The next Li Bao's life was very leisurely, and the manuscript of "Journey to the West" had been delivered to the two masters, Yuanren and Mingde, and they directly arranged for the craftsmen of the engraving and printing workshop to print.

Li Bao didn't pay too much attention, in today's Tang Dynasty time and space, engraving books is by no means a very easy thing, after all, carving wooden boards is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and once a wrong word is engraved, the entire board will be destroyed. Although he knew movable type printing, in this time and space, although movable type printing is efficient, there is a fatal flaw that is the character mold.

The ancient skilled craftsmen also devoted themselves to the development of movable type printing, but in modern times there is no great development, the problem is that the character mold is too difficult to get, and the Chinese character culture is broad and profound, many words are very rare, if you want to engrave a book, the need for a huge amount of character mold. It is really difficult to make in the short term, and this font needs to be accumulated over time.

The movable type printing technology invented by the Chinese has been transmitted to the West but has developed gratifying progress, and its roots lie in the fact that the Western script dominated by English has very few commonly used letters, only 26 letters, and is made in large quantities, and its words can be combined by letters at will.

Yuanren and Mingde don't need to worry, these two brothers have already printed the "Diamond Sutra" in large quantities in nine years, and they have a lot of experience. Now there is no difficulty in reprinting "Journey to the West", and you can do it with confidence.

Li Bao put his mind on the manor given to him by Anguo Temple, now it is summer and summer, he plans to pick a sunny day, so he will take Ling'er and Hu Sanbao and others to the manor to receive it.

Through Fuhai's inquiry, Li Bao finally got the news of the "celebrity little brother" he had been looking forward to, Zhang Chengye, a loyal eunuch who had worked all his life with sincerity and sincerity, was now only twenty-six years old, sitting in the palace and serving a small supervisor in the province. He was overjoyed when he learned that Li Bao was going to summon him.

When Li Bao extended an olive branch to him and asked him if he was willing to do something for Li Bao, Zhang Chengye nodded quickly, which made Li Bao very disappointed. Of course, if he accepts a celebrity as his younger brother, he has nothing to lose.

Li Bao asked Zhang Chengye to go to the Zuojiao Workshop outside the palace to be the Zuojiao Workshop, and since Liu Xingshen became a scholar, his righteous son Liu Jixin did not dare to be tough in front of Li Bao.

nodded at Li Bao all day long, and Li Bao saw that he was still honest and let him go. Zhang Chengye can't be raised too high all at once, otherwise there will be no room for improvement in the future, although he is a famous figure in history, but he grew up in Daming Palace, how can he not have a utilitarian heart?

If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have recognized Zhang Tai, the regular servant of the previous dynasty, as his father-in-law. Li Bao planned to see Zhang Chengye's ability first. If it really lives up to its name, it's never too late to be promoted.

In addition, the department store that Li Baojin had prepared early in the morning also opened in the West Market, and the first batch of products were fans and soap and other seasonal items that Li Baojin dedicated to Li Luo.

This soap Li Bao does not have the precious flavors that were added when it was first made, just some ordinary spices.

Each piece of soap sells for 100 wen, and this kind of soap is much better than the honey locusts or plant ash used in the homes of ordinary people. It was pushed to the market, and the response was good and it was all the rage.

Li Bao, a factory that produces soap and fans, was originally located in a secluded neighborhood in the south of Chang'an, where there are millions of people, but many of the neighborhoods in the south of the city are vast and sparsely populated, and most of the population is concentrated in the north of the city.

In the factory in the south of the city, three months ago, Li Bao arranged for Lin Jiaying and Cui Niang to be in charge of producing fans and soaps.

But now Li Bao has obtained a manor of several hundred acres in Anguo Temple, and Fuhai has already taken over this manor, according to his report, this manor is surrounded by a fence and Wubao, and the land is also very fertile.

Hearing about the situation of this manor, Li Bao moved his mind, and now he has set up a factory in Lifang in the south of the city, and it is not very appropriate to keep the factory secret. In addition, he also has to guard against many city fox society rats in the south of the city, as well as the Yellow Nest Rebellion in the future, in case the incident happens in a hurry, his manor will be a good place to stay. So Li Bao planned to build a stronghold in that manor.

Where to arrange all the industries related to him, in addition, you can also recruit homeless people to train guards, Weiyangzi knows kung fu, and he can train them.

After making up his mind, Li Bao set off to the manor in the west of the city with Ling'er, Hu Sanbao and others at the beginning of June, passed through the spacious and clean streets, walked out of Jinguangmen, and traveled for more than half an hour to reach there.

Li Bao's manor is located ten miles west of Chang'an City, close to the banks of the Kunming Ancient Canal River that connects Kunming Pond and Weishui. Now this manor is lush with forests and bamboos, and it is very green.

Li Bao and Ling'er, Hu Sanbao and others were very happy, and when they entered the garden, naturally the steward of the manor brought some villagers to meet the new owner.

Li Bao looked at the steward, his face was slightly dark, he was in his forties, his face was honest, and some of the other bankers were typical bankers. The skin is dark and yellow, the palms are rough, and the eyes are hectic. Not daring to look at people, Li Bao couldn't help but feel a little sad when he looked at these villagers.

But no matter how sad he was, it was useless, he cleaned up his mood and said to the steward: "I don't know the surname of the old man, the steward was called by Li Bao's old man." They should have given Li Bao a salute as soon as possible to inform him of his name. It's just the first time I saw such a handsome Lang Jun, and I was stunned and forgot to report it. ”

The steward knelt on the ground in a panic, and the Zhuang Ke behind him also hurriedly bowed down, and everyone shouted: "King Wan'an, the grass people wait to see you." ”

Li Bao ordered Hu Sanbao to help them up, and then said to everyone: "I came here mainly to play this time, you don't have to be formal, please get up quickly." ”

The steward didn't want to get up, and said loudly: "The king forgives the sin, the grass people Wang Bushan, take Liu Guo'er and Huang Ba'er ...... in the village."

Wang Bushan spoke freely for a long time, and said the names of more than 30 villagers present.

There were so many names, Li Baona remembered them, and immediately asked them to get up first. Ordered Wang Bushan to lead a visit to the manor, this manor has more than 800 acres of land, most of which are fertile land, there are 35 people in the village, many of whom are the Zhuang families near Biyuan, who are forced to be bankers in the manor because of the compulsion of life.

Li Bao looked at those poor villagers, and said in his heart that now in the late Tang Dynasty, land annexation was very serious, and the magnates used famine, usury and other means to oppress the poor peasants to sell their Yongye fields to the magnates at a low price. In order to avoid forced labor and taxes, they took refuge in the monastery manor as a farmer.

Li Bao turned to a dry village guest who followed behind him and said: "No matter how you have lived in the past, but from today on, you are my people, as long as you are loyal to me, I will not let you be bullied in the future." After speaking, Li Bao took the lead and walked forward, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and there was a warmth in my heart, feeling that this new master was very real.

After turning around, Li Bao felt very satisfied that this manor was still too small, and he planned to build this manor into a large fortress, which could not only guard against ordinary thieves, but also against the short-term attacks of the regular army. So he named this manor: Datang No. 1 Village.

When Li Bao proposed to expand the scale of the manor, Wang Bushan was very happy, which meant that his authority would be greatly expanded. and promised to help Li Bao find out the right price and seller as soon as possible.

In addition, Li Bao found that the children of the Zhuangke in the manor have not yet gone to school, he thinks this is a good opportunity, as long as he helps an academy here, these children of the Zhuangke are the first batch of students, teaching them some common sense in later generations, and they will need these talents to fill the grassroots positions in all aspects of their careers in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Bao continued to diverge his thinking, since there are many people who have lost their land and wandered in these years, Li Bao will recruit homeless people here, adults will train military skills here, and children will teach knowledge, which will be his talent base in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Bao pulled Wang Bushan to choose a location, where a new house was built, which was counted as a barracks, where a sentry tower was built, and there was a wall, and so on. A series of questions made Wang Bushan dizzy.

Li Bao had no choice but to tell him that he would send someone to assist him in a few days, and he now had only two tasks: one was to recruit displaced people, and the other was to build a house.

Li Bao also wanted to build a holiday villa on this manor, so he came to Ling'er and Hu Sanbao to jointly plan to build their villa there, where to plant some fruits and vegetables such as courgettes (cucumbers), watermelons, and fruit trees (apple trees).

When he was tired, he asked the palace people to make the watermelon and drink he brought over with ice cubes, and happily ate the cold drink in the cold summer breeze. Laughing as he talked, he was full of hope for the future.

Then Li Bao took everyone back to the Sixteen Princes' Mansion, and after going back, Li Bao made a planning map and drew the planning plan of the entire manor. Li Bao had already told Wang Bushan to let him go, buy all the land around him with and without owners, and form a large manor with a radius of 2,000 acres, this area is just right, neither big nor small. In this way, he can recruit displaced people and train people with confidence.

After the planning map was completed, Li Baoyou arranged for Zhao Qiancheng, Liang Hongmei, Wei Yangzi, Ling'er, Lin Jiaying, Cui Niang and Hu Sanbao and other henchmen to hold a meeting together, and began to build in the manor in the west of the city according to his planning plan.

The investment budget in the early stage is 150,000 yuan, and for such a large investment, Liang Hongmei and others are very worried, and Li Bao doesn't care when he arrives. Now he has no less than 200,000 yuan of liquid capital in his hands, and when this money is used, it can not only drive the economic development of the surrounding areas, but also bring vitality to the surrounding villages and towns.

Li Bao wants to rush when Huang Chao arrives, if he doesn't plan early, and when he arrives, he can only be blind. He is not worried about Shanhe Club's plan at the end of the year, and now the three stores under Shanhe Club, Qianjinlou and Meiyaya, have a monthly turnover of about 30,000 yuan.

The West Market Department Store only relied on selling fans and soap, and in just one month, the net profit was no less than 20,000 yuan. After all, it is a new thing, and there is no imitation of the fan at present, so Li Bao priced the fan for 200 yuan. In addition, the soap sells two or three hundred yuan a day, which is very easy.

Three months ago, Li Bao began to stock up on 100 units. This thing is not difficult, mainly because the outer packaging needs to do some lacquer and pattern carving. He hired all the skilled craftsmen who used to make gift boxes for him in the palace, and adopted the assembly line method commonly used in later generations, and the efficiency improved quickly.

Throughout the summer, Li Bao planned to sell 200 fans, and now the 100 units produced in advance have already been sold out. The craftsmen worked overtime and still couldn't catch up with the sales, and it is estimated that after the whole summer, it will not be a problem to sell 300 units.

When all the plans were going on in an orderly manner, Li Bao forgot the time, and in this season of the sun, the sudden bad news caught Li Bao off guard and was overwhelmed with grief!

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ps: The second update was delivered, and this chapter has been coded for a long time. I don't know if it's good or not. Ask for support!