"My esteemed ministers, what do you think of the Ninth Prince?"
When everyone heard that His Majesty had chosen this person, they were first taken aback, and then they all echoed his opinion.
"Your Majesty, I believe the Ninth Prince is very suitable."
"Your humble servant seconds this!"
"Your humble servant seconds this!"
Good heavens, a bunch of old idiots have completely sold out the Ninth Prince in an instant.
They had been speculating that Zhou Yunxin and Chong Hua were both dead, yet their emperor was keeping this once most favored prince alive without punishing him.
I thought His Majesty still had some fatherly affection left, but I never imagined that this was a scapegoat prepared long ago.
The Crown Prince's eyes flickered slightly. His father was trying to squeeze every last bit of value out of Xiao Jiu before sending him to his death.
Then his men can be withdrawn.
"Father, how do you plan to get Ninth Brother to produce these things in a reasonable way, and what about the Grand Tutor...?"
No matter how well they plan, it's useless if Yue Fuguang doesn't provide the technology and finds a few scapegoats.
"I will need your help on the other side of Fuguang..."
Yu Chongshan bowed and said, "Your humble servant will do his best."
As for whether to do one part or two parts, that's up to fate!
"Once we acquire those two technologies, I think the best opportunity will be your wedding. It would be appropriate for a younger brother to present his elder brother with a valuable wedding gift."
If they can't make it to the Crown Prince's wedding, they'll have to wait until the Empress's birthday.
Everyone felt that apart from the tight schedule, everything else was fine.
The Crown Prince said, "Father, isn't it a bit too few to have only my ninth brother?"
Emperor Mingxi was taken aback and couldn't help but ask, "Does the Crown Prince have any other ideas?"
"Father, I think it would be better for my fourth and ninth brothers to share the responsibility. That way, the news that gets out can be a little less clear."
In this way, those powerful families will investigate and verify, which can also confuse the public for a while and buy us time to produce the finished product.
Because the specific identity is unclear, there will be an explanation when the true inventor, Master Shao, is announced later.
As long as the royal family endorses it, the previous 'rumors' can be refuted.
The kind-hearted young master bestowed this rare skill upon the two princes who were searching far and wide for a fine gift for their elder brother's wedding.
This story makes perfect sense.
As for the two younger brothers who have to bear the burden of the reputation, they just need to learn to keep their mouths shut.
Upon hearing the name of the Fourth Prince, everyone present was taken aback, just like the Ninth Prince who had been mentioned earlier, and their hearts were filled with complex emotions.
To be honest, although he is His Majesty's own flesh and blood, he is also an important pawn of Gan Shengfang in Dayan.
This person, who was also under house arrest and hadn't appeared in public for a long time, was someone they had almost forgotten about, someone whom their two ancestors had defined as a scourge.
Since learning about Consort Wan and Yue Ying's affair, Emperor Mingxi has only surrounded Gan Sheng without making any move in order to keep him in check.
Using the excuse that Xie Zhiwei, the fourth prince, had offended the Grand Tutor, they confined Consort Wan and the entire Xinrong Palace to their quarters.
Now that the Crown Prince has proposed that the fourth son share the blame, he only glanced at his increasingly mature eldest son before nodding in agreement.
Using the powerful families as a front to find out how many people Gan Sheng had left around the fourth prince was indeed a good opportunity.
Otherwise, with only the Ninth Prince holding the line, it's not certain that he could withstand the backlash from the powerful families.
"Grandfather seems to really like this paper?"
The photos in front of the moonlight are not so inappropriate for children.
The family gathered in the old lady's courtyard to talk, and the topic quickly turned to the mysterious pictures that had appeared everywhere that morning.
Because there were younger people present, especially girls, the adults naturally didn't discuss Bei Ye and Wei Qingyi's private relationship much.
So the conversation naturally turned to drawing techniques and paper.
They speculated that someone possessed such superb drawing skills and speed, that the affair was discovered at night, and that the drawing was found in the morning.
To put it in Bo Ming's words, it would take a lot of highly skilled artists to work together to produce so many paintings in such a short time.
Yu Chongshan and the others seemed more concerned with the paper used for painting, which led to Yue Fuguang's question earlier.
Yu Chongshan smiled lovingly and said, "Grandfather just felt that this paper was different from the Xuan paper we usually use, and the painting seemed to be from the same hand."
"It doesn't seem like the path Bo Ming and the others are talking about, with many people involved."
"Grandfather, to be honest, this kind of paper is not as good as Xuan paper for writing."
As for the pictures you mentioned, it's not difficult to get hundreds or thousands of identical ones; printing workshops can do that, right?
"Although it's not as easy to write on as Xuan paper, this paper is truly beautiful. It feels smooth and delicate to the touch. The name 'Snowflake' is well-deserved."
Yu Ningxuan and a few other girls valued the paper's appearance more and liked all things beautiful.
"If you want to make paper whiter, just bleach it. You can also add talcum powder, chalk, or kaolin to the pulp to achieve a whitening effect."
"Seventh Sister even knows how to make paper?" Yu Ningxuan asked with a smile. "And what is bleaching?"
“I’ve never heard of talcum powder, chalk, or kaolin,” Yu Ningxin said.
The two of them asked the question naturally; the three of them went to school together and had long since developed the habit of discussing issues.
Little did they know that their problem was exactly what the men in the family wanted to hear.
Yu Chongshan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was just wondering how to start the conversation when his three granddaughters began to discuss it.
"Paper making is not very simple, and the materials are even more common. Broken fishing nets, rice straw, wheat straw, reeds, bamboo, tree bark, etc. can all be used to make paper."
As for talcum powder, my grandfather, father, and uncles should know what it is.
"So many things can be used to make paper?"
Others also gathered around to ask, explaining that Dayan's paper mill used only high-quality materials, which is why the paper was more expensive, and this is one of the reasons why the cost of education is so high nowadays.
Ordinary families simply cannot afford to provide for their children's daily paper consumption.
"Grandfather, nowadays, apart from those copied by scholars, what methods are used to print the books in Dayan?"
Woodblock printing, movable type, or something else?
"Dayan mainly used rubbing and woodblock printing. I've never heard of movable type that Fuguang mentioned."
Yu Zhongchun couldn't help but ask, "Fu Guang, can the tattered fishing nets, straw, wheat straw, and reeds you mentioned really be used to make paper?"
Was movable type a new printing technique?
Yue Fuguang looked puzzled. "Dayan doesn't have movable type printing? No wonder I heard the Eighth Princess and the others say that paper is expensive. It turns out they used precious materials?"
As she spoke, she took out two pieces of paper from her sleeve. One of them recorded several papermaking methods, some good and some bad.
The other one is about movable type printing, which includes the production of movable type and ink. The steps are detailed, and even people without relevant experience can make something similar by strictly following the steps.
"Fu Guang, what are you doing?" Yu Chongshan couldn't help but blush, feeling that they had schemed against the child.
Moonlight: The Yu family is her great help. In the course of conversation, she reasonably brought up these two technologies. The promotion of movable type printing and papermaking in the cultural promotion mission is finally about to begin.
This task is still in stages. As long as Dayan makes the first sheet of paper and prints the first book according to the method she provides.
She has completed the first phase of her mission and easily earned 20,000 points.
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