Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 198 The Great Gift from Changle
The royal dishes are delicately cooked, but the temperature is not high. If you think about it with your toes, you will know that this entrance is related to the safety of the prince and princess. When you come out of the imperial dining room, the eunuchs have to trot all the way, and when they get there, they have to test for drugs, etc. .Fortunately, the weather is getting warmer, otherwise I would feel really uncomfortable after eating such a dish.

"Dr. Jin, please!" Although the dishes are not hot, they are served very quickly. Basically, multiple cooks in the palace are in charge of one dish. Jin Yu knew this when he trained the chefs for them.After the food was served, Li Chengqian stepped aside like a grown-up.

"Your Highness, come first." Jin Yu couldn't let it go. After all, this is not a place to eat, and the maids and eunuchs around are not dedicated to serving him. Having sex under the watchful eyes of eunuchs is not something ordinary people can develop.

"You all go down!" It was Changle who was considerate, and waved away the group of people, Jinyu felt better.

"Dr. Jin, how about a drink to warm you up?" Li Chengqian enthusiastically picked up the jug and was about to pour wine for Jin Yu.

"Forget it, I have to give lectures to officials in the afternoon, so it's not good to be rude." Jin Yu hurriedly stopped him, he really didn't want to drink in this environment.Or else future generations have to choose a satisfying place to treat guests to dinner. Only when you are in a good mood can you drink well.Although Li Er asked his children to entertain Jin Yu in the palace, it was an extra-standard courtesy, but it also made Jin Yu feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

"It's because the students didn't think carefully." Seeing Jin Yu's firm attitude, Li Chengqian stopped being humble, and picked up the serving chopsticks to pick up a lot of dishes for Jin Yu.

The dishes are exquisite, but the taste must not be good.When it comes to this dish, the emphasis is on the "color, fragrance and taste", but the temperature is also very important, so when this dish came to Jin Yu's mouth, he felt a bit pale.It's just not good on the face.

"Li Zhi, didn't you say that you have something to ask Dr. Jin?" The scene was a bit cold and wrong, not only Jin Yu felt unwell, but also Li Chengqian, so he threw the topic to his sister.

"What's the matter?" Jin Yu put down his chopsticks, looked at Chang Le and asked.

"Forage." Under Jin Yu's gaze, Chang Le's face turned reddish, and those who didn't know it thought they were drinking. "Although I have been buying straw since last year, I didn't expect the workshop to open up and consume too much production. At this rate, I'm afraid there won't be enough straw in stock until the rice is ripe in autumn."

"Isn't it okay to buy some more?" Jin Yu scratched his head. Regarding the issue of raw materials, he really had no good solution.

"All that can be harvested near Chang'an has been collected, and the transportation cost is too high for places farther away, so it is not cost-effective. There are still some in the treasury, but they are used as horse feed reserves and cannot be used." After getting along for a while, Changle's brain The concept of cost and profit has already been instilled by Jin Yu in Li, which would have been impossible in the past.

"Horse materials." Jin Yu frowned. Horses were the main combat tool in the Tang Dynasty, and horse materials belonged to material reserves, equivalent to the oil reserves of later generations.If in later generations, someone talks about dumping a large amount of oil reserves, it must be a controversial issue, and the situation is the same now, so Jinyu has to think about it first.

In the past six months, Jinyu Zhuangzi has undergone earth-shaking changes. The mills have been opened one after another, and the output of white flour has also doubled several times.There are too many noodles and bran. Jinyu Zhuangzi is basically used to feed cows, donkeys, mules, pigs and chickens, but there are still a lot left. This part must be used to feed horses.Thinking of this, Jin Yu said his own opinion: "Straw is not ideal for horse feed. Not to mention it takes up too much space, and it is easy to rot if it is not well dried. It would be perfect if it can be replaced with bran, and it can save straw. Papermaking. But these have a premise that the cultivation of wheat must be encouraged. In fact, flour is much tastier than rice, but I just didn’t know how to do it before.”

"Dr. Jin is right. Jin Yiwei's steamed buns are made of flour, right? The taste is really good." Li Chengqian nodded and added, but Chang Le rolled his eyes, blaming him for interrupting Jin Yu's conversation. Jin Yu made a gesture: "Dr. Jin, please continue."

"I use bran to feed the animals in my own village. Although it costs more than fodder, the livestock tickets are fat and strong, and the money is well spent." Jin Yu gave an example from his own village, "Of course, This is just my family's opinion, whether it will be successful or not, we still need to make a conclusion after the court investigates." Jin Yu added that although this kind of thing is beneficial to the country, it is better to clear up his own.

"Even if your method works, it won't be able to quench your near-thirst, and you're still short of fodder!" Chang Le didn't relax her brows after hearing this. She didn't worry about any military affairs, as long as she took care of her own affairs.

Jin Yu thought the same, in fact, the paper workshop also has its own general shares, and whether it makes money or not is closely related to its own interests. "If it's not enough, use bamboo instead. It grows fast and can grow all year round. It is indeed a good material for papermaking."

"Will it become bamboo paper again? The quality is not as good as the current straw paper, and the cost is still high." Chang Le disagreed with Jin Yu's opinion.

Looking at the worry on the face of Changle Lolita, which is not suitable for her age, it makes people feel distressed, Jin Yu smiled, "Who said bamboo can't make good paper? Bamboo paper is better in quality than grass paper, but those It’s just that the workshop can’t understand the production process. Although the cost will be high, our selling price can’t be lower than the current price of bamboo paper.”

"Why can't the price be lower? Isn't the purpose of co-organizing the workshop between the court and you so that scholars all over the world can afford paper?" Changle couldn't understand what Jin Yu said.

"I'm afraid it's unrealistic in a short period of time. All improvements will take some time to realize. Although the output of our workshop is large, it is still not enough to meet the market demand. Even if we keep the price very low, scholars will not need it." In fact, merchants will sell paper to places where they can get higher profits, and we will offend people, and even bring some instability to the court." Jin Yu explained to Changle with a smile, as if returning to the two people's private life. environment for discussing issues.

"Offending someone?" "Unstable factors?" Brother and sister Li Chengqian asked in unison, but their concerns were different.

"Yes." Jin Yu nodded, and then explained to the two young people who were thirsty for knowledge: "The offender is the business that sells paper. The bigger the business, the more disadvantaged. Who has no stock in the warehouse? If the price of the straw paper we supply is low , the bamboo paper in their warehouse can only be sold out at a lower price, because they lost money because of our competition, is it considered an offense?"

Seeing the two nodding, Jin Yu went on to say: "It's okay for the merchants to say, after all, they can make up some profits from straw paper, but what about the workshops that produce bamboo paper? They depend on making bamboo paper for a living! If we suppress the price too hard, Merchants will use our prices to force them to lower prices. If they can’t live on because of this, what will they do? When people can’t afford food, it’s hard not to go astray.”

After Li Chengqian listened, he looked thoughtful. Jin Yu didn't bother him, but said to Changle: "Before straw paper is on the market, Your Highness should investigate the price and sales volume of the paper market, so that we can use it to set prices. , so that the grass paper and bamboo paper markets can have a smooth transition and minimize unnecessary troubles.”

"En." Chang Le nodded, and accepted the errand ordered by Jin Yu.In fact, Jin Yu is lazy now, and he really doesn't want to start making this thing.

"Thank you, Dr. Jin, for your reminder, otherwise there will be trouble." Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked Jin Yu.

"Your Highness is out, no matter what, it's all my own business, and this is my duty."

"Hehe." Li Chengqian smiled slightly, then cupped his hands at Jin Yu and said, "Today I have a happy event to congratulate Dr. Jin."

"Oh? What happy event?" Jin Yu was stunned for a moment, and he was also a little happy. Could it be that Li Er is going to reward him again?
"Father decided to print your new mathematics into a book. This is the third book since the beginning of the dynasty. It's a great honor!" Chang Le said proudly.In fact, she also played a role in this, but she didn't tell Jinyu.

"Thank you so much, Your Majesty!" Jin Yu stood up and cupped his hands in any direction, anyway, he didn't know where Li Er was, so he just saluted.

"Dr. Jin is a genius, and he is so talented. This is what Dr. Jin deserves." Li Chengqian got up to accompany him, and said after Jin Yu finished saluting.

"Your Highness is too famous." Jin Yu cupped his hands, expressing that he didn't dare to do it.After Chang Le finished speaking, there was no more to say, and Jin Yu lost interest in his heart.There is still a copyright issue in later generations. Now Li Er said to use it and use it, not buying it out, which is very unkind!

What should be said has been said, and the next thing is for the three of them to eat together.Li Chengqian is well-mannered and Changle is noble, but Jin Yu is not easy to comment on. He has a great momentum, only a little bit worse than Cheng Yaojin, and now he has vented all his dissatisfaction with Li Er on the table in front of him.

After drinking, the lecture in the afternoon began. Jin Yu was a little worried at first, and even hinted to himself repeatedly before the class that he wanted to teach the officials below as primary school students, but the class order was surprisingly good.

Because Jinyu was fully prepared, he used his own small workshop to print many multiplication formulas and abacus formulas, and explained them to the officials in general. The rest is just hard practice.

Originally, Jin Yu was somewhat dissatisfied with the printing and publishing of the book, but Yang Ying was rarely supportive after hearing it. "My husband doesn't know something. From ancient times to the present, people who can publish books and biographies can be counted. Even if the dynasty changes, these people are the targets of the court. Only with this layer of amulet can you truly gain a foothold in the Tang Dynasty !"

"There is no copyright tax, no buyout fee``````" Jin Yu drew small circles aside, and his thoughts were a little bit overwhelmed. Hearing what Yang Ying said, he said generously: "Forget it, just be Serve the people!"

"My husband will say some weird things!" Yang Ying cast a sidelong glance at Jin Yu, and said cheerfully: "Buddha bless you, hurry up tomorrow and go to the small temple in front of you to donate some sesame oil money!"

"Why don't you go to Daxingshan Temple?" Jinyu's family combination is a bit strange. Jinyu doesn't believe in Buddhism, but is interested in Taoism. There is also a Taoist priest in the house, but Yang Ying still believes in Buddhism.

"It's too far away, it's cheaper here." Yang Ying whispered impiously.

"Buddha will die of anger after hearing your words. Forget it, it's his old man's branch anyway, and donating at home is the same. Before donating sesame oil money to Buddha, let's ask Bodhisattva first?"

"My husband```hates```"

(End of this chapter)