Then Liu Rong ordered someone to present the paper that had been prepared before, so that everyone could see it.

However, because of this, the heirs of Liu Qi, the son of the Son of Heaven, that is, Liu Rong's brothers, have all been crowned kings.

Solidly, at this moment, the only person who came to the palace to celebrate Liu Qi, the son of heaven, was Liu Wu, the king of Liang, who stayed in Chang'an and never left.

After receiving the paper handed over by Liu Rong himself, Liu Wu was caressed, and even sighed with emotion: "This is really a divine thing, I don't know where the emperor's nephew got this paper-making technique?" ”。

"Uncle Huihuang, this is what I learned by chance from a lost ancient book, so I asked Shaofu to borrow a workshop and dozens of craftsmen to try it, but because of the benevolence of my father, I was able to succeed."

is coming, Liu Rong didn't forget to pat his father's ass, Liu Rong is very clear, his father still likes others to pat his ass.

Hearing this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, also smiled, but did not say anything.

Of course, Liu Rong said this sentence, this paper-making technique, is obtained from an ancient book, itself is a loophole, if it is the ancient people will make paper, but why has it been until this time, if the writing is used, or bamboo slips.

But no one asked about it.

When the rest of the people saw the paper, they only thought it was new, and they did not see at all what the rest of it was for.

However, Liu Wu and Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, are very clear about the importance of this paper, there are such convenient things, where are bamboo slips still used.

And compared to paper, bamboo slips are simply a divine object given by God, "Can the emperor's nephew give some bamboo paper and widows?" ”。

However, what Liu Wu likes, it is naturally poetry and songs, hearing Liu Wu's words, Liu Rongdang even laughed and said: "Uncle Huang has a life, how can the little nephew not obey it."

Seeing this, Liu Wu also smiled and said, "Then I have to thank the emperor's nephew."

However, although the manufacturing technology of this paper was in the hands of Liu Rong at this time, it was still in the hands of those craftsmen, and these craftsmen were originally craftsmen belonging to Shaofu, so Liu Rong naturally could not force them to stay.

Liu Rong wants to make paper, not only to facilitate its use, but also to find a way to make money for himself.

As the future prince of the Han family, Liu Rong has a lot of places to use money on weekdays, and he has been very short of money in recent years.

According to the imperial court, the individual money that Shaofu gave to the prince in a year was not enough for Liu Rong to reward a few of his subordinates.

Liu Rong's own money in his private treasury was still a few years' money, and his grandfather rewarded it several times, and it took him a total of 3,000 gold.

However, in the past few years, the expenses have been simply too great, and just when Liu Rong said that he would give money to Ji Di, he heard Wang Sheng's report, and there were less than 500 catties in the private treasury.

After hearing this, Liu Rong frowned even more, and immediately began to think about how to get a way to make a fortune.

There is a saying in "Xunzi Fuguo": Hundred times are peaceful; career winners; The source of goods is also; those who are endowed with the treasury; The flow of goods also. Therefore the Lord of Enlightenment will be careful to maintain its harmony; throttle; open its source; And the time is right.

The right way to manage money is to open up sources and reduce expenditures.

However, what Liu Rong is worried about now is not how to open up sources and reduce expenditures, but how to open up the source of this source of revenue and cost reduction.

At first, Liu Rong also thought about whether to support a few businessmen to make them do business and make money, but after thinking about it carefully, forget it, even if he raised a few businessmen to make money, if he let his father and courtiers know about it, he would have to leave him for the position of prince.

No matter what dynasty they were in, no matter how wealthy a merchant was, his social status was very low.

The Son of Heaven of the Han family in all dynasties, starting from the beginning of Emperor Gao Liu Bang, and to the Son of Heaven Liu Qi all hated merchants, but not only the Son of Heaven, but also the courtiers, Liu Rong's teacher Jia Yi has always advocated valuing agriculture and suppressing business, not to mention the mistakes of the Legalists.

In a way, the hatred of the Legalists for the merchants is deeper than the dispute with the doctrines of the rest of the schools.

In his eyes, a merchant should not be a product of this world at all........................

In this regard, this papermaking is undoubtedly Liu Rong's best opportunity to make money.

However, at this feast, it is naturally not the time to say these words.

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After the palace banquet was over, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, returned to the Qilin Hall with his front foot, and Liu Rong's back foot also came here.

"The prince is tired of reporting to his father, and Liu Rong asks to see him."

Seeing that it was Liu Rong, Wang Yan was also a little strange, "Your Majesty has just returned, is there something Your Highness has not said?" ”。

Hearing this, Liu Rong smiled and said: "What the prince said is true, it is exactly so."

In this way, Wang Yan immediately entered the palace to report to Liu Qi, the son of heaven.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Liu Rong is asking to see him outside the palace."

What else is going on with this kid at this time, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, said secretly in his heart.

"Call him in."

"No!" , Wang Yan saluted and turned around and walked out of the hall.

"The sons and daughters visit their father", as soon as he saw his father, Liu Rong saluted.

"In other words, do you still have something to look for?"

Liu Rongyi arched his hand and said: "Back to my father, that's exactly the case."

"What's the matter?".

"Enlighten the father, the son came to ask to see his father, and it was also because of the paper."

After finishing speaking, he said: "I don't know if my father can make his sons and ministers take full charge of Shaofu's papermaking."

To tell the truth, Liu Qifei, the son of heaven, is a person who loves money, and ordered Liu Rong to hand over this paper-making technique to Shaofu, also to facilitate the use of the palace and the imperial court, but he never wanted to make a profit from papermaking.

In Liu Rong's view, his father is completely "full but not hungry", and he has too much money to use, so he has to ask his father for it.

Hearing this, he glanced at Liu Rong, who was standing down, and after a long while, he said: "However, this paper-making technique is indeed obtained by you, so I will order you to dispose of it, but there is one thing you have to remember............

Before Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, finished speaking, Liu Rong said: "The son will definitely order this paper to be supplied to the palace first and used."

Hearing this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, was silent.

After a long while, Liu Qicai, the son of heaven, said: "That's it."

"The retainers retired", and immediately, Liu Rong left with a salute.

Out of the Qilin Palace, Liu Rong felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and he couldn't imagine that his father would respond so easily.

Back in the dormitory, under the service of the palace maid, he took off his clothes and lay on the bed, Liu Rong muttered to himself: "I don't have to worry about money anymore."

However, the next day, Liu Rong got up early and went to the papermaking workshop, but Liu Rong did not come to see the papermaking, but to calculate the cost of the paper to be made.

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As soon as he saw Zhang Jian, without waiting for him to say more, Liu Rong first asked: "How much paper can this workshop produce in a day."

Hearing this, Zhang Jian replied: "Back to Your Highness, here can produce 1,000 pieces of paper in one day."

Hearing this, Liu Rong is just a nod, and a thousand pieces of paper per day is still too little, and it is not enough at all.

Then Liu Rongshi asked again: "Do you know how much tender bamboo you need to use?" ”。

"It should be five thousand catties".

These are transported from the place where bamboo is produced, and it is difficult to transport them, and it is 5,000 catties of tender bamboo to make more than 1,000 pieces of paper, and the rest of the original materials must be added, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to boil pulp and dry paper.

In this way, the cost of papermaking is much higher than that of bamboo slips.

"It seems that it is too early to completely replace bamboo slips with paper."

After leaving from this workshop, Liu Rong went to the Shaofu Office in person and saw Zhang Gong, the Shaofu Order.

"I don't know what His Highness can do when he is looking for a minister, if His Highness has something, even if he is told, the minister will obey it."

However, among the high-ranking officials of 2,000 stones, Zhang Gong can be said to be the person with the lowest posture.

Solid this, Liu Rong did not say more, when even the matter of paper-making, the original told Zhang Gong, when he heard that this was His Majesty's consent, Zhang Gong naturally responded to what Liu Rong said, "Your Highness wants craftsmen, workshops, will be sent to His Highness later."

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However, Liu Rongzao came out of the paper, and this imperial examination is also the time for the re-examination.

Only 100 people passed the initial test, and most of the people who did not pass the first test before left early.

Originally, the wine house in Chang'an City was overcrowded, but at this time, it became extremely deserted.

Seeing this, Sima Xiangru also moved from the suburbs of Chang'an to live in the wine house, that is, he lived next to Yan Yizhi.

The re-examination of the imperial examination is to test these people's understanding of the Han law.

Naturally, this can't make these people start to memorize the Chinese law, and those who pass the test in this way are of little use.

In this way, the three of them had previously discussed how to test this retest.

In the end, under Liu Rong's suggestion, he was determined to make these people who were examined analyze how to judge in combination with specific criminal cases.

And when it was time for the retest, early in the morning, Liu Rong was a passenger car and drove to the Imperial Lieutenant's Office.

Liu Rong came here not only to see how the exam was, but also to take this opportunity to promote his paper.

In this way, when Liu Rong came, he brought nearly 1,000 pieces of bamboo paper.

Part of it was sent to Chao Cuo and Jia Yi, and the rest was to be used by these candidates for the exam.

Jia Yi Yu Chao mistake, I have also heard before, His Royal Highness made a bamboo paper, light and easy to use, it is only two days from the rumor to wear it, and I have never seen it.

After receiving the bamboo paper handed over by Liu Rong, Jia Yi said: "Your Highness's move is a thousand years old."

"Students don't deserve such praise from His Royal Highness", Liu Rong said with a bow.

And when these candidates see the things in the examination room, they are no longer bamboo slips, but white and light, and they feel very supple when they touch them with their hands.

Everyone has a big question mark in their minds, what the hell is this?

However, after a while, no one came to explain it, but in the end, the examiner who chose the questions came.

Because there are many types of criminal cases, the examiners designate the questions to be answered by the candidates, and in order to ensure fairness, Liu Rong even forbade these examiners who published the exam questions to go out a few days in advance.

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