"The buying and selling of printed books?" Li Er said curiously: "What is there to do in this business, and it also makes you have such a big opinion about the family." ”

Wang Xiang was depressed for a while, and said as if you have no opinion on the family......

"Isn't it because the family is powerful because many officials in the court are from the family?"

Li Er looked at Wang Xiang inexplicably: "So what?" ”

Wang Xiang patiently explained: "Why does Your Majesty use the children of the family as officials? Isn't it because they have knowledge, the family grasps the knowledge, but the ordinary people are difficult to get in touch with the knowledge, Your Majesty wants to govern the country naturally depends on the children of these families, so the family is becoming more and more powerful, if the people of the world can contact the knowledge and open the wisdom, then Your Majesty can better select and appoint talents, and naturally no longer have to be subject to these family valves. ”

Li Er listened to it and felt that there was some truth, and he was also very taboo that most of the officials in the court were children of families, so after ascending the throne, he had been recruiting talents, hoping to select talented people from among the people to enter the court as officials, but unfortunately it was not easy.

"Ordinary people don't even have books, how to study and learn, how to become the virtuous people your majesty wants, so the minister plans to buy and sell printed books."

"Although the family grasped the knowledge, they did not prohibit the people from buying books, the Analects and the Jingyi are sold in bookstores in Chang'an, although the price is not cheap, but it is not so that ordinary people can't afford it, and the sale of printed books is not easy to do."

If in the past, the "Analects" and "Jingyi" could not be bought, because when the engraving printing technology had not yet appeared, the books relied on copying, and it was not easy for the people to read books, and the perfect engraving printing technology had only appeared for a few years, and the "Analects" and "Jingyi" could be printed on the market It was already very good.

Wang Xiang hurriedly said: "How can the Analects and the Jingyi be enough, how can these alone be compared with the children of the family, and the children of the family can read more articles and experiences of the sages and Confucians." Ordinary people don't have such an opportunity. ”

Li Er frowned and said: "If you talk about these, most of the families have been inherited for a hundred years or even thousands of years, and there are naturally a lot of articles and books of the sages and Confucians, and there are also many such books in the palace, but these are mostly hand-copied solitary books, and it is naturally difficult for the people to contact them." ”

"The minister just wants to print these unique copies!"

Li Er looked at Wang Xiang's excited appearance and shook his head and said, "You haven't ever bought and sold printed books. It takes a long time to print an article, not to mention that there are so many articles and classics, even if it is really printed, the price will be high because it is not easy to print, and the people still can't afford it. ”

"Printing is not easy to cover because engraving is time-consuming, if you can avoid the engraving effort, then printing will be much easier."

"How can I print if I don't have engraving?" Li Er shook his head amusedly, in his opinion, Wang Xiang was just impulsive, and it was understandable that Wang Xiang didn't understand it not long after engraving printing.

"What if you have a way?"

"Oh?" Li Er immediately put away his smile when he heard this, Wang Xiang didn't look like he was talking.

If there is such a way, then this is a good opportunity to weaken the family, how many people in the world, they all have the opportunity to study, then the literati who can govern the country will no longer be a strange commodity. The influence of the family in the court will be greatly weakened. It's just that in this way, the family will definitely hate the person who proposed this method, no wonder this kid took the initiative to enter the palace to talk to me about business.

Wang Xiang was furious by Li Er's eyes, and said: "If the minister has a way to solve the problem of engraving, does Your Majesty think this deal can be done?" ”

Li Er squinted his eyes and smiled: "If this is the case, I will naturally protect you, you can do this deal!" ”

Wang Xiang hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, the minister means that this transaction is the transaction of His Majesty or the transaction of the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with the minister." ”

At this time, Wang Xiang was not stupid, and the power of the family was even feared by Li Er. Can it be protected? Don't look at him as righteous and righteous, it's okay to come up with ideas. Forget about the adventure, Li Er is strong and strong, so he naturally has to stand on top of it.

Of course, he couldn't hide this thought from Li Er, Li Er pondered for a moment and said, "Let's talk about what you can do to solve the problem of engraving." ”

Wang Xiang said the idea of movable type printing, and with Li Er's intelligence, he naturally understood the beauty of it at once, and couldn't help but praise: "A good movable type printing, just with this movable type printing, you deserve the gratitude of the world's readers." ”

Wang Xiang's face turned red: "This method was not thought of by the minister. ”

Li Er smiled and said, "You saw it in that dream again?" ”

"Your Majesty. Let's talk about the sale of printed books. ”

Li Er's eyes flashed quickly, and he said with a smile: "This is easy to do, the queen has a bookstore in Chang'an, with your movable type printing skills, as long as you ask the craftsman to carve the word template, you can start printing." ”

"The queen has a bookstore in Chang'an City, why doesn't the minister know?"

Seeing that Li Er's face was not good, Wang Xiang knew that he had lost his words. He laughed dryly and said, "The minister is just curious that the queen mother will open a bookstore, I don't know which bookstore it is?" ”

Li Er snorted lightly and said: "There are still many things you don't know, the queen wrote thirty volumes of "Women's Rules", and she should be a model for women in the world, so that Linglong Bookstore was set up in Chang'an so that women in the Tang Dynasty could learn "Women's Rules". ”

Linglong Bookstore, which is the largest bookstore in Chang'an City, is mostly filled with women and ladies from wealthy families, and it turns out to be a bookstore run by the queen, no wonder......

Wang Xiang knew in his heart that there were also several copies of "Female Rules" in the house, which Wu Shun bought back from Linglong Bookstore, the price was expensive, and he had to get one for five dollars, he thought it was the same ancient book as "Female Commandment", but he didn't expect it to be from the hand of the eldest grandson queen, it seems that Linglong Bookstore is specially set up for "Female Rules", and it is really the treatment that only the queen has.

"It turns out that "The Female Rule" is actually from the hands of the queen's mother, and the minister's admiration for the queen's mother is like a surging river......"

Li Er interrupted impatiently: "Okay, okay, I don't know where you learned the flattery words, it makes people feel false when you listen to it, if you let the queen listen to it, she will have to reprimand you." ”

"Hehe, the minister's sentences come from the bottom of my heart."

Li Er glanced at Wang Xiang with contempt and said: "The queen is not feeling well, and it is inconvenient to ask about the bookstore, the manager of the Linglong bookstore is the maid Xinyi next to the queen, you go to her to discuss the matter of printing books, and it is not too early, if there is nothing else, go out of the palace." ”

Seeing that Li Er was rushing people, Wang Xiang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty......"

Li Er frowned: "What else is going on?" ”

"This, this...... How much does the buying and selling of printed books cost? ”

That's the point!

"Didn't you say that this is my business or the court's business?"

"Forehead ......"

Seeing Wang Xiang's deflated appearance, Li Er was happy in his heart, and scolded with a smile: "If you don't change your money-hungry temperament, it will be difficult to be of great use in the future, hmm...... Let's count it according to the transaction of the glass. ”

Twenty percent! Wang Xiang was happy in his heart, he thought that he could only get a profit of 10%, it seems that this move can weaken the influence of the family and win Li Er's heart.

"If it's okay, get out of the palace."

"The minister will leave, and it will not hinder His Majesty's ......" (to be continued.) )