Lao Zhu caressed the banknote paper with his fingers and sighed: "This paper is really good, better than any other rice paper. Not only is the paper tougher than rice paper, it is also thinner and thinner. This piece of paper is probably worth a lot of money."
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That is!
Don't even look at the raw material for making banknote paper. It's cotton. Ordinary paper is just made from hemp stalks, mulberry bark and the like. How much is it worth?
But cotton is not cheap. It is an expensive thing in itself. In addition, when Han Du bought it, he bought it at a high price. As a result, the cost of this piece of banknote paper is naturally not low.
But no matter how expensive the price is, it is nothing to Han Du. Han Du does not use banknotes to write and draw, but to print treasure banknotes. As the saying goes, those who block the road are not as good as those who steal money.
Those who steal money are worse than those who print money.
Although Handu's cotton is very expensive to buy, only 200 coins per pound. But the cotton is made into banknote paper without any loss. One pound of cotton can be used to make one pound of banknote paper. And the treasure banknotes made by Handu, one
How much does it weigh? A regular treasure banknote is larger, and the total amount is only one gram. One pound of treasure banknotes can be made into five hundred treasure banknotes.
Exchange two hundred coins for five hundred strings! This is an increase of twenty-five hundred times.
"It's okay, it's okay." Han Du explained with a smile, "If you only count the cost, it's cheaper than ordinary rice paper."
In fact, Han Du's answer to Lao Zhu is not a trick. If you only count the cost of cotton, then this banknote paper is really cheaper than rice paper. The most valuable part of this banknote paper is actually provided by Han Du
The method of making cotton into cotton pulp, the rest is insignificant.
Although the price of rice paper is not low, the raw materials are actually ordinary materials, and the high price lies in the production method.
If Han Do's method of making cotton pulp is added, then the price of this banknote paper will naturally be sky-high. But since it is used by Han Do himself, it doesn't matter. After all, no matter how high the price of Han Do is
If you step forward, can it still fall into your pocket? This is obviously impossible.
When Lao Zhu heard Han Du's words, his eyes lit up, and an idea emerged. He asked Han Du: "Since it is cheaper than rice paper, can we take some away?"
Han Du was stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand what Lao Zhu wanted to do with the banknotes. He whispered in his ear and asked: "What does the emperor want to do with the banknotes?"
Lao Zhu didn't expect that Han Du didn't agree straight away, but asked him the purpose of taking the banknotes. Could it be that I am an emperor who has spent his whole life fighting in the north and south, going through life and death, and finally ruling the world, and now I see something I like, and I ask you Han Du
Can't do it anymore?
Lao Zhu suddenly felt a little displeased, his face suddenly turned cold, and he asked in a deep voice: "I saw that the banknote paper was good, and it might have unexpected benefits to use it to write on, so I wanted to take some back to try."
Use it to write and draw?
Han Du said he couldn't understand.
Although papermaking has been around for thousands of years, the papermaking process has not improved much. Even the best rice paper of this era still has a huge gap compared with the paper of later generations, let alone compared with banknote paper.
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Although Lao Zhu was born in a farmer's family, he herded cattle when he was a child and had no chance to be exposed to such things as reading. But this does not mean that he does not love reading. On the contrary, Lao Zhu is very passionate about reading. It was just because he did not have the conditions to study when he was a child.
, had to give up. Later, when conditions were met, Lao Zhu relied on his extraordinary talent and hard work, and his achievements in reading were no worse than those of ministers who had read poetry and books.
Otherwise, Lao Zhu would not have left so many popular poems. If Lao Zhu really had no literary accomplishments, would history have allowed his poems to be passed down just because he was an emperor?
Go ahead and dream!
Have you ever seen an emperor who claimed to be a perfect man and wrote more than 40,000 poems, but in the end not even one of them could be remembered?
With Lao Zhu's literary accomplishments, even if he were to take part in the imperial examination, it would be more than enough to be a Jinshi. It was just that because he was the emperor, he was the only one to take the exams for others, and no one dared to take the exams for him. Although Lao Zhu's literary accomplishments were not outstanding,
But that doesn't mean there aren't any.
As a senior literati, Lao Zhu was naturally unable to avoid the common problem of literati. He couldn't walk when he saw good pens, inks, paper and inkstones. Now when he saw this flawless white paper, he really could kiss a beautiful woman.
Han Du could really see the action of Lao Zhu's fingers caressing the banknotes just now, and it felt gentler than touching a woman's skin.
But no matter what, Han Du couldn't agree.
Mao Xiang stood aside and saw Han Du frowning. He was wondering why Han Du was like this? The emperor had finally opened his mouth, so how dare Han Du not agree? Unless Han Du was crazy.
Of course, Han Du was not crazy, but he still shook his head and refused: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for being rude. Your Majesty cannot take this banknote away."
It's crazy.
Mao Xiang took a deep look at Han Du and lowered his head.
Huang Lao had already lowered his head on the side. He didn't know why Han Du didn't even give a few pieces of paper to the emperor. Isn't the emperor the richest man in the world? After the imperial edict, who dares to resist it? Unexpectedly, your Excellency actually
I really dare to refuse in front of the emperor.
"Why?" Lao Zhu's face was cold and his voice was cold and stern.
"Your Majesty, the banknotes are of great importance. I don't want any of the banknotes to leave the banknote bureau." Han Du said with clasped fists and a salute. He looked up at Lao Zhu and explained sincerely: "I want to prevent the banknotes from leaving the banknotes."
Even if it is the cut-off scraps of banknotes, I will not stop until I see them burn to ashes with my own eyes."
Although it is said that Han Du has a firm grasp of the formula for making cotton pulp, Han Du does not believe that anyone can reversely deduce the formula through a few pieces of paper. But since it must be kept secret, it must be done
To the extreme, even a small note cannot be spread. Only in this way can all possibilities be blocked. Anyway, the matter is not complicated, and it just takes a little more effort.
Lao Zhu was silent after hearing this.
Regarding the confidentiality of treasure notes, he had heard Han Du mention it more than once, but never once could it give him such a big shock. In the past, he heard Han Du say that all materials, processes, and formulas of treasure notes should be strictly guarded, but even if
Even Lao Zhu didn't expect that Han Du would be so cautious that he would be rejected even if he asked for it.
However, Lao Zhu was relieved that Han Du was able to accomplish things to such an extent.