"Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, is really out of grace!"

Chen Deng held up the Tianzun Bi and scolded loudly, "Come here to Luoyang to pay homage to the Lord, but Your Majesty is making things difficult everywhere, like a market outlet." If the king wants to rob the Heavenly Venerable, I will turn it into broken jade! ”

"Leave it all to the widow!"

Ji Zheng drank back from the guards, and he also took a few steps back, begging; "Mr. Chen, please don't be excited, you have something to say, you have something to say. The widow can not rob it, but you Tang Kingdom delusionally want to let the widow agree to your conditions just by relying on Tianzun Bi, and you don't even think about it! ”

Chen Deng still held up the Heavenly Venerable Bi with both hands, and retorted: "The king's condition is simply difficult for a strong man, forgive us Tang Guo for not agreeing!" ”

"Will you go back and discuss with Fang Li?" Ji Zheng's tone softened, "No, give you half the Tang Kingdom?" ”

Chen Deng refused: "Your Majesty can ask for corn and women, but it is impossible for the city, the people, and the soldiers!" ”

Ji Zheng sat back on the dragon chair and discussed: "It's really not good, the widow will halve the corn and women, and your Tang Kingdom will cede Yanshi, Jingxian, and Juan County to the widow, and the rest will be exempted, what do you think?" ”

"It's still the same sentence, corn and women can be given to Your Majesty, but my land in the Tang Dynasty is not allowed to give an inch!" Chen Deng said it categorically, and there was no room for negotiation.

Ji Zheng also launched a ruthless attack, and waved the sleeves of his robe: "Come on, detain Chen Deng, and give Tang Guo a letter to Xiu, the conditions for widows are the same!" ”

Chen Deng came to Luoyang to ask Zhou Tianzi to recognize the status and identity of the Tang Kingdom, and he could not return to the country just like that, so he could only temporarily swallow his anger and follow the guards of the Zhou Dynasty back to the post house, and then find another way.

Xingyang, Metallurgical Bureau of the Ministry of Industry.

Fang Li told Liu Ye the principle of papermaking, and Liu Ye took the 100 craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau to be busy for three or four days, and he actually made the paper.

Liu Ye sent people to collect bark, silk cotton, fishing nets and other materials according to Fang Li's words, and after frustration, pounding, copying, drying, drying and other processes, he actually produced the first batch of more than 100 pieces of "paper", and its name was of course taken by Fang Li.

"My lord, the paper you said has already been made." Liu Ye excitedly pinched a piece of paper and handed it to Fang Li to look at.

Although the paper was still very rough, the pages were yellowed, like the paper that had been soaked before Fang Li crossed over, and the edges and corners were uneven, but it was made after all.

Moreover, this is the earliest paper in the world, about 500 years earlier than the papermaking technology invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is enough to promote a big step forward in human civilization.

Fang Li wasn't too excited, after all, it was just a simple piece of paper, if he poured out all the knowledge in his stomach, it was enough to make Tang Guo's science and technology take a big step forward, far behind the princes of the world.

"Cut off the corners and make them align up and down, square, and you can make a book." Fang Li took the scissors and cut a few pieces of coarse paper with his own hands to demonstrate to Liu Ye and the craftsmen.

The craftsmen were a little distressed, looked at the cut corners, and said with a look of regret: "Some of the things that were finally made are wasted." ”

Fang Li laughed and reminded: "You guys do these corners again, wouldn't it be possible to reuse them?" ”

The craftsmen suddenly had an epiphany: "Alas...... is still the wisdom of the lord, and he wakes up the dreamer with a word! ”

Fang Li put down the scissors and said solemnly to Liu Ye and the craftsmen: "The paper you made today is still very rough, and you must try to improve the process in the future and strive to make excellent products." You can also add some alum, viscose and other items to improve the toughness of the paper, and even powder and dye to improve the quality of the paper. ”

Liu Ye and all the craftsmen made a salute together: "Your Majesty's whimsical ideas, the five bodies admired by the ministers are thrown to the ground." Be sure to keep in mind Your Majesty's teachings, think carefully, and improve the quality of your paper. ”

Fang Li nodded, and solemnly advised: "The process of papermaking must be strictly confidential, if there is any unauthorized leakage, it must be dealt with strictly, and it will be severely punished." The paper we make now is not yet available, because countries will soon be able to understand the process. We must first produce a large amount of paper and sell it to the vassal states in one go, making a lot of money, and then it doesn't matter if the paper-making technology is mastered by the other vassal states! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister must be careful." Liu Ye made a promise, and the admiration of the other party was like the flooding of the Yellow River, out of control.

Fang Li took Liu Ye out of the workshop and walked side by side in the compound of the Smelting Bureau, since the national capital was moved to Xingyang, the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry was much more spacious than when he was in Hanoi.

Dian Wei followed Fang Li every step of the way, vigilantly looking at the craftsmen who came and went around him.

Since he had Dian Wei, Fang Li no longer let Ma Pi, Cao Fei and others follow him without leaving the city, Fang Li believed that with Dian Wei's guards, ordinary rangers would not want to hurt themselves.

"Ziyang, manufacturing people's biological resources is one thing, you also have to hurry up and train craftsmen to make more siege equipment for the army."

Fang Li put his hands behind his back, once again emphasizing the great responsibility that Liu Ye faced, he was not only the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but also the squire of the Ministry of War, not only in charge of the Smelting Bureau, but also in charge of the War Casting Bureau, not only to invent and manufacture people's livelihood products, but also to improve military weapons.

Liu Ye nodded: "The minister respectfully obeys the orders of the lord, but the craftsmen are a little stretched, and the craftsmen with good craftsmanship are very scarce in all countries, and it is even more difficult to find!" ”

"Lu Guo's public loss is a world-famous skilled craftsman, why don't you send someone to contact him, or dig up the corner of the wall with high-ranking officials?" Fang Li rubbed his hands to keep warm, and at the same time gave Liu Ye an idea.

Liu Ye put his hands in front of his lower abdomen, and said respectfully: "The minister has also heard of the great name of the public for a long time, although he has no official position in the Lu State, but his reputation is still quite high. I heard that last year, I went to the state of Chu to help the king of Chu make weapons, and prepared to help the state of Chu attack the state of Song, but I am afraid that I will not be able to dig it up in a short time. ”

Chu is an ally of Lu State, and it is logical for Lu Ban to go to Chu State to help, and Tang State is now also an ally of Lu State, doesn't it mean that Tang State also hopes to get Lu Ban's help?

Fang Li changed his mind and said: "If you can't dig up the public loss, you can dig up his apprentices and grandchildren, promise high salaries, high remuneration, and definitely dig up a few more skilled craftsmen from the Lu country." ”

Fang Li's words immediately worked, and Liu Ye patted his thigh excitedly: "Yes, Chen suddenly remembered an apprentice like a public loser, who is now selling wooden farm tools in the market in Shangqiu, and I drank tea with him when I went to Shangqiu to buy goods last autumn." ”

Fang Li was overjoyed: "Oh...... I don't know who Liu Ziyang is talking about? ”

"You don't know Tarzan with eyes!"

"Uh...... Do you have eyes but don't know Tarzan? Fang Li was puzzled, "Where do you start with this?" ”

Liu Ye immediately smiled and said the matter, it turned out that after the public loss of fame, there were many apprentices from all over the world who came to learn the arts, but the requirements of the public loss were very strict, first leave the apprentices who came to study for a period of time, if they felt that the talent was too poor and had no future, they would be swept away.

Among the apprentices of Gong Yi, there is a Song man named Qi Taishan, as his name suggests, he is burly and honest, and even has some stuttering, and he was swept out of the house after learning carpenter work for a month like Gong Yi. Qi Taishan had no choice but to return to Shangqiu in the Song Kingdom to continue to run his own carpenter shop to make a living.

A few years later, while wandering through Shangqiu, I found a carpenter's shop with ingenious and delicate farm tools, which were extremely efficient in farm work. couldn't help but praise it, and asked to see the owner of this shop, only to find out that it was Qi Taishan who was swept out of the house by himself.

"Ahh......h I really don't know Tarzan! ”

Shocked by the loss, he patted his forehead and blamed himself. and once again invited Qi Taishan to follow him to Qufu to learn carpenter's craft, but was politely declined by Qi Taishan, telling him that "good horses don't eat back grass". There is no choice but to go.

After being praised by the great master, Qi Taishan soon became famous, and the phrase "you have eyes but don't know Taishan" quickly spread, and the high-level officials of the Song Kingdom also sent people to invite Qi Taishan to serve the Song Kingdom.

However, although Qi Taishan was skillful, he was a wooden man, and soon offended the nobles, so he could only resign and return to the streets of Shangqiu to run his own carpenter shop.

After listening to the story told by Liu Ye, Fang Li was in a good mood, and he high-fived and said: "A good one who has eyes and doesn't know Taishan, immediately send someone to the Song Kingdom to invite this Qi Taishan to serve in our Tang Kingdom." Tell him that he doesn't have to worry about red tape, that he doesn't have to follow any etiquette, just use his ingenuity in the workshop! ”

"Obey the edict!" Liu Ye took the order.

Fang Li said again: "I have a way to recruit a public loser, you send someone to contact him, and inform Yu Widow after getting in touch." I believe that we will be able to fish Lu Ban and make a batch of powerful siege weapons for our Datang. ”

At this moment, Xun Yu personally found the Smelting Bureau, and the other party left Shi Li and said: "Lord, the situation in Luoyang is not good, and a messenger from the King of Zhou has sent a letter to him, saying that the King of Zhou has detained Chen Yuanlong. And put forward the conditions, if you want to recognize the identity of our Tang Kingdom and the status of the lord, in addition to Tianzunbi, you must also give Luoyang 250,000 stone grain, 25 beauties, and then cede Yanshi, Jingxian, and Juan County to the Zhou royal family. ”

"No way!"

Fang Li refused, "Tianzunbi can be given to King Zhou, food and materials are fine, but women are absolutely not, Lao Tzu will not trade women, even if they are women from poor families!" ”

After a pause, he said categorically: "Not to mention the land, the national territory, not an inch of land!" ”

Dian Wei couldn't help but hear the blood surging, and he hugged his fists and saluted: "What the lord said is extremely true, how can a big husband exchange a woman for benefits?" The national territory is even more contested! ”

Xun Yu handed the letter to Fang Li with a worried face: "But the Son of Heaven said very strongly in the letter, if we don't agree to his conditions, not only will we not recognize the identity of our Tang State, but it is also possible that the Qin State will send troops to attack us and punish us for our disobedience." How to deal with the relationship with King Zhou, you must be cautious! ”

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