Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1602 Reform
The two letters were of the same paper quality, and they were cut from a single piece of paper. The pigeon's one was a little smaller, and the envoy's was a little bigger, but after being put together, they could just blend together completely.

The contents of the two letters are also the same.

After seeing this result, everyone already knew the result of this competition.

Although they already knew about it when the carrier pigeon flew back, they were still shocked when they really knew about it.

"My lord, Lord Qin's carrier pigeon can really deliver letters, it's really amazing."

"Yes, yes, I can't believe it, my lord, if this carrier pigeon is used to deliver letters, it will save a lot of trouble in the future."

"That's right, that's right. If there are fewer characters, you can use carrier pigeons to deliver the message. It's fast and easy."

"It's, it's..."

The ministers were very excited, and they all thought that the carrier pigeon was very powerful, but Gao Shilian had obviously lost in this competition.

After everyone praised him like this, they all turned their attention to Qin Tian and Gao Shilian.

Qin Tian stood aside without speaking, just smiled, letting the heavy snow fall on his shoulders.

Gao Shilian's face was a bit ugly, after hesitating for a while, he finally came to Qin Tian and said, "I lost, [-] yuan, I will send someone to send it soon."

Speaking of this, Gao Shilian smiled slightly: "Using pigeons to deliver letters seems to be faster than humans, but there are also disadvantages. If a letter needs a lot of words to write, pigeons may not be able to use it." Right? For example, a memorial may need thousands of words, if so, how much paper can be written in the letter box of the pigeon? So it is true that the pigeon can deliver the letter, but the effect is not very great."

After Gao Shilian said this, everyone looked at each other and felt that what Gao Shilian said was also reasonable. A piece of paper could only write about ten characters according to the size of their usual writing. Naturally, there was nothing wrong with conveying some news with a small number of characters. It is a problem, but if there are too many, it will definitely not work.

In this case, the carrier pigeon is rather useless for sending letters, and it is not as easy to use as imagined.

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, looked at Qin Tian and said, "Qin Aiqing, what do you have to say about Gao Aiqing's words?"

Based on his understanding of Qin Tian, ​​since Qin Tian trained carrier pigeons, he must have thought of this problem a long time ago, right?
The paper is not big, so there must not be many characters to write on.

Qin Tian smiled slightly and said: "My lord, for the memorial, it is not acceptable to use a carrier pigeon to deliver the letter. Well, it still needs someone to deliver it. What the carrier pigeon can deliver is some urgent report that does not require many words. Of course , a hundred words or something, you can still give it away."

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback. A letter of about a hundred words was enough for many of them. They didn't need many words to write a letter. Except for long-winded memorials, other letters were only about a hundred words.

Is it just that Qin Tian is confused?

"Master Qin, with such a piece of writing, can you write a hundred or so characters?"

"That's right, Mr. Qin is joking, the brushes we use can't write tiny characters."

"That's right, how can you write a hundred words?"

Everyone turned their attention to Qin Tian, ​​but Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and said, "Of course a hundred characters is fine, please troubleshoot, I want to write a hundred or so characters on the back of this letter."

After finishing speaking, Qin Tian plucked a feather with a tube from the pigeon's tail. After someone grinded the ink, he dipped the end of the feather in the ink, and then began to write on the letter paper.

The end of the feather is very sharp and thin, which can be used to write very small characters. In this way, if you write more characters, there will be no problem. Qin Tian wrote it all in one go.

After writing it in this way, he handed it in. Li Shimin took a look in his hand, but after he took a look, he didn't care about the number of words. The handwriting and the content on it attracted me.

The handwriting is naturally different from the calligraphy brushes of this time. It is the pen calligraphy of later generations. Compared with the brush calligraphy, it looks more elegant. Of course, it cannot be said to be better than the brush calligraphy of this era. It is a new font that suddenly appeared. Li Shimin was a little surprised.

The content is a poem, a good poem for the occasion, about today's heavy snow, about today's Chang'an.

Those who write about Chang'an also write about the prosperity of Chang'an.

One word should include the world.

After Li Shimin saw it, he praised it again and again.

Seeing this, everyone followed suit.

"Good words, good words."

"That's right. The key is that after using this quill, you can write more words by sending letters with pigeons in the future, don't you think?"

"Of course, this problem is basically solved."

"........."

The snow was getting heavier, Li Shimin didn't say anything to the officials, he just reached out and grabbed the carrier pigeon from Qin Tian's hand, then turned around and walked towards the harem. Obviously, Li Shimin wanted the carrier pigeon.

Qin Tian smiled wryly, but there was nothing he could do.

The officials left one after another, but the crowd around Qin Tian suddenly increased.

"Master Qin is really capable. From the very beginning, I thought that Master Qin would be able to train pigeons."

"That's right, that's right, Mr. Qin is so powerful, I don't know if there is such a carrier pigeon, but there are still?"

"Don't worry, we'll just pay for it, and I hope Mr. Qin can buy some for us."

"........."

These people were not optimistic about Qin Tian at the beginning, but now that Qin Tian has really trained carrier pigeons, they naturally want to get some. If they have carrier pigeons, it will be convenient for them to send messages in the future. too much?
So, everyone wants a few.

Qin Tian was completely surrounded by these people, even though it was snowing heavily, these people had no intention of leaving, they still kept muttering.

Qin Tian didn't really want to talk to these people, but he couldn't stand their entanglement, so he could only say: "I don't have much training, and I'm temporarily investing in the reform of the station. If you want to, you can only go back later." It's ready, but let me tell you in advance that the price of homing pigeons is not cheap, and I will never lower the price, and everyone can't ask for more, at most three."

Hearing that Qin Tian was willing to sell, these officials dared to bargain. As long as Qin Tian was willing to sell, they would have no problem getting as many as they wanted.

"It's easy to say, easy to say, it's settled like this."

"Okay, then I'll reserve three first, Master Qin must keep it for me."

"........."

The price of carrier pigeons is very high, but these officials still can't afford this price. Moreover, even if Qin Tian asks for a high price, he will never ask for it. They still believe in this.

After saying this, these talents finally left, and Qin Tian heaved a sigh of relief and returned home through the snow.

(End of this chapter)