Half an hour later... Li Zhan, Li Chengqian, and Li Lizhen appeared in front of everyone, and what surprised Changsun Chong slightly was that after coming out, Li Lizhen had been standing on Li Zhan's left hand side, and gently held Li Zhan's arm.

Changsun Chong knew very well that his wife was not someone who was so close to someone so quickly.

So his wife Li Lizhen and this Li Zhan must have the kind of family relationship that he just thought, but Changsun Chong didn't show it, he just waited, and asked his father when he went back.

You know, his father is also very strange this time, because he took out a million yuan from his family to invest in a letter, isn't he worried that all the money will be wasted?

This is very inconsistent with what I know about my father.

"Alright... Today, Changle is here, I will make an exception to invite everyone to have a good meal, and after eating, I will take you to see what I am going to do for the victims of Hongtong County.

Count on you people, I don't think there is hope, it's better to rely on myself! After speaking, Li Zhan looked at Li Lizhi and smiled slightly.

The others also breathed a sigh of relief, and Changsun Chong looked at his wife's eyes looking at Li Zhan, and once again affirmed his judgment just now, this glance was too affectionate.

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During the meal, Li Zhan and Changsun Chong talked a lot, asked about Changsun Wuji's goodness, and asked about the money this time, and Changsun Chong told Li Zhan that he had brought a million guan.

However, only 200,000 guan of one million guan are copper coins, and the others are silk silk.

This is because during the Tang Dynasty, the silk weaving industry developed very rapidly, especially in the north, and a variety of silk fabrics were manufactured. During the Tang Dynasty, the management of silk fabrics and various regulations and systems have been relatively mature, and the "Tang Law Discussion" has made a penalty explanation on some related issues of silk fabrics, the size and length of silk silks have been stipulated, and the transactions that are out of order will be punished by the law.

With the progress of the times, the silk silk of the Tang Dynasty was gradually monetized, firstly, it was an indispensable thing in people's lives, and secondly, the production of silk itself was valuable.

For example, when buying horses in the Tang Dynasty, basically all you paid was silk... Everyone else also recognizes this silk silk... In the early Tang Dynasty, a silk horse was about 200 yuan.

Li Zhan also nodded, silk silk is actually no different from copper money, and Changsun Chong also asked a little, what business does Li Zhan want to do, but Li Zhan is very mysterious, and he didn't say it, but looked at Li Li and said: "Changle... Do you feel tired, if not, I will take you to Zhushan in the afternoon to play. ”

"Okay... Okay... I'm not tired at all. Li Lizhi kept eating, and the corners of her mouth were stained, which was completely different from her previous image.

Changsun Chong didn't say anything on the side, but carefully observed the interaction between Li Zhan and Li Lizhi, and watched Li Zhan gently wipe off the stains on the corners of Li Liqin's lips with a silk silk.

Li Chengqian also grinned, and Changsun Chong affirmed it again.

And not only Changsun Chong, but everyone else also saw a little clue, so Zhao Jie suddenly shouted: "That's really good... I'm really getting a little impatient here.

Brother Li... When do we depart? ”

Looking at Zhao Jie, Li Zhan smiled slightly: "After eating...!" ”

After eating a meal, Li Zhan took everyone to Zhushan in Hongtong County, and Li Zhan found Wang Dali, because Wang Dali was very familiar with Zhushan, and his eldest brother's Liuye Village was in Zhushan.

About forty miles away, after arriving at Zhushan, you can just see the sunset in the mountain, Li Lizhen is the first time to see the sunset in the mountain, and the whole person is almost stunned.

Wang Dali went to Liuyezhuang to arrange food and lodging for Li Zhan and others, and Li Zhan led his group to the bamboo garden in the bamboo mountain.

There are so many bamboos here that it seems that there are no other plants except bamboo.

Looking at several mountains from afar, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, no, from the flat ground is all paved with bamboo, layer after layer, not only can not distinguish bamboo branches, bamboo and bamboo leaves, even houses, paths and small bridges and flowing water can not be seen, as if all are submerged by the sea of bamboo. When a gust of wind blows, there are dark waves on the bamboo sea, one wave after another, until it is far away, it is difficult for you to know how deep that tender blue and dark green bamboo sea is, but you look at the ups and downs of the bamboo wave and its momentum, it means that it is very deep.

"Wow... There is really too much bamboo here! Li Lizhi looked at it and sighed very much.

Li Zhan stood beside Li Lizhi and said with a smile: "Do you know that this bamboo all over the mountains will be our money bag in the future." ”

"Bamboo is a money bag...?" Zhao Jie climbed up from below and asked, "Brother Li, what can this bamboo do?" Make a basket... Who's going to want it? ”

"Huh...!" Looking at Zhao Jie, Li Zhan smiled and said, "Our bamboo is not used to weave baskets, this... Let me ask you, what do the scholars of Datang want most now? ”

"What do the scholars want?" Li Chengqian and the others were collectively a little surprised, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know.

The eldest grandson on the side rushed and said, "I think what Brother Li said should be paper." ”

"Paper...?" Zhao Jie smiled and said, "How can I lack Datang paper, I have a lot of them at home." ”

"Wrong..." Du He said on the side: "Actually, my father has said a long time ago that Datang will soon be short of paper, because the green vines in Yanxian County will soon be cut out."

And my father also said that the paper is gone, which is very dangerous, because the grassroots officials of the Tang Dynasty visit every household, weddings, funerals, and naturalizations, all of which must be recorded on paper, and because the green rattan used for papermaking in Yan County is almost cut out, there will definitely be a shortage of papermaking, and even the price of paper has skyrocketed several times, so that the grassroots officials have no paper to use.

Without paper, it is naturally impossible to record, which directly leads to the imperial court's database, which cannot be updated in time.

Then we can't let the imperial court know how many new people are added to the Tang Dynasty every year, how many old people are lost, so that the total amount of tax can be calculated, and the calendar can be revised through various accurate population data, and the national policy can be regulated in a timely manner. ”

"Not as serious as paper?" Everyone was surprised.

Li Chengqian looked at Du He and asked, "Du He, these are all what Du Xiang said before?" ”

Duhe nodded.

Li Zhan really gave Du Ruhui a thumbs up in his heart at this time, he deserved to be a famous minister who ruled the world, and he really looked too far, in fact, it was a big trouble without paper.

Now Datang must intervene, otherwise the consequences are really unimaginable, Datang is actually already remedy, but no one in the court has ever thought about making paper, just blindly compressing the amount of paper used in various places.

However, even if the amount of paper used is compressed, at the same time, the price of green rattan paper is also soaring, and there is no money, so how can you have extra money to buy more expensive paper?

For example, a boss started a business in the early years, worked hard, and the company's business was thriving, and it was never ambiguous to spend money on paper, because the company had money on the books.

Later, there were problems in the company's internal system, profits decreased, and the company's income was less, so it advocated frugality in all aspects.

But the employees below said, boss, we have no paper, we can't make reports without paper, we can't count the company's income, and we can't record how many employees there are.

Originally, the boss should have waved his hand and said that the big guy was waiting, and I would go buy paper!

But at this time, because the company had no money, the boss could only say to the big guys:

Then you can save some money...

So do you understand that I have said so much, and the problem I want to express is fundamental?

The reason why the imperial court had no paper to use was because there was no money to buy paper.

A piece of paper will cause economic problems, and even drag down the entire Datang.

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