That day, Chunhe brought a group of people early in the morning to deliver a batch of things to Lu Qiqi.
These items included not only cloth and tonic pills, but also various kinds of cloth, as well as cosmetics and cleaning products for daily use.
When Chunhe brought the things over, Lu Qiqi entered the room and saw Qingdai taking inventory.
Seeing Lu Qiqi enter the room, Chunhe's smile widened even more, "Miss, you've come back just in time."
These past two days, a type of yellow paper has become popular in the capital, which is much smoother than the old straw paper.
Yesterday, the First Madam attended a tea ceremony and heard that the ladies of the capital were all ordering their servants to make purchases, so she also had one made.
However, this yellow paper is in short supply and is currently only available to wealthy families in the capital.
These words piqued Lu Qiqi's interest.
She was curious to see what kind of toilet paper was so good that it was even being sold in limited quantities.
When she saw the two stacks of yellow paper tied with hemp rope in the wooden box, she almost burst out laughing.
So-called yellow paper is simply bamboo paper cut into small sheets.
Now she finally understood why the son of the Minister of Revenue was buying so much bamboo paper.
The contract that Young Master Qian signed with Tianxin Village required Tianlang Escort Agency to deliver on time.
Even if she discovers the problem now, it's too late.
After all, if this matter were taken to the authorities, Tianxin Village paper mill would not stand up to the law and etiquette since it had breached the contract first, and might even face lawsuits.
Lu Qiqi suppressed her displeasure and turned to ask, "Chunhe, where did your aunt go to attend the tea ceremony, and from whom did she learn about the yellow paper?"
Seeing her serious expression, Chunhe feared something serious had happened, so she quickly recalled the events of that day before speaking.
"The First Madam went to the residence of the Minister of Rites as invited. During the banquet, the wife of the Minister of Revenue informed the ladies of the news."
The doctor just finalized the order for the yellow paper yesterday, and it's already been delivered today.
That's right!
Lu Qiqi pondered, and if she was not mistaken, the Ministry of Revenue's office had already begun planning this matter long ago.
The reason the Shadow Guards didn't receive advance notice was because the Minister's wife promoted the matter to the officials' wives during the banquet.
If she wasn't mistaken, in a few days, this yellow paper would become popular in the new capital.
Qingdai had been following Lu Qiqi around these past few days and knew exactly what the transformation of bamboo paper into yellow paper meant to Lu Qiqi.
However, since Chunhe was still around, she couldn't say anything.
Seeing that Lu Qiqi was very interested in the yellow paper, Chunhe said, "Don't worry, Miss, the First Madam cares about you and Miss Yao."
"I'll bring you more of this when I have some more in a few days."
Reminded by her, Lu Qiqi came to her senses and asked Chunhe to thank Xuan Wenying on her behalf before having Qingdai deliver the message to Chunhe.
Qingdai returned and whispered to Lu Qiqi, "Miss, what should we do now? How about we make and sell yellow paper too?"
Lu Qiqi sat down and poured herself a glass of water before saying, "I thought about making straw paper from bamboo paper when I first built the paper mill."
At that time, in order to control the price of bamboo paper and to prevent the method of making bamboo paper from falling into the hands of others and becoming someone else's benefit, it was abandoned.
There's another thing: straw paper is cheaper than bamboo paper, and it can be made in various places.
Even if the paper mill could produce it, the transportation costs during transit would put it at a disadvantage.
The only thing she hadn't expected was that the son of the Minister of Revenue would cut the bamboo paper used for reading into smaller pieces, change its name, and turn it into a popular cleaning item for officials' wives.
No, she had heard Song Yanqing say before that Minister Qian's eldest son was a good-for-nothing, good at teasing cats and dogs, but unwilling to learn anything serious.
It seems that Young Master Qian has someone behind him giving him advice!
After thinking for a moment, Lu Qiqi said to Qingdai, "In the next two days, there will definitely be yellow paper being sold on the market."
You should find out the price later, and also where the yellow paper is sold.
Qingdai didn't know why she did this. "Miss, they just added one more step to the process of making this bamboo paper."
Why don't we just stop selling to them and keep this business for ourselves?
Why go through all this trouble?
Lu Qiqi said, "I do not want to monopolize the yellow paper business. On the contrary, if this business can be expanded and strengthened, the only beneficiaries will be the paper mills."
Now she's only worried that this yellow paper will affect the bamboo paper she buys for her study.
Scholars have always been proud and would not accept their calligraphy being displayed on clean surfaces.
That would be a losing proposition.
Qingdai didn't understand what she was thinking, and only half-understood before agreeing.
That afternoon, Lu Qiqi had a carriage prepared and headed to the Tianlang Escort Agency.
"What did you say? Young Master Gu didn't leave anyone in the capital?"
Upon hearing the news from the shopkeeper, Qingdai became anxious and raised her voice considerably.
The escort agency clerk said, "Miss Qingdai, you are mistaken. The young manager took into account the shortage of escorts for transporting bamboo paper, so he did not keep any escorts for this route."
Thinking that once the second batch of bamboo paper was sent to Beijing, the next order could be delivered back to Tianxin Village.
Lu Qiqi understood what was going on. She said, "If anyone places a large number of orders in the next few days, be sure to have someone pay for all the goods, including the price for the escort agency to deliver them."
"Take as many as you can, understand?"
The镖局 (security escort agency) employee scratched his head. "Your Highness, with so many orders, can the paper mill possibly produce them all?"
Lu Qiqi wasn't worried about this, as Zhou San and Zhao Xiaodong were there to guard the paper mill.
It's just a matter of adding more staff; they should be able to handle it quite well.
She said, "Just do as I say!"
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