God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 323 Li Shimin Has Ink (Second Change)

After a few days, in the Tai Chi Palace
Li Shimin, who had just finished his court, asked Empress Changsun:

"Guanyin maidservant, why hasn't Gao Ming come over these few days? What is this guy doing?"

Only then did Empress Changsun say: "My concubine went to the East Palace yesterday, and this kid bought a lot of bamboo, rice, wheat straw, etc. He said he was making paper."

"Huh? These things can be made into paper?"

"I don't know about it myself. I asked him yesterday, and that's what he said."

When Li Shimin heard this, his curiosity was aroused.

"I would like to see how these things can be made into paper! Let's go! The two of us will go to the East Palace to see!"

"I think it will work. I heard from him that the paper will be made today! I am also very curious!"

"Okay then, let's go!"

After saying that, Li Shimin went to the East Palace with Empress Changsun.

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The prevalence of calligraphy, painting and Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty caused a sharp increase in the demand for paper, and the raw materials for papermaking expanded to rattan and mulberry bark.

But these things are always limited, so Li Chengqian thought of using bamboo, rice, wheat straw, etc., after all, these things are available everywhere.

The price is definitely cheaper, and sometimes people even give you money back to help you take it away.

Because useless things occupy space and are not easy to deal with, it is better to give you money and let you take it away, so that they don't have to spend another effort to deal with it.

In this way, the price of raw materials has been reduced, and with the improvement of the process, it is no wonder that the paper is not cheap!
This is what Li Chengqian wants to do. These days, he has not been idle. While studying papermaking, on the other hand, he remotely handles everything about Arabic numerals, movable type printing, books and farmland promotion in the East Palace.

For him, these things couldn't be easier, and now he is a master behind the scenes.

In the East Palace, Li Chengqian was busy with the final inspection of each piece of paper, and dried them together one by one.

In front of him, there were sheets of blank paper, the quality of which was very high.

Especially under the sun, the shining feeling makes people feel comfortable.

Suddenly, Xiao Huangmen shouted: Your Majesty and Queen are here!
Everyone stopped what they were doing.

"Meet Your Majesty, Your Highness the Queen!"

Li Chengqian made a salute.

"Gao Ming, I haven't seen you for several days. I heard from your mother that you have been making paper in the East Palace. I'm very curious. I want to see how it goes?"

After hearing this, Li Chengqian said: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, it's a coincidence that you have come here. I have successfully tested a batch of papers. Please take a look!"

After speaking, the two people walked over, and they stopped in front of a large white paper.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun looked at the paper and nodded incessantly.

Li Shimin also went up to test the quality of the paper.

Said: "This paper is top-grade! It is much higher quality than the paper we see every day, the thickness is very uniform, and it also smells like bamboo and wheat! Gao Ming, what did you make it?"

Li Shimin deals with paper every day, not to mention anything else, but he said that there are naturally many papers that need to be approved every day, and he has to touch the paper every day, and he has already felt the feeling.

"Your Majesty, these are all made from the bamboo, rice and wheat straw there."

"really?"

Although he heard about it from Empress Changsun, when Li Chengqian said it, he was very shocked.

"My son will not lie to you!"

Li Shimin asked: "What is the cost of these papers?"

This is what he cares about. In his opinion, such good quality paper must not be cheap, right?

Empress Changsun also said: "The price of paper of such quality is not low, right?"

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, how much cheaper do you think these papers are compared to my Tang paper?"

Li Chengqian asked this on purpose.

It turned out not to be expensive, but cheap. At this time, Li Shimin said: "Hearing what you said, it seems that I am going to guess at the bottom! Is it half of my Tang paper?"

Empress Changsun said, "I think this one is of high quality, I guess it's similar to the previous ones!"

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "It's not right! The price of these papers is one-fifth of the existing paper, and it can even be lower!"

As soon as these words came out, the two couples were so surprised that their jaws couldn't close together.

One fifth, what kind of concept is that, it is really terrible.

"Huh? If that's the case, that's great, but what's the production speed?"

Li Shimin asked.

"Based on Erchen's assembly line production progress, the output is at least ten times that of before!"

As soon as these words came out, the two couples were surprised again.

As for what the assembly line is, they don't pay attention to it. They focus on the output.

In the future, Datang's paper may no longer be tense, ten times faster, and cheaper to one-fifth.Then the number of people who can study in Datang will greatly increase.

"If this is the case, the five surnames and seven wangs will have almost no impact on our education reform."

"Yes!"

Of course, the book is only the first step, and Li Chengqian has to take the next step, which is beyond what Li Shimin can think of, and no one in the entire Tang Dynasty even knows what he wants to do.

"Gao Ming, you have made another great contribution. Once the paper is cheap, people's livelihood will be improved to a higher level in the future!"

Li Shimin said so.

These are all things related to people's livelihood, and Li Chengqian carried out reforms by mistake.

Li Shimin smiled, and Empress Changsun asked: "Then does this paper have a name?"

She got to the point of asking.

Li Shimin also asked curiously: "That's right, did you ever choose a name?"

Li Shimin was very curious.

Li Chengqian knew that Li Shimin was going to show off at this time, so he said:
"There is no name! Why don't His Majesty give it a name?"

Li Chengqian obviously wanted Li Shimin to pretend to be literary.

Li Shimin is also welcome, why don't you show it when you have this opportunity?
So he said: ""Guoyu" says: Husband and the people worry about it in their hearts, and then spread it in their mouths. I think this kind of education can put knowledge on paper and spread it on paper. It's better to call it Xuan paper!"

The positioning of printing and papermaking is not a tool for making money, but an important carrier for disseminating knowledge.

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, Li Chengqian admired him very much. This guy still has some ink in his stomach.It is not without some talent to be an emperor, and more than half of the country was brought down by Li Shimin.

So he said: "Your Majesty is wise."

"A good name! A good name! Your Majesty's literary talent is so brilliant that I am very impressed!"

Li Shimin was very excited when he was told, and he said happily:
"Okay, in this way, this rice paper can be mass-produced. Wherever there is any money needed, it can be directly taken from the household department!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Li Chengqian was overjoyed, in this way, he could do it freely.

Then Li Shimin and Empress Changsun walked around again, which made Li Chengqian feel a little sleepy to deal with it.

I thought, when will these two leave?I still have things to do!
(End of this chapter)