Two days later, Han Shan arrived in Chang'an with a large group of men.

The money entered the palace, and the officials left behind by the Han Wangfu and some subordinates who served the Han King also followed into the city, but except for Chen Mu and the blacksmith Shi Sheng, the other craftsmen stayed outside the city and stayed in the farm that Han Lucheng had already organized.

As soon as he came back from the Liangyi Hall the next day, Li Yuanjia called Han Shan over.

"What, haven't rested yet?"

Seeing the tiredness on Han Shan's face, Li Yuanjia raised his eyebrows and couldn't help laughing: "Why don't you let Han Lucheng be your housekeeper for two more months?" Hehe, I think he's doing a good job, and he's even better than you in some places. ”

"Goo-dong!"

Swallowing and foaming hard, Han Shan, who was stunned, really didn't know how to answer the king's question for a while.

People praise their son for his ability, and it stands to reason that he, the father, should be happy, but the content of what Li Yuanjia said is to make Han Lu become his own class and become the chief housekeeper of Han Wangfu......

How is he going to answer this?

However, no matter how bad it is, Han Shan must be answered, and after the corners of his mouth twitched twice, he hurriedly said: "King, you think too highly of him!" Lu Cheng is still a little tender now, wait for me to teach him for a few more years......"

"Haha, okay, okay."

Seeing Han Shan's appearance, Li Yuanjia waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm just kidding, our Han Wangfu's chief butler is still you, and you won't change people...... Ha ha. ”

"Huh."

Carefully laughed dryly, Han Shan secretly pinched a cold sweat for himself!

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that since he arrived in Luzhou, his own king actually preferred to use young people, such as Wang Pu in the paper workshop, and Li Zhong and others who had spent a lot of effort and money to cultivate, and compared to him, his own kid was obviously more favored by the king.

And Han Shan also knows the reason, because he has repeatedly questioned the king's decision!

Of course, it must be an exaggeration to say that the doubts are questioned, after all, Han Shan is just a housekeeper, and he doesn't have that qualification yet. But as an old man next to the king, and at the same time a housekeeper arranged by the imperial concubine for Li Yuanjia personally, Han Shan is sometimes indeed qualified to say a few more words......

But just those two more words made Han Shan often receive the unpleasant eyes of the king.

A few years ago, I didn't think much of it, but since he followed Li Yuanjia to Luzhou, Han Shan can clearly feel the changes in the king - he is getting older, his majesty is getting heavier, and he is very assertive, as long as he has made up his mind, he will never change it, and he has established an authority that cannot be ignored in the entire palace at a young age.

Some people adapt to the change quickly, while others appear sluggish.

Especially recently, Han Shan has more and more of a feeling that every time the king decides what to do, he hasn't figured out why he is doing it or how to do it, and Wang Pu and others have already started to do it!

Even his son Han Lucheng seems to be no less impressive in this regard!

So even Han Shan himself sometimes wonders, is it because he is old? The brain is so confused that he can't even understand what the king said, and he can't figure it out? And after the doubt, what rose in Han Shan's heart was a thick fear - he was only in his forties this year, and he was far from being able to do anything, so he didn't want to be kicked by the king to go to the farm to retire!

You know, there is no imperial concubine standing behind Han Shan now.

Looking at the nervousness and uneasiness that appeared in Han Shan's eyes, Li Yuanjia smiled slightly.

For this housekeeper, he is actually quite satisfied, after all, in addition to always making him a little unhappy, Han Shan's loyalty is impeccable, and this is what Li Yuanjia values the most. And on the other hand, he who will always live in Chang'an in the future, really needs an experienced person who can remind his people from time to time that for the time being, there is no one who can replace Han Shan's role.

But it's fun to scare this guy once in a while.

After making a little joke, Li Yuanjia asked with a smile: "By the way, Old Han, I asked you to bring Shi Sheng into the mansion, where is he now?" How's it going with what I've asked them to do? ”

The little blacksmith who made the iron pot back then is now the small head of the eleven blacksmiths in the Han Wangfu.

is not very old, but he is very clever, and the most important thing is that he is willing to follow Li Zhong to learn literacy and mathematics, and he is the fastest improving one among all the rough men! According to Li Zhong, Shi Sheng can now recognize a hundred big characters, and can use numbers to calculate addition and subtraction within a hundred......

When he first heard this report, Li Yuanjia was basically completely disappointed with the iron fighters of this year.

Fortunately, these rough men seem to have a lump of straw in their heads, but they are not ambiguous at all when they do their work. So after sending them a disciple who had been "trained" by Wang Pu before leaving, Li Yuanjia was not afraid that their efficiency would always be as low as before - after having a "scientific research director", they could make some progress anyway, right?

Sure enough, after listening to his question, Han Shan suddenly perked up and said, "Back to the king's words, the blacksmiths just tried out a ...... last month Well, an alloy, made alive, the effect is good after movable type, and the things that are printed on the ink are much clearer than before! ”

Every time he said a fresh name such as alloy and movable type, Han Shan was awkward.

"Oh? It's true? ”

After hearing Han Shan's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and Li Yuanjia hurriedly asked, "How is the effect?" Can you bring a physical object? ”

"This ...... Wait a minute, Lord! ”

After obtaining Li Yuanjia's consent, Han Shan immediately rushed out at a trot, and after a while, he ran back with a stack of blank papers, panting: "Your Majesty, please look, this is the best they have done!" ”

"Hmm......"

After seeing what Han Shan brought, Li Yuanjia's excitement and expectation just now instantly dropped a lot, and a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Indeed, much better than before!

In the past, there was no ink on the movable metal type, and as long as the paper was pasted up, it was often a clump of ink. Later, as Shi Sheng improved the alloy formula again and again, and the ink craftsmen also improved the ink formula again and again, there was always a visible progress every one or two months, and this time the progress was even more obvious, and the diffusion of ink was huge compared to the finished product that Li Yuanjia saw last time!

But even if it progressed, it still did not meet Li Yuanjia's expectations.

Most of the words on the white paper are already very clear, but there is still a tenth of the words that are blurred and the edges are not clear, so after reading this stack of white paper, Li Yuanjia frowned and said in a low voice: "It's not perfect, but it's ...... It should be enough to show the emperor, right? ”

"The Emperor...... Emperor? ”

Hearing Li Yuanjia's whisper, Han Shan was suddenly startled.

Looking up at Han Shan, Li Yuanjia nodded and said, "Yes, I plan to show the emperor, what do you think?" ”

"King, I'm afraid now is not the time, right?"

After hesitating for a moment, Han Shan finally couldn't help but whisper: "Even if I just arrived in Chang'an yesterday, I have heard the news that His Majesty ordered the repair of Buddhist temples in the world in order to pray for the queen!" Why are you in such a hurry? Why don't you wait......"