The early summer is gone, and the middle of summer is coming soon.

Chang'an City is getting hotter and hotter.

On the avenue of the palace, the sun was blazing, and after several carriages were parked here, Cheng Yanjin and the others went to the imperial study together.

Li Shimin was reviewing the folds in the imperial study, but at this time of summer, it was easy to make people sleepy, and he had just reviewed a few, and his eyes narrowed.

"Holy, Holy......"

A voice suddenly came, Li Shimin suddenly woke up, he rubbed his eyes, and saw that it was the little eunuch beside him, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Holy Lord, Lu Guogong, they ask to see."

"Cheng Biting Jin?" Li Shimin was a little strange, it didn't seem to be anything recently, they came to see what they were doing, but although they were a little puzzled, Li Shimin still let them in.

After Cheng Yanjin and the others came to the imperial study, Li Shimin asked, "Is there anything wrong with you entering the palace?" ”

"Holy Lord, didn't you say that as long as the dogs copied enough of the Four Books and Five Classics a thousand times, they would be free, but now that they have copied enough, we are here to show the Holy Saint."

Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned slightly, and after a while, he finally thought that Cheng Yanjin was talking about that thing, if Cheng Yanjin didn't say it, he would have forgotten about it.

However, when he heard that Cheng Chumo had finished copying them, Li Shimin was a little shocked and even a little unconvinced.

At that time, he just said casually, and he didn't take it seriously, a thousand copies of the Four Books and Five Classics, even if many people copied it, it would take half a year, right?

It's only been a long time, has it been a month, how can they finish copying it?

Li Shimin glanced up at Cheng Yanjin, his expression moved slightly, one person must not be able to finish copying, but with the ability of these powerful people, it doesn't seem to be much of a problem to hire dozens of people to help copy, right?

Li Shimin felt that the situation must be like this, but because he hadn't taken this matter to heart for a long time, he didn't pursue it too much, just nodded: "Oh, it's all written, show it to me." ”

Soon, someone ran out and brought the cart of copies of the Four Books and the Five Classics.

Li Shimin had known that there would be a lot of them, but after he really brought them, he found that there were so many of them, and even he himself was shocked.

There was a thick pile in the imperial study, and Li Shimin walked over and looked at it casually.

The handwriting on the first few sheets obviously doesn't look like it was written by a person, this must be someone to help ghostwrite, Li Shimin smiled secretly in his heart, didn't care, and continued to look at it.

But when he saw the back ones, the whole person felt a little strange, because the rest of the handwriting turned out to be exactly the same, and it didn't look like it was written by a human at all.

It's okay to say if it's just a few, but the ones behind are all the same, not only Cheng Chumo's, but also Qin Huaidao and Yu Chi Baolin.

It's a bit unlikely to say that one person helped them all write, right?

And even if it is written by one person, it is impossible to write exactly the same every time, right?

Li Shimin was shocked by this discovery, he frowned slightly, and asked, "These handwritings are the same, let's talk about what's going on." ”

Cheng Biting Jin said: "Shengshang, it was all written by my son himself. ”

Li Shimin smiled: "To be honest, I can still spare them, if there is a little concealment, I will punish them to copy it a thousand more times, and I will send someone to supervise it then." ”

As soon as they heard this, Cheng Biting Jin and the others were suddenly a little frightened, and after glancing at each other, Wei Chigong stood up: "Shengshang, in fact, this is all Qin Tian, he got a movable type printing technique, as long as the ink is splashed on it, and then it is printed, the speed is very fast, so we can complete it so quickly, and those handwriting are the same." ”

"Qin Tian again?" Li Shimin was stunned, he didn't expect that this matter would be related to Qin Tian again, and listening to what Wei Chigong said, Qin Tian invented something that could make paper print quickly.

If this is really the case, then it may be transformative for Datang's book business, right?

The previous books were all manuscripts, not to mention the slow speed, and it was easy to make mistakes, and because of the manpower invested in hand-copied books, the price of a book was naturally very high.

If movable type printing had been used, these problems would have been solved, right?

Li Shimin walked back and forth in the imperial study, his brain was spinning very quickly, Cheng Yanjin and the others saw Li Shimin like this, and they didn't know whether he spared their son or not.

"Holy Lord, what do you think of our son's grounding?" Cheng Yanjin tried to ask, and Li Shimin suddenly smiled: "Spare them." ”

Because of the grounding, it gave birth to movable type printing, not to mention sparing them, even if he asked Li Shimin to give them some rewards, there would be no problem.

Cheng Yanjin and the others were overjoyed when they heard this.

"Come on, send an order down and let Qin Tian enter the palace."

Hearing that Qin Tian was allowed to enter the palace, Cheng Yanjin and the others were stunned for a moment, and they didn't know whether it was good news or bad news, after all, Qin Tian helped them cheat.

Therefore, at this time, a few of them didn't think about leaving, and when Qin Tian came, if Li Shimin punished Qin Tian, they could help intercede.

It didn't take long for Qin Tian to hurry over.

Seeing that Cheng Yanjin and others were also there, Qin Tian somewhat understood what was going on, and he was afraid that movable type printing was known by Li Shimin.

But he is not in a hurry, this is a good thing, and Li Shimin can't do anything to him?

"Holy Lord, what is the matter with calling the ministers?"

"Do you want me to give you freedom?"

Li Shimin's question was very direct, but Qin Tian was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, of course."

Li Shimin said: "Give you a task, if you can accept it and complete it, I will give you freedom." ”

"Command, please."

"I want you to open a bookstore in Chang'an, the capital, the largest bookstore in my Datang, but the price of any books in it can't be too expensive, so that ordinary readers can afford to read the books inside, are you willing?"

Li Shimin said and looked at Qin Tian, after Qin Tian heard this, he already somewhat understood what Li Shimin meant, Li Shimin must have learned about movable type printing, he felt that he could reduce the price of books, and more people could afford to read books.

In fact, the reason why the family can enter the court is because they can afford to read, and if other people can also afford to read, it will be of great help to reduce the influence of the powerful and the family on the court.

It's a big move, but it takes a long time to complete.

And to do this, it may be difficult to make money, after all, the price is very low, Li Shimin is obviously digging a pit and waiting for him to jump in.

However, after thinking about it, Qin Tian still nodded and agreed.

Even if the price is lowered, he feels that there is room for profit, not to mention, this is a very beneficial thing in his opinion, since it is a good thing, why not do it?

(End of chapter)