Hong Dashou didn't need to bet to know that even if there was thunder and lightning, the imperial examination in the spring of next year would still be held as usual.

If it was just because the price of paper increased, it would not be a big deal at all. After the Japanese Rebellion, King Seonjo returned to Hanyang, but at that time Hanyang was in ruins, and the officials were sitting against the broken walls.

The same as the imperial examination!

How can you prove your legal authority to rule the country without holding an imperial examination?

If you open a store in Hanyang, except for vegetable vendors and the like, as long as you have a store, which one has no one behind it?

How can you open a store in Hanyang Jingcheng when there is no one above? If you open it today, you will be eaten alive tomorrow.

Li Cao's purchasing officer dares to lower the price of a store that has someone above him? He may be suppressing the prime minister or the store that makes the judgment. Anyway, it is the country's money, not his own money, so why do he want to be such a villain?

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Why has the price of inventory paper increased?

What's wrong with officials these days? It's better to do less than to do more. Listen more, watch more, kowtow more, do less, talk less and do less.

Even if he is found to be an upright and honest official, will he check it out when he has time?

An imperial examination requires mountains and seas of paper. Preparations should start two to three months in advance, and the key point is that half a month to a month before the start of the exam, the examiner will lock the court.

It is time to write out the questions, finish the questions, copy thousands of papers, and copy hundreds of thousands of test papers. There is not enough time to copy the test papers, and the paper must be in place immediately.

If an official of Li Cao waited until he was purchasing paper and found that the price had increased. He was very upright and decided not to buy it until he checked it out. Then don't worry, the imperial examination will definitely be postponed.

Not only was King Sunjong slapped in the face, but the two classes that rushed to take the exam were also able to tear him into eight pieces.

Anyway, it is impossible for a paper shop to lose money. If the price of mulberry bark increases, the price of its paper will also increase. The same profit will not change.

Inside and outside, it’s just asking King Sunjong to shell out a few more coins. What’s more important, the face or the money?

At best, we had to conduct an investigation afterwards, and by that time Hong Dashou had already escaped.

In other words, Hong Dashou was not prepared to end up. He was going to be a scholar and become an official. How could he think of ways to bully the twelve-year-old King Sunjong and steal his money?

Kim Doo-gil has been working as an official now, and he may become an official one day in the future, and he cannot appear in public.

But doesn’t Hong Dashou have good helpers, the Han brothers?

These two people are originally businessmen, good at talking and calculating. They have all the shrewdness of a small businessman, and they can do things with confidence. The key is to keep their mouth shut!

Who could find out about these two bastards from the countryside of Jiashan County? Just rely on the Robbery Bureau, which only bullies the common people? Or the Yijin Mansion, which has become a tool of party struggle?

In modern society, there are still various difficulties in handling cases across provinces. Leave aside the Li Dynasty in 1802? Do you still want to handle cases across provinces? Do you have the ability?

Soon, Han Sanshi came back. Stimulated by the good news that the imperial examination was about to be held, the price of paper had begun to rise.

very good!

"Brother Jin, you take 5,000, I take 4,000, Brother Han takes 1,000, and we make up 10,000. When we make money later, I take 5, you take 4, and Brother Han earns some hard-earned money. How about that?"

Although Kim Dou Gil contributed half of the money, he contributed neither ideas nor manpower, so he agreed that he only accounted for 40% of the profits.

However, Han Sanshi didn't understand for a moment. He didn't have a thousand taels, so how could he invest in this kind of business?

Of course, Hong Dashou helped him with the money. After making money, he would just return it to Hong Dashou. To put it bluntly, Hong Dashou just turned around and gave the money to Han Sanshi.

"Okay, your idea is definitely solid." Jin Douji fully agreed.

Not long after, he came over with a small box. Inside was a hundred taels of redemption notes, thickly coded.

With his thumb and forefinger dipped in saliva on his tongue, Jin Douji began to count the bills. One, five, ten, counting them one by one. Sure enough, money may not only have been in Hong Dashou's feet.

, and maybe even sprayed by Kim Dou Gil’s saliva.

So dirty!

Han Sanshi also counted the fifty redemption tickets. After confirming that they were correct, he sealed them with a piece of tissue paper.

Hong Dashou also counts some money here, but Hong Dashou’s money is too small. Jiang Dajiang sells novels for three to five cents a book, and one, two, and two taels with illustrations. The only money he can give to Hong Dashou is

Very shredded exchange notes and some copper coins.

Fortunately, all three of them were able to count the votes for two taels and five taels. In the end, they counted more than a hundred bills before they could count the other five thousand.

Ask Han Sanshi to immediately negotiate with the owner of the mountain forest who sells Chu tree branches. Don't be afraid of pressure, sign a contract, and buy out all the Chu tree bark near Hanyang.

In line with the principle of trusting those who are employed and not using those who are suspicious, the huge sum of 10,000 taels was directly handed over to Han Sanshi and asked him to find a corner to hide in a corner for five and ten days after the purchase.

When Hanyang Paper Shop runs out of raw materials and wants to restock, go to the Chushubark yard, double the price, sell the Chushubark in hand, run away after selling, and come back a month later.

Shopkeepers in various paper shops in Hanyang were caught off guard by the sudden increase in raw material prices. They also discovered that the owners of the forest who had traded with them in the past were out of stock, and the one who had the goods was a strange businessman with an unknown accent, a bit Hanyang accent, and a bit foreign accent.

Naturally, they were unwilling to accept the increase in the price of mulberry bark and opened the imperial examination. They thought they could make a lot of money, so why should they let the raw material merchants come in to cut the cake together.

So they chose not to buy it! Together with Han Sanshi, let’s see who can’t stand it.

The actions of the Hanyang paper merchant were naturally passed on to Hong Dashou. Don’t want to share the cake? Niang Xipi, I will just throw the pot away!

Without saying a word, he set fire to the yard and burned more than 2,000 kilograms of mulberry bark worth hundreds of taels in one fire.

The paper merchants panicked, this bitch was going to destroy the pot! They immediately contacted their superiors and prepared to do something hard. But Han Sanshi ran away long ago after setting the fire, and you couldn't catch him at all.

The imperial court’s order to purchase paper has come down!

The country's imperial examinations have been announced and must not be delayed. They must be held on time. A deadline has been set. The paper merchants in Hanyang must submit a certain amount of paper to Hanyang Xuanhui Hall before the first day of February.

Increase the price! You can only increase the price! If the raw materials of Han Sanshi increase in price, then the paper merchants cannot lose money and must increase the price together. This blame must be shouldered by the imperial court.

In the past, when courses were opened, the price of paper increased by 20% to 30%, or even 30% to 40%, which is understandable. After all, if all the paper in the market is suddenly used up, the market will definitely fluctuate.

But this year it has doubled!

What to do? To buy or not to buy?

Without hesitation, Li Cao chose to buy it! The imperial examination is the imperial examination, and it is much more important than a mere ten thousand taels.

Since the imperial court was willing to pay, the paper merchants also held their noses and approached Han Sanshi to take over the deal. Of course, they also planned to catch Han Sanshi and beat him to death when they took over the deal.

But Han Sanshi only left a letter at the storage yard and deposited the money to the accounting office of the main store of Beijing Merchant Li Douhuan.
Chapter completed!