Forced to farm for the princess

However, he just has a vague idea of ​​rewards, and he hasn't figured out how to do it specifically; now that there are papermaking workshops and blacksmith workshops, there may be other ones in the future, it is better for him to come up with a special reward system later.

"Thank you, son." The steward was also happy when he heard Wei Ruojin's words. He didn't know much about these things, and the general let him be the steward because he saw his evil spirit.

Wei Ruojin took the paper and went to the back yard, where the craftsmen were carving wooden boards, and they didn't know what Qin Chong asked them to do. Since the place was handed over to Qin Chong, he has almost left it alone.

He called out to Qin Chong with some excitement, "Come and try, the paper is made, come and see how these engravings are printed."

As soon as Qin Chong came up to greet him, before he had time to salute, Wei Ruojin dragged him to the specially vacated room for engraving.

Qin Chong touched the paper, it was white, thin and delicate, and it looked very beautiful.

"Young master, I will send someone to seal it."

Qin Chong couldn't put it down, so he quickly beckoned those craftsmen to come over and try printing.

The effect of the trial printing was not up to Wei Ruojin's expectation, it was a little dirty, probably because the engraving board was not processed properly, and the border was printed on the paper, which was not visible on the silk cloth before, but now it is very obvious on the paper The characters with more strokes are blurred.

"Sure enough, you still have to try it on paper. These words need to be re-engraved. Half of these papers are left here. Just use them. It is estimated that the workshop will send them back in two days."

Tang Mo followed the whole process without saying a word, but he could see what Wei Ruojin wanted to do, and he was shocked; if it was as Master thought, wouldn't there be more and more books?

"You can take these papers and play with them, go." Wei Ruojin gave Tang Mo another half, and returned to the main courtyard happily.

Sitting at the desk, Wei Ruojin rubbed her hands, ground the ink and laid the paper, then pressed it with the inkstone, and wrote for a while before stopping.Stretching his wrists, he found Xin Yi and asked her to help bring the needle and thread, and cut the large sheet of paper into the size of the previous book.

Wei Ruojin took the needle and thread, and after a while, a thread-bound book was bound, which was similar to the thread-bound draft paper he had bound when he was a child. The draft book was bound according to the books in the costume drama.

"My lord, this is..." Xin Yi was a little puzzled, why the paper that was so hard to make was made like this.

"It's okay, it's so convenient." Wei Ruojin picked up the pen, thought for a while, then took out the bamboo slips that recorded the medicinal materials before, put them together with the thread-bound booklet, and said, "Send it to Mr. Mo, and let him transcribe all the contents on it." over here."

"Yes, son."

Chen Hang was stunned when he saw Tang Mo enter the room with a stack of white things that looked like cloth but didn't quite look like cloth, "Is this from the young master?"

"Well, Master brought it for me to write." Tomer hurried to the desk. He wanted to try it just now, but he was embarrassed because there was too little paper.

"This..." Chen Hang picked up the paper after Tang Mo finished writing, his face full of surprise, "It's about the same weight as silk cloth."

"Mr. Mo, my master sent sister Xin Yi to bring you something, and she is waiting outside the yard." The general came in and interrupted the two who were about to talk.

"Please." Tomer stood up.

As soon as Xin Yi came in, he saluted and handed over the bamboo slips and thread-bound booklet sent by Wei Ruojin, "Mr. Mo, you asked your servant to bring these over, saying that they will be transcribed into this booklet."

"Thank you Xinyi girl." Tom Mo took the booklet and bamboo slips.

In just ten days, there were a few grocery stores in Xinglin City with clean paper in them.But because not many people pay attention, it is not very eye-catching.

But this kind of paper was placed on the desks of several families, including Cai Neiguan, and everyone's expressions were not very good. According to the introduction of the shop manager, this kind of paper was originally very expensive, but at this time it was so expensive. One tael of silver and one knife, what exactly does the Northwest Palace want to do?

"It's just unreasonable, Cai Neiguan, the Northwest Palace is not paying attention to His Majesty now, and these good things are not paid tribute!" The old face of the patriarch of the Wang clan was full of resentment.

Cai Neiguan had a calm face. Since Lin Heng didn't give him any face, he didn't bother to provoke him; he knew his identity, and he was really in a hurry, and he could only admit that he was unlucky if he was punished by the Northwest King.

"It is said that there are so many pieces of paper from the Northwest Prince's Mansion, and it only sells for one tael of silver a knife. How much cheaper are you for those who want to study, are you willing to let others share the pie?" Another man in the Wang family said.

"What are you afraid of? This collection of books is all in our home. What's the use of just having this paper, it's just for my convenience." Another member of the Wang clan said.

Maybe what he said was right, but no one mentioned this matter anymore, and turned to Cai Neiguan and said: "Look at this thing, His Majesty certainly doesn't have it. It's too much for the Northwest King to sell it. It just so happens that Neiguan Cai is about to return to Beijing, so it is better to let the king of the Northwest take the crime and do meritorious service, and let him hand over the recipe for making paper, so that all the students who study can enjoy the convenience."

Cai Neiguan smiled, and was very satisfied with what the man said, "I have a quarrel with the Northwest King, so coming to the door seems to be persecuting, it is better to let Mr. Wang come to persuade. I will definitely say a few words of kindness for you under His Majesty."

The patriarch of the Wang clan had a look of embarrassment on his face, but when he heard Cai Neiguan's words, the embarrassment disappeared.

"Working for an internal official, the Wang family should take it for granted, take it for granted."

"Ajin, this is..." Lin Heng did not see Wei Ruojin when he returned to the palace, but only saw a booklet on the desk, which he had never seen before, and only heard that the workshop made paper.

Curiously, he started to look at it, but unexpectedly he was attracted by the content inside. Hearing the sound of footsteps, when he turned around, it was indeed Wei Ruojin who had returned.

"Did you write all this?"

Wei Ruojin smiled, "Of course not, how could I have the ability to write such good things, but I met someone who taught me to read when I was young, and that's how my enlightenment came."

"Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" were indeed read by his grandfather when he was a child. After knowing these characters, he began to learn to recite the names of medicines.

"When you were young?"

Wei Ruojin nodded, "My life in Wei Mansion was not good since I was a child. Without the protection of my mother, sometimes my life was not as good as that of the servants in the mansion. Naturally, no one would care about me. Fortunately, at that time, the mansion I’m the only male, and I’m not short of food, because I ran out to play because I was naughty, and I met a grandpa, he taught me to read.”

After a pause, he said again: "This is very easy to read. After learning these two books, you can recognize the basic characters. It is really good as an enlightenment. If it is an ordinary thing, you don't need much knowledge. , Literacy is enough."

Lin Heng felt sad when he heard this, but he never thought that the famous Shuangyu son in Beijing would be so enlightened. If he hadn't met a kind old man, he might not be the Wei Ruojin he is today.

"So, you want everyone to be literate?" Lin Heng keenly grasped the meaning of Wei Ruojin's words, "Your idea is too crazy."

"I just thought about it, this paper sells for a penny in my shop, how can the real poor afford it, it's just for the convenience of the children of the aristocratic family." Wei Ruojin took the book and patted it casually.

Lin Heng looked at the book and didn't speak. He felt that Wei Ruojin's idea was very dangerous. If everyone could read and write, how long would the family's collection of books last?

And the aristocratic family can stand for a hundred years, the biggest heritage is not these; but if it is really like what Wei Ruojin said, is the aristocratic family still the original aristocratic family?What else do they use to influence the court?

Thinking of this, Lin Heng felt hot all over. He felt that Wei Ruojin was doing something extraordinary.

"How to do it, you say!"

As soon as Wei Ruojin looked up, she saw Lin Heng's blushing face. She probably guessed what he was thinking. During this year's relationship, they slept together for more than half a year, and they got to know each other better.

"It's not so easy, take your time, our most important thing is the lack of people, no one can't keep up with mass production, it's useless." Wei Ruojin said.

"Refugees, have you forgotten? Most of them were taken to the mine by me. According to the time you said, they should also come out of the mine and replace them with others."

When mining back then, Wei Ruojin had said that people who went down the mine almost always had lung problems, and he couldn't let people die because of these things, so he transferred people away every year and a half.

"Going to Pinghe Town? There are a lot of things missing there." Wei Ruojin frowned. "There are too few women. Most women are more careful. It would be great if they could make these thread-bound books."

"The military camp is full of old men. Where can I find a female steward for you? Besides, there is no place to live." Lin Heng shook his head, it was too inconvenient, and when there were more women, he was afraid that those idle men would be distracted.

Wei Ruojin also nodded, but she was still in a hurry and had to take her time.

"I've always wanted to discuss something with you. The two brothers of the Chen family have been staying in the palace, looking at the Buddha's face as well as the monk's face..."

Wei Ruojin looked at him puzzled, "Why do you want to move the Chen family all of a sudden?"

"I've always wanted to move. You forgot that you surrounded the Chen family for two or three months when you first came here? It's just been delayed."

"Let's inform Chen Wei first." Wei Ruojin felt annoyed when he thought of those two girls. Lin Heng almost never took the initiative to mention the Chen family's affairs. Could it be that the Chen family's people blocked him?

Wei Ruojin didn't ask if Lin Heng was blocked, but it was obvious that he was blocked now.Looking at the girl who was about to cry, Wei Ruojin's head grew big.

"Mr. Wei is really so heartless?" Chen Yao cried until her eyes were swollen, her clothes seemed to be worn at home, and the hairpin on her head was crooked.

"Young lady, I don't know you." Wei Ruojin hurriedly retreated to the back, letting the two families who went out together stand in front of her.

"Chen Yao has a deep affection for Mr. Wei. She only hopes that Mr. Wei will think of it occasionally in her free time, and she doesn't dare to disturb her. She didn't expect Mr. Wei to even think about it, and the Northwest King directly took people to copy our Chen family." Chen Yao was still crying.

Wei Ruojin on this street is simply inexplicable. He just went to the street today to look at those shops. He was worried that the shopkeeper belonged to someone else, and he was blocked at the door after a while.

"My lord said, the girl respects herself!" Wei Ruojin's face turned cold. She didn't expect that Lin Heng's movements were quite fast, and the Chen family just copied it?He didn't hear the wind at all.

"Young Master Wei, what is wrong with Chen Yao that makes you look down on her so much?"

Wei Ruojin let out a long breath, and said in a cold voice, "Didn't your house be raided, you still have time to ask me what makes me look down on you?"