CHAPTER XXIV

After Kong Yingda entered the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin was talking to those ministers.

"Dr. Kong, what's the matter?" Li Shimin sat on it and said to Li Shimin, who had just come in.

"Your Majesty, the minister just got a good thing, and he came here to present it to His Majesty, this thing is a great blessing for the world's reading!" After Kong Yingda saluted Li Shimin, he took out the paper from his sleeve pocket and handed it over with both hands.

Immediately, the lieutenant on duty came down to pick it up, then unfolded it, and after finding that there was nothing abnormal, he handed it to Li Shimin.

"What kind of treasure is this? Paper? ”

"It looks like paper!"

"It could be paper!" ... The ministers below looked at it and saw that it looked like paper, but they were not sure.

And after Li Shimin received it, he was also surprised, such a large paper, and it was so flat, the key is that it is very white!

"Is this paper? Where did Dr. Kong get it? Li Shimin stood up in surprise and asked Kong Yingda.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are some sold in Dongcheng, and now there are a large number of scholars over there, I looked at the shop, there are still a lot of such papers, a large sheet of five cents, such a large sheet, it is almost able to transcribe a book, thick books, three or four are estimated to be enough.

Your Majesty, this is a great thing for the world's readers, now I have few readers in the Tang Dynasty, the key is that there are no books, those books are controlled by the big family, and many of them are bamboo slips, which is very inconvenient to read.

If it can be copied on the paper, the minister thinks that there must be a large number of readers in my Datang, the key is that the minister looks at the shop, there is a lot of paper, unlike rice paper, the output is very low! Kong Yingda said excitedly to Li Shimin.

"Okay, okay, come on, go and ask the owner of that store to come over immediately!" Li Shimin stood up excitedly and said.

"Your Majesty, please calm down, I don't know what this paper is like!" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up at this moment and said to Li Shimin.

"Hmm!" As soon as Li Shimin heard this, he immediately sat down, took the brush, and began to write on it, and turned it over to the back to look at it when he finished writing.

"Good paper, this kind of paper, can be used for writing, for ordinary readers, there is no problem at all, and even said, there is no problem with the paper used in the court, you take it down and take a look!" As he spoke, Li Shimin handed the other papers to the lieutenant next to him.

The lieutenant took the paper and went down the stairs for the ministers.

"You can cut it out and write, it's okay, it's very cheap, these pieces of paper are only 20 yuan, if it's rice paper, it is estimated that it will cost 200 yuan, the key is that you can't buy it!" Kong Yingda stood there and spoke.

"Are there many more in that shop? Where did they get it from? Li Shimin stood there and asked.

"This minister hasn't inquired clearly, and when he found this paper, the minister brought it over to His Majesty!" Kong Yingda spoke.

"Okay, okay, go take a look, send someone to take a look!" Li Shimin said a little excitedly.

Now the family controls most of the officials in the court, and there are very few children of the poor family, not that they don't like to read, the fundamental reason is that there are no books to read.

Because those books are under the control of the family, one of the important influencing factors is that there is not enough paper, if there is enough paper, then the content of the books can be copied, so that there will still be many readers who are willing to read.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that this shop be sealed immediately, and those papers will be seized until the investigation is clear.

Now the origin of this paper is unknown, it stands to reason that such a good thing should be dedicated to Your Majesty, Your Majesty vigorously to make it, and send it to the world's readers, wouldn't it be better, but this person actually wants to sell it in the market, this is completely insulting the world's readers! The eldest grandson Wuji stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Huh? This, that's a bad statement! Kong Yingda heard it and was stunned for a moment, but he didn't agree with what the eldest grandson Wuji said.

"Isn't it? Such a good paper should have been enjoyed by scholars all over the world, and it should have been dedicated to His Majesty as auspicious! The eldest grandson Wuji stared at Kong Yingda and said.

"But!"

"The minister agrees with the words of the eldest grandson Shangshu, this thing still needs to be investigated clearly!" Another minister stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, this matter is not proper, after all, this is made by the people, if Your Majesty goes to seal down this shop, this... This, I'm afraid that people all over the world will have opinions! ”

Kong Yingda was very anxious, he didn't expect that he would come over to report to Li Shimin, and he would actually bring so much trouble to the owner of that store.

"Well, it's okay, it's okay to find out, see where this paper came from, if there is no problem, I have a lot of rewards for that owner!" Li Shimin thought about it for a while and said to Kong Yingda.

"Yes! But! ”

"Okay, it's decided, it's a temporary seizure, and the investigation will be clear!" Li Shimin interrupted Kong Yingda's words, and then said to a lieutenant beside him: "Cheng Zhihei, you go and investigate it yourself." ”

"Your Majesty!" Cheng Chuhei immediately gave up, and then went down and walked out of the Manna Palace.

And Li Lizhen, who was outside, was still very anxious, and when she saw Cheng Chuhei coming out, she immediately went over and asked, "Father, how long will it take for them, I've been waiting for so long?" ”

"Eldest princess, this... The minister doesn't know, the minister still has things to do, Your Highness, you better wait, it won't take long! Cheng Chusi saw that it was Li Liqing, and immediately smiled and said to Li Liqian.

"Well, really!" Li Lizhi was very impatient, thinking about things outside.

And Wei Hao is quite comfortable at the moment, because the paper sells well, and now those big families have also come to buy it, and some of them buy it for 5 yuan and thousands of large papers, Wei Hao just likes such customers!

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" At this moment, a group of Praetorian Guards came in the distance.

"Childe!" One of the servants was a little flustered when he saw the Praetorian Guards coming.

"Afraid of what? It's okay! Wei Hao was actually a little flustered in his heart, but now he had to bite the bullet.

"It's all scattered, there's no paper for sale here!" Cheng Chuji went to the front, waved at those in line, then turned around and asked Wei Hao, "Who is your owner?" ”

Those subordinates all looked at Wei Hao.

", I'm not the owner, the owner didn't come!" Wei Hao scolded in his heart, and then stubbornly said to Cheng Chuhei: "This military master, I am the owner, do you have any questions?" ”

"It's good that you're here, you'll come with us later, we're going to seal it here!" Cheng Chusi said to Wei Hao.

"What's that? Close down? Why seizures? Am I breaking the law? When Wei Hao heard this, he was shocked, he didn't do anything, and he was going to close his shop.

"If you say that it will be sealed, you still have no opinion, follow me!" Cheng Chusi waved his hand at the people below.

"Don't move, no one is allowed to move, your uncle, who are you, you say it's sealed, it's sealed, Made, what about robbing money? Seeing that I got so much money here, you came to rob it, didn't you? Wei Hao said and lifted the bench he was sitting on and made a defensive posture.

At this time, the soldiers beside Cheng Zhiji drew their knives and pointed at Wei Hao's side.

"Yo ho, you're not small, don't you know that we are the Praetorian Guard? Yes? Seeing Wei Hao like this, Cheng Chusi laughed, and it was really rare for someone to dare to disobey the Praetorian Guard.

"What's wrong with the Praetorian Guard, there are no bad guys in the Praetorian Guard? Who are you? Why should I close my shop? Wei Hao said to Cheng Chuhei.

"Who do you care who I am? Have the ability to come and fight! Cheng Chusi smiled and hooked his finger at Wei Hao!

Wei Hao glanced at the war knife hanging on Cheng Chuhei's waist, and after looking at the soldiers around him who were holding knives against him, he swallowed his saliva, and thought to himself: "I can't beat it, I have a knife, what if I am killed by them?" ”

"Don't dare?" Cheng Chusi looked at Wei Hao with a smile and asked.

"There's a kind of we'll go it alone, or, you guys go together, we don't use weapons, we just use fists, how about it?" Wei Hao swallowed his saliva and said to Cheng Chuhei.

"Together? Who do you insult? Come, I promise not to use weapons, you also put down the stool, let's fight! Cheng said as he untied his saber and threw it to the soldier next to him.

"Cheng, but if you lose, others are not allowed to fight with knives, or with bare hands, let's have a fight, and if I lose, I will admit it, where do you take me, I can't help it, if you can't win, then you can't close my shop!" You can't take me away! Wei Hao said boldly again, thinking in his heart, Li Changle, you are a dead girl, if you don't come again, I will be beaten to death, and the money will be gone.

"Don't worry, deal with you, promise not to use weapons, the brothers have heard it!" Cheng Chusi looked at Wei Hao with a smile and said, I have never seen someone who is not afraid of death, daring to challenge the Praetorian Guard, it is simply brainless.

"Done! Look at the moves! Wei Hao put down the stool as he spoke, and before Cheng could react, Wei Hao rushed over.

After all, Cheng Chuhei was also born in martial arts, but his father was Cheng Guogong who bit gold and had a family martial arts, so when Wei Hao's fist smashed over, he subconsciously blocked with his arm.

"Oops!" Cheng Chusi sighed, feeling that his arm was smashed by a copper hammer, but before he could make the next move, Wei Hao punched him in the face.

Cheng Zhiji only felt that his head was buzzing, and all of a sudden his eyes turned white, and the person fell straight down.