"What's the hard thing about this?" said another official: "Just make a mold with some grids on it, fix the lead characters in their respective parts and print them."

"And!" Ma Chunshan also became excited: "These lead characters can be replaced and rearranged in the grid, so that there is no need for a page of the book to get a carved version."

The room immediately became silent, and all the officials looked at Luo Xin, with admiration in their eyes.

"This is called movable type printing!" Luo Xin smiled and said, "It can reduce the cost to 30% off. So now we sell it to 30% off, but we still have money to make money. In just over ten days, we have already made more than 50,000 taels."

"Sir, are you saying true?" Everyone was excited.

"Of course it's true!" Luo Xin said happily: "Leave 20,000 taels for a turnover, and divide 30,000 taels, and everyone will take it back to improve their lives."

"Sir, wise!"

"Sir, God's Martial Arts!"

The hall was boiling, and everyone was blushing. There were only 30,000 taels of silver, and they only had more than 20 officials, each of whom could get more than 1,000 taels of silver. When did the miserables of the Zhanshi Mansion have so much money?

"I have already asked someone to share it, and everyone will take it back later. However, remember, you can go out to talk about the bookstore and make money, but you can't tell others about this."

Luo Xin patted the box in front of him.

"If you don't say it, we will definitely not say it!" Everyone shook their heads repeatedly, and finally Ma Chunshan asked, "Sir, why can't you say it?"

"Xu Jie and the others are probably still doubting the authenticity of our money. If they know about this movable type printing, the fight will be over. I want Xu Jie to invest more money and let him pay more."

"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.

One hour later, more than twenty officials, each carrying a bag, sat in his sedan chair, and went home with an excited expression.

the next day.

Luo Xin's reputation for making money is getting stronger and stronger. When someone saw officials from the Zhan Shi Mansion bringing family to the restaurant, the news became even greater.

This day.

Taibai Liquor House.

In a large private room, a group of people sat around a huge table. They were the owner of the Eighteen Bookstores in Beijing, and Zhang Juzheng, who was about to set off for Hangzhou to take office.

At this time, the atmosphere in the box was very dull and tense. It was silent. After a while, an old man bowed to Zhang Juzheng and said:

"Mr. Zhang doesn't know that now Mr. Xu has only paid 50,000 taels of silver, but our eighteen families have already paid 300,000 taels of silver. Now Mr. Xu has asked us to lower the price, how is this possible?"

Zhang Juzheng said lightly: "Everyone, the business has come to this point. If you take a step back, you may be ruined. If you persist, there will be a glimmer of hope."

The old man shook his head and said, "Now we are not far from the destruction of our family. We have spent all our savings and no more money. Even if Lord Luo stops now, we don't know how to live in the future. Lord Zhang, I believe you also know that these days, there are too many books we have sold, and the total number is as high as the previous ten years. In the next three to five years, the market of the bookstore will definitely be depressed. What we are now considering is whether we can have a meal in the future. If it is not impossible to reduce the price, then Mr. Xu needs to continue investing."

Zhang Juzheng frowned slightly and pondered for a moment, saying, "Hasn't the Ge Lao promised you? As long as this matter is over, you will buy a batch of books from you to subsidize your deficit."

A hint of sarcasm appeared on the faces of the eighteen people, and a middle-aged man bowed:

"Mr. Zhang, we have heard that Lord Luo has reported to His Majesty that the court cannot buy books."

Zhang Juzheng's expression stopped and then slowly said, "That's just a rumor."

"Then... the legend in the market said that Lord Luo has a kind of movable type printing that can reduce the cost of books. So although Lord Luo lowered the book to 30% off, he not only did not lose money, but also made a small profit. Is this a rumor?"

Zhang Juzheng's mouth twitched and said, "You are all experts in this industry. Are you rumored? Can't you still judge? 30% off, and you still make a profit? How easy is it?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally the old man said, "Mr. Zhang, you know that there are people behind us, so we can't explain if we continue to pay for it. Therefore, not to mention continuing to reduce the price, if you want to maintain this 30% discount, you also need to think of some solutions. We will never have a penny."

"Then let the people behind you come out to talk." Zhang Juzheng said in a narrow voice.

The eighteen bosses immediately became like wooden carvings, silent. Zhang Juzheng's face turned dark, then he remembered Xu Jie's advice, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice:

"Let's do this for now, and I'll tell you when I report back to the old master."

Zhang Juzheng got up and swayed his sleeves and left. Eighteen people sent Zhang Juzheng to the door, but did not leave. They returned to the private room. Look at me, I look at you, and finally, a relatively young person in the grade said:

"What should we do with everyone?"

"We... cannot continue like this." As soon as the man spoke, everyone also spoke.

"It is impossible for Mr. Xu to invest another penny. Moreover, his previous promise was to ask the court to buy a batch of books afterwards to fill our deficit. I'm afraid it would be a flower in the mirror in the water. We have suffered a big loss this time."

"The problem now is that it is not that we want to suppress Luo Xin, but whether Luo Xin will let us go. Even if we want to restore the price, if Luo Xin keeps a 30% discount, our eighteen bookstores will wait for bankruptcy."

"If Luo Xin could really make a small profit at a 30% discount, he would definitely keep this price until our eighteen bookstores go bankrupt and then monopolize the capital market."

"The key question now is whether Luo Xin makes a profit under a 30% discount."

"There should be a profit, otherwise Your Majesty would not let him go so easily. You must know that Your Majesty has just dealt with Zhang Shijie. If Luo Xin had not made a profit, but had used the previous corruption to exclude us, Luo Xin would have been dismissed by Your Majesty. And the officials of the Zhanshi Mansion have all started to go to the restaurant."

"In this way, it is true that Lord Luo makes money without losing money!"

"It's hard to say! Who knows if Luo Xin set up a suspicion array to hit our morale and make us fool? Don't forget that he is the God of War."

"But don't forget that he is still the God of Wealth in the Ming Dynasty."

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Chapter completed!