Sent away Sun Chengzong, Yang Reform alone, still wandering in the Forbidden City, in his heart, there is always a haze, has been thinking hard about where to get silver, although there are many ways, but to say that the money is fast, there is a lot of money, there is really no good way, a lot of gold fingers, are only suitable for a single person, earn a few hundred taels, tens of thousands of taels is no problem, but to say that it is used to subsidize the holes at the national level, it is also not enough to see, such as what to make ice cream, you can never use it, such as making fast food restaurants, this, It's useless to yourself, you can only say that you have time later, play it, make some money, and have fun.

Wandering, wandering, passing through countless palaces, Yang Reform walked in front sullenly, the eunuchs followed in a relatively distant position, the emperor was in a bad mood, so let the eunuchs not follow too closely, except for Wang Chengen.

When Yang Reform passed by a certain palace, he suddenly heard someone talking in this palace, so he was curious, a little closer, and prepared to listen carefully, there were a few palace maids at the door, and he wanted to scold this bold eavesdropping thief, but when he saw that it was the emperor who was eavesdropping, he was so frightened that he immediately covered his mouth and didn't dare to speak.

Yang Reform, who was depressed and had nowhere to release, finally found a more interesting thing, that is, eavesdropping on others, several palace maids stood at the door, wanting to say but not daring to say it, so they could only lower their heads and pretend not to see it.

The content of the conversation inside, through the doors and windows, only listened to a general idea.

“…… Father, although the daughter is now a concubine, the situation in this palace is not the same as before, and it is not by virtue of her appearance and beauty that she can win His Majesty's favor,...... Now His Majesty's favor is a person who can solve problems for His Majesty, the queen will not say it, his father was urged to Leizhou by her, just say that the woman in Liulizhai, because she can make money for Your Majesty, you see how much she is favored by Your Majesty? …… Not only are there palace maids and eunuchs sent by the palace to serve her, but His Majesty even sent a brocade guard Qianhu to protect her safety, and also sent things to the palace through Liulizhai...... You say, if she couldn't make money for Your Majesty, Your Majesty would be able to spoil her like this? ...... "The vinegar strength of the person who spoke is not ordinary, and Yang Reform can smell the sour smell of the wall."

Yang Reform leaned against the wooden window, roughly listened clearly, and felt a little interesting, this person who spoke was Concubine Li, this is a beauty, these days, Yang Reform is living here, and this is like glue, today I walked around, walking, and I arrived at this Chengqian Palace, which is the residence of Concubine Li.

“…… Daughter! No,! What do you mean? Let your dad learn that Zhou Kui? To Leizhou? …… Daughter! That's Leizhou...... You can't bear to see your dad run to the ends of the earth? ...... "This man is pitiful and forgive."

It was a man who said this, Yang Reform also heard it, it was Concubine Li's father, another of his own father-in-law, but I didn't expect that the content of their chat was actually how to solve problems for themselves, Yang Reform felt a little incredible, when did this relatives become so conscious? Yang reform is even more interested.

“…… Dad, my daughter didn't say that I wanted you to go to Leizhou, but you also want to find a way, you can't share a little worry for Your Majesty like this, just rely on your daughter's appearance to attract Your Majesty, and come to a more beautiful one that day, what should your daughter do? ......" Concubine Li's voice is very good, and the words she says are delicate.

“…… Daughter, then what do you say, what do you call your father? Your dad is just a businessman, is it possible, but he can't do business? We are relatives of the country, how can we make a living from the work of inferior people? ……”

Before Concubine Li's father finished speaking, Concubine Li interrupted.

"What's wrong with that? In Shaanxi before, didn't my family always do this? When my family was in Yangzhou, it wasn't like this? Why is it that now that I have entered the palace and become a mother, I don't dare to mention the past? Dad, now, this is not a scandal, now, but it is our family's strength, you see, the father of the Zhou family is virtuous, he can't do anything, except to help His Majesty buy some land, what else can he do? Unlike Dad, you can still do business, you see that woman in Liulizhai, isn't she favored by His Majesty because of her good business? She can do such a big business, Dad, there's no reason why you can't do it? When the business is done, only then can my daughter be favored by Your Majesty, and if she can earn money for Your Majesty, Your Majesty will look up at ......, and your daughter and I will be in the palace, so I can hold my head up......"

“…… Daughter, alas, ......, mother, then you say, what do you call your father for? Concubine Li's father forgave him, and he was also envious of Liulizhai's gold-digging business.

“…… This, these days, Your Majesty has come to your daughter's palace, and your daughter is looking for an opportunity to ask Your Majesty for a favor, so that Your Majesty can find you an errand, and you can also do a big business like Liulizhai, and my family can also become Your Majesty's money bag......"

"My daughter is right, my daughter is ......right," Concubine Li's father hurriedly agreed, if his daughter had the ability to ask for the kind of business of Liulizhai for herself, she couldn't ask for it.

Yang Gai almost laughed out loud when he heard it, he heard that there were people competing for favor in the harem, but he had never seen anyone rushing to make money for himself in order to compete for favor, what kind of world is this!

Yang Gai held back a laugh and turned his head away, afraid of staying here, and laughed out loud.

Seeing that the emperor was finally gone, several palace maids hurriedly ran in and reported to Concubine Liniang............ May 21.

Yang got up in high spirits, when the emperor, theoretically, he can do whatever he wants, but unfortunately, this Chongzhen Emperor is not so easy to be, if you don't want to hang yourself in the coal mountain, then it's better to be diligent. Yesterday Yang reform made extremely depressed things, no silver, today, Yang reform has a countermeasure, that is, quickly get the paper money out, hurry up to issue paper money, in order to relieve their financial pressure, now, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, that is, silver, with a large amount of silver to scatter, do not believe, this history he has not changed.

Yang Gai got up early in the morning and dealt with political affairs in the Qianqing Palace. Some of the sparse performances, which are not too important, do not need to be discussed during the court discussion, so they will be dealt with directly in the Qianqing Palace.

"Big companion, go and call Liu Awu." Before Yang Reform dealt with political affairs, he instructed Wang Chengen to find the guy who made paper money, and now, he can count on paper money to fill the financial hole for himself, and this must be given priority.

"The slave and maid obey, so send someone." Wang Chengen agreed.

"In addition, let Zhang De'an of the Inner Study Hall hold an exam, the content of the exam, in addition to the new course, what arithmetic, geography, but also some of the content of the city, let him get it, pay attention to prevent cheating, I don't want to see cheating mixed in." Yang Reform has given the matter of this sea and land customs yesterday, the name of the customs in ancient times is the City Ship Division, Yang Reform is ready to starve to death of wild boar skin, naturally we have to put the customs matter on the agenda, speed up the processing.

"The slave and maid obey, and this is the case." Wang Chengen agreed again.

…… Dealing with political affairs, Yang Reform is now more hands-on. At this time, Yang Reform will directly say how to do it, and then someone will approve the words according to the emperor's intentions, and then hand them over to the emperor for review. After Yang Reform saw that it was correct, it was considered to be dealt with.

After a while, the music was processed.

Yang Gengai stretched a little and took a sip of tea. He asked, "Otomo, have you arrived?" ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the person has arrived. ”

"Let him in." Yang reformed, now this Liu Awu is also a frequent visitor to the Qianqing Palace, and he is more diligent than many ministers, I have to say that the fate is very peculiar.

"Grass people Liu Awu knocked to see Your Majesty, long live long live long live." Liu Awu kowtowed skillfully.

"Okay, those are all gone, I called you here today to ask you, how busy are you with that banknote?" Yang Reform This is forced to do nothing, the last time Liu Awu came here, it was not a few days.

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people are working hard to try, and at present, it can be regarded as a slight progress." Liu Awu got guidance from the emperor last time, the emperor asked him to use cotton to make money, he went back, bought a lot of cotton and tried it, but I didn't expect that the paper made of cotton is different, not to mention anything else, at least it is very durable It is true, however, there are many other problems, Liu Awu has not yet made the kind of paper that the emperor needs.

"The result?" Yang asked impatiently.

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people tried to make some cotton paper, which is wear-resistant and fold-resistant, but there are other problems, such as water absorption, when it encounters water, this paper is out of shape, ...... grass people have some samples, and please look at it." Liu Awu said cautiously.

"Oh, show me." Yang Gengai couldn't wait to see what this paper made of cotton looked like.

Wang Chenen took some paper from the hands of the little eunuch and sent it to the emperor.

Yang Gai looked at it, this paper is already somewhat similar to the printing paper of later generations, and it is very white [nonsense, made of cotton, is it still black?] There is also a certain thickness, and there is a big difference from the large-scale use of rice paper today, touched it with your hands, not rough, and then folded it, smoothed, this paper is still more resistant to folding, the traces are not very obvious, lift the hard pen, write a few words on it, look at the feel, and the printing paper after the day seems to be not much different, ink absorption is better, the handwriting is very clear, unlike rice paper, when writing always feel afraid of piercing the paper. Yang Gengai tore off a note and threw it into the teacup, and soon, the water in the teacup was absorbed a lot by the note, and the note immediately "swelled".

Yang Reform also saw that Liu Awu's paper is okay without water, and it is somewhat similar to the printing paper in the future, and it is more suitable for writing hard pen words. Yang Reform, who was dedicated to banknotes, was depressed, although he opened the golden finger, but unfortunately, the time was too short, this Liu Awu did not grasp the key, and it was really not good for him to tell him the specific formula of banknote paper directly.

Yang Reform is worried, suddenly a flash of inspiration, in fact, Liu Awu's current paper, has been very similar to the office paper in the future, he can position this paper as office paper, take the lead in the palace to promote this paper to work, and then you can start the paper industry, open a few paper mills, perhaps, you can make a lot of money from it...... Thinking of the wonders, Yang Reform, who had been worried about the silver, became happy.

"Hehe, Liu Awu, you did a good job with this paper. I like it, this paper is useful! Yang Gai found a way to make money, and he happily praised Liu Awu at the moment.

Liu Awu was very depressed, what is the emperor doing? Is this water-resistant paper okay? Didn't the emperor say that paper should not be afraid of water? But now, what is this? Liu Awu was puzzled.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is afraid of the water, and when it encounters water, the paper will be full, and it will be useless." Liu Awu said tremblingly.

Afraid of water, sucking up enough as soon as you encounter water? When Yang Gai heard this, he had a flash of inspiration, as if he had captured something, by the way, since this paper is so absorbent, why don't he use it as household paper? Like what...... Hehe, such as the paper ...... that wipes the buttocks, Yang Reform suddenly discovered that this paper industry, in fact, has a lot to offer!

Yang Gengai thought of the amazing profits in the paper industry, took a moment, and stood up, this is a very powerful industry! Yang Gai saw hope and silver, isn't this exactly what he needs? Now, right in front of my eyes!

The emperor stood up suddenly, almost scared Liu Awu to death, Liu Awu thought that the emperor was going to kill his head, blaming himself for not making things well, and knelt and kowtowed with trembling.

"Hehehe...... Hahaha......" Yang Gengai thought of the happy place and laughed. Liu Awu was even more frightened half to death.

"Liu Awu, don't kneel, get up, you did a good job in today's matter, and you will be rewarded for staying." Yang Reform saw the way of money, so he naturally had to give his subordinates some benefits.

Liu Awu looked at the emperor inexplicably.

"Grass people, thank you, Your Majesty Longen."

Yang Gai walked around in front of his desk quickly, looking excited, thinking about the problem of paper, how to make banknote paper, then office paper, and finally, make household paper...... "Liu Awu, I will teach you another method, after you go back, follow this method to make paper, you will definitely be able to make the kind of paper I want." "Yang Reform already has an idea.

"The grass people ask Your Majesty to instruct, and the grass people must do what Your Majesty asks." Liu Awu wished that the emperor would come up with his own ideas, so that he could be relieved earlier. The pressure on the emperor to do these things is too great, and so far, he has achieved nothing.

"In this way, when you go back, you can use the exhaustive method to make paper." Since Yang Gai made thermometers, he has fallen in love with the exhaustive method, which has a royal method, many things can be made directly, and there is no need to do it himself.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the exhaustive method?" Liu Awu asked puzzled.

"The so-called exhaustive enumeration is to list all possible examples one by one, experiment one by one, and record the results of each experiment separately. For example, if you make this kind of paper money, it is made of cotton, then, you can use different amounts of cotton to make paper, for example, cotton accounts for half of the money, then one percent, then one and a half percent, until ten percent, so that kind of cotton, how many parts of cotton have different effects, isn't it clear at a glance? Paper is not necessarily only made of cotton, then, you can use a variety of different materials and cotton to match, see what materials and cotton with what different effects, but also from half into one, one into one, one and a half, all the way to ten, so exhaustive, and so exhausted, and so exhausted, and so that you can make paper, or may make paper in the world, I don't believe it, and I can't make the paper I want...... "Yang Reform is now the emperor for a long time, and he speaks and does things with an obvious royal style, that is, he does things big and complete, Taking into account all the possible surnames one by one, this can definitely make the paper needed for paper money, because Yang Reform searched for the paper used in the later renminbi, and it is said that ninety percent of the cotton linters were used, and half of them were other things. If this is really the case, Yang Reform believes that he can quickly have high-quality banknote paper, not to mention that the quality of the paper in the future is exactly the same as that of the RMB, there is almost a very good paper, so that there is no need to use low-quality paper to engage in banknotes, it is not easy to issue banknotes, if the quality of the banknotes themselves is not good, then the banknotes are afraid that it is even more difficult to promote, and can only be used as a last resort.

Liu Awu was stunned by the emperor's words, the emperor asked him to exhaustively list all kinds of things that can make paper, and record the difference between different weights, this kind of thing, it is really, too incredible, royal spirit! He was overwhelmed.

“…… Also, paper is not only made of one, but also to make soft, absorbent paper, but also to make paper that is convenient for hard pen writing, in addition, that kind of raw material is cheap, can save the cost of papermaking, this, are all your exhaustive content, you record every possibility, hehe, I believe, it will be very interesting...... "Yang reform is doing things now, directly on the exhaustive method, this is the advantage of being an emperor, but also a strength, no need to do everything yourself, no need to have a strong theory, let alone keep plagiarizing the future method, Not to mention specific recipes, or even design drawings, industrial processes, etc., as long as you have a general direction, and then exhaustively, you can always find what you want. If it is a grassroots person who has crossed over and started from the grassroots level, it is obvious that it is impossible to have such a wealth as himself, and it is impossible to use the energy of the whole country to do things like himself, but he is the emperor, and he has to act like an emperor.

Not only Liu Awu, but even Wang Chengen was frightened by the emperor's words, what a large-scale project! I'm afraid it's easier than building a palace.

"The grass people obey the order,...... Liu Awu, who was already frightened, came back to his senses for a long time, and hurriedly agreed to the emperor's words, no matter what, he promised to come down first. As for whether it will succeed or not, the emperor didn't say that he wanted to record every possibility, Liu Awu really didn't believe it, he had exhausted all the possibilities in the world, and there was no kind of paper that the emperor wanted, if it was like that, it meant that there was no such paper in the world, and the emperor could rest his mind, no wonder others, no wonder him, there was no such paper in the world.

“…… Your Majesty, it's okay to do this, but this cost, is it ......, and this manpower, I'm afraid that it can't be done by the grass people alone! Liu Awu knew that this kind of thing could not be done by himself, and it was not something that could be done with a little silver, so he asked the emperor for money.

"It's simple, I will give as much silver as you want, ask for someone, find it yourself, I provide money, I don't believe it, under the law, there is nothing that can not be done. Of course, you have to make your own banknote paper, you have to keep it secret, and the rest doesn't matter. Yang Reform waved his hand, determined to exhaustively cite the banknote paper, Yang Reform himself is not good to tell others directly, banknote paper, how many percent, how many percent, can only guide others, directly give the answer, this is really too cheating.

"The grass people obeyed." Liu Awu is not hypocritical with the emperor now, he knows that he has done such an errand for the emperor for such a long time, and he has not done a good job of doing it well, and now, he can only be ruthless, make achievements, and create a few things that the emperor can see, otherwise, he will be in danger, the emperor may be replaced, what is modest or not modest, and he is not afraid of it, it is not important to him now.

"Okay, let's do it immediately, remember, let's get the banknote paper out first, and then do the others, let's go......" Yang Gai couldn't wait to have banknote paper immediately, he couldn't wait to open a household paper factory immediately, he couldn't wait to make money immediately, and he kept urging.

Wang Chengen reminded in a low voice beside him: "Your Majesty, didn't you just say that you wanted to reward him?" Wang Chengen saw that the emperor had forgotten what he had said about the reward, and immediately reminded him.

"......, oh, Liu Awu, receive two hundred taels of silver, which is considered to be my reward for you......" Yang Gengai was reminded by Wang Chengen, and only then did he remember what he had said, and immediately rewarded Liu Awu with two hundred taels of silver, as for the rest, it is not that Yang Reform is stingy, some things can be casual, and some things cannot be casual, such as official positions or something, and now this Liu Awu is not a successful thing, and this reward is naturally impossible to give casually.

"The grass people thank Your Majesty for the reward, and the grass people will go." Liu Awu agreed loudly.

(To be continued)