If you have something to do, it is already a glorious tradition to come to Shaofu to fight for Qiufeng.

Like Deng Tong, the favorite minister of Emperor Taizong, his wealth is as rich as a country, but how did he do it?

The answer is to desperately dig the footsteps of Shaofu.

I have to say that Deng Tong is just an unlucky guy.

I worked hard to dig up the wealth, land, shops, and workshops I saved up from the foot of the Shaofu walls.

Once the emperor changed, all of them were confiscated and confiscated, and then the property returned to the original owner and returned to the name of the Shao Mansion.

Although this Shaofu has various disadvantages, it has indeed collected a lot of talents.

If Liu Rong wants to do things in the future, he must have something to rely on.

Fortunately, he only needed a few craftsmen to come this time, so he didn't have to deal with the head of the Shaofu for the time being.

Even the young minister Liu Rong, whose salary is equal to one thousand stone, was not ready to meet him. It was a shameful thing for everyone, so there was no need to do it.

He took out a badge representing his identity, met the assistant who managed the trivial matters of the Shaofu, and expressed his intention.

If other unknown princes came here, the assistant officials of the young mansion might not have paid any attention, but now the whole court is spreading the story of the eldest son.

In the minds of many people, Liu Rong is already the best candidate to become the crown prince.

Therefore, after hearing Liu Rong's request, the assistant of the Shaofu agreed with a wave of his hand, and all the selected ones were the kind of Class A craftsmen with excellent skills.

These talents are all popular. If they are put on the market, they are less than a few dozen gold, so they don’t even think about it.

Because these craftsmen are hens who can lay golden eggs, they can bring endless wealth to their owners.

This young master is also optimistic about Liu Rong's future, which is considered an early investment.

Liu Rong was naturally very satisfied with this, and then asked with reciprocity: "I wonder what your name is?"

The assistant immediately became overjoyed and said, "Report to your Highness, Cheng Yi, the assistant of the young master."

Although this was the first time Liu Rong won the hearts of the people, he patted the other person on the shoulders by following the officials he saw on TV in his previous life, showing an encouraging smile.

Then he took a few craftsmen back to his residence in the palace.

Liu Rong encountered something on the way back to the palace.

He actually forgot that these craftsmen had no palace origins and the guards of the palace were not allowed to enter.

If it weren't for the eunuch Wang and Eunuch Wang who happened to meet the emperor Liu Qi, Liu Rong would have to be blind.

As someone around Liu Qi, Eunuch Wang naturally knew how favored Prince Rong was now.

He will naturally not miss such a good opportunity to sell the other party to a favor.

This is when the world and the world work together. At a good start, you have the ability to snowball, and then you will continue to expand your advantages.

After repeatedly expressing his gratitude to Eunuch Wang, Liu Rong took a few craftsmen back to his residence in the palace.

The craftsmen behind him seemed to be all the duty people. Although they were very curious about everything in the palace, they tried their best to control themselves from looking around.

"When you get to the orphan, you don't have to be restricted. What are your names? What are your own expertise?"

Only then did Liu Rong look at the three craftsmen carefully, and his eyes showed a scrutiny.

"Report to your Highness, my name is Ada, I will build a house."

"Report to your Highness, my name is A Er, I know some carpenter work."

"Report to your Highness, my name is A San. I know everything except the skills of my two brothers."

Looking at the three faces that were somewhat similar, they all showed cramped and nervous expressions.

Liu Rong thought to himself, this time he really found a treasure, but the name was a bit strange.

"Are you three brothers? Have you been in the Shao Mansion all the time?"

"Yes, Your Highness, my father is in the Shaofu, and my mother is in the Shaofu. We have been staying in the Shaofu since we were born."

Liu Rong was even more satisfied when he heard the words of the three of them.

At least these three people should not have much problem with loyalty.

Liu Rong briefly explained his plan. He thought the three of them would be happy, after all, this was an extremely profitable business.

But he didn't expect that Ah Da, Ah Er, and Ah San frowned at the same time, his face became even more nervous, but he looked like he didn't know what to say.

In the end, Ada blushed and plucked up the courage to say, "Your Highness, this papermaking doesn't seem to be much profit..."

Through Ada's intermittent explanation, Liu Rong understood one thing.

The Han Dynasty has invented papermaking now, but it is made with such rough surface straw paper.

Except for some civilians who occasionally buy some and wipe their butts, almost no one cares about it.

Therefore, the three of them showed such expressions after hearing Liu Rong preparing to make paper.

"Ha, don't worry, this paper is different from other papers."

Looking at the disbelief expression on the three of them, Liu Rong was too lazy to explain. As long as he waited for the things to be made, everything would be clear.

In the next few days, Liu Rong took three craftsmen to work hard in his yard.

He first asked someone to find a few big pots, and then brought a large number of bamboo slips from the Shaofu.

There is something in the palace, just let someone carry it over.

As for bamboo slips, as the main carrier of books nowadays, Shaofu has reserved countless items.

However, this time he was not greedy for cheap things, and everything was paid.

Although Cheng Yi, the assistant to the Shaofu, said that he would not use it, Liu Rong claimed that he was a person of particularity and naturally refused to take advantage of such a thing.

Well, it was actually him who was worried that when the blank paper was made, he earned him a lot of money.

Some people were jealous and pushed this matter to the cheap father Liu Qi. With Liu Qi's personality, they would probably take advantage of the situation to include this business under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.

The emperor disciplined his son, and no one could make any mistakes.

Therefore, Liu Rong can only try his best to avoid leaving any comments at this time.

After two days like this, the burning stove fire that had been burning at the beginning had already been extinguished.

The bamboo tubes in the cauldron were also cooked to pieces, and the bamboo fibers were no longer tight.

Liu Rong asked someone to find a few large wooden barrels and pour out the bamboo barrels in the cauldron.

Because he had already instructed the three of Ada before to add wood ash, lime and other items to the cauldron when steaming.

Therefore, when these bamboo tubes are poured out, an unpleasant odor immediately emits.

So much so that Ada and his team needed to cover their noses with cloth strips to pour out these already stinky bamboo tubes one by one and put them in clean water to clean.

After the cleaning was completed, Liu Rong ordered people to find a few large wooden barrels and pour all the bamboo barrels into it.

Then use a stone hammer, iron hammer, and continuous pounding in the wooden barrel until all the bamboo tubes are pounded into a paste similar to dough.

This took a few hours.

At this time, the bamboo tubes in the wooden barrels had been smashed and turned into slurry objects similar to dough.

At this point, there are only two final and most critical steps left!

Before this, Ada and the other two could also make papermaking, but the papermaking process they knew was very simple.

It's nothing more than three steps: washing, pressing and drying.

However, the writing performance of the straw paper made is very poor, and it even feels too hard to wipe your butt!

Otherwise, the scholars and literati in the Han Dynasty would not still use bamboo slips as the main carrier of books.

In history, until after the Five Barbarians Rebellion.

Only after moving south did papermaking technology have a leap forward-looking development—the craftsmen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Talents are obtained from the bamboo mountains in the south, through continuous research and repeated verification.

Based on Cai Lun's papermaking technology, a new process was invented and white paper with high writing performance was finally created.

So, the paper began to eliminate bamboo slips in an all-round way.
Chapter completed!