Cao Song, who was standing to the side, couldn’t help but light up when he heard about the cost of papermaking. In the past, even rotten paper could be sold for five hundred coins a page and it was still extremely difficult to buy. Once this kind of good paper was sold, wouldn’t people fight tooth and nail to buy it?

In addition, with its short cycle and high output, Cao Song believed that this was no longer papermaking, but simply money creation!

Cao Song hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I beg you to immediately issue an edict to rapidly expand the scale of papermaking so that all scholars in the land can enjoy this benefit as soon as possible!"

"We second that proposal!!"

The others echoed their sentiments. They hadn't thought that much about it; they just wanted the paper to be distributed as quickly as possible so that scholars across the land could use it.

Then Chen Fan asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, what is the price of this paper?"

Liu Hong thought for a moment, then said, "I think it shouldn't be too high. How about... we set it at fifty coins per page?"

"Your Majesty, isn't this a bit too low? Those papers used to sell for five hundred coins..."

Cao Song looked at Liu Hong somewhat reluctantly. This was such a rare opportunity to make money, how could the Emperor not seize it?

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, the significance of the dissemination of paper is extraordinary. A profit of one time is already sufficient. This is beneficial to everyone in the world. We should not be too obsessed with making money..."

Chen Fan looked at Cao Song with displeasure and, unusually, reprimanded him.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Cao Song dared not argue with Chen Fan, so he turned to Liu Hong for help.

Liu Hong nodded, "The Grand Tutor is right, the Minister of Agriculture should stop talking and just sell them for fifty coins per page!"

"Your Majesty is wise!!"

Chen Fan, Hu Guang, Cai Yong, and others immediately showed joy and praised him in unison.

Liu Hong waved his hand and laughed, "This paper was made by Mo Qing with painstaking effort; his merit is immeasurable."

I believe this paper should be named "Ink Paper," so that all scholars in the land may feel grateful for Minister Ink's kindness...!