Of course, Li Yuanjia can't work against the emperor, so the idea of being a doctor or something is naturally buried deep in his heart, and he will never take it out again in a short time.

After returning home, he seriously considered the purpose of Li Shimin's search for him today.

Don't think too much about it, it must have something to do with those workshops outside the city.

But after thinking about it carefully, Li Yuanjia didn't care too much. He knew that if he did business as a prince, it would definitely have a certain impact on the reputation of the royal family, and maybe it would make Li Shimin angry again, but he also knew that as long as he operated well, then the result was likely to be some gossip and would not have much impact.

Besides, the bigwigs in the DPRK and China really don't have any business these days?

And......

Thinking about it, his eyes narrowed, and Li Yuanjia's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table in front of him: "If I, the King of Han, go into business, will it really only make the emperor angry?" “

He really wasn't very sure about that.

Judging from Li Shimin's performance on weekdays and today's attitude, it seems that he doesn't want Li Yuanjia to be a businessman. But I don't know why, Li Yuanjia has a very strange feeling, that is, if the Han Wangfu really starts to do business, the emperor may not care too much - provided that Li Yuanjia must end the game in person, not find an agent!

It's a wonderful feeling.

"Is it still that kind of insecurity?"

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Yuanjiaye could only think of such an answer. After all, a merchant prince, no matter how powerful he is in this era, his reputation will have an indelible stain. Anyone with a little brain, I'm afraid they won't follow such a master.

After pondering for a long time, Li Yuanjia shook his head and decided not to think about this issue anymore.

In any case, today he made up his mind.

So early the next morning, Wang Pu, the director of the paper workshop, hurriedly entered Chang'an City and came to the palace of King Han in Shengyefang. And the first time he saw him, Li Yuanjia asked directly: "Wang Pu, how many blank sheets of paper can the paper workshop make in a month now?" ”

"Back to the king, you can make 3,500 sheets a month!"

Taking a deep breath, Wang Pu replied without any hesitation: "Mainly because the materials collected last year were not enough, so we didn't dare to let it go, and I promise that it can reach five thousand in two months!" ”

In these years, the raw materials for papermaking are very limited, and the time for collection is also strictly limited.

For example, Wang Pu and Niu Da Niu Er's latest papermaking technology requires two kinds of bark, and it must be tender bark in March and April, and it also needs an extract of annual vine plants, which can only be found in large quantities in March and April. Therefore, although the manufacture of paper can be made at any time and all year round, the collection of materials can only be concentrated in the spring.

Last year, they were clearly not well prepared.

Li Yuanjia naturally knew this, so he nodded and asked, "Then you have to prepare this year...... Wang Pu, I still remember you once said that you can make 10,000 blank sheets of paper in a month! “

"Yes, King!"

Gritting his teeth, Wang Pu nodded and said seriously: "At the latest this time next year, I will let you see those 10,000 blank papers!" So this spring, we need a lot of money to collect those paper-making materials. “

At this time, the north was still full of green trees, and bark vines and other things were not worth anything at all, but if you wanted to collect a large amount, you would definitely not be able to rely on those people under Wang Pu alone, and you had to spend money to buy them. As long as the price offered is attractive enough, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of residents in Chang'an City, even those ordinary people outside the city can strip the bark of a mountain!

So his eyes narrowed slightly, and Li Yuanjia asked with satisfaction: "Very good, how much does it cost?" “

For Paper Mills...... No, it should be said that Li Yuanjia has never been stingy with the needs of any workshop. And he also knows that with the technology of Wang Pu and Niu Da Niu Er, the quality of the paper made has already surpassed that of the Li family workshop, and more importantly, the cost is also lower! The combination of these two things means that as long as Wang Pu and them can make it, as much Li Yuanjia can sell as much as they want!

Although it has only been 20 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanjia will definitely not underestimate the spending power of those powerful people.

"A thousand...... No, no, 800 is enough! “

"Huh."

After listening to Wang Pu's words, Li Yuanjia was immediately happy.

Of course, he could hear that Wang Pu had originally planned to say a thousand times, after all, the materials to be collected this time were not a small number. But the reason why he later changed his words to say that it was only 600 guan must have been the intention of letting his subordinates go outside the city to collect it by themselves. In two months, a dozen people were able to peel a lot of bark and pull a lot of vines.

But after laughing, Li Yuanjia still shook his head and said: "Just a thousand times, you people stay in the workshop honestly, and you can just spend money on bark vines or something." ”

It would be too extravagant to have these trained papermakers peel the bark.

Wang Pu was naturally grateful for this, and hurriedly said: "King Xie is compassionate, we have already asked more than 400 people for help, and we will definitely be able to accumulate enough materials." ”

"Hmmm......"

Nodding, Li Yuanjia was actually still a little entangled in his heart.

Although he knew that those trees and flowers were worthless now, and the materials collected by his own workshop alone were only a drop in the bucket, Li Yuanjia felt that he was doing something unsettling when he thought of the earthy yellow color in the north in the future and the rivers on the ground in Kaifeng.

So after thinking about it for a while, Li Yuanjia suddenly spoke: "Wang Pu, go back and try bamboo to see if you can make good paper...... Or it's okay to be worse. ”

"Bamboo?"

After listening to Li Yuanjia's words, he was slightly stunned, and Wang Pu's face was a little embarrassed in an instant.

Of course, he knew about bamboo, and he had thought about trying it before, whether it could be used to make paper. After all, it's everywhere and grows fast, so if it can be used, it will save a lot of trouble. But what makes people helpless is that the bamboo is so hard that it is more troublesome to clean up than the bark of the tree, and just crushing them can give people a headache!

So after just trying it once, Wang Pu and they didn't think about it anymore.

But now that it was Li Yuanjia's request, he naturally didn't dare to refuse, so he could only nod and say, "Yes, Wang, let's find some bamboo to try right away......

……

After Wang Pu left, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but shake his head.

Hundreds of thousands of years later, bamboo paper will be the mainstream of China's paper industry, because of the abundant materials and low cost, but now it is not easy to use bamboo to make paper, which Li Yuanjia also understands.

"After all, we have to continue researching!"

Thinking that he had gone out for a thousand more just now, Li Yuanjia was a little distressed, so he simply asked the housekeeper Han Shan to come over and instructed: "You go to the East Market in the south to find a house, clean up, and I will have a ...... when I turn back."