The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

To complain here is only because someone caused him to wait for a full hour...

"I'm giving you three days off, but I don't want you to bother me about my rest." Liu Hong obviously just woke up, and he was groggy. At the same time, he covered his head with his hand when he was sitting. It wasn't lifting, but a headache. Performance.

Combined with his current mental outlook, he probably has a hangover... It is said that it has something to do with the non-alcohol content in the wine, and some say it has something to do with methanol, but Liu Tao is not sure about the specifics.

"I just thought of a business... I want to find His Majesty to join us." Liu Tao said bluntly, anyway, if he beat around the bush, he probably had to let Liu Hong send someone to kick his ass out of the North Palace.

"It should be said that you are bold, but you are still too young..." Liu Hong immediately felt relieved when he heard the words, and even wanted to laugh, "Looking at the world, you are the first one who dares to recruit me into a business."

After a pause, he looked at Liu Tao and said, "For the sake of your boldness, I'll give you a chance to introduce it. If it's a boring thing, then I won't let you off lightly."

I always feel that this clan brother is a bit presumptuous, or was my attitude too good before, which made him a little complacent?It seems that the necessary suppression is indispensable!

"The minister intends to improve the papermaking technique, and the funds are already in place, but one piece of land is missing to build a workshop." Liu Tao replied.

"Papermaking...is a bit interesting." Liu Hong's spirit has improved again. In fact, since Cai Lun improved papermaking technology back then, the technology has also improved a little bit. "It's just that if the technology is only improved a little, it's not interesting."

"Almost all the craftsmanship has been changed. I plan to try to use bamboo to make paper." Liu Tao replied.

In my memory, there are two concepts of bamboo paper, one is actually using bamboo to make paper, and the other is something called bamboo hemp.Relatively speaking, we are more familiar with making paper from bamboo.He is really not familiar with bamboo and hemp.

He even remembered that rice paper was made of green sandalwood bark and sandalwood straw. If there is no sandalwood straw, you can try ordinary straw. It's just green sandalwood bark, so it might not be easy to make.He doesn't know much about the craft of the key rice paper.

Maybe you can explore it in the future, but at this stage, if you want to get started immediately, you can consider bamboo paper.

"Bamboo paper? Interesting! How sure are you?" Liu Hong asked. He didn't know much about papermaking, and he knew that the main raw material was hemp.Bamboo is used instead of hemp, but the effect is not known.

"It needs to be tried, but I think I am sure..." Liu Tao replied, "The key is to have a few craftsmen who know how to make paper, and to help with the staff, it will be possible."

"Paper making..." Liu Hong began to weigh up. There was no way, he was really short of money.

Chapter 169 It's Not Easy For Liu Hong

Liu Tao is very aware that Liu Hong is short of money, this can be seen not only from history, but also from the last early court.It's not that Situ Yuanwei is crying for poverty, and the treasury is so empty that mice don't want to patronize it.

It happened to start in March, it should be March, and most of the supplies were spent on the internal side.Since the sale of officials in Xiyuan in 178, it is estimated that at least half of the money Liu Hong earned, or even more, was invested in it.

I vaguely remember that next year Liu Hong will build the Wanjin Hall to further collect money... It is estimated that the internal funds are almost empty.

For Liu Tao's suggestion, Liu Hong was really moved.The profit of papermaking is not low, the key is that it has been in short supply.What really restricts its output is mainly the problem of raw materials.

If the output of raw materials cannot keep up, and even the cost of collection increases, the cost and production volume of paper will have to decrease.Dahan's paper workshop has actually reached its limit.

"Honestly, if you just talk about the paper-making workshop... I guess someone will kick you out." Liu Hong looked at Liu Tao, "Can bamboo really be used to make paper?"

"I've heard someone talk about this craft, but I haven't tried it, so I can only test it first." Liu Tao replied very honestly, "Anyway, I have enough money to test it, after all, bamboo is quite cheap."

The utilization rate of bamboo is not so high these days, and bamboo is very aggressive, it will soon grow into a bamboo forest if left unattended, the difficulty of obtaining raw materials is not high, and the cost is even lower.

Liu Hong can even understand that if bamboo paper can really be made, then the cost of paper can even be reduced by more than half.It includes the purchase cost of raw materials, as well as the price drop brought about by the output.

He went through business with his mother when he was a child, and Liu Hong's sensitivity to business is much higher than that of ordinary people.

"The only thing missing is the land?" Liu Hong replied casually.

"After all, I just came to Luoyang, and I'm not familiar with the place..." Liu Tao quickly replied, he knew there was something to be said about this matter.

"Then how much benefit can I get?" Liu Hong didn't shy away from anything.

"Thirty percent...fifty percent, how about it?" Liu Tao originally planned to open [-] percent, but suddenly saw Zhao Zhong next to him with unkind eyes out of the corner of his eye, and immediately changed to [-] percent.Just thinking, after deducting Zhen's investment, I estimate that I can only make [-]% to [-]% of the profit.

"I'll just ask you a question..." Liu Hong looked at Liu Tao, "Aside from you and me, who else invested money?"

"Zhongshan Wuji Zhen family, and Zhongshan Zhang family..." Liu Tao replied truthfully, "I will also invest some money in it."

"Zhen family..." Liu Hong vaguely remembered this family, but not very clearly.

"The descendant of Zhen Han is Cheng Xingong of the Puppet Dynasty." Zhao Zhong remembered this family, after all, he was from Anping, Jizhou.After thinking about it, he added, "The Zhang family in Zhongshan seems to have been separated from the Zhang family in Changshan, and they are descendants of Zhang Cang."

"I heard that you admire Xunzi and Gongyang?" Liu Hong looked at Liu Tao.

"I admire the theory of these two people very much." Liu Tao nodded. He couldn't figure it out. He just said it yesterday, but Liu Hong already knew that there were his eyes and ears around at that time, or was Cai Yan his eyes and ears?

"Zhang Cang is Xunzi's disciple, Gongyang supported Wang Mang back then, and Zhen Han, Duke Chengxin..." Liu Hong looked at Liu Tao, and did not speak afterwards, but his eyes were very sharp.

"Your Majesty, my surname is Liu." Liu Tao said innocently, "It's strange to say that I know that the Gongyang School advocates change. However, during Wang Mang's period, the Gongyang School actually advocated the retro. Tangled place."

"How can there be any contradictions..." Liu Hong rarely said a word, "Those Confucian disciples, which one does not respect Jing Tian, ​​it seems that when the Zhou Dynasty is restored together, the world will be peaceful... What do you think?"

"This is the reason why I advocate change more. The times are changing, and the social structure is also changing. No system is static. If it is suitable, it should be kept, and if it is not suitable, it should be changed. But if I say these words, I guess I will be criticized by those people." A group of Confucian disciples sprayed to death." Liu Tao said helplessly.

"Don't forget that you are also a disciple of Confucianism." Liu Hong teased.

"Xunzi is also a disciple of Confucianism, and Confucianism itself is not only the Zuo School..." Liu Tao replied indifferently, "However, other schools are silent now."

The Gongyang School supported Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the crusade against the Huns, and made a fortune at the beginning, but was inevitably criticized for a while; after Wang Mang usurped the Han, they supported Wang Mang, so the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty naturally had to sit on the bench.

Liu Tao is not sure whether there are Gongyang Confucians these days.

"Yeah, not being able to make a sound, this is the worst." This also speaks to the depths of Liu Hong's heart, he is now encountering this problem.My own speeches and edicts will basically change after leaving Luoyang.

No matter how good it is, no matter how beneficial the imperial edict is to benefit the country and the people, it will become an act that harms the people and wastes money.After a few times, the whole person is really decadent.

After a moment of silence, he looked at Liu Tao: "In the future, don't talk nonsense outside. It's not just me who is staring at you. In other words, I don't know how many other people's eyes and ears are in my palace."

"I know I was wrong, thank you for your guidance." Liu Tao immediately saluted and thanked you.

"Zhen's family in Zhongshan, Zhang's family in Changshan..." Liu Hong also began to mutter, "It's all happened a hundred years ago, and it seems too small to pursue it now."

It's nothing to worry about, if it can be used by him, that's not bad.The people who can be used are just a few eunuchs in the end, which is too uncomfortable.Originally, he wanted to train He Jin, but this guy, like Yang Qiu back then, became a pawn of the aristocratic family...

At the beginning, Yang Qiu was the son-in-law of Zhongchang servant Cheng Huang, and he himself supported him, but he was promoted by Yuan Feng to be the lieutenant of Sili, and became an old official of the Yuan family. A member of the Yuan Clan.

Now this Liu Tao is a bit interesting, he is independent, which makes him feel that he has seen his former self.Young, tough-headed, dare to say anything, dare to do anything, so it is very worrying.

"Your Majesty's words are very true." Liu Tao flattered, but he didn't know that Liu Hong had already thought about so many things in his heart.

But there was one sentence he noticed. Liu Hong actually said that there are other people's eyes and ears in the palace, which is horrifying.

To put it bluntly, if I was walking in the palace, the eunuch behind me might suddenly pull out a knife; or if I ate something casually, it would end up with something mixed in it.

Thinking of how many sons Liu Hong had before Liu Bian, they all died young.The question of deducting the level of medical treatment is indeed a serious concern.Liu Hong sent Liu Bian to the gymnasium to be raised, and finally grew up smoothly, probably because he realized the problem of insecurity in the palace.

The key is similar to the description, which is not uncommon in various court dramas or historical dramas...

"Okay, let's talk about the division!" Liu Hong also brought the topic back by the way.

Chapter 170