Chapter 176: Li Shimin summoned
Chapter 176
Li Tai stood there, looking at the speed of the printing press so fast, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart.
If the printing house is allowed to print, then the entire Datang will not be short of books, and the family will be finished at that time.
And the family is finished, it is not good for him, and he still needs the support of the family now.
"Well, tomorrow Your Majesty will invite them to come and have a look, His Royal Highness King Wei, you have already told Your Majesty, right?" Qin Huaidao nodded, looked at King Wei and asked.
"Having said that, my father will bring his ministers over tomorrow." King Wei said a little unnaturally.
Qin Huaidao found that he was a little unnatural, I don't know why? After glancing at Li Tai and not finding anything wrong, he left him alone and began to prepare other books.
Because tomorrow, it can't just print "The Analects", Qin Huaidao plans to start selling books the day after tomorrow, so he still needs to print more.
Qin Huaidao is going to print the four books "Analects", "The Mean", "Mencius", and "University" tomorrow, these are the four books in the Four Books and Five Classics, so the day after tomorrow, you can drag those books to Chang'an City to sell.
So Qin Huaidao told the officials below to typeset, Qin Huaidao needed to check, and it was not until the evening that Qin Huaidao was busy, and rode to Chang'an City with Li Tai, the king of Wei.
Li Tai returned to the house, worried, he didn't know how the family would react when he saw it tomorrow.
Today I was really shocked, being able to print so many books in one day, this impact on the family is huge.
As soon as Qin Huaidao returned to the mansion, he found that Wang En, the eunuch beside Li Shimin, was already waiting for him.
"Princess, do you have something to do with me?" After Qin Huaidao received the housekeeper's report, he went straight to the living room, saw Wang En sitting there drinking tea, and immediately went over and asked with a smile.
"I've seen Hu Guogong. His Majesty instructed the little one, saying that once he saw Hu Guogong coming back, he would summon Hu Guogong to go to the palace. Wang En saw Qin Huaidao coming, immediately stood up, and saluted Qin Huaidao with his fists.
Now he knows Qin Huaidao's status in Li Shimin's mind.
"Oh, let's go together!" Qin Huaidao nodded, although he was puzzled in his heart, he didn't know what Li Shimin had summoned him.
"Don't worry, I don't think Hu Guogong seems to have eaten yet? Going after eating? Wang En stood there and said to Qin Huaidao with a smile.
"It's okay, then together!" Qin Huaidao nodded, then looked at the housekeeper next to him and asked, "Is the meal ready?" ”
"Ready!" The butler nodded.
"Please!" Qin Huaidao said to Wang En with a smile.
"Please, the little one has heard about the food in Hu Guogong's mansion, Chang'an is a must, and the little one will have a good mouth today." Wang En said to Qin Huaidao very happily.
"Haha, come often in the future, please!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
Then the two of them arrived at the dining room, the meal was ready, Qin Huaidao invited Wang En to sit down, and then prepared to pour him wine.
"I can't help it, I can't help it, I still have to be on duty by His Majesty's side at night, but I can't drink! Drink next time, drink next time! Wang En hurriedly said to Qin Huaidao.
"Oh, that's it, okay, come on, prepare a jar of good wine and give it to the prince." When Qin Huaidao heard this, he didn't force it, and said to the housekeeper with a smile.
"Good! The small ones go to prepare. When the butler heard this, he immediately went out.
"Thank you Hu Guogong, they all say that Hu Guogong is righteous, and it really deserves his reputation." Wang En smiled and said to Qin Huaidao.
"Come on, eat vegetables, don't drink alcohol, just eat more vegetables, the food in the house is still very good." Qin Huaidao greeted Wang En with a smile and said.
Wang En is the big eunuch next to Li Shimin, if you want to talk about power, there is really nothing, but he is a person next to Li Shimin, such a person, it is best not to offend.
Moreover, if the relationship is good, if there is any news, Wang En will also leak it a little.
"Well, yes, yes, it's really full of color, flavor, and flavor!" Wang En took a bite of the dish and nodded appreciatively.
"If you like it, you come often. There are not many people in my house, and I am still happy when there are guests, and there are people to accompany me to eat, drink and chat. Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
"Well, Hu Guogong, this time His Majesty summoned you over to ask about the printing house, Your Majesty, I am very happy, but I am also worried." Wang En sat there, looked at Qin Huaidao and said.
"Worried?" Qin Huaidao looked at Wang En incomprehensibly.
"Of course, I'm worried, once the books are released, they will begin to face the impact on the family." Wang En whispered to Qin Huaidao.
Qin Huaidao only understood when he heard this, and nodded.
"Hu Guogong must have a number in his heart, His Majesty admires you very much, and has said more than once that Hu Guogong is steady and loyal to the country." Wang En continued to smile and said to Qin Huaidao.
Qin Huaidao smiled and arched his hand in the direction of the palace and said, "Your Majesty raises love, in fact, I didn't do anything. ”
"That's too modest, you haven't done much, have you? Looking at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, one of the things you did was enough for them to be proud for several generations. Wang En looked at Qin Huaidao and said complimentarily.
"Well, thanks for the compliment!" Qin Huaidao nodded.
Then the two of them chatted while eating, talking about the things in the court, and I have to say that Wang En really knows a lot.
After eating, Qin Huaidao and Wang En rushed to the palace.
When he arrived at the Manna Palace, Wang En went first to report.
After a while, Wang En notified Qin Huaidao to go in.
Qin Huaidao tidied up his clothes and went in.
"I've seen Your Majesty!" Qin Huaidao arrived at the Ganlu Palace, which was very bright, and a lot of candlesticks were lit, especially on Li Shimin's bookcase, the candles shone like day.
"Well, here, busy until now to come back?" Li Shimin stood up with a smile.
"Yes, I was hungry just now, so I ate a few bites of food at the house." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
"How full, and not in a hurry, this Wang En too, I don't know to let you eat more, come back when you're full." When Li Shimin heard this, he said a little blamed.
"When you're full, just have something to cushion." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
"Well, come, sit down, come over here and sit down!" Li Shimin beckoned Qin Huaidao to sit down on top of the dwarf dunzi.
He also sat down on his own, and then asked Qin Huaidao, "Are the printing houses all ready?" ”
"I'm ready, I'll try to print it today, no way, the machine needs to be debugged, and each machine needs to try to print it first to make sure that there is no problem with large-scale printing tomorrow." Qin Huaidao nodded and reported to Li Shimin.
"Well, that's good, that's good, it's finally out, I'm a Tang people, with books, there will be readers slowly, and if you have readers, you won't be afraid." Li Shimin nodded appreciatively and said.
"Yes, in a few years, there will be more readers in my Datang, and in the past few years, the court will be stable, the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and ordinary people's homes will also begin to have readers." Qin Huaidao said in agreement.
"Well, how many books can be printed in a day?" Li Shimin asked.
"It won't be less than 50,000 copies! It can ensure that I can have enough books to buy in a short period of time! Qin Huaidao replied, he didn't dare to say more, so he could only say it conservatively first.
"Okay, once this book is released, then I will announce Kaienko, which I have not announced before because there are no books at the printing house.
However, I know that this printing could have started a long time ago, and you have been holding back from printing, just to prevent Lu Dongzan, right? Li Shimin pointed at Qin Huaidao with a smile and asked.
"Yes, the minister has to guard against it, this person has ambitions, if those books are really printed in advance, then Lu Dongzan will definitely purchase a batch of them back." Qin Huaidao nodded honestly and said.
"Well, yes, if he wants to buy it, we can't stop it, after all, when the time comes, the soldiers at the border can't search the team that sent them out." Li Shimin nodded.
For Qin Huaidao's consideration, I appreciate it very much.
Qin Huaidao smiled.
"Well, it's good that there is no problem with printing, by the way, Pepin, this thing is probably done, what reward do you need?
Also, I originally planned to announce the reward today, that is, the reward for you to cure the beauty, but yesterday afternoon, Qingque said that it would be officially printed the day after tomorrow, so I pressed it first, and after tomorrow, we will reward it together. Li Shimin looked at Qin Huaidao with a smile and asked.
"This, the minister has everything, and he doesn't need anything." Qin Huaidao can only answer like this, he can't say that he still needs to ask if he still lacks, this is not good.
"You don't need money and food to build your two houses?" Li Shimin still looked at Qin Huaidao with a smile and asked.
"This, the minister can earn it slowly, the money and food are not enough, the minister will find a way." Qin Huaidao looked at Li Shimin with a sneer.
"Joke, still find a way, borrow money? You're going to borrow money, isn't that a joke for the ministers to see? Li Shimin deliberately said dissatisfaction with Qin Huaidao.
"Well, what's a joke?" Qin Huaidao didn't understand what Li Shimin meant.
"That's a joke, of course, just this paper and printing, if you don't hand it over, how much money can you make? I haven't counted that yet, not to mention the other benefits it brings.
Okay, I won't ask you anymore, you're too honest, if Pauline and they have such an opportunity, they will definitely make all kinds of demands for me.
You still have to learn from Pauline and them in this regard.
I will arrange your reward, you will take whatever I give you, and if you want something, you can also tell me. Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and said.
He identified Qin Huaidao as a person, too honest.
"Yes, if the minister thinks of something, he will definitely tell His Majesty." Qin Huaidao nodded and said, thinking in his heart, what you rewarded me, then I will definitely take it.
"Okay, then it's up to tomorrow, by the way, have the guards of the printing house been arranged?" Li Shimin looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.
"It's arranged, Brother Cheng is on duty over there tonight." Qin Huaidao immediately reported.
When Li Shimin heard it, he nodded with satisfaction.