"This is the newly made Xuan paper. Imperial Father, please take a look!”
As Ying Ziye spoke, he handed over a stack of Xuan paper that Ba Qing had brought this morning.
"Good!"
"Good!"
"I didn't expect such a rare treasure to exist in this world!”
Ying Zheng hurriedly took it, then held it in his hand as if he had found a precious treasure. He gently stroked the smooth paper, and his eyes shone with a strange light!
"Oh, right, such a rare and precious item must require very expensive raw materials, right?”
He seemed to have thought of something and raised his head to ask.
"Replying to Imperial Father, the raw materials are only tree bark, bamboo, and some other vegetation. They are all worthless things!”
"The raw materials bought with one coin can be used to make thousands of pieces of this paper!”
Ying Ziye shook his head and then briefly explained the raw materials needed for the production.
"What?"
"A single coin of raw materials can produce thousands of scrolls?”
Hearing what he said, Ying Zheng's eyes widened.
He had originally thought that the materials required for such a precious divine item would be frighteningly high.
Who would have thought that it was just some trees, bamboo, and the like.
Moreover, with a single coin of raw materials, he could make thousands of them.
Wasn't the cost too low?
If he sold it at a high price, wouldn't it be a huge profit?
One had to know that plants and bamboos were everywhere. There was no need to spend money at all. They could have as much as they wanted!
At this moment, not only him, but all the civil and military officials below were also shocked!
They had never expected that the cost of such a magical thing would be so low.
"That's right!"
"This kind of Xuan paper is easy to make and the cost is extremely low!”
"Your son has already set a price. I will sell it to the outside world for one coin and two pieces.”
"Although the price is not high, the profit is very rich!”
"Just this alone can earn a lot of money for the treasury every year!”
Ying Ziye nodded and then gave a simple analysis of the market prospects.
"Good, good…!"
"This is like a money tree, haha…!”
Ying Zheng held the stack of Xuan paper and burst into laughter.
If he could mass produce them, why would the Great Qin treasury worry about running out of money?
"Imperial Father, take a look at this!"
As Ying Ziye spoke, he took out a small packet of refined salt and handed it over.
"This is…salt?"
The First Emperor pinched it with his hand and found that other than the color, it was similar to salt.
"Yes!"
"This is a kind of refined salt without impurities!”
"Although it's easy to dry sea salt, the transportation cost is more than ten times the cost of drying it!”
"This kind of refined salt is made by filtering and boiling mineral salt. There is no need to go to the seaside. It can be produced in large quantities in the salt pan outside Xianyang City!”
"The production cost is less than 30% of sea salt!”
"If we sell it at half the current price, the profit will be much higher than the six salt merchants!”
Ying Ziye briefly explained the cost and profit of mineral salt.
Right now, Great Qin only ate sea salt. Because mineral salt was poisonous, no one ate it.
There were many saline-alkalized lands around Shuzhong and Xianyang, and one could buy a few salt mines without spending much money.
Other than that, there was no need for long-distance transportation!
Just this alone saved a lot of costs.
"Good!"
"Great Qin has another money tree!”
"With these two money trees in hand, we won't have to worry about money and food in the future!”
"Haha…!"
Ying Zheng held the paper in one hand and the salt in the other, unable to put it down.
In the end, his gaze swept across the officials below, and his expression gradually turned ugly.
"Look at you, then look at the Crown Prince!”
"You guys are asking a lot of questions!"
"But no one can say the solution!”
"To you, the problem of money and food is a mountain that you can't cross!”
"But to the Crown Prince, this is a small matter that is not worth mentioning!”
"We'll know who's stronger and who's weaker!”
The First Emperor's words were like a resounding slap to the faces of all the officials.
They all lowered their heads in shame.
"Alright, I'm tired. In the future, all matters in the court will be decided by the Crown Prince!”
"All of you, take care of yourselves, hmph!"
After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he gave a cold snort, then turned around and walked towards the royal study.
However, after taking a few steps, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly stopped. He looked at Ying Ziye with a slightly gentle gaze." Right, you can decide on your own to cancel the morning court session. There's no need to report it to me!”
"Thank you, Imperial Father!"
Hearing what he said, Ying Ziye quickly cupped his hands and thanked him.
The morning court session was too torturous. They had to get up before dawn.
Who could take this?
If it could be canceled, that would be the best!
"Also, in the future, make two copies of all military emergency reports!”
"One for Zhen and one for the Crown Prince!”
Ying Zheng then gave an order to the eunuchs beside him. After he finished speaking, he left the court with his hands behind his back.
After experiencing what had just happened, he had a new understanding of Ying Ziye.
He felt that this son of his was completely capable of handling any matter in the court.
He could totally hand over the government affairs to him!
Even the mountain of memorials could be read by him in the future.
"Come on, call Consort Yi over!"
"Zhen wants to play a song with her!”
After leaving the imperial court, Ying Zheng's mood was a little better. He immediately ordered someone to call a concubine over, and decided to have some fun!
……
"From tomorrow onwards, cancel the morning assembly!"
"If you have anything to report, you can come to the Crown Prince's residence to find this Crown Prince!”
"But canceling the morning assembly does not mean that you can slack off!”
"I will never repeat the things this prince has instructed me to do!”
"If you are lazy and fail to complete the mission on time, your entire family will be executed!”
After the First Emperor left, Ying Ziye directly canceled the morning court session and started lecturing again.
All the officials lowered their heads and listened to the lecture seriously.
Especially when Ying Ziye said that the entire family of lazy officials would be executed, all the civil and military officials were frightened.
In the past, they would drag things out as much as they could. Which one of them wasn't lazy?
In the future, such good days would probably never appear again!
He had to do a good job!
Otherwise, if the Crown Prince knew that he was slacking off, the lives of their entire family would be in danger!
It was said that accompanying a ruler was like accompanying a tiger!
Little did they know that the Crown Prince of Great Qin was countless times more terrifying than a tiger!
"From tomorrow onwards, speed up the collection of taxes!”
"Be it the aristocrats or the salt merchants, if they refuse to execute it, they will directly confiscate their property!”
"Also, salt and iron will be monopolized by the treasury. The major salt merchants are strictly prohibited from making salt and selling salt!”
"All of the salt merchants 'wealth will also be confiscated!”
Ying Ziye immediately issued two more orders.
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