Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a new beauty, and Princess Pingyang is naturally very interested in retiring. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * Shou * Fa" Exit the hall Li Yannian walked behind Princess Pingyang, at this moment his mind was like a mess, as if all this was just a dream, and this dream was still vague and inexplicable.

"Master Li, congratulations! Ling Mei is now a beauty, and Li Leshi is also a relative of the emperor, and it seems that promotion is just around the corner. Princess Pingyang suddenly stopped, turned to look at Li Yannian and said.

"This ...... Yan'er ......, "Li Yannian was hesitant, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"What, what is Le Li's opinion? Don't you want Sister Ling to enter the palace to serve Your Majesty? Princess Pingyang said with a straight face.

Li Yannian was suddenly taken aback by Princess Pingyang, and hurriedly said, "Don't dare, Xiaomin don't dare." ”

"Hmph, your Li Yan can be favored by His Majesty, this is the blessing that your Li family has cultivated for several lifetimes, the glory and wealth are in front of you, it depends on whether you know how to cherish it? What to do you have to think about it yourself, now that your sister Li Yan is His Majesty's Li Meiren, it is best to think clearly about what to say and what not to say. Princess Pingyang said unhappily, and the warning in her words was already obvious.

"Yes...... Xiaomin remembered the teachings of Her Royal Highness the Princess. Li Yannian hurriedly replied, how could he not understand, this was all arranged by Princess Pingyang, no matter where his sister Li Yan is now, the one who was named a beauty by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has become his only sister Li Yan.

"It's good to know, Your Majesty will not treat your family badly, I heard that you have a brother? Find an opportunity for your brothers to enter the palace to meet Li Meiren, since it is her brother, you will have to help more in the future. Princess Pingyang's expression softened a little and continued.

"Yes, yes, the villain understands!" Li Yannian only kept saying yes at this time.

"It's nothing, let's go down!" Princess Pingyang saw that there was no problem with Li Yannian here, so she waved him down, and then the princess also went back to the house directly, how could Huo Xian get the joy of Emperor Wu of Han as Li Yan, then she couldn't do anything.

Huo Xian entered the palace in place of Li Yan unusually smoothly, and the next day Huo Guang also vaguely learned about this matter from Princess Pingyang. Huo Guang knew that it would take a long time to become Mrs. Li from Li Meiren, and there was nothing Huo Guang did before this, and the most important thing for him at the moment was to make money by making paper. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Qing * Shou * Fa" In fact, this is only one of Huo Guang's purposes, and after Lu Shu makes the paper that can be written, it will also become a political capital for Huo Guang.

Huo Guang knew that in the original history, about 200 years later, Cai Lun improved the papermaking technique to make paper suitable for writing, and it was vigorously promoted. Later, Cai Lun was named 'Marquis of Longting', although it was not entirely due to the improvement of papermaking, but there were indeed factors in this regard. If Huo Guang dedicates the papermaking skills that can be written, this is also a credit, maybe it is unlikely that the official position will go further, but it should be no problem to get a knighthood, and Huo Guang is still lacking a knighthood.

However, it is impossible to improve papermaking and make paper suitable for writing in a short time, and it takes time to build a workshop in the early stage, so Huo Guang gave Lu Shu a three-month deadline.

Three days later, Lu Shu finally brought news of progress to Huo Guang for the first time, and this news was passed on through Zhen Youcai. In three days, Lu Shu had found a suitable place outside Chang'an City to build a papermaking workshop, and at the same time, he had already hired an initial scale of more than 30 people.

The requirements for the geographical location of papermaking are still relatively high, mainly because of the problem of water sources, and at the same time, the transportation is inconvenient in this era, and the transportation of papermaking materials must be taken into account, so the place that Lu Shu found is not only close to a river, but also has a large number of trees and bamboos not far away.

When Huo Guang took Zhen Youcai and others to the papermaking workshop to check, Lu Shu was leading the workers to build in full swing. This time the workshop to be built is a permanent use, naturally it cannot be as simple as the Three Jue Temple, and there are no free coolies for thousands of soldiers here, so the progress of the construction is not fast.

Huo Guang found that most of the more than 30 workers here were those hemp workers who had been recruited to Sanjueguan. This made Huo Guang trust Lu Shu's ability even more. Indeed, in such a new industry, skilled workers must be better than those who do not know anything, and these people have all been involved in papermaking, and as soon as the workshop is established, they can immediately devote themselves to improving production.

"Your Excellency is here, everyone come here!" As soon as Huo Guang entered the workshop, some sharp-eyed people recognized Huo Guang. These people have been with Huo Guang for a few days and are no strangers to him. And they also knew from Lu Shu that now this young adult is already their own owner.

"My subordinates have seen adults." When Lu Shu heard this, he hurriedly ran to Huo Guang and greeted him. This Lu Shu was originally just a small person at the bottom of the big man, because of Huo Guang's appreciation, his status changed dramatically in a few days, and after gaining power and status, Lu Shu never wanted to lose all this, so he had to lean on Huo Guang tightly.

"Well, good job. At this rate, when will production start? Huo Guang is still quite satisfied with this progress, and it has already reached such a scale in just three days, which shows that Lu Shu is indeed attentive.

"Lord Hui, with the current manpower, I'm afraid it will take ten days before production can start, but my subordinates are still recruiting people everywhere, and I believe this should be faster than expected." Lu Shu replied respectfully.

Huo Guang nodded lightly when he heard this, and then said: "People can be recruited slowly, but these people try to know the bottom of the reliable people." ”

"The subordinates understand. (Pingnan romance)" Lu Shu echoed with a look of deep understanding. Huo Guang thinks this way is actually for long-term consideration, he is looking for not only some paper workers, but the founders of the financial road established in the future, these people are the most looking for to follow Huo Guang, can slowly cultivate loyalty, in this era loyalty is sometimes more important than ability.

"You've all worked hard lately, and after you finish these things, this official will never treat you badly. I don't dare to say much, but there is no problem with letting you have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, and if you do it well, you will be allowed to take charge of things in the future. Regardless of your background, you all have a chance! Huo Guang turned around and looked at the thirty or so original workers. Huo Guang now painted a bright future for them, so that these people could see that as long as they were loyal and hardworking, they could become people like Lu Shu.

This method of depicting a bright future is naturally the experience of Huo Guang's later generations. In another era, Huo Guang was the company's senior management, and Huo Guang was already familiar with the training of new employees, and now these people in front of him have also become new employees in Huo Guang's eyes.

"I'm working for adults!" More than thirty people replied in unison, Huo Guang's words really made these people see hope, not only Huo Guang's words were very inflammatory, but a living example was in front of them, that is, Lu Shu was still the same as them a few days ago.

"Alright, you guys go get busy. Lu Shu's food needs to be better for everyone! Huo Guang waved his hand to let everyone do their own thing, and did not forget to show his concern for everyone in front of these people.

After everyone dispersed and went their own way, Lu Shu was still by Huo Guang's side, and at this time Huo Guang asked, "What difficulties have you encountered these days?" What's next? ”

Although Huo Guang didn't plan to do this paper industry himself, he still wanted to know Lu Shu's development plan, after all, Huo Guang had thousands of more historical experience and could think more comprehensively about many things.

"My lord, so far, everything is going well, and the next step is to start making paper. I had the idea of grinding different raw materials into pulp to make paper, and I could also mix several materials to make paper, and finally see which method made the paper was best for writing. In fact, we can also get different soft and hard papers, we can record them all, and our subordinates think that paper can be used for many purposes, and should not be limited to writing. Lu Shu is really focused on papermaking now, and when he said this idea, Huo Guang couldn't help nodding in his heart.

"Okay, just do what you want." Huo Guang agreed with Lu Shu's approach without thinking about it, because Lu Shu's idea was actually to make a paper industry chain and expand the use of paper, such as lanterns that have not yet appeared, as well as paper fans, paper umbrellas and other items.

The principle and production of these things are not responsible, and the reason why there is no one is completely because the paper has not yet appeared in a large area, and the variety of paper is still very simple. And once an industrial chain is formed, Huo Guang can foresee that it will be a huge profit. Lantern paper umbrellas can become essential items at home, while paper fans can be made into luxury goods, and just a piece of paper can bring unimaginably huge profits.

"Hehe, this Lu Shu is really a business talent, this will be regarded as God favoring me and picking up such a big treasure for me. Salt, iron, and grain are too sensitive, and if the court intervenes in these industries, it is inevitable that they will not be suspected by the emperor, so that they can make money and hoard wealth, which is really perfect! "Leaving the workshop, Huo Guang was still thinking about Lu Shu's thoughts along the way, Huo Guang now feels that talents are really everywhere, it depends on whether you have found it.

"By the way, you have wealth, what day is it today?" On the way, Huo Guang didn't know what he thought, and suddenly asked Zhen Youcai beside him.

"It's seventeen today, what's the matter?" Zhen Youcai asked.

"Well, in the last few days, you have inquired about what arrangements Hou Wuqiang has at the end of the month. Remember to keep this matter secret, don't let anyone know, and come back and tell me as soon as you find out. Huo Guang said with a straight face, Zhen Youcai could see that Huo Guang's expression showed that the matter was very important.

"Understood." Zhen Youcai didn't say much, only responded. Now Zhen Youcai is doing these things that are inconvenient for Huo Guang to come forward in person, and he must act in secret. As for the characters in Chang'an City, Zhen Youcai has already learned everything.