"Wanling, do you have something on your mind, or something uncomfortable?" At this time, Zhao Yan saw the lost expression on Ouyang Wanling's face, and couldn't help but ask with concern, Ouyang Wanling has been living at home during this time, and he hasn't come to visit her, and even this is the first time he has seen the other party since he came back, but he didn't expect Ouyang Wanling to be preoccupied now.

"I didn't ...... It's okay, it's just that the king of the county seems to be busy this time, but you must also pay attention to your body! Ouyang Wanling was stunned at first when she heard Zhao Yan's question, and then said with a smile, but the deep loss was still hidden behind her eyes.

Although Ouyang Wanling said that she was fine, Zhao Yan always felt that something seemed wrong with her today, and just wanted to talk to her alone, but at this time, Ouyang Xiu picked up the tea bowl and sent the guest away: "The county king is busy with affairs, and the old man will not keep you, and the old man will definitely go to the newspaper office to take a look another day!" ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yan also had to stand up and say goodbye, but thinking of Ouyang Wanling's appearance, he was still a little worried, and wanted to go home to discuss it with Cao Ying at the moment, but he thought that he still had something to do today, so he had to temporarily put this matter in his heart, and drove to Yanglou Street in the east of the palace, which is next to the lecture hall lane where Tokyo Primary School is located, and not far from the Gongyuan, which is a place with a very strong learning style.

There is a small courtyard at the east end of Yanglou Street, which was originally a private school of a large scale, and it is also famous in this area, and many well-off families are willing to send their children to study, but unfortunately after the opening of Tokyo Elementary School, the children in the private school went to Tokyo Elementary School, and finally even the gentleman in the private school simply went to the elementary school as a teacher, and as a result, this private school was also idle, and now it was bought by Zhao Yan in the name of the imperial court, as the station of the newspaper.

The area of this private school is not small. There are a total of three courtyards before and after, and now after being transformed by Zhao Yan, the courtyard in front has become the office of the editors and reporters of the newspaper, and the back is the newspaper's own printing house. And they are all wooden movable type, which is prone to various problems when used, so Zhao Yan has asked Su Shi to be responsible for urging the Ordnance Supervision to urgently create a batch of copper movable type, which is specially used for printing newspapers for newspapers.

Zhao Yan stepped into the newspaper office, only to see that there was a small courtyard with a beautiful environment in front of him, with rockeries and pavilions, and he came to the front of the main house through the cobblestone path. Your illustrations are too slow to draw, and our articles are ready, so it's time for your illustrations! ”

Hearing this young voice, Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile at the corners of his mouth, he didn't need to look at him to know that the person who spoke must be Su Zhe who was in charge of text editing, speaking of which, Su Zhe has been at home to take care of his sick father Su Xun for the past two years, originally according to the original history. Su Xun should have died of illness a long time ago, but after the diagnosis and treatment of Cao Tong and Zhilugu. Su Xun's health is much better, but now he can only recuperate at home, otherwise he can come to the newspaper to take up a position.

"Brother Ziyou, you are all masters of writing articles, and a few small articles will naturally not be difficult for you, but painting is different. It takes a lot of time, and you ask for so many illustrations, how can we finish them in one time? At this time, a helpless voice came out of it again, this person Zhao Yan is more familiar with, it is Li Gonglin who pestered him to learn to paint.

"Then I don't care. The second brother's copper movable type is about to be completed, and the craftsmen are about to be trained, and when these craftsmen and movable type arrive, our first issue of the newspaper will be printed immediately, and then you don't want to hold back our newspaper! Although Su Zhe is usually very gentle, he is very strict and serious in his work, even if he has a good relationship with Li Gonglin, but at this time he is not affectionate at all.

"Okay, I'll do my best!" Li Gonglin also knew that his work here was indeed a little slow, but he couldn't help it, after all, painting was originally a slow and meticulous job, and there were few people under him, so he naturally couldn't do things quickly.

At this time, Zhao Yan outside heard the conversation between Li Gonglin and Su Zhe, but he felt a little strange in his heart, because no matter how many illustrations in the newspaper were, they must only be a supplement to the text.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan walked into the room, and just saw Su Zhe and Li Gonglin standing at the table in the east corner of the room talking, and more than a dozen staff members were working at the desk, although Ouyang Xiu, the editor-in-chief, was not yet in place, but in fact, the newspaper had already begun to operate normally, among which Su Zhe and Li Gonglin were the main persons in charge of the newspaper.

Seeing Zhao Yan coming in, Su Zhe and Li Gonglin immediately stopped talking, and stepped forward to greet them with a smile: "King Jun, how is Ouyang Xianggong, do you agree to serve as the editor-in-chief of our newspaper?" ”

"Haha, fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life!" Zhao Yan said with a smile at the moment.

When Su Zhe and Li Gonglin heard Ouyang Xiu agree, they both laughed happily at the moment, but at this time, Zhao Yan smiled and asked Li Gonglin: "Brother Boshi, I heard Brother Ziyou say outside just now that your illustration has not been finished yet, what is going on?" ”

Hearing that even Zhao Yan asked about this, Li Gonglin couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "King Jun, you are also a painter, so you naturally know that it is not easy to paint a satisfactory painting, and we have been working overtime overnight these days, but there are still a few paintings that are not finished." ”

"No, it's just a few illustrations, how can it take so long?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but whisper to himself in confusion when he heard this, and then he opened his mouth to Li Gonglin, "Brother Boshi, can you take out your paintings and show me?" ”

Li Gonglin was also a little aggrieved when he heard this, and turned around and took out a few paintings he had completed, but Zhao Yan saw these paintings and immediately understood what the problem was, it turned out that Li Gonglin's paintings were all carefully painted, each of which can be said to be a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, such paintings are indeed beautiful in newspapers, but they are also a little too wasteful.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan said to Li Gonglin with a smile: "Brother Bo Shi is wrong, the illustrations in the newspaper don't need to be so exquisite, just need to draw them roughly according to the content of the text, and like you painted so beautifully, it will not be easy to engrave when printing!" ”

"This ...... How can this be done, the newspaper is taken out for thousands of readers, if people see my shoddy paintings, wouldn't it be a loss of face for our newspaper? Li Gonglin didn't agree when he heard Zhao Yan's words, in fact, he didn't understand what Zhao Yan meant, but when he thought that countless readers were about to see his illustrations in the newspaper, he had to be strict with himself, so as not to lose his reputation.

When Zhao Yan and Su Zhe heard this, they both understood Li Gonglin's thoughts, and both of them smiled helplessly at the moment, it seemed that Li Gonglin really valued his reputation, but at this time, Zhao Yan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then said with a smile: "Brother Bo Shi, in fact, the illustrations of the newspaper are different from our usual paintings, and it just so happens that I have a special painting skill here, which can be used as illustrations in the newspaper." ”

Zhao Yan said and picked up an illustration of Li Gonglin's trauma, this is an illustration that reports that Li Liangzuo was captured in the Taimiao, Li Gonglin's painting is completely in a realistic style, the characters and buildings are painted very realistically and expressively, it can be said to be very exquisite, but Zhao Yan picked up a charcoal pen at this time and drew a few strokes on a piece of paper, and the result was that the scene of Li Liangzuo's sacrifice to the Taimiao was completely presented, which made Li Gonglin and Su Zhe also shocked, they never thought that there would be such painting skills.

"Hehe, Brother Bo Shi, please see, this is actually a sketching method, but it mainly grasps the structural characteristics of the painting, and then draws the skeleton of the painting with a few simple strokes, and the most important thing is to present the characteristics of the painting, because the strokes of this kind of painting are concise, so I call it a stick figure!" Zhao Yan said with a smile.

In fact, illustration has formed a separate category in later generations, but the definition of illustration is more special, as long as it is a supplement to the text of the painting, can be called illustration, these illustrations can be casual graffiti, the same can also be exquisite masterpieces, and for newspapers such as fast-publishing publications, stick figures can be regarded as a very suitable type of illustration, of course, if time and conditions permit, you can also add some other complex illustrations.

"The county king is talented, I admire it very much, and I ask the county king to teach me this kind of stick figure drawing!" Li Gonglin's eyes lit up at this time, he is a painting idiot, as long as he sees a strange painting technique, he will want to learn it.

"Haha, Brother Bo Shi has already learned how to draw sketches, and it is easier to learn stick figures, let me help you explain what you need to pay attention to in stick figures......" Zhao Yan said and talked about the drawing method of stick figures, stick figures are originally the introductory drawing method of sketching, so this is not difficult for Li Gonglin, who already has sketching skills, and after a while, you can grasp the characteristics of the paintings, and then the simple line table xiàn comes out.

After learning the stick figures, Li Gonglin no longer insisted on drawing the illustrations of the newspaper too exquisitely, after all, the current newspaper is only one issue in three days, if it is one issue a day in the future, I am afraid that it will be impossible for him to complete the illustration of the newspaper to death, so he uses the stick figure to draw the illustration of the newspaper, these stick figures have fewer lines, and it is also convenient for the printing of the newspaper.

Zhao Yan stayed in the newspaper office for a while, because he had been thinking about Ouyang Wanling's affairs in his heart, so after seeing that he was normal, he immediately boarded the carriage and returned home, and then found Cao Ying and told him about the situation he encountered in Ouyang Xiu's mansion today, but Cao Ying chuckled after listening to it: "I know, this matter is not to worry about the husband, just leave it to the concubine!" (To be continued......) R1292