.

"Your Highness, I will serve you to bathe and change clothes."

"Get off!"

"Your Highness, please calm down. It's all the minor officials' fault."

"Dirty! Dirty!"

"The humble minister is guilty, please punish me, Your Highness."

"...Don't say this!"

"The sins of humble ministers are serious, and only by committing themselves to each other can they atone for their sins."

"...I was wrong, you are not guilty."

"No, no, no, Wei Chen is guilty..."

"Go away!"

... By the time the two of them took a bath and changed clothes and sat in the monastery again, it was already afternoon. Princess Changle put on a loose Taoist robe. Her hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, revealing her long and white neck. Her face was as bright as jade.

According to

Man, he looks so good.

A pair of beautiful eyes shone with water, glaring hatefully at a shameless person, her lips parted slightly, and she scolded softly: "Rogue!"

Fang Jun was wearing a green cloth straight jacket, his hair was tied up, his eyebrows were handsome, and his expression was cheerful. He took a slow sip of tea and nodded, with a wicked smile on his face: "Your Highness is right to scold me, I am guilty."

"..."

Princess Changle's face turned red, and she was filled with shame and anger: "Shut up, I! Don't say this again!"

Fang Jun followed the good advice: "Yes, yes, your highness, forgive me."

Princess Changle had no choice but to boil water and make tea, ignoring this scoundrel. This whole process made her very tired, she lost water seriously, and now she was very thirsty...

There was a soft sound of footsteps outside the door, and not long after, a maid pushed the door open and said after being rude: "To the Duke of Yue, there is someone outside the mountain gate who calls himself Liu Shi, a doctor in the Ministry of War. He said that he has made progress in research and development of paper and is eager to report to you.

"

Fang Jun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Bring him here."

"Here."

The maid lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, turned around and left.

Princess Changle was taking the kettle off the small stove. When she heard this, she asked curiously: "Why does Mr. Lang value this person so much?" The Taoist temple here is equivalent to the "love nest" of the two. It is not only the birthplace, but also the place where the two have daily trysts.

It is not difficult for outsiders to know this, but if Fang Jun can be called in directly and met in front of her, he must be a close confidant.

Confidant Fang Jun said: "Although this Liu Shi does not understand the way of studying things to gain knowledge, he has excellent management skills. The foundry bureau is what I attach most importance to. The various researches are complicated and complicated, but he has taken care of them in an orderly manner without any chaos.

worthy of me

He took a high look."

Princess Changle said no more.

She was just curious, but she didn't care about the fantastic ideas and tricks Fang Jun tinkered with. After all, countless censors had already written letters of impeachment, so she didn't need to say more to avoid annoying people...

Not long after, Liu Shi came quickly, changed his shoes at the door, stepped on the broken floor and stepped inside, holding a wooden box in his hand and bowing to the ground: "Wei Chen has met His Highness Changle, and met Duke Yue."

Although this place is the territory of Princess Changle, Fang Jun stepped over and said, "Excuse me, come and sit down and have tea."

"Thank you, Your Highness, and thank you, Duke Yue."

Fang Jun can act as the master, but Liu Shi has to be sensible. Princess Changle must be placed in front of Fang Jun...

He sat down at the coffee table, placed the wooden box in his hand on the coffee table, and took the tea cup filled by Princess Changle herself. She was quite flattered and said, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Then he took a sip, placed the teacup on the coffee table, and sat upright without squinting.

He knew that this was Princess Changle's Taoist temple. This house was almost equivalent to Princess Changle's palace. It was a great honor for him, a foreign minister, to be able to enter the palace, and he would never dare to be rude and rude.

Seeing his reserved look, Princess Changle couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "You are Erlang's confidant, so there is no need to be too formal here, just be more relaxed."

Liu Shi said hurriedly: "Here." The admiration for Fang Jun in his heart was like the water of the Yellow River. This is the eldest princess of Emperor Taizong. The current eldest princess has a noble status and unparalleled honor and favor, but she has no

He followed Fang Jun without any status, which was even more bizarre.

Xia Lin'er, I have no regrets. If a man does this, he will die without regrets.

Princess Changle curiously pointed to the wooden box on the coffee table and asked, "Is this the so-called new papermaking technology?"

Liu Shi shook his head quickly: "The minister came in a hurry and was unprepared. He only had time to prepare a small gift to present to the young master. I also hope that Your Highness, the Duke of Yue will not be too shabby."

With that said, he opened the wooden box, revealing a beautiful white jade unicorn inside. The carving was exquisite and lifelike, and the jade quality was warm and delicate, with a bright white luster.

This thing is worth no less than ten thousand yuan, but its meaning is even better.

Princess Changle said in surprise: "Liu Langzhong has a heart."

Liu Shi breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as His Highness likes it."

Covered the lid and handed it to the maid aside to put it away. Then he took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to Fang Jun respectfully: "This is the latest formula developed by the craftsmen of the Papermaking Workshop of the Foundry Bureau, made of green sandalwood.

The bark, reed stalks and banana stems of a South Sea species pass through a series of complex processes.

Developed through a complex process.”

Fang Jun took the pieces of paper, felt the texture of the paper, rubbed it gently to check the toughness, it was smooth but not slippery, white and dense, the texture was pure, and it was not damaged when twisted and folded. It had a bit of the charm of rice paper. He asked the maid again.

Take the pen and ink, soak it in the ink and write the words "Zhongnanlingxiu" on one of the papers. The writing is dark and light, the texture is visible, the ink rhyme is clear, the layers are clear, the ink is thick but not muddy, light but not gray.

Paper

Excellent.

Princess Changle praised from the side: "Good paper!" Fang Jun also nodded in approval. The current anti-counterfeiting technology is extremely poor and it is not difficult to imitate. We can only work hard on the paper. The formula of this paper is already top secret. In addition,

Complex and unique production process, want to completely imitate

Creating difficulties is like climbing to the sky.

He looked at the paper again and again, and asked again, "How much does it cost?"

Liu Shi said: "The cost is not much, because the raw materials are cheap. Only the Nanyang banana stems are more troublesome, but the process is complicated and time-consuming."

Fang Jun pondered for a moment and said: "Add more expensive spices to it. In short, without affecting the paper quality, add whatever is expensive to increase the cost of the paper."

Liu Shi was confused and Princess Changle was also curious: "Why bother?" Fang Jun explained: "This kind of paper is used to print 'coins' and must be inspected by your majesty. If your majesty feels that the paper quality is good, you can use it for this purpose."

If the tribute is to be used in the palace, there is a risk of the paper being leaked. If the paper is leaked,

It may be used by others to counterfeit 'coins' and must be eliminated from the source."

Princess Changle and Liu Shi suddenly understood.

Your Majesty is the king of a country. If you want this kind of paper as a tribute, others cannot refuse it. You can only ask your Majesty to give up this possible idea.

What can be done?

That is to make the paper very expensive, so expensive that even if Li Chengqian couldn't put it down, he would still be afraid that the imperial censor would write a letter to impeach him for being "extravagant and corrupt" and "not caring about the people's power"... Liu Shi was impressed in his heart. The Duke of Yue was really an ordinary person. If he took a step,

Look at the three steps. All possible troubles can be detected in advance and rejected. How many people in the world are such thoughtful and extraordinary people?

?

Princess Changle's eyes were filled with resentment, and she said dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty is devoted to the public service, diligent and simple, why are you so slanderous and defensive?"

Fang Jun smiled and refused to argue: "It's a humble minister who is judging a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, but he is just prepared."

The current His Majesty is no longer the same as before, especially the change in mentality is so different that we have to guard against it.

"It's easy. I'll summon the craftsmen to find a way when I get back." Liu Shi quickly agreed. It is naturally very difficult to reduce the cost of an item, but if you want to increase the cost, it would be much easier. It is useless but not

Just add the good stuff that will affect the quality as much as you can.

, in theory, the cost can be increased infinitely... Fang Jun nodded and ordered: "When I get back, print the four denominations of 'Wan Guan', 'Thousand Guan', 'Hundred Guan' and 'Fifty Guan', and then I will show it to Your Majesty."

, if there are no mistakes, they will be printed in large quantities and delivered to those wealthy families who are in urgent need of loans.

In addition, all craftsmen who participated in the development of the new paper will be rewarded hundreds of dollars."

Throughout the ages, this land has never lacked talents with quick thinking and extraordinary wisdom. The only difference is that various systems have suppressed the talents of these people, rendering their heroes useless.

"Respect and inferiority" is the foundation of governing the country under the control of the past dynasties. The core is "unchanged". As long as the status of the world is established, those who serve as officials will be officials, those who serve as soldiers will be soldiers, and those who farm the land will be able to rule for a long time.

An. And all "changes" mean that the "order" that has been established through hard work may collapse, so it is extremely resistant. And "invention and creation" is also a kind of change, from nothing to something, from what exists to something better, and every time

A "huge impact"

"Inventions and creations" will cause certain social changes, which cannot be tolerated.

This is also the reason why the past dynasties did not pay attention to "inventions and creations" and even labeled them as "wonderful skills and tricks" and severely criticized them.

Classes are bound, ideas are bound, everything is bound.

It is actually not difficult to untie the shackles and enhance the subjective initiative of craftsmen. It is nothing more than official titles, money and silk, which means that the court has liberated the mind. Naturally, everyone is vying to be the first and inventing everywhere.

It is more difficult to obtain an official title, and it requires an epoch-making invention that surpasses the past, but Fang Jun is not stingy when it comes to money and silk.

"Here."

Liu Shi accepted the order, saluted and left.

Princess Changle curiously picked up the pieces of paper, turned them over and looked at them, and then asked: "It's enough to use this as a substitute for money and silk to lend to the noble families. Why bother to spend more time printing different denominations?"

Fang Jun said: "This is related to economic planning. There are many tricks."

…

One day later, Fang Jun entered the palace and presented Li Chengqian with paper for printing "banknotes". Li Chengqian also asked the same question.
Chapter completed!