Lin Xia declined the matter of the imperial businessman, and after He Mu left, Lin Xia plunged into the study and began to write out the plan of her paper workshop.

When Lei Biao came back, Lin Xia excitedly gave Lei Biao the written plan and looked at him for a long time.

"Paper-making workshop?"

Lin Xia nodded again and again, "The paper consumption in Yalinju and his home is too high, especially Xiao Chen'er, he likes to paint so much, the painting paper he uses is expensive, and he often can't buy it out of stock, instead of asking for help from others, it is better for us to open a paper workshop ourselves." Of course, if there is more, we can sell it. ”

The corners of Lei Biao's lips raised a slight smile, and he was a little interested in this thing, "This can be considered, it's nothing to build a workshop, but you have to try to make it first." ”

Lin Xia was a little excited, "Husband, do you really think it's okay?" ”

"Yes." Lei Biao nodded in response, "But you can also ask Cheng Zu what he thinks." ”

Lin Xiaxiu frowned slightly, puzzled: "What do you ask my brother for?" ”

"He is a literati, and he is married to the daughter of a bachelor, if he can take advantage of this matter, maybe he can return to officialdom and go back to his official career."

Lin Xia raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect these crooked things, but his younger brother is an ambitious person, and it would be good if he could return to officialdom because of the plan of this paper workshop.

A few days later, Lei Biao and Lin Xia brought Lin Chengzu here, this Li Zijin was about to give birth, Lin Chengzu was still a little reluctant to come, not to mention that Lin Xia told him to do business, he was not interested in doing business, although his brother-in-law and sister's business was doing well.

Hearing Lin Xia explain what 'business' is, Lin Chengzu was very excited, "Sister, what you said is true?" ”

Lin Xia nodded in response, "Naturally it's true, there is a remote place in the western suburbs, it is an abandoned cave, I have asked Zhang Cai to buy it, and it has been converted into a test site for a papermaking workshop, and now I am looking for a master of craftsmanship, ready to start experimenting with the first batch of paper." ”

As he spoke, Lin Xia glanced at Lei Biao, "Your brother-in-law said that you can rely on this matter to return to officialdom, so if you can really help your younger brother, it will be a good thing, and it will not make you regret it so much." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Chengzu's mood has been a little low, since he resigned, he has been a commoner, all the property of the Lin family has been confiscated, or Lin Xia bought him a Zhuangzi, let him and Li Zijin live first, otherwise it is really not good to live in Laifu, and he has transferred a lot of people from Lei Mansion to the past, and he is quite attentive to him.

Lin Chengzu owes Lei Biao and Lin Xia so much, and he has always felt guilty, and before Li Zijin reached the due date, he had always helped people write letters and help people paint to earn money, and he didn't want to owe them more as a couple.

Now Lei Biao and Lin Xia are still thinking about him, how can they not be moved, so they knelt down and made a big salute in front of the two, "Chengzu is very grateful to my brother-in-law and sister." ”

Lin Xia was busy helping Lin Chengzu, "It's all a family, why bother talking about this." ”

Lin Chengzu nodded and got up, "Sister, I already have a way to make this paper workshop, wait for me to talk to the prince." After speaking, Lin Chengzu hurriedly returned home and wrote a letter to the prince.

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Lin Xia was still confused, unable to guess what Lin Chengzu wanted to do, so he turned his head and asked Lei Biao, "What is he looking for the prince?" Can the crown prince help him get back to officialdom? ”

"The prince already has the support of the Lei family army behind him, but now the Wu Dynasty is advocating literature, and the prince is the prince, if he comes forward to raise funds to build a paper mill, and the students all over the world use the paper produced by the prince to establish a paper mill, then after the prince ascends the throne in the future, he can lay the foundation early and accumulate prestige among the future ministers. In this way, not only does the army have its own strength, but the future Wenchen also has his own capital, so he will sit firmly on the throne of the emperor. Lei Biao explained to Lin Xia.

Lin Xia suddenly realized that she hadn't thought of this problem at all, but if it was really the prince who took the lead in opening a paper mill, wouldn't she Yalinju take the prince's boat? If something goes wrong with the prince in the future, then won't she Yalinju die? She doesn't want to let all her years of hard work be in vain because of external factors.

Lei Biao knew what Lin Xia was worried about at a glance, and said bluntly: "If the paper workshop can really be made, once it is sold, the goal of Yalin Ju will be dangerous, after all, there is no strong backer behind it, and the people who can build a paper workshop in the Wu Dynasty are all big families, and the big families are involved in a lot of relationships with many people in the court, if this touches their interests, it will be difficult for Yalin to live." ”

In fact, in ancient times, merchants and eunuchs were inseparable, merchants had large sums of silver, eunuchs had rights, and cooperation between the two could create more benefits.

Lin Xia was slightly stunned, thinking that he just wanted to open a paper-making workshop for Yalinju, and he would sell more to make some money, but he didn't expect it to cause such an uproar.

In fact, Yalinju is already a very eye-catching existence in the capital, but everyone did not act rashly, because they did not find out who the backer behind Yalinju was, it was not easy to do it, everyone was more inclined to guess that it was Emperor Dawu, but whether it was true or false, I didn't know yet, and I was still waiting.

If there is a paper-making workshop again, this is related to the interests of Wenchen, and if the whole body is launched, it will really be miserable, and Yalinju will become before liberation overnight.

Lin Xia was annoyed, obviously he had thought too little, only thinking about how to build, and did not think of the consequences of a paper workshop.

"In that case, wouldn't it be nice for me to make the paper workshop bigger?" Lin Xia suddenly remembered the modern shareholder system, since they don't have such a strong strength and background to do this papermaking workshop, wouldn't it be nice for me to unite a few more powerful people and big families to do it?

If there are too many grasshoppers on a rope, and others want to meddle in this big cake, then these collaborators need to nod.

Lei Biao was stunned suddenly, then hooked his lips and smiled deeply, and said with emotion: "Madam, I didn't expect that after you gave birth to Xiao Yun'er and Xiao Xi'er, you were a lot smarter, and you don't need to let my husband and I clean up the mess for you." ”

Lin Xia glanced at him and said with disdain: "I did this on a whim, I didn't expect it to be so complicated, if I think about it seriously, I'm still very smart, okay." ”

"Yes, Madame said." Lei Biao agreed.

Lin Xia snorted arrogantly, "In this case, then I will unite all the powerful people in Beijing to form a huge network of relationships, tie each other up, jointly open a paper mill, net others, and protect our Yalinju." ”

Lei Biao nodded, "This method is very good." ”

A few days later, suddenly there was a decree in the palace, inviting Boss Lei, Mrs. Lei and the twins born to come to the palace for a day, saying that the queen was very interested in this Lin Xia, because no one had ever had two children who were twins and dragon and phoenix fetuses, and wanted to be happy.

After all, the queen was only pregnant with the prince when she was the princess, but there was no good news after she was promoted to the queen, seeing that the princes in the palace were increasing and increasing, although she had given birth to a prince, but the queen was inevitably worried that the prince's position would not be guaranteed.

Thunder House.

Xiao Chen'er was very excited when she learned that she could enter the palace for a day trip, and kept wondering whether the imperial food in the palace was as delicious as the legend, and said that she wanted to taste it carefully. As for Xiao Xu'er, he seems to be lacking in interest, this palace is not attractive to him, it is better to help Chasing the wind take a bath.

As for Xiao Yun'er and Xiao Xi'er's young age, they may not know what the palace means, so they just obediently stay in the swaddling clothes and drink milk and sleep.

But Lin Xia has always been worried about entering the palace, because for them, the palace is a dangerous place, and Emperor Dawu is the biggest, although it was summoned by the queen, but what does it mean to call Lei Biao too, I always feel that this edict was also approved by Emperor Dawu, or promulgated at the behest of Emperor Dawu.

The family of six bathed, changed into clean clothes, and prepared to enter the palace.

Lei Biao was wearing a black short shirt, a light blue wide belt around his waist, a vest of the same color on the outside, and black slim trousers and camel boots underneath.

Lin Xia was wearing a hibiscus-colored skirt, with soft and bright black hair curled into a beautiful bun, two hairpins inserted in the bun, a flower on her forehead, and a small face that was white and red, obviously very beloved by her husband.

And Xiao Xu'er and Xiao Chen'er were wearing exactly the same light blue robes, with an ancient jade pendant hanging from their waists, and Lei Biao's shadow could be seen between their eyebrows, but they could recognize which was the elder brother and which was the younger brother. The elder brother looked more indifferent, and obviously did not have much excitement about going to the palace; The younger brother is the opposite, with an expression written all over his face looking forward to the imperial meal in the palace.

As for Xiao Yun'er and Xiao Xi'er in swaddling clothes, they fell asleep quietly, not knowing what was going on.

Lei Biao and Lin Xia each held a child, took Xiao Xu'er and Xiao Chen'er's hands and got into the carriage, and the carriage drove smoothly in the direction of the palace and stopped at the main gate of the palace, that is, the south gate.

There are three openings in the south gate, one main gate and two side doors.

After getting out of the carriage, there was already a eunuch-looking father-in-law waiting at the east side door, and when he saw him stepping forward and glancing at everyone, he bowed his head and saluted, and greeted: "Boss Lei, Mrs. Lei, two little sons, please come with the miscellaneous family." ”

After following his father-in-law to enter from the east side door, he walked along the corridor of the palace for a long time, Lin Xia looked around curiously, and found that the palace pattern of the Wu Dynasty was different from the Forbidden City in Beijing, but this scenery was just as beautiful, it was about to enter winter, and the flowers and plants everywhere were still blooming, beautiful, and there was a faint fragrance wafting in the air.

After a while, the father-in-law led them to stop in the Ming and Qing Palaces where Emperor Dawu lived.