A bold son-in-law doting on his concubine and destroying his wife?The ashes are scattered!

After Emperor Jianliang came out of Concubine De's Palace, he heard about Leng Lanzhi's visit to him, and the smile on his face instantly faded.

Over the years, Concubine De has been his interpreter.

She is gentle and kind, does not fight or grab, and is well-read in poetry and books. She is always able to give him brilliant suggestions on some issues.

She shared a lot of troubles and sorrows for him, but she was never greedy for merit, and she never took the initiative to mention any rewards she wanted.

Even for her only son, King Yue, she never fought for anything.

For this reason, although she was one of the four concubines, she was often marginalized by the other concubines.

It was because he occasionally saw her being bullied and couldn't stand it anymore, so he thought of giving her some rewards and giving some benefits to the King of Yue.

This time the King of Yue did something stupid, and he was indeed very angry.

But no matter how angry he was, he would not anger Concubine De because she was innocent.

She must have been kept in the dark, otherwise with her character, she would have stopped the King of Yue from doing these bastard things.

As soon as he went to Zhaoren Palace, Concubine De took the initiative to beg for mercy, saying that she had no idea what the King of Yue had done, and that she would never plead for the King of Yue.

Not only did he not plead for the King of Yue, he also felt that the punishment given to the King of Yue was too light. He hoped that the punishment could be increased to allow the King of Yue to improve his memory and avoid making the same mistake in the future.

Emperor Jianliang felt very comfortable.

Among the women in the harem, none of them cared about him wholeheartedly like Concubine De.

Even his only son had to step aside.

When he heard that Jialuo was looking for him, he immediately thought of the outrageous things the prince brother and sister had done during this period. He was immediately upset, but he still managed to squeeze out a smile: "Jialuo, have you seen your mother?"

Leng Lanzhi keenly felt that her father was not in a high mood, and she made various guesses in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She smiled and said: "Father, I accidentally got a gadget and found it very interesting. , so he brought it into the palace so that his father and queen could take control of it."

When he heard that she was not here for the Crown Prince and the King of Yue, Emperor Jianliang's conscience suddenly ached.

How could he guess his own daughter with a villain's heart?

Since she was a child, this daughter has never let her worry about anything except being stubborn about marriage, and she has never gotten into trouble every day like other princesses and princes.

He immediately adjusted his mentality and asked with a smile: "Oh? What the hell?"

Leng Lanzhi asked Liusha to take out a small wooden box.

The box opened, revealing the pencil inside.

This pencil was the one developed by Master Zhou. As for Qiu Wenwen's pencil, Leng Lanzhi asked Lin Weiyang to bring it to Master Zhou for reference.

Emperor Jianliang looked at the strange wooden product in front of him with a puzzled look on his face: "This is..."

Leng Lanzhi explained: "This thing is called a pencil. It can be used for writing. It is very convenient to carry and the production cost is very low. I think that if this thing is promoted, it can greatly reduce the learning pressure of poor students. It will help our country cultivate more talents."

After Emperor Jianliang came to power, he was wary of major aristocratic families and always wanted to cultivate his own emerging forces.

Over the years, it has been quite effective.

But he felt it was not enough.

The relationships between aristocratic families are intricate, and even if students from poor families enter the court through scientific examinations, they often cannot be reused.

Moreover, the number of civilian students cannot compete with the aristocratic families that have been passed down for who knows how many generations.

Emperor Jianliang has been looking for a solution. However, if he wants to solve this problem from the root, he must reduce the cost of learning.

But it is precisely this fundamental problem that is difficult to solve.

He can send people to build free schools across the country to attract children from poor families to go to school.

But pens, ink, paper and inkstones always require money, right?
Especially paper and ink, two things that will be consumed whenever used, cannot be saved.Therefore, the plan to cultivate the power of poor families has never been implemented.

But if the cost of pens is really reduced, then his plan can be carried out smoothly!

He was very moved and asked: "The production cost of this pencil is really low?"

Leng Lanzhi nodded: "I asked the craftsman that the material cost of the pencil in your hand is only a few cents. The materials are ordinary materials such as wood and charcoal. The real value is the craftsman's manual fee."

"Even with the manual cost, a pencil only costs a few yuan."

Although craftsmen's labor costs are very expensive, to be honest, the most valuable thing in this era is manpower.

Unless it is some craft that particularly tests technology, ordinary craft work does not cost much labor cost.

Lin Weiyang said that making this pencil is not difficult. A craftsman can make about a hundred pencils a day.

Therefore, promotion is very feasible.

When Emperor Jianliang heard this, he immediately beamed: "This is really a treasure! If it can be promoted smoothly, our Shengguo will definitely have many more ministers! By then, Jialuo, you will have made the first contribution1"

Leng Lanzhi smiled shyly: "My father praised me, but my son didn't expect it to be that far. I just think this pencil is more convenient to use than a brush."

Emperor Jianliang laughed.

Emperor Jianliang, who was delighted with Longxin, was about to reward Leng Lanzhi with many things.Leng Lanzhi refused.

"Father, let's wait until pencils are more popular."

"You are too sensible."

Emperor Jianliang, who had previously thought that Concubine De was unworthy of competition, suddenly felt that his daughter was actually more worthy of these four words.

After all, Concubine De was his woman, and her honors and favors were all given by him. Other than that, she made no contribution.

She shouldn't be fighting for anything, because she already has the supreme glory and status.

But Jialuo, she provided him with an opportunity that was hard to prevent!
Once the pencil is successfully promoted, he will definitely be able to harvest a group of talents from underprivileged families in the next scientific examination!
You have merit, but you are not greedy. Instead, you put all the merit on yourself. This is true non-competition and non-grabbing.

At the court meeting the next day, Emperor Jianliang talked about pencils and ordered the Ministry of Industry to promote pencils as soon as possible.

However, although the task belonged to the Ministry of Industry, he did not ask Leng Lanzhi to hand over the method of making pencils. Instead, he asked the Ministry of Industry to purchase the goods from Leng Lanzhi, and gave Leng Lanzhi the title of Imperial Merchant.

As long as she wants to, she can open a pencil shop of her own openly.

At that point, everyone will need to buy pencils from her.

She didn't ask for a reward, so he rewarded her in this way.

This time Leng Lanzhi did not refuse.

Making pencils is not difficult. There are also ready-made pencils under Leng Lanzhi's name in shops and so on. As for the workshop, this is not a problem either.

When Lin Weiyang was looking for a craftsman, he had already thought of the next step and had everything done.

At this time, pencils can be produced directly in the workshop.

In just a few days, thousands of pencils were produced in the workshop. Leng Lanzhi asked Lin Weiyang to take these pens to the Ministry of Industry.

While Leng Lanzhi and the Ministry of Industry were cooperating to promote pencils, King Yue smashed the tea cup in his hand on the table angrily.

Just when Qiu Wenwen entered the house, she saw that the King of Yue looked depressed and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what happened?"

The King of Yue raised his eyelids and glanced at her: "Jia Luo donated something called a pencil to his father. My father felt that with the pencil, he could benefit more students from poor families. Long Xin was very happy and would promote the task of pencils. It was handed over to the Ministry of Industry and the sales rights were given to Jialuo.”

"Pencil?!" (End of Chapter)