For Li Yuanjia, Song Tizi is certainly not ugly.

In fact, because Song is the standard printing style more than a thousand years later, most Chinese have long been accustomed to this square font, so they naturally have a natural good feeling after seeing it.

But in Datang...... No, it should be said that in the eyes of the literati of any feudal dynasty, the Song characters are really ugly!

The board is upright, boxy, and has no aesthetic sense.

The ancients wrote like painting, paying attention to both form and spirit, and paying more attention to meaning than form - to put it bluntly, whether it is graceful and light, or heroic and rough, the literati must have an "artistic conception" in writing!

Therefore, during the Zhenguan period, flying white was the most popular.

Although in the eyes of many people in later generations, the font Feibai is undoubtedly too "gorgeous", and it is simply written for the sake of "good-looking", but because of Li Shimin, this font is also popular in Datang. It's just that after the death of Tang Taizong, Feibaiti naturally found it difficult to enter the eyes of orthodox literati, and slowly disappeared......

In the eyes of the literati, the character of Song is simply the word "craftsman...... The so-called ingenuity in everyone's mouth is actually what they are talking about.

Since when his font gradually evolved from regular script to Song style, Li Yuanjia has heard such comments more than once. Whether it is the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, or the Liang State Gongfang Xuanling and the Yingguo Gongyu Scribes, and even his eldest nephews Li Chengqian and Li Tai, they have all given such evaluations openly and secretly.

Especially on the emperor's side, he ridiculed Li Yuanjia in person several times, saying that the older he gets, the more he writes, and even his little nephews who are still in Mongolian school can't compare!

But no matter what they say, Li Yuanjia's determination to use Song characters cannot be shaken.

The reason is simple.

Save money!

Whether it is metal type, whether it is making engraving plates for printing, it is too labor-intensive, material and financial, especially the metal type that can really be applied on a large scale, and the production cost is even higher.

In this case, he dares to use a different font?

Don't be funny!

Even if it's a square italicic character in the eyes of many people, you let those craftsmen carve it? The speed and Song Ti characters are definitely one in the sky and one underground!

The reason why the horizontal and vertical, even the "standard" Song style has become a "printed style" is because it is the easiest to engrave and the most time-saving!

For Li Yuanjia, who is practical, how can it be replaced?

So when Han Lucheng raised this question again, Li Yuanjia did not hesitate at all, and gave a strong and firm order - not only should "University" continue to be printed in Han Wang's style, but in the future, everything that goes out of the Han Wangfu Printing Workshop must and can only use this font, and it will never be changed!

"If you want to change it, wait until I'm dead!"

Li Yuanjia, who had already made up his mind to exchange his reputation for the future of Song Tizi, finally sent Han Lucheng away with a sentence, and also gave him a reassurance: "As for saying that "University" is not selling well, I already know about it. Anyway, this book doesn't have a lot of words, so if it doesn't work, I'll remove the edition first, and then arrange it when the book is almost sold...... Alright, you go down first! ”

"Yes, my lord."

After hearing his words, Han Lucheng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated.

In fact, from the inside, he didn't want to always say the same thing to the king, which made him unhappy, but sometimes Han Lucheng really couldn't help it - every time he heard someone outside laughing at his king's font or something, Han Lucheng was full of unhappiness, and he always felt like he was being scolded......

"Alas, a headache!"

After Han Lucheng closed the door outside, Li Yuanjia sighed, rubbed his temples a little irritably, and was in a rather unhappy mood.

It's annoying!

No wonder people often say that one step ahead is a genius, and two steps ahead becomes a madman...... Although in addition to Li Shimin, even Yu Wenshi and Fang Xuanling didn't dare to scold him for being a madman or anything in front of Li Yuanjia, but there are some things that don't need to be said to others' faces, how could Li Yuanjia not think of it?

Whether it is Tianzhu numbers, Song characters, and of course, those "Mathematics" that are considered "arrogant" representatives in the eyes of many people, I am afraid that many people in Chang'an City privately ridiculed him as the king of Han!

In order to promote the development of Datang, Li Yuanjia felt that he had sacrificed a lot!

So after being sad in the study for a long time, he asked Han Lucheng to call him back: "That Turkic merchant...... Well, what's it called? ”

After a pause, Han Lucheng hurriedly nodded and said, "If you go back to the king, it's called Bahari!" ”

"Yes, Bahari!"

Nodding, Li Yuanjia squinted his eyes and said, "Are the tea and spirits he wants ready?" Did you send it to him? ”

"Don't worry, the king is ready!"

Taking a deep breath, Han Lucheng hurriedly replied: "That Bahari later asked for dozens of more jars of spirits, and the inventory in the mansion was almost not enough...... However, he said hello to the Lu Guogong Mansion and first gave the ten jars of wine from their side to Nabahari. Just a few days ago, Nabahali had left Chang'an to the north. ”

"Lu Guogong's Mansion? They bought our spirits? Did Lu Guogong drink it himself? ”

After listening to Han Lucheng's words, Li Yuanjia was quite satisfied with the news that Bahari had gone north, and at the same time, he was quite surprised that the Lu Guogong Mansion would buy his own spirits.

What the hell......

Does anyone really like to drink it in this day and age? And in this big summer?

Awesome!

Seeing Li Yuanjia's surprised look, the corners of Han Lucheng's mouth twitched, and he nodded helplessly: "It's not Lu Guogong, it's the Erlang of the house...... I don't know why, Erlang in the Lu Guogong Mansion seems to like our spirits very much, and he will have people send a few jars every month! ”

"Erlang...... That kid?! ”

After listening to Han Lucheng's words, Li Yuanjia first secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glad that it was not Cheng Zhijie who fell in love with high-grade liquor, and then a foolish appearance immediately flashed in his mind.

Speaking of which, that kid hasn't been here for a long time?

"Huh? That's not right! ”

Thinking about it, Li Yuanjia suddenly remembered one thing, that is, he had promised Cheng Erlang and Fang Erlang that if anyone finished "Mathematics" first, he would make a four-wheeled carriage for whoever he wanted first, why didn't there be any movement?

"Hmmm......"

Smacked his lips with some toothache, and Li Yuanjia suddenly had a very upset thought: "Otherwise, like Fengzhu's side, I will also run a men's club?" Engage in some exciting games, and when the time comes, it will definitely be crowded, and the second generation of officials will gather......"