Chapter 89 Paper Mill Consensus (Asking for Monthly Votes)

The papermaker took the paper frame, which is the "sieve", and placed it on the shelf. Several stoves were placed around to increase the temperature.

After more than half an hour, a craftsman took down the paper frame, carefully peeled off the paper on it, and respectfully handed it to Joseph: "Master, you see, it's dry."

In fact, according to the normal drying process, it takes at least half a day. The high temperature drying at this time is just to show it to Mirabeau.

Joseph rubbed the paper in his hand. It was very brittle and very thick, and the internal texture was not very uniform. It can be said that the quality is quite poor, but it is definitely a piece of paper - paper made of wood.

He handed the paper to Mirabeau and said with some regret: "These craftsmen and I are trying new technologies for the first time, so the quality of the finished product is not very good."

But he was not in a hurry. The papermaking process depends largely on experience.

How much additives to add, the time and temperature of boiling wood, the use of bleach, drying techniques, etc., all need to be tried repeatedly to find the best solution to make qualified paper.

But as long as there is the correct technical theory, it is only a matter of time to find a mature process.

Mirabeau looked at the paper in his hand excitedly, knowing very well what it meant - the paper market in France alone was worth millions of livres.

If exported to the whole of Europe, it would be a market worth at least tens of millions!

And it can be foreseen that the papermaking technology of any European country at present is much more costly than wood-made paper. In other words, it is impossible to prevent the dumping of wood-made paper.

Joseph looked at his excited expression and smiled: "Using my method to make paper, the price can be reduced to one-seventh of the current paper price. Of course, we don't have to lower it so much, just sell it at two-thirds of the market price, leaving more profit for ourselves."

Mirabeau keenly heard the word "we" and immediately looked at the crown prince with expectation.

Joseph deliberately let him "torture" for a few seconds, and then said: "As you can see, to roll out this new technology on a large scale, it requires a considerable amount of money and a lot of energy. I can't do it alone.

"So, I would like to invite you, and of course, your friends, to invest together and build a large number of papermaking workshops as quickly as possible to occupy the market. And this papermaking technology will be my equity. "

"That's great!" Mirabeau's eyes were full of joy, stroking the tip of his cane, and pondered, "So, how much shares do you want?"

"20%." Papermaking technology is used to win over and divide the nobles, so Joseph will not want too many shares.

Mirabeau could not understand that this was the prince's concession, and immediately showed a bright smile: "You are so generous! I think we can make an appointment, and Viscount Dicko, Viscount Pellier and others, and discuss the investment in papermaking. Oh, and the tax bill. "

Joseph smiled and nodded: "I agree with your proposal very much."

After finalizing the time and place of the meeting, Mirabeau was eager to return to Paris to meet his political allies.

After getting on the carriage, he couldn't help his curiosity, and turned around and asked: "Your Highness, can you tell me how those woods are boiled into liquid?"

"Some medicine is needed. "Joseph smiled and closed the car door for him.

Of course he would not tell him now that it was just adding sulfite. But knowledge is like this. It may be simple to say it, but if there is no guidance, it will take half a century for wood papermaking technology to appear.

The next day.

Mirabeau brought three nobles to Joseph's papermaking workshop - in order to prevent leaks, Joseph has bought this small workshop.

"Your Highness, this is Viscount Dicko. This is..."

As Mirabeau introduced them, the three of them saluted Joseph in turn.

Soon, another carriage arrived. Archbishop Brian got off the carriage.

In this way, in a shabby and simple workshop, the Crown Prince sat on the paper drying rack, the Chief Minister and Count Mirabeau sat on the cart for transporting paper, and the others stood with their backs against the shed, and began a meeting about the future of France.

But the negotiation process went very smoothly.

Brian promised to work with the Crown Prince to promote the implementation of bills such as the Company Law and the Patent Law. And then reduce the tax rate of some stamp duties.

Joseph reiterated that he would restart the Anglo-French trade negotiations within two months and re-sign the Treaty of Eden in accordance with the tariffs mentioned before.

Mirabeau and others promised to persuade their own people in the meeting of dignitaries to support the tax bill. Since the manipulating force behind the High Court is the dignitaries The nobles of your conference, this means that their representatives in the court will no longer hinder the tax bill.

However, the discussion that took the longest time and was most interesting was about the establishment of a papermaking company.

The final result of the discussion was: the five people present, except Joseph, invested a total of 3.6 million livres to build a large papermaking workshop in Saint-Antoine, Lyon and Bordeaux, and achieve the production capacity to meet the paper demand of the whole of France within half a year.

Then, according to the situation, additional investment will be made to expand production capacity and start exporting until the entire European market is taken over.

Joseph will provide technology and hold 20% of the shares, and the remaining 80% will be divided among others according to the investment amount.

However, in order to take care of the large number of papermaking workshops in France, Joseph specifically required the company to provide pulp to other workshops so that they can carry out downstream processing to make a living.

After all the things were discussed, everyone was happy.

Brian got up first to leave. Half an hour later, Mirabeau and others followed suit.

…

On the street opposite the Paris High Court, a wooden platform of six or seven meters square was built.

The wooden platform was surrounded by dark gray curtains. There were two or three hundred people crowded in the audience, watching the performance on the stage intently.

When the villain who played the role of Judge Haussmann accidentally ate poisonous cakes due to greed and died wailing, the audience burst into thunderous cheers.

Someone turned and pointed to the High Court in the distance and shouted:

"See? This is the end of the shameless corrupt official!"

"You should be like this too!"

"You bunch of rats and maggots, do you dare to come out?"

In the conference hall on the third floor of the High Court, several judges heard the music of the drama stop, and they all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and turned their attention back to the conference table.

With a disdainful expression, Vezinière threw the pile of documents in front of him forward and snorted: "There is nothing to review! No matter how Brian changes it, this thing can't be registered!"

What he threw out was the new version of the tax bill that Brian had just submitted this morning.

Dubol looked at the judge next to him with a pointed chin and a surprised expression in the corners of his eyes, slowly opened his own bill, and said calmly: "I think we should discuss it, maybe there will be a different conclusion?"

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