Chapter 41: Is It Expensive?
No one expected that the New Year's Day banquet would end hastily.
The Queen Mother and Emperor Fengjing left before and after, and no one wanted to sit here.
After all, you still need to pay attention to your words and deeds when you stay here, how can you be comfortable outside?
"What a sharp-toothed boy..."
After Guo Xiaogang, the king of Qin, took a deep look at Guo Tianyi, he also got up and left.
Today he understands that Guo Tianyi should not be underestimated.
And even Guo Susu is on Guo Tianyi's side, and there are people like Huainan Gong Zhang Zhengping who also speak for Guo Tianyi, which is incomprehensible to him.
A kid who doesn't leave the imperial city, how can he have so many relatives to support him?
That's fine.
These things don't affect the fundamentals either.
As long as Your Majesty cuts the domain, the princes of the world will still stand on their side.
Immediately afterwards, King Wei and others also left.
Many of his relatives also got up and left.
The palace in Weiyang suddenly became deserted.
"Thank you, auntie."
Guo Tianyi thanked Guo Susu and was polite.
"Thank me for what?" Guo Susu said with a smile, "Yi'er, you have to be careful, although you have resolved this crisis today, King Qin has a lot of power..."
"Auntie, I understand."
Guo Tianyi smiled and said, "It's my nephew who has brought trouble to my aunt, and the imperial grandmother is afraid that she will have to be careful..."
"Not really." Guo Susu said loudly, "Your imperial grandmother likes Qingdai, you should go and thank Huainan Gong, if he wasn't willing to say this, you would really not be able to handle this matter today." β
"Yes, then aunt, you should go back and rest early."
"yes, okay."
After that, Guo Tianyi came to Huainan Gong's side and arched his hand, "Huainan Gong, thank you for your great kindness." β
"Your Highness, what did you say?" Huainan Gong stroked his beard and said, "I have a prince like Your Royal Highness, and I will definitely be prosperous, and if the minister can see the day when Dafeng is prosperous, he will die without regrets." β
"Definitely."
"I also hope that Huainan Gong will be more careful in the future, today you speak for this king, my imperial uncle and others are afraid that they will hold a grudge..."
"Your Highness, don't worry too much, I'm not afraid of this old bone, why should I be afraid of death?"
"Hahaha, don't worry, if someone really is unfavorable to you, this king will not sit idly by."
After that, Guo Tianyi invited Huainan Gong to Chengde Palace again.
Huainan Gong naturally did not refuse.
Of course, he also knew that he had offended a lot of people.
From now on, he can only stand on the same front with Guo Tianyi.
Chengde Palace.
"Your Highness."
"Your Majesty's birthday banquet is coming soon."
"When the time comes, all the princes will send representatives to Beijing, Your Highness, you have to be careful of King Qin."
Huainan Gong frowned and said, "This time, the King of Qin came to Beijing just to give His Majesty a congratulatory gift, and he often contacted the courtiers, and the gifts were also very generous, you must not take it lightly..."
What Huainan Gong said was the birthday of Emperor Fengjing not long after.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Emperor Feng Jing wants to cut the feudal domain before leaving.
And if nothing else, it is still a question whether Emperor Fengjing can celebrate next year's birthday after this year's birthday.
Now there is another King of Qin who is eyeing the throne.
Therefore, Huainan Gong is also worried about such a major event as a coup d'Γ©tat to seize power.
If this is the case, then the great bong will fall apart and the kingdom will not be restored.
"What the Duke of Huainan said, this king knows." Guo Tianyi said calmly, "It's just that there are some things that can't be rushed, and it's not too early for this king to see it today, so why don't you stay in the palace with the Duke of Huainan?" β
"No, no, no..."
"The minister will not disturb His Highness, and the minister will retire first."
"Cao Dechun, send Huainan Gong for this king."
"Yes, Your Highness."
After the Huainan announcement retreated, Guo Tianyi came to the window, looked at the moonlight outside the window and sighed.
If you want to be on the throne, you have a long way to go?
That's right.
I'm going to see how Mofeng and the others are doing tomorrow.
Although the last sample I made was paper, it was far from my own standard.
The texture is not soft enough, and the rice paper is not made.
The sooner you can make the perfect paper, many of your plans will be implemented.
Following.
Guo Tianyi came to the secret manor after the early dynasty.
"See Your Highness..."
"No need to be polite."
"Mo Feng, yes!" Guo Tianyi looked at some yellowed paper on the shelf, and his eyes lit up.
Then Guo Tianyi stepped forward and touched it.
The softness is suitable.
The texture is soft enough, too.
Have reached the level required for writing and drawing.
On the other side, there is slightly whiter paper lying on the shelf to dry.
A little more white, you can meet your own requirements.
"Your Highness, my subordinates improved the recipe, and then added some gadgets to it, and found that the whiteness can continue to be improved..."Mo Feng heard Guo Tianyi's praise, and hurriedly scratched his head.
In order to make the paper as white as snow as Guo Tianyi said, he studied it all night.
I almost went bald.
"Good."
"Now it's just a little whiter like this."
Guo Tianyi said with satisfaction, "Xiao Anzi, reward!" β
Hearing this, Xiao Anzi took out a package wrapped in red cloth with some gold leaves in it.
"Your Highness, this can't be helped, the subordinates have already received a lot of wages..."Mo Feng didn't dare to accept so many rewards, he felt that the principle of this papermaking technique was proposed by Guo Tianyi, and he was just a processor.
"This money is given to you and your craftsmen." Guo Tianyi patted Mo Feng on the shoulder and said, "This king said at the beginning that he would not treat you badly, try to make as much paper as possible like this, and send someone to Chengde Palace." β
"Yes, Your Highness."
"My subordinates have something to do, and I want to dare to ask His Highness."
"You say."
"It's the blank paper we produce, how do we price it?"
Mo Feng was very curious about how much this thing could sell for.
At the beginning, Guo Tianyi said that this thing has a pivotal effect on the country and the people.
But after he made it himself, he found that the cost of a large blank sheet of paper was only a few pennies.
This is still to spread the wages and materials and other expenses.
A large sheet of white paper can be cut into many pieces of varying sizes.
According to His Royal Highness, it can be packaged into a book that is easy to carry and read, or it can be cut into a long scroll for drawing and writing poems.
In order to circulate in the market, there must be a price.
At that time, you will have to send someone to take charge of these things, and you have to ask in advance.
"Well..."
"A piece of paper used for normal painting can be sold.... One hundred dollars. β
"Books in packages are priced according to size, size and thickness."
"What?" Mo Feng exclaimed, "Your Highness, a hundred pieces of text? Won't it be too expensive? β
Mo Feng was stunned.
How did he know that Guo Tianyi's price was cheap.
This thing must not be mass-produced at this stage.
When the conditions are ripe, Guo Tianyi can set up a processing plant before mass production.
And it is not possible to circulate directly to the people.
Today's production is the best channel for aristocratic circles to use.
A hundred wen is a large piece of paper, which is naturally cheap.
You must know that in ancient China, when this thing was the most expensive, a large piece of paper could be sold for a few taels of silver.
"Is it expensive?" Guo Tianyi shook his head and said mysteriously, "You just look at it, there will even be a situation where it will be difficult to find paper in our capital at that time." β
It's a great way to make money.
With money, you can do a lot of things yourself.
If you don't have money, you can't.