Among the various schools of thought, the Confucians had the most people.
Out of ten scholars in the world, seven or eight of them were from the Confucian school of thought.
Legalism was ranked second, occupying about 10%.
The old school of the Yellow Sect, which used to be the mainstream school of thought, had long since shown signs of being out of touch. Now, it only accounted for about 5% of the new generation.
When the older generation passed away, it was almost a foregone conclusion that it would become the last school of thought.
The remaining half was split among the farmer, strategist, and miscellaneous schools.
The Confucianists were further divided into the Spring and Autumn Annals, Zuo Zhuan, Si Meng, Chu Poetry, and other schools.
If it weren't for external enemies spying on them, they would have beaten their own brains out.
Moreover, the Confucians valued orthodoxy and righteousness more. They were all thinking of taking over the central position, so they probably looked down on a small place like Yun Tianchao.
Therefore, Liu Sheng turned his attention to Legalism.
Compared to Confucianism, Legalism was more pragmatic and flexible.
It was much easier to use.
"Here, I will write to my former teachers and classmates.”
Zhang Tang felt a little troubled, but he did not show it.
For some reason, after hearing Liu Sheng's request, he suddenly remembered the Legalism sages entering Qin on a large scale.
Even he himself was shocked. This idea was too bold.
Even when he came out of the prefect's manor, he still appeared to be somewhat absent-minded.
In the hall, after Zhang Tang left, the servants quickly cleaned up everything.
As the Cloud King, Liu Sheng was very busy. It was already very difficult for him to squeeze out a little time to talk to the other party alone.
In other places in the residence, there were still a large number of people waiting for his summons.
Just then, a middle-aged man who was dressed even more luxuriously than Liu Sheng walked in.
"I, Li Da, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"If you have something to say, say it!" Liu Sheng said indifferently.
If it wasn't for the fact that this person had the name of Liu Sui, the King of Zhao, he wouldn't have been qualified to appear here.
Li Da rolled his eyes. He could tell at a glance that he was a cunning and eloquent person.
His gaze swept across Liu Sheng's face, and a hint of contempt inadvertently flowed out of his eyes.
How capable could a kid who was not even ten years old be?
Those rumors were mostly fabricated by the Imperial Court to boost morale.
The main reason was that Liu Sheng's appearance was extremely deceptive.
If one didn't see it with their own eyes, it would be difficult for ordinary people to believe what he had done.
"This commoner is here on the orders of my king to do business with him?”
"What business?"
"My king is a studious person. After seeing the paper in the cloud, he praised it, so he sent me to buy a batch.”
Hearing this, Liu Sheng's expression improved a little.
No matter what, the other party was here to send money, so he had to be polite.
"If you want to buy the Cloud Paper, you can go to the Myriad Treasure Tower. Why are you in a hurry to see me?”
"I want a large number of people. Ordinary people can't make the decision, so they can only come to visit the king!”
Liu Sheng thought about it and accepted this explanation.
After all, he had set up a restriction on purchases in the Myriad Treasure Tower.
Each person could not buy more than 10,000 at a time.
The main reason was that the scale of the paper-making workshop in the city was still too small, and the production was temporarily limited.
In order to prevent malicious hoarding, there was this purchase restriction.
"How much do you want?"
For the sake of Zhao Wangsui, a little leniency was not a big deal.
Li Da had been waiting for this sentence. He said with even more respect,"All of them."
"No matter how many pieces of Cloud Paper the king takes out, my king is willing to buy them all at the price of ten coins per piece. What do you think, king?”
Liu Sheng frowned when he heard that. He roughly understood what the other party was up to.
They were preparing to monopolize the entire Yunzhong Paper market!
No matter which era it was, monopolization was always a profitable business.
This was especially true for the Cloud Paper, which was an epoch-making product that could bring in endless profits.
If it was purely for the sake of making money, this matter could still be discussed. It was nothing more than a matter of price.
However, Liu Sheng did not only value money. The role of white paper in spreading culture was what he valued the most.
If it was purely for the sake of making money, he believed that even if the price of the white paper was set at 100 wen per piece, there would still be a large number of people buying it.
But in this way, the white paper would definitely become the patent of a few people, which went against his original intention.
"Ding! Detected that the host is facing a critical choice.”
" Option 1: Agree to King Zhao's request and swallow your anger. Reward: Golden Spear Cannot Fall.”
" Option 2: Refuse the King of Zhao and show no signs of weakness. Reward: A historical famous general card.”
Hearing the system's voice, Liu Sheng almost vomited.
The system really wanted to give him the Golden Gun Cannot Fall ability, so much so that this reward actually appeared repeatedly.
However, he had to say no, and he would never compromise with the system's bad taste.
"What if I say no?"
As he spoke, Liu Sheng narrowed his eyes and emitted a dangerous aura.
"Then my king will be very regretful. Perhaps something unspeakable will happen.”
Li Da raised his head. The fake smile on his face was gone, replaced by a regretful expression.
The State of Zhao was the largest country in the world, second only to the Wu and Chu countries. In terms of military strength, it was even stronger than the State of Chu.
Moreover, in terms of seniority, Zhao Wangsui was the uncle of the Cloud King. This was the greatest source of his confidence in this trip.
"Are you threatening me?" Liu Sheng's expression became increasingly unfriendly.
Although he could hear the hidden killing intent in his words, Li Da was not afraid.
He was very clear about the situation in the country. The envoys of the Wu and Chu countries were on the King Zhao's estate.
Emperor Jing Liu Qi's intention to cut off his vassal state was already obvious. The various vassal kings were unwilling to wait for death and had already begun to link up.
The Wu and Chu countries had already begun to prepare their troops, and the King of Zhao was not willing to fall behind.
It was impossible to expand the military without a large amount of money.
Zhao was not as rich as Wu and Chu.
In order to expand the army and prepare for the war, the King of Zhao was in a terrible position. At this moment, the paper in the cloud appeared.
The people of insight in the residence of Prince Zhao saw the value of it at a glance.
In order to raise military funds, he had to go to Yuntian Dynasty this time.
"Although I am very sorry, if Your Majesty really thinks so, I have nothing to say.”
Seeing the insincere face, Liu Sheng knew that there was no way he could get away with this.
He could not agree to the other party's request no matter what.
"Go back and tell your king that if he really wants it, he can personally bring his troops to get it!”
A look of disbelief appeared on Li Da's face when he heard this.
The entire Cloud Sky Dynasty was less than a third of the size of the State of Zhao, and its military strength was only one-fifth of the State of Zhao's.
He did not know where the other party got the confidence to say such unyielding words.
"Alright, I hope the king won't regret it!”
After saying this, Li Da turned around and left.
He believed that the army of the State of Zhao would make this little brat realize his mistake.
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