Chapter 333 Papermaking
"Thirty thousand yuan? Are you really from the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Facing Li Si's servant, Wang Xiao directly mocked him, "A dignified prime minister is willing to pay such a little money for buying things. Are you humiliating your prime minister?"
"Bold, you dare to slander the Prime Minister." The servant angrily filmed the case, trying to intimidate Wang Xiao and the others.
But Wang Xiao was not scared, and this aura was not worth mentioning in front of him.
Wang Xiao looked at him leisurely, "Do you know what kind of punishment is for extortion in the Qin Dynasty? If I spread the matter, the Prime Minister will be fine. But how many days do you think you can live, as a servant who ruined the reputation of the Prime Minister?"
The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion became nervous.
Of course, it is okay to deal with a small restaurant, but when things spread, it will be a big blow to Li Si's reputation.
You should know that even if he is the prime minister, Li Si still has enemies in the court.
If someone catches the handle and attacks him, then Li Si may be fine, but his servant who has done something bad will definitely be worse than death.
Wang Xiao smiled and picked up the pottery bowl, "There are many noble people who come to my house to buy my winemaking skills recently, and each one has a high price. I am preparing to gather everyone to bid, and I will sell it to whoever has the highest price at that time."
Gao Yao, who was standing beside him, scratched his hair in confusion, thinking to himself, "When will anyone come to buy winemaking?"
The servant became even more nervous.
Before he came over, he patted Mr. Li You to make a promise that he would definitely get the art of liquor.
If someone else can't get it, he will not be able to hand in the job when he goes back.
"Then how much do you want?" The servant was anxious and could only make a step back.
"Thirty gold." Wang Xiao raised three fingers, "and my shop can continue to sell."
The gold in the Qin Dynasty refers to gold, not red gold copper and platinum silver. One pound of ten thousand coins, which means a full 300,000 coins.
Three hundred thousand yuan, even in Xianyang City, it is a huge sum of money. A stone of corn is only a few dozen yuan.
"Don't think that the price I offer is high. I will go out with this price. Some of them are bought by noble people. I am willing to sell it to you because of the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Seeing that the servant wanted to be anxious, Wang Xiao waved his hand directly, "Godden Prime Minister's Mansion, can you even be stingy with the small amount of thirty gold?"
"You have to think clearly. Once the agreement is made, you will be rewarded for meritorious service. You will not be able to make this money back soon. If you don't agree, I will sell it to someone else. Although you can't withstand the revenge of the Prime Minister's Mansion, you and your family will be in trouble."
What Wang Xiao said is very reasonable.
Although if Li Si really wanted to take revenge, Wang Xiao would definitely solve his family first before leaving. But for this servant in charge of foreign affairs, what he faced was to agree to make contributions and refuse unlucky multiple-choice questions.
Thirty gold is indeed a lot for ordinary people, but for Li Si, who is prime minister, it is not worth mentioning.
"Anyway, it's not you who pays it, you're hesitating." Wang Xiao said in a sensation, "When you reported the bill, you said, we'll offer 30 hardware."
The servant who had been hesitating before suddenly lit up when he heard this.
"good."
You see, sometimes it’s so simple to solve things. Wang Xiao has experienced many things in various worlds and has long been very skilled in using them.
The price of thirty hardware was asked, but the actual price was thirty gold.
Those tools for distilling liquor and the craftsmen were packed and taken away by the people in Li Si's mansion.
"Thirty gold, now all the investment in papermaking is available."
Wang Xiao was very satisfied with this. He had all the expenses of the papermaking workshop, and even had surplus.
In the following days, Wang Xiao took Lu Su to the papermaking workshop during the day to supervise production. He went to Afang Palace every few days at night.
When I met Yu Ji Shiye, I teased her and went to the Golden Chamber Stone Room to read various books.
His memory is amazing, and he can write it down when he goes back. He always amazed at these works that embodies the essence of his ancestors' thoughts.
Of course, every time I leave, I will carve the words "Lu Xiaobu is here for a trip." "Lu Xiaobu is here again." "Yes, it's me, Lu Xiaobu." and so on.
Wang Xiao's trumpet has resounded throughout the Qin Dynasty.
From Prime Minister Li Siwucheng Hou Wang Jian to the end of the minor officials, everyone knew the name of Lu Xiaobu in Qingcheng Mountain.
Of course, everyone criticized him, saying that he would do whatever he wanted to catch this person.
But in private, everyone regards him as an unparalleled hero. After all, being able to come and go freely in the heavily guarded Afang Palace is simply incredibly powerful.
There are even those who have great ambitions who want to find Wang Xiao’s whereabouts in private and want to use his terrifyingly powerful strength to do great things.
The defensive power around Zulong has been increased to the extreme.
But even so, Wang Xiao still left him a map of two wooden boards carved as a gift.
On the last globe, it mainly described the territory of the Qin Dynasty. The outside world only has two strokes and shapes.
These two wooden boards are from the grassland, and the distribution of tribes such as the Donghu, Yuezhi and even the Xiongnu is marked in detail.
As for the other part, it describes the Western Regions.
The terrain of the Western Regions, the location of various countries of all sizes, and so on.
In Wang Xiao's view, the Tuotu madman Zulong will inevitably be very interested in these places.
The facts also prove that Wang Xiao’s inference is not wrong.
Over the years, the number of chariots and horses sent from various warehouses in Xianyang to the north has increased significantly. On the Qin straight road leading to the north, there are frames running towards the Great Wall.
With Wang Xiao's full supervision and technical support, the first batch of paper that can be used for writing was finally produced in the papermaking workshop outside the city.
Several batches of paper have been released before, but they are not suitable for writing. They are all taken away by Wang Xiao for use when entering the toilet.
Since suffering from torture in the world of Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Wang Xiao has to give priority to solving this big problem wherever he goes.
In this mythical world, even when Pei County was at its poorest, it would spend money to buy cloth from Liu Bang's brothers to solve personal hygiene problems.
He had been using cloth before and forced the Lu sisters to use it too.
For this reason, Lu Zhi has been criticized many times and does not know how to manage the family.
As for Gao Yao, Wang Xiao would not care about him.
After the paper that could be written came out, Wang Xiao picked up a pen and wrote a book by Xunzi, "Encouraging Learning".
Then he took the gift to the Prime Minister's Mansion and gave it to Prime Minister Li Si.
As for why we use Xunzi's books as gifts, it is because Li Si is Xunzi's student.
Xunzi has many students, the most famous are Han Feizi, the representative Legalist figures, Zhang Cang, Liu Bang's prime minister, and Li Si, the famous prime minister of the Qin Dynasty.
If you use his teacher’s works as a gift, it is naturally a generous gift.
"It's really a seventh-rank official in front of the Prime Minister." It took three gold coins to bribe the door and inform him inward. Wang Xiao also wanted to laugh at this.
The Qin Dynasty, known for its strict laws, has gradually shown signs of collapse. This was when Zulong was still alive. It can be seen how chaotic the Qin II was in history.
Money can make ghosts and ghosts play a role, and Wang Xiao’s three golds play a role. Li Si agrees to meet him, the nameless person.
Wang Xiao could not have placed the paper directly on Zulong's desk, which was like telling Zulong that he was the Lu Xiaobu.
As a merchant at this time, he wanted to offer treasures, but he had no chance to meet Zulong.
Moreover, Wang Xiao had no intention of becoming an official in this world. In addition to exchanging these things for gold for necessities in daily life, he mainly provided some help to Zulong so that he could go further and faster.
As for why he chose Li Si, it was because among the military aristocrats of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si was more particular and caring about face. He was the kind of person who could talk about it, and he was heavy enough.
The biggest possibility for other nobles to be able to see the blank paper and understand its huge economic value. They immediately think of killing Wang Xiao with golden light and swallow it by themselves.
"I heard that you have treasures to offer to me." Li Si, who was sitting behind the desk, looked at Wang Xiao in front of him, "What kind of treasure is it."
"Please look, Prime Minister." Wang Xiao took out the 'Encouragement' written on white paper and handed it to the servant beside him. "This thing is called paper. You can write and draw."
Li Si, who was still arrogant before, shook his hands when he saw the encouragement in his hand.
As a pragmatist, even his fellow disciple Han Feizi could kill Li Si. Of course, it was impossible for him to be excited to see his teacher's masterpiece.
The reason why he was so excited was entirely because he saw the opportunity to be famous in history.
The handwriting on the paper is clear and beautiful, and more than a hundred words can be written on one piece of paper. It is also very thin. Compared with the heavy bamboo slips that cannot write many words, it is completely in the sky and in the ground.
The emergence of this kind of thing called paper means that the preservation and dissemination of the knowledge of the ancestors will make a qualitative leap.
And if this matter was done in his hands, then Li Si's name would inevitably be famous in history and would become a civilization protector that everyone admires in the cultural circle.
"What is the price of this product? What is the output?"
Li Si, who was originally majestic, let Wang Xiao sit down with a kind look. Then he began to ask the most concerned questions.
"In terms of price, it is at least equivalent to the same weight of gold. If the output is still improved, the technology will definitely increase the output significantly if the production scale is expanded."
"Okay, okay." Li Si was very happy, feeling that Wang Xiao in front of him would like to see it. "You are very happy to present this treasure. Tell me, what kind of reward do you want."
If you want to gain a prominent status by creating advanced technology, you should take a shower and go to bed.
Because the core of this era is the system of military merit awards, under this system, the only hard indicator to gain power is military merit.
With military merits, there are all kinds of houses, money, land and titles. Without military merits, there is nothing.
A person like Wang Xiao is at most an outstanding craftsman. The status of craftsman in the Qin Dynasty is higher than that of merchants.
Wang Xiao had no intention of becoming a great Qin official. Even if he wanted to become an official, he had to rely on military merits and go to the battlefield to cut his head instead of making wine and paper.
So the request he made was very simple.
Chapter completed!