Chapter 553: This is the song dedicated to your cheap uncle... (please subscribe and vote)
"???" Uncle Fu and Cheng Hu, the housekeepers, immediately became confused and looked at the prince with dark faces who dared to mock the third son of the Cheng family in front of the Cheng family.
Well, if this guy wasn't a prince, the rich uncle of the housekeeper would definitely be happy to pick up a big stick and beat the handsome bastard in front of him until he screamed.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught the unkind expressions and eyes of the servants and housekeepers of the old Cheng family.
Li Ke's heart tightened. Even if these two guys didn't dare to offend him, there were many people in Duke Lu's mansion who could afford to offend him.
When he thought of this, His Majesty the King of Wu quickly changed his tone. "This is a good thing, right? Let me come... I said you are..."
Li Ke's eyes fell directly on the piece of paper he pulled out.
This is a paper that is closer to white in color, feels comfortable to the touch, and has a certain degree of flexibility and thickness.
Li Ke relied on his many years of experience in using Xuanzhou tribute paper to copy and transcribe informal works of art. As soon as he got his hands on the paper, he felt something was wrong.
It seems to be slightly similar to the Xuanzhou tribute paper, but you can still feel that it is much inferior to the Xuanzhou tribute paper.
However, it is far stronger than the paper used for paper money, both in terms of thickness and flexibility.
"Is this the paper Brother Chu Bi asked you to make?" Li Ke's voice suddenly rose several times.
Although the quality of this kind of paper is inferior to Xuanzhou tribute paper, its feel and visuals have exceeded Li Ke's expectations.
As the steward of the Cheng family, Uncle Fu felt it was necessary to publicize and advertise the intelligence of his third son, with a proud expression on his face.
"That's natural. This is paper made from a new formula given by my third son after he inspected our Chengjia paper mill."
"Let's go and see Brother Chubi. I also want to know what he is doing with this kind of paper..."
Li Ke had already vaguely guessed the reason, but he still wanted to meet the person involved, and even more so, he wanted to see the quality of this paper.
Cheng Chubi was enjoying a delicious and nutritious breakfast, a large bowl of goat's milk, a plate of fruits, and two fried eggs.
As well as a piece of deliciously fried lamb chops, and of course the sesame seed cakes are indispensable.
This kind of sesame seed cake has a brown and crispy skin, and a strong wheat aroma, which is unforgettable...
While I was having breakfast here, I heard footsteps and a familiar voice coming from outside the hall.
Well, it was Li Ke who came from that bad prince, who wandered around Chang'an City and was not a decent person.
Looking up, he saw Cheng Hu, the steward of the printing shop, copying a bamboo tube with an excited look on his face and quickly climbing up the stairs with the steward, Uncle Fu.
And Li Ke also had a warm smile on his face. "Oh, brother Chu Bi has just started to get up, and the younger brother is coming..."
#####
Cheng Chubi looked at this cheeky man, put down the empty bowl filled with goat's milk, and took a sip.
"Oh, who did I think it was? It turns out to be a rare guest like His Highness. I wonder where Your Highness has been worrying about the country and the people these days?"
Li Ke smiled and looked like he was going to do it, and he shamelessly approached Brother Chu Bi and said.
"Hehe, little brother, I have been busy with some small things these days, which are not important. But brother, you asked Chengjia Paper Factory to make new paper. I just saw it, and I think it looks very good."
Cheng Hu strode forward and respectfully handed over the bamboo tube containing the paper.
"Third Young Master, this is paper made by our own paper mill according to your recipe and method."
Cheng Chubi took the bamboo tube and opened it, and took out the papers inside. There were seven or eight papers inside.
When I saw these papers, whether it was thickness, density or flexibility, they were really completely different from Chengjia paper in the past.
Over there, Uncle Fu, the housekeeper, had already sent someone to get the hard yellow paper that he had purchased earlier and the Xuanzhou tribute paper that was commonly used by the Cheng family.
Of course, pen, ink, paper and inkstone are also indispensable, which are naturally used to test the paper.
After Cheng Chubi felt it carefully, he saw Li Ke beside him, who was copying a piece of paper and marveling at it.
"Brother Xian, how about you test the paper?" Cheng Chubi was not happy that his childish style calligraphy was embarrassing in front of others, so he decided to hand over the important task of the test paper to Li Ke.
"Brother, I really want it. I just want to give it a try. What is the quality of this Chengjia paper?"
While talking, Li Ke grinded out some ink, then picked up his pen and started writing on the Cheng's paper.
The three Cheng family members next to them all stared at Li Ke's handwriting...
First there is a long horizontal line, until Li Ke lifts the pen. You can see that the ink on the paper shows signs of infiltrating to the side.
However, I only slightly bleed toward both sides of the handwriting and saw this scene.
Li Ke couldn't help but continue writing, and copied the song "On his father's orders, Cheng Sanlang sent his father Cheng Yaojin west to Chang'an" that Cheng Chubi had written for his biological father Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Chubi glanced at Li Ke with a black look on his face, always feeling that this little brother was mocking his father and son.
However, seeing how serious his expression was and how focused he was with his pen, Cheng Chubi gave up on his plan to grab this guy by the neck and throw him out of Duke Lu's mansion in a big circle.
Cheng Hu brought eight paper patterns in total. Cheng Chubi rolled his eyes when he saw Li Ke copying poems carefully and attentively.
After he finished the first piece of paper, he handed over the second piece of paper. "Come on, come on, dear brother, continue."
"???" Li Ke looked at Brother Chu Bi with a confused look on his face.
"Brother, what do you mean, isn't one test strip enough?"
"Wrong, how can one sheet be enough? Do you know that this is a new formula, a new manufacturing process, and a new paper."
"Each paper pattern will have certain differences. Think about it, dear brother, if the paper pattern is successful, it will be sold into thousands of households in the future.
Therefore, the test must be rigorous enough, how can one piece of it be possible?
What's more, my dear brother, a master of calligraphy like you is the best at writing, so we can make comparisons."
Li Ke stared blankly at Brother Chu Bi, who had an earnest and kind smile. However, he couldn't find a suitable retort.
Of course, the main reason was that Brother Chu Bi's flattery was just right, which made Li Ke feel happy both physically and mentally.
"Come on, brother, since you have done this, I should also show some skills."
"Come on, come on, this is the one with the long title named after your father..."
"This is the song I wrote for your cheap uncle..."
"Why don't you write the same thing?" After writing several pages in a row, Li Ke was immediately unhappy when he saw Brother Chu Bi asking for so much.
"What's the point? Besides, when the time comes, Brother Yu can frame your calligraphy works for you. This is an opportunity for you to become famous..."