Li Zhong and Ma Liang's work used almost all the literate manpower in the Han Palace.

And the final result also made King Han quite satisfied.

Li Zhong and the others picked out the 1,000 most commonly used characters and sorted them in the order of strokes and radicals...... Of course, there will be mistakes in this, and the figures drawn cannot be really accurate, but it is enough for Li Yuanjia.

Seeing that Li Yuanjia was very happy, Li Zhong boldly asked: "King, are we going to make these thousand words into movable characters next?" ”

As smart as he is, he has already guessed Li Yuanjia's thoughts. And as the director of the movable type printing workshop, this is exactly what Li Zhong wants to do.

"Make it a movable type? Hehe. ”

After listening to Li Zhong's words, he smiled, and Li Yuanjia glanced at him obliquely: "Can you now discharge horizontal and vertical words?" When printing, some words are dark, and some words are light. Or is the cost of printing a book lower than that of other people's engravings? ”

“……”

didn't dare to answer, Li Zhong just buried his head.

Not much else, Li Zhong has nothing to say about the last one - if a book printed by others only costs 100 yuan, if they want to print a book now, it will cost 150 to 200 yuan, which is almost twice as high! Of course, this is the case of only one book, if more books are printed, the advantages of movable type printing can be reflected.

Then there are still many problems in movable type printing that have not been solved, and Li Zhong also knows it.

So when Li Yuanjia asked, Li Zhong suddenly didn't dare to say more, and honestly listened to the king's instructions: "Next, you should hurry up and solve those little problems, when can you print beautiful and clean pages, and when will you start making movable type...... Okay, this thing will be placed here with me, you go to Han Shan to receive the ten rewards, go down! ”

"Thank you, Lord for the reward!"

"I'll retire!"

Secretly relieved, Li Zhong and Ma Liang retreated with joy. Although ten times the money is not much, and it is even less if it is distributed to more than thirty people, but for the two of them, this is originally a matter of responsibility, not to mention that it has been appreciated by the king? It's already a lot of fun.

After Li Zhong and Ma Liang left, Li Yuanjia looked at the stack of papers in front of him and groaned.

A thousand words, a little less.

However, for the current production efficiency of movable type, it is that these thousand words will be produced for a long time, and Li Yuanjia will be able to wake up in the middle of the night with a smile if it can be made in at least three years. However, as he just said, the process of movable type production is not up to par, and there is no way to ensure that each character is made at the same level, and the result is that the printing effect is shallow and deep.

Moreover, there are also big problems in the technology and efficiency of typesetting.

These may seem like inconspicuous minor problems, but Li Yuanjia knows that if these problems are not solved, then movable type printing will not be able to have an advantage compared with the increasingly mature engraving. Therefore, he preferred to let Li Zhong and them continue to improve and postpone the date table for making movable type.

Anyway, he has a lot of time.

As for what is in front of you......

Looking at the thousand-character book sorted out by Li Zhong and the others in his hand, Li Yuanjia grinned: "Although I won't start making movable type for the time being, this thing won't be wasted, just enough to make a dictionary for those little guys...... Hmm, a 1,000-word ultra-simplified dictionary, it shouldn't be a problem to take it out now, right? ”

"King!"

Just when Li Yuanjia was stunned, Han Shan sent a post and said respectfully: "Just now the Fang government sent someone to send it, saying that it was given to you by the eldest prince." ”

"The eldest prince? That's the house left? ”

Without hesitation, Li Yuanjia directly opened the letter of the future brother-in-law. There is not much written in it, a few glances are enough to scan it, and then Li Yuanjia's expression quickly became strange: "Traveling together? Closed day at the end of the month? Hehe, this is the legendary spring outing......"

……

"How? How does King Han reply? ”

While fiddling with the flowers in his hand, Lu asked seemingly nonchalantly. It's just that those who are familiar with her know that this hostess, who usually talks everything in the house, is all on her son's face at this time, and she just pretends not to care.

"Mother, King Han agreed."

Putting down the reply letter in his hand, Fang Yi said with a smile: "And he also specially instructed us, saying that we don't need to prepare meals...... Haha, the food and drink in Han Wangfu is exquisite, that is something that the whole of Chang'an knows, and this time a few of us are blessed! ”

"Oh? Promised? ”

Ignoring his son's last few words, the spirit of the Lu family was all in front, and when he heard that King Han had agreed to go to Qingqing together, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Big brother, big brother!"

At this moment, a sturdy young man rushed in from outside, shouting as he walked: "I heard that you are going to go on a trip with King Han, is it true?!" Isn't it? ”

Seeing his rough brother, Fang Yizhi's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Bereavement, don't shout at home...... Mother is too! ”

For this little brother of his own family, Fang Zhizhi is also extremely helpless.

At the age of thirteen or fourteen, it stands to reason that he should be sensible, and if he is in a hurry, he has even become married. In fact, Fang Yiai has indeed been married, and his future wife is Princess Gaoyang, the seventeenth daughter of the Tang Emperor!

For the Fang family, this is naturally a great honor!

Fang Yizhi is the eldest son of Fangfu, and he will inherit the position of the prince in the future, although Fang Yiai is the second, but after the princess, the status is naturally rising, and the eldest daughter Fang Fengzhu is promised to the emperor's younger brother Han Wang......

That's what a dignitary means.

But his younger brother's temperament has always made Fang Zhizhi quite worried, his temperament is rough and impulsive, and he always relies on his own preferences.

After rushing in and seeing that his mother was also there, Fang Yiai immediately shrunk his neck and hurriedly stepped forward to say goodbye.

"You......"

Raising a finger and poking at Fang's bereavement, Lu scolded with hatred: "You deserve to be scolded by your father and brother every day!" In two years, she will also be a princess, and she will be like a child every day! ”

Scratching his head, Fang Yiai grinned and said, "Mother, didn't I hear that I was going out with my brother-in-law, and I was a little too excited for a while...... Is it true? ”

"Of course it's true, but it's still false?"

Glaring at Fang Yiai, Lu Shi said angrily: "So you can be honest when you go out this time, if you are disrespectful to King Han, I will clean you up when you come back!" ”

"Don't worry, Mother!"

Ignoring the threat of the Lu family, Fang Yiai had only one thought in her heart at this time, and ran outside: "You guys talk first, I'll go to the eldest sister and tell her the good news......"