As soon as Li Kuan finished speaking, everyone sat up straight and held their breath. They stared at Li Kuan like a hungry wolf looking at a lamb, for fear of missing a word.

No one is a fool, everyone knows that today’s drama is coming!

"The books and paper in Xinhua Bookstore are sold so cheaply because the papermaking and printing workshops use very special techniques. I can teach these techniques to everyone here."

As soon as Li Kuan finished speaking, the businessmen in the audience were all stunned, as if they thought their ears had heard wrongly.

Comparatively, if my own workshop had such powerful technology, I would never tell others about it.

"Your Majesty, are you serious about this?"

Wen Qiming asked what everyone was thinking.

"really!"

"Then...how much money do we need to pay?"

"Teaching for free, no charge!"

After hearing what Li Kuan said, Wen Qiming was not only not happy, but asked more cautiously, "Then...are there any other requirements?"

"Of course there is." Li Kuan looked at Wen Qiming with a smile, "In the future, books and papers sold in various shops, as long as they use the special craftsmanship of the Prince of Chu's Palace, you need to pay half of the selling price to Xinhua Bookstore

, settled every month.”

Wen Qiming immediately made a quick assessment in his mind.

Under normal circumstances, the profit from book paper is more than 20%, so paying half a percent to Xinhua Bookstore is not too harsh.

The most important thing is that if you don't agree, your bookstore will not be able to survive at all.

"Your Majesty, if this is your only request, then on behalf of our Wenqu Bookstore, I will support Your Majesty's proposal."

Wen Qiming made a decision quickly.

"Your Majesty, I also agree to pay half of the amount to Xinhua Bookstore."

"I agree."

Seeing that Wen Qiming had taken the lead, the businessmen were unwilling to lag behind.

Even Shopkeeper Zheng of Sanwei Bookstore is no exception.

"He who knows the current affairs is a hero. Congratulations to everyone for making a right choice. Wang Xuance will sign relevant contracts with everyone in a while. After that, you can send people to visit and study the papermaking workshop and printing workshop of the Prince of Chu's Mansion until you have mastered it.

!”

Li Kuanda achieved his goal and was in a very good mood.

Although both Wang Xuance and Chu Suiliang felt that it was better to keep technology in their own hands, Li Kuan's perspective was different and the choices he made were naturally different.

Making money is necessary, but Li Kuan does not live just to make money.

Moreover, charging a half-percent fee to achieve technology transfer is actually equivalent to a Datang version of patent fees.

In the future, if all merchants are gradually accustomed to this practice, the meaning will be very different.

…

"Your Majesty, this is the record of what happened in Wuheju today." Li Zhong slipped to Li Shimin like a cat and handed over the latest information.

"Oh, there's news so soon. I'm curious about what tricks Kuan'er is planning to play."

These days, Xinhua Bookstore has made so much noise, and Li Shimin naturally understands some of the situation. However, yesterday, Li Kuan suddenly invited so many merchants to the banquet, which was beyond his expectation.

Therefore, Baiqisi specially arranged for someone to inquire about the situation at the banquet today.

"Huh? This Li Kuan is actually so courageous!"

Obviously, the free teaching of new papermaking and printing techniques exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Li Zhong, what do you think?"

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu often acts in an unscrupulous way, but the results are often very good. His subordinates tend to think that this time there will be a very good result."

"It can significantly reduce the price of books and paper, even if it hurts the interests of Prince Chu's Palace, it is worth it. This scoundrel can still think of the overall situation."

…

The autumn air is crisp, and the courtyard of Prince Chu's Mansion is bustling with activity. The guards of the Prince's Mansion who have been training for more than half a year are already somewhat presentable.

"Ding dong!"

Li Kuan was preparing to go to the school grounds to observe today's confrontation exercise. Unexpectedly, the system that had been sleeping for a long time actually started to move.

[The mission is accomplished, please receive the reward]

I'm going, what's going on?

Li Kuan hurriedly went in to take a look, only to find that the task of completing a top-selling book assigned by the system had actually been completed.

We are only halfway through writing, but is "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" already the best-selling book in Datang?

After looking at the sales of each part, it should be superimposed, otherwise the task would not be completed so quickly, right?

Forget it, never mind, it's finally done, let's see what rewards there are.

"System, collect the reward!"

Just as he finished speaking, a book called "Elementary Shipbuilding Technology" appeared on the panel.

Writing a best-selling book only to get a book on "Elementary Shipbuilding Technology" is too much, isn't it?

However, seeing that he had a rare two hundred points more points, Li Kuan didn't think about it so much.

As for shipbuilding technology, craftsmen from the palace were arranged to make ships last year, but they were barely of use.

…

In front of nature, human power is very weak.

Every autumn, the coastal areas from Lingnan to Shandong are often hit by hurricanes, and this year is no exception.

Li Shimin was rejoicing a few days ago that the hurricane damage suffered by coastal states and counties this year was not as severe as in previous years. The five-hundred-mile expedited letter from Dengzhou ruined his good mood.

"Your Majesty, these coastal states and counties often have barren lands and tough folk customs. In my humble opinion, it is better to let them move inland to completely solve the problem of hurricane damage."

"Moving inland will cost more money and food, and so many states and counties are close to the sea. If they all move inland, where will they move to?"

"Yes, they have moved inland. Sometimes hurricanes can cause great damage. Just like Dengzhou, there were few records of hurricanes in Dengzhou in previous years, but this year it was a major disaster."

In the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin summoned Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Dai Zhou and other ministers to discuss the disaster in Dengzhou.

However, everyone's views were different, and Li Shimin was unable to make a decision for a while.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the problem in Dengzhou lies in the fact that the local products are too poor and the people's ability to withstand disasters is very low. To fundamentally solve the problem in Dengzhou, unless the income of the local people can be truly increased, the income of the local people will be reduced every year.

The imperial court must consider disaster relief."

Fang Xuanling's words were on point, and no one denied this.

"That's the truth, but how to increase the income of the people in Dengzhou?" Li Shimin was also a little confused.

Changsun Wuji on the side suddenly had an idea, "Your Majesty, Chang'an City asked who can make the most money, and I guess His Royal Highness the King of Chu must be on the list. I heard that Liangzhou City is now prosperous, this is all
Chapter completed!