... Taking advantage of the night, Li Yin returned to the old house through the ancient well. He closed his door for two days to look up some information on the Internet and find a way to get rid of paper and printing.
After a night of toiling, Li Yin had a plan in his heart. The printing equipment was not difficult to solve. He could order some manual type printer from the factory. The key point was that the content of the type had to be the same as the font of the Tang Dynasty. Although this was a little difficult, the price was a little higher, and some manufacturers were still willing to do it. As for making paper, it was a little more difficult. He could easily improve the quality and type of paper, but large-scale production of paper required a lot of manpower, which was inevitable. He had no choice but to consider setting up a paper mill.
In two days, Li Yin went to some manufacturers and successfully ordered a batch of equipment. Li Yin's request was very simple. He wanted to make the equipment look as outdated as possible. This made those manufacturers confused. If Li Yin had not paid the deposit, they would have really treated him as a lunatic.
After returning to the palace, Li Yin asked about the situation in Jin Daqian's palace these two days. Other than a few bad friends looking for him, there was nothing serious.
"Butler Jin, does our Imperial Residence have its own land?”In the past, Li never asked about these things, so he didn't know at all.
"Your Highness, have you forgotten that our 3,000 acres of land in Yun County outside Chang 'an City has been deserted?”
"Three thousand mu of land!" Li Yin called out. So he was a big landlord, but he didn't remember it at all." Why is it barren?”
Jin Daqian broke out in a cold sweat. At that time, Li Yin was drunk and asked him to levy heavy taxes on the tenants who rented his land. Those farmers could only maintain their food and clothing. After the tax increase, they could not live at all and fled one after another. As a result, 3,000 mu of land had been deserted until now. Now that Li Yin asked, he was really afraid that Li Yin would turn against him.
Jin Daqian told the reason to Li, and Li nodded, thinking that the former Li was really a Huang Shiren.
"Prepare the carriage and go take a look at our land!”There was also such a sum of wealth that surprised Li Yin. He had originally planned to buy land to build a factory, but now it seemed that there was no need.
Li Yin didn't blame him, so Jin Da Qian heaved a sigh of relief. He got someone to prepare a carriage and went to Gray Yun County with Li Yin.
After leaving Chang 'an through Yanxing Gate, there was a dirt road about five meters wide that led to the east. There were many carriages on the road, and some small vendors were picking vegetables that they had grown to sell in Chang' an. On both sides of the road were the original forests, where pheasant chirping could be heard from time to time.
Gray Yun County was next to Chang 'an, and it was just a few steps away from the city. After walking for about ten miles and passing by a small village, Jin Daqian stopped the carriage.
Li Yin got out of the car. In front of him was a green grassland, and he could vaguely see the ridges. He looked around. Other than this piece of land, the other land was planted with wheat. It was basically ripe for harvesting. Without asking, he knew that this green land was his.
One mu of land was about 666.6 square meters, and three thousand mu of land was about two million square meters. Li walked for dozens of minutes before he turned his land around.
"Wangye, are you planning to rent it out again? I'll get someone to announce it when we get back!”Jin Daqian guessed when he saw Li Yin frowning in deep thought.
Li Yin shook his head. It was too wasteful to build a factory on such land, and it was not hidden enough. He gave up the plan to build a factory here, but another idea sprouted. He wanted to transform this place into a large farm. As for what to plant, he would plant whatever the Tang Dynasty had.
After canceling his original plan, Li Yin walked around Chang 'an City. When he reached the west gate, a small mountain depression attracted his attention. There was a large open space in this mountain depression, surrounded by mountains on three sides and only one exit. It was an excellent location to build a factory.
"Go back and find out whose land this is!”On the way back, Li told Jin Daqian.
After all, washing water was a non-polluting industry, but brewing wine was more troublesome. Now that the Imperial Residence was emitting black smoke all day, if this was in the modern world, people would definitely complain about environmental pollution.
In the afternoon, Jin Daqian returned to the prince's mansion. The piece of land was found out. What made Li Yin not know whether to laugh or cry was that it was actually the land of one of the 24 meritorious officials of the Lingyan Pavilion, Tang Jian, the current minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
For some small officials, they might be afraid of Li's identity and give up their land, but when they met these people who had once licked blood under the knife with Li Shimin, he had no choice but to visit them.
The 50-year-old Minister of Revenue, Tang Jian, held a small banquet at home to welcome Li. At the banquet, Tang Jian talked about his experience fighting side by side with Li Shimin. He was so excited that he danced with joy, drank wine, and sang loudly.
"…May I know why Your Highness has come to visit today?”Li Yin was listening until he was sleepy. Tang Jian ended his long speech and finally returned to the main topic.
As an old fox who had been in the officialdom for decades, how could he not know the principle of not visiting a temple for no reason? Moreover, the person who came was a prince.
Li Yin went straight to the point." Minister Tang, do you remember that you have a piece of land in the mountains on the west side of Chang 'an City? I want to buy it!”
" The land on the west side of Chang 'an?" Tang Jian furrowed his brows and pondered deeply. He couldn't remember for a moment.
At this moment, Tang Jian's son, Tang Meng, reminded him,""Father, it's the land that was destroyed by the rain!”
"Oh, I remember now. Why did Your Highness buy it? We can't farm."
"Minister Tang must have heard about the Apricot Blossom Wine being sold by the Liang Residence. I want to buy it and build a factory!”
"I see!" Tang Jian rolled his eyes. The Apricot Blossom Wine had become very popular in Chang 'an. If the officials invited them to drink, they would be embarrassed to say that there was no Apricot Blossom Wine. It was said that the Emperor drank this wine every day." Your Highness, I don't have that piece of land. If you want to buy it, I can sell it to you. But it's too outrageous for me to take your money. How about this? You give me a jar of Apricot Blossom Wine and let me taste something new."”
Li Yin really wanted to spit on his face. According to the market price, his rotten land was worth at most 15 strings of copper coins, and a jar of apricot wine was worth 50 strings of copper coins. However, since Tang Jian said so, Li Yin had no other choice. He couldn't say that he would give him half a jar, right? Then, wouldn't he become a joke when he went to court?
Gritting his teeth, Li Yin nodded in agreement.
Before he left, Tang Jian's son, Tang Meng, looked at Li Yin meaningfully." On the day of the Poem Competition, Tang Meng was blind and did not recognize Your Highness. It was really a sin.”
"You also participated?" Li Yin had no impression of it.
Tang Meng sighed." Unfortunately, Chang 'an City is full of talents. I was eliminated in the semi-finals. What a pity!”
"There will be many opportunities like this in the future. As long as Brother Tang reads poetry and books diligently, you will definitely win!" Li comforted.”
"Really? Your Highness!" Tang Meng's eyes lit up. He thought that was the most interesting activity he had ever participated in.
Li Yin nodded noncommittally. Life in Chang 'an City would only become more and more exciting.
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