In recent years, although Wancheng was stuck in the southern merchants of Xiaochang'an, the imperial court had sent people to take over the goods in the south and sell them in the Wancheng market.

In addition, today's Wuguo is mostly a small-scale peasant economy, and if it is not particularly needed, it generally does not exchange rice and grain for other things.

This is true of the common people, and the same is true of the old clans where the population is concentrated, who knows what the harvest will be like next year, and whether there will be a shortage of food.

After the banquet, Lin Yuyan was also completely idle, and Lin Yuyan, who was fine, sat in the study and began to draw all kinds of patterns with charcoal, which are mostly the tools urgently needed in Lin Yuan next spring, and they have to be drawn quickly, so that the foundry can be created in winter.

Although Ma Jun is not good at words, he is very wise, especially good at ingenuity, and after arriving at the foundry, it is optimized for the keel waterwheel designed by Lin Yuyan.

Lin Yuyan received the news and realized that this Ma Jun was indeed a talent.

As for Na Rong Zhuang, he was directly thrown into the Wuyang Army to serve, and Xiang Ying's reply said that this black guy usually only needs to eat enough, and he doesn't care much about the rest.

What surprised Lin Yuyan a little was that Fang De actually knew this big guy, but thinking about it, they were all from the Nanyang Army, Fang De was a 2,000-person general of the Nanyang Army, and Shen Tuhu, who raised a strong army, was a Wuguan guard, a rank greater than 3,000 generals, and it was not surprising that the two knew each other.

"Your Highness, Kong Xuan is here." Chun Yuqi entered the study and reported.

"Let him come." Lin Yuyan guessed that it should be the printing of "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" with eyebrows.

Not long after, Kong Xuan entered Lin Yuyan's study, and as soon as they met, Kong Xuan said again: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Kong Xuan finally saw you again......"

Lin Yuyan stood up and went straight to the point: "But "Saying Wen Jie Zi" has eyebrows?!" ”

"His Royal Highness's orders, how can Kong Xuan not be dedicated?! In the past few days, I have hurriedly printed some out, and I don't know if the talisman does not meet His Highness's wishes, so I took some today. ”

After Kong Xuan finished speaking, he untied the burden he was carrying, opened it, took out a book from it, and handed it to Lin Yuyan.

As soon as Lin Yuyan started, his eyes lit up, the feel of this paper is indeed much better than half a year ago, and the appearance is not bad, it looks like it meets Lin Yuyan's requirements.

As soon as she opened it, Lin Yuyan could find that the font inside was only the size of a fingernail, and it looked very beautifully done, and it was ordered with twine.

"Kong Xuan, well done!" Lin Yuyan praised it.

Kong Xuan has also been outside the palace for a long time, but after all, he is serving Lin Yuyan as a child, and his praise for the master in his heart is still extremely useful.

"How much does this book "Saying Wen Jie Zi" cost?"

The words were asked by Lin Yuyan.

Kong Xuan calculated: "There are five processes in papermaking, there are about a dozen people, there are thousands of pieces of paper made in a day, and nearly 100 copies can be made, and there are not many people used for printing, but the ink costs a lot of money and grain, and about 100 copies of "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" cost a stone of grain!" ”

Lin Yuyan nodded, that is, the cost price of a copy of "Shuowen Jie Zi" is about one liter of rice.

"Kong Xuan." Lin Yuyan's name is Kong Xuan.

"Your Highness," Kong Xuan responded.

"Today, I will go to find a good store in Wancheng, and today I will print out the "Saying Wen Jie Zi" to see if it can be sold, and the price of each copy is one bucket of rice for the time being!"

A bucket of rice? That's 12 liters of rice! (Wancheng did not use the decimal system determined by Lin Yuyan)

"Your Highness, will anyone buy it?" Kong Xuan was also puzzled, he was sent out of the palace by Lin Yuyan and knew that His Royal Highness wanted to develop this papermaking and printing technology to make money, but now he is not sure whether this thing can be sold.

"This paper is as white as snow, and the ink is also clear, which is better than a yellow or black bamboo slip, and besides, how much food does a bamboo slip need? How many words can be engraved on it? Lin Yuyan asked rhetorically.

After Lin Yuyan mentioned the point, Kong Xuan also immediately understood, and nodded immediately: "Kong Xuan, let's find a shop for His Highness!" ”

"Hmm......" Lin Yuyan nodded, thought of something randomly, and said to Kong Xuan: "By the way, when you find the shop, send a few more copies of the book to the office outside the palace, and explain any news about the sale of "Shuowen Jie Zi"...... Now that you have left the palace, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to see the steward, so you can take my waist card and find someone! ”

"Whoa!" Kong Xuan also responded to the way, and took over the waist card from Lin Yuyan's hand.

After talking about serious things, Lin Yuyan also asked Kong Xuan: "Kong Xuan, you have been out of the palace for three or four years, right?" ”

Kong Xuan nodded: "In a few months, there will be four years." ”

"Raise a child, there are many families who can't support their children in the famine years now, why don't you pass to your knees, and you can still have a person to rely on when you are old, how about it?"

Hearing this, Kong Xuan was also deeply moved, he didn't expect His Highness to care so much about him, but Kong Xuan still said: "Your Highness has changed a lot......"

"Oh...... Is there one? Lin Yuyan asked rhetorically.

Kong Xuan recalled with a smile: "When His Highness was young, he was very free and easy, and I have never seen anyone who would ask about these things. ”

Only then did Lin Yuyan know what Kong Xuan was talking about, "Kong Xuan, you have been out of the palace for so long, didn't you find out that Wu Guo was very ...... when you first came out?" Can't think of anything in the palace? ”

Kong Xuan replied: "After all, the palace is a place where the royal family lives, and it is normal to be better than outside. ”

Kong Xuan's words made Lin Yuyan shake his head and said: "It's not normal, before I left the palace, I thought about what it was like outside the palace, but as soon as I came out, I found that even if the Jin Han clan hit Wancheng City, it shouldn't be such a broken appearance!" ”

Lin Yuyan's words reminded Kong Xuan of the panic he saw when he left the palace back then, but he was born in a poor family, and these things were already commonplace.

However, when Kong Xuan raised his head and saw His Highness's eyes, he seemed to see something different, the amber eyes of ordinary people made people feel hot.

Your Highness, it will not be a child......

Kong Xuan sighed faintly in his heart, many years ago in the palace, this highness was stubbornly tight, but now, he has more and more of a superior appearance, but Kong Xuan can't have any sense of distance.

……

In the Xuanzheng Hall in the evening, although it was already the end of the year, Emperor Wu did not start his idle life in winter early, and still sat in the small world of the Xuanzheng Palace, running the center of the martial country.

"Your Majesty, the Outside of the Palace, send me a novelty...... Gao Jin said with a book in his hand.

Emperor Wu didn't look up and asked, "What is it?" ”

Gao Jin handed the book to Emperor Wu and said: "Fang Cai, the former palace man Kong Xuan sent a few such things to the Ministry of Justice, saying that it was a book, but it was neither a silk book nor a bamboo slip, and it was very novel." ”

Emperor Wu took the book, glanced at it, put down the pen in his hand, and said, "Say the text and interpret the words? ”

Gao Jin said with a smile: "Your Majesty, exactly, this book of Shuowen Jiezi was compiled by the scholars of Liangqiu, Changgu Mountain, Nanyang Academy, and it was aimed at the confusion of words in Wuguo, and the common words of Wuguo were determined, and the doormen in the Baili Huai Mansion of the Minister of State also contributed. ”

"Well...... Emperor Wu knew that the Minister of State Baili Huai was born in Nanyang Academy, and Gu Liangqiu wanted to do something, and this Minister of State would definitely help if he could help in the past, but Emperor Wu was also curious: "Gu Liangqiu is a great Confucian, and Kong Xuan is just a palace man who left the palace, how can the two be connected?" ”

"Your Majesty, do you remember the last time you got the [paper] from the palace?" Gao Jin asked, and then continued: "It's strange to say, this Kong Xuan left the palace and went to Zhushanyi in the east of Wancheng, and it was there that Kong Xuan developed this paper. ”

Emperor Wu immediately thought of the paper he saw that day, and he didn't expect that this paper, which was much cheaper and lighter than silk silk and bamboo slips, was actually from the hands of the former palace people.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Gao Jin said: "It's really a coincidence, Your Majesty, this Kong Xuan is the palace person of the former Royal Highness of the Six Princes, and this time he entered the palace of the Ministry of Justice, and he also took the waist card of the Six Princes......"

When Emperor Wu heard this, he smiled and said nothing, so he spread out the inner volume of "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" and said: "This character is well written, although there is no aura at all, but it is upright and extremely recognizable. ”

Immediately, Emperor Wu closed the book and said: "Gao Jin, entering the valley Liangqiu Keqing is the Shangqing, and he should be rewarded and sent over, which can be regarded as a reward for his hard work in educating him." ”

Gao Jin said: "Your Majesty, although this book was compiled by Gu Liangqiu, it was issued by someone else. ”

"It's His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince!"

"Huzi?!" Hearing this, Emperor Wu raised a smile and said: "I don't know the character of that tiger, maybe the others can be done well, but he doesn't want to get involved in books at all!" ”

"How dare Gao Jin deceive Your Majesty, the inner chamberlain has already checked, and in the past few years that Kong Xuan has developed the paper, it has always been His Royal Highness who has taken himself and ...... Several other princes subsidized Kong Xuan's monthly routine, and this time, the sixth prince of the emperor had asked Kong Xuan to buy a shop in Wancheng City to sell the "Shuowen Jie Zi", paper and brushes, and other things......"

"There is still such a thing...... Emperor Wu scrubbed the plate ring in his hand, thought for a moment and said: "Since Huzi pushed Kong Xuan out, he didn't want to be unexpected, so don't make a noise about this matter for the time being." ”

Then Emperor Wu picked up the pen, and when he wanted to continue reading, he looked at Gao Jin and said: "I see that the pen and paper are very good, "Shuowen Jie Zi" is also in line with the regulations of the imperial court, Gao Jin, you send someone to get some back, the paper and pen are kept in the palace, as for "Shuo Wen Jie Zi", it is given to the important positions of the various departments and government offices, one for each person, I look at the books they wrote, and I also feel that the multi-word quirks are difficult to recognize, so it is better to take this opportunity to standardize the words used by Wuguo." ”

Gao Jin leaned over and smiled: "Your Majesty is high." ”

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