Xu Qilin has been a dead dog at home for two days, although he has not fully recovered, he still has to go to work.

Moreover, Secretary Ma Zhouma also sent good news, and after leaving duty, he went to the Qianqiu Palace, and His Majesty was summoned.

Xu Qilin was very happy, thinking that the matter was done, and when the hilly land behind the village was in hand, he could roll up his sleeves and do it.

But after getting off work, he was led to the Qianqiu Hall by the palace people, and after listening to His Majesty Li Er's simple narration, Xu Qilin immediately felt that his whole body was not good.

To say that Secretary Ma is also very helpful, but this is a bit of a fork, and it is not Xu Qilin's original intention.

Sitting on the small horse, Xu Qilin glanced at His Majesty Li Er, who was dealing with the music, from time to time, and quickly thought about the regulations that His Majesty Li Er had just proposed.

Obviously, this charter is more mixed with the opinions of Ma Dami.

In the final analysis, it means the same thing: improving papermaking and printing books is a good thing, so that more poor students can read books, which is for the benefit of future generations, so don't think about making money.

You are noble, you are great, you want to show the power of education, but you are very private, that is, you are not short of money!

Xu Qilin was very slanderous, and another one came to Qian Daoer to block it. But if you don't agree, what will you do in the future? It is too much time to ask for His Majesty Li Er, and it is too much time to ask for Ma Dami, and he must not be offended to death.

Therefore, not only can we not refuse, but we must also raise our hands in approval, make an ecstatic appearance, support it, and enthusiastically support it.

The mood was not happy, and his body was still sore, Xu Qilin inevitably made some grinning and frowning expressions, but he happened to be seen by His Majesty Li Er.

"Qi Lin, where are you useless?"

Xu Qilin hurriedly stood up and arched his hand and said: "Wechen has been practicing too hard recently, and his muscles are a little sore, please forgive Your Majesty for Weichen's crime of losing his honor." ”

His Majesty Li Er snorted and said, "How did you think about the paper-making and printing of books?" ”

Xu Qilin immediately replied generously: "Your Majesty Shengming, this is the initiative to demonstrate Your Majesty's education, improve the cultural knowledge level of my Tang people, and promote the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty culture and education...... Wechen is willing to donate the process, and the Ministry of Industry will send people to study and test. ”

"It's not just the process you figured out, but I still need more guidance and supervision from you." His Majesty Li Er said: "The sooner the production is successful, the better the book will be printed as soon as possible." ”

As he spoke, he handed a piece of paper to the chamberlain and handed it to Xu Qilin, "If the paper produced is qualified, these books must be printed as soon as possible." You can make paper while engraving the plate, and the two will not be delayed. ”

Xu Qilin took it over and took a closer look, and couldn't help but roll his eyes secretly.

In addition to the five classics of "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi" and "Spring and Autumn", there are Taoist classics such as "Laozi", "Zhuangzi", "Liezi" and "Wenzi", but the first is "Clan Chronicles", and the second is Empress Wende's posthumous work "Female Rules".

I'll go, and take it this way? Why is your wife's book lined up here, it's obviously fake public and private.

In fact, His Majesty Li Er has long had the idea of printing "The Female Rule", but the price of good paper is high and the quantity is small, and engraving printing has only been invented not long ago, and he still has doubts.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, although there were many types of paper, the vast majority of them were of unsatisfactory quality, and very few could be used for engraving printing.

The best writing paper is Chengdu hemp paper, especially Yizhou hemp paper, which is a special tribute paper for the Tang Dynasty court.

At that time, various documents such as edicts and chapters of the imperial court were made of white linen paper; To soothe the military, use jute paper. "Tang Liudian" records: The Central Library Jixian Institute has a total of more than 12,000 volumes of ancient and modern books, all of which are written on Yizhou hemp paper.

After the invention of block printing, hemp paper with excellent quality was more widely used in the printing of books. Coupled with the personal needs of literati and ink writers, the price of hemp paper in Chengdu remains high, but it is still in short supply.

Therefore, His Majesty Li Er listened to Ma Dami's words, and put his idea on the paper that Xu Qilin wanted to improve.

If it can be done, then everything will be fine; If it doesn't work, His Majesty Li Er will print the book on hemp paper again, and it will be a big deal to be verbosed by Uncle Wei and others for a while.

After reading the book, Xu Qilin felt that he had blown too much about Ma Zhou, and His Majesty Li Er had such high expectations. Now it is very necessary to get a preventive shot first, so as not to disfavor His Majesty Li Er in the future.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the paper made by Weichen is low is mainly because the raw materials can be widely selected, such as straw, wheat straw, reeds, bamboo, wood and so on." Xu Qilin said: "That's exactly the case, the paper produced may not be very large, and the quality is ......."

In ancient times, when paper was made under relatively rudimentary conditions, the size of the paper often depended on the fiber length of the raw material; The quality of the paper is also inseparable from the choice of material, rather than the quality of the process.

Xu Qilin's papermaking improvement is mainly to change quicklime to caustic soda to improve the pulping rate; When preparing pulp, glue is added and bleached with sulfur.

According to Xu Qilin's estimate, the price of paper made in this way is relatively low, and it should be able to be engraved and printed to publish books.

But in terms of quality, Xu Qilin estimates that it is not as good as hemp paper, and the printed book will turn yellow for a long time.

Moreover, Xu Qilin did not plan to print scroll-like books, but the whirlwind books of later generations. This is undoubtedly an innovation, and the requirements for paper size are not too high.

After Xu Qilin explained to His Majesty Li Er, he added: "Weichen thinks that books are consumables, and in addition to being collected for a long time, the commonly used ones can be kept for more than ten years......

According to the thinking of later generations, Xu Qilin believes that commonly used books do not have to have too high requirements for quality and preservation life. It's like textbooks, which are not printed every year and distributed every year, and the quality is much better than it is now.

His Majesty Li Er frowned slightly, this concept was a little different from what he thought, but it was not unreasonable.

After pondering for a long time, His Majesty Li Er said: "Let's make new paper first, don't you also say that if the materials are fine, although the cost is high, you can also make good paper!" It makes sense that books are categorized according to their use and that different quality papers are selected. ”

After a pause, His Majesty Li Er asked again: "As for the whirlwind book you said, take the book sample and show it to me." ”

Xu Qilin hurriedly agreed and said, "That Weichen will bring the book sample tomorrow." Weichen thinks that it is also very convenient to look at it. ”

His Majesty Li Er nodded and encouraged: "If it can be done by making paper and printing books, it will be a great achievement." The right to guard in front of the thousand cattle may be removed. ”

"Thank you for your grace."

I understand, I just don't let me make money, but I'm ready to be promoted. Well, it's a consolation to change gloves for pockets, and to eat a little less!

His Majesty Li Er said with a smile: "The people of the Horse House are very protective of you, and you also promised to send the couplet to him, right?" ”