The person in charge of the workshop left some of the prepared paper as samples, and the rest was sent to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu happily accepted all the papers.

The craftsmen in the workshop soon received a reward from Liu Yu, each of whom was 10 gold. Some of them would never earn so much gold in their entire lives.

Inspired by the golden gold, the craftsmen began to burst out with great potential and carried out improvement work day and night.

There is absolutely no actual reward that can make people burst out with potential.

Craftsmen make a living by relying on their own craftsmanship and get practical benefits, so they don’t do it wholeheartedly.

At any time, it is best to inspire others to move forward and work hard, and finally the most primitive material rewards. It is common in any dynasty.

Each craftsman rewarded ten gold, which was a great burden for the Shenwu court, which now used money everywhere. However, Liu Yu felt that the money was worth spending. The paper that could be written became cheap after improvement, and Chinese civilization would make a huge leap.

This is a contribution to the entire China. Liu Yu doesn't see that little gold. At the same time, Liu Yu also thought of a way to make a lot of money.

Liu Yu took the paper and returned to his imperial study room and hurriedly called Prince Liu Xuan over.

As the crown prince, Liu Yu believes that it is necessary to let him know that there are things like paper.

After Liu Xuan's wedding, he was not only studying and practicing martial arts and listening to national affairs every day, but also accompanying his wife, waiting for his child to be born with anticipation. Liu Xuan originally liked quietness, but now, except for necessary things, he usually doesn't even go out to the gate of the Prince's East Palace, and he will almost become an otaku.

Liu Xuan, the otaku, is better than the fat man in later generations.

Upon hearing the call of his emperor father, Liu Xuan had to leave his wife and came to the imperial study reluctantly.

After coming to fight against the imperial study, Liu Xuan saw a strong smile on Liu Yu's face and staring at the imperial table.

Liu Xuan hasn't seen Liu Yu look like this for a long time, so he asked An: "My son is paying homage to my father!"

"Xizhi, you are here! Come on, I will show you a great weapon in the country! A great treasure." Liu Yu waved to Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan was even more strange. As the emperor, Liu Yu was rich in all over the world. He had never seen any precious treasures. Now he actually said that a big treasure could be exaggerated by Liu Yu. That is definitely true.

Liu Xuan's curiosity was aroused, and he accelerated his pace to approach Liu Yu.

When he arrived at the imperial table, Liu Xuan saw many snow-white objects pounced on the imperial table.

"What's this?" Liu Xuan had never seen it before.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "This is paper! Paper that can be written!"

"Paper?" Liu Xuan has seen the world. He has seen the paper of Cai Hou before, but it is not so white.

Liu Yu understood that Liu Xuan had never seen it before, so he said, "Write a few words on this paper and read it."

Liu Xuan was a little confused. He didn't believe that he could write on this thing. But after his father said that, Liu Xuan had to do it.

When Liu Xuan picked up the brush and wrote the first word on the paper, Liu Xuan was shocked. This kind of paper could be used to write, and there would be no bamboo slips in the future.

"Father, where did this paper come from?" Liu Xuan suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Liu Yu was very pleased. It seemed that Liu Xuan thought of the use of paper. At the same time, what was even more satisfied was that Liu Xuan could calmly ask for more information, and he knew that Liu Xuan's cunning had grown a lot.

"This paper was secretly developed by the father and his father ordered the Ancient Ministry to secretly develop it many years ago." Liu Yu told the truth in front of his son.

"Father! The country is a great weapon! Congratulations to Father! The Han Dynasty has its own blessing! Father is wise!" Liu Xuan didn't know what language he used to praise his father.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Don't rush to praise my father first. My father asked you, what can this paper do?"

Liu Xuan bowed and said, "Father, with this kind of paper, the use of bamboo slips will be greatly reduced, which is extremely convenient for handling state affairs. I just don't know how much these papers cost?"

"This kind of paper is quite expensive and not enough to promote." Liu Yu put away his smile.

Liu Xuan was a little disappointed. If this was too expensive, it would be a good deal for the bamboo slips.

Liu Yu looked at his somewhat lost son and laughed: "Xizhi, you are still a little lacking. This paper is expensive now, but it may not be necessary in the future."

"Can this paper be improved?" Liu Xuan's mind was quick.

"That's right! I have ordered the craftsmen to improve day and night to make the paper softer and cheaper." Liu Yu said: "At that time, the bamboo slips in the world will be eliminated!"

Liu Yu took out a book scroll and asked, "Xizhi, who is most of this book in his hands?"

"This is Zuo Zhuan. There will be some at the home of a wealthy family or an official." Liu Xuan vaguely thought of something.

"That's right! Books are the best wealth in the world. However, most people can't afford books or read books nowadays. If I turned paper into books so that everyone in the Han Dynasty could afford them, what would the world look like?" Liu Yu said induced.

"Then, the general trend of the world will change drastically!" Liu Xuan's mouth trembled when he thought that everyone had books to read.

"Yes! Everyone has books to read!" Liu Yu remembered the prosperous era in later generations, where the people lived and worked in peace and could study. There were not many illiterate people in society, so it was unimaginable now.

"Xizhi, I will tell you this matter today! I hope that after you succeed to the throne in the future, you must remember one thing. If the people in the world cannot achieve the ability to read and read in this life, the descendants of future generations will take this as their responsibility." Liu Yu told him the purpose of calling Liu Xuan.

After saying this, it was a disguised affirmation that Liu Xuan was the future emperor.

Liu Xuan nodded seriously, and he also hoped that he could do it.

After chatting for a while, Liu Yu asked Liu Xuan to go back.

Soon, Li Gui came to Liu Yu with a few wooden boards and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, these wooden boards have been carved."

"Give it a try for me!" Liu Yu said with a smile.

What are these wooden boards?

Many years ago, Liu Yu asked someone to secretly develop paper, and at the same time he also secretly developed printing technology. But without paper, craftsmen could not think of any reason.

In addition, Liu Yu is busy with national affairs and doesn’t have much time to care about this matter.

After the paper was made, Liu Yu asked Li Gui to call craftsmen to carve text on the wooden board to print books.

This is both a typography.

Movable type printing was famous in later generations, but Liu Yu had just heard of it and had never seen it. As a result, Liu Yu doesn't know how this Movable type printing came about.

Only when I use the book, I regretted that I was very happy. Liu Yu deeply understood this point.

But there are always more ways than problems. Liu Yu thought of carving words with wooden boards and printing them backwards on paper. This can also become a convenient printing technique.

The more Liu Yu thought about it, he felt that he was extremely smart, and he could think of such a way.

Li Gui didn't understand what Liu Yu wanted these wooden boards to do. This was the first time the craftsmen saw it. Fortunately, the craftsmen in the palace were all awesome, and it didn't take long to carve the wooden boards that Liu Yu ordered.

Liu Yu took the pen and ink and gently applied it to the carved wooden board. Then he gently pressed the wooden board onto the paper.

Li Gui was stunned by the side. Originally, this kind of rough work was done by Li Gui. Li Gui also volunteered automatically, but Liu Yu refused. Liu Yu wanted to try it out by himself.

It was the first time Liu Yu did this, and it failed normally.

Liu Yu looked like a pity. It seemed that he was not a genius who could do everything.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing? Can you solve your doubts for your subordinates?" Li Gui was very confused.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Zhongyun, this is called printing. Do you understand if you print the words on this paper?"

Li Gui looked confused. He knew how to harm others, but he didn't understand anything else.

Liu Yu knew that Li Gui didn't understand. He looked down at the paper he printed and sighed: "It seems that we still need to think about how to improve it."

Li Gui also discovered that the paper Liu Yu had just printed had not solidified and the ink was still in very messy fonts.

"Zhongyun, the progress of paper improvement must be supervised at all times, and at the same time, the craftsmen will study how to carve and print with wooden boards, so that I will not be like this. This matter must be difficult to keep confidential! Never let outsiders know. Especially those craftsmen, I don't want them to reveal anything!" Liu Yu ordered.

This tone is what Li Gui wants most.

Li Gui nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I know the importance of things, and there will be no trouble."

Li Gui is very confident about this.

Liu Yu really hoped that these two things would succeed earlier because there was a plan in his mind, a plan that could weaken Jiangdong and Yizhou.

After receiving the order from Liu Yu, Li Gui was supervising the craftsmen to work overtime to improve and monitor them closely.

If anyone dares to talk nonsense outside, then the "Anbu" spy will ask his whole family to have tea together.

Fortunately, the craftsmen are all responsible and will not joke about their whole family's lives. Besides, being rewarded by the emperor is already a blessing in the family of his ancestors, and they will have no shortage of food and clothing in the future. Where can I find such a good job?

The paper had no success before. Now with the samples of success, the craftsmen have a direction to continue to improve. With Liu Yu's golden words and tangible rewards, the craftsmen's progress is extremely fast.

In just ten days, the papermaking workshop was improved and a new batch of paper was made. Due to the improved process and the replacement of some raw materials, the paper this time was much softer than the last time.

The craftsmen were able to be so fast because of Liu Yu's investment in the workshop. The craftsmen were divided into several groups, and each group had different directions of improvement and the results were also different. Finally, they were summed up and removed the dross. Of course, the resources consumed were also terrifying.

The big investment eventually received a huge reward! Liu Yu held the softer paper and was so excited that she was very excited.

This kind of paper costs only fifty yuan per piece. If it continues to be improved in the future, it may be cheaper.

As long as it is cheap enough to make it affordable for all people in the world, Liu Yu will be very content.

Liu Yu immediately gave the craftsmen another reward, this time each person also had ten gold! As long as Liu Yu's wishes are in line with him, there will be a lot of gold!

When Li Gui heard that Liu Yu wanted another reward, he felt distressed. Li Gui knew a lot. Now the court is using money everywhere. If Liu Yu spends this, it will be a huge burden.

Liu Yu didn't take money seriously at all. He was rich in the world and would spend whatever he thought was worth spending.

Anyway, Li Gui could only complain about Liu Yu’s spending money in his heart, and the rest should be like this.

Such paper can already allow Liu Yu to implement his plan. He immediately ordered the workshop to make such paper on a large scale, which would be of great use.

Liu Yu gave Li Gui some of the paper and asked him to use it for experiments with craftsmen who carved wooden boards, and must overcome the problems between ink and paper.

Without any accidents, the craftsmen finally overcome the problem of the rapid solidification of ink.
To be continued...