The New Year has passed, although Wancheng is stuck in the southern merchants of Xiaochang'an, but the imperial court has sent people to take over the goods in the south and sell them in the Wancheng market.

Moreover, today's Daqin 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 in the Qin Palace, 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.

Not long after Lin Yuyan returned to Wancheng, with the completion of Shangshu Mansion, the foundry was also being built at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the hundred workshops and the foundry also underwent an initial merger.

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

Lin Yuyan received the news and realized that the masters of these hundred workshops are indeed talents.

At the end of the first month, Han Kui had already written a long letter and told Lin Yuyan about some things about Shanglinyuan, with some dry goods of Shanglinyuan's specialties.

The Tang River and the Shuishui River have been barrage and bridged, and the foundations are made of cement and copper and iron, and there is no doubt that the Tang River and the Shuishui, two rivers that are not major waterways, have no problem according to the current manpower and material resources of Shanglinyuan.

In addition, he briefly talked about Mengxue, but he felt that children under the age of twelve could not do much, and it was better to teach them to read and write, because after all, all kinds of government officials would be needed in the future.

In addition, there is news about the foundry, since the hundred workshops have added a number of important craftsmen into the foundry, the construction has basically achieved considerable development with the naked eye.

That Ma Jun is very amazing, good at ingenuity, Lin Yuyan designed the [Divine Arm Crossbow], after a little understanding, he cooperated with Lu Feng to research out a practical and feasible Divine Arm Crossbow that can shoot more than 400 steps, although there is Lin Yuyan's idea, but what is actually created is another matter.

The combination of "insulated river mud", "fire gathering structure" and "bellows" directly allowed the foundry to master the casting skills of [12 forgings], and Ma Jun and Lu Feng have begun to make better use of the technologies mastered by several foundries to impact the casting skills of [15 forgings].

As for the other good news, it made Lin Yuyan ecstatic, Lin Yuyan vaguely remembered that there were rich oil fields buried in the ground of Nanyang County, so Lin Yuyan also explained some characteristics of oil to Han Kui.

Who knows that it will not be able to work hard, that is, in the grain canyon of Zhongyang Mountain, on a tributary upstream of the water, there is a special product of "water has fertilizer, such as gravy, in the extractor, first yellow and then black, such as condensation", as for the flammability, there is no experiment, but it can be regarded as having the eyebrows of oil.

"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 Daqin when you just came out...... Can't think of anything in the palace? ”

Kong Xuan replied: "After all, the palace is 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, after all, it's not 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 after the New Year's Pass, Qin Bo did not start his idle life in winter early, and still sat in the small world of the main hall of the Qin Palace, running the center of Great Qin.

"Your Majesty, the palace secretary has sent a novelty to me......," Gao Jin said with a book in his hand.

Qin Bo didn't look up and asked, "What is it?" ”

Gao Jin handed the book to Uncle Qin and said, "Just now, Kong Xuan, the former palace man, sent a few such things to the Ministry of Justice, saying that they are books, but they are neither silk books nor bamboo slips, which are very novel. ”

Qin Bo took the book, glanced at it, put down the pen in his hand, and said, "Say the text and explain the words?" ”

Gao Jin said with a smile: "Your Majesty, exactly, this book of explanatory characters was compiled by Han Kui of Shanglin Yuan, and it was in response to the confusion of words in Daqin, which determined the common characters of Daqin, and also seconded the doormen in the Siqing Mansion to contribute. ”

"Do you remember the last time you got the [paper] in 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. ”

Qin Bo 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 lordship, this Kong Xuan is the palace person of His Royal Highness Gongzi Yan in the past, and this time he entered the government of the Ministry of Justice, and he also took Gongzi Yan's waist card......"

When Qin Bo heard this, he smiled without saying a word, and then 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 easy to recognize." ”

Immediately, Qin Bo closed the book and said, "Gao Jin, Han Qing rewarded Lone's Shangshu Ling, and sent it over as a reward, which can be regarded as a reward for his hard work." ”

Gao Jin said: "Your Majesty, although this book was compiled by Lord Shangshuling, it was someone else who presided over the copying and distribution. ”

"It's His Royal Highness Gongzi Yan!"

"Lonely six sons?!" Hearing this, Qin Bo raised a smile and said: "I don't know the character of the lonely sixth son, maybe the others can be done well, but he doesn't want to get involved in the book at all!" ”

"How dare Gao Jin deceive the king, the inner eunuch has already checked, and in the past few years that Kong Xuan has developed the paper, it has always been the Sixth Highness who has taken himself and ...... Several other monthly cases that have not yet come out of the cabinet have funded Kong Xuan, and this time, Gongziyan has asked Kong Xuan to go down to a shop in Wancheng City to sell this "Shuo Wen Jie Zi", paper and brushes, ......etc.

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

Then Qin Bo picked up the pen, and when he wanted to continue reading, he looked at Gao Jin and said: "The paper and pen are very good, "Shuo Wen 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, and the lonely look at the books they wrote, 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 Daqin. ”

Gao Jin leaned over and smiled: "Your Excellency." ”