Chapter 1490

Just seeing this scene with their own eyes, they were in a state of great shock!

At this time, Gao Yang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the bamboo paper has been soaked in water for several days, yet the handwriting is even clearer; there is no need to say which is superior and which is inferior."

"Furthermore, compared to the hundred coins for a sheet of mulberry-bark paper, the cost of this bamboo paper is only ten... nineteen coins!"

"Your Majesty, whether to use mulberry-bark damask paper to make the scholars from poor families in the world unable to afford books, or to use bamboo paper to let every scholar from a poor family in the world be able to afford books, Your Majesty should decide for yourself!"

Once Gao Yang said this, the officials were all silent, but Pei Cheng still wouldn't give up and wanted to continue struggling.

He looked at Wu Zhao and said loudly, "Your Majesty!"

Wu Zhao narrowed her phoenix eyes, her slender fingers slowly tapping on the armrest of the dragon throne, and she said calmly.

"Minister Pei, I want to ask you, when the Pei family uses gold powder to mix ink, have you ever seen the people drinking poison to quench their thirst?"

PS: For reference, the Ming Dynasty's "Kao Pan Yu Shi" records, "Damask paper rots when soaked for a month."

Bamboo paper has its lignin thoroughly removed after being steamed with lime; refer to the Song Dynasty's "Jin Su Shan Sutra Paper, does not rot for a thousand years."

Because bamboo paper has tight fibers, it is more resistant to water stains; the Ming Dynasty's "Kao Pan Yu Shi" says: "True bamboo paper used for sunning sea charts does not come off after being soaked in water for over a month."