The Lone Star of the Tang Dynasty

Li Er then revealed an astonishing fact: due to the adoption of Li Changge's papermaking technology innovation plan, they only consumed less than one-tenth of the cost of ordinary paper mills, but they could produce three or four times more paper than ordinary workshops, which means that the production efficiency has increased dozens of times!

When Li Changge heard this, although he had been mentally prepared for the tremendous changes brought about by industrial production, he was still shocked by the facts in front of him. You must know that the cost reduction of large-scale production during the industrial revolution is indeed amazing, and Li Shimin has mastered the essence of industrial production in such a short period of time, as if he has personally listened to Li Changge's narration, which makes Li Changge feel unbelievable.

When he learned that the price of paper had also skyrocketed dozens of times, Li Changge calculated the profit margin and couldn't help blurting out: ", your profits ...... Isn't it thousands of times?!" He finally understood why Li Er, Fang Xuanling and the others were all happy, it turned out that it was because they were experiencing an unprecedented explosion of wealth.

This business strategy of reducing production costs, increasing output, and cleverly taking advantage of the Maison's opportunity to speculate on paper prices is undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction blow to traditional handicraft workshops, and even worse, it can be described as an opponent who takes the initiative to give away people's heads, allowing industrial production to reap huge profits like cutting leeks.

When Li Changge asked them at what price they shipped, he couldn't help but recall the cruel competition between those companies in his previous life - in order to achieve monopoly, they did not hesitate to lose money and reduce prices to consume each other, until they survived the competitors, and then raised prices at will to make huge profits. And now, Li Er's production costs have been reduced dozens of times, and it is obvious that they have a strong pricing advantage.

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid those families are going to face a huge crisis, right?" Li Changge said sympathetically.

Li Er immediately agreed with his judgment and laughed out loud.

As the emperor, Li Er's competition with the family gate valve has never stopped, and he naturally planted eyeliner within the major noble clans to obtain information. Although these families are heavily guarded, and ordinary eyeliners can only learn about some trivial matters in life, even this information provides Li Er with a lot of useful information. For example, the Qinghe Cui family recently held a funeral that lasted for more than a month, and although the mourning hall has been removed, the mourning atmosphere is still maintained in the home. And this is precisely one of the reasons why Li Er, Wei Zheng and others are so happy today.

For those small enterprises that are about to suffer the iron fist of large enterprises with low prices, Li Changge knows that the consequences are serious, and he can't help but have some sympathy. However, thinking of the long-term obstruction of the people's livelihood by these families, he treated it indifferently.

Li Changge suddenly realized: "I understand, Your Majesty not only made a lot of money this time, but also generously gave me shares and invited me to join the company, it seems that I have indeed gained a lot!"

When Du Ruhui heard Li Changge's emotion, he also smiled heartily, "Childe is right, Your Majesty is indeed far-sighted. This time, His Majesty personally ordered the establishment of a paper industry, and the quality of the paper produced is far greater than that of all kinds of famous papers on the market, but the cost is only a fraction of the original. Therefore, we decided to set the price of paper at half the original price. "

Li Changge couldn't help but gasp when he heard this: the cost was reduced by one-thirty or forty-third, but the selling price was half of the original price, which meant that they could still obtain more than ten times the profit margin, and the product sales were extremely hot. In contrast, those paper mills under the control of the family raised the price by nearly 100 times in the process of speculating on the price of paper, so that the paper produced by Li Er and them was only equivalent to 1/200% of the other party's market price.

This not only means that Li Er's team has earned huge profits, but also almost monopolized the sales market, and at the same time effectively hit the opponent's paper industry, winning wide praise from the people. Judging from the situation reported by Ying'er, the people in Chang'an City all applauded this.

Wei Zheng then added: "In this way, even if those families reduce the price of paper back to the original level, they will not be able to compete with the paper industry run by the lord and the imperial court. Unless they choose to sell at a loss in order to survive, but this is clearly not a long-term solution. It didn't take long for Qinghe Cui and other families to have to say goodbye to the source of paper. "

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others nodded in agreement, and Li Er was even more happy.

Fang Xuanling turned his head to look at Li Changge, and explained with a smile: "Now Gongzi should understand, if you are Your Majesty, in the face of such a clever plan and knowledge, you will also do your best to recruit this person, right? As the ancients said, if wealth is not revealed to the world, it is as lonely as a brocade at night. As long as the son is willing, an important position will be reserved for you in Chang'an City at any time!".

Li Changge shook his head with a playful face, thinking that this was really unpredictable. A random idea turned out to be a real game for those families.

"However, let me ask you one more important question, have you also handed over the blueprint of the Divine Arm Bow to Your Majesty?"

In his mind, compared with the profit fluctuations of the paper industry, the impact of the divine arm bow and the military restructuring on his life was more direct and important. After all, he now lives near the oil bearing, and the Turks come to raid from time to time, and if an army of thousands is overwhelmed, it will be a terrible thing. Even if you move to Chang'an in the future, it is not absolutely safe there, and the Turkic soldiers and horses have just arrived in the city.

Unexpectedly, Lao Li laughed loudly after hearing this: "How dare we hide such an artifact privately? It was presented to His Majesty early, and now we have begun to manufacture the Divine Arm Bow in batches!"

He proudly revealed, "So far, 3,000 Divine Arm Bows have been created, and Your Majesty has specially ordered the formation of a new battalion dedicated to the use of Divine Arm Bows, and deployed 3,000 elite soldiers for training. "

When Li Changge heard this, he was immediately confused: "I'll go! I just drew a design sketch in my idle and boring life, and you actually sent it to His Majesty, and it was adopted and implemented!" He couldn't believe that his casual work was so powerful.

Seeing Li Changge's dazed look, Li Er and Li Jing laughed in unison.

On this day, after many complicated matters were properly handled, everything was on the right track in an orderly manner.

Everyone was in high spirits, and Li Changge was also in a relaxed mood and feasted.

After three rounds of drinking, Wei Zheng suddenly changed his words: "The son is in the prime of his youth, has there ever been a marriage arrangement?".

As soon as these words came out, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and even Li Jing's faces turned pale instantly, and they all secretly calculated in their hearts: "My family has a daughter to be ...... in the boudoir".

However, before they could speak, Li Er grabbed the topic: "You see that the son-in-law is concentrating on cultivation at home, how can he worry about the marriage contract? "

Since His Majesty has said so, it is obvious that Li Changge will be reused in the short term, so everyone has no choice but to press their hearts and be eager and say no more.

But then, Li Er changed his words again: "However, it's really time to think about this matter, and the son is not young." I don't think it's better for me to be the matchmaker and choose a good ...... for my son."