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    "Your Highness, what's wrong with this rice seed?" Looking at the strange expression on Li Min's face, Wang Zihao felt a little uneasy. After all, Li Min was always known for his erudition, and just now he could tell the characteristics of this rice seed. It should be right.  This kind of rice is very familiar.  (Just read the novel.) At this time, everyone who was checking the rice seeds also discovered something unusual about Li Min, and they all looked here with some confusion.

    "Uh~, that's not true, it's just"

    When Li Min said this, he really didn't know how to continue. He thought about it and simply asked someone to go to the warehouse to bring a sack. Then he opened it in front of everyone. As a result, everyone let out a "yeah" because there was something inside.  They are also rice seeds, and discerning people have also discovered that the two bags of rice seeds are almost identical in appearance and appear to be of the same variety.

    Wang Zihao traveled all the way to the south for this rice seed, so he was very familiar with the appearance of the rice seed. He could tell at a glance that the rice seed Li Min asked him to bring was the same variety as the rice seed he brought.

    "Your Highness, it turns out that you also know about this kind of Champa rice!" Wang Zihao saw the rice seeds that Li Min brought and immediately understood what was going on. It turned out that Li Min had long ago found the rice seeds that he had worked so hard to find.  Let others prepare, which means that all your efforts have been in vain.

    Seeing Wang Zihao's frustrated look, Li Min also smiled bitterly in his heart. This thing was too coincidental. Champa rice was a trump card he carefully prepared to solve the food problem. He had already sent it when he was in Dengzhou.  People went to Champa area to transport a lot of rice seeds, which are now stored in Guangzhou and other places. After reporting to Li Shimin, this kind of improved rice will be promoted.  I believe that in the south, it is generally possible to get two crops a year, and even further south, it can be harvested three times a year.

    It¡¯s just that he didn¡¯t expect that the hero had the same idea. Wang Zihao happened to know about Champa Dao, and even went to see him in person to see how dirty his face was now.  I guess I suffered a lot along the way, and the excitement just now and the depression now form a strong contrast.  Li Min couldn't bear it.

    "Zihao, you and your daughter are really in tune with each other. She sent people to find this Champa rice from the south. It's just that you, the father, are one step behind your daughter!" Li Min said with a smile.

    Well, Li Min was actually lying. As a foodie in his previous life, he had long known the name of Champa rice, so in order to solve agricultural problems, he first thought of this improved rice. However, in order not to dampen Wang Zihao's enthusiasm,  He put the credit on Xijun, after all, the first discoverer was Wang Zihao's biological daughter.  Although being a father will make you feel a little disappointed, I believe most of you will feel happy, not to mention that he always loves his only daughter the most.

    Sure enough, when Wang Zihao heard that his daughter had discovered the rice seeds, his expression immediately improved a lot.  Others were even more interested when they heard that there was such a coincidence. They also learned more about the advantages of Champa rice. When they heard that it could be harvested twice or even three times a year, they were also shocked. Although they  The family is now mainly engaged in industry and commerce.  However, the importance of food has long been ingrained in the bones of every Han Chinese, so they also attach great importance to getting more food.

    Now that Wang Zihao had brought Champa Rice, Li Min no longer concealed it and told him about his plans to promote Champa Rice in the south. Moreover, everything had been prepared and he would wait for it to be reported to Li Shimin before passing it.  The imperial court officially promoted it by decree.

    Hearing Li Min¡¯s last move, Wang An next to him nodded and smiled. Compared with the three strategies he proposed, improving rice seeds is indeed more effective and less likely to be rejected by the people.  Cheng Huailiang and the others were also very impressed, but the promotion of this kind of rice still requires publicity. After all, if this kind of thing is promoted by force, it is likely to be counterproductive, so the topic quickly turned to the use that Li Min had thought of before.  Come to promote new things,

    Regarding this matter, Li Min smiled and said nothing, and turned to look at Yan Bei.  Li Yong had stolen the limelight just now, and now that everyone was looking at him, Yan Bei immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Brothers, I believe you all know many relatives and friends who are good at writing. You can ask them to come to me."  Sign up here, and as long as you can pass the test, you can work in the newly opened newspaper office. Not only is the work easy, but the remuneration is generous, and you are welcome to recommend me!"

    With the rise of Yanbei theory, he simply put up a recruitment advertisement on the spot. Regarding running a newspaper, Li Min had actually wanted to do it for a long time. Newspapers not only allowed information to flow quickly, but also used newspapers as a public opinion tool to truly influence the general public.  The guidance of public opinion in Tang society was also a function that Li Min valued most.

    Speaking of the influence of the Five Surnames and Qiwang, from the court to the traders and pawns, almost every class is controlled by them. In addition, these aristocratic family heirs of poems and books, among the scholars who have the greatest influence on public opinion, there are  Nearly half of them are from these aristocratic families, so if they want to do something, they can easily do it as long as they use their influence.He can sway public opinion to his advantage, and then use the power of public opinion to put pressure on the court to achieve his own goals.

    In order to reduce the influence of the other party and increase his grasp of public opinion, the first thing Li Min thought of was the newspaper.  But if you want to run a newspaper, there are two problems that need to be solved, one is printing technology, and the other is cheap paper.

    In fact, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, engraving printing had already appeared, but it was mainly used for printing Buddhist scriptures. Most other books still had to be copied by hand. Since Li Min wanted to start a newspaper, let alone copying by people, even if he used engraving  Printing is also not possible. Firstly, the cost is high, and secondly, the speed is slow, so it must be printed with movable type. Originally, Li Min felt that this thing was quite simple. It was nothing more than sawing the carved board into individual characters, and then re-printing them when using them.  Just arrange it.

    However, it was not until he had people conduct experiments that he realized that this was not the case at all. Ordinary wooden movable type was very easy to deform and could no longer be used after a few times. So Li Min thought of clay movable type again, but the craftsman told him that clay movable type  The movable type they made seemed simple, but the technology was more complicated. In desperation, Li Min had to turn to metal movable type. Iron was easy to rust. The first rule he eliminated was lead and copper. They were good materials, but each was more expensive than the other.  In the end, Li Min was cruel and made a set of movable types out of copper. As for lead, because the output was relatively small and the price was too high, it was not suitable at all.

    However, not long after his copper movable type was made, craftsmen at the Dengzhou Academy of Sciences improved the wooden movable type, choosing wood with a denser texture and then applying special treatments to make the wooden movable type made from this wood very durable.  , although the cost is higher, it is many times cheaper than the copper movable type piled up with money.

    After the printing technology was solved, only paper was left. Due to the limitations of papermaking technology, the price of paper in the Tang Dynasty was not low, especially the better quality paper, which was not affordable for ordinary people. Li Shimin rewarded the prince  When he was a child, he would often give some paper as a reward, firstly to encourage students to learn, and secondly to show the preciousness of paper. However, these papers were used by Li Min as toilet paper. After all, he was really not used to the toilet chips used by the Tang Dynasty.

    Of course, there are cheaper papers, but the quality of these papers is really poor. They may fall off when you pick them up and break into pieces when you rub them. They can only be used for daily calligraphy practice.  Although the quality of the paper used in newspapers is not high, it must at least be light and foldable, and the lower the cost, the better.

    Originally, Li Min wanted to find someone to research it himself, but later he was reminded that there were many people in the Patent Department who had registered papermaking patents, and maybe they contained the technology that Li Min needed.  At this moment, Li Min also suddenly realized it, and hurriedly wrote to Li Yifu. Sure enough, there were indeed many papermaking patents in the Patent Department, and the kind of papermaking technology that Li Min needed was registered by a master papermaker, but he had no money.  The price is relatively high, so no paper mill has ever adopted it.  Li Min didn't care about the price, so he immediately sold the patent through Li Yifu, and then through the improvement of his craftsmen, he quickly produced good newspaper paper.

    The problems of printing and paper have been solved, and the only thing left to run a newspaper is manpower. This is the best solution. Talents who can do things are hard to find, but talents who can write articles are everywhere. Of course, this  It's just relative to Li Min. After all, with his current appeal, it's not difficult to find people with good writing skills.

    Naturally, such a big thing as running a newspaper cannot be hidden from Yan Bei and Yan Changshi. Although Yan Bei likes to do business, he has always regarded himself as a scholar and always wants to do something that a scholar should do. Therefore, when it comes to such a major literary event as running a newspaper, he  Naturally, he did his part and took advantage of his talents to become the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

    Hearing Yan Bei talk about the newspaper office, Cheng Huailiang and the others were a little confused at first. After the fast-talking Yan Bei explained the operation method of the newspaper office and the functions it performed, everyone's eyes immediately lit up, and some even stared.  Sharp people have already seen Li Min's deepest intention of running a newspaper. With the newspaper, they are equivalent to having a weapon to confront the five surnames and Qiwang. Coupled with their advantages in the court and other aspects,  The Five Surnames and Qi Wang want to suppress industry and commerce, which is simply a fool's errand.

    Realizing the role of newspapers, people like Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye immediately became active. After returning, they recommended everyone they could think of.  In order to select suitable talents from these people, Yan Bei almost fell down from exhaustion. Fortunately, Li Ke also showed great interest in this newspaper. He actually put down his body and ran to help select people, and even wrote and commented on it himself.  article.

    After a period of intense preparations, Yanbei finally gathered the manpower, and the first newspaper office in Datang was finally opened for business. The sign was written by Li Min and Li Ke when they went to the palace to ask Li Shimin to write it, and the name was "Datang Daily".  At the same time as the newspaper opened, Datang Daily also began to be sold on the market. Newspapers, an emerging information carrier, finally officially entered history.stage.

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