"Sir, the "Tang Dictionary" has been fully revised today, and Ma invited you to come today, just to invite you to take a look!"

The side hall next to the editorial office of Datang Daily.

Ma Zhou took out a thick stack of manuscripts and handed them to Li Zexuan, looking excited.

"Oh~? So fast? ”

Li Zexuan was taken aback, he didn't expect that Ma Zhou called him here today for this matter, and he didn't expect that the revision of the newspaper would progress so quickly.

"Hehe, this is all thanks to the help of Mr. Li, Mr. Li has studied the past and the present, and is full of economy, Ma is not as good as Ma, and the scholars sent by King Wei and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are also not as good, since Mr. Li came, how can the speed of our compilation not only increase by one percent?"

Ma Zhou bowed his hand respectfully to Li Gang and praised.

"Hehe, Steward Ma is modest, your knowledge has undergone a few years of precipitation and polishing, and you will definitely not be under the old man in the future!"

Li Gang nodded at Ma Zhouhan with a smile, then looked at Li Zexuan and said: "The old man really didn't expect that a small workshop would have such an amazing talent as Ma Steward, Li Siye is really a good skill!" ”

It is gold that shines everywhere, Ma Zhou's talent, even if he is in the workshop, can be discovered by people with a heart, in the past month or so, he has not only conquered Li Chengqian and Li Tai with his own talents, but even Li Gang, a veteran Confucian who joined in halfway, also began to appreciate him.

As Bole, who discovered Ma Zhou's "thousand-mile horse", Li Zexuan's face also felt bright at the moment, and he smiled:

"Haha, it is a blessing for the kid to invite Brother Ma, and it is also a blessing for the workshop, of course, Mr. Li can come here to help, the kid is also very grateful, and I will let people prepare a generous gift later to thank you!"

"Hehe, that's what you kid should be! When the time comes, remember to send a few jars of good wine to the old man, well, this gentle township is good, soft and mellow, and has a long aftertaste! When the time comes, send two altars to the old man! ”

Li Gang obviously knew that Li Zexuan was wealthy, and he smiled when he heard this, and he didn't shirk it.

"Haha! Since Mr. Li likes it, that kid will definitely let people send two more altars when the time comes! ”

"Hmm~ You're a good offspring, No, you better take a look at this freshly compiled dictionary first! Let's talk about it after reading it! ”

Li Gang pointed to the dictionary in Li Zexuan's hand and said with a smile.

"Well, that's exactly what the kid wants!"

Li Zexuan has long been itching, and when he heard Li Gang say this at this moment, he was not polite, and he looked through the "Tang Dictionary" on the spot.

This "Tang Dictionary" is obviously a newly completed manuscript, you can smell the fragrance of ink from afar, and there is no cover yet, Li Zexuan didn't care about this, and looked at the content directly.

The paper of the dictionary is made of new paper produced by the workshop, and the size of the paper is according to the size of the current book paper, for Li Zexuan, who has used the modern "Xinhua Dictionary", such paper is a bit big, but for the people of the Tang Dynasty, it is just right, he discussed this issue with Ma Zhou before, and finally Li Zexuan decided to adapt to the times.

The first few pages, not surprisingly, belong to the table of contents, which are first arranged alphabetically in phonetic order, and the page numbers of each pronunciation are indicated one by one, and then there are several pages of table of contents that can be searched by radicals.

Looking at the "Datang Dictionary" in front of him, Li Zexuan couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic for the worn-out "Xinhua Dictionary" he used when he was in elementary school in his previous life.

"Just check "Ze"! ”

Although he has never used a dictionary since graduating from elementary school, he still remembers how to look up the dictionary, and after a while, he found the page where "Ze" is located, and saw that it reads: "Ze is pronounced as zé, which refers to the place where water gathers, and also means benevolence, benevolence, etc." The detailed interpretation is as follows:

1. Deep lakes and marshes or lakes and marshes with water and weeds.

There is water under it, and the words are moist. - "Interpretation of Names"

2. Grace, favor.

Ze and eternity are not benevolent. - "Zhuangzi: The Great Master"

Therefore, Ximen Leopard is Ye Ling, famous all over the world, and Zeliu will flow to future generations. - "Historical Records: The Biography of Simon Leopard"

3. Acts of kindness.

King Yin also dared to lose the emperor, and he was not worthy of Tianqize. - "Book Toast"

4. Undershirts, underwear.

How can it be said that there is no clothes, and he is the same as the son? - "Poetry, Qin Feng, No Clothes"

5. Lu position, legacy wind.

The gentleman's ze, the fifth and beheaded. - Mencius

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"Tsk, yes, yes, if I hadn't looked up the dictionary today, I wouldn't have known that "Ze" has so many meanings! ”

Li Zexuan sighed in his heart.

After about half an hour's work, Li Zexuan casually checked several Chinese characters, and the results were all smooth, all the page numbers were correct, he closed the dictionary and said with a smile:

"Yes, very good, Brother Ma, you will go and let the people from the printing department start preparing for printing, the first batch, let's print a thousand copies first!"

"A thousand?"

Ma Zhou held the gentle hand, couldn't help shaking, and exclaimed: "Sir, will a thousand be too much?" ”

"No more, no less! Not much at all! ”

Before Li Zexuan could speak, Li Gang spoke, his face flushed, and he smiled excitedly: "Such a masterpiece should be prepared for every household, so that within three years, there will be thousands of more literate and reasonable people in my Tang Dynasty, and such a glorious and prosperous era, even in the Qin Emperor and Han Wu era, it has never appeared!" ”

"The old gentleman is right, our "Tang Dictionary" will become a necessary tool book for children's enlightenment and even young people's imperial examinations in the future. In the future, the cumulative sales of our "Datang Dictionary" will definitely be hundreds of thousands, millions! Brother Ma, don't worry, let people go to print! ”

Li Zexuan answered.

Thinking about the cumulative sales of the "Xinhua Dictionary" in his previous life, he only printed 1,000 copies, so what is there to be afraid of?

Ma Zhou was said by the two of them, and couldn't help but think that in the future, the "Tang Dictionary" would become a holy book comparable to the Four Books and Five Classics among all readers, and he couldn't help but feel excited, isn't this one of the dreams he wanted to realize at the beginning?

"Yes, Ma will arrange the printing of the "Datang Dictionary" later, and by the way, he will publicize the "Datang Dictionary" in tomorrow's newspaper!"

Ma Zhou nodded in response.

"Well, that's a good idea, or Brother Ma, you can go now! Print a copy for me first, I have to send it to the palace to show Your Majesty first! ”

Li Zexuan didn't expect that Ma Zhou would actually learn and use it, and he also knew that he had advertised the "Tang Dictionary" in the newspaper in advance. suddenly remembered that Li Er had confessed before that if the "Tang Dictionary" was printed, it would have to be sent to the palace for him to see, so Li Zexuan added.

"That's good! Ma will arrange it! ”

Ma Zhou got up, bowed his hand to Li Zexuan and Li Gang, and went out.

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(End of chapter)