Insufficient balance

  It's okay, there are many skilled craftsmen in the mansion. Under Li Guan's leadership, they walked towards those skilled craftsmen. The hands of the ancients were indeed very skillful. Listening to Li Yan's description, Li Guan believed that these people could make something that would satisfy Li Yunfei. However, he couldn't understand why Qin Wang was so enthusiastic about a fan? Aren't palace fans and feather fans all the same? Especially now, it seems like it's still March, and the willow branches have just sprouted, what's the point of holding a fan?!

  Li Guanjia didn't know that when the folding fan became popular, those self-proclaimed elegant scholars would still hold a folding fan and wave it around in the middle of winter, with an air of "I'm so cool", but they were indeed very cool, hadn't you seen their runny noses dripping with clear snot?

  "See King Qin, I don't know if King Qin has any instructions? We will definitely make you satisfied!" Everyone knelt down and said respectfully to Li Yunfei. Li Yan looked at the kneeling crowd with a little pride in his heart, when did he have such an aura, but as a modern person, he still felt a bit resistant to this etiquette.

  "Alright, all of you get up! I, the king, came to find you just for a small matter, no need to be so formal!" Although Li Yunfei said this, he forgot that he represented the royal family's dignity, and everything had to be the best. Most importantly, this was Li Yan's first time ordering them to do something, so Li Yunfei couldn't afford to be careless. Therefore, although Li Yunfei spoke lightly, these people put in twelve times the effort to get it done.

  Li Yunfei drew out the rough sketch of the folding fan and then told the leading craftsman about the composition of the materials. Originally, Li Yunfei had only suggested using ivory as the skeleton would be good, but he didn't expect that this mansion actually had such a thing, and the material used for the fan surface was also high-quality Xuan paper, which was specially treated to be extremely tough.

  Li Yunfei sat on one side, watching the craftsmen busy at work, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart. This was truly unbelievable! Li Yunfei couldn't help but admire the superb craftsmanship of the ancients, which was vastly different from what he had imagined! After waiting for only about an hour, a beautifully crafted white paper fan appeared before him. Li Yunfei took it in his hand and gently stroked it, unable to believe that such a fine folding fan could be made!

  "Li Guan Jia, what do you think?" Li Yan swung the fan back and forth, then suddenly opened it with a "slap", swinging it in front of him with a pleased expression. Originally, Li Yun Fei was already a handsome young man, but now, with just the addition of a folding fan, he had an extra air of elegance, making him look even more extraordinary. Li Guan Jia was also amazed, the creator was indeed amazing, such a small thing could have so much charm. But what made Li Guan Jia admire even more was this Prince Qin, who could think of such things, really too talented.

  "Your Majesty, it's truly amazing! I never thought this small thing would have such a great effect. I'm really impressed!" Li the steward said this from his heart, he was also a person with unique insight, the appearance of this thing will definitely set off a wave, "Young master, I think this thing is so good, why don't we...we make more and sell them? We'll open shops all over the country, you see...after all, the expenses of the mansion are not enough just relying on the salary!"

  "My god! Li Guanjia, you're too avant-garde! Isn't this a chain store?" Li Yunfei couldn't help but blurt out a curse. If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't know how to fold fans, Li Yunfei would have suspected that this person was also a time-traveler like himself.

  "Master Wang is unaware, but our family was originally merchants. It wasn't until the war that we were forced to sell ourselves into slavery. Seeing Master Wang create such a remarkable object today has made me anxious, but relying solely on Master Wang's salary will truly be difficult to support the entire royal estate!" Li the steward thought Li Yunfei was blaming him and immediately explained himself, after all he did it for Master Wang's own good. At this time, although the emperor encouraged commerce, the lowly status of merchants still made many people hesitant, in this era having money didn't necessarily mean everything, unlike later generations where having money meant being a master.

  In this era, people's deeply rooted mindset is that of scholars, farmers, workers and merchants. No matter how rich a merchant gets, they are still just a merchant. What is a merchant? A representative of swindlers! "A merchant who doesn't cheat isn't a good merchant" - this is everyone's psychology. Now, letting Qin Wang go into business on his own initiative, although it was for the sake of Young Master Wang, but that doesn't mean Li Yunfei can accept it!

  "No big deal! I'm just surprised by your idea, but now that Li Guan Jia has said it, it's actually quite reasonable. However, I won't be able to show my face in this matter, you know why! As long as the profit is good, I have even more lucrative things, and I'll fully support you from behind the scenes. This kind of thing can only be done by you, so don't bother me too much about it in the future, Li Guan Jia!"

  Li Yun Fei thought carefully and realized that this vast Wang Fu couldn't possibly be supported by just the little money his father gave him, not to mention other expenses. Which one of these royal princes didn't have their own private industries? They just didn't show their faces, just like Li Yun Fei said.

  "Really? Young Master! It's really great, I'll go and do it right away, I guarantee to do it perfectly for you. Young Master redeemed the old slave's frank words, this white paper fan is good, but it's a bit too plain, why not draw some decorations on it?" Li Guan Jia has such keen eyesight, he spotted the flaw of this folding fan at a glance, that's why he reminded Li Yun Fei.

  "What you said is also true, so what should we do?" This made Li Yunfei think of a great painter and poet from the Tang Dynasty, Tang Yin, also known as Tang Bohu. In later generations, Tang Bohu's fans were worth thousands of gold, and they were hard to come by! Why not learn from him and paint and write poetry on them? "Alright, Li prepared the Four Treasures of the Study, as well as painting materials!"

  Li Yunfei thought of the famous "Ten Beauties" painting by Tang Yin, and he himself had truly studied the essence of Chinese painting. Although he couldn't paint ten beauties, he could definitely paint three. One was Xiaolian, with her elegant and refined feeling. Another was the little red from Lu Guogong's mansion, who belonged to the passionate and fiery type. The last one was his mother in this life, whom he had never met, but she belonged to the gentle and elegant type. Although he had never seen her, she was deeply etched in his mind, a memory left by his previous master, making Li Yunfei unforgettable for a lifetime. This season was just the time when peach blossoms were in full bloom, and the whole courtyard was filled with peach blossoms, making people feel very enjoyable. Li Yunfei naturally thought of that poem he loved so much from his past life.

  "Inside Peach Blossom Valley is Peach Blossom Hut, beneath Peach Blossom Hut lives Peach Blossom Fairy."

  The Peach Fairy plants peach trees and picks peach blossoms to exchange for wine money.

  Waking from wine, I sit before flowers; drunk again, I sleep beneath them.

  Half drunk and half awake day after day, flowers fall and bloom year after year.

  May I die in a tavern, rather than bow on horseback.

  The carriage dust and horse hoof marks are visible, but the wine cup and flower branch are hidden from view.

  If we compare the visible and the hidden, one is on flat ground and the other in heaven.

  If we compare our love to a chariot, why is yours so clumsy and mine so elegant?

  The world laughs at me for being too crazy, I laugh at them for not seeing through.

  "There's no tomb of heroes in the Five Tombs, no flowers, no wine, just a field for farming."

  Li Yunfei hummed softly as he wrote the poem on the fan, this was one of his favorite poems. In his past life, he had been busy with work and had done many lowly things, but only at night would he recite this poem to himself, making his mood more comfortable. Originally, Li Guanjia had only heard that young master Wang was talented, but didn't think the poem would be so good. Especially since Li Guanjia was deeply moved by it! This "Peach Blossom Hut" made Li Guanjia involuntarily immerse himself in a carefree and unrestrained lifestyle, creating such a masterpiece in an instant, making Li Guanjia even more respectful of Li Yunfei.

  Li Yunfei wrote in the style of Kai script. In the early Tang Dynasty, Wang Xizhi's Kai script was imitated to an unrecognizable degree, except for Ouyang Xun, a master calligrapher whose main characteristics were strictness, neatness, and elegance. It was difficult for people to imitate, and many found it unbearable until Yan Zhenqing emerged during the popularization of Kai script, contrasting with Wang Xizhi's typical style, opening up new trends in calligraphy. Later, it was inherited and developed by Liu Gongquan, making Kai script more diversified.

  Li Yunfei's regular script is a regular script that has undergone many evolutions, and Li Yunfei has worked hard on it. But Li Guanjia didn't know these things, he just thought this font was very beautiful, much more beautiful than those elegant fonts of scholars.

  Before long, Li Yunfei brought out the other side of the fan with a painting of three beauties. Li Guanjia looked at the three women in the painting, each with different shapes and features, and his eyes widened instantly. This... this is too similar! There's no way around it. Li Yunfei added sketching techniques to the painting, making the three beauties look incredibly lifelike. Among them, Li Guanjia could only recognize one, who was none other than Xiaolian, that lovely little maid. Li Guanjia took another glance at Li Yunfei and thought that only a girl like Xiaolian would be worthy of Young Master Wang.