Chapter 75
2021-01-06
Chapter 75 Letter from WallThere was a sound of suck in a cold breath, even Tyrion used the hell Looking at the speaker: Hey, although the reward was agreed earlier, why should such a major decision be discussed in advance?
Tyrion struggled to hold back the urge to oppose face-to-face, and only questioned after he went out: "Brother, that's one-tenth! Although I'm not against using some means to retain talent, have you ever thought about it, If we want to make this factory bigger, how much investment do we have to continue to invest in the future? You don’t make too many agreements, and you will give them one-tenth of the siblings as soon as you make a decision. God knows how much the tenth will be in the future! This girl Nina is very cute, you don't have to do this. If you want a girl, I will find one for you tonight. Seeing her admiring eyes, it is not a problem if you are willing to put some effort into eating her. Why? You don't have to say one-tenth on impulse."
"Nina is going to be my wife?" Arya only heard the second half of the sentence, and she didn't know why the topic became so fast. Confused: "Don't Night's Watch swear not to marry."
"What's the mess?" Igor also broke free from the illusion of the leader's speech at this moment, only to realize that he might have been too high. Stop the car. But what I said was spilled water, and I couldn't take it back, so I had to apologize to Tyrion again and again, and quickly explained: "Don't be nervous, I just said it anyway, there is no agreement, and there is room to make up for it. When the time comes, change what I said to one-tenth of the profit of 'this' paper mill, which is the paper workshop in the yard we just saw, the expanded part is not counted, let alone the follow-up Industry chain. To take a step back, the paper produced will not be sold for a certain period of time and only for our oneself printing factory. Isn’t the price and profit of the paper still up to us?”
“ You deliberately set the price low, they are not fools, won't they find another way out!" Tyrion thought for a while and accepted the first plan: "Okay... If it's only part of this workshop, then give them half of it. It's not too much, so let's just decide."
"Well...how about giving a little more, we are playing a game of money, and this game, at best, is for direct participation. When the paper mill grows, we will distribute dividends to the siblings in the form of bonds. In this way, they get the benefits, but most of the money is still in our capital chain. Isn’t this the best of both worlds?”
"But what about people who took bonds and exchanged money directly?"
"Of course it is to give money easily. The most important thing in playing finance is credit, don't think about who has taken the money or not. Let's go, as long as we control and ensure that the money in our hands is still sufficient, that's enough. When the credit is stable, those who take the money will save it back." Igor said: "When the available paper is born, we can start preparing for expansion. During this process, do remember to cooperate with the wealthy and powerful Great Family merchants in King's Landing and Crownlands. Don't think about taking advantage of yourself. Although House Lannister is famous, even a powerful dragon cannot repress a local snake. The best way for people to grab business is to turn all those who are threatened into partners."
"Form a 'community of interests', this is not the first time you said it, I seem to Are you that stupid?" Tyrion looked in a good mood, "The 'borrowing' and investment with cooperative projects is much more attractive than the Night's Watch bond with nothing. I am now considering whether to open another investment. What about debt projects like this?”
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For Tyrion, the core member of House Lannister, this yet-to-be-formed “community of interests” is probably just to make more money Make less difference, and for Igor, it will also be his gradual contact with the upper-level resource masters... and squeeze into their A quick way to occupy a place, gain the right to speak and influence.
With Arya and the House Stark guard who is in charge of protecting her, the two of them are very conservative in their exchanges, and when it comes to core secrets, they consciously change the subject.
"The hut over there is where I'm going to print. Would you like to take a look?"
"Okay, let's go."
So, entire The group visited Tyrion's "printing factory" again. Since the papermaking problem has not been resolved, the so-called printing factory is only rented to two engravers for the daily living and working place... Here, Igor saw the carved carvings. 's Bond printing plate, and the engraving of the Seven-Pointed Star content in progress.
"Have you got in touch with Church?" Igor asked.
"Not yet, if Church doesn't want it, then I'll sell it by myself. I'm afraid there is no market for the cheap "Seven-Pointed Star"? That's hell."
"That could be, in case Church claims that the printed Seven-Pointed Star is ungodly, blasphemous to God or something..."
"Bah." Tyrion spat on the ground : "Can I go to his piety? It's really not good. Put a solid gold statue of The Seven on High Septon, and promise to let him relax. If it doesn't work, it will cut off my Tyrion Lannister's fortune, and I won't kill him. !"
"Okay, okay!" Arya cheered loudly in support: "If you kill everyone, let's believe in Old Gods together!"
"You're a good little slicker! "
"Don't spoil the little child." Igor rolled his eyes and pretended to be fierce Tyrion: "You just print, anyway, I will fully support you."
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Just kidding, Igor's doubts are not without reason. The mass printing of "Seven-Pointed Star" into the public will indeed increase Church's influence in the short term, but in the long run, it will It has a negative impact on Church's ability to control the populace for one simple reason: Seven-Pointed Star can generally only be read by mid- to high-ranking clergy, while lower-level priests and ordinary believers can only fully listen to the priest's interpretation of the scriptures and doctrines. And once the print version of Seven-Pointed Star spreads, and literate people can read and understand the content on their own, it will be difficult for Church and priests to use lies and fallacies to maintain their own interests, plus other The role of various books on the spread of knowledge, Westeros will soon usher in a huge religious revolution.
But he didn't say these thoughts and guesses. Oneself can think of these, not because of cleverness but because of history to learn from. People in the Church of The Seven may not necessarily have this kind of Divine Grade's ability to predict and predict. strategic vision. Besides, the changes that may happen in the future also have little to do with oneself: let it lower sect on King's Landing and Seven Kingdoms to teach the situation Heaven and Earth turning upside down, what oneself needs now is to make money for Night's Watch Legion and oneself Let Tyrion do it, after the "Maegor the Cruel" crackdown, the Church of The Seven in Westeros isn't one hand shrouding the heavens like Christianity is in Europe, even if when the time comes the Church reacts and realizes that printing How dare you grill Lannister at your own risk, and even fight against the big interest group that may have become a climate by then?
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There is no technical difficulty in engraving and printing, and Igor did not find it to point the country again. Winning the opportunity to worship the eyes, so looked towards Tyrion and two craftsmen explained the principle of "movable type printing shua". After some discussion, this more advanced technology was finally abandoned, the reason for this speaking of which is a bit complicated: carve the letters into small pieces, and then spend time assembling, padding, proofreading and then printing... these steps, whether it is the selection of raw materials, the skills of the engravers or the skills of the printers The requirements for proficiency and knowledge level are quite high, not to mention the follow-up classification management...
In the case where the level of light and heavy industries is not enough, hand-made movable type is inefficient and easy to cause various problems. The size of the letters is uneven, the strokes are different in thickness, and the possible layout is not neat and the letters are upside down during the printing process. In the end, it is likely to result in "a lot of cost, but the printing effect is not as beautiful and neat as the engraving". As a result, and - whether it's a calendar or Seven-Pointed Star, there are a lot of illustrations and diagrams, which makes movable type almost invisible.
At this stage, oneself's goal is to print Supplies that are in great demand to complete the primordial accumulation as soon as possible to dig out the first pot of gold, need "reliability" and "stable", not "advanced".
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Tyrion was shocked by the concept of movable type printing, and regretted that oneself's business could not adopt this advanced technology immediately, and reluctantly sighed.
"Don't sigh, this technology will come in handy someday. "Igor comforted: "When the amount of funds is sufficient, you can print various scientific and literary books for your yearn for something even in dreams. When the time comes, movable type printing will come into play. "
"Well, when the time comes let's talk about it, now the most important thing is to make money." ”
The two adults were busy all day, and Arya, the heartless girl, ran around happily and opened her eyes. Seeing that it was getting dark, under the urging of her guards. , the girl reluctantly said goodbye to the master and Imp, and returned to the Red Keep with the bodyguard.
Igor and Tyrion then returned to the hotel, dismounted and handed the reins to the hotel's squire, ready to end the day's busy work
Walking through the door, he was greeted by Squire Jyck, who had closed the office and was waiting in the hotel lobby: "Igor, from Red Keep, sent you a letter, it seems Sent from Castle Black. "
A letter from Castle Black? Igor took the parchment with black lacquer, frowned and opened it. The agreed time to provide the second batch of supplies is still early. What good could it be for the letter at this time?
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(end of this chapter)