Li Kuan originally boasted to Li Shimin that he wanted to make the price of books one-tenth of what it is now.

Although Li Shimin didn't take it too seriously, Li Kuan couldn't help but take this kind of thing seriously.

The story of "The Wolf Comes" in the first grade textbook fully told him that people's credit is easily consumed.

Once or twice, probably nothing; There are too many times, and even if you swear by what you say in the future, no one will believe you.

On the contrary, if you always do what you say, even if you suddenly boast about it, others may believe it.

Therefore, when the preparatory work of the papermaking workshop was almost done, Li Kuan came over in person.

Unexpectedly, I met Li Xueyan and them on the road.

"Second brother, you're trying to scare people to death. Silently came out from behind people's homes. Li Xueyan turned around and found that Li Kuan was behind, and immediately complained coquettishly that Li Kuan had scared her.

Cheng Jingwen on the side was also surprised to see the other side of Li Xueyan.

I didn't expect Sister Snow Goose to have such a feminine side.

"It's your own distraction to peep at our waterwheel, it's good, it's better for you to fight back."

It's rare to meet a relative who can still talk to him, and Li Kuan's mood is also very good, "Who is this girl next to you?" ”

"The concubine of the Su Guo family, my good best friend, Cheng Jingwen, nicknamed ......"

"Uh-huh......"

Before Li Xueyan finished speaking, she was interrupted by Cheng Jingwen on the side.

This girl's nickname, except for relatives in the family, can't be told to outsiders casually, this Li Xueyan is the same as Ma Daha, and almost told Cheng Jingwen's nickname, no wonder people want to stop it.

"Jingwen has seen His Royal Highness the King of Chu!"

Cheng Jingwen greeted Li Kuan.

Li Kuan saw that Cheng Jingwen was like a bead of speech, and her voice was crisp and soft, which was very beautiful, and he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

This look made Cheng Jingwen embarrassed, I saw that her cheeks were slightly red, her skin was better than snow, her eyes were like a pool of clear water, and her slender figure made people feel like a girl who came out of the painting.

"Second brother, Jingwen likes the poems you write the most. How about it, today's wind and sunshine, do you have a good work to give away? Li Xueyan looked at Li Kuan mischievously, and then at Cheng Jingwen, as if she saw something.

"Clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving." Li Kuan couldn't help but say what came to mind in his heart, "Xue Yan, I didn't expect you to make such an extraordinary friend as Miss Jingwen, but it impressed me with my second brother." ”

"Li Kuan, don't go too far."

"It's too much, I'm just telling the truth."

"Hmph, let's be honest, as if I'm doing well."

Cheng Jingwen saw Li Kuan and Li Xueyan's two cousins arguing, a smile appeared on her face, and she couldn't help but feel a little envious in her heart.

This is like a pair of brothers and sisters, which is like a few brothers in their own family, and the whole is babbling, not reliable at all.

"Since you're interested in those watermills, you might as well go in and have a look."

Li Kuan was very surprised that Cheng Chumo actually had such a fairy-like girl with a different style, and he couldn't help but have a little different thoughts.

According to Datang's style, he is already fifteen years old, and he is considered to be at the age of marriage, even if he drags it out by himself, he can't delay it for a few years.

"I don't care, it depends on what Sister Jingwen means."

"I can do it all." Cheng Jingwen's heart was pounding, and she didn't know where the calmness and intelligence of the past had gone.

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The papermaking workshop of the Chu Wangfu covers an extremely wide area, and there is nearly a mile of riverside on the side of the Wei River, which is the territory of the papermaking workshop.

Bluestone slabs have been paved along the river, forming a road along the river.

Next to the road is the Wei River, which is soaked in a variety of wood, bamboo and tree bark.

To make paper, the raw materials must first be mashed, and now there is no modern papermaking equipment and technology of later generations, so we can only use the more primitive local papermaking method to correspond.

However, even in the local law, some concepts are very comprehensive compared to this era.

"Huh? How can there be something attached to these waterwheels? Li Xueyan and Cheng Jingwen were most interested in the waterwheel, so when they entered the papermaking workshop, they walked to the waterwheel first.

When I got closer, I realized that these waterwheels seemed to be a little different, the water drawn out was constantly hitting a seesaw-like mechanism, and the other side was constantly beating something like a glutinous cake.

"These waterwheels are used to help mash up wood and bark and other materials that you just saw soaking in the water."

When Li Kuan used to travel, he saw some models demonstrating ancient papermaking techniques in the scenic spots, and these institutions in front of him were also made by the craftsmen of the palace under his guidance.

"Are these trees so large and so delicate, such delicate as paper, really made of these things?" Cheng Jingwen looked at the wood and bark that were constantly being beaten in the trough with a curious face, and asked curiously.

"Second brother, your papermaking workshop is very large-scale, but I haven't heard that anyone in the Chu Wangfu knows how to make paper before? Don't you lose a lot of money then. ”

Li Xueyan looked at a row of troughs, which were full of materials, some of which had been beaten for a long time, and she couldn't tell whether the original appearance was wood or bamboo.

In the distance, there are busy figures of craftsmen, which is obviously not the appearance of a small workshop.

"That's right, paper is such a valuable thing, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you have made it so large-scale at once, if you are not satisfied with the paper you make, the loss will be very great." Cheng Jingwen also felt that Li Kuan was really big-hearted, and he had never made paper, but he was so scary as soon as he made a move.

"Be of good cheer, this king knows what to do. It is precisely because paper is so expensive that it is necessary to expand the scale, increase the output, improve the papermaking process, and reduce the cost, so that all the readers in the world can afford to use paper and buy books. ”

Cheng Jingwen listened to Li Kuan's words, her beautiful eyes flashed, and she admired it in her heart.

It is said that the king of Chu is so good, it is really better to meet than to be famous, hearing is false, and seeing is believing.

"Second brother, there is a sentence I don't know if to say or not......" Li Xueyan listened to Li Kuan's words to reduce costs, but she was a little entangled.

"When did you, a straightforward girl, become such a mother-in-law?"

"Second brother, do you know who owns the largest paper shop and book shop in Chang'an City?"

"What? Isn't this paper the property of any family? As soon as Li Kuan heard Li Xueyan's words, he knew what she wanted to express.

I am a royal family, I have already offended the Cui family and the Lu family, and the relationship with the eldest grandson family is also very stiff, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps, and I really don't care about offending another family.

As a traverser, if you are afraid of this and that, what is the strength of life?

"Xingyang Zheng Clan!" Li Xueyan looked at Li Kuan with a solemn face, "Paper and books are the core industries of the Zheng family in Xingyang. ”