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However, if you want more people to use it, there is another condition that is necessary, and that is the output.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng continued to ask, "I don't know if it is troublesome to make this thing, how much can you make in a day?"

Bei Chen thought about it for a while, and then said, "The process of making paper is not complicated. As long as you master the method, a skilled craftsman should be able to make hundreds of sheets in a day."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng was surprised again. If one person can make a hundred sheets of paper a day, then 100 people can make 1000 sheets a day, and [-] people can make [-] sheets...

After a little calculation, he found that as long as tens of thousands of people are responsible for the production, it can be used by scholars all over the world.

Although tens of thousands of people is not a small number, one must know that hundreds of thousands of civilians have been used for just one imperial tomb, and tens of thousands of people are nothing.

As long as it is not difficult to make paper, there is great hope that it will be promoted nationwide.

Moreover, this thing is of great benefit to the public. It is conceivable that once it appears on the market, it will be very popular.

You must know that bamboo slips are still the mainstream writing tool, but a roll of bamboo slips can only record dozens of characters.

A book of poetry with tens of thousands of words can only be written through hundreds of bamboo scrolls.

Therefore, the price of a book is very high, which makes many people daunted.

But the current Qin paper is so thin that it can easily write hundreds of characters, and if it is smaller, it can fit three or four hundred characters.

Thinking of this, an idea suddenly appeared in Ying Zheng's mind.

"If the paper is produced and sold on a large scale, what a huge benefit it will be..."

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Chapter 490 IX Qin Zhi's Marketing

Because bamboo slips can record too few words, and items such as brocade and silk are relatively expensive and inconvenient to write, the cost of books has always remained high.

Calculated according to the market price of Xianyang City, the price of a Book of Songs needs at least half a gold.If they were all engraved on bamboo slips, they could fill a whole cart.

The annual income of ordinary people cannot reach this figure.

In other words, the money needed to buy a book of poetry is enough to allow an ordinary person to live for a year.

Under such circumstances, the vast majority of people do not have the conditions to read and write. The so-called family heirs of farming and reading have actually broken away from the category of poor farmers.

If poor people cannot study, they will not be able to achieve better development, and the next generation will only continue to be poor.The rich and the rich have more resources, and there are channels for advancement, so it is easy to get a good life.

This is a cycle that has lasted for thousands of years.

However, the emergence of the imperial examination system and paper has the possibility of breaking this cycle, when the people at the bottom can afford books, can learn more knowledge, and can express themselves by participating in the assessment.

Then you will be able to stand out.Change the destiny of yourself and your family.

Therefore, Qin paper is definitely a good thing for both the scholarly family and the ordinary people in the market.

After realizing the market value of this item, even Ying Zheng couldn't help feeling a bit like a businessman.

But this is also normal, after all, the benefits contained in it are too great, and it still belongs to a monopoly.

Although a piece of paper can't be sold for much, it is a consumable. Once it is used on a large scale, it will become an important source of income for the entire country.

Although today's Great Qin has unified the six countries, it also consumed a lot of financial and material resources because of the perennial battles.

If the sale of paper is also used as a source of profit, then the national treasury will definitely be filled a lot, and you don't have to be restrained in doing things yourself.

Afterwards, Ying Zheng shared this idea with Bei Chen, wanting to hear the other party's opinion.

After hearing the words, Bei Chen thought for a while, and then said, "If you follow His Majesty's idea, you can indeed use it to gain a lot of benefits, but I think it's better not to do this."

"Why?"

Ying Zheng asked a question.

Beichen replied, "With the value of this paper, even if it is sold at a high price, there will be many people rushing for it, but if that is the case, only the rich and the rich can afford it. For ordinary people, it is just another kind of paper. Luxury. Can’t be rolled out across the board.”

"And if it is sold at a low price, those rich people will definitely hoard the goods and sell them to others at a high price."

As a time traveler, Bei Chen is well aware of the greed of those capitalists. Once they get involved in a good thing, it will immediately turn sour.

Therefore, his proposition is to publicize the papermaking technology. Only by making paper available to everyone can it play its greatest role.

Hearing these words, Ying Zheng frowned slightly. He understood what the other party meant, and he also knew in his heart that it might be better to do so.But it still hurts to let him let go of the benefits he got.

Seeing the appearance of the former, Bei Chen also guessed the thoughts in his heart, and then said, "If your Majesty really wants to make a profit from this, it is not impossible. But you need to be careful."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng asked, "What's your idea?"

Bei Chen replied, "We can't use paper for long-term profit, that will only make it lose its original value, but it's okay to make a fortune at the beginning."

"what do you mean……"

Bei Chen continued, "The sale of paper has to be divided into a process. Simply put, it is eight characters, from less to more, first expensive and then cheap."

"When Qin paper first came out, it would definitely attract a lot of people's attention. As long as you take out less and set it at a high price, those nobles should rush to buy it."

"In this case, it only takes half a year to make a lot of profits."

"After half a year, the price can be lowered appropriately, and then more can be produced and sold, so that people with small assets can also use it. In this way, the second wave of benefits can be obtained."

"After a while, the price of paper will be reduced to the civilian level, so that it will spread completely."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng asked, "As you said just now, if the price of paper is too low, people will inevitably hoard the goods, and the price will be raised again. How to solve it?"