"Hehehe!" After listening to the narration of the female officer under him, a very beautiful laugh came from Lan Yu's lips.

Holding a small pair of scissors in her hand, carefully pruning one of her favorite potted plants, Lan Yu gloated a little and said: "It seems that this age has become my sister's heart disease, and the scales are reversed." ”

"That is, Mrs. Fei, how can you be gorgeous and unparalleled, and you are favored by the king!" The female official next to her flattered: "You and the king, that's ......"

Hearing this, Lan Yu's eyelids drooped slightly, thinking that Liu Yuan hadn't patronized her for a long time, and she was not in the mood anymore, she used too much force in her hand, and suddenly cut the potted plant in front of her. Seeing that the female official was still chattering, she immediately scolded: "Shut up! ”

The female officer was so frightened by Lan Yu's sternness that she didn't dare to make any more noise. After a long while, Lan Yu pointed to the potted plant and said lightly: "Take it out and throw it away!" ”

"No!" A maid next to her took it and took it out the door.

"You said that the concubine killed the maidservant directly?" Looking at the female officer, Lan Yu asked.

"Yes, it is said that he was beaten to death, his flesh and blood were blurred, and it was very miserable." The female officer replied cautiously.

Lan Yu thought for a while, and said leisurely: "I never thought that Concubine Yu would be so ruthless, if it reached the ears of the king......."

Speaking of this, Lan Yu stopped her voice and turned her head to look at the female official, whose eyes immediately lit up.

"You go and ask that Zhang Jean, if the king has mentioned me recently!" Lan Yu instructed again: "Also, let Aya'er learn from that Liu Shu, and go to the Xiude Hall more, so that the king knows that he is not only a princess like Liu Shu!" ”

"No, the maid will go."

……

"Humph!" In the Xiude Palace, Liu Yuan slapped the table case fiercely: "A maid has made the whole palace restless." These women are so idle that they have nothing to do. If you have nothing to do, go to reeling silk and weaving, go to farming and watering the garden! ”

Seeing Liu Yuan's anger, everyone in the hall bowed their heads, and Zhang Rang also turned a deaf ear to him, just waiting for Liu Yuan's anger to subside.

Tilting his head and thinking about it, Liu Yuan instructed Zhang Rang: "You go and pass on the lonely message, let Liu Zhi gather the ladies and beauties of the harem to talk, and teach them what the female commandment is." She is the queen, for the middle palace, don't study, paint, and talk about the piano all day long, otherwise, what's the use of wanting her to be the queen? ”

Seeing that Liu Yuan said harshly, Zhang Rang hurriedly said a promise and went out of the hall.

With a sigh, Liu Yuan didn't have much leisure to pay attention to the women in his harem. Fang picked up a bamboo slip, and saw Long Wei step into the hall in a few steps: "King, there is a report from the Sima army in the east of the river!" ”

Hedong is the forefront of the Xia Kingdom against the Han Dynasty, and he continues to pay close attention to the situation of the Han Dynasty, and immediately said: "Submit it!" ”

Spread out and browsed, Xu Bu Chiyi reported three points. First, the foot soldiers have already formed an army, totaling more than 4,000 people, waiting for Liu Yuan's call at any time. The two, Puzi City, were finally taken, this place was dangerous, there were only a thousand guards, and Xu Bu Chiyi fought three times to break the city.

Of the three, Guo Tai died, and when he fought with Niu Fu, he did not notice for a while that Li Dao led the army to attack and kill, and the Baibo army was divided, and Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai and others each led an army, and they were still active in Hedong and Shangdang, but in the Dong army, there was no big threat. The intention of the subu Chiyi is to do the annexation.

After thinking for a while, Liu Yuan ordered: "Tell Sub Chiyi not to be in a hurry, continue to secretly support the rest of Bai Bo, and exert the influence of my Xia Kingdom." ”

After dealing with this matter, Fang picked up the book slip placed on the desk, and heard Duan Jue enter the inner hall and said: "King, Zheng Heng asks to see you outside the palace!" ”

"Zheng Heng?" Liu Yuan didn't react for a while, who is this? After a long while, Fang remembered that this person seemed to be the person he had sent to study the art of papermaking. Now that you have asked to see you, have you succeeded?

Thinking of this, Liu Yuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered: "Invite him into the palace." ”

After waiting for a long time, I saw a somewhat old middle-aged man stepping into the hall of cultivation and virtue, holding a booklet in his hand. Liu Yuan's attention was immediately attracted, staring directly at his hand.

"Excuse me!" Zheng Heng was about to salute, but was interrupted by Liu Yuan. Looking at Liu Yuan's 'hopeful' eyes, Zheng Heng cautiously picked up the book in his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "The king, the villain has finally made 'high-grade' paper!" ”

With a glance of his eyes, Duan Jue hurriedly took it from Zheng Heng's hand and handed it to Liu Yuan. I held it in my hand and weighed it a few times, and it seemed to be quite thick. Observing the familiar and unfamiliar blue scroll book in his hand, Liu Yuan smiled, opened it, and looked at the slightly yellowed page, which was indeed as thin as a piece to the touch.

I couldn't help but pick up the pen and write a few words, without scattering the ink, and turned it over vigorously, but it was not damaged. Liu Yuan finally showed a happy smile, it had been ten years, he had waited patiently for ten years, and finally came up with this result.

Closing his voice, his eyes swept to Zheng Heng in the hall, and at this time, the scattered memories of this person slowly became clear again. Ten years ago, he was still in the prime of his early thirties, but now he is in his forties, but his bun is a little white, which shows how much effort he has spent on papermaking.

Seeing Liu Yuan staring at him, Zheng Heng said with excitement in his tone: "King, this paper is a bamboo ...... for villains."

As soon as he began to explain, he was interrupted by Liu Yuan: "Lone is not interested in papermaking raw materials, processes, and processes, you just need to tell Lone, can such paper be mass-produced?" ”

"Your Majesty, but!" Zheng Heng's answer was very affirmative.

"Good!" Liu Yuan said loudly, getting up and pacing a few steps in the case, obviously very excited. Duan Qi is also rare to see Liu Yuan so "out of shape", although he is a eunuch, but from what he has seen before, he can also understand how powerful that small piece of paper is, and how much it has a role in the inheritance of knowledge and culture.

At least, in the future, if the ministers had this paper to write, they would no longer have to carry the heavy bamboo slips. Looking at Zheng Heng below, Duan Qi couldn't help but show envious eyes, as he expected, Liu Yuan's reward would not be small for such a great achievement.

Sure enough, after calming down his excitement a little, Liu Yuan said to Zheng Heng solemnly: "Zheng Heng listens to the seal, and you are the third-class Marquis of Wenchang, with 300 households, a beautiful house, a thousand gold, and ten horses of silk and satin, in order to reward you for ten years of conscientious work." The rest of those who have contributed to the innovation of papermaking will be rewarded together! ”

Hearing Liu Yuan's reward, Zheng Heng was a little stunned, he never thought that Liu Yuan would be so "generous". Under Duan Jue's reminder, Fang knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Thank you, King!" "In a dream, I can't help myself.

As a result, Zheng Heng, a papermaker, became the first Han marquis and the first marquis to be titled since the Xia Kingdom. When the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar up and down, and it also made everyone full of curiosity about this "new paper", what magic power could make Liu Yuan pay so much attention.

"Send this paper to Chongwen Hall and give it to Cai Yong, the old man should be happy for a while when he sees it." After Zheng Heng retreated, Liu Yuan instructed Duan Qi.

And after Cai Yong saw the new paper, he naturally shouted good paper as Liu Yuan expected. "This is a great merit!" I don't know if I'm praising Liu Yuan or praising the papermakers. and the father and son, as well as a group of Confucian scholars, did not carve books and repair Jane, and directly drank and celebrated.