When Luo Shen looked at Li Chong, Li Chong naturally looked at his old father-in-law.

"Hmm."

Li Zhong just replied lightly.

"These days, I'm tired of traveling and traveling, and I have to do a good job of settling down, so I'm a little tired."

Luo Shen never imagined that their first face-to-face conversation would be carried out in such a way.

Luo Shen was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "Don't be tired, I'm tired of His Highness's concern." ”

Li Chong said: "You are the Aye of Yun, so it stands to reason that it can be regarded as my Aye." In fact...... I'd like to be close to you, but ...... In order to avoid gossiping about others, so ......"

"In the future, when we get along, we will still be better off on business, what do you say?"

Luo Shen: "......"

"Your Highness has a point!"

Li Chong: "Okay! It's best if you know! Next, His Majesty's appointment should not arrive in a day or two, and later...... You are in charge of the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Culture currently has only one responsibility for the time being, and that is to be in charge of book printing. ”

"This is the text to be used in printing, you know first."

And then......

Luo Shen respectfully got a book of words from Li Chong.

After turning the page, this is a page, and even Luo Shen couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Your Highness, this ......"

Li Chong said: "Is this word okay?" ”

Luo Shen said: "The minister also has a certain amount of research on calligraphy, but it is just ...... I don't seem to have seen anything like it before. And this typography ......"

Li Chong said: "This is the text that Datang will use when printing books in the future." ”

"Originally, I thought about whether to use the power of the Ministry of Culture to make it mandatory for everyone to use this font for printing."

"But in hindsight, there may not be any need for that at all."

Luo Shen: "Compared with the printed ones on the market, this word is not much better. ”

Li Chong said: "That's right, this good thing, even if you don't need to say it when the time comes, everyone will rush to use it." ”

"Even though you've just arrived, to be honest, I want you to rest more."

"But then, we do have a lot to do, and we can only wait until everything is on track before we consider giving you time off."

Luo Shen: "I don't know Your Highness, what will the minister do next?" ”

Li Chong: "Hmm...... Let's recruit first, and train a group of craftsmen who can write and carve this kind of characters. ”

"What connections do you have in Luoyang?"

Luo Shen: "Uh......"

Li Chong: "If not, that's a bit choking." But...... If you don't have connections, you can go and ask my teacher. ”

Luo Shen: "Your Highness's teacher is ......"

Li Chong: "Liu Gongquan." ”

Luo Shen: "Then that Liu Gongquan, who has good calligraphy?" ”

Li Chong: "Do you know my teacher? ”

Luo Shen: "Liu Gongquan's words, Jiangnan people know. ”

Li Chong: "So famous? Jiangnan knows everything? ”

Luo Shen felt that Jiangnan knew everything, and there seemed to be nothing wrong.

Luo Shen: "Your Highness, what are your doubts?" ”

Li Chong: "I'm just a little strange, Jiangnan is so far away. ”

Luo Shen: "Uh...... His Royal Highness may not go out much, but now the north and the south have close communication, and it is not a very surprising thing that His Royal Highness's calligraphy works have been transmitted to the south. ”

Li Chong nodded, "I see." Then what do you think, which of my teacher's words is better than this one? ”

Luo Shen: "Uh......"

Although I don't know why His Highness asked this, Luo Shen still said: "If you look at the beauty of the font, this character is better." But from the perspective of whether it is smart enough, His Royal Highness's words may be better, these words, if you zoom in, feel a little too rigid. ”

Li Chong: "This character does have this problem. But...... It's enough to just read it, not to appreciate it. ”

"Anyway...... The next thing you have to do is to cultivate a group of people who can write and engrave these words well. ”

And then ...... If you still have time, stop by and find some weird stories. ”

After Li Zhong finished speaking, he saw that Luo Shen seemed a little puzzled.

Then he explained: "It's good to make money by printing this." ”

"You can think about it and find some folk storytellers, but ...... Those stories are their jobs, and it doesn't feel like it's easy for them to tell others directly. ”

"Then take them in! Tell them that if the printed book can be sold, then give them a share of how much. ”

"As for how much of this share......

Li Zhong is also a little entangled.

It's not good to give more, and if you give less, it seems that there is no enthusiasm.

But......

Li Zhong felt that it was not appropriate to give too much at first.

"Let's draw one out of twenty."

I saw Li Chong finally say to Luo Shen.

"That is, if the profit from selling a book is twenty wen, then give him one penny."

"Speaking ......"

Li Chong then asked Luo Shen: "Generally, on the market, how much can a book be sold?" ”

Luo Shen: "......"

Luo Shen looked at Li Chong's expression, he really didn't know.

I had to explain to him: "Back to Your Highness, in the Tang Dynasty, a hand-copied book sells for 1,500 texts." As for being printed, it's one-tenth of the price. Although the number of words in each book may vary, and therefore the price may vary somewhat, the difference in price is not significant. ”

Li Chong also said: "Why is it so expensive!" ”

Now!

But it made Li Chong have to wonder if someone would use the price of one hundred and fifty wen to buy a storybook for recreation.

After all, it's one hundred and fifty Wen!

That's enough for him to buy as many steamed cakes as he wants.

Li Zhong felt that he had to make another tenth of this price.

Of course!

If you think about it the other way around, it's right!

After all, today's Datang, in the printing area, whether it is demand or production efficiency, is a bit low.

As the saying goes, scarcity is expensive, and this book is naturally very expensive.

Seemingly!

Next, they have to lower the price.

Even if it's a storybook, if it's put in Qing and Ann to sell it, maybe the number of people who come to buy it is okay.

After all......

The brand of Qing'an is there.

But......

Now that we have to start the stove again, it feels like it is not easy to sell it at a high price.

And......

A book is so expensive, this is definitely not Li Chong's intention.

His original intention was to make everyone in the world able to afford to read.

And then what you want is a small profit but quick turnover.

Rather than selling books as a luxury.

So the words......

Next...... He might have to cooperate with his sister.

Otherwise......

Without the support of technology, it still doesn't feel good.

(End of chapter)