Chapter 554 After the king has something important to do to find his mother today, he will lead the way quickly
Chapter 554 Today, the king of Japan has important business and needs to find his mother. Please lead the way quickly (please subscribe and vote)
Among the eight-character paper patterns, two or three of them had severe ink bleeding, but the condition of the other five was much better.
Even so, Li Ke was still so shocked that he couldn't help himself.
"Brother Chu Bi, how come you have such a brain? If you don't want to engage in printing, why are you thinking about developing paper?"
Cheng Chubi, who was diligent and thrifty, glanced at His Highness the King of Wu who did not know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and said unhappily.
"Is it okay because I'm poor?"
As soon as Cheng Chubi finished speaking, Li Ke, who had seen the wealthy side of brother Chubi, immediately became happy.
"...Brother Chu Bi, don't be ridiculous. You invested five thousand dollars in that small printing house before.
With such a generous act, you actually still cry about your poverty in front of your little brother?"
"That five thousand guan, I even pawned my crotch cloth to get it together, okay?" Cheng Chubi glared at this guy unhappily.
"Your father owes me more than a year's salary."
Li Kekou looked at this brother with a look of anger on his face sideways. God owes you more than a year. It's obvious that you were deducted for making trouble, okay?
But considering that he was in the old Cheng family who was like a dragon in a tiger's den, Li Ke decided to follow his heart, smiled, and said with a low eyebrow.
"That's a matter between you and my father. It has nothing to do with my little brother."
"...Humph, think about it, that one foot of tribute paper costs dozens of pennies. If you cut it out, it's probably not enough paper for one book. If we print three to five million copies, just that paper
How much money will it cost?"
"If I don't figure it out myself, what else can I do?" Cheng Chubi sighed.
I used to think that once movable type printing was developed, all problems could be solved.
But when things came to a head, I realized that things were far from as simple as I thought. For example, the ratio of lead-tin alloy,
As well as the roller printing press, ink, and even paper, almost everything needs to be overturned and started again...
All of these are wonderful treasures created by myself with painstaking efforts, blood, and brains, and they are all just to cooperate with the movable type printing technology.
Listen to Cheng Chubi boasting about his great achievements, half complaining and half bragging.
Li Ke stared blankly at Cheng Chubi, the brother who cut off the chicken head and burned it with yellow paper. The shock in his heart was far beyond what he could show on the surface.
Cheng Chubi didn't have time to pay attention to the dull Li Ke. He looked at the paper patterns with joy on his face, asked Cheng Hu carefully and gave him a new solution.
In fact, it means extending the cooking time, soaking time, and increasing the number of grinding times.
Of course, Cheng Chubi only proposed his own idea, and the details would naturally have to be tested repeatedly by Chengjia Paper Workshop, which Cheng Hu was responsible for.
After Cheng Chubi encouraged Cheng Hu, he told him to make it as soon as possible and try to send a batch of paper patterns within three to five days.
After Li Ke had a delicious breakfast at Lu Guogong's mansion, he patted his butt and left without any sense of belonging.
Moreover, when this guy left, he also took away three of his own calligraphy works, saying that he was not satisfied with the writing and wanted to take them away.
Cheng Chubi already has five calligraphy works by His Highness King Wu of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, it doesn't matter if there are three more or less. After all, they are all repetitive.
Besides, things should be rare and valuable. If Li Ke's calligraphy works were in bad condition, Cheng Chubi would probably be afraid of the ink even if he used them for regular calligraphy.
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Of the three calligraphy works Li Ke took away, two had problems with ink dipping, while the other had no problems.
Holding the bamboo tube containing these three characters, after leaving Duke Lu's mansion, Li Ke first rode his horse towards the palace.
But before and after arriving at the palace gate, Li Ke couldn't help but hesitate. After all, he felt that this kind of Cheng family paper was really important. After all, the court spent a lot of money purchasing paper every year.
In addition, his father had complained privately before that the amount of money the court spent on paper every year was not a small amount.
However, a large amount of hard yellow tribute paper and Xuanzhou tribute paper are used every year for paperwork, official documents, and various writings.
Because only these two kinds of paper can withstand pen and ink writing, my father also urged the Ministry of Industry to develop new paper, but the quality was either too strong or unsatisfactory.
Or the cost remains high, and we have not been able to obtain more high-quality and affordable paper.
But if I give it to my father now, will it disturb Brother Bi's plan...
The guards stared blankly at their prince. They stood at the gate of the palace and sighed for a long time, then shook their heads dejectedly.
"That's all, go back home."
Everyone in the group followed His Highness back to the mansion without asking any questions.
However, after returning to the mansion, Li Ke was still a little uneasy. After all, this matter was really big. He not only wanted to keep the secret of the movable type printing technology, but also wanted to let his father know the good news about the Chengjia paper...
This operation is too difficult, but what if the father later finds out that he is also an insider, haha...
When he thought about the consequences of not reporting it, Li Ke suddenly began to feel that his firm buttocks were so hot that he couldn't sit still.
What should I do if I feel swollen? If I don’t think so, what should I do?
After Li Ke, the handsome and delinquent prince rolled his eyes countless times, his eyes finally shone brightly, he picked up the bamboo tube lying beside him and stepped out of the hall door.
"Your Highness, what are you..."
"Let's go and follow this king into the palace."
"???" The two of them had accompanied Li Ke in silence at the entrance of the palace for a full stick of incense, and then followed Li Ke back to the palace with less than a stick of incense. The guards were completely stunned.
What kind of trouble is your Highness trying to cause?
Although he didn't understand, he could only bite the bullet and follow Li Ke to leave the house again and head towards the palace.
When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Li Ke turned over and jumped off his horse. He grabbed the bamboo tube and headed straight for the palace.
Then some eunuchs rushed up to see His Highness the King of Wu and inquired about his whereabouts.
"Today, my king has something important to do to find his mother, so why don't you lead the way quickly?" Li Ke nodded slightly towards the eunuch and ordered.
In the Li Zheng Hall, Empress Changsun was looking at Li Mingda, a lovely and smart daughter, who was sitting in front of the desk and writing with a pen.
Although her writing power is superficial and her handwriting seems a bit crooked, it is already extremely remarkable for such a small child to achieve this level.
Empress Changsun looked at her practicing calligraphy conscientiously there with joy and satisfaction, looking at her little face that was very similar to her own.
I still remember that when I was a child, I was really not as round as my daughter. Thinking of this, Empress Changsun couldn't help but shook her head helplessly.
Although this considerate and good girl has become much more mellow, she also has an added benefit: she rarely gets sick now.