Chapter 381: Writing Paper Goes Viral in the State Government, Slaps the Xia Family in the Face

"This... depends on the general himself."

Yu Qianli didn't say everything. This was a matter between Xiao Ying and the Han family, so it was not easy for him to express too much opinion.

Han Ce naturally knew this, but he still felt a little depressed when he heard this answer.

He suddenly became curious. The prince seemed to know Yingying very well?

Logically speaking, one was far away in Shangjing and the other was in Yun'an County, so there was no chance for them to meet at all.

Could it be that the prince went to Yun'an County to escort military supplies a few days ago, so the two met?

But if they had only met once, he wouldn't know so much, even why his daughter didn't follow his wife to Kyoto.

The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, but in the end he couldn't help but refrain from asking, otherwise he would be suspected of trying to spy on the prince's movements.

After Yu Qianli left, he pondered for a moment.

Then he took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone and wrote a long letter to his wife.

Unexpectedly, it took a long time for this letter to fall into Ning Leshu's hands.

It turned out that on the second day, Duke Ningguo and Ning Leshu set off together for Yun'an County.

There were dozens of people traveling with them: maids, servants, guards, and secret guards who protected them secretly.

"It's a long journey, Dad. Can your body handle it?"

Ning Leshu was a little worried. Even if he took a carriage, it would take at least half a month.

Her father is over 70 years old and hasn't made such a long journey for a long time.

Duke Ningguo smiled and said, "So I took a longevity pill two days ago, and I feel very good today."

Just in case, he also brought a Peiyuan Pill.

"That's good." Ning Leshu was immediately relieved: "Yingying's elixir is very powerful."

"Once the drug's effects are absorbed, Dad will probably feel several years younger."

Duke Ningguo's smile became even brighter, with a hint of pride.

"I never thought that our family could produce such a powerful figure, bringing honor to the entire Ning family."

Ning Leshu was also proud of it, but his face showed a hint of curiosity.

"I really don't know where this kid learned these skills."

"I heard she suffered a lot since she was a child, and she acted erratically in the past few years, but she suddenly changed in the past year or so."

"Dad, do you think she did that a few years ago to cover up this matter?"

Duke Ningguo stroked his beard and pondered for a moment before speaking.

"It's possible. After all, cultivation is not easy, so when you are weak, you naturally have to hide it."

"After eight or nine years, I think my practice has paid off, so I started to get back to normal last year."

The two of them speculated about Xiao Ying's changes based on their own ideas, but how could they have imagined that he was actually a different person?

Xiao Ying had no intention of hiding his identity.

It’s just that I didn’t have much contact with Ning Leshu before, so I didn’t tell him.

She planned to confess when she went to Beijing later.

In this way, the right to choose is given to Ning Leshu and his wife to see whether they still want to recognize themselves.

If they still want to acknowledge her, she will be the legitimate daughter of the marquis.

If they didn't recognize her, she would be happy and at ease. Anyway, she had never thought of relying on the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion.

She naturally didn't know that Duke Ningguo and Ning Leshu had already gone to Yun'an County.

He hadn't even heard that his and Han Ye's identities had been exposed.

After all, Yun'an County is still too remote, and it would take at least ten days or half a month for the news to reach here.

By this day, the papermaking workshop had produced enough writing paper.

In addition to supplying to printing workshops, there are also many that can be sold.

So Qingyu chose a good day and opened the business simultaneously in Hongye Town, Yun'an County and Xizhou Prefecture!

The people in Hongye Town and Yun'an County were fine. They had become accustomed to Xiao Renren coming up with new things from time to time.

Having sold toilet paper before, it seemed only natural to sell writing paper now.

But the scholars were still very happy, because the paper sold by Yingfeng Paper Shop was in no way inferior to other papers, but the selling price was 30% lower!

That's a 30% discount, which means that if it used to cost one or two taels of silver, now it only costs 700 coins, saving a full 300 coins.

The more you buy, the more you save.

Such a low price made the product popular in the city on the opening day, attracting countless people to buy it.

Compared with these two places, Xizhou Prefecture City was more sensational.

Because only the Xia family has always been able to sell paper here, paper from other families cannot be brought in.

But now, someone actually spread out paper here in a blatant manner. This shows that they don’t take the Xia family seriously!

After asking, I found out that the owner of the paper shop was actually that Xiao Renren.

In the past few months, Xiao Renren's name has become well-known.

It's high-yield crops, cement, pinyin, and now they've even made paper and opened a shop in Xizhou Prefecture.

He is really brave!

Even so, no one is optimistic.

No matter how powerful Xiao Renren is, he is only a fifth-rank imperial official. Can he still compete with the Xia family?

The Xia family is one of the five great immortal cultivation families in Yue Kingdom. Even though it ranks last, it is not something that ordinary people can compete with.

What Xiao Renren did was like an egg hitting a stone, or trying to snatch food from a tiger's mouth. He would probably not end well.

Therefore, although many people come to watch the fun, few dare to actually buy.

Because this kind of thing had happened before, someone spread the paper to Xizhou City without permission and the price was cheaper.

This attracted many bargain hunters to buy it.

As a result, the paper shop closed down after only a few days of operation, and those who bought paper did not end up well.

From then on, the people of Xizhou Prefecture no longer dared to buy paper from any shop other than the Xia family.

But the price is 30% lower which is really attractive.

Although the prices of those new shops were slightly lower in the past, they were only about half a percent lower and could not be compared with Yingfeng Paper Shop at all.

Therefore, some people still sneak in through the back door or ask beggars to help them buy.

The paper shop's sales are still good.

Such a commotion naturally could not be hidden from the Xia family.

Within a few hours, Xia Ang and others found out and were all furious.

"That woman is really going too far!"

The third elder's face was gloomy and he couldn't help but curse out loud.

"This is the consequence of not getting rid of her once. She becomes even more aggressive and aggressive!"

Hearing this, a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in Xia Ang's eyes.

"Third Elder, are you blaming me?"

"Hmph, last time I asked you to deal with her bookstore, you confidently promised to do it perfectly, but what happened?!"

"Not only did those scholars fail to accomplish anything, but they were taken in by her and used as her own, praising her highly."

"I think you're more of a hindrance than a help! How dare you say such things now?"

When the third elder was reprimanded, his face suddenly turned from black to red, and then from red to blue.

Angry and ashamed.

"How would I know she has that skill?"

"Since the Xia family can't show up in person, what do you want me to do?"

The two of them were arguing with each other and were about to quarrel. The other elders could not bear it anymore.

The Great Elder immediately tried to smooth things over: "We should all be united in facing the outside world. Why are we quarreling among ourselves first?"

"That's right. If this gets out, won't people laugh at us?" The second elder also agreed.

The fourth elder said, "Let's first discuss how to deal with the Yingfeng Paper Shop."