"Young man's character is revealed. This is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing. I have also come from your age. I can understand what you think and don't want to suppress your temperament. But you also need to understand the truth that wood is so beautiful that it is easy to break. Doing things must be standard, not overly extreme, and not hurting people's lives. If you really make trouble in front of me, I will also protect you because you have done a lot of things for me."

Li Mu was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "If this can be done, I thank Your Majesty first. I will definitely be heartbroken and do my best to share your worries."

"Okay, from your mouth, I can hear a few bad words. Go and do your business, and I will help you when necessary."

Li Mu repeatedly replied, and saw that the time was almost over, he took the opportunity to ask for the plaque. Li Shimin agreed and promised to order the craftsmen in the palace to make a preparation and send it to him. The purpose was achieved, and Li Mu took his leave, and he had to go to the craftsman's workshop to arrange some things.

Li Shimin served half a bowl of porridge and said to Empress Changsun: "Empress, you have always been good at identifying people. What do you think of Li Mu, this kid?"

Queen Changsun thought for a while and said, "This kid is very smart. Although he is a little reckless, he knows it. He shouldn't cause a big mess... It's just Your Majesty, you just promised him to help him. Will he feel that he has something to rely on and take the initiative to trouble those families of aristocratic families!"

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Li Mu hasn't taken the initiative to cause trouble yet. He just refuses to suffer losses. He thinks that if he is bullied, he must fight back. It's not a bad thing. If there is such a person in the family, it may be a good thing to disturb him or knock him. I promised to help him, just to let the family know that he is my person and make them afraid. Li Mu is a talent, and I hope there are many places that I can't let him be broken into the hands of the family."

Seeing that Li Shimin had made up his mind, Empress Changsun just smiled and didn't say anything else.

After using breakfast, Li Shimin asked Eunuch Gao to bring the impeachment memorial that he received yesterday, Yu Wengui, the Ministry of Works, and the imperial pen was criticized, and then handed it to Eunuch Gao, saying: "I instruct the Secretariat that the Ministry of Education will deal with it accordingly, and there is no need to ask more questions. If the auxiliary machine asks, tell him that this is what I mean."

"No." Eunuch Gao took over the memorial and passed the decree.

The government agencies of the early Tang Dynasty were basically in accordance with the system of the Sui Dynasty, with three provinces and six ministries. The Secretariat was the decision-making body, responsible for drafting and issuing emperor's edicts, and its chief was the Secretariat. The Menxia Province was the deliberation body, responsible for reviewing government orders, refuting justice and violations, and its chief was the Shizhong. The Secretariat was the executive body, responsible for implementing important government orders. Because Li Shimin served as the Secretariat, after he ascended the throne, he no longer established this position, but replaced it with the left and right purshe.

The current Secretary of the Central Secretariat is Cen Wenben, the Minister of the Secretariat is Wang Gui, the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty is Du Ruhui, and the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty is Fang Xuanling, the official offices are all in the imperial city, not far apart.

Eunuch Gao came to pass the imperial edict and showed Cen Wenben the edict of Li Shimin's instructions. Cen Wenben was confused. Before he could ask in detail, Eunuch Gao said first: "Your Majesty's oral order, don't ask too much, just handle it according to this."

When Cen Wenben heard this, he stopped talking. He drafted the edict and removed all the officials mentioned in the impeachment memorial. The edict was sent to the Menxia Province. Wang Gui read it and sent it to the Shangshu Province without asking a question. Fang Xuanling was obviously angry with Li Shimin, so he said nothing and directly sent it to the Ministry of Personnel.

Li Shimin guessed that it was normal, and Changsun Wuji really asked about the reason. Eunuch Gao answered according to Li Shimin's instructions. Changsun Wuji pondered for a while but said nothing.

The edict came into effect and sent eunuchs to pass the imperial edict. On the same day, the Ministry of Works dismissed five officials.

After Li Mu arrived at the craftsman workshop, inspected the construction progress, he listened to Yu Wengui's report and learned that the impeachment had been handed over. Li Mu also fulfilled his promise and wrote a memorial to recommend him as the doctor of the Ministry of Works in front of Yu Wengui. Yu Wengui was naturally overjoyed. Li Mu encouraged him a few times, then took Li Chongyi and his guards away and came to the West City.

Li Mu came to the West Market today for two things. The first thing is that the Tang Dynasty Daily cannot be printed, but nothing else is wrong. The cost of paper exceeds the budget. If it is still printed on the current rice paper, it is impossible to make a penny each piece when the Datang Daily was officially published. Originally, the cost could be controlled according to the price when Li Mu purchased the paper. However, Li Mu miscalculated the stock of rice paper, and the stock of rice paper in Chang'an City could not be unlimited. Li Mu printed the Tang Dynasty Daily for several days in a row, which consumed a lot of paper in Chang'an City. As a result, the price of paper increased, and the cost naturally rose.

Li Mu came to the West Market to find a cheap paper to replace the current paper. In addition, he wanted to buy a batch of tanned leather. When Tongshanfang was assassinated, he reminded Li Mu that although he was in a system, he was only a flesh and blood body. If the sharp blade penetrated into the flesh, he also felt pain and bleeding too much, and he would die. Therefore, he had to find a way to save his life.

The only thing Li Mu can rely on is the system. When he looked through the skill list and the pattern store, the first thing he thought of was forging protective gear, but the protective gear under the forging branch was all armor. Li Mu imagined that if he made this armor, he would wear it and walk in Chang'an City, and the four angles in front, back, left and right were like a fool. Therefore, he decided to give up the armor and turn it into leather armor. When he followed Li Ji's army to Chang'an, he saw that most of the people in the Tang army camp were leather armor. It can be seen that in this era, leather armor was the mainstream.

Moreover, there is a branch of the leather making technique that makes mail. On the basis of leather armor, the key parts are reinforced with metal, which not only retains the flexibility of leather armor, but also takes into account the defense of armor, and the best of both worlds.

Li Mu thought that the membership fee was Zhou Zhang, but unexpectedly things went smoothly. Xishi is indeed a big treasure house. As long as you have money and as long as the Tang Dynasty has it, you can still know the news even if you can't buy it.

Li Mu found a Yaman and said his needs. Yaman took him to a shop, which didn't even have a signboard, but it was a very famous place in the West Market. Because the four treasures of the study sold here are the cheapest, and the quality is reasonable, it is quite favored by some literati who are not well-off and need pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Negotiable, this is the shopkeeper Feng. You need a lot of paper, and it is perfect to find a shopkeeper Feng. In the two cities of Chang'an, who doesn't know that the shopkeeper Feng's pen, ink, paper and inkstone are the most affordable." After saying that, Yaren introduced Li Mu to shop Feng: "Shopkeeper Feng, this shopkeeper Feng wants to buy a lot of paper, and it is a long-term cooperation. This is a big deal, you can take it carefully."

When Manager Feng heard this, he knew it. His eyes rolled, he suddenly bowed and said, "Little Feng Si, I have seen the Marquis."

Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you know who I am?"

Feng Si became more respectful and said, "If you come back to the Marquis, it is not difficult to guess that the Marquis has consumed a lot of paper in the past few days. The price of rice paper in Chang'an City has increased one day. The little one thought to himself that rice paper is expensive. If you use it to print the Tang Daily, it will probably not be able to withstand the consumption. The Marquis must have found other cheap papers instead. When he saw the Marquis just now, he saw that the Marquis was so young and needed a lot of paper. The young one immediately thought that it was Marquis, and... Your entourage is too conspicuous. I am afraid that you can't find a second one in Chang'an City. The Tang Daily mentioned that your entourage is eight feet tall, so he guessed it."

Li Mu couldn't help but glance at the Si Si and said, "Since you recognize it, I will not hide it. Yes, you guessed it. I am here today, and I really want to buy a paper with a reasonable price. You are a smart person. If you have a suitable one, you might as well recommend it directly. You can decide the price yourself. I am not a fool. If you cheat me, you should know more about my temper."

"The little one dares, the little one dares." Feng Si said repeatedly, calling a young man, and gave a few instructions. The young man turned back to the back of the shop, and soon took out a stack of yellowed paper.

Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "Is this the kind of paper that makes paper money?"

Feng Si said: "When I return to Marquis, this kind of paper is called thatch paper in our industry. Marquis is right. The paper money used for sacrifice is made of this thatch paper. But the thatch paper brought to Marquis is much better than that kind of paper. Marquis please see, the paper surface of the paper the small one brought is smooth and not rough. The paper is thicker and has a thick texture. To be honest, it is not suitable for writing. Rich literati would not buy this paper, but it is suitable for printing. The young one has studied the Tang Dynasty Daily. Marquis, you use rice paper to print the Tang Dynasty Daily. Because the rice paper is thin and has good water permeability, the ink marks can easily pass through the paper. However, if you use this thatch paper to print, you can print on both sides, which greatly saves paper consumption."

Li Mu was really moved when he heard Feng Si say this. He picked up the thatched paper and touched it. The touch felt really not as good as rice paper, but it was acceptable. He asked, "How much does this kind of paper cost?"

“Just half the price of rice paper.”

Li Mu frowned and thought for a while, saying, "Did you make this paper or buy it from someone else?"

"Uh..." Feng Si's eyes were slightly panicked and said with a thorn in his mouth: "Mr. Marquis, you come to find a little one to buy paper. I'm afraid it's not suitable to find out these things,"

"That's to purchase goods." Li Mu said: "I don't like to cooperate with Erdao vendors. This way, you open a paper shop to make this kind of thatched paper. I signed a contract with you. In the next three years, all the papers used for the Datang Daily in Chang'an City will be purchased from your paper shop. You will provide them exclusively, and the price will be set at 30% of the price of rice paper. What do you think?"

"This..." Feng Si was unable to answer. The purchase price of this paper was 30% of the price of rice paper. Li Mu cut this knife and was accurate and ruthless, and directly cut off his profits from the seam. If he bought and sold the goods, the transaction would be impossible because there was no profit. But if he opened a paper shop himself, although there was a three-year order, the risk would be quite large. What if the Tang Daily was banned one day? Can he still sue Li Mu?

But on the other hand, if the Datang Daily is booming, the profits will be quite large in three years of orders. What should I make a decision make Feng Si in a dilemma.
Chapter completed!