage such a large bookstore!
When they were this big, they were still peeing and playing with mud!
"Young Master, Huang Yuan is right there!"
In the shock of the new craftsmen, Zhang Liang brought Xiao Zhengtai to the printing workshop.
This is also in accordance with Xiao Zhengtai's request, each workshop was named, and the paper workshop was also divided into departments!
Sales department, accounting department, marketing department, etc.!
At first they were a little uncomfortable with it, but fortunately they were young and had strong adaptability, so they got used to it in no time!
Xiao Zhengtai is not tall, but fortunately Huang Yuan is in charge of supervision and does not stand in the crowd, otherwise it would be really difficult to find him!
"Young Master!"
Huang Yuan first discovered Zhang Liang, and then discovered Xiao Zhengtai from Zhang Liang's attitude.
In the entire paper mill, Zhang Liang is the shopkeeper, in charge of the operation of the entire paper mill, and he is arrogant and arrogant. He does not look down on ordinary nobles, but he is respectful to the young master.
"Well, I heard that printing has been successfully developed!"
Little Shota nodded and walked towards the craftsmen.
All the craftsmen are immersed in their work, looking for every piece of clay carefully, for fear of making mistakes!
Books are unlike other things. A misprinted word is equivalent to misleading people!
"Young Master, look, the first page of the book has been printed!"
Huang Yuan said excitedly, pointing to a pile of papers with words on them next to him.
Little Shota suddenly jumped on the table, picked up one and looked at it carefully.
The handwriting is clear and accurate, and the space between each word is just right!
"Well, not bad!" Xiao Zhengtai nodded with satisfaction.
"Since this is the first printing, I plan to print a hundred copies this time. After success, I will print a large number of copies!"
"That's fine, there's not much spare space for paper now. In the future, we can expand the paper mill and print a large number of books!"
The paper mill currently produces just enough paper to sell, and this is still under the purchase restriction policy. If there is no purchase restriction, I'm afraid there really won't be any extra paper to print books.
"Expansion? Young Master wants to expand the paper mill?"
Huang Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
If the paper mill is expanded, more paper will be available for printing books in the future, which is a good thing for the people.
"That's right, I have already bought the open space behind the paper mill. You can just expand it later. Then this important task will be left to you!"
The young lady stood on the table and patted Huang Yuan on the shoulder like an adult.
"Okay, don't worry, young master. The prison we will be in charge of is built by the master of the palace. Building a workshop is a piece of cake!"
Huang Yuan looked excited and agreed immediately.
"You'd better not be too happy first. The workshop I want to build this time is different from the previous one!"
"What is the difference?"
Huang Yuan was stunned.
They can even build a project as big as Afang Palace. Is there anything else that can stump them?
"The main body of the house I want to build this time is made of cement, which is windproof and rainproof. It is also very strong and will not break down after many years of use!"
Koshota grinned.
"cement?"
Obviously, Huang Yuan is very unfamiliar with this term.
Because in this era, houses were generally built with wood and yellow mud, and only the royal family and nobles had the money to buy blue bricks.
The adhesive between the green bricks is lime mortar or glutinous rice mortar and rammed earth.
By mixing lime, sand and water together, you can build up bricks one by one, but this method cannot build a building that is too high, and it is difficult to stand in a humid environment.
Glutinous rice mortar is a mixture of glutinous rice and lime paste. It has good adhesion, but it is not as good as cement.
Rammed earth was also widely used in this era, and that was only when there was no other way.
If they see cement, I guarantee they will abandon the ones in front of them immediately!
Cement is widely used, not only for building houses, but also for building roads.
If the Chi Road built by the First Emperor was replaced with cement, it would be almost the same as the current highway!
Since the big brother of the system has given cement, it cannot be wasted but must be utilized!
"That's right, I will give you the materials and manufacturing methods needed to make cement later. You can lead people to develop it, and it will all depend on it when you go back to expand the paper mill and renovate the winery!"
The location of the winery is very large, but some of the houses are damaged and leaking and must be renovated before they can be used.
"good!"
Huang Yuan responded immediately.
As Zuo Cheng, the general supervisor, he was extremely interested in these new things, so when he heard that he wanted to study cement, his eyes were shining brightly.
"Young Master, this batch of books has one hundred pages in total. I wonder what the price is?"
Seeing that the two of them had finished talking about the business, Zhang Liang opened his mouth to ask.
"The paper is two cents, and one hundred pages is two hundred cents. Including labor...it will sell for two hundred and forty cents!"
Xiao Zhengtai thought for a while and decided on the price.
Books will also be a must-have for the people in the future, so he plans to take the route of small profits but quick turnover, and only slightly increase the profit on the price of paper!
