Chen Zhengtai said very sincerely, paused, and told Li Shimin and others again.

"In the future, if we can stock up on more raw materials in advance, students can even increase production."

"Teacher, the manpower for this paper-making is ready-made, and the cost is not much, and when this workshop becomes more and more mature in the future, the students hope to reduce the price of each piece of paper to a penny, of course...... There are still some difficulties at the moment, and students still need to work hard. ”

A penny a piece.

As soon as this statement came out, it seemed that the amount of stimulation was beginning to soar again.

What does this mean?

It means that this paper will no longer be a scarce commodity in the future.

Every big family shows off their family and wealth with the number of books they have.

In fact, collecting books is indeed a means of showing off wealth in this era, which shows that his family has a prominent history, and at the same time, it also proves that his family has money, because a book costs a lot, and this cost includes paper.

Now such a good paper, the output is extremely high, the future price is also very low, now on the market even hard yellow paper, a piece of more than 20 money, but also the worst paper. Twenty dollars is already a few days' worth of money for many ordinary people, who can afford it?

If it is those famous papers, it is even more expensive, in this era, paper and silk are equally expensive in the eyes of people.

Li Shimin was surprised: "How can paper be made quickly? Chen Zhengtai, you honestly, what is the mystery in this? ”

Fang Xuanling's heart was already turbulent, and now His Majesty began to ask about the method of making paper, which made Fang Xuanling's heart move, and he was busy pricking up his ears and holding his breath.

Chen Zhengtai thought to himself that the most difficult thing about paper is to make pulp from raw materials such as straw and bamboo, which requires a lot of charcoal and labor costs, and the process is complicated.

But...... Can I tell you, in fact, the raw materials are collected in advance, and then the raw materials are soaked in lime water and fermented, so that they can be made into pulp at the lowest cost?

If I say it, then after that...... The Chen family is missing another pillar.

Now I don't know how many homeless people in Erpigou, I am still waiting for the Chen family to eat, if the recipe is sent out, those big families are in their hands, and my Chen family will not even have a chance to drink soup.

But when the emperor asked, it seemed that it was not easy not to answer, did he still want to bully the king?

Ay...... I had to use a killer move.

"The teacher can go and ask the prince and Princess Sui'an."

"What?" Li Shimin's face changed, how could this have something to do with my children again.

Chen Zhengtai smiled: "The student's workshop is called Erpigou Paper, the teacher knows that the student is a person, and the student is lazy, but the student's junior brother and sister are shrewd and capable people." Therefore, the students were ready to wait for the signboard to be hung up, and divide the entire Erpigou Paper Industry into ten shares, and the students took up four shares.

"And the junior brother and sister will also need to spend a lot of energy in the papermaking workshop in the future, and the students are thinking, why not divide the junior brother and junior sister into three shares. In this way, the students occupy four shares, and the junior brother and sister take three shares each with a bowl of water, so the students think that if the teacher does not understand anything about papermaking, it is better to ask the younger brother and sister. ”

Li Shimin's face changed.

The benefits of this papermaking are obvious, even if it is sold cheaply in the future, presumably the paper of Erpigou will beat the paper of other parts of the world, and the profit can be imagined.

Chen Zhengtai, a kid, is very good at making money, and in the future, the benefits of Erpigou Paper are not under the salt industry.

And his daughter has three shares, and the prince has three shares, so that the palace has six shares for nothing.

I have gained more benefits than the Chen family.

Chen Zhengtai this guy...... I'm really loyal, and there are such good things for me.

Li Shimin was happy in his heart at the moment, but he heard Chen Zhengtai say: "But since the teacher asked about the secret recipe of papermaking, the student is the disciple of the teacher, both the teacher and the student, and the monarch and the minister, so that the student does not dare to hide his privacy, let alone deceive the king, Erpigou papermaking is different from other papermaking, and the biggest difference is that the process has been improved, such as the ...... of wool."

Fang Xuanling felt that his heartbeat was speeding up, his heart was about to jump out of his throat, on the surface, he looked light and light, but at this moment, he didn't even dare to breathe heavily.

On the other side, Yu Shinan wiped the blood from the corners of his lips, he was originally pale, but at this moment, his face actually returned to blood, he didn't move at all, and he didn't dare to make any slight noise.

But at this time......

"Enough!" Li Shimin waved his hand and immediately shouted.

This stupid person, such an important thing, has to be said in public, and he is not afraid of people listening.

Li Shimin said with a heartfelt voice: "This is the secret recipe you came up with by yourself, I just asked casually, you kid, you really don't know anything, how can this Mengjin Chen's foundation be easily revealed?" When I ask you, you answer, what if I let you die? ”

Chen Zhengtai: "......"

Isn't that a death-give-and-death?

Fang Xuanling and Yu Shinan suddenly showed disappointment, and then glanced at Li Shimin with a complicated and resentful gaze.

Chen Zhengtai said embarrassedly: "If the king wants the minister to die, the minister ......"

"Shut up." Li Shimin glared at Chen Zhengtai: "You are a smart person, you naturally know my original intention, I didn't say it, this is Chen's secret recipe, don't show it, don't say it is someone else in the future, even if I come to ask you, you must definitely keep your mouth shut, young people must be good at caring for their wealth, and you must be a little careful as a man." ”

Is this an order from the emperor himself to protect the secret recipe.

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but want to give a thumbs up, the famous Tang Taizong in history is Tang Taizong, and as early as 1,500 years ago, he already had the awareness of copyright and patents, admire, admire.

"Students understand, students must remember the teacher's order, no matter who it is in the future, they will not say anything about death."

Li Shimin's face softened, his eyes flashed, with a bit of expectation for the future.

The new palace of the Emperor Taishang is about to be expected.

Only then did Li Shimin notice that Yu Shinan seemed to be a little strange: "Duke Yu...... You're all right. ”

Yu Shinan only felt that he had just walked away in the ghost gate, and he was really close to dying, but after that, the amount of stimulation suddenly increased greatly, which may have stimulated some potential in his body, although he looked much older, he could still barely hold on: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, old minister...... No problem. ”

Li Shimin sighed: "If it's okay, then it's better, I'm very worried, and I'll let the imperial doctor give Yu Gong a look or two to reassure." ”

As he spoke, his face flushed: "How does Duke Yu look at this disciple, haha...... I loved him for being loyal and honest, and I was so true when I was young. ”

Yu Shinan: "......"

This time, Yu Shinan looked at Li Shimin's eyes with a little disgust, but this look only swept under his eyes and did not show it.

But Yu Shinan immediately began to get excited again.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, if everything is as Chen Zhengtai said, then ...... I Datang will open a precedent that has not been seen for a thousand years, once paper can be used in large quantities, then ...... How many talents can emerge in this world? Just talk about the way of writing, I don't know how many people want to publish, any article, is written on paper, paper as the carrier, with this, then Your Majesty Wenzhi ...... Expected. ”

He was speaking fairly.

Fang Xuanling's eyes couldn't help but flash with a different style, and he nodded with his chin headed: "Your Majesty, what Duke Yu thinks is a splendid article, but the minister thinks it is ...... There is also a huge benefit to Erpigou papermaking, which can be described as a benefit. Your Majesty...... Paper is expensive, although the three provinces and six ministries, as well as the governors of each prefecture can use paper at will, but the clerks of various states and counties, their official correspondence, and the records on the case, most of them cannot use paper, paper is expensive, even the official documents of the state and county, and it is impossible to popularize the use of paper. Most of the scribes still used bamboo slips to exchange official documents and records, and the bamboo slips ...... Not to mention the heaviness, and it is impossible to record a large number of them, so that many official documents and documents have signs of vagueness and vagueness. And the bamboo slips are bulky, occupy a lot of land, as far as the minister knows, a county, just in order to store the documents, it is necessary to have a number of warehouses, used to stock the bamboo slips, and want to search for the documents of previous years, but also time-consuming and laborious, many scribes, unbearable, complaining. ”

After all, Fang Xuanling is Zaifu, and from his point of view, this paper is even more useful.