Chapter 10 Papermaking

After saying a word, Chang San's already pale face suddenly faded again, his lips were buzzing, and he wanted to open his mouth to ask for mercy, but he couldn't say a word.

Not to mention anything else, just colliding with the prince and the princess was enough for him to die a few times back and forth.

Chen Ya obviously thought the same way.

"Brother, shall we kill him?" Chen Ya hugged Chen Mu's arm and said, "He wanted to hit me just now." ”

Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart about the strict hierarchy under this feudal system, even a naïve girl like Chen Ya opened her mouth to kill.

It was the eunuch beside Chen Mu who reminded him in a low voice.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Second Princess, this person is a close person to Concubine Min's mother, if you two kill him, I'm afraid he will be in the harem......"

The eunuch's words were not finished, and even though Chen Ya was a little unhappy, she didn't say anything more.

Chen Mu secretly sneered in his heart.

Can't you kill it? Easy to do!

"Let's fight, then." After throwing down a sentence lightly, Chen Mu took Chen Ya and prepared to leave.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, how much do you want to fight?"

Chen Mu turned his head and raised a finger.

"One...... Hundred? The eunuch hesitated and guessed.

"Take a breath."

Chen Mu didn't take this little thing to heart.

After returning to the palace, Chen Muping retired from all his subordinates, sat behind his desk and closed his eyes to recuperate, recalling the historical content he had learned in his previous life.

The current Great Xia Kingdom is really a little too backward, and this backwardness is not only reflected in science and technology, but also in terms of direct shaking.

The laws are not perfect, and the economic system is extremely simple.

The worst thing is that although the land of the Xia Dynasty was nominally owned by the state, in fact most of it was in the hands of the nobles and even local officials, which led to the low peasants being burdened with heavy taxes, while the state treasury was always unable to collect taxes.

Although there will be no problems with these systems for the time being, if they are not changed over time, they will certainly provoke popular uprisings, and I am afraid that the society will be unstable at that time.

Now I need to sum up the lessons and lessons of history as soon as possible and formulate a complete set of national systems that are applicable to the present.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu immediately ordered someone to bring paper and pen, but when he saw a large pile of bulky bamboo pieces in front of him, he fell into deep thought again.

He had forgotten about it.

There's not even paper in this place!

Okay, let's put aside any system, and solve your own life problems is the big thing.

"Go out and get me some wood and reeds, and the more the better." Chen Mu instructed his entourage.

The entourage didn't know what the prince wanted to do, but they obediently complied.

Soon, all kinds of branches and bark were piled up in Chen Mu's yard.

Later, Chen Mu stayed closed for several days, carefully studying the specific formula of the pulp.

Chen Xingtian heard that his son had not gone out for several days, so he was very worried and came to see him.

"Son, what are you doing here?" Seeing Chen Mu tinkering with a large vat of slimy things in front of him, Chen Xingtian couldn't help but be a little surprised.

However, Chen Mu didn't have time to talk nonsense with him.

After days of research, he finally found the most suitable formula.

He used his special tool to gently scoop the pulp onto it, and then spread it on the table.

"Look."

Chen Xingtian took a closer look, but he didn't see anything famous.

"What is this?"

"It's called paper, and it can be written after drying, which is much lighter than bamboo and easy to write."

Not only Chen Xingtian, but other people around him also showed surprised looks.

Write?

How is it possible to write on these viscous-looking liquids on the table?

It didn't take long for Chen Mu's first sheet of paper to be dried and formed.

He reached out and touched it, and although it was only the original straw paper, the texture was quite good.

Subsequently, Chen Mu handed the brush to Chen Xingtian and motioned for him to try writing on paper.

Chen Xingtian took the brush suspiciously, lightly dropped a stroke on the paper, and then his eyes widened in shock.

This feel is simply better than bamboo, I don't know how many times!

And the black and white letters also look much clearer than what is written on a piece of bamboo.

Chen Xingtian picked up the paper again, almost unable to believe the feeling of thinness in his hand.

In the past, they used bamboo pieces to write, and sometimes they would even write on the whole bark of the tree, and the bamboo pieces were already piled up in a thick stack without many words, and they couldn't hold them.

When the ministers went to the court, they even needed to use ox carts to pull their own folds to the palace, and if they wanted to read the book, they could only hold thick bamboo slices, and if they couldn't read a few words, their arms couldn't hold it first.

But all these problems can be perfectly solved by this blank sheet of paper in front of you.

"Can you believe it now?" Chen Mu smiled and took out another piece of paper, but his heart was extremely happy.

The embarrassing situation of wanting to write but not being able to put pen to paper is finally over!

"Son, such a good thing, the materials must be extremely exquisite and precious." Chen Xingtian asked.

Chen Mu shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the large vat of pulp.

"Most of them are mashed wood and reeds, and there are other things that are also everywhere, and nothing precious."

Of course, the raw materials are not precious, what is precious is his Chen Mu's mind!

I think that at the beginning, this papermaking technique was the crystallization of the wisdom of his ancient Chinese people!

"Good! Good! Chen Xingtian's hands trembled with excitement, and he immediately ordered a large-scale paper-making to start after that, which was first used by the palace and ministers.

After experiencing the magic of paper, the ministers of the DPRK and China praised Chen Mu's talent.

But Chen Mu just laughed at these compliments.

He had more important things to do, and it was nothing to him as a blank slate.

Chen Mu took leave from Chen Xingtian, went into retreat again, and carefully thought about the reform of the system in his residence.

First of all, the ownership of the land should be taken back from the hands of the officials and nobles, so that the land is truly in the hands of the state.

Second, it is necessary to thoroughly improve the economic and legal systems, and vigorously promote the development of commerce.

Of course, it is also very important to crack down on the powerful local forces in various localities and further return power to the central government.

In the history of the Huaxia Kingdom in his previous life, there were too many examples of the collapse of the dynasty due to excessive local power and self-respect, and he would never allow similar things to happen again in his dynasty.

But there are no impermeable walls.

Although Chen Mu deliberately concealed these things before he was fully prepared, such a big move infringed on the interests of many people, and someone in the palace revealed the news.

Soon, there were rumors among the ministers of the DPRK and China, and they all knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intended to suppress the powerful forces.

In this situation, the ministers of the DPRK and China were naturally divided into two parts.