Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
The Glazed Tile Auction was very popular in Chang 'an Fortress!
After a total of three days, all twenty-seven Glazed Treasures were sold!
On the day it ended, the people of Chang 'an saw an unforgettable scene!
Carriages of gold ingots and grain were constantly transported into the Duke Zhao Residence.
The total number of them was enough to fill the 150-meter-wide Vermilion Bird Avenue!
Taiji Palace, Imperial Study.
Zhangsun Wuji was holding an account book and reporting the results of the battle to Second Emperor Li.
"Your Majesty, all twenty-seven treasures have been sold in this Colored Glass Auction. We have obtained a total of nine million strings of copper coins, fifty thousand stones of grain, and twenty thousand bolts of cloth and silk…"
As he read, he was a little frightened!
If he hadn't experienced this auction, he wouldn't have known that all these aristocratic families combined were actually so rich!
Not counting the copper coins, just the chestnut rice.
Fifty thousand dans!
What kind of concept was this?
At this time, the total annual grain production of the Great Tang would exceed two hundred thousand dan!!
In other words, just these twenty-some clans would have to store up a quarter of the Great Tang's grain every year!
Thinking of this, Zhangsun Wuji sighed inwardly.
If you don't die, who will?
After listening to his report, Second Emperor Li's expression was a little ugly.
He had thought that the donation incident last time had caused them to bleed hard and that it would take them at least a year or two to recover.
He did not expect that the other party's family background was far beyond his imagination!
"Very good, you did a good job with the auxiliary engine.”Emperor Li Er asked,"When transporting the money and grain, was anyone paying attention to it?”
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. It took me seven days to transport these treasures into the national treasury in batches without anyone noticing.”
"The chestnut rice has also been secretly transported to the official warehouse in Chang 'an.”
"Did they have any doubts?" Li Er asked again.
"There was no doubt. As soon as these treasures appeared, they fought over them.”Zhangsun Wuji replied. If it wasn't for the fact that time was tight, then if this official was given another ten days, the amount of wealth that he could exchange for would probably increase by several times!”
"It's okay. There's still a next time.”Li Er nodded in satisfaction.
There was a next time?
For some reason, Zhangsun Wuji began to sympathize with these aristocratic families.
It was too tragic to be targeted by His Majesty!
In fact, he did not know that Second Emperor Li also had this feeling in his heart!
If these aristocratic families wanted to blame someone, then blame that little bastard Li Yun!
Who asked him to use you as an example every day?
It was too tragic to be targeted by him!
"Your Majesty, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave.”Zhangsun Wuji said.
"Alright, you can go back now!"
Zhangsun Wuji cupped his hands and left. However, when he reached the door, he was stunned.
Because he unintentionally glanced at the back of the Emperor's dragon throne, there was an additional set of words.
The frame was made of high-quality sandalwood.
He didn't see the content clearly, but he saw the signature.
Li Yun!
Who was this?
Why would his calligraphy and painting appear in the Emperor's royal study?
It was even hung up in such a solemn manner?
Seeing that the Emperor was deep in thought, Zhangsun Wuji hesitated for a moment and did not disturb him. He left with a head full of doubts.
However, the unfamiliar name Li Yun was deeply engraved in his heart.
......
"Achoo!"
Li Yun, who was far away in Lantian County, sneezed and muttered,
"Is he going to catch a cold?”
He was currently busy in the newly built workshop in the manor.
Li Yun had been very unhappy recently. To be exact, he was very unhappy with Emperor Li Er.
Old Li had already handed in the sweet potato for him for several months. Why was there still no news?
In order to find out the truth, he deliberately wandered around the villages around Lantian County for a whole day.
What made him angry was that there wasn't even a single household that planted it!
Li Er's efficiency was too low, right?!
Li Yun was speechless. How could you not plant such a good thing?
Naturally, he did not know the tedious process of planting new crops. He attributed everything to Second Emperor Li's inaction!
Li Er was told about the salt production method even earlier, but now the people were still cooking vinegar cloth!
Therefore, Li Yun decided to do it alone in a fit of anger!
The emperor was indeed unreliable!
He thought about it all night and made a decision.
Cast a wide net and catch many fish!
Print a poster and publish the planting method of sweet potatoes, the salt-making method, and the blueprint of the curved shaft plow!
Recruiting people, starting from Chang 'an Fortress, all the way to the entire Tang Empire!
Li Yun was determined. He didn't believe it. If that was the case, no one would believe him.
Qu Yuanli's successful promotion in the surrounding area had given him a lot of confidence.
As long as one person believed it, it would spread quickly!
After making the decision, Li Yun called Old Huang over and ordered,
"Take out all the sweet potatoes in our warehouse. We want the batch that we just harvested this year. Don't want the old ones.”
"Young Master, what are you doing?”Old Huang asked, puzzled.
"Divide them one by one and distribute them to the various prefectures and counties..."
Li Yun repeated his plan to Old Huang in detail!
Who knew that Old Yellow would be shocked after hearing it!
"Young Master, this won't do. How much paper will we use? If you ask me, I think it's better to carve a stone tablet!”
"How can a stone tablet do that? It's too slow, and the coverage area is not enough.”
"I want to put one on every door!”Li Yun said heroically.
"But…Young Master, this will cost a lot of money!”Old Huang continued to persuade him with a bitter face.
"Just spend it. It just so happens that I have more money than I can spend!”Li Yun said indifferently.
"Cheers!"
"But…Young Master's millions of strings of strings are probably not enough!”Old Huang sighed.
"What?" Li Yun was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had misheard.
"Young Master, we can't afford so much paper!”Old Huang said.
After that, Li Yun asked in detail and was shocked!
He really didn't know that paper in this period of the Tang Dynasty was so ridiculously expensive!
Take Mencius for example. The book had a total of more than 30,000 words and was divided into 14 volumes.
In the current Tang Dynasty, the price of a book was 1000 wen!
The entire set added up to a total of fourteen thousand wen!
What kind of concept was this?
According to the purchasing power of copper coins in the Tang Dynasty, these 14,000 wen were equivalent to 54,000 yuan in modern society!
After seeing this number, Li Yun was stunned!
He knew that the paper in the Tang Dynasty was expensive, but he did not know that it was already so ridiculously expensive!
If that was the case, then it would cost around six million yuan to collect all the books needed for the imperial examination!
Thinking of this, Li Yun couldn't help but be shocked!
Then, he understood why the imperial examination system was not successful during the Zhenguan period.
The main reason was that the Humble Class could not afford to study at all!
After asking around, Li Yun finally figured out why the book was so expensive.
At this time, the main material used to make paper was ivy.
The production of this plant was very low, and it was extremely expensive!
Therefore, the high price of paper was reasonable!
After figuring out the details, Li Yun waved his hand.
F * ck!
Paper is expensive?
I'll make it myself!
"Isn't it a waste to make paper with green vines? I remember that bamboo can also be used to make paper, right?”
Li Yun muttered as he studied the book.
......
Just like that, Li Yundi stopped planting and devoted himself to the workshop to study paper making.
This was already the 10th day, and he had finally created a complete piece of paper.
Although the quality was extremely poor, it was barely usable. The words written on it could be roughly seen.
However, when Li Yun finished engraving and was about to start, a problem occurred!
This kind of paper was too loose. It was barely enough to write on, but it would not work when it was engraved and printed.
The ink stain couldn't be preserved completely. This definitely wouldn't do!
At this time, there were not many commoners who could read, so he used the form of comic books and prepared to teach them step by step.
His drawing skills were not good to begin with, and the prints were even more unbearable to look at. It was simply a mess!
Li Yun had no choice but to continue thinking.
Should he improve the printing technology? Draw a finer line?
This was a little difficult for him. Although Li Yun was all-rounded, he had never learned how to draw!
Just as he was deep in thought, a guest came to Lantian County.
"Big brother!"
"Big brother!"
As soon as Li Yungang came out of the house, he was greeted by two soft calls.
Looking closely, weren't they Little Rhinoceros and Lizhi?
There was also the constipated Li Junxian standing behind them.
"Why are you guys here?" Li Yun said with a smile.
"Sister…" Si Zi was about to speak when she was interrupted by a flustered Li Zhi.
"Si Zi kept pestering Aye to play with big brother. Aye couldn't do anything to her, so he had Li Junxian bring us here.”
"Isn't it a little rude not to tell brother in advance?”
Lizhi lowered her head slightly and said in her unique soft voice.
Si Zi widened his eyes at the side. It was clearly his sister who wanted to come, so why did she mention him?
"It's not abrupt. You can come anytime you want.”Li Yun said with a smile.
Speaking of which, he quite liked the two girls.
He didn't look like Old Li at all. Not bad!
She was beautiful, her voice was pleasant, and most importantly, she was obedient!
Especially Little Si Zi. After being used to brats her age in modern society, she was simply a different creature!
"However, I may not have time to play with you now. I still have things to do.”Li Yun continued,
"I'll get Old Huang to bring you around the manor first, okay?”
"Brother, what are you busy with?" Lizhi asked curiously.
"I'm carving something, but my drawing skills are really not good. I keep failing!”
Lizhi's eyes lit up. She didn't want to wander around the manor by herself.
"My drawing skills are very good. Do you want me to help you?”
After saying that, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Yun with anticipation.
And…
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