After Emperor Jianliang came out of Concubine De's palace, he heard about Leng Lanzhi coming to him, and the smile on his face instantly converged.

Over the years, Concubine De has been his interpretation flower.

She is gentle and kind, does not fight or grab, and is well-read in poetry and books, and is always able to give him eye-catching proposals on some issues.

She shared a lot of troubles and sorrows for him, but she was never greedy for merit, and she never took the initiative to mention what reward she wanted.

Even for her only son, King Yue, she didn't fight for anything.

For this reason, although she is one of the four concubines, she is not less excluded by other concubines.

Or did he occasionally bump into her being bullied, and he couldn't see it anymore, so he remembered to give her some rewards and give King Yue some benefits.

This time King Yue did a bastard thing, and he was indeed very angry.

But no matter how angry he is, he won't be angry with Concubine De, because she is innocent.

She must have been kept in the dark, otherwise with her character, she would definitely stop King Yue from doing these bastard things.

As soon as he went to Zhaoren Palace, Concubine De really took the initiative to beg for mercy, saying that she didn't know what King Yue had done, and said that she would never intercede for King Yue.

Not only did he not intercede for King Yue, but he also felt that the punishment for King Yue was too light, and hoped that the punishment could be increased, so that King Yue could have a good memory, so as not to make the same mistake again in the future.

Emperor Jianliang felt very comfortable in his heart.

The women in the harem, one counts as one, and none of them are like Concubine De, who takes him to heart wholeheartedly.

Even the only son had to step aside.

Hearing that Jia Luo was looking for him, he immediately thought of the outrageous things that the crown prince and sister had done during this time, and he was immediately upset, but he still squeezed out a smile: "Jia Luo, have you seen your mother?" ”

Leng Lanzhi keenly felt that her father's mood was not high, and she made all kinds of guesses in her heart, but her face was not obvious, she smiled and said: "Father, the son got a gadget by accident, and he thought it was very interesting, so he brought it into the palace and wanted his father and mother to palm their eyes." ”

As soon as he heard that she was not here for the crown prince and the king of Yue, Emperor Jianliang's conscience suddenly ached.

How could he guess his daughter with the heart of a villain?

This daughter has never let herself worry about anything other than being stubborn about marriage since she was a child, and she has not been in trouble for three days like other princesses and princes.

He instantly adjusted his mentality and asked with a smile, "Oh? What's that? ”

Leng Lanzhi asked Liusha to take out a small wooden box.

The box opened, revealing the pencil inside.

This pencil is the one that Master Zhou researched, and as for Qiu Wenwen's one, Leng Lanzhi asked Lin Weiyang to bring it to Master Zhou for reference.

Emperor Jianliang looked at the strangely shaped woodwork in front of him, and looked puzzled: "This is ......"

Leng Lanzhi explained: "This thing is called a pencil, which can be used for writing, it is quite convenient to carry, and the production cost is very low. ”

After Emperor Jianliang ascended the throne, he was jealous of the major families and always wanted to cultivate his own emerging forces.

Over the years, it has been quite effective.

But he felt that it was not enough.

The relationship between the family is intertwined, and even if students from poor families enter the court through scientific examinations, they often cannot be reused.

Moreover, the number of civilian students cannot compete with the family that has been passed down for an unknown number of generations.

Emperor Jianliang has been looking for a solution, but if he wants to solve this problem at the root, he must reduce the cost of learning.

But it is precisely this fundamental problem that is not easy to solve.

He could send people to build free schools all over the country to attract children from poor families to school.

However, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone always need money, right?

In particular, paper and ink, two things that are consumed whenever they are used, cannot be saved.

Therefore, the plan to cultivate the forces of the cold has never been implemented.

But if the cost of the pen is really reduced, then his plan can be carried out smoothly!

He was very moved and asked, "Is the production cost of this pencil really low?" ”

Leng Lanzhi nodded: "Erchen asked the craftsman, the cost of the material of this pencil in your hand is only a few pennies. The materials are all ordinary materials such as wood and charcoal, but what is really valuable is the manual cost of the craftsmen. ”

"Even if you add the manual fee, a pencil only costs a few pennies."

Although the craftsmanship of craftsmen is very expensive, it can be said that the least valuable thing in this era is manpower.

Unless it is some special technical skills, otherwise, ordinary manual work does not cost much labor costs.

Lin Weiyang said that the production of this pencil is not very difficult, and a craftsman can make about 100 pencils a day.

Therefore, it is very feasible to promote.

When Emperor Jianliang heard this, he immediately smiled: "This is really a treasure!" If it can really be promoted smoothly, my Shengguo will definitely be able to have many more ministers! At that time, you will have made the first contribution1"

Leng Lanzhi smiled shyly: "Father and Emperor praised, Erchen can't think of it that far, I just think that this pencil is more convenient to use than a brush." ”

Emperor Jianliang laughed.

Emperor Jianliang, who was happy with the dragon's heart, immediately wanted to reward Leng Lan with many things. Leng Lanzhi refused.

"Father, let's wait for the pencil to be promoted."

"You're too sensible."

Emperor Jianliang, who used to think that Concubine De did not fight or grab, suddenly felt that his daughter was actually more worthy of these four words.

After all, Concubine De is his woman, and her honor and favor are all given by him, and she has not contributed anything else.

She shouldn't have fought for anything in the first place, because she already had supreme glory and status.

But Garo, she's given him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Once the pencil is successfully promoted, then in the next scientific examination, he will definitely be able to harvest a group of poor talents!

has merit but is not greedy, but pushes all the merits to himself, this is the real non-fighting.

The next day, Emperor Jianliang said about the pencil, and ordered the Ministry of Engineering to promote the pencil as soon as possible.

However, although the task was from the Ministry of Industry, he did not ask Leng Lanzhi to hand over the pencil making method, but asked the Ministry of Industry to purchase goods from Leng Lanzhi, and gave Leng Lanzhi the name of an imperial businessman.

As long as she wants, she can open her own pencil shop openly.

At that time, everyone will need to buy pencils from her.

She didn't ask for a reward, so he rewarded her in this way.

This time, Leng Lanzhi did not refuse.

The production of pencils is not difficult, shops or something, Leng Lanzhi also has ready-made ones under his name, as for the workshop, this is also not a problem.

When Lin Weiyang was looking for a craftsman, he had already thought of the next step and got everything done.

At this point, pencils can be produced directly in the workshop.

In just a few days, thousands of pencils were made in the workshop, and Leng Lanzhi asked Lin Weiyang to take these pens to the Ministry of Industry.

When Leng Lanzhi and the Ministry of Industry were cooperating with the promotion of pencils, King Yue angrily slammed the tea cup in his hand on the table.

It happened that Qiu Wenwen entered the house, and when she saw King Yue's troubled face, she couldn't help but ask, "Lord Wang, what happened?" ”

King Yue lifted his eyelids and glanced at her: "Jia Luo gave his father a thing called a pencil, and his father felt that with a pencil, he could benefit more poor students. ”

"Pencil?!"