Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 3033 VIPs

  To build a paper workshop, there are many things that need to be done.

  Bai Shan and Zhou Man are both busy, unable to pull away, and Yin may not be too upset, so the matter is finally handed over to Bai Erlang, and the others help him with his ideas. See details.

   Zhou Man said to him, “First you have to find some craftsmen, preferably those with papermaking experience, it’s nothing if you don’t have it, you can be smart, and then let them study and study according to the prescription.”

  Bai Shan nodded: "Here we think about the craftsmanship, and over there we can find a place suitable for building a workshop."

  Hakujiro: "Where can I find such a person?"

   Yin may think about it for a while and say: "You have to find someone you can trust, so if you are not a domestic servant, you have to sign a deed of sale after you find someone."

  Otherwise, if the front foot delves into something, it will not be good if the back foot leaks the secret.

  Bai Shan: "You can find it from the servants, and if you have one, you can let someone go out to find out if there is such a craftsman, and if there is one, you can buy it."

   Zhou Man: “It’s not easy. As far as I know, a craftsman with this ability will leave the original master’s house for various reasons. The court will also confisc it and will not take it out again.”

  In other words, even if they take out, it’s not their turn to buy.

  Mingda who has not spoken all the time said: "Let me figure out a solution."

  Everyone looked at her together.

   Mingda said: "I can ask for some slaves and craftsmen from the bookstore with my father." The ready-made manpower, even Fangzi, is ready-made, so there is no need to think about it.

  So she said: "After you decide the place, you can build a paper mill."

  Bai Shan and Zhou Man thought of their previous plan, and praised: "Then trouble Princess Mingda, but we still wait for the prescription to work out before building a workshop."

  Mingda heard something, and asked curiously: "Do you have a prescription? How does it compare to the existing paper?"

  Bai Shandao: "There are two prescriptions, one of which is said to be slightly worse than the current coarse paper, and the other is similar to the current fine paper, maybe a little better."

  Mingda hesitated for a moment and said: "I can ask my father to ask for more craftsmen who are good at paper making, so that we can make paper of the same quality as the bookstore."

  Bai Shan shook his head and said, “Princess, our goal is to make paper cheaper, so we don’t use the original recipes of the bookstore. The recipes that Man Bao and I have are cheaper.”

  Mingda finally understood, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "That would be inconvenient to be with the emperor."

  Bai Shan smiled and said: "Your Majesty is willing to give it to others. That is His Majesty's kindness to the princess. As for the prescriptions in the paper mill, there is nothing to pass to your Majesty."

  At this stage, they only plan to make these two kinds of paper, which are cheap and easy to promote. He and Man Bao originally planned to give this recipe to His Majesty and Prince.

  Of course, this is the future.

  Wait when this recipe is sent out, the paper mills can also train their own craftsmen. Then choose a few better, valuable paper recipes and start again.

  For them, the difficulty of building a paper mill has never been money and raw materials, it has always been craftsmen and recipes.

   And now they are not short of prescriptions, just lack of people.

  Mingda wrote to the emperor immediately.

  The emperor received the letter, but without thinking about it, he told Gu Zhong, “From the bookstore in the palace, select some craftsmen and servants who can make paper and send them to Qingzhou.”

  He thought for a while, and felt that this was not enough, so he simply said: "I remember that there is a Dongfang Bookstore in Beijing? Let Xi Bookstore be written under Mingda's name."

  For the former, the latter...

  Gu Zhong couldn’t help but said: “Do you want to discuss this matter with your mother?”

  In fact, what Gu Zhong wanted to say was whether he should discuss with the courtiers, but he temporarily changed to a queen.

  The emperor thought for a while, and went to the harem to find the queen when he rested at noon.

The queen asked for Mingda’s letter as soon as he heard it. After reading it, she refused for Mingda, saying: "If your majesty loves Mingda, give her some people and let her make paper by herself. Although the bookstore is the property of the royal family, it has always been for the world. How can students print books to a princess?"

"What's the point of making paper? The most precious thing in the bookstore is the engraving. If the new store wants to accumulate, it will not be possible within a few decades." The emperor said: "I have a ready-made bookstore. What's wrong with giving her one? Prince Edward I won't mind."

  Queen: "...Ke Mingda didn't want to open a bookstore. What she wanted to do was a paper mill."

   "How much money does a piece of paper make?" the emperor said: "The most profitable thing is printing books."

  The queen looked at Mingda’s letter again and said to the emperor: "Although I don’t know why Mingda wants to build a paper workshop, I know that this move is definitely not for making money."

   Knowing daughter Mo Ruomu, Mingda has lived a wealthy life since she was a child, but she is not extravagant. She is broad-minded and is not a person who loves money, so she will never build a paper workshop purely for money.

  Moreover, she wants more money, so why bother to build a paper workshop?

After receiving the letter, the queen said: "Your Majesty should first write to and ask her why she wants to build a paper workshop. If it is not the bookstore that she prefers, her Majesty will send her to her, but it will be a burden for her."

  She knew where the emperor’s Qi Cun was, and said directly: “If it’s for money, how about we directly give her money? Will our daughter still be short of money?”

  The emperor felt that what the queen said was reasonable, so he said: "Okay, I will write to her and ask her. But since she has asked someone, let's send her some people first."

  The queen has no objections at this point.

  Bookstore...

   is said to be the property of the royal family, but it is not actually the case.

  Because the books printed by the bookstores are sent to the Imperial College, Hanlin Academy, Chongwenguan, and even local bookstores and Fuxue County Schools, it is of great importance;

  The reason why the emperor's so big-hearted storytelling was the property of the royal family was that the money made by the bookstore was returned to the emperor's private treasury.

  The queen can be sure that if the emperor said that the bookstore was recorded under the name of Mingda, the minister of the central government would definitely tear the bookstore under the name of the court.

  This is definitely not a good thing for the royal family, and the queen does not want to cause such a dispute.

  But she also loves her daughter. The bookstore can't send it, but people can send it. The big deal is to build one by herself.

  Even if she doesn’t just want to build a paper shop, but she also wants to print and sell books. It’s not impossible to send some engraving craftsmen back, or even give her some engraving plates.

  This kind of thing can be done in private, but it would be too eye-catching to send out an entire bookstore in one go.

  The queen persuaded the emperor. The emperor temporarily skipped the matter, but couldn't help but wonder, "Strange, isn't Mingda raising a baby at this time? Why do you think of building a paper workshop?"

   frowned again, "hasn't the person I sent have arrived in Qingzhou yet?"

  Gu Zhong said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, they have a lot of people and luggage, and the journey is naturally slow. It's not like delivering a letter. You can get to the capital in a few days."

  　See you at seven in the afternoon

  (End of this chapter)