Li Jingheng They asked Li Yong more than once if he had anything to do with the eldest lady of the Wang family, but every time Li Yong swore that it was nothing, every time they believed it, and now they suddenly felt that they were so stupid, and that was nothing? Nothing would give Li Yong, one of the largest book-printing workshops in Chang'an City, which is worth a lot of money? What about the crooks? The steward looked even more abrupt, he had long heard that the eldest lady was devoted to the prince of Rongfu County, and it seemed that it was true! What does it mean to not sell it, but to give it away? Li Yong couldn't help muttering in his heart, I have a good appetite, I don't need to eat soft rice!

"After all, this is your family's property, and you can't just give it away, right? Otherwise, how would you explain it to your family? You don't need to save me money, we don't lack money if we lack anything! ”

Li Yong waved his hand very arrogantly, money, what is that? That's the floating clouds, that's the dung, Wang Jiu'er explained.

"It's not my family's property, it's my own property, it's one of my dowries, so I can do whatever I want."

Wait a minute? Is it your dowry? What are you doing for me with your dowry? Li Yong coughed dryly.

"Since it's your dowry, I'd better find another workshop."

Finally, Li Yong bumped into him by himself, this is simply providence, how could Wang Jiuer let Li Yong go?

"What are you doing in a book printing workshop all of a sudden?"

Wang Jiu'er asked curiously, and Li Yong shrugged slightly.

"It's just to do an experiment, improve the printing process, and improve the efficiency of printing."

Li Yong naturally won't say it, in fact, I have already mastered this technique, it is too appalling, I can only say this in a false way, Wang Jiu'er couldn't help but move in his heart when he heard it, and said with a smile.

"Then you can try it here! If I succeed, I'll give you half of it, how about it? ”

Li Yong shook his head slightly.

"Actually, I don't plan to hide my secrets, if I succeed, I want to spread this improved method to the world."

Originally, Wang Jiuer thought that Li Yong had improved the printing technique and then entered the book printing industry and made a windfall, but he didn't expect Li Yong to hide his private interests at all, but wanted to publish the improved method.

"If that's the case, then why would you buy it? Let's try it out in this workshop! ”

It's not impossible, Li Yong hesitated for a moment, thinking that this technology should have been handed over a long time ago, if it weren't for the fact that there were many things, plus the rebellion of the prince of the Eastern Expedition or something, now Datang would have used this technology a long time ago, but he can't say it, there are more powerful technologies in Xishan, such as steam engines, weapons, etc., he can only ask with a weak heart now.

"Is it convenient?"

It's okay to give it to you, and now you ask me if it's convenient? Wang Jiu'er said with a smile.

"What's inconvenient? You just toss around, it doesn't matter if you tear it all down! ”

Li Yong thought about it for a while and felt that Wang Jiu'er's proposal was not bad, after all, it was difficult to be enthusiastic, and it would take time to find a book printing workshop, anyway, he would announce this improved movable type printing, and there was no doubt that he would open a book printing workshop, and he really couldn't look down on the small amount of money that opened a book printing workshop, so it was better to announce it, you must know that the current books are very expensive! Li Yong nodded.

"Okay, then I'll borrow your printing workshop and give it a try."

Wang Jiu'er was overjoyed when she heard this, and said with a smile.

"It's a great honor, if you can really improve the printing technique, it will definitely reduce the price of books, and everyone in the world will be grateful to you, and I will follow with it."

"Do you have any skilled craftsmen here?"

Li Yong asked, although this book printing workshop is one of the four major book printing workshops in Chang'an, but it is only one of the insignificant industries, in fact, Wang Jiu'er doesn't pay much attention to it, and she doesn't know much, if she doesn't know that Li Yong is coming, she won't even come to the workshop, so Wang Jiu'er's eyes looked at the steward, and the steward hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully.

"Jungong, the craftsmen in our workshop are definitely the best in Chang'an!"

"Where?"

Li Yong asked.

"It's inside! Gunner, please! ”

The steward hurriedly said, Li Yong walked towards the workshop, Wang Jiu'er followed behind Li Yong step by step, without the slightest hesitation, if it weren't for Li Yong here, Wang Jiu'er would never walk into the workshop as the eldest lady of the family in her life, so the steward next to him was already dumbfounded, he really wanted to remind the eldest lady that this kind of place is really not suitable for a noble lady to walk in! But seeing that the eldest lady's gaze fell on the prince of Rongfu without reservation, what could he say? Li Jingheng They just feel that they are redundant now, and they should leave with interest at this moment, but they just want to see what Li Yong is going to do, so they can only follow cheekily, and Li Yong, who entered the workshop, glanced at it and said in surprise.

"Yo, you're printing my poetry book?"

The steward next to him was moved when he heard this, and hurriedly made a joke.

"Exactly, our workshop often prints the poetry collection of the county prince, and sells it at cost price, our young lady just wants more people to read the poetry collection of the county prince!"

Wang Jiu'er couldn't help but give the steward an approving look when she heard this, thinking that she would add chicken legs to him tonight, she had indeed done this silently all along, but she had never told Li Yong, and now it is very appropriate for the steward to take the opportunity to say it, this steward is very sensible! No, add two chicken legs, Wang Jiu'er looked at Li Yong with big eyes and blinked, and Ying Ying smiled.

"You don't have to thank me, I just like your poems very much, so I want more people to read your poems."

Thank? Thanks for the yarn! Li Yong just wants to say to Wang Jiuer now, can you settle the copyright fee for me? However, in this era, there is no such thing as copyright fees, and many people publish books with their own money, so what else can Li Yong say, it is good that Wang Jiuer didn't ask him for money.

"Thank you!"

Li Yong grinned.

"Engraving and printing! It's too much work! ”

Li Yong knew printing technology, so he shook his head at the woodcut engraving and began to instruct.

"Every time a book is printed, it takes time and effort, so to use movable type, that is, to carve out the words individually, and then wait until the time of printing the book to directly combine, so that there is no need to engrave every time a book is printed, saving time and effort."

The people in the workshop suddenly fell silent, and Wang Jiu'er blinked with wide eyes when she heard this, and said in surprise.

"yes, why didn't you think of such a simple question? It's just a word to wake up a dreamer! ”

Wang Jiu'er looked at Li Yong with a hint of fire in her eyes, and Li Jingheng and they were still at a loss, what did Li Yong do in the workshop where he came to print books? They didn't understand the meaning of movable type printing at all, the stewards and craftsmen looked at each other, there was no heat and surprise in their eyes, but some hesitation, Wang Jiu'er quickly sensed that something was wrong and asked.

"What? Why are you like this? Isn't what the county lord said wrong? The words are carved out separately and then typeset and printed, saving time and effort! ”

The steward hesitated for a moment and said with a smile.

"Miss, the county lord, it's not that no one has thought about this, but the woodcut characters will be deformed not long after they encounter ink when printing the book, so ......"

The scene was very embarrassing for a while, even Wang Jiu'er, who has always prided himself as smart, didn't know how to round the scene for a while, Li Jingheng and the others stared at the steward with bad intentions, feeling that this steward was too talkative, Li Yong was calm and calm, and smiled.

"What you said, my father naturally knows that in fact, some trees are tightly woody and will not deform quickly."

Wang Jiu'er said with a smile.

"That's easy, then just find all the wood you can find and try it out!"

The steward listened and hurriedly said.

"Yes, yes, Miss is right, the county prince is right."

Anyway, you should come down first and then talk about it, you can't let the county prince lose face, let the county prince lose face, then the young lady will definitely be angry, Li Yong naturally knows why, he shook his head slightly disapprenoiently and smiled.

"However, using wood is not the best way after all, and the best way is to use lead!"

Hearing this, Wang Jiu'er understood, it turned out that Li Yong had known about this for a long time! And there are countermeasures, which is also right, with Li Yong's ingenuity, how can there be no perfect strategy? She was suddenly a little embarrassed in her heart, just now she almost thought that Li Yong had been asked, the stewards and craftsmen were all confused when they heard it, using lead to make templates? How?

"To first use the copper plate to engrave, and then pour lead water on it, after cooling, take it off and polish it slightly to get movable type, use lead to make movable type, not easy to deform, can be a long time."

Li Yong explained.

"Only the carved copper plate is more troublesome, but the carved copper plate can be used forever, and then make lead movable type in the future, directly pour the lead water on it, and then take it off and polish it."

The stewards and craftsmen couldn't help but think about it, it was really troublesome to use copper plates to engrave letters, but once they were carved, they could do it once and for all, but they didn't know if it would work with lead as a template.

"How?"

Wang Jiu'er looked at the steward and the craftsman and asked, and the steward said respectfully.

"The county prince's whimsy, it sounds really credible, as for whether it will work or not, you have to try it to find out."

Will it work? Nonsense, of course it works, because the Xishan side has been verified a few years ago, Li Yong just took out the Xishan side to play the remaining one, but this kind of playing the remaining technology is also I don't know how many times stronger than the current technology, Li Yong said with a smile.

"Then let's test it with a few words."

Of course, it is not easy to engrave thousands of words, but it is not difficult to engrave a few words, because the melting point of lead is not high, and it is easy to melt lead, so Li Yong feels that if it is fast, maybe it can be tested today.

"Pick a few masters who engrave words on the copper plate, go to find lead, and burn it into lead water!"

The steward hurriedly agreed and ordered someone to do it, Li Yong instructed.

"Lead is toxic, don't burn it in a closed environment when burning, and be sure to pay attention to ventilation."

Just when Li Yong watched the carving master Liao carving on the copper plate with great interest, there were attendants rushing over surrounded by guards, and they searched for a long time and finally followed Li Yong's footprints.

"Oh, the county lord, I can be regarded as finding you, summoned by the saint!"

The chamberlain hurriedly said.

"What is the matter with the summoning of the saints?"

Li Yong turned his head and asked.

"It seems to be a matter of the completion of the literature, and I also summoned Lord Du, Lord Fang, Lord Changsun, Lord Wei, Lord Kong, etc."

The waiter hurriedly said, hearing that it was because of the success of the literature, Li Yong suddenly lost interest, he had already said the idea, what did the rest of the matter have to do with him? What is more important than what is in front of you? Li Yong shook his head slightly.

"If you go back and pay homage to the saint, you will say that I am busy at the moment and have no time."

The waiter was dumbfounded after hearing this, and he was busy right now? Not available? It's not once or twice that he has passed on the decree, and it's the first time he's met such an answer, not to mention that he's met, he hasn't even heard it, not only the inner servant is stunned, but Li Jingheng next to him is also stunned, that's the emperor's summons, how can you say that you are not available, even if you are really not available, you have to be free! Besides, in their opinion, isn't it just the improvement of printing, can that be called a problem? It's insignificant compared to the emperor's summons, could it be that the county prince heard it wrong? Or did he not make it clear? The waiter hurriedly said.

"The county prince, the saint is still waiting for the county prince in the palace, the county prince can't let the saint wait for a long time!"

Li Yong waved his hand and said.

"I'm busy now, I don't have time to enter the palace, if you report to the sage, I will be responsible for making ideas about the completion of the literature, and the rest has nothing to do with me! Okay, go back to the palace quickly, otherwise the saint will still be waiting! ”

The waiter who went out was still confused, who am I? What should I do now? What should I do if he doesn't enter the palace if he doesn't follow the edict? The chamberlain who went out retreated again, and he had to figure out what the Duke of Rongfu was busy with, otherwise how would he explain if the emperor asked? Li Jingheng and the others asked in a low voice.

"Li Yong, you really don't enter the palace? Even if you want to improve this printing technique, don't worry! ”

Why not rush? I'm in a hurry! Li Yong waved his hand.

"It's a matter of literature, and it's the same with me or not."

Wang Jiu'er asked curiously.

"What literature?"

Li Yong explained with a smile.

"It can be regarded as a summary of the inheritance of civilization to the present, where the book deed since the history of the subset of the book of a hundred schools, as for astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medicine, monks, and skills, the compilation is a book, the king of Wei lost the battle for the prince, the saint and the queen were afraid that he would go to extremes, and entrusted him to me, so I came up with an idea to find something to do for the king of Wei, and this thing can go down in history if it is done well, so he also tried his best to do it."

Li Jingheng and the others were stunned when they were listening, but Wang Jiu'er instantly understood the meaning and benefits of this matter, as Li Yong said, if this matter is done well, it can really go down in history, go down in history! This is the lifelong pursuit of many people who are full of ambition and talent! However, who would dare to say that they can go down in history? However, Li Yong always seems to be able to easily do one thing after another that will go down in history! Like this matter, Li Yong actually gave it to Li Tai, the king of Wei! Originally, Wang Jiu'er still thought that Li Tai was very stupid and pitiful, but now she felt that Li Tai was really lucky, the old Li family really burned high incense, Wang Jiu'er could only sigh in her heart, in the Ganlu Palace, Li Er couldn't wait to pretend to be a wave in front of a group of old ministers, maybe what happened yesterday made the ministers look lively, but soon they will be envious, after all, once this document is completed, it will go down in history, and which minister in the court does not want to go down in history? Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng and others came together, and when they walked into the main hall, they all secretly glanced at the emperor, and they were very surprised to find that the emperor was flushed and looked like he was in a good mood.