The cloth on display is not only silk, but also various kinds of wool, sweaters, clothes made of wool, linen clothes, etc.
The entire clothing exhibition was not short. All the models walked through it twice. Many people probably didn't pay attention to the clothes during the first time, so Li Ke specially asked people to walk through it a second time.
After finishing the second walk, Li Ke walked up to the stage from under the stage again, took the microphone from Helian Liuli's hand, and Li Ke said: "Everyone, I think many shopkeepers and clan leaders have already I saw the cloth, silk, etc. we had on display.”
"Let me announce a few issues. First of all, the clothing styles in front of me will be the future clothing display of the brand under my name, and the styles of these clothing have applied for patents."
"As for what a patent is, a patent is granted by the Tang Dynasty within a certain period of time according to legal procedures based on the application of the inventor or designer, on the premise that the content of the invention and creation is disclosed to the public and the invention and creation has benefits for society that comply with legal provisions. The exclusive rights of the inventor or designer.”
"In short, a patent means that you have invented an item. After you apply for a patent from the country, your design or invented item cannot be used for any commercial purpose. Take the item invented by the craftsman in my name. For a new spinning machine, after applying for a patent, if people build one at home and then spin it for themselves and use it instead of selling it, this does not violate the patent rights." Li Ke explained to everyone.
This is slightly different from that of later generations. Although Li Ke knew that it was difficult to identify commercial items, currently a large number of people in the Tang Dynasty relied on this for their livelihood, so this loophole could only be left.
"But if other businessmen directly spin the spinning machines made by the craftsmen in my name, and then use them to sell to other people, factories, or firms, or use them to spin yarn and then sell the yarn, these are all infringements! Datang Business The Patent Office under the Ministry will punish such behavior! It may even order it to suspend business, compensate for losses, etc.”
"The reason why I tell you this is because the patent law will be announced soon." Li Ke said calmly, "I hope you will not violate the Basic Law of the Tang Dynasty."
"Having said this, let me tell you something about textiles. Now several craftsmen in Datang have invented very advanced spinning machines, looms and other machines! And these machines have applied for patents. And will It is manufactured and sold by Datang Changan Machinery Manufacturing Factory."
"Everyone can buy these machines directly and use them."
When Li Ke said this, the audience immediately became commotion, which was a good thing for them.
"I know you are still confused about the new machines, but I can tell you here that if the purchase price of the machine itself is not considered, the cost of a piece of silk can be controlled at 60 Wen!" Li Ke directly gave Give everyone a number.
The initial spinning machines and looms could reduce the cost of silk to about 96 Wen, which also included a lot of manpower and material resources, and now the new machines have further reduced the labor cost.
With the introduction of new horse-drawn carriages and a brand new transportation-oriented business firm headed by Longmen Escort Agency, transportation costs are also declining. So now the cost of silk has been reduced to 60 Wen!
Everyone was in an uproar when they heard this number! What is the concept of 60 articles? You must know that the cost of a piece of silk silk before was about 240 Wen.
The cost has increased compared with previous years because the labor costs of Datang have increased, so the cost has increased from the previous 210 yuan for a piece of silk to 240 yuan.
And the other party's cost is only a quarter of theirs... Everyone knows what this means in business.
If they don't keep up, nothing but bankruptcy awaits them! No wonder His Highness said at the beginning that after today, quite a few people here will leave this industry.
"Moreover, I can tell you very wisely that at a cost only one-quarter of yours, the silk weaved is fast and good! And the width of the silk will be wider!" Li Ke clapped his hands.
Instantly, someone dropped pieces of silk from the second floor of the theater. Looking at the pieces of silk falling in the air, the regulations of the Tang Dynasty revealed that a piece of silk was one foot eight inches wide and forty feet long, about 54 centimeters wide and 54 centimeters long. Approximately 12.1 meters. This width is because the looms of the Tang Dynasty could only produce this width.
However, if you make clothes with this width, it will actually consume a lot of fabric, and many clothes will not look good when made.
And now the width of the cloth displayed by His Highness is at least three feet wide!
"Your Highness." Someone in the audience couldn't hold it back, raised his hand, and shouted loudly at the same time.
"Say." Li Ke smiled and said.
Everyone else also fell silent.
"Your Highness, what I want to ask is, is the cost width of 60 cents the width you are showing now or the original width?" the person asked directly.
"If it is this wide, the cost is actually only about 80 yuan, because everyone knows that if the width of the loom increases, the cost of a piece of cloth increases only in the cost of raw materials, but also in transportation and labor costs. In fact, very few, not much. This width is twice the original width."
"And the cost of a piece of linen will be only about 40 Wen."
"There are also woolen cloths made from brand new wool, which are more expensive, about 120 yuan per piece. Of course, this price cost is because the price of wool is stipulated by Datang, and it must not be lower than a certain price."
"In fact, it's not just wool, it also includes all raw materials such as silk and hemp crops. In the future, Datang will have state-owned commercial banks to purchase and stabilize prices. Market fluctuations are allowed within a certain range, but they are not allowed to fall below a certain price." Li Ke said.
The reason why Li Ke kept the price so low is because the textile industry is related to the clothing of the people, and most of the people in the Tang Dynasty are farmers. The price of food in the Tang Dynasty is not high at present, and the low price of grain hurts farmers.
Although it is said that because of the new high-yield seeds planted this year, the yield of the people's fields will be greatly improved, but the income of the people who mainly rely on weight will definitely not be high.
But it was impossible for Li Ke to maintain high food prices.
Food prices must be brought down. Since there is no way to maintain high food prices, the prices of other necessities for the people must also be brought down.
As long as the prices of all commodities fall, people will naturally have money in their hands.
As for luxury goods, it doesn't matter. Luxury goods have nothing to do with the common people anyway.
At present, the main things that people are concerned about are food to eat, cloth and clothes to wear, and daily necessities such as ironware.
In terms of ironware, Li Ke has been lowering the price. Although there is no way to compare with later generations, it is already very low for this era. In addition, pottery and simple porcelain can also be fired in large quantities and entered into people's homes.
