After another hunger strike, Li Yuanjia once again received the emperor's encouragement.

In addition to a standard edict that is applied at a glance, Li Yuanjia also received some rewards from Li Shimin, which were basically some jade, playthings and the like. But the most tangible copper coins and silk cloths, this time there are none.

So after thanking him, Li Yuanjia didn't take it too seriously.

If you put it in a thousand years, any thing will definitely be worth more than copper and silk cloth, but in this era, the latter two are hard currency, and they are the real things that can change lives.

And to be honest, there is no shortage of treasures in Xu Wangfu.

Anyway, he is also a prince, and because of Yuwen Zhaoyi before, Li Yuanjia was once the favorite prince of the Emperor Taishang - even if it was only for a while, but the favor of an emperor is a joke? Therefore, in addition to the family funds saved by his mother and uncle for Li Yuanjia, the treasury of the palace contains all the rewards he has received since he was a child!

If you think about it, the amount and value are quite scary.

So don't talk about the quantity, even in terms of quality, King Xu didn't look down on Li Shimin's reward this time, and threw it into the treasury of the palace, and Li Yuanjia no longer cared about it!

However, there is one thing that Li Yuanjia will not forget, the day after receiving the emperor's reward, he called Han Shan over: "Old Han, I asked you to collect medical books from all dynasties and generations, can it be effective?" ”

"Back to the king, I have received more than thirty copies!"

After thinking about it secretly, Han Shan hurriedly replied: "But according to your instructions, every time I receive a copy, I will find someone to read it carefully, and it turns out that it ...... Ahem, most of these more than 30 medical books are inherited by folk doctors, and they are not of much use. “

"Well, that's right."

With a slight raising of his eyebrows, Li Yuanjia showed a look of disappointment on his face.

It's just a superficial disappointment.

Li Yuanjia has already collected some ancient classic medical books in these years, such as "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", "Shennong's Materia Medica" and "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", and even memorized them all with the help of the golden finger. Therefore, collecting some folk medical books is just for him to put on a show.

What's more, it is those classics of traditional Chinese medicine, in fact, Li Yuanjia has never thought of really using them.

The reason is very simple, he is a surgeon with a background in modern clinical medicine, both psychologically and conceptually, he has a natural resistance to Chinese medicine - it has nothing to do with whether Chinese medicine is scientific or useful, but preconceived learning makes him unable to accept things outside of modern medicine at all.

To put it bluntly, the thinking has been fixed.

It's just that in this era, he needs to use those medical books to endorse himself.

So after briefly expressing his disappointment, Li Yuanjia quickly waved his hand again, and said helplessly: "Forget it, send these more than 30 medical books to my study, feel free to take a look, and pass the time." ”

Whether it's useful or not, it's certainly not wrong to fill your library.

“…… Be. ”

Swallowing and foaming, Han Shan nodded yes.

Only this time after hesitating for a moment, he still said boldly: "King, I know that you are worried about the illness of the imperial concubine, but this doctor is ......."

"Alright, save me!"

Before Lao Han finished speaking, Li Yuanjia waved his hand impatiently and interrupted his words.

The doctors of Datang no longer belong to the class of "scholars".

After coming to this time, Li Yuanjia also specifically understood that as early as the pre-Qin period, the combination of witchcraft and medical skills gave them a high status; From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Western Han Dynasty, witchcraft and medicine were separated, and the status of doctors began to decline, but they were still very respected. However, Dong Zhongshu's "depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone" completely knocked the doctors off the altar.

The establishment of the Shinong industrial and commercial system has reduced doctors from "scholars" to "workers", and medical skills have also been classified as square skills.

In the words of the famous Han Yu's "Shi Shuo", that is, "Witch doctors, musicians, and people who work for hundreds of workers are disdainful of gentlemen". Even if it is Sun Simiao, a great bull of the Tang Dynasty who has been famous for thousands of years, when Zhu Xi evaluated him a hundred years later, he didn't care about his book "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions", but said: "Simiao is a famous Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty, and he is degraded to a technical stream because of his knowledge of medicine, it's a pity!" ”

So what Lao Han meant when he said those words, of course Li Yuanjia understood.

It's nothing more than that the status of the doctors in the Tang Dynasty is not very high, and he rashly went to learn a trick as a prince, even if it was for the sake of the imperial concubine's condition, let people know that they would definitely fall behind......

However, as Li Shimin's younger brother, the last thing Li Yuanjia is afraid of is falling into the hands of others.

So after interrupting Lao Han's words, Li Yuanjia said in a deep voice: "You don't need to think about these things!" Old Han, after bringing these thirty books, continue to collect medical books for me! Not only to look for it in Chang'an, but also to send people to Luoyang and other places to find me, the more you find, the better! “

”…… Yes, King! “

Sighing secretly, Han Shan hurriedly answered yes.

This time, he didn't dare to persuade again.

However, when he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered another thing, and hurriedly said: "Wang, there is one more thing, Wang Pu came to me early this morning, saying that Niu Da Niu Er and they have made a new batch of paper, which is much better than the previous batches, and I want you to take a look!" “

After listening to Han Shan's words, Li Yuanjia asked a little absent-mindedly, "Oh? How does it compare with Chang'an Lijia Paper Mill this time? “

In a year's time, they have made several batches of paper.

With Li Yuanjia's full support, they don't have to worry about the problem of raw materials at all, and naturally someone will help them prepare. So under the command of Wang Pu, the two made more than a dozen attempts according to Li Yuanjia's suggestion. Unfortunately, most of the attempts failed, either because they couldn't make paper, or the quality of the paper was so poor that they couldn't be used for writing. The other half of the attempts were successful, but compared to the best paper in Chang'an City, it was far behind.

So most of the paper made by the two cows was sent to Li Yuanjia's private toilet......

"It's a little worse than the high-quality products of Lijia Paper Mill, but it's very close to the ordinary ones."

"Oh? So good? ”

After listening to Han Shan's evaluation, Li Yuanjia finally raised his head.

Lijia Paper Mill is the most famous papermaking workshop today, known for its white paper and flexibility. Although it is still unsightly in Li Yuanjia's view, it is already the pinnacle of this era. can make Han Shan evaluate as an ordinary goods close to the Li family's paper mill, it seems that those two cows are really doing a good job?

Li Yuanjia suddenly became interested, nodded and said, "Then take it over and take a look, and by the way, hand over Wang Puye to me......"