After the papermaking workshop is officially opened, the study can officially start selling paper.
After Ruoxuan sent Master Liu back to the academy, she followed her father and second uncle to the study.
She wanted to see how the new paper was stacked.
In the afternoon, the setting sun filtered through the window. She sat on the high chair specially built for her by Ruohe, with her head on the counter, squinting in the sun and practicing while waiting for customers to come.
There was no one in the study at the moment and it was very quiet. Only shopkeeper Liu carefully arranged the books on the bookshelf, checking to see if any of them had been misplaced by customers.
It wasn't until the sun set that the light in the study began to dim, and it was time for school to end, and then a scholar hurried in.
He walked in, and without seeing the shopkeeper, he said to Ruoxuan: "Little girl, let me read a book, okay?"
Ruoxuan stretched a little and said sweetly: "Okay, brother, just watch as you like."
The scholar was very grateful to Xiuxuan and bowed.
Some poor scholars who couldn't afford books would come over and read for a while every day after school, and didn't leave until the study room was closed.
Other study halls do not welcome such scholars. They have already read all the books in the study hall, so what books should they buy?
Is the study business still open?
However, Wenyuan Study House does not do this. They let scholars read it, because people who really love books will always find a way to buy it back as long as they really like the book.
Moreover, the books in Wenyuan Study Studio are deeply insightful once you read them. You can read them for a while every day instead of just buying them and reading them in one go. Reading them over and over again will give you better results.
Ruoxuan is not worried at all about not being able to sell her books.
At this time, another scholar came in. This scholar took a book from the bookshelf that he had finished reading in the study but still missed when he got home, and went directly to the counter to check out.
Ruoxuan pointed to the paper next to her and asked sweetly: "Brother, do you want to buy some paper by the way?"
When the scholar heard this, he glanced at the paper next to him, which was as white as snow and as delicate as silk. He picked it up and touched it. He felt that it was very good. He just planned to buy it back and copy Buddhist scriptures for his grandmother's birthday, so he said: "This paper is good. Come and have a look." Hundreds of three-foot sheets.”
"OK!"
Ruoxuan tied the books and paper that the scholar asked for with a hemp rope with unfamiliar and slow movements, handed them to the scholar, and said with a sweet smile: "This book costs ten taels of silver, and the paper with a knife and three feet has seventy cents, a total of ten taels of silver." Seventy Wen.”
Hearing this, the scholar glanced at Xuan Bao and thought that Xuan Bao was too small and had remembered the wrong price. He smiled and reminded: "Little girl, did you calculate the wrong price for this paper? It is seven hundred and fifty pieces, not seventy. One knife, right?"
Even 700 wen is cheap. Such high-quality historical paper cannot be bought in other study halls for more than 2 taels.
"That's right! The paper in my study is only seventy cents per piece and one hundred pieces. The three-foot high-grade continuous history paper is seventy cents, the four-foot paper is one hundred cents, the five-foot piece is one hundred and thirty cents, and the six-foot piece is one hundred cents. One hundred and seventy articles,."
Ruoxuan quoted prices for each size of paper.
The larger the size of the paper, the more difficult it is to make paper, and the loss will be greater when it is removed from the paper wall, and the cost will be higher. Therefore, the price jump of subsequent sizes will be larger.
The scholar just felt that Ruoxuan had remembered it wrong. She was making up the price of the paper. How could there be such cheap paper?
If paper was sold so cheaply, he could use it to wipe his butt, so why use bamboo strips?
Although his family is not rich, he is a gentleman and will not deliberately take advantage of this. "Little girl, where is the shopkeeper? You should ask the adults how much this paper costs! Otherwise, if you sell it casually, my brother is afraid that you will turn around." I’ll get a big spanking from my parents.”
Xiuxuan waved her hands in an old-fashioned way: "No, brother, don't worry! I set the price of this paper. I sell it for as much silver as I say. My parents listen to me, so they won't beat me." butt."
The scholar was fascinated by the appearance of Xuan Bao, a cute and beautiful little adult. He was so cute that his heart melted. He deliberately teased her and said, "I don't believe it, unless you ask the adult to come."
Shopkeeper Liu had just gone to the backyard to get some books to replenish the bookshelf. He happened to come out at this moment. After listening to the two people's words, he knew what was going on.
The scholar saw the shopkeeper coming out and hurriedly pointed to the wrapped Lianshi paper on the counter and said, "Shopkeeper, how much does this first-class Lianshi paper cost?"
"A three-foot high-grade historical paper worth seventy cents per sword."
Scholar: "."
He looked at the white hair on the shopkeeper's head and wondered if he was old and confused, or if there was something wrong with his ears?
Shopkeeper Liu knew what the scholar was thinking when he saw his expression. He smiled and explained why the paper was sold so cheaply: "The paper in our study is made in our own workshop, so we can sell it without making much money. The purpose is to enable more scholars to afford more paper and read books.”
"However, because the papermaking workshop is newly opened, there is not much paper produced, so now each person can only buy one knife, and it is limited every day, while supplies last."
It’s not just paper but also books. Books in their study will be cheaper in the future. The books on the bookshelf now are expensive because they are copied from purchased paper. They will become cheaper in the future, but the shopkeeper did not say this for the time being.
Ruoxuan nodded her little head: "Grandpa Liu is right, brother, do you believe it now?"
The scholar didn't really believe it until he paid the money and watched the shopkeeper get back thirty coins for him!
"Wenyuan's study is benevolent and righteous. Seventy coins and one sword are of high quality and even history paper. Why should all the students in the world worry about having no paper to use." He bowed deeply to the shopkeeper and Ruoxuan.
It was just when the academy was out of school, and a few more scholars rushed in. After hearing this, they hurriedly asked: "What is the first-class history paper worth seventy cents per sword?"
This time the shopkeeper didn't need to say anything to Xiuxuan, the scholar just said what the shopkeeper Gu had just said vividly.
When the scholars heard this, they immediately went to look at the paper on the table. Seeing the quality of the paper, even the poor students bought it without saying a word!
Every scholar needs good paper, but such cheap high-quality history paper is unprecedented.
Buying it means earning it.
It's a pity that each person can only buy one knife.
People who came in later saw that everyone was buying paper. After asking, they heard that the first-class historical paper cost seventy cents, but they all paid for it without saying a word.
Anyone who doesn’t buy it is a fool!
So before the store closed, the daily limited paper was sold out.
Those who come later cannot buy it and have to wait until tomorrow.
So starting from the second day, every day at dawn, people would line up in the study to buy paper.
And Wenyuan Study's reputation for benevolence and righteousness also spread in major academies.
Nowadays, many students say that when buying books and the four treasures of the study, they only look for Wenyuan Study.
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The news that Wenyuan Study's first-class historical paper cost only seventy cents per cut quickly reached the ears of the heads of the two major paper-making families.
The two masters held a piece of paper in their hands and were furious!
This serial history paper is much better than the high-grade serial history paper from their papermaking workshop. Wenyuan Study sells it for seventy cents per knife?
This means suppressing their two major paper-making workshops without making any money!
This is simply unreasonable!
