Gao Yuan hurriedly said: "Mrs. Wenqing, there is no need to be polite. ”

Lin Wenqing was just about to call Luo Huan, but Gao Yuan had already said: "Mrs. Wenqing, they have just started to compare, if there is nothing important, don't bother them." ”

Lin Wenqing listened, nodded as well, and said, "Okay, just follow the words of the lord." After a pause, he said: "Huan'er can have today, thanks to the teachings of the lord, Wen Qing is really grateful." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Mrs. Wenqing, there is no need to say these kind words, in fact, you have already helped me a lot, if you didn't open up the trade routes of Qi Kingdom, our Daijun would have such a generous treasury now, not to mention being able to expand the army." ”

Lin Wenqing hurriedly said: "The lord is too awarded, in fact, the opening of the trade route is entirely because of the secret method of the lord, the paper was made, and the paper book was made with printing, if there were no these two items, we would not be able to open up the trade route of the Qi country, Wenqing's efforts here are really minimal, so I really dare not take credit." ”

Gao Yuan also knew that it would be unfinished if he continued to pull it off, so he changed the topic and said, "Mrs. Wenqing came to me, is there anything wrong?" ”

Lin Wenchun hurriedly nodded and said, "Wen Qing is here this time, and he really has something to report to the lord. ”

Gao Yuan said: "Okay, let's go to the study to talk in detail." He turned his head and said to Yun Yao again: "Ah Yao, you are here to watch the two of them." ”

Yun Yao also nodded and said, "You guys go and get down to business, I'm watching here, don't worry." ”

So Gao Yuan and Lin Wenqing came to the study together, and after the two sat down, Lin Wenqing said: "Lord, Liu Hong has come back from delivering a message in Qi State." ”

Gao Yuan knew that after the New Year, Lin Wenqing sent Liu Hong to the State of Qi, and asked him to arrive in the State of Qi in advance to make arrangements for the subsequent caravans to arrive in the State of Qi, and to liaise with the Tian Clan, the Duan Shu Clan, the Tao Zhu Clan, and the Guan Clan to prepare for the establishment of shops in the Qi State by Daijun, so he also asked, "Did he say anything?" ”

Lin Wenqing said: "The paper books brought to Qi from us a year ago were very popular, and they were sold out in less than two days after arriving in Qi, and the heads of the four families jointly met with Liu Hong, hoping that this time Wenqing could go to Qi in person to discuss cooperation with them." ”

It turned out that before the New Year, the representatives of the four families returned to Qi with the first batch of books, and the heads of the four families were very excited after seeing the paper books, and they all thought that this would be a more popular commodity than paper, because this is a kind of market gap, and there is a wide range of needs for goods, although you can not use paper, you can also write with bamboo slips, but paper books have no choice, there are no batches of bamboo slips on the market, wooden slips are sold, most of the books are copied by hand, but if you want to copy, you must borrow first, It's not something you can copy if you want to, so once this kind of paper book is on the market, it will definitely sell very well. But despite this, the heads of the four families still decided to put this batch of paper books on the market immediately, and try to see how the market reacts.

As a result, the response to this trial was surprisingly good, it only took two days, and all the hundreds of books brought back to Qi were sold out, and many people were famous, but they were just a step late, and they didn't buy them, so they were annoyed. So they asked the merchants one after another, whether there were any books to buy, when the next batch of books would arrive, and whether there were any other books to buy besides these four books, and some people even took a deposit on the spot, claiming that as long as there were any more books, no matter what kind of books they had, they would want them.

The best-selling of paper books has also led to the sale of paper, and many people have not bought paper books, so they have to buy a few pieces of paper to go back, which is better than nothing. As a result, it only took five days, and even the paper was sold out.

The heads of the four families couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, although they had already estimated that paper books must sell better than paper, but they did not expect that the reaction of paper books would sell ten times better than they expected. It's a pity that each family only brought back more than 100 books this time, and they were sold out before they heard the sound of water, and if they brought back a thousand books, how good it would be to bring back 10,000 books.

And although the heads of the four families knew from the representatives sent to Daijun that Daijun was now able to produce a large number of paper books, they did not know how big the output could be and how much they could produce those paper books, so in the face of the huge market demand, the heads of the four families were also excited and worried. But I don't dare to make promises to those buyers who want to make a deposit.

Fortunately, after the New Year, Liu Hong rushed to the country of Qi. The heads of the four families immediately met with Liu Hong and asked Liu Hong about the production of paper books and paper.

Although Liu Hong is not qualified to be between the production of paper and paper books, but the output of paper and paper books is still clear, now the monthly paper output of Daijun is more than 20,000 sheets, and it is expected to increase to more than 50,000 pieces per month this year, and the production of paper books can be produced more than 1,000 copies per month, and the output is still gradually increasing, it is planned to increase the output of paper books to about 5,000 copies per month this year, and as long as someone can provide samples of books, Daijun will be able to make it.

After listening to Liu Hong's words, he immediately calculated that according to the current output of Daijun, he could provide each family with an average of 5,000 pieces of paper and 250 paper books every month, and the total value would be about 200 Eridium gold, and the profit would be between 60 and 70 Eridium gold, and if the output expected by Daijun was reached by the end of the year, it would increase by three to four times.

Although this amount of money is only a small amount for these four companies, and the profit is not high, this is an emerging business opportunity, and Daijun still has room to increase production, once Daijun can really increase production on a large scale, then he will be able to have more profit margins. In addition, Daijun can also provide a large number of fur goods, so the cooperation with Daijun is still very profitable.

So the heads of the four families also agreed to the request put forward by the Dai Jun, promising to help the Dai County establish a shop in the best area of Linzi, and promised to provide the Dai County with the materials that the Dai County needed, but the head of the four families also made a request to Liu Hong, that is, I hope that Lin Wenchun can come to Qi in person to negotiate cooperation with them face-to-face, after all, some things need to be negotiated face-to-face by the family members of both sides, otherwise it will not be good to talk about it for a year.

Of course, Liu Hong did not have the right to agree on behalf of Lin Wenqing, but only said that he wanted to reply to Lin Wenqing, and it was up to Lin Wenqing to decide. The head of the four families also knew that what Liu Hong said was good, so he asked Liu Hong to immediately write a letter to Lin Wenqing, inviting her to come to Linzi, of course, he also said a lot of good things, and also said that all the expenses of Lin Wenqing's coming to Qi Country would be borne by the four families, and promised to give Lin Wenchun the highest courtesy.

After listening to Lin Wenqing's speech, Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "Mrs. Wenqing, what do you think?" ”

Lin Wenqing said: "Lord, what the heads of these four families said is not unreasonable, such a major event is indeed better to negotiate in person, so Wen Qing plans to go to Qi Country in person to meet with the heads of the four families face-to-face." ”

Gao Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "Mrs. Wenqing, it is a long way to go to Qi Country, and the situation is complicated this time, I am afraid that the journey will not be peaceful, so if it is not convenient for you to travel, you should not be strong, it is better to entrust someone else." ”

Because Gao Yuan knew that although Lin Wenqing had some business dealings with Qi in Zhao before, Lin Wenqing basically did not leave Handan, but only entrusted his subordinates to Qi to deal with it.

And the level of urbanization in this era is not high, there are not many cities, it is very dangerous to walk in the wilderness, not only will there be robbers, but also wild beasts will often attack, so let Lin Wenqing go to Qi country, although he will not be harmed, but it will inevitably be frightened. Moreover, from Daijun to Qi State, it is necessary to detour from Yan State, and there is a section of area close to the territory of Qin State, no one dares to guarantee that Qin State will not attack the caravan, so if Lin Wenqing is unwilling to go to Qi State, the plateau will not be exempt.

Lin Wenqing said: "The lord's kindness, Wen Qing has received it, but this time the trouble is big, Wen Chun still has to go out in person, and Wen Qing's mother has received too much great favor from the lord, and the lord has a life-saving grace for Huan'er, even if Wen Qing is broken, it is difficult to repay the lord, so he can do some things for the lord and share some of the lord's affairs, and Wen Qing will no longer give up." After a pause, he said, "It's just that after Wen Chun leaves Daijun, Huan'er will be entrusted to the lord to take care of." ”

Hearing Lin Wenqing say this, Gao Yuan also knew that her mind had been determined and would not change, so he nodded and said: "Okay, please rest assured, Madame will stay in Daijun, it will be fine, please Madame go back and prepare, three days later, I will send an envoy to Qi State, then let's set off together, so that there will be a good response on the road." ”

Lin Wenqing also nodded and said, "Yes, Wenqing will go to prepare immediately." After finishing speaking, he got up and said goodbye to Gao.

In the evening, Li Yinghong came back, and Gao Yuan also told Li Yinghong about Lin Wenqing's coming to discuss with Zisi today.

After Li Yinghong heard this, he said: "Since Sister Wenqing said this, it will not change, we will arrange more manpower to protect along the road, and I will let Hongya take a few female soldiers to protect Sister Wenchun closely, it should be fine." As for Huan'er, after Sister Wenqing leaves, let him live in our house, and A-Yao and Yan Yu will take care of him, and Sister Wenqing should also rest assured. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "This arrangement is very good. ”

Li Yinghong said again: "Then do you think about the candidate for the envoy to Qi this time?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "I have thought about it, this time I will go to the Qi country, and I will personally serve as the messenger." ”