Great Tang princess

Chapter 132 Newspaper Coming Soon
In fact, Li Yuechen is not that interested in leaving a name in history, but out of some bad taste, he still hopes to leave something to surprise future generations.

After all, that guy Wang Mang didn't leave any definite evidence to prove his identity, but he is different, at least he has to draw a dog's head in the future tomb, or make a computer model to prove that he is a time traveler identity of.

Although this discovery may directly change the future technology tree, but... the current history has completely deviated from the original, so it doesn't matter if the future deviates even more?
While thinking about it, a young eunuch suddenly came to Anfu Hall and told his father to let him go. Li Yuechen got up and put on clogs, and asked Xiao He to go to Renshou Hall with an umbrella behind him.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Zhi waved with a smile on his face: "Come, come, Chen'er, come here!"

Seeing that he seemed to be in a good mood, Li Yuechen couldn't help asking: "Grandpa looks very happy, but something good happened?"

Li Zhi nodded: "Okay, that's really great!"

The mother beside her also had a smile on her face: "Chen'er, you have become famous all over the world now!"

"Ah... Actually, the baby is quite troubled." Li Yuechen grinned with a slightly ugly smile.

"But what about building a temple for you?" Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and asked.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Thinking about it, I feel very uncomfortable."

"It's impossible to completely eliminate such things." Li Zhi smiled, "Dongdu and Chang'an may be good, but in other remote states and counties, the sky is high and the emperor is far away..."

He didn't continue to say the following words, but the meaning was self-evident.

Li Yuechen shook his head: "It doesn't matter, anyway, it's good that the child can't see it by himself."

My mother sat down beside her, and gently waved her sleeves: "What are you going to do next?"

"Last year, Si Nong Shaoqing sent people to look for rice seeds in other places to see if the production could be further improved." Li Yuechen replied, "There is never too much food."

"Wei Niang thinks it's better to slow down this plan." Wu Zetian said suddenly.

Li Yuechen raised his head in doubt, expressing his incomprehension: "Why?"

"Do you think that if there is a bumper harvest every year, the price of food will inevitably plummet. At that time, for the farmers who make their living from farming, wouldn't a good thing turn into a disaster?" Wu Zetian asked rhetorically.

What kind of problem is this?Li Yuechen was stunned.

"Aniang, this is not a problem at all." Li Yuechen replied, "As long as the royal family orders to protect the price of grain, it will be fine. If the farmers can't sell the grain, the state will buy it at the lowest price to ensure that they will not lose money. "

On the contrary, Wu Zetian couldn't understand these remarks: "What is the use of the royal family collecting so much food?"

Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows: "It's good to do anything. You can store a part of it in case there is another natural disaster for disaster relief. The other part can be used to maintain the expenses of the prison guards and other troops. The boy's workshop will be more and more in the future. The bigger it is, the more people will be needed, and the recruited people also need to eat, right?"

"This……"

To be honest, Wu Zetian really didn't think of this question at first, and turned to look at her husband.

Father Li Zhi was also slightly taken aback, but soon figured out the problem.

In the final analysis, the ancients were not stupid, but their knowledge was not extensive. Many things can be understood immediately with just a little bit.

It is true that such a method will indeed increase the country's expenditure a lot, but at the same time, the other party's ability to take risks will be further improved!

Having figured it out, Li Zhi suddenly grinned, shook his head and stopped talking.

Wu Zetian also understood what he meant, and turned to chat with her daughter about some other things.

Li Yuechen saw that he had nothing to do with himself, so he didn't stay any longer, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he got up and left.

After her daughter left, Wu Zetian sighed: "If this continues, some people may not be able to sit still."

"No problem!"

Li Zhi had an indifferent expression on his face: "Chen'er is just a princess after all, just let it go."

……

Li Yuechen who walked out of Renshou Hall was thinking about other things. She had other things to say just now.

There is another advantage of having more food, that is, the current government soldier system can be gradually changed to a recruiting system.

A few years ago, Li Yuechen often sneaked into the court to listen to the government, and when he went to the Hall of Renshou, he sometimes got tired of being beside his mother, and he could also read the content written in the memorial.

Now the phenomenon of fugitive households has occurred basically all over the country, and it seems that there are signs of gradual increase over the years.

Although this sign is not particularly obvious, it is obvious that if it continues to develop, one day the Fubing system will completely collapse.

And think carefully about the Anshi Rebellion during Tang Minghuang's period. Although it is not sure whether it was the result of the collapse of the Fubing system, at least historically, there were indeed problems in the Tang Dynasty at that time.

So if you push it backwards, you can draw a conclusion that the Fubing system can no longer last for too long.

Now that we have decided to do something for the people of this era, the reform of the military system is imperative.

Li Yuechen thought about it, maybe in the future when his mother became the emperor, he could ask her to give him a military position or something, and then start to change the military system.

Now that I have become the servant of the household department, and I have become a civil servant, it is not impossible to be a marching chief in the future, right?

……

Sooner or later, the weather in July has gradually turned cooler, and Li Yuechen can finally stop practicing in the hall.

The production of movable type by the craftsman is very smooth. So far, more than [-] characters have been made, and each character has been tested, and the printing is very clear.

The paper workshop estimated that the time was almost up, and began to try to make bamboo paper, but failed the first two times.

After Li Yuechen heard about it, he told them not to worry, but to calm down and think about what went wrong, and to investigate and solve it little by little.

Seeing that the princess was not angry, Du Lao Er and the others were also relieved, and then said that they would definitely solve the problem.

In this day and age, it's not easy to have such a boss, Du Erer and the others don't want to lose this job easily.

Then Li Yuechen went to Mang Mountain again, intending to see how their blast furnace was doing.

Now these blast furnaces have been made, and they have officially entered the experiment.

Seeing Li Yuechen approaching, the craftsmen took her not far away: "Your Highness, please look, the two buildings on the right have cracks, and they should have failed. But there is no problem with the ones on the left..."

Li Yuechen nodded: "Can you make high-quality steel?"

The craftsman nodded respectfully, his expression seemed a little embarrassed: "It's slightly improved compared to before, but...not too much."

"It's not bad." Li Yuechen nodded, "It's already a good thing to see the improvement. Just keep trying until you make better steel!"

"Here! Don't worry, Your Highness, your subordinates will do their best!"

Li Yuechen nodded, as long as he has motivation, it doesn't matter even if he can't research it in a lifetime, the key is to have this kind of fighting spirit and dare to try.

……

Fortunately, their efforts were not in vain, and they soon saw results.

On the tenth day of August, there are five days left until the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is news from the paper workshop that bamboo paper has been made!

After receiving the news, Li Yuechen immediately left the city in a carriage and arrived at the papermaking workshop as quickly as possible.

As soon as they entered the door, a group of craftsmen hurriedly saluted respectfully, but at the same time, the unbearable smile on their faces was clearly visible.

Standing at the front, Mr. Du was holding a stack of freshly made bamboo paper in his second hand, and handed it over respectfully: "Your Highness, please have a look."

Li Yuechen took it over and looked at it. For some reason, the color of this bamboo paper was not as white as other papers, but a little yellowish.

After slightly stretching it, I feel that the toughness is not bad. I took it outside and looked at it in the sun. The overall shape is relatively uniform, and there is no obvious uneven thickness.

Then he tore open a piece of bamboo paper with a "stab" sound, and the bamboo paper in his hand was in two halves, with a neat section and few burrs.

"Bring the pen and ink!" Li Yuechen beckoned.

Du Er Er was already equipped, so he immediately waved his hand and asked the workers who were already prepared to bring over the pen and ink respectfully on a tray.

Li Yuechen picked up the pen and wrote a few words on it. After picking up the pen, he saw that the ink did not show signs of smearing, so he couldn't help but nodded.

This paper is enough for newspapers or daily writing. Although the color is not white enough, but the writing is clear, it is already considered a good paper.

"very good!"

Li Yuechen turned his head and praised them sincerely: "This paper is very good. I will take it back and do a printing experiment later. If it succeeds, I will give you more bonuses next month!"

Although I don't know what the "bonus" specifically refers to, but I can tell from the literal that it must be a reward. A group of workers immediately beamed with joy and saluted together: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Li Yuechen didn't say much, and returned to the palace in a carriage with a stack of newly made paper.

Back in the imperial city, Li Yuechen jumped out of the carriage and went straight to the craftsman's supervisor, asking them to take out the movable type that they had already made for a try.

Craftsmen make movable type according to the order of thousand-character characters, and nearly fifty characters have been made so far.

Li Yuechen thought about it, and asked them to take them all out. Anyway, the newly made paper had not been cut, and the size was large enough to print all of himself on it.

The craftsmen did not dare to neglect, and took out all the movable types that were ready immediately, arranged them in order, and fixed them with a wooden frame.

Then dip it in ink, spread a new piece of bamboo paper on it, roll it back and forth a few times with a roller, and then gently peel it off.

"Please take a look, Your Highness."

Li Yuechen stretched out his hand to take it over and took a look. Luckily, the clear text appeared on the paper impressively, and every detail of every stroke was not lost!
"Good good!"

After expressing admiration from the bottom of his heart, Li Yuechen put away the piece of paper, turned his head and said, "You wait to make the rest of the movable type as soon as possible, and when all are finished, I will reward you a lot!"

"Here!" The craftsmen agreed, and when they were about to raise their heads to ask something, Li Yuechen had already left with Fulai.

After coming out of the craftsman supervisor, Li Yuechen couldn't wait to go straight to the Hall of Renshou.

In the hall, the couple are tasting wine in the transparent glass goblet given by their daughter last time. While tasting, they sigh, this colored glass is really transparent, and there is no bubble at all.

Seeing his daughter running in excitedly, Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and smiled, with a slightly drunken expression on his flushed face: "Chen'er, what's the good thing about coming here today?"

Li Yuechen spread out the paper that was just printed in his hand on the table: "Grandfather, look!"

"Huh?" Li Zhi looked down and opened his eyes wide: "Isn't this my handwriting? Who imitated it so similar!"

"Grandpa, don't pretend to be drunk!" Li Yuechen directly pointed out his sense of humor that only occasionally exploded, "This is the result of movable type printing!"

Having been spotted, Li Zhi curled his lips in embarrassment, touched the beard on his chin, put down his wine glass and picked up the paper in front of him to observe carefully.

The old mother next to her looked over her head and couldn't help but nodded: "It's indeed His Majesty's handwriting, it's not bad at all!"

Li Yuechen chuckled: "The key is that this bamboo paper is low in cost and can be produced in large quantities. In this way, the newspaper that the boy mentioned before can be officially launched."

"Hmm..." Li Zhi nodded and smiled, "Go ahead and do it!"

"okay!"

Li Yuechen agreed, gave his father and mother a big hug and a smack, then turned around and left.

……

After answering Anfu Palace, Li Yuechen couldn't wait to call his two sisters and Shangguan Wan'er: "Come, help me design the layout together!"

"Layout?" Shangguan Wan'er obviously didn't understand, "What does this mean?"

Li Yuechen explained to them while spreading out the paper in his hand, and then said: "Of course, the front page should still focus on the policies and news released by the imperial court, and some recruitment information, ghost novels, or gossip in the market can also be placed on the back. ..."

While talking, he drew the general appearance: "Depending on the final draft, the occupied space is also different. For example, some important news of the imperial court should be in the middle, and the rest of the departments can implement it. Put it aside..."

Listening to Li Yuechen's explanation, Shangguan Wan'er and the two elder sisters nodded, expressing that they understood what she meant.

Afterwards, the four of them began to lay down on the table to design. As for the size of the newspaper, Li Yuechen decided to choose one that was about the same size as the one in the future.

But you can add a few more pages, which is not only convenient to hold, but also looks more comfortable.

At the same time, I also thought that the craftsman should make more larger fonts for printing titles, at least the titles should be larger.

While designing the layout, Li Yuechen thought about it. In this era, it is impossible for newspapers to be published as frequently as one issue per day in the future, which is simply unrealistic.

After much deliberation, I decided on a period of seven days. This frequency is quite reasonable for the current era.

Moreover, if it is made into a weekly magazine, if some novels and the like are written on it, it can also arouse a sense of expectation, which will still have a positive impact on the spread of the newspaper.

(End of this chapter)