The miracle doctor is four and a half years old, and the big bosses of the whole dynasty dote on me

Chapter 26 Prince: Making Money, Making Money, Making Money

Yan Weiming is a very curious person, after he eavesdropped on the door panel which was rare and bold, he would move to the emperor's side while he still had the courage to peek.

Just taking a look, he couldn't help but peek at the emperor, and if he found something was wrong, he would run away immediately.

Yan Zhizhi looked at the father and son curiously, and simply leaned over, sticking his furry head on the paper.

"Is this something powerful?"

Yan Xiaofeng couldn't push her away, so he could only raise the stack of papers higher.

"This dynasty uses engraving and printing."

Block printing is to write the characters to be printed on thin paper, paste them on a wooden board, and then use a knife to carve them into positive characters to make the characters stand out.When printing is required, use a brush dipped in ink to brush on the wooden board, then cover the board with white paper, and then use a brush to brush on the back of the paper, and a page of the book is printed.

This printing method has advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it is extremely convenient to print the Four Books and Five Classics that will not be changed.The disadvantage is that if the imperial court changes the laws and regulations every year, it has to re-engraving and printing, which is time-consuming, laborious and expensive.And once a character is engraved wrong, a piece of material will be wasted.

In addition, this restriction made it difficult for those literati with a lot of writing and thinking to publish anthologies of poetry and even some scriptures.

As a result, most of those who can publish anthologies and poems are descendants of aristocratic families. Their reputation is getting bigger and bigger among literati, but they may not be really talented.

On the contrary, this letterpress... Yan Xiaofeng intended to test the crown prince, and asked lightly, "What do you think of this letterpress?"

Yan Weiming said without hesitation: "If it can be successfully produced, it will definitely be of great benefit."

He mentioned several advantages, "If you print a thousand copies, it will take far less time than woodblock printing, saving a lot of manpower and material resources. In addition, it can be changed flexibly, which is helpful for the imperial court to revise the court laws every year. Prosperity in culture."

Yan Zhizhi tilted his head, looking confused, "Are there so many benefits?"

The books she read were basically written by Dr. Yan himself, and she didn't know the current situation of Dacheng.

However, she showed a bright smile, her eyebrows and eyes were curved, and her little paws clapped together, "It's great to be able to help!"

Yan Xiaofeng couldn't hold back, and pinched her chubby face, "It's a great achievement."

Seeing the crown prince looking over, he withdrew his hand, "If the time and cost of printing can be greatly saved, more people will be willing to publish in the future."

When he said this, he couldn't help showing a bit of coldness.

What he wants to see is the flourishing of the Dacheng culture, with various theories competing with each other, rather than the monopoly of those aristocratic families.

But it is still difficult to achieve this with letterpress printing alone, but if he cultivates a group of skilled hands, he can produce white paper in large quantities.After the new products enter the major bookstores, the price of hemp paper will inevitably decrease, and the price of some books will also decrease. Those poor farmers can also afford paper and books.

First of all, you have to be able to afford it, so you can talk about studying, take part in scientific examinations, and compete with those sons of aristocratic families and officials.

Under his influence, under his elder brother's reminder, and under his own secret observation, Yan Weiming actually sees the current internal and external troubles of Dacheng.

He couldn't help but said: "If you can make this snow-white bamboo paper, don't rush to promote it, but sell it to those ministers and aristocratic families at a high price. After all, this snow-like paper is so elegant, it must be in line with their preferences. They If you have more money, let’s set the price higher.”

The emperor and the little genius doctor looked at him at the same time, seeming a little surprised.

The prince rubbed his nose in embarrassment.

"My son has read carefully, and some of the processing methods of this bamboo paper can also be used for hemp paper. In the future, the output of hemp paper will also increase, and the price will go down, so that the poor can afford it. In this case, it is better to use bamboo first. Paper makes a lot of money, after all, the treasury is empty.”

The words 'the national treasury is empty' hit Yan Xiaofeng's mind directly.

His emperor and father were fatuous, extravagant and wasteful, squandering most of the national treasury during their reign.

Under their fatuous governance, many officials were greedy for ink, and local officials even cheated and swallowed taxes, and the national treasury was reduced by a lot.

In the summer of last year, Dali came to commit crimes. When no one was available, he marched in person. As a result, the Ministry of Households directly said that the treasury could not support the army's northern expedition.As a last resort, he spent more than half of opening the private treasury belonging to the emperor, and even ransacked the homes of several corrupt officials, to support the military expenses against the Dali.

With so many spies placed in Dali, it is impossible not to come again because of this failure.Other countries are also eyeing it. In addition to natural and man-made disasters that require food and silver for disaster relief, he must fill the treasury before the disaster comes.

What's more, if you really want to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, you have to spend a lot of money to build roads and bridges.

"Okay, I'll leave this to you."

Yan Xiaofeng took a deep look at the shy prince.

Before that, he was a little dissatisfied with the crown prince's meekness and cowardice, and worried that the prince would be played around by those ministers and families after he ascended the throne.But at present, it seems that the prince looks like his elder brother, white on the outside and black on the inside.

Soon the Shaofu Order of the Shaofu Supervisor was summoned.

Shaofu Ling saw the method of letterpress printing and bamboo paper making successively, his face was flushed with excitement, and his breath was short of breath.

Yan Zhizhi looked at him nervously, for fear that he would faint, her little meaty claws were ready to move, once the young man fainted, she would prick him with a needle!
"Your Majesty, it is possible! These are all feasible!"

The methods produced by the system are all adapted to this era, or the required tools can be manufactured in this era, and the Shaofu Ling does not feel that he has received a troublesome task.

"The fonts printed by letterpress will be fired immediately, but in this paper-making method..."

Shaofu Ling looked at the method of making bamboo paper and frowned slightly.

In order to improve efficiency, the papermaking method provided by the system no longer only uses the pond water immersion method, but adds some pulping tools.The raw materials of pulping tools are basically wood or copper and iron, which are all materials owned by Dacheng.

In this way, it does not take four or five months for a piece of paper to be made from materials to finished products.

"These tool ministers need to go back and study."

Yan Xiaofeng said lightly: "Yes, this matter must be kept secret, and you choose some people carefully."

The Shaofu Ling nodded quickly, and when he was about to leave, he caught a glimpse of the waterwheel model from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, "This, this..."

Yan Zhizhi hurriedly lifted up the waterwheel model, "Zhizhi bought it from a powerful brother, who is amazing..."

She operated it again in front of the Shaofu Ling, and mentioned wind and water.

The Shaofu Ling looked at it bewilderedly, "Your Majesty, this waterwheel seems to be used for field irrigation."

Yan Xiaofeng, who didn't care much about the waterwheel, sat up straight.

Yan Zhizhi, who was struggling to lift the waterwheel model, tilted his head again.

(End of this chapter)