"Better printing?" Li Shimin's eyes were burning. "How about better than woodblock printing?"
"Both the time cost and the labor cost are low, and they can be reused." Xiao Ran did not say the details, but he did not forget to pick up some food for the little princess while speaking.
"This is interesting!" Li Shimin knew that what Xiao Ran said must be true, and there was no point in lying to him.
If papermaking and printing techniques are different, then reducing the cost of books can indeed allow more people to read.
But Li Shimin is not sure to what extent the cost can be reduced.
Li Shimin was very much looking forward to it and he looked at Xiao Ran with much more favor.
"Don't just focus on feeding Sizi, you should eat too!" Li Shimin felt that Xiao Ran didn't eat much, so he kept picking up food for the little princess.
The little princess didn't stop at all.
Li Shimin took the initiative to pick up a piece of meat for Xiao Ran.
"Uncle, how much are you willing to pay for my skills?"
Xiao Ran suddenly said something.
When the meat reached Xiao Ran's bowl, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then took it away and ate it directly.
Li Shimin withdrew a piece of meat!
"How much?"
"Given your relationship with... your relationship with Sizi, talking about money is tacky, isn't it?"
Li Shimin was also willing to bargain because these technologies were priceless.
Li Shimin wanted it very much, but didn't want to pay for it.
I just want to get something for nothing. I just want to get something for free.
It is human nature to get something for free!
Even Li Shimin, the Heavenly Khan, is not immune to this!
"No, no, no, this is the Tang Dynasty's business. What does it have to do with Mingda? She's still a child!"
"Little Nangjun~what's wrong~" The little princess heard Xiao Ran calling her.
"It's okay, Mingda, just eat yours."
"Mingda is Mingda. Uncle, please don't try to make connections. My relationship with Mingda has nothing to do with yours."
Li Shimin was not happy with this. "How can you call it random marriage? Sizi is saying it's my daughter, but you can't deny it, right?"
"To put it in a broader sense, Sizi is a princess of the Tang Dynasty. Papermaking and printing are crucial to the development of the Tang Dynasty. How could they not be relevant?"
"The development of the Tang Dynasty is your business and the concern of all civil and military officials. What does it have to do with Mingda? I don't acknowledge this!" Xiao Ran did not give in either.
Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang were stunned.
I didn't expect that Xiao Ran and Li Shimin would get along like this.
Empress Changsun was also quite helpless and couldn't say anything, so she could only watch.
"You're just making up stories. Sizi is my daughter, a princess of the Tang Dynasty. This is an objective and indisputable fact. Why don't you acknowledge it? Why don't you acknowledge it?"
"I just don't acknowledge this. This has nothing to do with Mingda."
"Yeah~ What does it have to do with me~" The little princess didn't know what Xiao Ran and Li Shimin were talking about, and she stood on Xiao Ran's side unconditionally.
"Look, the person involved has spoken, so uncle, don't be stubborn." Xiao Ran hugged the little princess, feeling a little proud.
Li Shimin was so angry that he laughed.
"Name your price!" Li Shimin also realized that Xiao Ran was determined to trick him.
Xiao Ran really wanted to trick Li Shimin, and this opportunity could not be missed.
Xiao Ran knew that Li Shimin would not miss this opportunity.
Xiao Ran can wait, but Li Shimin definitely doesn't want to wait even a moment.
Li Shimin knew better than Xiao Ran what the improvement of papermaking and the new printing technology meant to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin compromised, and what made Li Shimin compromise was the little princess's stance!
"I have already said that the Tang Dynasty is not rich now. Don't ask for too much. I want it, but I can't afford it."
"Okay, okay, for Mingda's sake, I won't make things difficult for my uncle."
Li Shimin was delighted, "You want to give it to me for free?"
"You wish!" Xiao Ran continued, "I don't want money, I want something else."
It was mainly money from business, which was already enough, so Xiao Ran didn't want any more money.
"Promotion? How about this?" Li Shimin wanted to get something for nothing.
Just give Xiao Ran a useless title and false reputation.
"Uncle, you have no sincerity at all. I am not in the Tang Dynasty, so why do I need an official position or title?"
Xiao Ran was almost fooled!
"Okay, okay, you tell me, that's all!" Li Shimin tried to fool Xiao Ran but failed.
"Give me a dragon robe!"
Li Shimin glared, "Are you crazy?"
"Return the dragon robe. Do you want me to give you the throne?"
"Do you know what the dragon robe means?"
Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang were also frightened.
I really didn't expect Xiao Ran to ask for this.
"You have a rebellious heart, you want to rebel, you are guilty of a capital crime, unforgivable..."
"Stop, stop, stop, uncle!" Xiao Ran stopped Li Shimin, "First of all! I'm not crazy, I'm very free. Secondly, I don't want the throne, I'm not cut out for it."
"Finally, I want to say that I am not a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, so I don't have any rebellious intentions."
"I know what the dragon robe means. It belongs exclusively to the emperor."
"Humph!" Li Shimin was furious. "You still want it even though I know it?"
"I'm not from the Tang Dynasty. We don't have an emperor anymore. The dragon robe doesn't represent supreme power. My possession of the dragon robe won't affect anything. I just want to collect it. There's no other intention." Xiao Ran smiled.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Li Shimin couldn't accept it.
All under heaven belongs to the king, and all within the four seas are the king's subjects.
This has been the thinking of emperors of all dynasties; the world belongs to the emperor.
The dragon robe was exclusive to the emperor, and Li Shimin felt it was inappropriate.
Even if Xiao Ran is not from the Tang Dynasty, it won’t work if Xiao Ran doesn’t know how to dress in the Tang Dynasty.
"The dragon robe won't work, but anything else will." Xiao Ran smiled.
"That's more like it. Just tell me! As long as it's not too excessive, I can agree to it. I'm not an unreasonable person." Li Shimin picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
"Can I pass on the imperial seal?"
"puff!!!"
Li Shimin spat out a mouthful of wine.
"Are you really crazy?" Li Shimin widened his eyes.
Most people know what the imperial seal means.
Its status is even more special than that of the dragon robe.
"You have to choose between the dragon robe and the imperial seal!" Xiao Ran designed a trap, forcing Li Shimin to choose between the dragon robe and the imperial seal, from not giving it to him at the beginning to giving it to him now.
Xiao Ran didn't ask for things randomly.
According to what Mr. Lu Xun called the house-demolishing effect, most people tend to like to reconcile and compromise. For example, if you say that the room is too dark and you want to open a skylight here, no one will allow it.
But if you insist on tearing down the roof, they will compromise and agree to open a skylight.
When making a request to the other party, you can first make a larger and more difficult request, and then make a smaller and easier to achieve request. In this way, the other party will agree to your second request because of the guilt caused by refusing the first request.
Compared with the imperial seal, Li Shimin felt that the dragon robe seemed acceptable.
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