"You came early in the morning as promised. As expected of the prime minister!”
Then, Lin Shu gestured for Li Si to enter the inner hall. After all, there were too many people in the shop and it was not suitable for them to talk.
" What?" Li Si couldn't wait to ask as soon as they entered the inner hall." Yesterday, the manager promised me a small gift. I wonder…"
Li Si then looked straight at Lin Shu, his meaning obvious.
Seeing Li Si looking at her before he could finish, Lin Shu naturally understood what he meant.
"Prime Minister, calm down!" Then, Lin Shu took out a thin piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to Li Si.
Li Si took the thin piece of paper from Lin Shu and touched it. It was slippery, and he couldn't help but ask,"
"Manager, what is this?”
"Paper!" " I'm fine!" Lin Shu said softly when she heard Li Si's question.
"Paper?" " What is this?" Li Si kept touching the thin thing in his hand and was a little confused. He asked again," What is this paper?"”
Lin Shu did not answer Li Si's question. Instead, she asked," I wonder what is used to record words nowadays?"”
"Bamboo slips!" Li Si blurted out Lin Shu's words and looked at Lin Shu with confusion, thinking,'The manager is such a strange person. He wouldn't not know about this, would he?'
This time, Lin Shu did not say anything. Instead, she picked up a brush that she had prepared beforehand and dipped it in ink. Then, she wrote the word " Qin " on the paper and handed it to Li Si without saying a word.
Li Si took the paper from Lin Shu's hand again and looked at the word " Qin " on it. He finally understood and said happily,"
"This is for writing."
" Yes." Lin Shu nodded and asked," What do you think of this little thing, Prime Minister?"”
"Alright, I like it very much." However, Li Si suddenly changed his tone." This thing is even smooth. I wonder how it was made. Is the cost high?"”
However, Lin Shu smiled and did not say anything. Li Si realized that Lin Shu was smiling and did not say anything. He immediately understood that this item was so unusual. As a businessman, how could he reveal it so easily? He immediately said," Manager, please don't blame me. I'm just thinking for the empire. If the empire has such a peerless item, then we don't need the bamboo slips anymore.”
"Haha, since I took it out, I naturally have a reason. I wonder what the Prime Minister would think if I sold the method to make this paper to him?”
"Good, very good!" Hearing Lin Shu's words, Li Si immediately cried out happily. To Li Si, at his level, money was no longer of much use. However, the manufacturing method of this peerless " paper " was indeed priceless. Now that Lin Shu was willing to sell it, Li Si was naturally extremely happy. He said,
"Manager, may I know how to make this kind of paper and how much it costs?”
"100,000 gold!" Lin Shu calmly gave a number.
"A hundred thousand taels? I wonder if it can be a little less?" Although the price was still within Li Si's budget, it was better if it was as low as possible, so Li Si could only agree.
However, Lin Shu shook her head when she heard Li Si's words." Prime Minister, in the past, only a few words could be written on a bamboo slip. Now, I can write dozens of words on this piece of paper. A piece of paper is better than ten or even dozens of bamboo slips. More importantly, this kind of paper doesn't take up much space. Do you think this price can be lower?”[PS: Because it was written with a brush, not a pen, and the paper Lin Shu gave wasn't very big, it could only write a few dozen words at most.]
Li Si agreed with Lin Shu's words, but he said," Manager, you're in the State of Qin. I wonder if you can give the Empire a suitable price!"”
"Haha, I'm a merchant, and merchants pay attention to profits. I believe that the Prime Minister should have some understanding of merchants. How about this, I have a request. If the Prime Minister agrees, I can directly cut the price by half, how about it?”
"I don't know what your request is, but if I can do it, I'll try my best to help you.”Li Si asked eagerly.
" As we all know, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are the most obscene professions. Although I don't care what others think, I still have shop assistants under me. Therefore, my request is that you can get Ying Zheng to issue an imperial decree to abolish the term of merchants being obscene."”
" This…" Li Si hesitated and stammered," Manager, I'm afraid that's impossible. After all, this concept has been around for a long time, and it's not that easy to abolish it!"”
Lin Shu shook her head in response to Li Si's words and said directly," You just need to mention it to Ying Zheng, and he will do it!”
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll mention it. However, it's hard to say whether it will work or not. When the time comes, you have to sell me the method to make this paper!”With that, Li Si stood up and left.
Seeing Li Si leave and agree to help her, Lin Shu smiled in her heart.
As for whether he could succeed or not, Lin Shu was not worried at all. He believed that Ying Zheng would agree.
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