Chapter 115 The Future of Wu Jinshi
Ink, paper and ink, and the four treasures of study were all essential items in almost every family with scholars before the emergence of hard pens. Although it is not small, it is still limited to copying among people who know and write, and it is very expensive. Ordinary people will never be able to understand the words in their lifetime.
After the Five Dynasties, especially after the development and maturity of printing in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of books were published, which changed the slow drawback of relying on manual copying in the past. Books and magazines have truly moved from the library in the high-government courtyard to ordinary people's homes. The printing cost has gradually decreased due to the continuous progress of printing technology from woodblock printing to movable type printing, and books have become cheaper and cheaper. Reading and reading is no longer a family patent, and a well-off family can buy one or two books to teach their children.
Books are sold well, which has led to the prosperity of another industry--Paper Firm.
As the society's demand for paper is increasing, more and more workshops such as paper workshops with strong technicality are open, and all kinds of top-notch paper are popular in the world. The paper counters in Wenbaozhai are dazzling, and the era of expensive paper in Luoyang will never return.
As an industry, paper began to appear on the commercial stage. The basis for its prosperity was the prosperity of having enough food and clothing. Everyone had enough food and clothing. With the extravagance, they would have a rich mental need. Reading and reading were of course the best way. The Southern Song Dynasty was rich, and the extravagant trend was rampant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Walking on the street, a brick would hit five scholars. Various literary gatherings were endless, and many academies were flooding like spring flowers, forming the most brilliant cultural atmosphere in the Song Dynasty.
When literati use their pens and ink, of course they like to use good paper. The best paper is as fair as beautiful skin, smooth as brocade silk, full of ink, condensed but not dispersed, soft pen falls like a dragon and snake into the water, and the pen moves smoothly without sluggishness. An article is written in a wind, and every ink is not clear, which is the best paper.
Saiwenkui is such a good paper.
Maybe it's a little bit worse. After all, large-scale production will inevitably affect quality. However, the price is low, which is more than half cheaper than paper of the same quality on the market. If others order it only costs half a penny and charge iron coins, how can it not be loved?
After the early advertising, Ruifuxiang began to reap dividends. In just one month, he occupied the vast market of Hezhou and the paper merchants in the surrounding counties came to buy it, and one order was a ship. If it were not for the limitations of information dissemination speed and traffic conditions, Saiwenkui's influence would have spread far, and probably Yizhou Road would be impacted.
However, Changsun Hong was not in a hurry at all. He always said to Ran Daqi: "Don't be anxious, take your time, there are disadvantages when it gets faster. We can't keep up with production, and we have gained fame but cannot occupy the market. Let others react and come up with ways to counter it. We always have to spend our energy to resolve it. Take your time, and it will take time to expand our paper shop. It is beneficial to be slower."
Ran Daqian smiled radiantly and agreed. He turned his head and kept urging the craftsmen to speed up his skills. He believed that Changsun Hong had many ideas and was very smart. He could be regarded as the most powerful person he had ever met, but no one was perfect. One of the biggest shortcomings was that this kid didn't love money anymore!
The golden path of wealth is actually going to take your time. Isn’t this going to make people hold Jinshan in a daze? How can a businessman do this? This will be punished by God!
He used his first month's income to settle down a yard next door, opened up the wall, expanded the paper mill, and built five new pulp pools. In addition, the original pulp pools had a total of ten. This is a huge paper mill that can be ranked on Tongchuan Road. It seems that he has not heard that other places are of the same size.
Ran Daqi built a new account next to the paper workshop in the backyard, and his daily income was placed inside. The guards hired with high salaries were closely guarded by the iron doors and copper windows to prevent the thief from thinking about it. After closing every day, he would stay inside for a while, lying on the copper bed made of copper coins.
The most free and easy thing in the gold and silver nest, Ran Daqi felt this joy.
The guys, craftsmen and peddlers in the paper mill all got benefits from it, their wages doubled, and they would also give some meat and cloth during the New Year Festival. The stingy Ran Daqi would not do this, so it must be the kind second boss, Mr. Sun. Everyone was very happy and felt that entering Ruifuxiang's workmanship was a blessing in his previous life. They were even more grateful for the second boss, the second boss, who made stones and gold. You know, before the second boss came, Ruifuxiang had already started to owe his wages, which was related to Zhang.
Everyone respects this young boss who is not much older than his children. Moreover, Changsun Hong is aware of writing and writing, and has a brilliant literary talent. I heard that there are two poems that are widely circulated in the city. Even the governor and the transferee of the fortune teller will approve it. It will definitely be limitless in the future.
Changsun Hong didn't have any special feeling for people's respect.
He should eat and sleep every day. He should get up in the morning and go to the academy with the three brothers of the Li family. If Zhou Lang doesn't bother himself about the things that combine knowledge and action, he will go to the paper shop. He will also take Gouzi to study with the accountant. He will teach this farmer boy in his spare time and the Arabic numeral accounting method is extremely novel. Although Gouzi is honest, he is not stupid. As long as he gives him a suitable education, he can also show his outstanding strengths. His strength is memory.
His super memory and Arabic numerals made the accountant stunned. He yelled several times that he would not teach him anymore, saying that the dog's methods were all evil ways.
But the dog stayed still, and the accountant still had to look at Changsun Hong's expression.
But as a result, Changsun Hong and Gouzi served the Li family less and less time, and the business of the paper shop became prosperous and half of the sky was so prosperous that they basically never stayed in the Li family except for sleeping, and sometimes they even got busy and never went back to sleep.
Sun Hong, the chief of the three brothers of the Li family, was also slow to be slow, and the three of them were full of resentment. Master Zhou chased him from Lijia Village to the prefecture city in a gloomy way. The "slap" ruler always echoed in their palms. If this continues, the three of them can't stand it.
They also knew what Changsun Hong had to do in the paper shop with his dog, but they didn't know that Changsun Hong actually became the second boss. They thought they were working there, so they warned him several times to restrain himself and put his main business first.
So Changsun Hong felt that it was time to leave the Li family.
Always being a book boy seems to be incompatible with the wealthy man who is about to be rich.
So on the afternoon of the twelfth lunar month, Changsun Hong took the dog and wrapped some money he had taken from Ruifuxiang around his waist, put on the contract signed with the Li family, and prepared to go over and redeem himself.
Ran Daqi originally insisted on following him. Changsun Hong left the Li family Yu Ruifuxiang with only good and no harm. He was worried that the Li family might not agree to the two children in the past. It would be better to have a shopkeeper follow him after all.
Changsun Hong politely refused. It was his own business and there was no need to ask others to help.
Gouzi was a little nervous and excited. He never thought he would become an accountant in the prefecture. During this period, he had been trying hard to read. He felt that Changsun Hong was so outstanding and was a role model for him to learn from. He did not want to be as awesome as Changsun Hong, but at least he had to help him.
So he always worked hard, practicing writing and calculating until late at night. When Changsun Hong woke up, he found that he was still copying and practicing on the table with the oil lamp. His hard work made many students who took the exam ashamed.
When the two went out, they didn't walk far along the stone street and saw the three Li brothers running over like sparks.
Changsun Hong wondered, why did these three playboys get the news so quickly?
Li Wen ran to Changsun Hong. Before he could speak, Changsun Hong reached out to stop him and said earnestly: "No need to keep me. As the saying goes, everyone has their own ambitions. The Li family is not my destination, and it will be useless to keep me."
Li Wen was inexplicably sweating and ran over to hear such a stupid sentence. He was too lazy to pay attention to it. He grabbed Changsun Hong's arm in anger and shouted: "It's bad, the enemy is here!"
"Enemy?" This time it was Changsun Hong's turn to be puzzled: "Which enemy?"
"Of course it's the enemy who fights us!" Li Wu shouted from the side: "He's coming to our house!"
The chapter title of this chapter is wrong, it should be Chapter 114, everyone will take a look.
Chapter completed!