This is to the point, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, and the wealth of the world is a fixed value. Di Guangzhao took the undeserved tribute paper for Wu Zetian and got the name of a loyal minister. But how to explain to the people of Huanhua Town whose interests have been damaged?

If it was someone else, he was really stopped by Song Xueer's words.

However, Cui Geng has the memory of later generations, but he still has a way to deal with it, saying: "Song Xiaoniang's words are reasonable, so Di Sangongzi has always thought that what he did was quite inappropriate and guilty. So, he begged the head of the official and asked me to think of a way to compensate the people of Huanhua Town. ”

Song Xue'er tilted her head playfully and said, "Oh? Could it be that Cui Chawan wants to pay for these papers at his own expense? ”

Of course, Cui Geng couldn't do that.

Oh, take your own money and solve these unurgent tasks for the emperor. I bought it from the emperor, but what about other colleagues in the officialdom? Are they following suit? Everyone is an official who takes the money given by the emperor, how can they still find money? I'm afraid that if I just reveal this meaning, I will become the target of the officialdom.

Cui Geng shook his head and said: "This official can't afford to buy such a large amount of Chengdu hemp paper, but it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish." I'm going to teach the people of Huanhua a new technology for papermaking, which must be enough to compensate them for their losses. ”

Di Guangzhao's eyes lit up. "Yes, yes! Cui Cha visited people called "the holy hand of gold", and there must be a way to help the people of Huanhua Town. I think that when he was the governor of Dingshi, wasn't it just to compensate for the losses of private chicken farmers and compensate for the "earthworm chicken farming"? ”

Song Xue'er was skeptical, and said: "The value of this batch of hemp paper is expensive, and ordinary technology is not enough to compensate. ”

"Of course, this is not an ordinary technology, but an epoch-making technology!"

Cui Gengzhuan said to the people of Huanhua Town: "The reason why everyone is forced to be miserable by the Di County Order is mainly due to two reasons, one is the high price of hemp, and it is not a small burden to pay hemp paper free of charge. As for the second reason, the production of hemp is limited. Recently, you have used up all the hemp near Chengdu, and even if you have money, you can't buy hemp, so you can only bear the blackmail of Di County's order. ”

Among the people of Huanhua Town, someone immediately responded: "Cui County's order is extremely true, but I don't know that you are a golden saint." Is there any way to solve these two problems? ”

"Of course, to develop a new material to make paper!"

"That's not ......" Song Xue'er blurted out, but quickly shut up. To be honest, she was really frightened by Cui Geng's endless methods, but she felt that the man in front of her was unfathomable, so it was better not to rashly express her position.

Cui Geng glanced at her, continued to talk, and said: "From ancient times to the present, paper can be divided into two kinds, one is leather paper, and the other is hemp paper. The so-called leather paper is paper made from various tree barks as the main raw material. As for hemp paper, it is paper made from various hemp as the main raw material. For example, now, the main raw materials of your Chengdu paper are white hemp and jute. Now, this official will teach you to make a new kind of paper bamboo paper! Paper made with bamboo as the main raw material! ”

What? Bamboo paper?

The people of Huanhua Town are very familiar with papermaking, and they quickly thought of several advantages of using bamboo to make paper.

First, the source of bamboo is abundant, and there is no danger of lack of materials in the mountains.

Second, the price of bamboo is less than 10% of hemp, and if the people of Huanhua Town get this technology, they can earn excess profits at least three or five years, which is not only enough to make up for the losses under Di Guangzhao's rule, but also surplus.

However, there are still old people who continue to ask: "Using bamboo to make paper is not something that no one has pondered before. However, bamboo is tough and has not been successful. Dare to ask Cui Chayu, are you sure about this method? Also, What is the quality of bamboo paper? Maybe it can be as good as our Chengdu hemp paper? ”

Cui Geng said firmly: "Of course the official is sure, if the official can't do this, even if you smash the statue of the new god, the official will never complain!" ”

"That's not daring, that's not daring!" The questioner's expression was staggering.

Cui Geng continued: "As for the quality of this bamboo paper, this official can guarantee that there is no distinction between high-grade bamboo paper and high-grade hemp paper, and the middle and inferior should be far above the hemp paper, everyone, you just wait to get rich, haha!" ”

Regarding the quality of bamboo paper, Cui Geng is not bragging.

Historically, although bamboo was tough and the papermaking process was complex, it was not until the early Ming Dynasty that a mature papermaking process was formed.

However, after the birth of this kind of paper, it soon became popular in the world, and the hemp paper, rice paper, etc. were defeated, so that it was recognized by the imperial court as a special paper for the imperial examination. People even wrote poems praising them: "Light painting is not gray, light and thick, thick and light, poetry has a haze and haze, and the book is also a dragon and tiger."

As for Cui Geng, does he have the production process of bamboo paper? Nonsense, this thing is clearly recorded in "Heavenly Creations", can't it be copied directly?

"After the bamboo shoots are born, look at the depth of the mountain nest, and the bamboo will be the one who will grow branches and leaves. During the festival, the mango is cut down by mountaineering. Cut off five or seven feet long, open a pond in this mountain, and fill it with water to drift and soak ......"

After Cui Geng finished writing about 500 words and the production process of bamboo paper, the people of Huanhua Town were overjoyed as if they had obtained a treasure. After receiving the money returned by Di Guangzhao, they were even happier, and they repeatedly called Qingtian and left.

The bitter masters of the people are not investigated, and Di Guangzhao has the "righteousness" of praying for Wu Zetian, Yao Shou has nothing to do, and after a few small talks, he also left with the high-ranking ~ officials of Jiannan Dao.

Song Xueer did a full set of acts, showing her reluctance to Cui Geng, with affection. But Cui Geng thought that he had seen through her, and he was extremely cold to the beauty, and sent her away coldly.

Of course, Su Wei understands that Cui Geng is completely relying on his quick wits to get through today, and in fact, there is no such thing as a hundred thousand Buddhist scriptures at all. He didn't bother to get involved in it, and he staggered back to his courtyard.

The effort was not big, and only two high-level ~ officials Cui Geng and Di Guangzhao were left on the scene.

Puff~~

After retiring the left and right screens, Di Guangzhao knelt down for Cui Geng happily and sincerely, and said: "Yesterday's various things are like yesterday's death, and today's all kinds are born today." Guangzhao knows that he is wrong, thank you Cui for visiting Guangzhao today and saving his father's name! ”

Cui Geng smiled bitterly and helped him up, and said, "Third Prince Di, please get up quickly." In fact, most of what this official did today was for himself. As for the name of the old man Di...... Hehe, I really can't keep it! Let's open the skylight and say something bright, you are in the Chengdu county magistrate, and you are lacking in morality, there must be more than that, right? ”

Di Guangzhao was a little unconvinced, and said: "Everything else is a trivial matter, and according to the rules of officialdom, it is not too much." ”

"Hmph, it's not too much to put on others, but if you put it on your third son Di, it's not easy to say!" Cui Geng stared at Di Guangzhao's eyes, and said word by word: "Let me ask you, how much does Song Xue'er know about those things?" ”

"She?" As soon as Song Xue'er was mentioned, Di Guangzhao immediately changed his expression, gritted his teeth and said: "It turns out that this official is infatuated with this femme fatale and poisonous woman, and he doesn't hide anything from her, she knows all those things."

Hearing this, Cui Geng lost his temper completely, and said in a slurp: "You, you, Di San Gongzi, what are you doing with the official?" is in his thirties, and he was played by a yellow-haired girl. ”

Time has passed, Di Guangzhao also felt a little incredible, and said: "Although this poisonous woman is not very old, she is really quite a means. It's really ashamed to say that I didn't even touch this poisonous woman's little hand, so I regarded her as a confidante and obeyed her words. ”

Cui Geng frowned slightly, and said, "In this way, it is really difficult for Yao Shou to find such talents." I'm afraid that at the beginning, he didn't want to use Song Xue'er to deal with me, but to use you to deal with Old Master Di. By the way, do you know where this woman came from? ”

"Origin?" Di Guangzhao looked confused and said, "She seems to have suddenly appeared at Lu Qiniang's house in Chengdu." Now it seems that she must be Yao Shou's person, and I know almost nothing about her true identity. ”

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At the same time, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Yizhou, the back house, and the flower hall.

Yao Shou sat in the middle, holding a deed, his face sinking like water,

In Cui Geng and Di Guangzhao's impressions, Song Xue'er, who was supposed to be Yao Shou's confidant, was full of vigilance and hid in the corner of the flower hall.

The two were speechless for a while.

After a long time, Yao Shoucai showed the deed, and said with a chuckle: "Hehe, Song Tao, the original Great Zhou Inspector Imperial History, and the daughter of Song Wenze, the current chief bookkeeper of Xing'an County, Lizhou." Who would have thought that this is the true identity of Song Xueer, the first prostitute in Chengdu? ”

Song Xue'er clenched her silver teeth and said with tears in her eyes: "Moreover, my true identity is an official prostitute in Yizhou, and the deed of sale is in the hands of your Yao Changshi, so it can be said that my life and death in this life are in your thoughts." However, surnamed Yao, don't go too far, don't forget our agreement! ”