Half an hour later... Li Zhan, Li Chengqian, and Li Lizhi appeared in front of everyone. What surprised Changsun Chong was that after coming out, Li Lizhi had been standing on Li Zhan's left hand and gently held Li Zhan's arm.

Changsun Chong knew very well that his wife was not so close to someone so quickly.

So his wife Li Lizhi and Li Zhan must have the kind of family relationship he just thought about. However, Changsun Chong did not reveal it. He just waited and asked his father after he went back.

You know, his father was also very strange this time, because he invested a million yuan in his family in one letter. Wouldn't he worry about all the money being wasted?

This is not in line with my understanding of my father.

"Okay... Changle is here today, I will make an exception to invite everyone to have a good meal. After the meal, I will take you to see what I am going to do for the disaster victims in Hongtong County.

I think I have no hope for you people, but it’s up to me!" After saying that, Li Zhan looked at Li Lizhi and smiled slightly.

The others also breathed a sigh of relief. Changsun Chong looked at his wife's eyes as he looked at Li Zhan, and once again affirmed his judgment just now that the feeling of family affection was too strong.

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During the meal, Li Zhan and Changsun Chong talked a lot, asked Changsun Wuji about his good things, and asked about the money this time. Changsun Chong told Li Zhan that he had brought one million coins.

However, only 200,000 coins are copper coins for one million coins, and the rest are silk.

This is because during the Tang Dynasty, the silk weaving industry developed very rapidly, especially in the north, various silk fabrics were manufactured. During the Tang Dynasty, the management and various regulations and systems of silk fabrics were relatively mature. The "Tang Law Commentary" even made a penalty on some related issues of silk fabrics. There were regulations on the size and length of silk, etc. If the transactions that were disordered, they would be punished by the law.

With the progress of the times, silk in the Tang Dynasty gradually became monetized. On the one hand, it was an indispensable thing in people's lives, and on the other hand, the production of silk itself was valuable.

For example, when buying horses in the Tang Dynasty, basically the ones paid for silk... Others also recognized this silk... In the early Tang Dynasty, a piece of silk was about 200 yuan.

Li Zhan also nodded. Silk and silk were actually no different from copper coins. Changsun Chong also asked a little, what business Li Zhan wanted to do, but Li Zhan was very mysterious. He did not say it, but looked at Li Lizhi and said, "Changle... Are you feeling tired? If not, I will take you to Zhushan for fun in the afternoon."

"Okay... OK... I'm not tired at all." Li Lizhi kept eating, with stains on the corners of her mouth, which was completely different from her previous image.

Changsun Chong did not say anything, but carefully observed the interaction between Li Zhan and Li Lizhi, watching Li Zhan gently wipe off the stains on the corner of Li Lizhi's lips with silk.

Li Chengqian still laughed, and Changsun Chong affirmed again.

Moreover, not only Changsun Chong, but everyone else also saw a clue, and Zhao Jie suddenly shouted: "That's really great... I'm really impatient when I'm here.

Brother Li...when will we set out?"

Looking at Zhao Jie, Li Zhan smiled slightly: "After eating...!"

After a meal, Li Zhan took everyone to Zhushan in Hongtong County. Li Zhan found Wang Dali, because Wang Dali was very familiar with Zhushan, and his elder brother's Liuye Village was in the Zhushan.

It was about forty miles away. After arriving at Zhushan, you could see the sunset in the mountains. This was the first time Li Lizhi saw the sunset in the mountains, and she was almost stunned.

Wang Dali went to Liuyezhuang to arrange food and accommodation for Li Zhan and others. Li Zhan and his group came to the bamboo garden in the bamboo mountains.

There are so many bamboos here that it seems that no other plants exist except bamboo.

From a distance, several hills are covered with bamboo from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. No, from the beginning of the flat ground, there are bamboos layer after layer. Not only can't be separated from bamboo branches, bamboo and bamboo leaves, but even houses, paths and bridges cannot be seen, as if they are completely submerged by the ocean of bamboo. When a gust of wind blows, dark waves are surging on the sea of ​​bamboo, pushing waves and surging to a long distance. It is difficult for you to know how deep the tender green and dark green bamboo sea is. Just when you look at the ups and downs of the bamboo waves and its momentum, it means that it is very deep.

"Wow... there are really too many bamboos here!" Li Lizhi sighed very much as she looked at it.

Li Zhan stood beside Li Zhi and smiled and said, "Do you know that the bamboos all over the mountains will be our money bags in the future."

"Bamboo is a purse...?" Zhao Jie climbed up from below and asked, "Brother Li, what can this bamboo be used for? Wear a basket...who will want it?"

"Haha..." Looking at Zhao Jie, Li Zhan smiled and said, "Our bamboo is not used to weave baskets. This... Let me ask everyone, what do scholars in the Tang Dynasty want the most now?"

"What do scholars want?" Li Chengqian and others were collectively surprised. Look at me, I look at you, but I don't know.

On the other hand, Changsun Chong said, "I think Brother Li should be talking about paper."

"Paper..." Zhao Jie laughed and said, "How come I lack paper in Tang Dynasty? I have a lot of it."

"Wrong..." Du He said, "Actually, my father had already said that the Tang Dynasty would soon be out of paper because the green vines in Shan County would soon be cut.

And my father also said that it is very dangerous to lose paper, because grassroots officials in the Tang Dynasty visited various households, and when they were married, funerals, and added children to their naturalization, they had to record them in a book. Because the green vines used for papermaking in Shan County were almost cut, it would definitely cause a shortage of papermaking, and even the price of paper soared several times, so that grassroots officials had no paper available.

Without paper, it is naturally impossible to record, which directly leads to the court's database being unable to be updated in time.

Then we cannot let the court know how many new people were added to the Tang Dynasty and how many elderly people died every year. From this, we can calculate the total number of taxes, modify the calendar through various accurate population data, and timely regulate national policies.

"Not as serious as paper?" Everyone was surprised.

Li Chengqian looked at Du He and asked, "Du He, are these what Du Xiang said before?"

Du He nodded.

Li Zhan was on the side at this time and really gave Du Ruhui a thumbs up in his heart. He is worthy of being a famous minister in the world. He is really too far away. In fact, this is a big trouble without paper.

The Tang Dynasty must intervene now, otherwise the consequences will be really unimaginable. The Tang Dynasty is actually remediating it, but no one in the court has ever thought about making paper, and just simply compressing the amount of paper in various places.

However, even if the amount of paper is compressed, the price of green vine paper is also soaring. There is no money at all, so how can you have extra money to buy more expensive paper?

For example, a boss started a business in his early years and worked hard. The company's business is booming. He never makes any sense to spend money on paper because the company has money on the books.

Later, when there was a problem with the company's internal system, profits decreased, and the company's profits decreased, so frugality was advocated in all aspects.

But the employees below said, Boss, we have no paper, we can’t make reports without paper, we can’t count the company’s revenue, and we can’t record how many employees there are.

Originally, the boss should have waved his hand and said, "Everyone is waiting, I'll go buy paper now!"

But at this time, because the company had no money, the boss could only tell everyone:

Then you can save some use...

So everyone understands that I have said so much, is the fundamental issue I want to express?

The reason why the imperial court has no paper is because it has no money to buy paper.

A piece of paper will cause economic problems and may even drag down the entire Tang Dynasty.

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Chapter completed!