Chapter 52: Missed opportunity, united to force abdication
Luo Hongyan looked at Ye Chen with a strange expression.
If the production capacity of the royal paper mill increases, even if there is no paper tax, it will be useless if the paper produced by the Lin family and others cannot be sold!
"Ye Chen, I will talk to them tomorrow."
"See if they are willing to compromise!"
"If they are willing, I don't need their paper mill, and I can let them continue to make money!"
Luo Hongyan said.
The paper will be available tomorrow. She has to see how much it costs and how good the paper is.
Also, if the Lin family and others are willing to compromise, Luo Hongyan, as an emperor, does not need to compete with them for this benefit!
"Yeah."
Ye Chen nodded. He knew that thinking from Luo Hongyan's perspective was different from thinking from the perspective of an ordinary businessman!
"Hongyan, you can invite some papermaking families tomorrow."
Lin family.
People from the six major papermaking families gathered together.
They jointly monopolized this industry!
"Brother Lin, what does His Majesty say?"
Huangfu Long, the head of the Huangfu family, asked nervously.
The price of paper soared three times, and people were dissatisfied. The Huangfu family and others were a little worried because they did not have the foundation of the Lin family.
Lin Kaiji took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Everyone, although your majesty is the king, we have the final say in our industry since ancient times!"
"Four years ago, your majesty backed down, and now your majesty can only back down!"
"I gave your majesty three days. If the paper tax drops to 5% within three days, the paper price will drop, otherwise we will double the paper price again!"
The head of the Tao family smiled and said: "Brother Lin is right, we have the final say in this industry!"
"If it were you, we would let the paper tax drop to zero at once, haha!"
Lin Kaiji said domineeringly: "If your majesty has not lowered the paper tax for more than ten days, we will let the paper tax drop to zero!"
"Okay!"
"Brother Lin is domineering!"
"Let's advance and retreat together!"
Everyone spoke up.
When the old emperor was alive, they didn't dare to do this. The old emperor was strong and ruthless!
Now they just think Luo Hongyan is easy to bully!
Four years ago, he forced Luo Hongyan to reduce the paper tax by half, but he was still not satisfied, and he wanted Luo Hongyan to reduce the paper tax again!
Gradually, night fell.
Ye Chen and Luo Hongyan finished dinner together.
Luo Hongyan was a little nervous.
She had allowed Ye Chen to go further in her heart, but she didn't know what Ye Chen wanted to do.
Lying on the bed, Ye Chen hugged Luo Hongyan skillfully, and put his hands on Luo Hongyan's waist.
Then Ye Chen didn't move.
He didn't know that Luo Hongyan had relaxed her requirements in her heart!
A night passed, and Ye Chen was honest.
In his opinion, being able to sleep with Luo Hongyan like this was already very satisfying, and he didn't dare to think about more now!
"I gave you the opportunity, but you didn't grasp it!"
"I won't give you another chance."
Luo Hongyan glanced at Ye Chen who was sleeping soundly and muttered in her heart.
If Ye Chen knew Luo Hongyan's thoughts, he would regret it and hit the wall. How could he know this!
Two hours passed.
Luo Hongyan returned to Zilong Palace with an angry face.
Ye Chen was lying in the backyard of Zilong Palace at this moment, basking in the sun. He had the body of the sun god, so it was good to bask in the sun more!
"Ye Chen, you are comfortable!"
"The heads of the six major papermaking families have jointly made an appointment with me. You will go and talk to them later!"
Luo Hongyan snorted. She found that she, an emperor, was really not as comfortable as Ye Chen!
"Hongyan, give it to me!"
Ye Chen picked up a piece of paper next to the recliner and gave it to Luo Hongyan.
There were words on it.
"Life and death, I will make a promise with you. I will hold your hand and grow old with you."
Luo Hongyan silently recited, and the anger aroused in the court gradually subsided.
"The poem is good."
Luo Hongyan commented lightly.
She was touched in her heart, but she didn't want Ye Chen to see it.
Ye Chen chuckled and said, "Hongyan, I wrote the poem casually, that's not the point."
"The point is the paper in your hand!"
Luo Hongyan's attention was instantly focused on the paper. The paper was white, without a single yellowing.
She turned to the back, and the ink didn't see through.
Ye Chen pointed to the side: "A quarter of an hour ago, the royal paper mill secretly sent these papers over."
Luo Hongyan looked at the stack of papers next to her.
There were probably dozens of them.
The quality of each piece of paper was very good, much higher than the paper produced by the Lin family!
"How much does it cost?"
Luo Hongyan asked hurriedly.
Ye Chen smiled slightly: "The cost is higher after using the formation, but it should be only half of the cost of the Lin family!"
Luo Hongyan breathed a sigh of relief.
With this paper quality, even if the cost is the same as that of the Lin family, it is absolutely competitive!
Nangong Ning was near Ye Chen and the others at this time.
"Your Majesty, the head of the Lin family is here."
Luo Hongyan said indifferently: "Let them go to the front hall, I will talk to them later!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Nangong Ning retreated.
Luo Hongyan looked at Ye Chen and said, "Ye Chen, I'm not joking with you. It's not a political matter for you to talk to them."
"Okay."
Ye Chen nodded in agreement. He was very upset when Lin Kaiji was rude to Luo Hongyan yesterday!
Today, people from the six major families came together!
How can you bully your wife like this?
After leaving Lin Kaiji and the others alone for ten minutes, Luo Hongyan and Ye Chen entered the front hall together.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Lin Kaiji and the others saluted.
They still need to do some superficial work, otherwise it would be disrespectful!
Luo Hongyan said indifferently: "No need to be polite, everyone."
"Please take a seat!"
Lin Kaiji took the lead and sat down calmly. The other family heads also looked calm. They had Luo Hongyan in their hands.
There were many people who spoke for them in the morning court!
They were not in the court, but their influence in the court was not low!
Luo Hongyan said indifferently: "Everyone, the matter of paper tax will be discussed with you by the emperor and empress!"
Lin Kaiji and the others looked at Ye Chen with contempt in their eyes.
Luo Hongyan was the emperor, so they had to give her some face. Ye Chen was nothing in their eyes.
Even if Ye Chen became the emperor and empress, in their eyes, he was just a lowly peasant.
Their several big families have been nobles for thousands of years!
Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, "Family heads, let me tell you clearly that the Royal Paper Mill has a new papermaking technique, and the cost of papermaking is much lower than your current cost!"
"The quality of the paper is no lower than yours!"
Luo Hongyan looked at Ye Chen in surprise.
Ye Chen actually said that!
Lin Kaiji sneered, "Empress, your joke is not funny at all!"
Lin Kaiji didn't believe a word of what Ye Chen said!
They knew the situation of the Royal Paper Mill very well, and their technology in this area was far behind theirs!
In Lin Kaiji's opinion, Luo Hongyan didn't speak and let Ye Chen speak, because the king never joked.
Luo Hongyan was not convenient to lie!
Ye Chen said calmly: "Master Lin, I'm not kidding you. The Royal Paper Mill has indeed made a great breakthrough!"
"If you lower the price of paper, the paper tax can continue to be maintained at 10%, and the Royal Paper Mill will also control production to ensure that you have a lot of profits!"
Lin Kaiji sneered: "Empress, do you think we are three-year-old children?"
"Again, within three days... No, there are only two days left now!"
"If the paper tax is not reduced to 20% within two days, the price of paper will double the day after tomorrow!"
