Chapter 634 Paper, Paper, Paper
After Xiao Yi was sent away, the old monk Biancai also received some rewards from Li Er. In Li Muyun's opinion, it should be a ban fee, aiming to buy out the preface of the Lanting Collection, which means to tell the old monk that from now on, the original work of the saint of books has no connection with him.
The old monk was tactful and silently received the reward and ordered the temple to be enshrined. All the deeds of heaven and earth were returned to the people around him. The temple lived a life of peace and stability.
It seems that Li Shimin did this matter quite inauthentic, and His Majesty the Emperor was also ready to be impeached, but how could that be said, oh yes, there is no way out.
On the day when Wei Zheng and others were about to speak to Li Er, Li Muyun, a slut, came. At the beginning of the morning court, everyone visited the man, but saw this man lying on the ground and said in a slutty manner: "Long live my emperor, congratulations to the emperor, my emperor's great blessings are all the world, and for thousands of years!"
Hey, this flattery is amazing!
There was no palace maid and eunuch in the court, who looked at Li Muyun, as well as the eunuchs in the court. Even the eunuchs who served Li Er, Lao Long looked at him with a look of vigilance, and he seemed to be afraid that he would come to steal his place.
While those civil and military ministers despised Li Muyun, one or two were also very angry.
Damn, you bastard, don't come to court for many years, and you will act like this when you come. What should you do if you shout out for others? If you don't follow me, you can't explain it in front of the emperor, you are not loyal enough; if you follow me..., this is so embarrassing!
Fortunately, Li Shimin's face was relatively 'thin' and could not stand Li Muyun's big gift of being either treacherous or thief. He waved his hand and immediately someone came up to pull him up, and then asked, "Li Muyun, what trouble did you cause this time?"
Look, see if people are flattering, the ministers looked at each other again, and this time Li Er was despised.
If Li Muyun had committed a crime in the past, he would have been harsh and harsh. But now, with a big gift that was full of force and a flattery, His Majesty the Emperor would obviously be extremely helpful and even the question was much gentler.
In front of everyone's eyes, Li Muyun took out a piece of paper that looked a bit wrinkled from his arms, held it with both hands and said, "I have a treasure to offer to the emperor!"
Bao? Li Shimin looked at it for a long time without seeing what the paper was. However, Li Muyun handed the paper to Fang Xuanling not far away at this time: "Look at Fang Xiang, you may see what is extraordinary about this thing?"
Fang Xuanling didn't know what Li Muyun sold in the gourd. He took the paper with a conditioned reflex, took it in his hand and looked over and over again, but he saw that there was no word on it, just a blank piece of paper. Except for the yellow color, there was nothing special.
At this time, Li Muyun had already left him. At some point, he took out the same piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Changsun Wuji. Next, Wei Zheng, Yu Zhining, Xiao Yu, and even Chen Shuda, who had a grudge against him, had a copy.
What the hell is this? Isn’t it a treasure? What treasure is so valuable? It can be distributed everywhere?
With Li Muyun's strange actions, not only the ministers below, but also Li Shimin was a little confused and turned his inquiring eyes to Fang Xuanling.
Old house has been an official all his life, so how could he not understand what Li Er meant, so he quickly put the wrinkled paper in his hand on it.
Then, Li Er became even more confused, staring at Li Muyun, who was still complacent below with a gloomy face, as if waiting for his explanation.
Li Muyun was indifferent and turned a blind eye to Li Shimin's eyes. His breathtaking appearance made people wish that he could strangle him to death immediately.
After a while, just as His Majesty Li Er could no longer bear it and was about to ask someone to beat the bastard who dared to take a piece of white paper to offer treasures, Kong Yingda made a light noise below: "Hey, this is wrong with this paper?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Yu Zhining from the side immediately leaned over and asked.
"Color, this paper is obviously new paper. Although it is a little wrinkled, it is indeed new paper. But why is the color yellow?" Kong Yingda took the paper in his hand to Yu Zhining and said at the same time.
With Lao Kong's reminder, many people immediately discovered the suspicion and looked at the paper again: "Yes, it seems that the color of this paper is indeed a bit different."
Li Shimin also noticed something at this time and waved to Lao Long to bring a piece of ordinary paper. Compared with the two, he found more differences.
The color of the paper Li Muyun brought was faintly yellow, and in terms of the hardness of the paper, the one Li Muyun brought was obviously harder.
Seeing these Li Er's eyes lit up a bit, thinking of the large stench in Li Muyun's house, he pressed the paper onto the table with a little excitement: "Li Muyun, let's talk quickly, what's going on with this paper!"
The calf is almost pretending, but if he pretends, he will be beaten. Li Muyun smiled proudly and stopped when he sees it: "Your Majesty, this is the one who is going to offer treasures."
"Speak clearly!" Li Er asked again, and the ministers below also focused their attention on Li Muyun.
"Your Majesty, everyone!" Li Muyun took out a piece of paper from his arms like magic, and raised it high, "I believe everyone has used paper and silk, white silk, 700 citrus per piece. The same length of rice paper is less than 500 citrus, so don't even think about it. As for silk..., that thing seems to be more expensive, so let's not talk about it."
Whether it was Li Shimin or the ministers around him, sparks were about to appear when they looked at Li Muyun. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, someone would have probably jumped out and cursed.
Fortunately, Li Muyun was smart at this time and did not let everyone wait for a long time. He continued, "And the paper in my hand is twenty cents per pound, and there is also a discount for buying ten pounds at a time. You can get a 100 pounds or 20% off for buying a 100 pounds."
"What? Sell by pound?" Kong Yingda began to tremble at this time, and her whole body was like a sieve.
"Yes, by the way, you can sell it, in half a year, as much as you will have." Li Muyun straightened his chest.
Uncle Chen looked at the paper again for a long time, but he couldn't find any problems. Finally, he could only say: "It's just that the color of this paper is a little worse. It would be great if it was whiter."
Before Li Muyun could speak, Xiao Yu spoke: "This is already very good. What else do you want to buy 20 cents per pound, let alone buy more and it will be cheaper."
Li Muyun gave Xiao Yu a thumbs up: "Old Xiao's words sound like an appetite."
Xiao Yu's face turned dark when Li Muyun said it, but before he could speak, Li Muyun had already continued: "To be honest, this thing was not sold to you. I believe everyone present is embarrassed to use this low-end product."
"But it's different from those poor students. With such paper, more people can have the opportunity to study, give them the opportunity to practice calligraphy, and print more cheap books, which is enough."
As soon as these words came out, the hall was quiet, and everyone looked at Li Shimin intentionally or unintentionally.
Since the former Sui Dynasty, the court has begun to pay attention to poor students and deliberately or unintentionally suppress those aristocratic families and gentry. However, many good policies cannot be implemented at all under the obstruction of aristocratic families and gentry, which has left the poor forces unable to rise.
But this time it was a little different. With cheaper paper, it is undoubtedly a good thing for poor children to fall from the sky. Some students who can't afford to buy learning equipment on weekdays probably will never give up their studies because they can't afford to buy learning equipment.
"Come, come and get the pen and ink!" Just as everyone was pondering, the deacon and eunuch in the hall who had already recruited Li Shimin picked up his pen and wrote a big "correct" word on the wrinkled paper.
This "accurate" means that there are many important meanings at this moment. First of all, Li Er is to test whether this paper can be used to write. Compared with the brush calligraphy and pencil calligraphy, it requires the paper to have a certain amount of water absorption capacity and will not spread ink everywhere.
The second point is that if you are sure that this paper can be written, then it means that Li Muyun is allowed to produce in large quantities.
The facts have proved that except for the ugly color of the paper, the other ones brought by Li Muyun fully meet the requirements. The ink does not spread much on the paper, and it also absorbs water well. It will not cause a broken strip because Li Shimin wrote too quickly.
With such experimental results, it has become a foregone conclusion that such paper has occurred in large quantities, and the ministers in the court who rejected poor students have no good reason to prevent the mass production of such paper.
Li Muyun had already expected such a result. He took the paper given by the eunuch Lao Long, and smiled happily, bowed to Li Shimin on it and said, "Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
With the example of Li Muyun, the ministers below looked at each other and could only salute each other: "Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
Everyone knows that this time the matter is a foregone conclusion and no one has any reason to oppose the mass production of this kind of paper. Since this is the case, it is better to let it go and flatter it first.
As for the fact that Li Shimin used his trick to earn the Lanting Collection Preface, those old guys who were in charge of the influence of new papers could not care about one or two.
The great Emperor was obviously in a good mood. He waved his hand and signaled everyone to exempt him from gifts. Then he said to Li Muyun with a happy look: "Muyun, you did this well. In addition, after your paper is mass-produced, remember to give 10,000 kilograms to the palace."
"Okay, I will obey the order!" Li Muyun agreed happily.
Chapter completed!