After the marriage, the sick husband lived a long life

Chapter 147 Cheap Cost

"Take a good look at this paper I made. Is it comparable to the paper you made, Minister Su?"

Su Hui swallowed and looked at the book in his hand. The words on it did not look like they were written.

The civil official who had a good relationship with the Jiang family walked up to Mr. Jiang and asked curiously, "Old Jiang, do you know about this?"

"Can we take a look at this paper?"

"Anyone who wants to see can come over." The emperor heard their voices, stepped aside two steps, and let them come and see for themselves.

Hearing this, the civil official no longer cared about anything else and hurried over to read the books prepared by the emperor.

Different from previous copied books, the font here is clearer and looks more neat and regular.

"Your Majesty, this book..."

"I will be able to have as many books like this as I want in the future."

The emperor's people were quite happy. This was great. It would lower the cost of studying for people all over the world.

Everyone's eyes were on the paper. At this time, the guards outside brought in a table with pens and ink on it.

"You can try it first." The emperor was not in a hurry to say anything, but asked them to try it first before saying anything.

Hearing this, everyone went over to try.

When they saw the words written on the paper, everyone was shocked.

This is much better than the Su family's Xuan paper.

"Your Majesty, this... this is too good to be true, isn't it? Will the cost be very high?"

"One ounce of silver can make five large boxes of this kind, and they are stuffed full."

Everyone couldn't help but look at Su Hui.

The cost of such high-quality Xuan paper on the emperor's side is so low, and the cost on Su Hui's side must be even lower.

But his rice paper and books are so expensive.

"Minister Su, didn't you say that the cost of making Xuan paper is very high?" Everyone looked at Su Hui with their eyes wide open.

"The Xuan paper made by the emperor is better than yours, and the cost is lower than yours. Shouldn't you give us an explanation?" No wonder the emperor could say that he would give Xuan paper and books to scholars. It turned out that the emperor could really do it and was not joking with them.

Su Hui's face flushed, feeling unwilling.

How could I accept that something I had concealed for such a long time was exposed because of what they did?

"Your Majesty, I am innocent."

Listening to Su Hui's cry for injustice, the emperor thought that this man was quite ridiculous.

Looking at Su Hui in front of him, the emperor said coldly: "You say you are wronged, then why do you say that your cost is so high?"

"I also thought that papermaking was troublesome at first, but later I found out that it's just made of plants and wood. I wonder how high the cost of paper made from these plants and wood is?" The emperor looked at Su Hui coldly and questioned.

Su Hui looked at the emperor in shock, seeming to realize that this matter would not end so easily.

Su Hui knelt on the ground with a determined heart, and anxiously looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is my fault."

"Of course it's your fault, Su Hui. I will make this public. You have been making huge profits with these things over the years. Have you ever thought about the difficulties faced by ordinary people who study?"

Hearing this, Su Hui felt a little panicked: "Your Majesty, this..."

"Someone, publish the notice."

"Yes."

No matter how angry and unwilling Su Hui was, the matter had already been settled.

Su Hui could only accept the defeat.

There is only one month left until the Autumn Examination, and some scholars have already arrived in the capital.

When they saw the notice issued by the emperor, all the scholars were shocked.

After the Royal Bookstore opened, they could go to the bookstore with their household registration to get 100 sheets of new rice paper and two books they needed for free.

"There is such a good thing?"

"Everyone should ask where the bookstore is."

These rice paper and books are nothing to some wealthy scholars, but they are very important to ordinary people.

The bookstore quickly got back on track under Xiao Chensi's supervision.

On the opening day, there was a long queue in front of the door.

When they saw the high-quality rice paper being given to them for free, they couldn't believe it: "This... is this really being given to us for free?"

This snow-white rice paper feels very comfortable to the touch.

It would probably cost a lot of money to buy it, right?

The emperor just gave it to them like this?

"It is indeed a gift for you. Please bring your household registration to us to register. After registration, you can choose two books you need to take away."

When they learned that it was indeed given to them, all the scholars were excited.

Some people even asked the manager for pens and ink to test whether the rice paper was useful.

The effect shocked everyone.

Everyone looked at each other and said nervously: "This...this rice paper must be very expensive, right?"

"It's not expensive. You can buy three big ones like this for one penny." The manager took out a larger size of rice paper from the side and said to them.

Many scholars calculated carefully and found that they could buy double or even triple the amount of Xuan paper with the money they had previously spent on it.

"In the future, the price of books will also be determined by their content. For example, a basic book like the Three Character Classic will only cost 100 wen. If you think those profound books are too expensive, you can go to the bookstore with your household registration certificate to register and borrow them. The rental fee is 3 wen a day, and the deposit is 100 wen. The deposit will be refunded when you return the book after reading it."

Those poor scholars looked at the person in charge of the bookstore expectantly: "Is this... is this true?"

"Of course it's true. This is an order issued by the emperor himself. It won't be so expensive for children to go to school in the future." The person in charge of the bookstore said with a smile.

"But the paper was obviously very expensive before, and you couldn't buy much with one tael of silver."

"The paper we are using now is made by the royal family itself. The cost is not high and the emperor did not set a high price." Although the manager of the Su family's paper did not say anything, the scholar was not a fool.

They already knew that they were being taken advantage of by the Su family.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Everyone left with free rice paper and books, and some even rented books from the bookstore to read at home that same day.

They couldn't afford the few taels of silver to buy the books, but they could still pay the three cents a day to rent the books.

Every scholar comes happily and leaves happily.

When I left, I took away a lot of rice paper and books.

For a time, the Royal Bookstore was crowded with people.

When some people heard that buying books is not so expensive now, they began to consider letting their children read.

Chu Jinxiao felt very happy after hearing what Xingchen said.

"After what Uncle Huang and the others have done, it won't be so easy for the Su family to turn things around." Chu Jinxiao snorted coldly.

Xu Zhiyan nodded in agreement: "You are right. Although the emperor did not directly mention the Su family, these scholars are not fools."