Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

After hearing what the Wang family elder said, everyone had no intention of making fun of him.

Because they had bought this colored glass before, and the price difference was not very big.

Lu Changfeng walked to the glass, squatted down and picked up a glass in the shape of a running buffalo.

"This glass is crystal clear and flawless!

No, this is not glass, this is top-grade colored glass, made from the sacred stone of Kunlun Mountain in the Tang Dynasty, and its quality is far superior to that of Western colored glass."

The eyes of other clan leaders lit up, and then they echoed:

"What the Lu family leader said is very true, this glass will be top-grade colored glass from now on!"

After they said this, this glass immediately became high-end and upscale, and it is estimated that the price will not be cheap.

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After a while, more than a dozen family heads calmed down and should discuss how to divide the profits.

"Your Majesty, we will form a caravan to go abroad to trade and sell top-quality colored glass. We will pay 60% of the proceeds as taxes. I wonder if Your Majesty will grant this approval?"

Li Shanhuai of the Longxi Li family was still the representative to negotiate with Li Shimin.

Li Shimin frowned and thought, his fingers rhythmically tapping the coffee table.

Li Shanhuai thought that Your Majesty thought 60% was too little, so he turned his head to look at other family heads for opinions.

The other family heads nodded silently, and Li Shanhuai spoke again: "Your Majesty, we will take 30% and pay 70% in taxes!"

"Master Li misunderstood. I am considering the price of this glass in the Tang Dynasty.

If it is leaked by the Hu merchants, how can you sell it at a high price abroad?" Li Shimin waved his hand and said.

"This..." Everyone suddenly realized that His Majesty was considering this issue, but it was indeed a problem.

Everyone in the field was thinking about countermeasures. Li Chengqian stood up and bowed:

"Father, this glass is not a necessity for the people. Selling it three or two years later in the Tang Dynasty will have little impact."

Li Shimin nodded silently and looked at Su Chen.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince makes sense!" Su Chen immediately stood up and bowed, and then sat back down.

Li Shimin was about to speak when Su Chen stood up again and said:

"Master Li, Your Highness the Crown Prince wanted you to sell fine salt and tea outside the region before. This time you can export them to the Western Regions.

Don't worry and raise the price! Just pay the taxes you should pay when you return to the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin suddenly heard Su Chen mention the word "export". He felt unfamiliar, but he understood the meaning.

Everyone was very happy. This is a big business. Now in the Tang Dynasty, even if they want to buy tea, there is no place to buy it.

Su Chen has never sold tea to the outside world, and even the teahouse mentioned before has not opened.

In the past, Su Chen would think about helping Changle and Li Shimin make money, but now he only wants to improve the people's livelihood in the Tang Dynasty.

"Thank you, Your Highness, and don't worry, my Lord. We will never do anything to evade taxes. We know the benefits and disadvantages."

Li Shanhuai first thanked Li Chengqian, and then expressed his position to Su Chen.

"Okay, let's do as you said just now. Glass will be postponed for three years in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, I will order that fine salt and tea cannot be sold abroad."

Li Shimin finally decided on the matter of overseas business.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

...

"I wonder if any of the family heads here have a book and paper business in their families?"

Su Chen suddenly asked, and the family heads present were a little confused.

"My Lord, more than a dozen of us have engaged in book trading, big or small, and as for paper, only the Wang, Cui, and Lu families are engaged in it."

Li Shanhuai answered truthfully.

Su Chen nodded, looked at Wang Kaishan and asked, "Patriarch Wang, take the Analects as an example, how much does it usually cost?"

"My Lord, the refined version of the Analects has 45 pages, a total of 90 pages, and the price is 2 guan." Wang Kaishan answered carefully.

Su Chen looked at the other family heads after hearing this, and they all nodded to show that what Wang Kaishan said was true.

Su Chen calculated in his mind that the popular version of the Analects has about 16,000 words, which is equivalent to only about 180 words per page.

It's no wonder that Su Chen didn't know the price of the book. In the Tang Dynasty, he had never spent any money on his own except for buying 15 piglets.

Su Chen continued to ask: "How about your book trading business?"

Wang Kaishan shook his head, "Although the price of books is high, the profit is not high. First of all, paper is not easy to make, and the quality of the produced paper is uneven, and some cannot be used to print books.

Secondly, it is very difficult to make woodblocks. There is a woodblock corresponding to each page. If one word is wrong, the whole plate will be scrapped.

Second, ordinary people can't afford to buy books worth a few strings of money."

After listening, Li Shimin and Su Chen nodded silently. No wonder ordinary people can't afford to read books.

The printing cost of books is indeed high.

Su Chen had a bottom line in his mind. After Li Tai made the paper, he calculated the cost and guessed that a copy of Analects would be about 25 wen.

"Dear family heads, do you think it is possible to sell a copy of Analects for 30 wen and still making money?" Su Chen asked with a smile.

"How is this possible? The paper needed for a copy of the Analects is almost exactly one four-foot-long paper, and one four-foot-long paper costs 600 wen." Wang Kaishan said in horror.

"No hurry, let's talk about this in a month. I'll ask the heads of the families again, which of your families are engaged in pig iron business or iron smelting." Su Chen continued to ask.

Zheng family, Qinghe Cui family, Longxi Li family, Lu family, these four prominent families are engaged in pig iron and iron smelting.

Li Shimin had a bad premonition when he heard this, and his eyes unconsciously looked at Dai Zhou and others.

Because he had boasted in the manor before that the pig iron production in the Tang Dynasty has always been high.

Li Shimin guessed that Su Chen would definitely ask about the pig iron production.

Sure enough, Su Chen really asked.

"Patriarch Li, I wonder how many tons of pig iron your family produces annually?" Su Chen looked at Li Shan and asked.

"What does the 'ton' mean by the Marquis? "Li Shanhuai asked in confusion.

"Oh, one ton is 2,000 kilograms. Chief Li just needs to tell us how many kilograms you produce annually." Su Chen said with a smile.

Li Shanhuai nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "The four of us produce more than 600,000 kilograms of iron per year. "

Su Chen opened his mouth slightly when he heard it, and slowly turned his head to look at Li Shimin. Is this what you said, 'The pig iron production in the Tang Dynasty has always been high'?

The moment Li Shimin found Su Chen turning his head, he looked up at the roof of the Wang family.

Well, I, this is my first time to the Wang family, take a good look at the roof of the Wang family.

Su Chen was too lazy to expose Li Shimin, and couldn't help but admire in his heart that modern blast furnaces are really powerful in iron smelting.

The current annual pig iron production of the Tang Dynasty can be achieved in two and a half days with a modern blast furnace of 100 cubic meters.

It is said that the largest blast furnace in modern times is 5,800 cubic meters, with an annual output of more than 5 million tons of steel.

Tsk~tsk~tsk, how many kilograms is that?

Su Chen silently remembered the books and pig iron production they talked about. Later, when it comes to the land issue, he can have a good talk with them.

"My Lord, you ask these... Do you have any advanced methods to share with us? "

Lu Changfeng has a keen sense of smell, and he actually guessed it right!

"Haha, Master Lu, let's not rush these. Let's talk about more sensitive topics next!"

Su Chen smiled faintly!