After the New Year, while busy with post-war reconstruction, Malin sent invitation letters to the nobles of European countries, inviting them to attend the auction. As for the auction, it was naturally the silk and porcelain shipped back from the Ming Dynasty.
Although Marin successfully captured the territory of eight vassal states in this war, the losses were also amazing. In particular, the rye fields of tens of thousands of Yugrams in the Oldenburg State were burned after they matured, which was simply amazing. In addition, due to the war, the economic losses of Oldenburg Province and North and South Munster, plus Ruhr Province, were also amazing.
Therefore, Marin continued to invest a large amount of money to rebuild and at the same time, it was used to stabilize the newly conquered areas. Therefore, Marin naturally had to put the auction of silk and porcelain on the agenda.
In addition to silk and porcelain, Marin also launched paper sales. Because of the adoption of modern chemical pulping technology and the endless forest resources in Canada, the Beihai Kingdom's papermaking industry on Cape Breton Island was very developed and the paper cost was also very cheap. It was even much cheaper than the papermaking cost in the Ming Dynasty.
But before, Marin could not explain the source of paper, and he could not tell others that he had mastered new papermaking technology, right? So, even if the paper in his hand was severely backlogged, Marin could not dump white paper in Europe.
But now it's different. He has been to the Ming Dynasty. With the excuse of the Ming Dynasty, he can take out the paper openly...
In the Ming Dynasty, paper is not expensive, about 0.1 taels of silver per hundred sheets of paper. That is, 3.73 grams of silver, which is about 4.5 p. Finney. This is ordinary bamboo paper, which belongs to mid-range paper.
But in Europe, paper is still made from Chinese technology hundreds of years ago, made of hemp, rags and fishing nets. It is expensive and rare. At present, the price of European paper can almost reach the level of 1 Finney per sheet of paper. 100 sheets of paper is 100 Finney, equivalent to 1.66 gold coins. Its price is 22 times more expensive than bamboo paper in the Ming Dynasty, but its quality is not as good as bamboo paper.
Marin's papermaking cost in Canada is terrible. Because the trees in Canada are not expensive and they are cut down at will. Coal is also very low, so at the Cape Breton Island paper mill, the cost of making paper is only less than 0.5 per 100 sheets...
This is because of the high labor costs in Europe. If cheap Ming Dynasty craftsmen were used, the cost would be twice as low...
In other words, the cost per 100 sheets of paper in the Cape Breton Island paper mill is only one-ninth of the market price of bamboo paper in the Ming Dynasty. Even if the cost of bamboo paper in the Ming Dynasty is only half of the market price, the cost of paper in the Cape Breton Island is only one-4.5% of the paper in the Ming Dynasty.
However, the quality of the paper on Cape Breton Island is higher than that of the bamboo paper in the Ming Dynasty. Because Marin asked the craftsmen to use modern papermaking technology and add some current papermaking additives, such as fluorite powder, kaolin, etc., and the original caustic soda or sodium sulfate had a certain bleaching effect, making the paper made by the paper mill on Cape Breton Island not only whiter than ordinary paper, but also smoother, which is conducive to writing and printing. Of course, because there is no domineering chloride bleaching agent in later generations, the paper is not as white as the white paper in later generations. However, compared with the commonly yellowed paper in this era, it is already white enough. The key is that the cost is still low.
For example, in Europe today, a piece of paper costs 1 Finney. A 1725-page Bible costs hundreds of large pieces of paper. The cost of paper alone costs more than one gold coins. In addition, the cost of printing and binding costs, several gold coins are required per book.
Therefore, in Europe today, ordinary people cannot afford books. The Bible, which consumes a lot of paper, can only be used by nobles and missionaries. Because paper is expensive, European knowledge cannot be popularized at present.
The real takeoff of European science and technology culture was based on two events - one was that during the Qianlong period, Jiang Youren, a French missionary who mixed into the Qianlong court, drew Chinese papermaking technology in the form of pictures and sent it back to Paris.
The French are famous for stealing technology. Before, the French stolen glass mirror manufacturing technology in Venice was stolen by the French. Later, they used the same trick to steal papermaking technology from China. In addition to stealing glass mirror technology and papermaking technology, the French also sent missionary Yin Hongxu to mingle into Jingdezhen in 1698 and stole porcelain manufacturing technology. Later, in the 18th century, Europe had its own porcelain production...
Another is based on the Chinese papermaking technology brought back by Jiang Youren. In the 19th century, Europeans invented methods of machine pulping and chemical pulping, which greatly reduced the cost of paper and made books and newspapers something that ordinary people could afford.
To give the simplest example - for example, British newspapers, before the invention of modern papermaking technology, the price per serving was as high as 1 shilling, that is, 12 pence. However, after the cost of papermaking decreased, the price of newspapers dropped to one pence per serving, a drop of as high as 12 times...
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Of course, Marin was not so kind to let European countries use cheap paper. His purpose of selling paper this time was just to cover up the Canadian paper mill.
In the future, Marin planned to promote the use of books and paper invoices across the country. Now, it has been promoted in the central organization. The next step is to promote it to the public.
However, the use of paper rashly spreading across the country will make other countries suspicious. Therefore, Malin simply took out a batch of paper this time and sold it with the silk and porcelain bought from the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to use this auction to tell other countries that I bought a lot of paper in the Ming Dynasty, but the price is not high...
In this way, no one would doubt the use of paper in Beihai Country in the future. After all, it is reasonable to buy paper from the Ming Dynasty...
As for the price of paper, Marin was not polite. Although the cost of a hundred pieces of paper was less than 0.5 Finney, for this auction, he planned to sell it at a price of 0.3 Finney per piece, that is, 30 Finney per hundred pieces, equivalent to half a gold coin...
This price is more than 6 times more expensive than Ming Dynasty bamboo paper, but it is less than one-third of the European market price. Moreover, the quality of the paper is better. Such a cheap price, coupled with the excellent quality, you won’t have to worry about not being able to sell it. Moreover, Marin can make a lot of money. After all, the cost per paper in the Cape Breton Island paper mill is only 0.005 Finney, and the price is 60 times higher if sold at the price of 0.3 Finney per sheet...
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Like the last auction, Marin still did not intend to auction it in one place, but was divided into several places for auction.
Moreover, this time, Marin did not intend to be placed in Emden or Orich, but in Las Vegas City at the mouth of the Elbe River.
The reason why he chose to hold an auction in Las Vegas was because Marin planned to sell the casino Las Vegas to various countries. After all, Marin established Las Vegas not for the sake of his own people, but for the sake of making money. If there are no guests, how can he make money?
Therefore, Marin set up his local auction house in the casino Las Vegas this time. When the people who participated in the auction arrived in Las Vegas, they felt the developed gambling industry there and would definitely linger. Then, these people may return it next time. Even if they don’t come, their reputation will spread, and they can still drive others to come and consume...
Chapter completed!