I'm about to become an immortal, do you want me to be a prince?

Chapter 10 My son looks like a fairy!
"Xiao Langjun, do you have a pen and paper, so I can borrow some to record the yield per mu." Du Ruhui asked.

"Paper and pen, yes, Lao Du, wait a moment!"

About 5 minutes later, Li Mu came back with a pen and paper.

"Hey, Lao Du, pen and paper."

Du Ruhui took the paper, wait a minute, what kind of paper is this?

As a person who deals with paper files all the year round.

Lao Du felt that this paper was different from ordinary paper as soon as he got it.

"This paper..."

"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked after seeing the change in Lao Du's face.

"Li Gong, look, this paper is different."

Li Shimin took the paper and touched it with his hand, his expression changed suddenly.

"This paper seems to be different from ordinary tribute paper. It is high-quality, white and bright, and moderate in thickness. It is really the best!"

Li Shimin fondled it all of a sudden, it looked like he was touching a woman.

The corner of Li Mu's mouth twitched suddenly. As for Lao Li, it's just an ordinary draft paper.

"Old Li, if you like it, I will give you a few knives later. I have a lot of these things."

"What, more, how many do you have?"

"As much as you want."

Li Shimin instantly petrified.

Are you kidding me? ? ?

"Look at this bamboo forest."

Li Mu pointed to a bamboo forest in the distance and said, "These papers are made from these bamboos. You can make as many as you want, it just takes some time and manpower."

Fuck, trough, trough, trough...

Li Shimin was not calm anymore.

You know, if paper can be produced in large quantities, then the entire Tang Dynasty will undergo earth-shaking changes!

Li Shimin couldn't help asking with trembling hands.

"you sure?"

Li Mu looked calm, "It's just a matter of improving the papermaking technique, basic practice!"

For Li Mu, this is just a trivial matter.

But for Li Shimin, it was a big deal.

The reason why Li Shimin was excited.

It's because paper is really important to him.

Datang is not without paper.

This era actually already has paper.

It is Caihou paper and Gong paper.

but!
The former is too bad, the latter is too expensive.

How expensive is it?
Anyway, it is not affordable for ordinary families.

As an emperor, Li Shimin can certainly afford it.

But this is not the result he wants.

What he wants is that ordinary people can afford it.

Why do this?

Because he needs talent.

It is even more necessary to break the situation where the aristocratic family monopolizes talents.

The imperial examination system is the first step to break the family monopoly on talents, but it is far from enough.

Ordinary people could not afford to read books, nor could they take part in the imperial examinations.

The main reason for restricting ordinary people's reading is the way of dissemination of this knowledge.

For a long time, the way of knowledge dissemination has been relying on bamboo slips and wooden tablets.

But that way of dissemination is too backward and too limited.

Difficult to spread on a large scale.

Bamboo slips and wooden tablets not only look tiring, but also difficult to make. If you don’t believe me, try engraving characters on wood chips and you will know that it is destined not to be popular in large numbers.

As for paper, it is easy, but so expensive!If you want to eliminate illiteracy for all, how much paper do you want to make?Who can afford it?

just now.

Suddenly someone stood up and told him how much paper he needed.

How could Li Shimin not be excited.

I saw Li Shimin excitedly holding Li Mu's hands.

"Boy Li Mu, is what you said true?"

"Really, it's not difficult. If you want to know, I can teach you!"

As a time-traveling dog, papermaking is not a high-tech matter, so how could Li Mu not know it.

Anyway, there are bamboos all over the mountain, so it is a waste to not use them.

Making paper is actually not difficult, what is difficult is trying to make it well.

There are countless people trying to reduce the cost of papermaking.

but!
It is basically useless, because the difficulty in making paper is not the technique, but the material.

The vat used for cooking plant fibers should be placed in an iron pot.

But what the hell is a wok?It is estimated that no one in the entire Tang Dynasty knows about it except Li Mu.

Then there is the working hours. If it is hammered by manpower alone, even the bamboo will have to be hammered for several days, let alone the materials used by people in this era are logs, which is even more difficult to imagine.

The last is the softening time. If there is not enough alkalinity, how long do you guess the softening time?
But these are not problems in Li Mu's eyes, it's just an iron pot, just build one.

Hammering time is not a problem, he still understands the use of water power.

As for alkaline substances.

What the hell, it’s okay for me to get a few pieces of soap out for you to make bases for you, but you still can’t handle alkaline substances?
"Xiao Langjun is righteous! Please accept our worship."

Du Ruhui was about to bow to Li Mu after speaking, but Li Mu quickly stopped him.

"Old Du, don't be like this, it's not Baijiao who wants money."

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The three of Li Shimin froze at that moment.

Especially Li Shimin, who is a father, the corners of his mouth twitched. Where did this kid get his temper for money?

At this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji next to him suddenly noticed the pen in Li Mu's hand.

"what is this?"

"Pen!"

"I have never seen such a strange... pen."

"Don't make a fuss, it's called a pencil, a 2B pencil."

What the hell?
pencil?

Changsun Wuji was stunned.

Li Shimin and Du Ruhui beside them also looked blank.

Because they have never heard of this thing!

What the hell is a pencil?2B pencil?

They only know brushes.

"Boy Li Mu, how do you use this pencil?" Li Shimin asked with interest.

"That's it!"

Li Mu took the pencil and wrote a few words on the white paper.

"This...is amazing."

"There's something even more amazing."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he suddenly took out an eraser and wiped away the words on the paper.

"Words... no words?"

"Amazing isn't it?"

"It's amazing!" The three exclaimed in unison.

"Boy Li Mu, where did you get these things from?"

"You may not believe me when I say it. I used to have a brain disease, but later I met an immortal, and I was taught by an immortal. Not only was my brain disease cured, but I also got a lot of immortal things."

"So... these are the things of the fairy family?"

"hold head high."

"And this potato, is it also the seed of the fairy family?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"That's right, grandson, you are really smart."

"That's not right, Li Mu boy, didn't you tell me that this potato was obtained from a Hu merchant." Li Shimin asked suddenly.

"Old Li, that's a lie to you. If Hu merchants want to have this thing, they would have sent troops to fight against Tang Dynasty a long time ago."

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In order to cover up the rationality of these things, Li Mu simply involved the gods.

He still understands the crime of being pregnant.

Although he is not afraid, after all, as a cultivator, he is afraid of a hammer, but there is a reasonable explanation, which can save a lot of trouble.

When negotiating conditions with the imperial court in the future, there is also a backstage, which is also much more convenient.

Li Mu said lightly, but the three people on the opposite side were not calm.

Especially Li Shimin, the whole person is down.

Has my son met a fairy fate?

Got the true biography of the immortal?

In other words, my son has the appearance of a fairy?

I asked why his brain disease suddenly healed, and it became so severe.

Now it's explained.

"What about the fairy? Where is it now?"

"Go to heaven." Li Mu pointed to the sky and said.

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(End of this chapter)