Li Yuanying got a large bamboo forest, so he ordered people to inform the workshop to pick suitable bamboos in time.
The current manager of the workshop is Deng Qing, who was quick-witted and thought of making paper from reeds. Not only did he get the bounty promised by Li Yuanying, but he also signed up with Li Yuanying.
After winter this year, Deng Qing took people to harvest the surrounding reeds one after another. These things are usually unowned and anyone can harvest them. The workshop is short of manpower, and he only needs to pay a small amount of money to get the people around to take the initiative to send over the reeds with tall enough poles.
In the outer suburbs, people who were supposed to be in the slack period happily sent reeds to the paper-making workshop managed by Deng Qing, in exchange for some money and food for the family to have a good year.
After Deng Qing finished harvesting the reeds, the workshop started working in full swing according to the repeatedly adjusted reed paper production process. If there are no accidents, the first batch of reeds will be produced before His Majesty Li Er's birthday, waiting for Li Yuanying to come and inspect them. Even if he couldn't, there was also a stockpile of reed paper made earlier in the workshop, which Li Yuanying could take out to offer treasures.
Li Yuanying said that he would wait for the spring of next year to deliver the baby to His Majesty Li Er, but in fact Li Yuanying couldn't wait for that time at all, he planned to send it out on His Majesty Li Er's birthday!
Hearing that Li Yuanying sent someone to say that Li Yuanying wanted all the bamboos in the royal forest ahead, Deng Qing was refreshed.
Bamboo is more expensive than reeds, but its advantage is that it grows fast, and it can grow all year round, and it can be planted everywhere in the mountains! Moreover, Deng Qing discovered that mixing these kinds of easy-to-find materials in a certain proportion can change the color, hardness, and toughness of the paper!
Deng Qing immediately took people to see the bamboo excitedly, thinking that with so many bamboos, they would no longer have to worry about not being able to produce enough paper!
The day before His Majesty Li Er's birthday, the workshop sent someone to send the newly made reed paper into the palace. Li Yuanying opened one of the rolls and took a look, but saw that the paper was not much different from the rattan paper used by the court today. It looked lighter and thinner, but it was more resilient and not easy to tear!
Li Yuanying was overjoyed. He took out the paper making recipe and looked at it again and again. After confirming that the materials used were extremely cheap, which greatly reduced the cost of paper making, he put all these things into the carton prepared earlier and prepared to take them tomorrow. Dedicated to His Majesty Li Er as a birthday gift.
Liu Baolin was also worried about this matter, and came to ask Li Yuanying at night, "Have the birthday gifts really been prepared?"
Li Yuanying said: "Get ready, Brother Huang will definitely like it."
Liu Baolin saw that Li Yuanying was full of confidence, so he didn't ask any more questions, and just asked someone to put the treasures from the warehouse into Li Yuanying's room as a spare birthday gift. She said: "There are accidents in everything, you also bring this, and if what you prepared is not suitable, send this up."
Li Yuanying opened the brocade box brought by Liu Baolin, and found that it was the treasure left to him by the Supreme Emperor. Li Yuanying agreed with all his mouth, and when Liu Baolin left, he would hide the treasure in the pillow, and solemnly warned the people around him: "Don't take this away, this is what Yeye left for me, I want to keep it as a family heirloom, but I can't send out!"
Left and right are natural, but they should be.
Li Yuanying slept next to the brocade box. At night, he dreamed that the Supreme Emperor held him on his lap and talked to others. He felt that it was too boring to listen to, so his hands became restless, and he secretly reached out to pluck the Supreme Emperor's beard. The Supreme Emperor groaned, lowered his head and stared at him, and he immediately laughed happily. Children, they like to watch other people's exaggerated movements and listen to other people's exaggerated voices. He loves to listen to you chatting with me sentence by sentence!
The Supreme Emperor was also happy to see him laughing toothlessly and eyelessly. Not only did he not scold him, but he also boasted to others: "Look, I am so small, but my hands are strong enough to pull out my beard!" With the indulgence of the Supreme Emperor, he didn't think there was anything wrong with plucking people's beards. He even thought it was very fun. He loved to pluck people's beards secretly while others were not paying attention, and listen to others screaming in pain. Even his imperial brother was not spared, and he suffered misfortune twice!
Li Yuanying opened his eyes in the morning, watching the sun shine in from outside, filling the room with clear light. He sat up in a trance, feeling that he was still in Da'an Palace, but when he rubbed his eyes to see everything around him, he knew that he was no longer that kid who could pluck out anyone's beard.
Li Yuanying sighed.
Hearing the movement, the person who came in to serve Li Yuanying to wash and change clothes saw Li Yuanying sigh, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong, Your Highness?"
Li Yuanying said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I will be twelve years old after the Chinese New Year, and I can no longer be a child."
The waiter said: "As long as you want, you can always be a child."
Li Yuanying thought for a while, and felt that this was true. He was rich, and he was also a majestic prince of the Tang Dynasty. He didn't want to do whatever he liked. Besides, even if he lived to be eighty years old, his mother would still treat him as a child, and at that time, he would definitely be an old child of eighty years old!
Li Yuanying immediately became happy, picked up the brocade box he had prepared and went to look for His Majesty Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er's birthday is today, and he will not go to court. The planned itinerary is a banquet at noon for the ministers, and a family banquet in the evening to gather with brothers and daughters. But he got up earlier than Li Yuanying, and when Li Yuanying ran over, he had already had breakfast, and his son and the others also rushed over to celebrate a round of birthday.
His Majesty Li Er was practicing calligraphy, when he heard that Li Yuanying had come, he motioned for people to let him in.
Li Yuanying ran up to His Majesty Li Er with the brocade box in his arms. Seeing that His Majesty Li Er was writing large characters, he immediately leaned over and looked at his brain for a few times, and then boasted: "Brother Emperor, your writing is really energetic, just look at it." With the momentum of leaping dragons and leaping tigers, everyone will agree with it!"
His Majesty Li Er was usually used to compliments, and he himself felt that his handwriting was pretty good, but somehow he felt something wrong when he heard Li Yuanying's boast. Today is my birthday, so His Majesty Li Er didn't care about Li Yuanying: "It's so early in the morning, why don't you sleep in late?"
Li Yuanying said: "Today is your birthday, Brother Huang, of course I have to come to celebrate your birthday! How is it? I came early enough? Am I the first?"
His Majesty Li Er said: "The pheasant slave has come."
Li Yuanying: "..."
"Sizi is here."
"..."
"Chengyang has come."
"..."
"Hengshan has come."
"..."
"Gao Yang has also been here."
"..."
His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Yuanying, and asked slowly: "Do you think you are the first?"
Li Yuanying said: "What's so great about waking up early! I even prepared a birthday gift for you, Brother Huang! They definitely gave it earlier than me!"
This is true, everyone else was going to give it away at night, and no one brought it over early in the morning to present the treasure.
His Majesty Li Er immediately asked curiously: "What birthday gift did you prepare?"
Li Yuanying pushed His Majesty Li Er's calligraphy with dried ink aside, pulled His Majesty Li Er to sit down, and asked His Majesty Li Er to open the brocade box he brought with his own hands.
His Majesty Li Er was not angry when he saw that he was cheating, and reached out to open the brocade box.
Seeing that there was something like a calligraphy and painting inside, His Majesty Li Er felt that this kid was too perfunctory, and actually used his own calligraphy and painting as a birthday gift. He took out the "calligraphy and painting" and prepared to criticize Li Yuanying, but when he opened it, he found that what Li Yuanying sent was a roll of blank paper!
His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Yuanying, asking him to explain. Is this a mistake, or are you going to say that you are "more polite than polite"
Li Yuanying was not in a hurry at all, he pulled His Majesty Li Er and said, "Brother Emperor, please write and see if this paper is useful!"
His Majesty Li Er didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd, but he still asked someone to spread out the paper that Li Yuanying sent, and began to write on it.
His Majesty Li Er wrote the four characters "Hui Feng He Chang", which came from his favorite "Lanting Collection Preface".
After finishing writing, His Majesty Li Er observed carefully, and found that although the paper was thinner than the paper he usually used, it did not smudge, and the quality was very good. It's a pity that His Majesty Li Er used high-quality paper all year round, and he didn't think this paper was good enough for Li Yuanying to use it as a birthday present.
His Majesty Li Er said: "You have prepared such a gift for me?"
Li Yuanying said: "Of course not!" He took out another piece of paper from the brocade box and handed it to His Majesty Li Er. This is the painstaking effort Deng Qing and the others have made in the past two years. Li Yuanying spent a lot of money on it, but he doesn't feel sorry for it now. As long as it is something that money can get, Li Yuanying will not be stingy. Anyway, this new method of papermaking is dedicated to his brother, and Deng Qing can still make it!
His Majesty Li Er didn't know what kind of medicine Li Yuanying was selling in his gourd. After taking a look at the manuscript Li Yuanying handed over, his eyes gradually relaxed. He raised his eyebrows, turned to Li Yuanying and asked, "Is this method really able to make such paper?"
Li Yuanying said: "That's natural, didn't I bring it all for you?"
His Majesty Li Er was overjoyed, and he rarely praised Li Yuanying: "Okay, I like this gift very much."
Satisfied, Li Yuanying told His Majesty Li Er who was responsible for this, what Mei Niang gave the idea, and Deng Qing contributed the most. In short, everyone is very good, and they all contributed a lot for this birthday gift. Work hard!
It was rare for His Majesty Li Er to listen patiently before driving him to play.
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