Emperor Ling immediately changed his attitude and said with a smile: "Deng Aiqing, you are so smart, I won't check you this time, and next time, the vegetable market will wait for the heads to fall to the ground at three o'clock in the afternoon!" ”

Deng Jingluo wiped the cold sweat with his sleeve, and said in his heart, it is better to be flexible by himself, otherwise, all the money hidden in the family will be surnamed Liu. Next time, I won't come out again if I am killed!

"Aiqing, who of you else is against this?" Emperor Ling won a victory and loudly pressed the hundred officials.

"Your Majesty's Will!"

"Cao Song listened to the order: I appointed you as the head of the Ministry of Commerce, your original position remains unchanged, and you are still ranked in the ninth secretary, I want you to develop 1,000 new shops in each state within a year, and issue a "business license", and no official shall make things difficult for these licensed merchants and collect excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes."

"Obey the order!" Cao Song led the way.

The report of the small yellow door sounded outside the door of the "newspaper ——,": "Cai Sheng of the paper mill asks to see you." ”

"Xuan!"

Cai Sheng came to the door, and when he saw Emperor Ling sitting high, he immediately bowed happily three times and bowed nine times, and said, "Congratulations to the emperor, the minister has made new paper." ”

"Oh?" Emperor Ling immediately stood up and hurriedly said, "Where is it, where is it, show it to me!" ”

Cai Sheng hurriedly took out a roll of paper from his arms, thin, smooth surface, and white with a little yellow in color, good paper!

The Spirit Emperor took out a few more sheets from them, and found that some of the paper was shining with a little golden light, and some were festive red colors!

Mrs. Hu also stepped forward and gently stroked the papers with her hand, trembling with excitement.

He picked up a pen, dipped it in some ink, and wrote on the red paper, and the pen was like flowing water, penetrating the back of the paper, but it did not seep ink!

said: "Good paper, good paper!" Wechen can see such a perfect paper in his lifetime, even if he dies, it is worth it. ”

Looking at Mrs. Hu's exclamation, Emperor Ling asked Cai Sheng, "How many pieces of paper like this can be made in one day?" ”

Cai Sheng said proudly: "Your Majesty, after the improvement of the process of the ministers, about 30,000 pieces of red paper, 20,000 pieces of golden paper, and 100,000 pieces of ordinary paper can be made a day!" Moreover, according to what His Majesty said, the process will be improved, and each person will only do one process, and the efficiency will be increased by nearly five times! Moreover, the cost of every 10 pieces of paper is only 1 yuan, and the paper we use now is 3 yuan a piece! ”

"Good! Cai Sheng, worthy of being Cai Hou's descendants, this papermaking workshop has been renamed as a workshop, Cai Sheng, you are the first field leader! The factory will be expanded to about 1,000 people, and I will solve these problems for you! ”

"Yes!" Cai Sheng said a little helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's just that the paper produced in the field is piled up. ”

"Don't worry, this is a trivial matter, I will solve it immediately." Emperor Ling said in high spirits.

"Now, I announce that the paper from my paper mill is being sold to the whole people. 10 pieces of red paper 5 gold. If you order in the name of the store, you can order 1,000 sheets each time, and you can order at a minimum of 4 yuan for 10 sheets. ”

When the ministers heard the news, they quietly calculated the accounts in their hearts for a while, "This is too profitable, you can make 25 yuan by selling 10 pieces of paper, hurry up, find a way to go back and call someone to order!" I'm afraid it's too late. ”

"Your Majesty, there is something in the minister's family that I suddenly forgot, and the minister asked for a leave of absence for half a day." An official said.

"Accurate!" Emperor Ling said.

"Your Majesty, I ......"

"Yes, yes, let's all disperse." The Spirit Emperor held back a smile and waved his hand.

Out of the Golden Palace, the hundred officials were like a fire at home, sitting in a sedan chair, riding a horse, and going straight to the shop at home.

......

Emperor Ling and Taifu Hu glanced at each other, and they couldn't help laughing.

It's just that Mrs. Hu's eyes flashed with a trace of inexplicable joy and respect. Since the last time he saw the green snake's qi burrowing into the Spirit Emperor's body, the Spirit Emperor had gone against the norm and had become so smart, wise, and decisive.

Moreover, the ideas in the heart of the Spirit Emperor are not heavy, and how much wisdom is hidden in this little head cannot be known or predicted!

Mrs. Hu couldn't help but praise in her heart: "The big man is going to be prosperous!" And in my lifetime, I don't see the birth of a prosperous dynasty. After all, I'm 80 years old, and I don't have much time left, which is a big pity! ”

Emperor Ling changed into civilian clothes and walked to the paper factory with Cai Sheng, Hu Guang, Lu Zhi, Zhang Yan and others.

In the paper factory, more than 100 eunuchs were busy, and they didn't even have time to greet the emperor.

The treasury was full of papers, and when a eunuch in charge of the treasury saw the emperor and everyone arriving, he shouted three times and knelt down to salute.

After a while, someone drove a carriage with a "crunch" all the way and came quickly.

The person had not yet gotten out of the car, but he shouted, "I want to buy paper, where can I buy it?" ”

The eunuch was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Here! ”

After a while, one carriage after another came and pulled the paper away. Overnight, all of a sudden, cheap paper appeared in the streets of the entire Luodu, and ordinary small and medium-sized households could afford it.

"Did you hear that? This paper used to be used by officials and emperors. Now we ordinary people can also use it. ”

"Yes, yes, I heard that Cai Hou's descendants have improved the papermaking method, the paper is cheap, and they can afford to use it, I will buy some and go back, and tomorrow I will call my son to go to a private school!"

"Hurry up and buy it, or there won't be any."

......

In the past few days, almost all the paper shops in Luodu have made a lot of money. As soon as the paper is pulled, it will not take long for it to be sold out. The money earned in these days is the sum of the usual months of earnings. Some even exceed the sum of a year!

And inside the palace, Cai Sheng stared at the several large carts of silver in front of him, and he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth. Empty treasury in exchange for so much money!

This is the emperor's strategy, just a few words, a few points, but he made so much money!

In addition to the taxes handed over to the imperial court and the private treasury to the emperor, there was still a cart of silver, more than 3,000 cars.

In Cai Sheng's ears, Emperor Ling's words were still ringing: "Take the rest of the money and open a paper factory in the thirteen states of Dahan step by step, and the name will be hung on the Dahan Royal Paper Factory!" I want to make paper something that everyone can afford! ”

In this factory, Cai Sheng only served as the director for a few days, but he had to go to Qingzhou to open the first workshop outside Luodu. In the future, these workshops will belong to him Cai Sheng. Damn, although tired, this is cooler than sealing!

And the busy eunuchs were also rewarded at the end of the month.

"Manager Cai, that's not right!" A eunuch took his salary and said.

Cai Sheng sank his face and said, "What's wrong, it's all right!" ”

"No," said the eunuch, "I think my wages are too much, and the emperor said to give us three taels, but now my wages are almost seven taels." ”

Originally, Cai Sheng thought that this person was going to make trouble, but who knew that he suspected that the money was too much.

"Oh, that's right, the emperor said, in the future, the wages will be determined according to the paper produced by everyone, and the more paper produced, the more wages will be paid......"

"Long live the emperor!" A group of eunuchs kept bowing to the palace where the emperor lived, and said in their hearts: "We didn't do anything wrong with the ten permanent servants!" If we listen to Zhang Rang's words that day and kill the emperor, we will all die, where is there such a good thing. ”

"This emperor really came down from heaven to save us."

......

A few days later, inside the Golden Temple.

Emperor Ling smiled and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, are you still opposed to the equality of merchants and farmers?" ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" All the officials said in unison.

Whether in ancient times or in modern times, everything is still based on profit. Then I will use my interests to guide you people and obediently listen to me.

"Lu Aiqing, don't you have a disciple named Liu Bei?" Emperor Ling asked Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi said: "Yes, Liu Bei is the great-great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing of Han after King Jing of Zhongshan, but according to his generation, he is the same generation as His Majesty, and he should be His Majesty's younger brother." ”

Emperor Ling remembered that in his previous life, Liu Bei claimed to be Uncle Liu, deceived the people of the world to worship him in the name of the Han family, and finally established the Shu Han Empire, and he was a little unhappy.

His face was flat, and his face was suddenly gloomy, and there was no interface.