At this point, although Emperor Jing Liu Qi did not do as well as Emperor Taizong, it was enough to make many people grateful to Dade.

Therefore, among the people, there are many learned people, and they spontaneously light the ever-bright lamp for the emperor and set up the tablet of the gods.

As for the officials of the imperial court and the princes of various places, they will naturally not be left behind, and they are eager to prepare congratulatory gifts, which is known to the world.

Even Wu Chu and other vassal states that could raise troops to rebel at any time symbolically sent people to Beijing to celebrate his birthday.

You must know that Wu and Chu have not sent envoys to Beijing for decades.

It was Liu Qi, who originally didn't want to handle his birthday, after hearing the news that the envoys of Wu Chu and other countries had entered Beijing.

immediately overturned his previous plan, he not only wanted to do it, but also did it beautifully.

It is necessary to let the princes and kings everywhere see the strength of the imperial court.

Therefore, Liu Qi's birthday rose from the emperor's family affair to the height of political events.

If anyone dares to drop the chain in this matter, he will definitely be severely punished.

For Liu Rong, this is really a plan that can't catch up with the changes.

In order to deal with the matter of Cheap Daddy's birthday, he had to hand over all the affairs of Nanshi to Yuan Ang to deal with.

In the past two days, I have been stuck in the palace, and Ah Da, Ah Er, and Ah San have been busy with paper-making plans all night long.

Fortunately, the hard work pays off.

On this day, Liu Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the sample in his hand.

He knew that with this treasure, his position as the crown prince could no longer be shaken.

"Your Highness, is this a blank piece of paper?"

Ah Da excitedly stroked the white paper in front of him, as if he was caressing the girl's skin, for fear that the action would be slightly too big to defile this holy existence.

Although he hadn't read much, he understood the meaning of this blank slate.

The paper in front of me is as thin as a cicada's wings, white and clean, and beautiful like a treasure.

It will surely sweep the world in the future and completely replace bamboo slips!

Such a merit is almost comparable to Cangjie's wording, which is enough to leave a name in history and be admired by all generations!

"Good baby, it's just a little more expensive."

Ah Er's expression was equally excited, and he thought of the children in the family, if they could write on this white paper, how happy it would be.

He roughly calculated that the cost of this batch of sample blank paper was about 100 yuan per piece.

If it is sold to the outside world, it will be at least a few dozen more words.

According to the calculation that a child consumes at least 100 blank sheets of paper every year, it is more than 10,000 yuan a year.

That's about the average family's income in a year.

Artisans are considered a high-income group in Dahan.

A skilled craftsman like Ah Er has as much as ten gold per year.

Not much worse than an ordinary small landowner's house.

But even with his income, looking at the blank paper in front of him, he could only sigh secretly.

This more than 10,000 yuan does not seem to be much, but this is only the consumption of blank paper, and there are other expenses such as pen and ink apprenticeship, which is by no means affordable by an ordinary family.

He estimated that with his own situation, supporting a child to study was already the limit.

If Liu Rong knew Ah Er's thoughts, he would definitely scoff at it.

More than 100 pieces of paper on a blank sheet of paper?

It's called Hanako.

Even if it is sold at the price of cabbage, it cannot be at this price.

I don't have a thousand dollars, so don't even think about it.

Until his great workshop was built, this blank paper was destined to be a luxury.

What the? Is a thousand dollars too expensive for a blank piece of paper? I'm afraid I won't be able to sell?

This is too underestimating the financial resources of the princes and powerful businessmen in various places.

Taking the famous merchant Linqiong Iron Smelting Family of the Han Dynasty as an example, this family alone hired thousands of people to mine for it.

Life is even more luxurious, and even if you eat 100 gold in one meal, you won't even frown.

Such a family is willing to invest heavily in the studies of their children in later generations.

Not to mention a thousand yuan, even if it is 10,000 yuan, there will be people rushing to buy it.

According to Liu Rong's estimate, when his batch of blank papers flows into the market, I am afraid that they will be snatched up in a blink of an eye.

Money alone may not be able to buy it, but you have to be powerful and powerful.

Therefore, in the early days, this blank paper was destined to only circulate among the wealthy families.

This is not only for the sake of profit, but also for the sake of safety.

Although the value of white paper is high, it is limited by the scale, and the output is inevitably not high.

In this way, although the business is eye-catching, it is not so big that people will do anything to it.

If the production scale of white paper is really expanded dozens of times, the first person to jump out and grab it may be Liu Rong's cheap father Liu Qi.

Liu Rong's plan was to produce a batch of white paper in small batches to accumulate funds, and only after he had his own fiefdom would he produce white paper on a large scale.

At that time, the blank paper will be set at 100 yuan, but the production cost may be reduced to 10 yuan.

Under the large-scale shipment, the profits brought are higher.

Moreover, with the passage of white paper to the world, it will inevitably bring him countless prestige.

This is not something that money can buy.

Since the Empress Dowager Dou's family banquet, Liu Rong's every move has attracted the attention of many people.

Especially in the face of Emperor Liu Qi's birthday.

Many people are curious about what kind of birthday gift the eldest son of the emperor will prepare.

This seems to be just an inconspicuous thing, but in fact it has touched the hearts of many people.

Because Liu Wu, the king of Liang, said that he wanted to prepare a rich birthday gift for his imperial brother Liu Qi, in order to express his reverence and admiration for the emperor.

In the eyes of Guan Tao, Su Ji and others, this is clearly Liu Wu's thief's heart is not dead and he wants to continue to make waves.

For this reason, many insiders are moving small benches and knocking melon seeds to prepare to watch a good show.

What is disappointing is that Liu Rong, one of the protagonists, locked himself in the palace and seemed to be oblivious to the situation outside.

Everyone only knew that Liu Rong was tinkering with some strange gadgets, but they didn't know what it was.

This makes many people's hearts like cats scratching, and their bones are itching.

After two days of waiting, someone finally couldn't sit still.

Princess Guantao and Su Ji came to visit together, which is a very rare thing.

These two women have always been at odds, and it's good if they don't fight when they meet on weekdays.

appeared together in Liu Rong's dormitory today, which made the people I met along the way almost think that the sun came out of the west.

When Liu Rong came out, what he saw was that the two women were facing each other coldly, and neither of them spoke to each other.

"I don't know that my mother and the eldest princess and aunt are here, and the kid is far away, forgive my sins, forgive my sins."

Liu Rong smiled and bent down and saluted, his behavior was a little funny, which made the two girls laugh and laughed.

"You kid, you talk nicely, but you don't know how to arrange us in your heart?"

Although Princess Guantao has not been in contact with Liu Rong for a long time, judging from Liu Rong's performance during this time, how can she treat him as an ordinary person.

"Hmph, this kid doesn't know what's going on, his mouth has been smeared with oil recently, and he can't learn well."

At first glance, Su Ji's words sounded like criticism of her own son, but it was not difficult to see from the undisguised pride on her face.

She's all about being embarrassed and showy.

Especially in front of Guantao, she is like a proud rooster.

How could Princess Guantao not see this woman's thoughts, if it were usual, she would have quarreled with the other party a long time ago.

Now, she glanced at Liu Rong, as if to say, for your sake, I won't worry about her for the time being.

What else could Liu Rong say, he could only smile wryly and shake his head.

It's really helpless to have such a superb old lady on the stall.

"Liu Rong, what have you been busy with in the past two days, do you know that King Liang has transported a large number of treasures from the fiefdom, more than half of which are ready to be presented to the emperor as a birthday gift, and the other half is to bribe the princes and ministers."

After gossiping, Princess Guantao said her intention for today.

After the two families made a marriage contract, whether Liu Rong can become the prince or not is not just a matter for Liu Rong alone, so she can't worry about it.

Su Ji didn't speak, but her face also showed an inquiring look.

"Oh, the little nephew will congratulate my aunt first, and it will add a windfall."

King Liang threw money in the capital, and a share of Princess Guantao's mansion must be indispensable.

Even if he knew that Princess Guantao's Mansion was about to marry Liu Rong, and he didn't ask Guantao to help, he could add a little less trouble, Liu Wu was already satisfied.

That's why Liu Rong said so.

"You kid, let's get down to business, can your Aunt Tao still lack this money?" Princess Guantao glanced at Liu Rong angrily, turned around and said, "If you do this again, my aunt will go back directly." ”

Su Ji behaved much more politely, and directly scolded: "Stinky boy, if you have anything to say, say it quickly, believe it or not, the old lady will punish you to kneel until tomorrow morning." ”

She really did this kind of thing, before Liu Rong was ten years old.

This ancient man really didn't have any sense of humor.

Liu Rong secretly spit out a bad sentence, and then said honestly: "The child is preparing a birthday gift for his father? ”

Princess Guantao and Su Ji's eyes lit up, and they asked in unison:

"What kind of gift?"

Liu Rong scratched his head and said half-truthfully: "The child is going to copy the Book of Filial Piety by hand and give it to his father as a birthday gift." ”

Filial piety comes first, and such a gift is placed in ordinary people's homes, which is naturally enough to reflect the filial piety of children and grandchildren.

But if it's in the middle of the royal family...... It's a little shabby.

Especially when King Liang intends to show off his wealth, Liu Rong's gift is a bit out of place.

"This move is commendable, but ......"

Su Ji said with a look of embarrassment on her face, although she felt that this move was a little inappropriate, but she couldn't think of a better birthday gift.

In contrast, Princess Guantao was much more direct, "You kid is short of money?" Within 5,000 gold, my aunt can be sent to the palace within half a day. ”

Five thousand gold, which is equivalent to most of the belongings of many people, and she can take them out without even blinking an eye.

It can also be seen from this that the wealth of Princess Guantao's mansion is huge.

Looking at Su Ji with a shocked and envious face, Princess Guantao breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

What's the matter, even if you have a good son, you don't have to rely on me to solve the siege in the end!

Of course, Princess Liu of Guantao is not selfless in doing this.

Just as she often collects beauties from all over the world, it is the same reason that she can sing and dance well before presenting them to the emperor.

Behind these actions is a certain interest appeal.

In Liu's view, this is investment.

As long as Liu Rong ascends to the throne in the future, he will be able to earn back doubled.

In contrast, Su Ji's vision was much shorter, and she kept glancing at Liu Rong, so that Liu Rong immediately agreed.

Liu Rong smiled bitterly at this, is Princess Guantao's money so easy to get?

If he can't get enough money in the future, this woman will definitely turn her face faster than a book.

"My nephew is very grateful to Aunt Guantao for her kindness, but my nephew has other plans, so I don't need this money."

The soft mouth of eating people and the short hands of taking people are common in ancient and modern times.

Although Liu Rong married Princess Guantao's mansion, he didn't want to completely tie the two families together, which would be very detrimental to his future governance.

"Okay, then my aunt is waiting to see the show."

I have to say that Liu Rong's confident appearance is still very infectious.

Princess Liu looked at Liu Rong with more and more satisfaction.

In a blink of an eye, he saw Su Ji next to him who had an unhappy look written on his face, and shook his head secretly.

If it weren't for the drag of this stupid woman, Liu Rong's ascension to the throne might have increased a few more points.

Now that the purpose of coming here has been achieved, Liu Concubine turned to leave.

Su Ji didn't want to leave, she still had a lot to say to her son.

was coaxed out of Liu Rong's dormitory by Princess Guantao.

At this critical moment, don't let this woman stay and make trouble!

Seeing this, Liu Rong hurriedly cast a grateful glance at Princess Guantao.

Princess Guantao's actions decisively made his ears suffer less of a crime.

The day passed in the blink of an eye.

Since the morning, Weiyang Palace has been decorated with various decorations for the emperor's birthday.

Bands of guards in iron armor and armed with sharp weapons began to patrol the area.

This was not only to show the majesty and dignity of the emperor, but also to show the bearing and strength of the imperial court to the vassal kings everywhere.

It was almost noon, and the emperor Liu Qi, dressed in full costume, appeared in Weiyang Palace and accepted the birthday congratulations of the court officials and princes.

These are superficial things, and all people do it strictly according to the rules of etiquette.

Even the envoys of Wu and Chu were unusually calm at this time.

However, many people know in their hearts that the real highlight will be at the birthday banquet that follows.

At that time, the officials of the imperial court and the princes from all over the country will send congratulatory gifts.

From the quality of the congratulatory gifts, it is natural to see the prestige of the current emperor among the people.

Long before coming to the birthday banquet, the hundred officials of the imperial court had already passed the gas in private, and what level of officials to give what gifts had already been agreed.

It's hard for violators to blend in mainstream circles.

As for the princes and kings of the Liu family, they are not among them, those who have hearts, rich fiefs, and rich birthday gifts.

Those who don't care about the emperor's feelings, or whose territory is barren, will not be blamed for their thinner gifts.

But many of the people attending the meeting knew in their hearts that the main attraction of tonight would be the vassal kings or envoys in a few places.

(End of chapter)