Chapter 75: Promoting Tang Dynasty in the wild, moistening things silently (2)

The current Chang'an City was built by Emperor Yang of Sui.

The Grand Canal was dug out, and the scale of Daxing City was imagined. It was really big, larger than the later Xi'an City, and the population was also large. The population of Yongzhou reached more than two million, and there were more than one million people in Chang'an City. If the mobile population was added, in this world, it would be unimaginable for the people of other countries.

But that's it. The people in the north are very dense, while the people in the south are sparsely populated. It's better to go along the Zhuquemen Gate to the main street of Mingdemen, like Yongyang in the southwest, Peace and Chang'an, which is similar to the suburbs. Historical books say that there are leopards, wolfs, tigers and leopards appearing, which is exaggerated, but there are indeed many weasels and wild foxes. The southeast is a little better, and it is filled with the light of Qujiang Pond. But it is also very desolate than the north of the city.

The bamboo fermentation location chosen by Li Wei is Xiuzhengfang in the southeast, not far from Dacien Temple, and there is only a Xiuzhengfang in the middle of Shengpingfang in the Jiang family, so that you can take care of it at any time. Xiuzhengfang itself has the convenience of a yellow canal, and a small canal stretches out from Qujiang Pond and extends all the way over. As for papermaking, it requires more water than crops.

Xiuzhengfang itself is very deserted because there is a yellow canal, and to the south is Qujiang Pond, with many trees growing, and the rest are many fields, people planting vegetables and crops, and there is also a scenic spot, which is the Peony Banquet for the New Jinshi, which was held in Xiuzhengfang. Next to the yellow canal, there are several stone pavilions, corridors and pavilions, and some flower gardens. In normal times, many students come to visit.

The place where bamboo is simmering is not very far from the peony banquet. Occasionally, a few students come here to travel. After seeing it, they all guessed suspiciously.

The pool is also divided into more than a dozen. I only know how tender bamboo is so tender. It is not clear. The tenderness and fibers are different, which will have a great impact on the quality of the paper. The fibers of bamboo make the paper very thin, but there is one disadvantage, which is high brittleness. If you don’t choose the correct tender bamboo, the paper will break when it is pulled, which is not beautiful.

After trying it with his hands, Bier said happily: "Your Highness, the bamboo is soft."

"Well," Li Wei responded. It had been more than 40 days and it was time to be soft. After all, it was not an old bamboo. But I felt a little regretful. I went to Luoyang a little earlier. If I delayed for another month and a half or two months, I could bring the new paper to Luoyang and add another point to myself.

Li Xian stared at the tender bamboo in the water suspiciously and asked, "Brother, do you think this bamboo can make paper?"

"Yes, and it's very thin, and the cost is very cheap."

In fact, it is cheaper if it is thin. Besides, the materials and bamboo, how many places were there in the Tang Dynasty? For example, in some areas in the south, the entire mountain was full of bamboo. Like Li Xian thought more, if the paper becomes thinner and cheaper, it means that more people can read books. Moreover, as soon as the paper becomes thinner, the book becomes thinner. For example, if the book of the Book of Songs is combined, even if it is copied in small fly heads, it is very thick and easy to carry.

The benefits are more than these.

For example, printing, nowadays, the cost of woodblock printing is very high. If a stone slab is engraved with a wrong character, or if a chisel is pressed with force, a stone slab will be scrapped. Besides, how many words are carved on a stone slab, how much labor time is spent? If you print it once, the stone slab will be useless.

Paper is expensive, and not many people can afford books, so the number of books engraved and printed is correspondingly small, and the cost becomes more and more expensive. However, as soon as the paper is thin, the cost of books decreases, and more people buy it. The possibility of woodblock printing increases.

Li Wei even wanted to print a copper plate movable type, but was afraid that people would say that they would endure it, otherwise it would be cheaper.

This was a milestone for the cultural promotion of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Wei believed that its significance exceeded Tao Yuanming's "The Book of Peach Blossoms".

But Lee Hyun was still pacing back and forth with suspicion, and finally asked: "Brother, are you sure it can produce tissue paper?"

"Confirm," this is caused by bamboo fibers, and it is difficult to think about it.

"Brother, did you see it from that ancient book?"

Li Wei was experimenting with new crops in the imperial village. This incident gradually became popular and it was easy to explain. There were many records in "Qimin Yaoshu". But this bamboo made of paper?

"This is a bit weird. We went to Dongshi together that day. Second brother, can you remember?"

"Remember."

"I was very disgusted by Wei Siwen's rude words to his father and mother that day," he stepped on Wei Siwen into the mud bark. What should I do? Even if I don't step on him, my parents probably heard about this. Besides, even if I heard it, I just smiled. It's like the people in the neighborhood are very resentful towards their mothers, but what about the mothers?

This idea was wrong. Later, in history, there was no such component in the national informant. There was resentment, but Wu Zetian kept it in his heart and did not have any attacks.

He said again: "Later, when I arrived at that paper shop, I saw a lot of paper. At this time, a scene suddenly appeared in my mind. It seemed that I saw Emperor Taizong, his father and mother standing in front of rows of bamboos. Then the tender bamboos were placed in the water and finally turned into very thin and white papers."

White paper may not be necessary. If it weren’t for the technique in “The Art of Heavenly Works” and adding lime, the bamboo paper would be crisp and yellow at first.

Li Xian said in surprise: "Are you saying that God has given you the inspiration that Emperor Taizong and his father and mother have given you?"

"Yes, yes," Bier was a little anxious. This was clearly the crown prince's contribution. If this was said, wouldn't it become the emperor and the queen's contribution? As for Emperor Taizong, the contribution was too high, so there was no need for this to add icing on the cake.

"But what? This is the truth," Li Wei replied seriously.

At this time, people were very superstitious. Most people took this sentence seriously when it was spread. Although it could not confuse her parents, especially her mother, she might think that she got the prescription from somewhere, so she wiped off the credit and gave it to her and her father.

But is this done wrong?

I'm afraid I'm so happy that my mother, who even had to go with Fengshan, was the happiest.

Li Xian looked at his elder brother suspiciously again, and opened his mouth but didn't say it. It would be better to wait nearly two months before the new paper came out before talking about it.

After looking for a while, Li Wei said, "Let's go out of the city and take a look."

When we arrived at the imperial village, we served the ridges of seedlings very well. We even sent two tenants to catch insects on the leaf seedlings. As for the sparrows that were there to see if there were any insects, how far they could be chased. In fact, they didn’t need to send people, and some farmers came to see each other every day.

The people in the imperial village are still tactful and do not stop them. These farmers are also helping with it. See how much grain can the prince produce in this new method.

The seedlings are growing very well, and in the blink of an eye, they are three leaves, happily showing their strong figure in the warm late spring breeze.

The in charge said, "Your Highness, Miaoer is very good."

"Well," can there be a comparison. There are sorghum in other fields, and there are also sorghum seedlings with three or four leaves, but the seedlings in these small areas are much taller. Can they not be strong? One person eats porridge and salted radish all day long, and one person eats beef and milk. Let's try it.

The in charge said again: "But your Highness, is it a little sparse when transferring the load?"

This is in charge of the business, that is, the work of the imperial village is very proficient in crops. If such a good seedling is ruined by the sparse planting, it would be a pity.

Li Wei stared at him, looked at him, and said, "Actually there is another method. There are many seedlings. You can try it. It is a little sparse or thicker. See which one of the most backwards is the best line spacing."

The seeds are different, and the later seeds cannot be served carefully like this. The difference is that some fertilizer is sprinkled, but now there is no shortage of fertilizer. It is the seeds, but it makes people doubt it. What if the row spacing of later generations does not match the current seeds?

The manager was a little hesitant.

Li Wei said again: "Don't worry. What is the one who wants is not reputation, but a real method of planting. If the people can get better harvests, even if one acre of land can be harvested one more bull, what impact will it have on the court?"

"Here!"

Seeing the people from the imperial village serving like this, Li Wei felt relieved and looked at Datian again. The fields began to dry the fields, and some of the artemisia annua were rotten, but the bean stubble did not completely ferment, and brown broken poles appeared in the field.

But because of the fermentation of the green fertilizer, a shiny oily light emerged from the exposed soil.

At least there is ground force.

This is the hope of the Tang Dynasty. Looking at these more than ten acres of land, Li Wei felt a little moved. When he thought of the power of the Tang Dynasty, he really didn't want to run away...

"Sister Li, why haven't you seen each other for several days? She's so thin?" Pei Yuhe said.

"My sister, I hated other men that day, so I let the prince let me down. Did you do something wrong?" Xu Li asked.

The whole capital city has been talking about the case of assassinating the prince in Zhongnan Mountain for more than half a month. Helan Minzhi is a rat crossing the street, so I won’t mention it. The first person who accuses him was Yang Min and Xu Li, who said that she was ignorant and that the prince was not in good health. In that case, he even let the prince bear her, which was simply insulting the reputation of Xu Hui who was virtuous and affectionate.

Concubine Xu also acted coquettishly, and read this poem: The morning comes to the mirror, and after makeup, Pei returns. The daughter smiled and summoned her to come.

Taizong sent someone to summon her, and other concubines would be overjoyed, but she had a little temper. In ancient times, thousands of gold bought a smile. Now, your Majesty, do you want me to go with a greeting?

But people took the overall situation into consideration. In his later years, Taizong built a large-scale construction project and then marched east to Goryeo. So she wrote a "Commentary on Taizong's resumption of military service", which said: "...There is a low-level palace and food, and the sage king is a place for peace; a golden house and a jade platform, and a proud ruler is beautiful. Therefore, a king with Taoism is elegant; a king without Taoism is happy to enjoy himself... If he practices frugality, he is still afraid of his extravagance. If he practices in extravagance, how can he control his future?"

The literary talent and reason are no less than Wei Zheng's article "Ten Thoughts on Advising Emperor Taizong".

Xu Li is far behind in this comparison.

The Tang Dynasty was in the open, and even the emperor and the queen dared to discuss it, and even literati dared to use poetry to start brushing, let alone the little Xu Li. There were many people talking about it, and Xu Li didn't dare to go out after hearing it.

Pei Yuhe thought for a while and said, "I don't know, but the situation was really dangerous."

The concealment statement actually means that you did something wrong!

"I, I, I, don't know. I just want to get close to you when I see the prince," Xu Li tried hard to say this in her heart, and then burst into tears.

"Ba Hei, Xiao Hei, we're leaving," Bier said reluctantly at the two hovering swallows.

Li Wei advised: "We just go to Dongdu. Maybe in two or three months, we will return to Xijing. Besides, they will fly back next year."

"I just can't see Xiao Xiao Hei."

This is a pity. Swallows grow very fast. If you persist for a while, you can see Big Hei and Little Hei teaching these little swallows to fly. But you can't stay in Chang'an and not leave in order to wait for them to grow.

"Let's go," Li Wei said.

"Um."
Chapter completed!