Chapter 160: Soft Toilet Paper
Liu She said anxiously: "Your Majesty, after all, Lord Hairpin is still young, and he can't see through what this matter means to the imperial court, you have to enlighten him and let him understand the importance of it!" ”
Li Han hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, the harvest is like this, let's go to my house to rest." ”
Liu Qi nodded and said, "Okay, then go to your house to sit down, by the way, there are so many people today, did your family arrange to come over?" ”
Li Han rubbed his nose and said: "I really didn't expect that the ministers would also come, but my manor is not a small place, so I can resettle it temporarily, as long as you don't dislike the simplicity, it's still okay." ”
Everyone was eager to go to Li's house to see what other novelties and mysteries there were, and they all said that they could sit somewhere to sit, and they didn't dislike it, and they didn't dislike it.
Li Han also wanted to spread his new grain varieties and new products ready to go on the market through the mouths of these noble ministers, and wait until the market's expectations for him reached the peak before launching them, which was an explosive buying boom.
The Queen Mother didn't come to see the harvest of sweet potatoes, and arrived at Li's house with a group of ladies first, walked into the room specially prepared for her by Li Han, sat on a comfortable and soft cushion, and leaned against the smooth and clean wallpaper, hearing Li Wan say that this was Li Han's filial piety.
The old lady was so happy, she took Li Wan's hand and said: "You are a widow and teach such a sensible child, you are a meritorious person of my Han Dynasty, wait a minute, I will let the emperor give you a decree, although Han'er is a civil lord, you can become a lady first." ”
Li Wan was very excited, and thanked again and again with tears in her eyes, and Pingyang Hou's mother also came, congratulating Li Wan one after another, and other ladies also echoed her, and the atmosphere was very warm all of a sudden.
Wang Wan was very proud to go to the room arranged for her by Li Han under the leadership of her daughter, Liu Lian pulled her mother with bright eyes and said, "Mother, look." These are all things that Li Han made, these papers are so soft and snow-white, but he said...... But he said...... Hee-hee-hee. ”
Wang Wan said angrily: "Dead girl, what are you for, you are still selling with the queen mother." ”
Liu Lian blushed and whispered: "Just now his sister told me that he felt that our toilet chips were too uncomfortable, so he specially asked the family to make these soft papers for our family to use in the toilet, I tried it, it was really comfortable." ”
Wang Wan listened. Stunned again, he grabbed the soft toilet paper in his hand and said in disbelief: "Such a good thing, let us wipe it...... Uh, for the toilet? Li Han, this kid can really spoil things, this thing is softer than silk, how can it be ruined? ”
Liu Lian said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, Sister Ji Fei said that this thing is made of straw that farmers don't want." It's not worth the money. ”
Wang Wan was even more sluggish, and muttered, "Straw? Can straw be made into such a good thing? This, this, this...... No, what about your father? I'm going crazy! ”
"I'm back, what's wrong?"
Liu Qi's voice sounded at the door. Wang Wan hurriedly rushed over and grabbed her husband, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, look at this thing, it's so soft and snow-white, guess what it's for?" ”
Liu Qi took a wad of toilet paper and looked left and right. Finally, he said: "Is this thing a substitute for silk?" ”
Wang Wan clapped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, you guessed the same as the concubine, but Lian'er said." This thing is just the toilet paper that Han'er prepared for us. ”
"Toilet paper? What is that? ”
Liu Lian was very proud that his husband's creation could make his father, who was the emperor and queen, so shocked, and said with a grin: "It's something that replaces the toilet chip, which is called toilet paper." ”
Liu Qi was also shocked, and just wanted to say that Li Han was wasting things, but Wang Wan told him that it was just made of straw, which made him dumbfounded.
Liu Lian said proudly: "Don't be surprised, father, look at this room, you look at this, and this, I heard Ji Fei say that this is Li Han thinks that the brush is not easy to use, and is experimenting, yes, she said so, she is experimenting with making a good pen, which is to make graphite into thin strips and put it into a wooden stick, called 'pencil'." ”
Liu Qi didn't speak for a long time, and then sighed and said: "I am sure now, if Li Han is not born in the sky, then the Han will not be rich!" ”
Such a high evaluation made Liu Lian very surprised, and then said very proudly: "I went to the kitchen just now, many people are cooking good things together, it looks like the lunch meal will be delicious, but unfortunately I am already full." ”
"You're full? What did you eat? Liu Qi liked this little daughter very much, and teased her: "Aren't you afraid that your husband's family thinks that you are too good to eat and can't afford to support you?" ”
Liu Lian said coquettishly: "It's roasted corn, french fries, and the pork cooked at his house, which is very delicious when rolled in crepes, and I accidentally eat it full."
Hmph, my father will make fun of me, I have already seen his cellar storage room, there are all kinds of grain and copper coins piled up, I can afford to raise ten. ”
Liu Qi and Wang Wan looked at each other, and they both had a strong curiosity, wanting to see if Li Han's storeroom was a treasure trove, but they both felt a little embarrassed.
The ministers are all sitting under the shed set up in the main courtyard at the moment, and there are all kinds of fresh fruits produced by the Li family manor on the table, as well as out-of-season peaches, watermelons and other rare things grown in the greenhouse, and all kinds of small cakes and snacks.
Wei Juan was the most clever, he sat down for a while and stood up, asking to visit the Li family's vegetable greenhouse, knowing that he was afraid that he would not have enough face, so he had to pull Tian Wei together.
As soon as the two of them walked out, a clever little guy came over and asked, "Where do the two Hou masters want to go, the master ordered the little one to show you the way." ”
"Li Han is clever, then you can take us to see your vegetable shed."
"Yes, please come with me."
Liu She and Cheng didn't know the situation, and then followed, and several people followed behind the stone to visit.
In autumn, the Li family manor is indeed a harvest scene, the peripheral pepper trees are full of red peppercorns, the rows of fruit trees inside are also fruitful, and then the vegetables in the open air are vibrant, into the large-scale vegetable shed, the red inside is tomatoes, purple is eggplant, green is all kinds of greens, the tip is pepper, the round is pumpkin, and the long is beans.
Shi quickly picked a few cucumbers with thorns on the top flowers, washed them at the faucet for watering, took them over, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please try them." ”
Everyone was eating verdant cucumbers and salivating over the Li family's greenhouse, Wei Juan said to Tian Wei: "Can you ask Li Han to get this kind of shed for your family, and then tell me when you can use it?" ”
Tian Wei smiled and said: "You, the Marquis of Jianling, how can you calculate the child, that is my nephew and son-in-law, why should I help you calculate him?" ”
Wei Juan smiled: "We are good friends, I can always get some cheapness, right?" ”
The discussion between the two made Liu She and Cheng Buzhi laugh, and Cheng Buzhi said: "According to the old man, Li Han is not a stingy person, and if he is good at discussing, he will definitely give away grain generously, and there is no need to calculate him." ”
Wei Juan said disapprovingly: "The prime minister's words are not right, Li Han, a young man, was born in poverty, so he attaches more importance to interests, and I am afraid that this grain will not be generous." ”
"Then buy it." Liu She said: "I bought a large number of our cultivation, and then dedicated it to the imperial court for extensive planting. ”
Cheng Buzhi nodded and said: "Liu Yushi is right, Li Han is reluctant to give it away, let's give it away, then buy it from him and promote it, we can't let such a good thing become his Li family's pastime dish." ”
A few people only talked about themselves, and they didn't notice the sly smile on the stone face, this kid thought to himself that all your twists and turns were calculated by my uncle, and he thought he was very smart.
Hey, it's time to take them to see the paper mill, Stone thought to himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let's go out, I'm afraid we have lunch." Stone said.
A few people walked out of the vegetable shed, followed the stones, and walked forward along the path in the middle of the rows of greenhouses, and suddenly, hearing a "rumbling" sound, Cheng Buzhi stood up and asked: "What is the big house in front, why is it so noisy?" ”
Shi glanced at it, and said with a nervous face: "Oh, my uncle won't let you ...... Uh, Master Hou, there is a workshop in my family, there is nothing to see, let's go back to eat quickly. ”
The more Shi said this, the more curious the old foxes became, if Li Han followed, they might be embarrassed to go, now they are just a small guy leading the way, where are a few people willing to go back, Liu She took the lead and walked there, a few people followed, and Shi had to follow with a bitter face.
The closer I got to the workshop, the louder the "boom" sounded, and when I came to the front I saw a fierce current of water pushing a huge strange thing, which kept turning, and drove a strange flowing groove into the house, which flowed not water, but sticky white pulp, which I don't know what to do.
A few people walked into the big house with a look of surprise on their faces, and there were a lot of topless people in it, who were in a big pool in full swing, turning the gray mud-like thing, and then piling the evenly mixed slurry into the sliding groove, which then flowed into a strange thing, and then flowed outside.
The groove seemed to be connected to something that was driven by the water outside the house, and the gray slurry was washed and whitened, and then flowed back into an even more strange middle, as if it were two smooth logs stripped of its bark and polished, and pressed into thin sheets.
The flakes flowed long and long onto the iron with a charcoal fire underneath, and after they were crushed again, they became dry and white, and the worker standing on the other side operated a guillotine-like thing, and the white flakes flowed about three feet long and he cut them, and the other worker took them and stacked them together, and when they had enough a hundred sheets, they were handed to another person, and they were wrapped in large beige sheets and arranged neatly. (To be continued......)