But it is said that it is not easy to live in ancient times, take the toilet as an example, toilet paper has always been a headache for the ancients, and Liu Xie solved this big problem.

Under the guidance of his new technology, many new paper mills in Luoyang can make soft and clean toilet paper, and therefore, people in Luoyang, Chang'an and Liangzhou have lived a new life of happy toileting!

The production and sales price of toilet paper is not expensive, and Luoyang people can afford it, but the Han family set tariffs.

All finished paper products, including toilet paper, book paper and wrapping paper, must pay 100 percent tariffs when they leave the city gate of Luoyang, and add 300 percent tariffs to the price of leaving the city when they leave the state borders such as Tiger Prison Pass.

For example, if you sell a roll of toilet paper for ten copper coins in Luoyang, it will be twenty wen a roll when you leave Luoyang City, and it will become eighty wen when you go out of the state border, plus the middleman will make the difference, and when it comes to the land boundary of the princes, a roll of toilet paper can be sold for two hundred wen.

The purchasing power of 200 wen at that time was equivalent to 30 yuan now. Come to think of it, it costs 30 yuan to buy a roll of toilet paper, which is a deadly rhythm in modern times.

But at that time, even with such a high price, there were still many families above the middle class who still couldn't put it down, especially for women with menstrual periods, which solved a lot of trouble.

However, the people in the area actually controlled by Luoyang have really enjoyed the convenient life brought by toilet paper.

In order to prevent the leakage of the process, Liu Xie controlled all the new paper mills in the Luoyang area, and for the people in Chang'an, Liangzhou and the surrounding areas, there were official transporters to sell them at a low price of 1.5 times the local price in Luoyang.

Not only papermaking, but also many other aspects of the place, have made great progress.

The reason why Liu Xie wants to raise such a high tariff is to let everyone in the world know how superior he is as a Luoyang person! Let the people under the territory of the princes look at the simple and comfortable life in Luoyang, and disintegrate the princes from the hearts of the people.

So at this time, I heard that someone had leaked the papermaking process, how could Liu Xie not be angry?

The minister said: "This has nothing to do with the loyalty of the people in the paper mill, someone sneaked into the key link of the paper mill, depicted a sketch of the equipment, and was found out by the soldiers when they left the Luoyang City Gate." ”

Liu Xie said: "Just drew a simple picture? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie said: "Torture strictly and ask the mastermind behind the scenes." ”

The minister said yes, and then asked, "What should we do with the person who has the drawings in private?" ”

Liu Xie said angrily: "Do you still want to teach you this?" Isn't the Law clearly written? Those who leak combat readiness resources will be asked and beheaded! Although paper is a civilian material, it is equivalent to war preparation materials in this extraordinary period! After the result of the torture, ask and behead it publicly, so as to set an example! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie also said: "The edict tells the world that anyone who returns to the Han family can enjoy the benefits of Luoyang!" For those who do not convert, all supplies must be purchased at a high price, or exchanged for food! By the way, the iron of the new process is forbidden to flow out of Luoyang! ”

The Luoyang mentioned by Liu Xie here refers to Luoyang in a broad sense, that is, including Chang'an and Liangzhou, which is the current century control area of the Han Dynasty.

Compared with the old process, the new process of iron is a huge improvement in both toughness and hardness.

Although there is no modern process, Liu Xie knows what to add to molten iron to make iron stronger, such as the right amount of manganese, silicon and aluminum.

and the control of carbon content, to a certain extent, the refinery in Luoyang can already make steel. Of course, the steel smelted at this time must not be compared with modern steel, but in that era, it was already a very powerful thing.

The weapons of the Han army were all made of this new process of steel, which was a step higher than the weapons of the princes.

The superiority of weapons can determine the success or failure of the war to a large extent, so Liu Xie strictly forbids the leakage of iron weapons, even civilian people such as hoes, shovels, and kitchen knives are not allowed to go out of the Luoyang territory, and the inspection is very strict in this regard.

The ministers reported some more information, and Liu Xie sat on the dragon chair and suddenly asked, "Is there any news of Cao Cao?" ”

A minister came out and said: "Your Majesty of the cavalry, Cao Cao occupies Xuchang, there are about 50,000 soldiers and horses, and a large number of civil and military generals have been collected. ”

Liu Xie sighed: "Hey, it's only been a year late, and it's been so strong with Cao Cao." ”

In the original history, the battle of Tiger Prison Pass was 190 years, that is, last year, and Cao Cao at that time was just a cavalry captain, and no one had no soldiers and no land. I can't imagine that now, due to various reasons, the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass has been postponed for a year, and it has not yet come, so it has been delayed for such a year, but there is someone with Cao Cao and land again.

The minister said: "Your Majesty, this Cao Cao only has one place in Xuchang, so why worry about it, but Yuan Shao occupies a large area of Hebei and part of the land of Liaodong, which is a hidden danger." According to reliable intelligence, this Yuan Shao has 400,000 soldiers and horses! ”

Liu Xie sneered and said: "Don't measure the strength of a hero by the land soldiers and horses, although Cao Cao has few soldiers and sparse land, he is a potential opponent, even Yuan Shao is not his opponent!" ”

Although Liu Xie is only eleven years old, he has always had a vision, which can be seen before, and since he says so now, the ministers will no longer argue.

Just now, the minister said, "Your Majesty, the spies sent by my subordinates have found reliable information. This Cao Cao suffered from wind disease and often had splitting headaches. ”

Liu Xie smiled and said, "Oh? ”

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that this Cao Cao had always suffered from headaches, and in the original history, he asked Hua Tuo to treat him, and Hua Tuo said that he had saliva in his brain, that is, a brain tumor, which needed to be split with a sharp axe and taken out to heal.

However, Cao Cao thought that Hua Tuo was plotting to kill him, so he sent him to prison and killed him in prison.

When he thought of this, he suddenly thought of Hua Tuo, although in the original history, there were still a few years before Cao Cao killed Hua Tuo, but now he has to guard against it.

Then he said: "Zhong Aiqing, has anyone heard of Hua Tuo?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, talking about big things, why did this little emperor suddenly ask about Hua Tuo, only a few people knew, and said: "Hua Tuo is a miracle doctor in the world, and no one knows where he is." ”

Liu Xie thought for a moment and said: "Investigate everywhere with people, visit Hua Tuo's whereabouts, and once you find it, please come to Luoyang to see me immediately!" ”

I didn't expect Liu Xie to value Hua Tuo so much. Liu Xie knew in his heart that history had been changed by him, and maybe Hua Tuo would be treated by Cao Cao for a headache at any time, instead of waiting for several years like in the original history.

If Hua Tuo was invited by Cao Cao, then Hua Tuo would be killed by Cao Cao, so he had to find Hua Tuo as soon as possible.