Old Zhao grabbed a handful of peanuts and urged,""Su Yu, continue!"
Su Yu nodded." Let's say we buy materials from merchants at the price of three coins per hundred catties. It's not expensive, right?"”
Everyone nodded.
Three coins per hundred catties was indeed not expensive.
According to Su Yu's method, 100 catties of materials could be made into 40 to 50 catties of paper.
These 40 to 50 catties of paper could be sold for at least 10 coins.
Excluding the workers 'expenses, he could earn at least five yuan.
Su Yu continued," Except for the money we earned and the profits deducted by the merchants, the rest of the money is in the hands of the people.”
"The price of 100 catties is three coins.”
"In the hands of the commoners, it became a price of 50 catties per coin.”
"The main materials for hemp paper are some old tree bark and vines. An ordinary person could easily get 100 catties of these things in a day.”
"In this way, every household's income will increase by two coins a day.”
Everyone was enlightened.
As a result, the income of the commoners increased.
The standard of living would naturally improve.
However, Meng Yi raised another question.
"Su Yu, Great Qin has tens of millions of miles of territory and tens of millions of people. You can imagine the amount of materials collected every day.”
"I'm afraid Xianyang Palace alone can't eat so many materials, right?”
Old Zhao and the others nodded.
This was indeed a big problem.
Although productivity depended on recruitment, it could be increased by manpower.
At the same time, it could also increase the income of the people.
However, for such a large-scale production, investment was also a problem.
Su Yu had actually thought about this problem long ago.
"If Xianyang Palace can't eat it, we'll share some with others." He explained calmly.”
"How?" Old Zhao asked.
"You can hand over the manufacturing method of hemp paper to a trusted merchant and cooperate with him.”
"They are responsible for bearing the risks, and we use the intellectual property rights…oh, the manufacturing methods to take a share.”
How could this work?
Everyone looked at Su Yu strangely.
Would such a method work?
"If we share the manufacturing method of hemp paper with the merchants, what if they run away?" Wang Ben asked. Or privately…"
Su Yu did not answer directly, but asked,""Old Wang, what is Great Qin's greatest threat?”
"That's naturally Great Qin's law!" Wang Ben answered without hesitation.
"That's right, it's Great Qin's law!" Su Yu clapped her hands.
"With the power of Xianyang Palace, it can be added to the law.
It was a protective law for knowledge that could produce economic benefits, such as the manufacturing method of hemp paper.
For example, if a merchant wanted to use this knowledge to conduct business, he would have to obtain the owner's permission.
Moreover, a portion of the profits needed to be returned to the owner of the knowledge.
If the content was leaked maliciously, they would be severely punished.”
In fact, what Su Yu said was about the modern intellectual property protection law more than 2,000 years later.
However, if it was in ancient times, it would definitely be more rigorous and efficient.
After all, Great Qin's current punishments were far more terrifying than in the future.
At this time, Meng Yi was holding a pen washi that he did not know where he got it from, recording what Su Yu said.
Old Zhao and Li Si were deeply shocked by Su Yu's thoughts.
As for Wang Ben, even though he was a boorish man, he could vaguely understand the meaning behind the words, and he was secretly impressed.
But then Old Zhao looked at Su Yu with a little embarrassment.
"Su Yu, actually, I have another question.”
"Tell me."
"What if…the national treasury is a little empty and doesn't have much spare money to buy materials to make paper?”
Only God knew how embarrassed Old Zhao felt.
But the problem had to be solved.
Right now, it could be said that even Hao Zi would cry when he saw Great Qin's treasury.
There were places where money was used everywhere, and he could not stop at any one of them.
He wanted to take out more money and use it on this.
It was a little lacking.
Hearing this question, the corners of Su Yu's mouth curled up slightly.
"That's easy. If you don't have money, you'll get something for nothing!”
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