Living Leisurely in Tang Dynasty

Li Yuanying got a large bamboo forest, so she ordered people to inform the workshop to select suitable bamboos in time.

The current manager of the workshop is Deng Qing, who has a flexible brain and came up with reed papermaking. He not only won the bounty from Li Yuanying, but also put a number on Li Yuanying.

After the winter this year, Deng Qing led people to harvest the surrounding reeds one after another. This thing is generally unowned and anyone can harvest. There is not enough manpower in the workshop, and he only needs to pay a small amount of money to get people around to take the initiative to send reeds with sufficiently high poles.

In the outer suburbs, the people who were supposed to be in the slack period of the farming happily sent the reeds to the paper-making workshop managed by Deng Qing, in exchange for some money and food for their families to spend a good year.

After Deng Qing was busy harvesting reeds, the workshop intensively followed the reed paper production process that had been adjusted repeatedly. If there is no accident, the first batch of reeds will be rushed out before His Majesty Li Er's birthday, waiting for Li Yuanying to come and accept them. Even if it can't, there are reed papers made earlier in the workshop, which can be used by Li Yuanying to offer treasures.

Li Yuanying said that he would wait for the next spring to send the baby to His Majesty Li Er. In fact, Li Yuanying could not wait for that time. He was going to send it out on the day of His Majesty Li Er's birthday!

Hearing that Li Yuanying sent someone to say that all the bamboos from the royal mountain forest had been requested by Li Yuanying, Deng Qing's spirits lifted.

Bamboo is a bit more expensive than reeds, but it is better to grow fast. It can grow sizzlingly throughout the year, and you can grow it all over the mountains! Moreover, Deng Qing found that mixing these kinds of materials in a certain proportion can change the color, hardness and toughness of the paper!

Deng Qing excitedly led people to look at the bamboo, thinking that with so many bamboos, they would no longer 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 nowadays. It was lighter and thinner, but more resilient and not easy to tear!

Li Yuanying was overjoyed. She took out the paper-making recipe and looked at it again. She confirmed that the materials used were incredibly cheap and greatly reduced the cost of paper-making. Only then did she receive all these things in the paper boxes prepared earlier and prepare to take them tomorrow. Dedicated to His Majesty Li Er as a birthday gift.

Liu Baolin was also worried about this, and came over at night and asked Li Yuanying: "Is the birthday gift really ready?"

Li Yuanying said: "Get ready, Brother Huang will like it soon."

Seeing that Li Yuanying was full of confidence, Liu Baolin didn't ask any more questions. He only asked people to put the treasures he picked up from the warehouse in Li Yuanying's room as a spare birthday gift. She said: "There are accidents in everything. Take this with you. If your preparation is not suitable, just send this."

Li Yuanying opened the brocade box Liu Baolin had brought to him and found that it was the treasure left by the Supreme Emperor. Li Yuanying promised, and when Liu Baolin left, she would hide the baby in the pillow, and seriously warned the people who were waiting next to her: "You are not allowed to take this. This is what Yeye left for me. I want to keep it as a family heirloom. send out!"

Right and left are right and right.

Li Yuanying slept next to the brocade box. At night, she dreamed that the Supreme Emperor would hold him on her lap and talk to others. He felt too boring when he heard that, so her hands became restless, and she secretly reached out to pull the Emperor's beard. The emperor screamed and looked down at him, and he suddenly laughed happily. Little children like to watch other people's exaggerated actions and listen to other people's exaggerated voices. He only likes to listen to them when you yell at each other!

The Supreme Emperor saw him laughing toothlessly and happily. Not only did he not scold him, but he also boasted to others: "Look at me, I am a small child, with a lot of hands, so I can pull out my beard!" If the emperor is too generous, he doesn't think there is anything wrong with pulling a beard. He also thinks it is particularly fun. He likes to pull it secretly while others are not paying attention, and listen to others' painful screams. Even his imperial brother was not spared, and he suffered twice!

Li Yuanying opened her eyes in the morning and watched the sun shine in from outside, shining through the room. He sat up in a daze, feeling that he was still in the Da'an Palace, but rubbing his eyes to see everything around him clearly, he knew that he was no longer the kid whose beard could be drawn.

Li Yuanying sighed.

Hearing the movement coming in to wait for Li Yuanying to wash and change clothes, Li Yuanying sighed and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with your Highness?"

Li Yuanying said: "The Chinese New Year is about to come. I will be twelve years old after the Chinese New Year. 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 right. He is rich now, and he is a dignified prince of Tang. He doesn't want to do what he likes. Besides, even if he lives to be eighty years old, his mother will treat him as a child. At that time, he must be an eighty-year-old child!

Li Yuanying immediately became happy, picked up the brocade box she had prepared, and went to look for His Majesty Li Er.

His Majesty Li Er was born today, not going to the court, the arranged itinerary is to have a feast for the officials at noon, and a family feast to gather with brothers and children in the evening. However, he got up earlier than Li Yuanying. When Li Yuanying ran over, he had already eaten breakfast, and Sizi and the others rushed over to wish a birthday.

His Majesty Li Er was practicing calligraphy. Hearing that Li Yuanying was coming, he motioned to the left and right to let him in.

Li Yuanying ran to Li Er with the brocade box, and when he saw that Li Er was writing large characters, he immediately leaned in and looked at it, opening her mouth and boasting: "Brother Emperor, the words you wrote are really energetic. With the momentum of the dragon and the tiger jumping, everyone will say it is good!"

His Majesty Li Er is used to boasting, and he feels that his writing is quite good, but somehow he heard Li Yuanying's boasting, he felt that it was not right. This day is his birthday. His Majesty Li Er no longer cares about Li Yuanying: "Why don't you sleep late in the morning?"

Li Yuanying said: "Today is your birthday, the emperor, of course I have to come over to wish you a birthday! How about? I came early enough? Am I the first one?"

His Majesty Li Er said: "The pheasant slave has been here."

Li Yuanying: "..."

"Sizi has been here."

"..."

"Chengyang has been here."

"..."

"Hengshan has been here."

"..."

"Gao Yang has also been here."

"..."

His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Yuanying, and asked slowly: "You said you were the first one?"

Li Yuanying said: "What's so great about getting up early! I even prepared your birthday gift for Brother Huang! They don't have me send it early!"

This is the case, everyone else is going to give it away at night, and they don't have to bring them to offer treasures early in the morning.

His Majesty Li Er asked curiously: "What birthday gift have you prepared?"

Li Yuanying pushed Li Er's calligraphy aside, and pulled Li Er to sit down, and let Li Er personally open the brocade box he had brought.

His Majesty Li Er didn't get angry when he saw him selling the pot, so he stretched out his hand 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 he actually used his calligraphy and painting as a birthday gift. He took out the "calligraphy and painting" and was ready to criticize Li Yuanying, and when he spread it out, he found that Li Yuanying gave it a roll of white paper!

His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Yuanying, meaning to let him explain. Is this a mistake, or are you going to say that you are "little and affectionate"?

Li Yuanying was not in a hurry, she pulled her Majesty Li Er and said, "Brother Emperor, please write and write, and see if this paper is useful!"

His Majesty Li Er didn't know what medicine he sold in the gourd, but he still asked someone to spread out the paper that Li Yuanying had sent, and wrote on it with a pen.

His Majesty Li Er wrote the four characters "Hui Feng He Chang", from his favorite "Lanting Collection Preface".

After writing, His Majesty Li Er carefully observed and found that although the paper was thinner than his usual paper, it did not bleed and the quality was very good. It is a pity that His Majesty Li Er always uses the finest paper, and does not think this paper is good enough for Li Yuanying to use as a birthday gift.

His Majesty Li Er said: "Have you 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 hard work that Deng Qing and the others have researched over the past two years. Li Yuanying has spent a lot of money on it, but now it is not distressed. As long as it is something that money can get, Li Yuanying will not be stingy. Anyway, this new papermaking method is dedicated to his emperor brother, and Deng Qing can still make it over there!

His Majesty Li Er didn't know what kind of medicine Li Yuanying's gourd was selling. After taking a look at the manuscript handed by Li Yuanying, his eyes gradually expanded. He raised his eyebrows, turned his head and asked Li Yuanying, "Is it really possible to make this kind of paper?"

Li Yuanying said: "That's natural, didn't I bring you all of it?"

His Majesty Li Er had a happy heart, and it was rare to praise Li Yuanying: "Okay, I like this gift very much."

Li Yuanying was satisfied, and told His Majesty Li Er who contributed to this, and what Mei Niang gave her idea. Deng Qing contributed the most. In short, everyone is very powerful and gave a gift for this birthday. Strength!

His Majesty Li Er listened patiently before rushing him to play.

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