Chen Xirong has been in business for many years and has an extremely keen sense of business.
It's not that she hasn't thought about selling books to various counties in Youzhou, but she has considered that the incomes in different places are different and the purchasing power of the people is different.
If the price is reduced, firstly, there will be no profit, and secondly, it will affect sales in Jixian.
After careful consideration, Chen Xirong finally did not adopt the plan to sell books in other places.
Now that she heard that the Lin family had started selling books to other places, she began to waver.
In order to target the Lin family's new son-in-law, she naturally wanted to conduct an all-round containment. Since the Lin family was already selling books in other places, she naturally had to arrange for people to spread out everywhere.
Chen Xirong was very careful. Although she was tempted, she still didn't act rashly. She wanted to see how the sales were in other places.
You can't follow others into a losing business.
After that, we observed for another four or five days.
Four or five days later, the news that Chen Xirong received was simply incredible.
There were only a dozen trucks going to and from the Lin Mansion before. In just four or five days, there were nearly a hundred trucks going to and from the Lin Mansion every day.
They were all printed books and distributed to different places.
I heard that the Lin Mansion's trucks have already started heading towards states and counties outside Youzhou.
This situation completely disrupted Chen Xirong's pace.
She stays in her bookstore all day, and no matter how good her business is, she can only sell a few hundred books every day.
It’s less than two cars on the truck.
There are nearly a hundred trucks going in and out of Lin's house every day. This sales volume is really terrifying.
I was doubtful before, but now I feel regretful.
Are you still worried about sales? The total number of people from all over the country is countless times greater than that in Jixian County. How can the outside world be so vast if you are just living in Jixian County?
"No wonder the Lin family buys raw materials for papermaking without restrictions and delivers dozens of carts of books every day. Not only are there not enough raw materials, there are even not enough!"
Thinking of this, Chen Xirong said "Oh!" and thought that the son-in-law used a trick to escape from his shell!
By this time, he was probably secretly laughing at himself at home!
"Somebody come!"
Chen Xirong seemed to have made some decision and shouted.
"Miss, what are your orders?"
"Send all the people in the house to quickly collect the raw materials for paper making. No matter how much or what the price, we will collect them all."
"yes!"
"Wait a moment!"
"Miss……"
"Don't worry yet, let me think about it again."
The words had already been spoken, Chen Xirong suddenly thought of something and quickly called his men.
Chen Xirong was suspicious: "There are dozens of carts of books a day. Not to mention the Lin family, even Shangxian Publishing House cannot print so many. Is there any fraud in it?"
Chen Xirong couldn't make up his mind either, so he quickly went out and called a carriage and went straight to Shangxian Publishing House.
…
Chen Xirong rarely came to Shangxian Bookstore and rarely saw her grandfather.
The reason is simple. The grandfather who has always studied calligraphy is not satisfied with his granddaughter.
No matter how good she is now, no matter how good the entire Chen family is, she depends on her for survival.
In the eyes of her grandfather, her granddaughter who chose to go into business would never be able to get on the stage.
For this reason, Chen Xirong always felt a lot of unspeakable grievances and unwillingness.
If she didn't have to come today, she would never take the initiative to come to her grandfather.
When he arrived at the door of the book club, Chen Xirong took a deep breath, thinking that he would be scolded by his grandfather again later.
The book boy at the door recognized this young lady and told her that the old lady was studying in the printing room in the backyard.
Chen Xirong nodded and walked to the so-called printing room with ease. As expected, he saw his grandfather directing several craftsmen to study a drawing.
Chen Xirong knocked on the door and called softly: "Grandpa..."
When Mr. Chen turned around and saw his granddaughter, he was a little surprised and walked over with a smile: "Xirong? Why are you here?"
Chen Xirong was stunned. She actually saw her grandfather smiling at her. She couldn't remember how long it had been since her grandfather smiled at her!
For a moment, Chen Xirong was at a loss and didn't know what to say.
Mr. Chen has been in a good mood since he mastered movable type printing. He studied drawings in the bookstore all day long. Seeing that the brand new movable type printing machine was about to be completed, he felt even more happy.
"Come on, come on, sit outside with grandpa, don't lose anything here."
"oh."
In front of her grandfather, Chen Xirong restrained all her sharpness in business, tried her best to keep herself like a young lady, and sat down obediently in the open yard.
"Grandpa, what good thing happened to you?"
"Hahaha..." Mr. Chen stroked his beard and laughed heartily, "I'll tell you in detail later, but you won't come to grandpa for nothing, right?"
Chen Xirong nodded: "My granddaughter has something unclear and wants to ask grandpa for advice."
"oh?"
"Shangxian Publishing House is going all out to print books. How many cartloads of books can it print in one day?"
"Why are you asking this?" Mr. Chen said subconsciously, and then thought about it, "I have never considered this. It's hard to say..."
"Can we get close to 100 cars a day?"
"How is that possible?"
"If Shangxian Publishing House can't do it, can other printing companies do it?"
"Shangxian Publishing House is the largest printing house in Youzhou, and the technology used is also the most advanced!"
"Oh...then granddaughter understands." Chen Xirong's face was calm, but he was lucky. Fortunately, he came to ask, otherwise...
"Nothing!" Suddenly, Mr. Chen increased his tone and smiled mysteriously at his granddaughter, "This would have been impossible before, but grandpa recently got a treasure!"
"baby?"
Mr. Chen said seriously: "Movable type printing!"
"type……"
"Hey, you don't understand! But you just need to remember that with this movable type printing technology, the efficiency of printing books can be increased several times in the future, and the cost can also be reduced. Let alone 100 cars per day, even 200 cars No problem!”
Grandpa's last sentence caused Chen Xirong to undergo earth-shaking changes in his heart.
From the impossible to the possible, the situation is completely different.
That movable type printing technology must be quite something to make grandpa so excited!
When I think of Bai Song's disgusting confidence, I feel even more certain that that guy must also have obtained the movable type printing technology!
Chen Xirong was anxious and wanted to leave immediately and return home to order a response.
But Mr. Chen did not let his granddaughter leave immediately.
"Xirong, please sit down first. Grandpa has something to tell you."
Chen Xirong hid her inner eagerness and sat obediently.
"In recent days, grandpa has thought a lot and figured out some problems. In the past, grandpa treated you too harshly. You must have a lot of grievances hidden in your heart, right?"
"Grandpa..." For a moment, Chen Xirong's eyes became wet.
She did have a lot of grievances in her heart, but she never thought that she would say it out of her grandfather's mouth.
"Hey! Recently, grandpa met a young man who not only gave grandpa the movable type printing technology that benefits the country and the people, but also taught him the word "edutainment". Grandpa was deeply inspired after learning about it. If grandpa hadn't been too much in the past, Forcing you to study will not force you to go into business even if you think about it. Grandpa used to look down on businessmen, but it was a businessman who told him all this. It was another businessman who invented movable type printing that grandpa had never imagined in his life. Think about it It’s really embarrassing. But grandpa finally understands that only by integrating teaching into life can more people discover the art of governing the country, such as movable type printing.”
Chen Xirong turned from moved to curious. He blinked and asked, "Who is that businessman? To be so appreciated by grandpa, he must be a young talent."
Mr. Chen thought with a smile: "Yes, that boy is indeed handsome, far beyond the comparison of ordinary literati, and he is in the same business as you, so he is a perfect match for Xirong. Find a time, grandpa will take you to get to know him." "
When Chen Xirong heard this, her face turned red, and she rarely showed the posture of a little woman. She complained coyly and delicately: "Grandpa..."
"Xirong, you are not young anymore..."
"Grandpa, my granddaughter still has something to do, so... I'll leave first."
Chen Xirong didn't dare to stay long and fled quickly.
Now that he had received his grandfather's reply, Chen Xirong felt the crisis.
After returning home, Chen Xirong immediately ordered that the Chen family officially joined the team of purchasing raw materials for papermaking.
As soon as the Chen family took action, the real sheep head appeared.
The influence of the Chen family is far beyond that of the Lin family. They are not only a big family, but also a big merchant.
The merchants who were hesitant at first no longer had any worries.
All of them followed the Chen family and began to buy raw materials for paper making, although few people knew what they were doing with so many raw materials for paper making.
The acquisition of papermaking raw materials suddenly became a trend.
Not only merchants participate, but people also participate.
If they don't have money to purchase, they will participate in production. People will go out of the city to look for raw materials in the mountains and forests.
Afterwards, a large number of vendors stood outside the city waiting for the searching people to come back, and then collected the raw materials and resold them to larger merchants.
In less than ten days, the price of bark and other items increased twenty-fold, and even reached the point where there was no market for it.
At this time, there were rumors in the market that the Lin family in Mang County relied on the raw materials collected to print books and sell them as far as the south of the Yangtze River. Tons of raw materials were in short supply. Merchants who wanted to sell raw materials could just go and buy them at market prices immediately.
The more news like this, the more reluctant merchants are to take action. Everyone estimates that there is still room for price increases.
Up to now, the price of tree bark, vines, and plant ash has exceeded that of rice and grain, and it is simply unbelievable for people to talk about it.
Chen Xirong also noticed something was wrong at this time.
In order to purchase more raw materials than the Lin family, the Chen family spent thousands of gold, and the raw materials piled up in their home could no longer be put away.
And while using Shangxian Publishing House, several new printing plants were established, all working together.
Books on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms have also begun to be hoarded, and the selling price in Jixian has dropped from two hundred to fifty.
But Chen Xirong is not panicking. She is still waiting for news from other counties. As long as the stores in various counties are confirmed, this batch of accumulated manuscripts can be sent to various places immediately. By then, the Lin family will no longer be doing business in various places.
Not long after, the servant who was sent out to investigate finally came back, but the news he brought back made Chen Xirong somewhat unbelievable.
"Miss, as per your request, we have rented shops in seven or eight counties, and we are waiting for the books to go over and open for business. But... no Lin family bookstores were found in the seven or eight counties we passed. The local people He said he didn’t know anything about the Three Kingdoms.”
