After the dispersal of the dynasty, Montenegro came to his study with his teacher. When the fourth princess saw that Montenegro was in the court, she went into the study with Meng Fuzi, hurriedly ordered someone to cook tea and snacks, and brought the maid over.

After putting the refreshments, the princess sat down next to Montenegro and said, "Teacher Meng, I will also sit here, and I won't hinder you, right?" ”

"You ass worm, sit down and ask!" Montenegro scratched the princess's nose and said.

"Sit down! You don't have to be bored! Meng Fuzi said with a smile.

Meng Zhao took a sticker from the case, handed it to Montenegro, and asked, "What do you think of these words?" ”

Montenegro took it and looked at it, and was immediately startled, isn't this a common record in later generations? And Qin Seal are simply two different things! Montenegro hurriedly praised: "This ...... The word is so beautiful, I haven't seen a font like this, where did this come from? Did you write it, teacher? ”

"I copied these words last night! It's been circulating in college for a while! It's a pity that there aren't many words, and I don't know who wrote it in the first place! Meng Zhao said.

Montenegro knew that the commonly used book of Laili in later generations was the book style of the book Tongwen that was set after King Qin ruled the world! Seven or eight years later than now, the person who created this kind of book style is called Cheng Miao, but now I can't say it, and I don't know where Cheng Miao is.

"According to the method that the teacher said in the court, I will definitely find this person! Distribute the paper to the county at once, and let those who write well write it, and you will definitely find it! Montenegro said.

"That's exactly what I wanted! I can only use such a stupid method! I immediately wrote a proclamation and asked the prime minister to send it to all counties. Meng Zhao said.

"I will also write to Tao County immediately, and ask them to send the paper directly to the counties!" Montenegro said.

As soon as he walked out of the teacher's courtyard with the princess, he saw Uncle Chen coming over with Zhang Cang, and a little girl of eight or nine years old. The little girl was very cute, and when she saw Montenegro and the princess, she immediately saluted, and said, "The little girl Xin has seen the fourth princess and the horse!" ”

"Little sister is rude, so cute!" The princess praised the little girl and immediately took her with her.

"Zhang Cang, this is your daughter, right? It's so big! Montenegro asked casually.

"This is my new female student. Very clever and unforgettable. She's the daughter of your subordinate, General Xin Sheng! clamoring for me to take her to the Pony Mansion to see the little tiger! Zhang Cang replied.

"Oh! I didn't expect General Xin Sheng to have such a lovely daughter! Xin Chai, you said your name is Xin Chai! It can't be such a coincidence, right? Montenegro suddenly remembered the great beauty in the Mawangdui Han Tomb in later generations.

"What a coincidence! She worshipped me as a teacher last year! Zhang Cang said inexplicably.

The king of Qin designated cats as national treasures, and nearly 100 of them are currently bred in various palaces to catch mice. Outside the palace, there is only the Black Mountain Concubine, which envies many people, and many people go out to the daughter to find the Horse Mansion to ask for a cat, because the Black Mountain did not agree, so they gave up.

Montenegro took Zhang Cang to the pavilion in the garden to sit down and drink tea and bask in the sun. Uncle Chen said: "After the young master returned home, many people came to the door and asked to buy books and papers. What do you think? ”

Montenegro thought for a moment and said, "Send the books and paper to the Guangyao porcelain shop to sell." There is a limit of 100 sheets of paper per person, and 10 sheets for one and a half cents. Each person is limited to one copy of each type of printed book, and he is worth 200 yuan per book. ”

"I ...... Did I hear me right? Sell so cheap? Ten pieces of paper for a penny? Meatloaf asked incredulously.

"That's right, just take this price and sell it!" Montenegro confirmed.

"Good! I'll send someone to do it right away. Chen Bo replied.

"Uncle Chen, how many cats are there in our family? Has the female cat ever exchanged with the palace cattery? Montenegro asked. Montenegro was afraid that the cats at home would be inbred, so he had already confessed that he had given birth to a kitten and wanted to exchange the kitten with the cat in the palace cattery.

"I've already given birth to two litters of kittens, a total of twelve kittens. The female cat had a big belly again, and she was about to give birth to three children. The little female cats have all been exchanged with the pair in the palace! Chen Bo replied.

"Wait a minute, call Qing and Red to bring two pairs of kittens over and give them to Lord Zhang and Xin Chai's little girl! Go back and send a pair to the National Governor's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Zheng Guofu! Send five sets of books and 1,000 pieces of paper each. Montenegro explained.

"No! I'm going to call them! Uncle Chen responded.

"I'll take my little sister to pick it out! Your two nieces treat cats as treasures, watch them carefully! They didn't do a good job, so they were reluctant to give so much. The princess said, and chased after Xiao Xin.

"This book can be sold for a thousand yuan a book, and it is cheap to sell a piece of paper for 20 yuan! Why don't you make money when you have it? Zhang Cang asked puzzled.

"The teacher said that the goal of paper and printing is to make books affordable for everyone and to read! Not for profiteering! In the future, I will give you fifty yuan for every copy of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" sold, and you will wait to get rich! Montenegro said.

"What? Give me money? Why was the money given? Zhang Cang asked strangely.

"I've figured it out! There will be many more books published in the future, and as long as the author is still there, I will pay the author for every book sold. Ten years later, there will be no more payment for books, and this part of the money will be collected by the government to build more schools and develop education! In this way, the people who write books will be rich, and the country will have money to invest in education. "Luckily, you're the first author to benefit!" ”

"General Montenegro, you can have such a long-term plan, Zhang Cang admires and is taught!" Zhang Cang was greatly moved and saluted Montenegro.

Sending away Xiao Xin Chai and Zhang Cang, Montenegro and the princess came out to bask in the sun with their little daughter, the youngest daughter's name was Xuan, and the name was taken by Meng Fuzi. The pink face always made people love it, and the princess said jealously: "How cute! I really want to have one! ”

"Okay, I'll work hard at night and try to have a pair of twins!" Montenegro smirked.

The princess immediately flushed with shame, and desperately pinched Montenegro's arm, but she couldn't pinch it at all, and beat it with her pink fist, and found that it was her own hand that hurt, so she had to scratch her armpit instead. Montenegro is most afraid of tickling. I had to hold my daughter in one hand and the princess in the other, and kiss her little mouth.

While the two were making trouble and walking, the princess suddenly asked, "Tomorrow's royal family banquet, have you prepared a gift for Ah Da?" Don't make jokes about last year! ”

The princess reminded Montenegro to prepare a gift. I had to think about it while walking.

The two came to the side door of the garden, the side door is next to the kitchen, usually the family buys vegetables and firewood through this door, Montenegro saw that today bought a lot of pork, mutton, and a few big white geese! I remembered that today is my daughter's full moon, and the family should make more food to celebrate. When I saw the goose, I suddenly remembered that my family was poor when I was a child, and I couldn't afford a fountain pen when I was studying, so the teacher asked everyone to bring goose feathers to school and teach everyone to make a quill. I thought to myself, I'm not used to writing calligraphy, now that I have paper, why not make a quill and write hard pen words, isn't it much easier? So he called the chief eunuch in charge of the kitchen, and told him to wash all the big feathers from the goose's wings and keep them for himself.

It is very simple to make a quill pen, pick the goose feathers of the big roots, scrape off the skin on the stem, fill the pot with sand, heat it until it is hot, then turn off the heat, and then insert the feathers into the sand and bake for a quarter of an hour. Then cut the feathers to the appropriate length, cut the feather head into a pen-like shape, and hollow out the oil and blood clots inside. Then cut the tip of the pen a little, the same as the pen head, and then polish it with a rough cloth, a quill pen is ready, dipped in ink can be written on the paper, if the pen is too thin, you can also insert a small bamboo tube, it is better to write!

Montenegro tried to make it several times, and the quill was successfully made!

In the evening, at the family banquet of the daughter's full moon, a total of 19 people from the Montenegrin family plus Meng Fuzi sat at a special large round table and enjoyed themselves. Everyone sent gifts and blessings!

Seeing the women of the palace in the mansion coming and going, Montenegro asked, "Uncle Chen, how many people are there in our mansion now?" ”

"There are eight hundred and forty-eight." Chen Bo replied, "One hundred and fifty guards sent by the royal family, two hundred guards sent by the lieutenant's palace, and one hundred official servants. There are 200 chamberlains and palace maids, and the rest are singers, dancers, musicians, imperial doctors, and pharmacists more than 100 people. ”

"It's not that I don't know, it's really scary! These official servants, guards, palace maids, and chamberlains are all drawn from the government and the royal family in accordance with the law, and they really can't move! After the first year of the year, my husband and I will go to Tao County, how many people will stay at home? Montenegro asked.

Uncle Chen thought for a while and said, "The royal guards follow the princess, and the two hundred guards and official servants will also be re-sent according to the title of the old master." The rest are with the princess! ”

"In that case, when we get to Tao County, let's make a long-term plan for everyone!" Montenegro said.

After the dinner, I took a few quill pens and asked Meng Fuzi to try to write them on paper! Meng Fuzi was amazed to find that writing on paper with a quill pen was faster, more neat, and easier to control the font size. It is very suitable for the writing of official documents, and even those like Montenegro who do not know how to write calligraphy can easily write a neat word.

"This paper, printing, quill pen, and then find the strange person who made the words, these will be a great leap forward in Chinese civilization. This meaning will surpass the hundreds of contentions in the Spring and Autumn Period! Meng Fuzi sighed.

"Teacher, I just don't like to write calligraphy, so I just get a few goose feathers to play! Is it that great? Montenegro pretended not to understand and asked.

"Tomorrow is the first year of the year, and it is also the birthday of King Qin. You give this pen to King Qin as a congratulatory gift, and I promise you will get the jackpot! Meng Zhao said with a smile.

Montenegro also introduced the pricing of printed books and paper, and the idea of copyright fees to the original author in detail with the teacher, and asked the teacher's opinion.

Meng Fuzi stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and said, "It's a shame that you have thought of such a good way!" In this way, the scholars who wrote books had a large income, which would definitely stimulate the creative enthusiasm of the readers, and the government would also have a large income. It's the best of both worlds. It's just that you put paper and books at such a low price, can the income support the expenses of the workshop? ”

"Rest assured, teacher! I have set the price of this kind of paper and some basic knowledge books low, and it is really impossible to make money at present, so that ordinary people can afford to buy and read books. Later, I will immediately produce better and larger sheets of paper, and the price will be set at 10 or 100 wen per piece. Let the wealthy officials, merchants, and nobles buy it. There will also be some non-basic knowledge books, and the price can be priced according to the content. Like these teacups made by my eldest brother, I sell them for more than gold! Now it has become a luxury that the rich are actually looking after. Montenegro picked up the teacup in his hand and said.

"With your mind, even if you are not a general, you will inevitably become a big businessman in the world when you do business!" Meng Zhao said with a smile.

"Trouble the teacher to write the price of the book and paper we just suggested in a quill pen! I'll hand it over to King Qin tomorrow. With your words, it can better reflect the value of this goose feather! Montenegro said.

The teacher agreed, and immediately handed over a letter to Montenegro in an honorary handwritten handwriting.

September 30 of the 21st year of King Qin, the day before the first year of the year, is equivalent to the New Year of later generations. All members of the royal family in Xianyang have to go to the temple to worship their ancestors. Montenegro and the fourth princess got up and changed into a long auspicious dress, how long is the auspicious costume? The height of the king and queen of Qin is increased by nine feet, and the height of other royal family members as long as they are twelve years old and underage is added to the height of five feet. Adults like Montenegro and the princess are seven feet tall. This dress is too long, and when you walk outside, you have to help pull it up with two palace maids so that it won't get dirty. There are also shoes, there is a board in front of it that is two inches high, if you want to raise your feet and walk faster, either the shoes fall off or step on the placket and trip yourself. This is very unaccustomed to Montenegro, which has always liked to walk in stride.

The fourth princess usually wears this clothes, and she has long been used to it. Seeing the embarrassment of Montenegro's walking, he smiled and said: "You just hold your head high and walk slowly, these will not be in the way!" ”

Montenegro tried it, and it was much easier. It turns out that the ancients designed such clothes to make people walk with dignity and not be in a hurry.