Chapter 53: Signing of the contract, paper prices skyrocket

Ye Chen looked at the other family heads: "Guys, do you think the same as the Lin family head?"

"Your Majesty is kind and willing to give you opportunities. I hope you will cherish them!"

The head of the Tao family smiled and said: "Empress, we don't need such an opportunity, the paper tax is really reduced!"

"If the paper tax is lowered, we will have greater profits, and we will naturally have the motivation to increase production. In the future, things like skyrocketing paper prices should not happen again!"

The other heads of the aristocratic families nodded.

With the Lin family as the leader, they will definitely advance and retreat together on such a matter!

Ye Chen nodded slightly: "Guys, I understand your thoughts clearly! If you want to lower the paper tax, it's not impossible!"

"The scale of the royal paper mill is a bit small. If you want to make paper on a large scale, you need more paper mills!"

"If you give us a paper mill, you can permanently reduce your own paper tax!"

Lin Kaiji's eyes flickered: "Empress, do you really mean what you say?"

The papermaking mill is given, and it can be built again when the time comes. Anyway, their technology is there!

Reducing paper taxes will bring you huge profits in the long run!

Ye Chen said calmly: "Master Lin, your majesty is sitting next to you, and your majesty has said that I am responsible for this matter!"

"Take out the three largest paper mills of your Lin family, and then take out two million taels of silver, and directly reduce the paper tax to zero for your Lin family!"

"The remaining five families will each spend one million taels of silver, and they will be reduced to zero for you!"

Speaking of this, Ye Chen took out a contract.

The conditions are written on the contract.

"Master Lin, I advise you not to sign. When you get back, you should calm down the paper price immediately. From now on, I will still give you 10% tax!"

"Sign it, the output of the royal paper mill will be expanded, and it will be yourselves who suffer!"

Ye Chen said with an indifferent expression.

Lin Kaiji looked at the contract that Ye Chen took out, and he said sarcastically: "Empress, why does this paper look so similar to the paper from our Lin family?"

"Our Lin family signed it!"

Taking out the three largest paper mills and adding two million taels of silver would cost the Lin family ten years of profits!

But with a zero tax rate, it won’t take long for the lost money to be recouped!

"Our Tao family signed it!"

"Our Huangfu family signed it!"

The remaining five family heads spoke slightly, the zero tax rate was too tempting for them!

In comparison, what is a million taels of silver?

Ye Chen frowned and said: "Family heads, there is only one copy of the contract. You can all write your own copy! This copy needs your signature and fingerprints to leave it with His Majesty!"

"Think carefully when you write!"

The maid brought pen, ink and paper.

The paper is all high-end paper produced by the Lin family, and they can recognize this kind of paper at a glance.

Soon Lin Kaiji and the others all wrote the contract and put their fingerprints on it!

Ye Chen said in a deep voice: "Guys, His Majesty's seal hasn't been sealed yet, it's still too late for you to regret it!"

"I give you the last chance!"

Lin Kaiji said calmly: "Empress, if the royal family really comes up with a bargain, our Lin family will admit defeat!"

Ye Chen gave him the impression that he was bluffing!

Just want to scare them away!

"Crack!"

Luo Hongyan took out the imperial seal and stamped her own seal on Lin Kaiji's contract.

Ye Chen looked at the other family heads and said coldly: "Everyone, please think carefully!"

"Your Majesty, Emperor and Empress, our Tao family has thought it over carefully."

"Our Zeng family has thought it over carefully!"

The five family heads all arrived in front of Luo Hongyan, and Luo Hongyan stamped them all with the imperial seal with a cold face.

Ye Chen said coldly: "Guys, now that we've reached this point, there's nothing more to say!"

"You can go!"

Lin Kaiji and the others left with a smile. In their opinion, they had won a big victory!

Using short-term benefits in exchange for zero paper tax for thousands of years is a huge deal!

At noon, Luo Hongyan got the news that the Lin family had vacated the three largest paper mills.

The money that several companies needed to spend was also handed over to the national treasury!

Lin family.

"Brother Lin, what should we do next? Should we lower the paper price?"

Huangfulong asked.

Lin Kaiji's eyes flashed: "Reducing it? Why do we have to reduce it! Now we have a zero tax rate, and tomorrow we will double the paper price!"

"If we don't increase the price, when can we make back the money we spent this time?"

The head of the Tao family laughed and said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor and the Empress, didn't they say that the royal family has a bargain? There is a price to pay for deceiving us, and the Emperor and Empress must bow to us and admit their mistakes!"

"This works!"

"A person with muddy legs who came from the bottom of the family luckily became an empress and thought he was a figure. It's ridiculous!"

The other family heads spoke one after another.

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In the Tianyan Emperor's Palace, Ye Chen returned to Fengming Palace.

From the words of Liu Zhongliang and others, he immediately knew that many powerful people had come to Fengming Palace and conducted detailed inspections of the people in Fengming Palace.

"Hongyan seems to care about me more."

There was a faint smile on Ye Chen's face.

Several powerful men at the level of the God-Emperor inspected the servants one by one in detail, and found that none of the Queen Mother received such treatment.

"Although it's comfortable to sleep with Hongyan in your arms, it's still more comfortable to lie here by yourself during the day."

Ye Chen lay down on the lounge chair next to the big willow tree.

Chunlan plays the piano next to her, and her level is not bad.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

Early in the morning, paper prices skyrocketed!

"Yesterday's price was high enough, how come it has doubled again today!"

"How can we afford it at such a price!"

Soon the whole Tianyan Imperial City was in turmoil, and so were the cities near Tianyan Imperial City.

It won't be long before the price of paper in the entire Tianyan Dynasty will skyrocket!

There will be more complaints by then!

Luo Hongyan came to Ye Chen and told him about the current situation.

"Hongyan, let the six great families stage the final madness!"

"The three new paper mills should hurry up to make paper and put it on the market in a few days!"

Ye Chen smiled.

At this time, the supply is not enough, and many people cannot see the true face of the six great families!

The paper tax has been reduced to zero, and they have made greater profits, but they are still madly raising prices to make huge profits!

Luo Hongyan nodded slightly.

Two more days passed, and the price of paper in the entire Tianyan Dynasty rose to eight times the normal price!

You should know that even in normal times, the paper in the Tianyan Dynasty is very expensive, and poor people can't afford it at all!

The price is eight times higher, and countless people can only sigh in despair.

The Lin family and others are even more arrogant.

"The emperor and empress swore to us before, and lied to us that the royal paper mill already has cheap paper."

"Now three days have passed, where is the paper?"

Lin Kaiji said with a smile. He was drinking with some other big shots at the moment.

One of them said: "Master Lin, when will the price of paper come down?"

Lin Kaiji said lightly: "The emperor and empress deceived us. Before the emperor and empress give us an explanation, the price of paper may not come down!"