The days were as usual, calm and peaceful.
However, on this normal day, the gentry and aristocrats in Chang 'an were talking about three things.
The first thing was that Xu Yan, a scholar from Yan, had been made the teacher of Emperor Wu Liu Che and was given the title of Marquis Wencheng. From an unknown scholar, he had become a top-notch noble in Great Han.
Such a legendary story naturally shocked everyone in Chang 'an and inspired many scholars.
Especially the words that Marquis Wencheng had said in Weiyang Palace.
It even caused many nobles and scholars to debate, and it also made many disciples of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy furious.
The second matter was that Xu Yan had exposed the fraud of the imperial palace's necromancer's immortal technique.
There was no other reason.
This was because in this era where necromancers and immortals were rampant.
Many dignitaries, gentry, and wealthy merchants in Chang 'an believed in the alchemists and worshipped them as immortals. They offered gold, silver, and beauties, hoping that the alchemists could exorcise ghosts and pray for blessings for their families.
Now that they knew that the so-called necromancers and immortals were all scams.
After the shock, there was endless anger.
All of a sudden, all the alchemists in Chang 'an became rats on the streets. Countless alchemists and sorcerers were beaten to death by the angry citizens of Chang' an, which had a great impact.
As for the third matter?
That was related to the paper and paper books that appeared in the necromancer's immortal art performance.
Even compared to the appearance of paper.
Whether it was Xu Yan being conferred the title of Marquis Wencheng, or him exposing the necromancers 'immortal techniques, it seemed that they were not worth mentioning.
Yes, it was.
Ever since that day when the hundred officials of the Great Han Dynasty saw paper and paper books.
They were completely convinced by the merits of paper.
Especially after everyone dispersed, they returned to their respective offices and brought the news to their colleagues and subordinates.
Soon, the news spread.
In just one day, all the gentry and nobles in Chang 'an knew about paper.
Many of the officials and dignitaries who had been rewarded by Emperor Wu Liu Che and used paper to write had already reached the point where they could not write on bamboo slips.
As for those who had never used paper before, they were filled with curiosity and desire for the divine item paper. They wished they could spend thousands of dollars to buy a piece of paper and experience it for themselves.
In such a situation where the dignitaries of Chang 'an were thirsty for paper.
The news of the official sale of paper by the Xu Trading Company was like a bomb that exploded in the circle of gentry and aristocrats in Chang 'an.
Immediately, countless gentry and nobles scrambled to buy it, and the supply was in short supply.
Xu Yan had accumulated tens of thousands of kilograms of paper in two paper workshops in Chang 'an. In less than half a day, he had sold all of them.
For a while, Chang 'an paper price is very high.
Those who managed to buy the paper were overjoyed.
Countless people who came late could only return in disappointment.
Even Xu Yan himself did not expect that the nobles and gentry in Chang 'an would have such a strong purchasing power for paper. Because of this, an idiom was born, which was called " Chang' an paper is expensive "!
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Marquis Wencheng's Residence!
Xu Yan looked at the boxes of gold cakes in front of him and felt a simple joy.
Well, this was the happiness of the rich.
"Patriarch, the statistics have been calculated!"
"A total of 150,000 catties of paper were sold today. According to the price of 500 yuan per catty, we earned a total of 75 million yuan.”
"Because most of the people who came to buy the paper were gentry and dignitaries, they paid in gold. In the end, they got 6,800 gold and 6,000,000 gold.”
"In addition, there were also many nobles and nobles who did not buy the paper. In order to get the paper in advance, they left money as a deposit. Therefore, the residence received a total of 8,365 gold and 12 million yuan.”
On the side, Yi Hu, who was temporarily acting as the housekeeper of the manor, held an account book and reported to Xu Yan.
During the Western Han Dynasty, a gold cake was equivalent to one piece of gold, which was equivalent to ten thousand coins.
Eight thousand three hundred and sixty-five gold meant eight thousand three hundred and sixty-five jin of gold.
In addition to the 12 million yuan.
"Hiss!"
"In other words, our trading company earned nearly 100 million yuan just from selling paper today?”
Xu Yan could not help but gasp. He was shocked by the sales of the paper today.
However, after the shock, he could understand.
After all, the sale of paper by the trading firm this time could not be treated as a normal situation.
The first was the paper for sale.
150,000 catties of paper was almost the annual accumulation of the two paper factories in Chang 'an.
Now, it was sold out in one go.
After that, they would naturally not have such a large volume.
Based on the daily output of 300 catties of paper from each paper mill, the Xu Trading Company would only earn about 300,000 yuan from selling paper every day.
Secondly, the real demand for paper in this era was not as great as imagined.
Today, the nobles and gentry in Chang 'an City were all crazy. They came to buy paper weighing hundreds or thousands of pounds.
However, if they wanted to use up all the paper they bought today, it would be impossible without a few months, or even a few years.
After all, according to the specifications of the paper sold by the Xu Trading Company today, even if it was a large piece of paper, one jin would have about 100 pages.
If he bought a thousand catties in one go…
That was 100,000 large pages of paper. It would take a few years to finish them.
Therefore, after Xu Yan recovered from his shock, he quickly regained his senses and knew that the grand sales of paper today could not be replicated.
"Master, all the sales, including the deposit, totaled 95,830,000 yuan. We only need 4,170,000 yuan to exceed 100 million yuan!”
Yi Hu answered accurately.
After all, he was an old man who had been personally taught by Xu Yan.
Therefore, Yihu knew the importance of data. Every time he reported the business's revenue, he would use accurate numbers to report, not ambiguous answers.
Of course.
This was also Xu Yan's personal request.
After all, he knew that the shopkeepers, waiters, servants, and bookkeepers under him would lie, but numbers would not lie.
Therefore, every shopkeeper and accountant of the Xu Trading Company needed to use data to answer when reporting their work.
After Yi Hu reported today's revenue, he thought for a moment and said,"Patriarch, the demand for paper is already in short supply. Do you think we should immediately expand the scale of the paper mill?”
As the saying went, monopolization produced huge profits.
The profit from the paper was undoubtedly huge.
The labor and raw materials for a catty of paper were only about thirty to fifty copper coins.
The final price was 500 coins.
In other words, the Xu Trading Company could earn about 450 wen per jin of paper, which was almost nine times the net profit.
Such huge profits made Yi Hu, the former manager of Xiao Xiang Restaurant, envious. He wished he could immediately expand the paper mill and earn more money.
However, Xu Yan shook his head and said,""Maintaining the status quo is enough. There's no need to expand the scale.”
Seeing Yi Hu's confusion, he smiled and explained,"Although paper is profitable, I have already offered the art of making paper to His Majesty.
Therefore, it would not take long for a second, third, ninth, and tenth paper shop to appear in Chang 'an.
At that time, the price of paper would also drop. It would be impossible to rely on paper to make a huge profit like today.”
"In addition, the demand for paper is not as great as you think. After all, there are too few people in the Great Han who can read and write. Other than the officials of the Imperial Court, even the gentry and nobles need a limited amount of paper in a day.”
"Therefore, in this era, it's impossible to earn a lot of money by selling paper.”
"Instead of expanding the scale of the paper mill, it's better to directly transport the accumulated paper from Yan Land to Chang 'an or sell it elsewhere!”
Xu Yan said leisurely, explaining the reason for not expanding the paper mill.
Although he couldn't expand the paper mill in Chang 'an, it didn't stop him from taking this opportunity to make a fortune.
Before the other paper workshops appeared.
He would clear out all the inventory that he had accumulated over the years and make a good profit.
He thought of the seven or eight years of paper stock that Yan Land had accumulated.
Xu Yan felt that the entire Great Han Dynasty would not run out of paper in a year or two.
Of course, all the paper in stock could not be transported to Chang 'an for sale. Although the nobles and gentry in Chang' an were rich, they could not use so much paper.
Therefore, in order to clear the inventory as soon as possible, Xu Yan could only get people to transport the paper inventory of Yan Land to various places in the Great Han Dynasty to sell.
"However, you don't have to worry too much. Even if the others have obtained the method to make paper, they will need at least two to three months to successfully make paper.”
"Such a long time is enough for our Xu Trading Company to eat our fill.”
Xu Yan looked at the worried Yi Hu and comforted him with a smile.
In ancient times, making paper was a very troublesome matter.
Putting everything else aside, just the step of making paper pulp would take ten to twenty days.
It would take at least two to three months for a piece of paper to be formed from raw materials.
Therefore, Xu Yan had plenty of time to clear out the paper stock he had accumulated in Yan Land and take this opportunity to make a fortune.
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