I am invincible in the Empress Palace!

After Wei Yutang left, Luo Hongyan looked at Ye Chen with a strange expression.

"Hongyan, is there something on my face?"

Ye Chen wondered.

Luo Hongyan smiled lightly: "Wei Xiang has always been sharp in his words, I didn't expect to stumble with you today!"

"If you are an official, you will definitely be able to do a good job. It's really a shame to become an empress!"

Ye Chen lazily said: "Hongyan, I'm not the material to be an official. I'm busy with this and that every day. When I become a big official, I have to get up early and go to court every day. It's boring."

Luo Hongyan looked at Ye Chen: "Ye Chen, it's okay if you don't like being an official, but you still have to pay close attention to training."

"At least you have to reach the innate level, right?"

"At the innate level, the maximum lifespan can reach 200 years! Now you only have the cultivation level of the acquired level, and the lifespan is a little longer than ordinary people, and it will not exceed 120 years!"

"My current cultivation base of the eighth level of God King, my lifespan is close to 700 years! With my situation, I can definitely reach the level of God Emperor, and my lifespan can exceed 700 years. Do you understand what I mean?"

Luo Hongyan looked serious, and Ye Chen's cultivation was low, which was a serious problem.

Ye Chen looked at Luo Hongyan with a smile.

"Hong Yan, do you want me to have a high cultivation base and become a couple of gods and immortals?"

Luo Hongyan glanced to the side and said calmly: "When you are old and frail, I will find a few more imperial concubines, and let them take turns pushing you around the palace every day in a wheelchair."

"I treat you well, right?"

Ye Chen: "..."

"Hongyan, what do you mean, if I'm not old and frail, you won't look for the imperial concubine, right?"

Luo Hongyan frowned: "I can promise you, as long as you can reach the innate level of cultivation within five years, and reach the star-studded level of cultivation within 20 years, I don't need to find the imperial concubine!"

With her ambition in the world, Luo Hongyan really doesn't have any thoughts about masculinity.

Besides, except for Ye Chen's cultivation base being a little lower, she is very satisfied with other aspects.

Ye Chen can play piano, calligraphy, chess, knowledge, and good looks!
"Hong Yan, I feel offended!"

"Five years of innate talent, 20 years of gathering stars, you look down on people!"

Ye Chen stared.

In the world of low martial arts, Xiantian may already be very powerful, but in the world of high martial arts in Jiuxiao Continent, Xiantian is only at a very low level!

Luo Hongyan said indifferently: "Some people have been in the palace for a year, but their cultivation is still stagnant!"

"Ye Chen, your talent in practice is even lower than my talent in calligraphy!"

Ye Chen rolled his eyes.

Luo Hongyan's talent in calligraphy is really low.

In terms of his training, speaking out scared Luo Hongyan!

"Hongyan, the big roc rises with the same wind in one day, soaring up to [-] miles."

"When the time comes, I will let you know how powerful I am!"

Ye Chen stared.

Luo Hongyan chuckled: "The poem is good. I don't expect you to become a roc. If you can become a tit and fly for three or five miles, I will be satisfied!"

"Next year, the imperial court will hold a martial arts exam every four years. I will take you to watch it then. I hope you can watch it more and be touched a little."

In the Tianyan Dynasty, there were scientific examinations and martial arts examinations.

Every four years.

The scientific examination will be in the first half of next year, and the martial arts examination will be in the second half of next year, both of which are extremely important.

"Hong Yan, it's still early, you can practice calligraphy!"

Ye Chen changed the subject directly.

Luo Hongyan's aura instantly languished. It would be great if her talent in calligraphy was half as good as her talent in practice!

Starting to practice calligraphy, Luo Hongyan quickly turned into a pitiful little girl.

"Hongyan, you are just wasting paper."

"By the way, confidante, folk papers are expensive and books are expensive, so why don't you think of a solution?"

Luo Hongyan said angrily: "How to solve it, isn't paper expensive and book expensive always like this?"

In the Tianyan Dynasty, and even in the entire Nine Heavens Continent, it was difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son.

There is a saying among the people that the poor are rich in literature and martial arts.

Martial arts training consumes a lot of energy and it is indeed not something ordinary families can afford, but the road to scientific research is not so easy, paper is expensive, and it is even more expensive after it is printed into a book, and the poor cannot afford it!
Ye Chen was thoughtful. In this world, a lot of energy was devoted to cultivation. The top experts could fly to the sky and escape from the ground. Other aspects of development were not even as good as those in the previous life!
"Hong Yan, this is not impossible."

Ye Chen smiled lightly.

Papermaking, printing, he knows it!
Some time ago, he won a B-level reward spree, which included papermaking, printing, compass, and gunpowder!

"Ye Chen, do you know what you're talking about?"

Luo Hongyan looked at Ye Chen in surprise.

In the Tianyan Dynasty, family power is a serious problem. If the price of paper and books can be lowered, the children of the poor family will have hope.
"His Majesty."

At this moment, Nangong Ning hurried into Zilong Palace, her face was anxious.

Luo Hongyan frowned secretly, it must be that something big happened.

As her personal female official, Nangong Ning is very capable, and ordinary things can't move her.

"Nangong, what happened?"

Luo Hongyan asked directly.

Nangong Ning took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, for some unknown reason, the Thousand Islands have announced an indefinite suspension of paper exports to our Tianyan Dynasty."

"The Lin family and other paper-making families jointly announced that the price of paper will increase by three times on the original basis!"

"There is a lot of public grievance!"

There will be a scientific examination in the first half of next year, and the distance is only half a year!

Now is the time when the consumption of paper is high, and the demand for books is high. At this time, the price of paper has tripled, and the price of books will also rise sharply. It is no wonder that there is no public resentment!
It is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, so the price of paper books is very expensive.

Another three times the increase, how can the poor family bear it!
Luo Hongyan's pretty face was covered with frost, something like this happened four years ago.

She had not been on the throne for too long then.

I had to bow to the papermaking family headed by the Lin family and lowered their tax rate!
"Enjoying the low tax rate given by me, I don't want to repay the king's favor, but I am forced again!"

Luo Hongyan gritted her teeth!
Every time the scientific examination year comes, the price of paper and books tends to increase, but in the past, it only increased by [-]% to [-]% at most.

After she ascended the throne, her growth rate tripled from the start!
Now it is three times, and after a while, it is likely to reach four times and five times, forcing her to bow her head and give benefits!

Nangong Ning backed away silently, she had no idea about such a thing.

"Hong Yan, what is the origin of the Lin family?"

Ye Chen asked.

Four years ago, Tianyan paper was expensive, he knew that.

At the most expensive time, it rose to six times the usual price!
There is a great disturbance among the people!

In some places, many scholars even demonstrated!
Luo Hongyan said in a deep voice: "The Tianyan Dynasty has been passed down for 8000 years. Some families have existed since the founding of the country, and their strength is extremely strong. The Lin family is one of such ancient families!"

"They often monopolize some special industries!"

"Thirty percent of the Tianyan Dynasty's paper comes from overseas, [-] percent comes from the Lin family, and [-] percent comes from the paper-making family headed by the Lin family. The imperial court has almost no influence in this regard!"

"It was the same thing four years ago, I cut their taxes in half!"

The annual income of the paper tax court is not low, and reducing the tax by half is a big concession.