Ying Zheng smiled faintly when he heard Chen Ke filming the dragon's fart.

"You are just good at doing these messy things."

Chen Ke chuckled: "Don't we all rely on His Majesty's grace?"

"What's more, Your Majesty"

"Don't underestimate this manufacturing office and this paper."

"How much profit do you think there is in this paper?"

profit?

Ying Zheng glanced at Chen Ke strangely, with a bit of confusion in his tone: "What profit can be made from this paper?"

Chen Ke straightened his expression.

"Your Majesty, think about it, who in this world can live without paper?"

"Except for people who don't have a single big character, everyone who is literate needs paper."

"What's more, even if he can't read a single word, he still needs to write a letter, right?"

"No one can avoid things like family letters."

"The profit selling price of a piece of paper may not be high, and even paper cannot be sold by the piece."

"But the cost of these things is very cheap."

"Nowadays, the cost of making a thousand sheets of paper can be controlled at about five baht." [Note 1]

"We pack ten sheets into one envelope, and sell one envelope for five baht. There will definitely be a lot of people buying it."

"In this way, a thousand pieces of paper cost us five baht to make, but we can sell them for nearly forty taels."

As Chen Ke spoke, Ying Zheng's expression changed.

There was a somewhat incredulous look on his face: "It's just a piece of paper, but the profit is so huge?"

Naturally, Ying Zheng doesn't care about the so-called dozens of taels, but what if it's tens of thousands?

How about tens of millions?

He looked at Chen Ke with a slightly serious expression.

"If the manufacturing department is established, how much paper can be produced in a day?"

Chen Ke cupped his hands and made a silent calculation in his mind.

"Your Majesty, if we make the mold and find the manpower, we can make about a thousand pieces a day." [Note 2]

Thousands of pictures a day, and this is just a big mold.

What if there are ten?

Doesn’t that cost hundreds of taels a day?

What if there are hundreds?

Wouldn’t that make you thousands of gold in one day?!

The profits from this are simply incredible.

Even Ying Zheng was a little tempted.

He looked at Chen Ke seriously and said, "You did a good job."

"If this thing can be successfully built, you should be the first to take credit."

"When the time comes, I will be rewarded heavily!"

Chen Ke was no longer polite at this time, with a humble and respectful look on his face: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

He knew when to be humble and when to accept the emperor's reward.

This is obviously the emperor's compensation and hush money.

How normal?

If you don't accept it at this time, there will be a real problem.

After seeing Chen Ke respond directly, Ying Zheng relaxed a little.

He slowly leaned against the wall behind him, looking very relaxed.

He hadn't been so relaxed in front of foreign ministers for a long time.

In the past, only a few people such as Wang Jian and Meng Tian could make him relax so much.

"Okay"

"I also know your other plans, but I don't plan to ask."

"There's just one thing you need to know"

Chen Ke sat there respectfully, humbly saying that he was listening to the emperor's teachings.

Ying Zheng's expression suddenly turned serious: "The Qin Dynasty cannot be in chaos, and Confucianism cannot be completely troubled for the time being."

"Got it?"

Chen Ke nodded quickly, with respect in his voice.

"Your Majesty, I am devoted to the Qin Dynasty, how can I let the Qin Dynasty become chaotic?"

"Besides, I just want to take small revenge on Confucianism. How could I let anything happen to Confucianism?"

Chen Ke's words were extremely sincere.

He really doesn't want anything to happen to Da Qin, because if something happens to Da Qin, his good life will definitely be gone.

Isn’t it good to be in front of the Nine Qings of Great Qin now?

No one wants to make the Qin Dynasty prosperous forever more than those with vested interests.

Among those who have vested interests are emperors like Ying Zheng, who surpass tens of millions of people.

At the same time, there is a person like Chen Ke who has nine ministers and is more than ten thousand people.

Who doesn’t want to be a master?

As for Confucianism...

Chen Ke really doesn't want to disturb Confucianism now, because a piece of papermaking technology cannot overthrow the current Confucianism at all.

Although now, Confucianism has not yet experienced the trend of “deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone” and has become the mainstream.

But he already has a prominent position.

During the Warring States Period, there were "non-Confucianism and Mohism", which together with Mohism were one of the prominent schools!

Now that the Qin Dynasty has been established, the Mohist family, whose philosophy of governing the country is completely opposite to that of the Qin Dynasty, has gathered its own power.

Therefore, today's folk has almost become Confucian folk!

Even if they have not become the mainstream force in the government, the power of Confucian scholars cannot be underestimated.

After Chen Ke had arranged everything one by one, it was time for Chen Ke to take action.

Now Chen Ke is just like a hunter.

Waiting patiently, waiting for the prey to step into the trap he carefully laid.

...........

Doctor's Palace

It rained in front of the stairs until dawn.

Kong Xian sat in front of the steps of the Doctor's Palace, quietly looking at the rain outside the hall.

The rain started half an hour ago and has not stopped till now.

Such a heavy rain made Kong Xian feel even more sad.

He looked around and saw that although the power of Confucianism was still relatively strong, it was no longer as strong as before.

Even in the current situation, the people in the Doctor's Palace still did not stop fighting.

People from the Yan family, people from the Meng family, people from the Kong family, people from the Sima family

Wait wait wait.

Confucianism is composed of many forces, it is not a single individual.

There are many different opinions among them.

There is no one in the Kong family today who can make all these forces obey.

Kong Xian closed his eyes slightly.

He carefully recalled the court meeting during the day, and there was a strange feeling in his heart that he couldn't get back.

But he couldn't grasp that little bit of aura.
To be continued...