Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 137 They are all making money for the paper workshop
"Master, the current daily profit of our paper workshop has almost caught up with last year's monthly profit. The price of paper in Chang'an City has risen very fast because of the sudden appearance of more than a dozen newspapers, almost one price per day.

Even if merchants from other places want to transport paper to Chang'an City, it will take time.

I estimate that such earning days will last at least half a month. "

In the residence of the Kong family, Kong Zhiqiang happily told Kong Yingda about the situation of the Qufu bookstore.

Under normal circumstances, Kong Zhiqiang would find it difficult to see Kong Yingda.

Kong Yingda seldom directly intervenes in many business affairs of the Kong family.

But now that the situation of the papermaking workshop is so good, Kong Zhiqiang naturally has the opportunity to meet Kong Yingda.

"You can earn a month's money in one day? Isn't this the same as stealing money, is it so exaggerated?"

Even Kong Yingda, who didn't have such a deep concept of money, was shocked by Kong Zhiqiang's words.

Although the paper-making workshop provided the Kong family with a steady stream of steady profits every year, after a year, it was only a few thousand dollars.

Now you can earn a month's worth of money in one day.

In one month, wouldn't it be possible to earn as much money as in the past few years?

This growth rate is absolutely unprecedented.

"Yes, selling paper now is like stealing money. If those newspapers don't pay for it and deliver it, they can't buy paper.

Patriarch, I heard that just yesterday, the circulation of "Chang'an News" and "Guanzhong News" both exceeded [-] copies, and "Datang News" has always had [-] copies, plus other newspapers, almost every day Nearly [-] copies of newspapers are sold. This demand for paper has never appeared in the past. "

Kong Zhiqiang obviously also collected and analyzed information on the market situation.

Of course, he didn't need to inquire about a lot of data, just read the boasting articles in other newspapers.

"Chang'an City has only hundreds of thousands of households at most, and most of them are illiterate. Who will sell [-] newspapers?"

Kong Yingda looked at Kong Zhiqiang in disbelief.

Making money is a good thing, but it makes people feel a little flustered.

If she didn't figure out the situation, Kong Yingda felt that she might not be able to sleep.

"Who knows, maybe many merchants see that selling newspapers is profitable, so they transported these newspapers to Luoyang, Yangzhou and other places for sale."

Kong Zhiqiang was not without confusion about Kong Yingda's question.

But he soon found a reason to convince himself.

"I always feel that something is wrong, is there no other reason?"

Facing Kong Yingda's doubt, Kong Zhiqiang hesitated for a moment.

In the end, he still told another news.

"Patriarch, there is one more thing that may have something to do with our paper-making workshop, but it shouldn't have much to do with it."

"Is it related to our paper making workshop?"

Kong Yingda was confused by Kong Zhiqiang's answer.

The newspaper sells well, and the paper-making workshop can make more money.

But the newspaper sold well, could it be that there are other credits from the paper-making workshop?
"Yes! Due to the strong demand for paper, the price has risen rapidly, and the price of related paper-making materials has also risen.

At this time, I heard that some other papermaking workshops went directly to the market to buy a large number of newspapers, and then reprocessed them into paper and sold them to the outside world. "

"what?"

Kong Yingda looked at Kong Zhiqiang dumbfounded.

Is there such an operation?
This subverted his cognition too much.

My own paper-making workshop sells paper to various newspaper offices to print newspapers, and then my own paper-making workshop buys newspapers from various newspaper offices for use as raw materials for papermaking.

Are these newspapers doing charity?
Send money to your own papermaking workshop?

"This...such a thing is profitable?"

"Yes! A newspaper only sells for one penny, but according to the current price we sell paper, even if there is a discount for the newspaper office, the paper cost of a newspaper has gone to eight penny.

And if we directly buy newspapers as materials for papermaking, the cost of papermaking can be reduced to three pennies, and the profit has increased a lot compared to before. "

Kong Yingda:  …

At this time, Kong Yingda no longer knew what language to use to express her inner feelings.

"You don't need to report this matter to me, and I don't know. Our Kong family is a scholarly family, and we never touch business matters."

After waiting for a long time, Kong Yingda, who thought of the pros and cons in it, finally said this.

However, at this time it was Kong Zhiqiang's turn to have nothing to say.

Am I not a child of the Confucian family?
Does the collateral have no human rights?

……

"Your Majesty, during this period of time, various newspapers have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, with all kinds of content. Is the imperial court going to take care of it?"

In the imperial study room, Li Junxian was talking to Li Shimin cautiously.

As the leader of the Hundred Knights, he has a wealth of information.

But the more you know, the greater the pressure.

So Li Junxian has always been very cautious in doing things.

"When "Datang News" first appeared, there were still many people making fun of Xie Dao, but I didn't expect so many people to follow suit in such a short period of time.

These people have bad intentions! "

Li Shimin is a smart man.

He could see through the current situation at a glance.

Of course, he also had full confidence in himself, so he never intervened.

The aristocratic family has always controlled the public opinion of the whole society. The emergence of "Datang News" is actually breaking the order of public opinion in the past. Li Shimin is happy to see it.

Now, although the number of newspapers has become more than a dozen, and many newspaper offices are backed by noble families, Li Shimin is not ready to make a move yet.

"Your Majesty, the circulation of various newspapers is becoming more and more exaggerated. I heard that "Chang'an News" and "Guanzhong News" have now shouted a daily sales target of [-]. It was left behind."

"So many newspapers, can they really be sold?"

Li Shimin couldn't help expressing the doubts in his heart.

"Can't sell!"

"Ok?"

Obviously, Li Junxian's answer was a bit beyond Li Shimin's expectation.

"Bai Qisi has already found out that the reason why the sales volume of newspapers such as "Changan Daily" is so high is that there are paper-making workshops behind the scenes to fuel the flames. They directly buy the newspapers and use them as paper-making materials, and then sell the paper to various newspapers. .”

Naturally, those actions in the market cannot be hidden from Baiqisi's eyes.

"Huh? Can it still be like this?"

Li Shimin was shocked again!
"Yes, because the current newspapers are all sold for a penny, and they are all sold at a loss!"

"Aren't these newspapers making money for paper workshops?"

(End of this chapter)