Liu Wei's birthday is over, and Liu Hong also entertained Ye Zhao to have a dinner in the palace, which can be regarded as a kind of intimacy, after all, whether it is the relationship between Ye Zhao and Cai Yong or Liu Wei, they are already on the side of the imperial party, and Ye Zhao's papermaking skills this time are definitely a role in helping Liu Hong, who has the heart to break the current situation of the family.

It wasn't until late at night that Ye Zhao said goodbye and left the palace.

"Some of my subordinates don't understand." Back in the mansion, Qian Fei, who had rarely spoken since Ye Zhao, couldn't help but ask.

"Oh? Sir also has something that he doesn't understand? Ye Zhao looked at Qian Fei in surprise.

"The lord dedicated this papermaking technique to the Son of Heaven, and his subordinates can probably guess the lord's thoughts, but this 10,000-year-old lamp...... Is it really just a smile for the beauty of the fight? Qian Yu looked at Ye Zhao, even if he didn't have this 10,000-year-old lamp, just relying on Ye Zhao's previous stratocratic strategy and papermaking skills was enough for Ye Zhao to gain the trust of the Son of Heaven.

"Can't you?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

"Naturally, it can, but it's not quite like the lord's style." Qian Yu smiled when he heard this, with his understanding of Ye Zhao, he rarely did useless work.

"This time Mr. is really hearty, Zhao did this time, it is for the beauty to smile, of course, there will be some other gains, this, Mr. will know in the future." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

Really.

Qian Fei nodded, sighed and said, "Yesterday, Liang Guo sent a letter to the family......

"Need help?" Ye Zhao's expression was solemn, and he looked at Qian Yudao.

Shaking his head: "The actor is gone." ”

"Huh?" Ye Zhao looked at Qian Fei a little blankly, and was stunned for a moment before he reacted, Qian Bei's original surname was Xi, and he later changed his surname to Qian's house after following his mother to Qian's house.

"What happened when the Taiping Rebellion broke out, the small clan of the opera family did not escape the catastrophe, and the clan left a message, hoping that I could inherit the family business." Qian Fei sighed.

Ye Zhao nodded when he heard this, saying that he was inheriting the family business, I am afraid that he hoped that Qian Bei could change his surname back to the opera, so as not to let the opera family break the incense, this kind of thing, after all, is Qian Bei's family matter, Ye Zhao is not good at interjecting, but asked: "What do you mean?" ”

"Change back, the Qian family has not been treated as a family, and the mother is gone, so why be nostalgic?" Qian Fei sighed and laughed at herself.

"That's their loss, and he'll regret it one day." Ye Zhao looked at Qian Fei and said, "After that, it's a joke?" ”

The name sounds a little awkward.

Qian Fei shook his head: "No, let's take the word as the name." ”

"Xi Zhicai? That's a cheap name. Ye Zhao frowned.

"It's not a good background." Qian Fei doesn't care.

Ye Zhao didn't persuade him more, he never felt that a name could be decided, and since Xi Zhicai had already made a decision, there was no need for him to bother with this kind of thing.

In the next few days, Ye Zhao was very busy, on the seventh day of the seventh month of July, after Liu Wei's birthday, the Wannian lantern has become a kind of popularity, Ye Zhao has already let the Ye family firm in Luoyang City a few good shops, Liu Wei's birthday is a country, Ye Zhao started the business of the Wannian lantern in the shops everywhere.

On the seventh night of the first month, the shocking scene of the lights in the sky really brought a visual feast to the people of Luoyang, and therefore, after these shops began to sell 10,000-year-old lamps, almost every day there were idle and bored boys who came to buy lamps, and every night you could see countless 10,000-year-old lamps rising in the sky.

Correspondingly, it was the increase in the burden of public security in Luoyang, Ye Zhao released the 10,000-year-old lamp that day, but mobilized a large number of manpower to be ready to extinguish the fire at any time, because of the unification of time, there was no damage, but now it is different, no one knows which son-in-law brother will put a lamp to play, and even some people put hundreds of 10,000-year-old lamps out in broad daylight, so that the Luoyang Mansion including He/Nanyin is fighting fires everywhere these days.

Of course, there are two sides to everything, although this 10,000-year-old lamp has brought a lot of trouble, but it has also brought a lot of vitality to Luoyang City, and past merchants have come to order the 10,000-year-old lamp, so that Ye Zhao has made a lot of money in less than a month, and it has also made a front stop for Liu Hong's improvement of paper in disguise.

Because of the hot sales of Wannian lanterns, many merchants in Luoyang City rushed to follow suit, but the traditional Caihou paper was too expensive to reduce costs, so when Liu Hong secretly sold the paper through the royal channel, people's attention was focused on the cost reduction of making Wannian lanterns for the first time, but its real use was temporarily forgotten.

And as the royal family began to sell a large amount of paper, there were constantly merchants who began to follow suit, once people have a direction, creativity is terrifying, the paper lamps made by these shops are even more exquisite than Ye Zhao's, but as the first person to eat crabs, Ye Zhao not only gathered a lot of money, but also won a lot of customers, these shops that followed the trend, began to fight a price war with Ye Zhao.

"Does the lord regret that he handed over this new paper to the court too early?" A month later, in the courtyard of Ye Mansion, watching the colorful lanterns vacating at night, Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao with a smile, with more and more shops imitating Ye Zhao, although Ye Zhao still relies on this 10,000-year-old lamp to make money, it is no longer like at the beginning.

"This thing is just a fresh play, and when the novelty goes, everyone won't be so crazy." Ye Zhao shook his head with a smile and said, "The imperial court has issued a ban, except for this one hour, the rest of the hours are not allowed to burn the 10,000-year-old lantern. ”

"It's gorgeous, but it's not a long-term business." Ye Zhao turned his head to look at Xi Zhicai and said with a smile: "Zhicai has also been a businessman, and you should know that this way of doing business is that I have no people, I have excellent people, I am good people, and I am cheap." ”

Xi Zhicai stroked his palms and smiled: "It's only sixteen words, but it is the root of this business, if the lord is in business, I am afraid that he will become the world's first wealthy businessman in a few years, it seems that the next step, the lord wants to use this fire to get His Majesty to sell books?" ”

"How many of them have been bound, how about Zhicai take a look?" Ye Zhao took out a thread-bound book from his arms and handed it to Xi Zhicai and asked with a smile.

A book of Analects, Xi Zhicai took it from Ye Zhao's hand, and read it with some curiosity, the book is very thick, there is only one line of words on each page, and below is some small words as a commentary on this sentence, which is very detailed, at least in the eyes of Xi Zhicai, I can't find fault with it, if it is recorded with bamboo notes, plus these annotated words, I am afraid it will cost hundreds of bamboo notes, and at this moment, a book can completely cover it.

"This book can be a family heirloom." Xi Zhicai returned the book to Ye Zhao and sighed.

The details of the annotations are probably from the hands of famous families, not to mention ordinary people, even if they are placed in some wealthy families, they can be regarded as family heirlooms.

"Do you know how much this book costs?" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"It's worth a thousand dollars." Xi Zhicai affirmed that even if it is changed to a paper book, it must be transcribed, and there are annotations by famous authors above, which is a priceless treasure for many readers.

"That's a lot." Ye Zhao shook his head, stretched out five fingers and said, "This number." ”

"Fifty thousand?" Xi Zhicai was stunned, frowned, and said, "It's a little cheap." ”

"It's five thousand." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"This ......" drama Zhi is puzzled, the imperial court does this, isn't it a loss, the person who commented on this is quite knowledgeable at first glance, such people write books, even if it is the imperial court, they can't be requisitioned for free, right?

"Zhicai has read this book and said it again!" Ye Zhao took out another Analect from his arms and handed it to Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai took it and flipped through it again, it was no different from the previous one, it was also annotated, and the handwriting was written by the same person......

Xi Zhicai suddenly raised his head and looked at the Analects in Ye Zhao's hand, and his expression suddenly moved: "Can the lord show that book to his subordinates again!" ”

Ye Zhao didn't speak, and directly handed the book to Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai compared the two books one by one, suddenly raised his head, and looked at Ye Zhao in astonishment, at this time he found that the content of these two books was surprisingly consistent, not only the content of the book, but even the handwriting was the same, he deliberately found a few rare words for comparison, and came to the same conclusion.

"Is this rubbing?" Xi Zhicai suddenly looked at Ye Zhao and asked.

"It's rubbing." Ye Zhao nodded: "Write the document in advance, ask the craftsman to carve the city template, and then apply it with ink, you can rubbing, the process is more difficult, but as long as you carve out a board, as long as there is enough ink and paper, you can copy a large number of copies." ”

"This move is to pry the foundation of the family!" Xi Zhicai shook his head and sighed: "The lord ...... this move"

Poison!

Xi Zhicai didn't say that word in the end, but the meaning was already clear, Ye Zhao's move was not just to pry the foundation of the family, but more importantly, all this, he did not appear in front of the stage and shine in front of the world, but as a similar behind-the-scenes promoter, he dedicated these things to the imperial court, and did not leave a name.

On the surface, Ye Zhao suffered a little loss, but this move completely opposed the royal family and the family, allowing the Son of Heaven to bear the anger of the family, but Ye Zhao gained real benefits from it.

For example, the 10,000-year-old lamp, the sale of this book, with the understanding of Ye Zhao by Xi Zhicai, I am afraid that he will also take the opportunity to make profits, and he can also gain the trust of the Son of Heaven, and he can even take the opportunity to gather many talents.

The Han Dynasty may be divided in advance because of this, and Liu Hong, the son of heaven, as a victim, still has to be grateful to Ye Zhao as the initiator.

The most important thing is that the identity problem that has always bound Ye Zhao will be alleviated.

Why was Ye Zhao excluded by those families? Because Ye Zhao was born or didn't have enough heels, but the ability he showed made the major families rush to the crisis, before there were no other contradictions, Ye Zhao would become the object of suppression, but when the bigger contradictions appeared in front of these people, they would focus on the bigger contradictions, so they relaxed the suppression of Ye Zhao, and even took the initiative to win over them......