"Dad, I saw that my eldest brother and that Yu Qian were chatting and laughing that day. That Yu Qian is very cunning. I'm afraid that my eldest brother has been deceived and wants to join the imperial court. The price of toilet paper in Peking can never be so low."
Tang Second Son whispered to Mr. Tang from the side.
At this moment, the head of the Tang family was already troubled by all these things. Now all the shopkeepers and accountants in the hall were looking at him. They couldn't help but feel irritated. In addition, they were very resistant to the court's new policy, and an unknown fire surged up. Head to the heart.
"go out!"
The old man of the Tang family shouted.
"Dad! Please listen to what I have to say. Everything I say is true."
The prince Tang Tianbao still refused to give up and knelt on the ground and begged.
"Someone, get this traitor out of here!!"
The old man of the Tang family was furious.
"Daddy."
"Your Majesty, please come with us and don't make it difficult for us."
"Get away, get away!"
"Dad, please listen to me. If this happens, our Tang family will be in great danger."
Soon, Tang Tianbao was carried out by his servants.
After the head of the Tang family made such a decision, he personally visited the other three families that made papyrus, the Zhang family, the Lu family, and the Xu family.
Ask them to jointly lower their prices and put money aside to defeat the latest toilet paper on the market.
After weighing the pros and cons, the other three companies thought it was feasible, so they all paid and joined forces to engage in vicious competition in an attempt to defeat Yu Qian's paper mill.
In this way, the price of papyrus became unified into five cents.
at the same time.
On the other side, Yu Qian also received the news immediately.
It was Tang Tianbao who came to report the news.
"Brother Tang, you are a rare visitor."
At this time, Yu Qian was busy loading people into trucks at the paper mill in Xiaodongcun Industrial Park.
"Brother, this is your paper mill? Oh my God. You can produce so much toilet paper in one day."
When Tang Tianbao saw the carriages piled full of goods, he couldn't help but clicked his tongue.
"This is nothing. As the workers become more and more skilled and add expansion equipment, the output continues to increase. From the previous five thousand kilograms per day, it can now produce seven thousand kilograms per day."
Yu Qian knew that he wanted to impress Tang Tianbao at this time, and he laughed boldly and said: "This market in Nanjing is completely blank. I am the first person to eat crabs. No matter how much goods I produce, they are sold out on the same day. The supply exceeds the demand. Business is booming and we are making a lot of money!"
After making a lot of money, Tang Tianbao was shocked and asked in a low voice: "Brother Xian, can you tell me the truth? What is the cost of your toilet paper?"
Yu Qian whispered: "Brother Tang, this is a business secret, how can you reveal it at will?"
Tang Tianbao sighed: "Hey, if you don't want to say it, just forget it."
Yu Qian smiled slightly: "Of course I won't tell others, but Brother Tang, you saved my life. I can't hide it from anyone, and I can't hide it from you, so I will tell you the truth."
As he spoke, Yu Qian raised three fingers.
Tang Tianbao: "Thirty Wen?"
Yu Qian: "Thirty cents? How is it possible? I sell ten cents. Wouldn't thirty cents be a loss-making business? It's three cents."
After the words fell, Tang Tianbao was stunned.
"What? Only three liters???"
Tang Tianbao was shocked and said.
This is too incredible. Why the cost can be kept so low is simply unimaginable.
Collecting grass, crushing it, beating it, and drying it all require a lot of manpower and material resources, and the output is not as high as Yu Qian's Qingfeng toilet paper factory.
"Shhhh. Keep your voice down."
Yu Qian immediately hissed and whispered, "This is a business secret. Don't reveal it."
Tang Tianbao nodded, and Nan Nan said: "It's only Sanwen, my life is over, it's over, the Tang family is over."
Yu Qian smiled and said: "What does this mean? The cost of a pack of toilet paper in Peiping is less than two cents."
Tang Tianbao: "."
"Don't believe it? Let's go and take you to visit." Yu Qian said with a smile.
"Can I go in and take a look?" Tang Tianbao's heart moved.
"If others can't, Brother Tang can certainly do it." Yu Qian laughed and didn't take it seriously.
"Yu Qian, I know you as a friend!" Tang Tianbao patted his chest excitedly, "I will remember this kindness."
No wonder Tang Tianbao was so excited. This toilet paper was so outrageous that he was asked to enter the factory to have a look. You must know that his own toilet paper workshop is very strict in order to prevent the formula from leaking.
Not long after, Tang Tianbao followed Yu Qian into the factory for a tour.
Immediately afterwards, he was completely stunned.
It's not at the same level as my own workshop.
Everyone here is wearing uniform black clothes, because toilet paper is white, and black clothes make it easier to see dirty things.
They work seriously and responsibly, and have a clear division of labor. The entire production process is divided into more than a dozen steps. Each group is only responsible for a small part of the job. What they do is very simple and can be understood at a glance. There is no technical content, but these steps are put together. , the entire toilet paper was made.
The most shocking thing is that there are all kinds of equipment here. For example, in the crushing step, the grass is crushed into slurry by using a big tank and hammering it one by one.
And here is a strange machine. The guys stood next to the machine and stepped up and down like a waterwheel, and then the machines started hammering, which was very efficient.
This is a semi-automatic machine that uses various levers, Pythagorean principles, and mechanical devices composed of gears, chains, and belts.
After watching it all around, Tang Tianbao was really eye-opening.
He also understood why Yu Qian dared to let him come in to watch, because even if he looked, he couldn't see. Without learning the skills, it would be impossible to build those machines.
After leaving the factory.
Tang Tianbao has completely believed that Yu Qian's paper mill can keep the price of toilet paper so low
It's ridiculous that his father only wants to bankrupt Yu Qian, so he doesn't have to worry about this problem at all.
He looked at the blue sky, sighed deeply, and said, "Yu Qian."
Yu Qian said: "Brother Tang, tell me."
Tang Tianbao said: "I'm afraid that factories like Beiping will also appear here in Nanzhili, right?"
Yu Qian smiled and said: "Does this need to be said?"
Tang Tianbao said: "Then the industries of various families here in Nanzhili, I am afraid that not only my Tang family, but also the cloth shops, lacquer shops, and iron workshops will be replaced."
Yu Qian said seriously: "Yes, this is the new trend of reform and the wave of the times. Whoever can catch this trend will be the wave of the times!"
After hearing this, Tang Tianbao was silent for a long time.
Seeing the other party's hesitation, Yu Qian struck while the iron was hot and said: "Brother Tang, look at the workers here. They come and go on time every day. They can do this job until they are old and make much more money than when they were tenants. Every day A month's wages are two taels of silver. If a family of three works here, the family can earn six taels of silver a month. They can have food and drink, buy a house, and marry a wife. Isn't this better than farming? In the future, people who farm will become better and better. There are fewer and fewer people coming, and everyone is willing to do this kind of work. And this small factory, in addition to supporting so many workers, also has a profit of several thousand taels a year!"
"With such a high labor cost, there is still a profit of several thousand taels."
Tang Tianbao took a breath of cold air, and after a long time he said: "Brother Yu Qian, what do you think we should do to keep up with this wave, so that our Tang family can seize this opportunity."
Yu Qian achieved his goal as soon as he saw it: "Simple, cooperate with me!"
Tang Tianbao didn't think twice and said: "Okay! Brother Yu Qian, let's cooperate in the future! But now my words in the Tang family have little weight."
Yu Qian smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. After you lead the Tang family to a better place, your father will understand your good intentions, and you will still be in charge of the family."
Tang Tianbao nodded: "Okay, what should I do now?"
Yu Qian said: "You don't have to do anything now. When my bet is settled, I will go to Tangjiacun to buy land and build the Yamen first, and then I can develop my ambitions."
Tang Tianbao thought for a moment and said, "Brother Yu Qian, your plan may have changed a little now."
Yu Qian asked strangely: "What happened? Your Tang family's papyrus should no longer be sold. Could it be that your father will not abide by the bet?"
Tang Tianbao shook his head: "That's not the case, but my father planned to sell the straw paper for five cents, in order to squeeze you out of business. But your cost is three cents, so he can't do it. Arrived. But there is a problem here. Even if you spend ten cents on toilet paper, you can't sell out a piece of toilet paper, so your bet will still lose. Once you lose, your plan to enter Tangjiacun will fail. ”
"Great, I need you to remind me in time."
Yu Qian was overjoyed, "Now that I know, it will be easy to handle."
Tang Tianbao asked: "What are you going to do?"
Yu Qian smiled faintly: "It's easy. I also sell it for five cents. My cost price is only three cents. If I sell it for five cents, I still make a profit!"
As a result, a new advertisement was posted at the door of Yu Qian's shop.
Qingfeng brand toilet paper is offering a big opening bonus, half price today!
Limit one pack per day.
Once the news spreads, it spreads to ten and then to hundreds.
People who couldn't afford it before started to buy it now.
Five cents, who doesn’t want to be nice to his butt?
A pack of this toilet paper weighs a pound, and one pound can last a long time. It’s really worth the five cents.
Soon, there was a long queue at the door of Qingfeng Shop.
As a result, the papyrus paper that the Tang family originally planned to make at a loss could not even be sold for five cents.
After all, it costs only five cents. As long as they are not stupid, everyone will definitely be willing to buy Qingfeng brand toilet paper. It is soft, has a light fragrance, and is very clean and hygienic.
What is even more difficult is the storekeepers of the grocery stores. They originally went to return the goods, but they brought back more toilet paper. The warehouse has piled up into a mountain, and now they can't sell any of them.
Soon, the old man of the Tang family also got the news.
"What, sell it for five cents?? This Yu Qian is in love with my Tang family, right!!! If he sells it for five cents, we will sell it for three cents! We are losing money anyway, so we don't care about these two cents!"
The old man of the Tang family quickly made a decision.
From five cents, the price continued to drop to three cents.
The money lost belongs to the Tang family.
However, Yu Qian acted quickly and soon changed the price of toilet paper to three cents.
Sanwen is the cost price.
Not making money, but not losing money either.
With this change, the whole city went crazy, and the queues to buy toilet paper every day could be queued from the store entrance to the city gate.
After getting the news, the old man of the Tang family almost fainted from anger.
"Crazy, crazy!!! No matter how low I am, this Yu Qian will fight against me, so the Tang family will give it away for free, no money!"
In the Tang family hall, the head of the Tang family angrily threw the tea set on the table to the floor and overturned the table.
"Dad, you can't give it away for free. You will lose too much if you give it away for free. Calm down." The second son of the Tang family on the side hurriedly advised.
Tang Tianbao, who was next to him, also advised: "Yes, Dad, if you give it away for free, the bet will still be lost. The bet clearly states that it will be sold. If it is given away for free, it will not count."
Yu Qian's original bet had already avoided many loopholes, the most important of which was not to give it away for free.
And another thing is that if the two sides engage in a price war, it will take half a month to count.
"I know, what I just said was angry."
The old man of the Tang family said: "Then if I sell it for a penny, I don't believe that I can't defeat that bastard Too Qian."
Tang Tianbao said hurriedly: "Dad, if you sell for a penny, the dealer will also make money. Unless the price we give him is free, they will not work in vain to purchase goods. Moreover, the goods in their warehouse now are all It has piled up like a mountain. If we want them to sell it at a price of one penny now, we have to pay them the previous payment. A rough calculation shows that the payment for the previous batch of goods we sold was tens of thousands of taels. Plus The papyrus we produced during this period cannot be shipped, and we have already lost one hundred thousand taels of silver inside and outside. If we really do this, we will not be able to replace the bank's loan. And if we do this, the business of this papyrus It’s also bad. People have bought a pack of straw paper for one cent, will they still spend money to sell a pack of straw paper for a hundred cents in the future?”
After listening to Tang Tianbao's analysis, Mr. Tang finally calmed down.
He slumped down on the table and said, "So, our Tang family's papyrus industry is about to go bankrupt anyway?"
Tang Tianbao nodded, "Yes, father, let's face the reality. The trains built by the National Master can travel thousands of miles a day. Toilet paper is nothing to him."
The old man of the Tang family said: "It seems that in our Tang family, we can only change our profession."
"It's useless." Tang Tianbao said, "Dad, can't you see clearly? When the National Master comes this time, all the industries in the south will be eliminated, and no one will be spared."
As soon as this was said, the entire hall fell into silence.
After a long time, Mr. Tang waved his hand feebly and said, "That's it, admit defeat, let Yu Qian come and sell him the house and land at the foot of the mountain."
Tang Tianbao handed over his hand: "Yes, father, leave this matter to me."
"But." Mr. Tang paused and said, "But this time the Tang family suffered a great loss. They lost more than tens of thousands of taels of silver, and there are still many goods in inventory that cannot be sold. Yu Qian has to take responsibility. Go talk to him, and then We added a condition and didn’t embarrass him. We asked him, Yu Qian, to help us sell all the papyrus at the cost price of twenty cash, so that the bet can be counted."
"Isn't this untrustworthy?" Tang Tianbao hesitated.
"You brought Yu Qian. You go and talk. If it doesn't work, there is nothing we can do. Even if my Tang family is targeted first! I'm not afraid!" said the old man of the Tang family stubbornly.
"Okay, I'll try it."
Tang Tianbao reluctantly agreed.
Afterwards, he went to find Yu Qian without stopping and told Yu Qian everything about it.
Tang Tianbao said apologetically: "Brother Yu Qian, that's what happened. It's really not that our Tang family is untrustworthy. Our Tang family has always been the most trustworthy. But in this matter, my Tang family is also in trouble. I It’s not convenient to say too much. It’s just that families from all over the country have an alliance. If you compromise too easily, it won’t be justified to the outside world, and other families will target you.”
Yu Qian smiled slightly and said: "I understand, thunderstorms will be discussed."
Tang Tianbao was surprised: "You know?"
Yu Qian smiled and said: "Do you think these things can be hidden from the Imperial Master? You underestimate him too much. Everything is under his control. Your defeat will only happen sooner or later. But don't worry too much, Don’t worry about being targeted by other families, sooner or later they will fall apart. However, we are brothers, so I’m here to help. It’s not just toilet paper, you give it to me and I’ll digest it directly.”
Tang Tianbao said in disbelief: "Really?"
Yu Qian said: "It's a trivial matter!"
Because those straw papers are also considered fibers and can be used as raw materials for making toilet paper. They can be broken into pieces and mixed with wood pulp, but the quality of the toilet paper will be reduced a little.
And coupled with the cost of raw materials, you will lose a lot of money.
However, in order to achieve his goal, Yu Qian can't control so much. The lost money can be earned back over time.
Soon, Tang Tianbao followed Yu Qian to the Tang family, successfully signed an agreement, obtained the land, and demolished the house. A few days later, the Yamen finally began to be established in Tangjia Village.
"This hard bone has finally been cracked."
Yu Qian sighed deeply, "The next thing will be easier to handle!"
And at the same time.
On the other side, in Nanjing City.
A land harvesting meeting held by Li Xiao for all officials and nobles also officially started under tense and orderly arrangements!
No one can skip this meeting.
No matter how far these people run, even if they go to the capital, Commander Qinglong's Jinyiwei, in cooperation with Zhu Gaosui's Jinyiwei, can bring them to this meeting.
(End of chapter)
