Chapter 168 Dare to talk business with Emperor Han
It’s okay for Zhen’s family to be in Zhongshan or Jizhou, but it’s nothing in Sizhou. Zhang’s family and Su’s family are similar.
If you want to cooperate with Zhen, you can only place the papermaking workshop in Jizhou, but it is too far away, including the initial construction and technology, all under the control of others... This is obviously not in Liu Tao's interests.
Although everyone has a marriage relationship, as long as there is enough benefits, it is nothing to give up a daughter. Of course, they dare not regret the marriage. They are about to become a pure businessman, and they have no qualifications to break the contract, but they are about to give up Zhen Jiang.
The key is that the profits of the papermaking workshop will probably really make the other party do such a thing.
"In the early stage of the workshop, I must be under my monitoring, and it is best to ensure the confidentiality of the technology..." Liu Tao had a lot of technology in his mind. The question is how to convert technology into profits, which is very important.
"Brother meant that he knew how to improve Cai Hou's paper?" Lu Yan looked in disbelief, and Jian Yong and others were almost the same. The two participating in the Zhen family's army had even shiny eyes.
"I know the principle, but it's hard to say the actual practice." Liu Tao was not sure whether the information he saw online was good. It was like a mountain. He had never really been in contact with the papermaking industry. When talking about improving papermaking, he was obviously suspected of being thrilled.
Just like the time travel articles of later generations, they made a fortune by distilling wine, and didn’t talk about cellaring or perfume. Although there are 95° brandy in later generations, there is at least one premise, that is, others must first have brandy and then 95°.
If it is not delicious, it would be better to drink medical alcohol directly, it is also 95°.
"Isn't it enough to try?" Lu Yan was uneasy when involved in the cultural industry. "We still have two thousand tan reserves here, so we can invest directly."
"We Zhen (Zhang) can also invest some of it. We will discuss with the patriarch how much it invests." The two soldiers of Zhen and Zhang also came forward immediately.
"I am naturally welcome to Zhen and Zhang. However, the workshop must be in Luoyang. I want to open a paper workshop here so that I can find out the craftsmanship." Liu Tao also offered his conditions.
"We will explain it to the patriarch." After hearing this, the two hesitated a little, and finally planned to agree first.
"The key is to open a workshop in Luoyang, especially a papermaking workshop. If it is successful, there will probably be many people coveting it. We need one that can save the place and help maintain this industry..." Liu Taolu thought about it.
Lu Zhi wants to serve as the governor of Jizhou and will go there to take office within a month. In Luoyang, he is considered to know Yuan Shao, who has established a preliminary friendship, or...
"Slowly, there is someone who can save the situation. Just discussing business with him, probably some risks." Liu Tao suddenly remembered a person, an existence he knew and had a lot of weight.
"Is it... Your Majesty?" Jian Yong stroked the people Liu Tao knew. It seemed that only the current Han emperor met this condition.
"Oh, you guessed it?" Liu Tao was a little surprised.
"Brother, are you serious?" Lu Yan looked at Liu Tao with disbelief. It was a bit incredible to discuss business with the Emperor of Han.
"Our Majesty is different from other emperors." Liu Tao smiled, "I won't say anything, take a break early!"
After saying that, he went back to wash and rest on his own, leaving behind these guys who were already stunned. After watching Liu Tao leave, everyone stared at him, but in the end they had no choice but to go back to rest.
The next day, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stayed behind, Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu went to Lantai to read a book. Liu Tao did not go there, so he went directly to Beigong to show his waist card to explain his purpose, and the process went smoothly.
It was the follow-up that it took an hour to wait before the Huangmen came to Xuan him to come in to see him. Calculate the time, it was past ten o'clock in the morning, and the general officials would go to the yamen at five o'clock to snoop Mao, but the Emperor of Han slept until ten o'clock before he woke up...
I heard that one of the manifestations of kidney deficiency is drowsiness... Liu Tao complained in his heart on the road in the past. Of course, this was also something he saw casually. He was too lazy to care whether there was scientific basis.
I complain here just because someone made him wait for an hour...
"I'm giving you three days off, not to bother me to rest." Liu Hong obviously had just woken up and was drowsy. He covered his head with his hands while sitting, not holding up, but showing a headache.
Based on his current mental outlook, he probably had a hangover... It is said that it is related to the non-ethanol component in the wine. Some say it is methanol, but Liu Tao is not very clear about the specific details.
"I just thought of a business... I want to find Your Majesty to join the gang." Liu Tao spoke bluntly. Anyway, he had to ask Liu Hong to send someone to kick him out of Beigong in the end.
"You should be said to be bold, but you are too young..." Liu Hong was no longer sleepy when he heard this, and even wanted to laugh, "Looking at the world, you are the first one who dares to bring me into business."
He paused, looked at Liu Tao and said, "For your boldness, I will give you a chance to introduce you. If it is a boring thing, I will not spare you easily."
I always feel that this clan brother is a bit presumptuous, but his attitude was too good before, which made him a little complacent? It seems that necessary suppression must not be missed!
"I plan to improve papermaking technology. The funds have been in place, so I will lose one piece of land to build a workshop." Liu Tao replied.
"Paper making...is interesting." Liu Hong's spirit has improved a little. In fact, since Cai Lun improved the papermaking technology back then, the technology has also improved little by little. "It's just that if the technology is only improved a little, it would be boring."
"The process has been almost completely changed. I plan to try it and use bamboo to make paper." Liu Tao replied.
In my memory, there are two concepts of bamboo paper. One is to really use bamboo to make paper, and the other is something called bamboo hemp. Relatively speaking, using bamboo to make paper is more familiar. He is really not familiar with bamboo hemp.
He even remembered that rice paper was made of green sandalwood and sand field straw. If there was no sand field straw, you could try it with ordinary straw. It was just green sandalwood, which was probably not easy to make. He didn't know much about the key rice paper craftsmanship.
Maybe you can explore it later, but at this stage, you need to take it out and get started immediately, so you can consider bamboo paper.
"Bamboo paper? Interesting! How sure are you?" Liu Hong asked. He didn't know much about papermaking, and he also knew that the main raw material was hemp. He used bamboo to replace hemp, but he didn't know how effective it was.
"It needs to be tried, but I think I am still sure..." Liu Tao replied, "The key is that there are still a few craftsmen who know how to make paper and help them advise."
"Paper making..." Liu Hong began to weigh the pros and cons, there was no way, he was really short of money.
Chapter completed!