"Ministers and saints!"

After everyone entered the main hall, they saluted, and Li Er waved his hand.

"Excuse me! Qingque is about to leave Beijing to take up the domain, in fact, both a certain and the queen are still a little worried, Li Yong put forward a wonderful suggestion, so a certain preparation will discuss it with Zhongqing! ”

Listening to the emperor's words, Fang Xuanling and the others all pondered in their hearts, what did the emperor mean by this? Could it be that the emperor wanted to repent, leaving the king of Wei in Chang'an? But it shouldn't be, now that Li Zhiwei has been made the crown prince, this is very beneficial to Li Yong, Li Yong shouldn't make any brilliant suggestions to keep Li Tai in Chang'an, right? Wei Zheng has been silently prepared, as long as the emperor proposed to let the king of Wei stay in Chang'an, then he immediately opened his mouth to advise, over the years he has proposed more than once to let the king of Wei to the vassal, but the emperor has never let go, now the emperor has taken the initiative to ask the king of Wei to leave Beijing to become a vassal, how can he let the emperor back? He felt that Li Chengqian's rebellion before had a lot to do with King Wei's stay in Chang'an, and if King Wei was allowed to stay in Chang'an, it would definitely cause trouble for Xiao Wall, so King Wei had to leave Beijing no matter what, and the eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile.

"Sage, I don't know that Li Yong has made a wonderful suggestion again?"

Li Er laughed.

"Li Yong wants to make a summary of the civilization that has been inherited to this day, whether it is a book of 100 schools of thought in the subset of scripture and history, or astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medical divination, monk Taoism, and the words of skills, it is compiled into one book, which is the culmination of literature."

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others were all stunned when they heard this, and with their eyes, they naturally understood the meaning and benefits of this matter at once, and Wei Zheng said excitedly.

"Literature? A summary of the civilization that has been passed down to the present day? Li Yong's proposal is really wonderful! ”

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Eldest Sun Wuji and others were also full of praise, this is indeed a good thing, and they also want to participate.

"Li Yong is also afraid that Qingque will be bored if he leaves Beijing, so he came up with this idea for him, so that he can also have something to do, and he thinks it's very good, if this thing is done, it will also be the embodiment of our Datang Wenzhi, however, if you want to do this well, it is not easy, it is very cumbersome, it is very time-consuming, and it is necessary to collect books in the entire Tang Dynasty, which is definitely not something that Qingque can do by himself, so he still has to help him."

Li Er said with great interest, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were a little disappointed when they heard it, if it was organized by the imperial court, then they would all have the opportunity to participate, but if the King of Wei did this, then the participation of these ministers in the court would be very limited, at this moment they suddenly had an urge to leave the King of Wei in Chang'an, it was really too tempting to repair the literature, who didn't want to leave a few more heavy strokes in the history books? No, it should all be blamed on Li Yong, if you have such a good idea, just put it forward directly, why did you give it to King Wei? Why is King Wei bored when he leaves Beijing? Wine, food, sex, hunting, you can play whatever you want, speaking of which, Li Er suddenly remembered a question, what about Li Yong? What about Li Yongren? Just now, I couldn't wait to brag to Fang Xuanling and the others, and I forgot about Li Yong.

"What about Li Yong? Didn't a certain Xuan Li Yong meet him? ”

Li Er asked the waiter standing behind him, in fact, the little waiter who went to deliver the decree had already returned, but he didn't come in immediately to report it, because he was a little panicked, afraid that the emperor would be angry with him, and the emperor was now happy with Lord Fang, wouldn't he go in to report the news to the emperor? However, before he could make up his mind, the emperor suddenly asked, what else can he do? The chamberlain could only walk into the hall with a hard head, and he said silently in his heart, "O county prince!" It's not that I don't want to help you get through, I really can't help it!

"Haven't you found Li Yong yet? Where did he go? ”

Li Eryi asked repeatedly, it was Li Yong who made such a wonderful proposal, so how could Li Yong not be present? The little chamberlain said with a frightened face.

"Qiqi sage, the slave maid did look for a long time to find the Rongfu County Duke in a book-printing workshop in the south of the city, but the Rongfu County Duke said that he, he was very busy and had no time, let the slave and the maid come back to the saint, and the Rongfu County Duke also said that he was only responsible for making suggestions, and the rest was none of his business."

Li Er couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and asked suspiciously.

"Not available? What did he do in the book printing workshop? Do you want to print a book of poems? He doesn't need to go to the book printing workshop in person to print a collection of poems, he doesn't want him to go out, his poetry collection has long made Chang'an paper expensive! ”

Angry? Li Er really didn't feel angry when he heard it, if someone else did this, then how could he say that he would treat that person for a big crime of disrespect, but Li Yong did this, he was more curious about what Li Yong was doing so that he didn't have time to enter the palace, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others listened to the face unchanged at all, as if they didn't hear it, if someone else did this, they would have to join that person for a big crime of disrespect, but Li Yong did it, they thought about it or decided to pretend not to hear it, didn't they see that even the emperor was not angry at all? Seeing that the emperor didn't get angry at all, the little chamberlain breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that it was no wonder that the prince of Rongfu County had no fear, it turned out that even if he disobeyed the order, the saint was not angry at all! The chamberlain was now very glad that he had an idea, and asked what the prince of Rongfu was doing in that workshop.

"Qiyu sage, the slave maid has inquired, and the prince of Rongfu wants to improve printing technology in that workshop."

The chamberlain hurriedly said, improve the printing technique? Li Er asked curiously.

"How is he going to improve the printing press?"

While talking about Li Er, he couldn't help but muttered in his heart, he still thought that Li Yong really had something to do, it turned out that he was going to improve the printing technique, which was too bad for him as an emperor, right? When they heard that Li Yong wanted to improve what printing technology he wanted, Li Er was still a little unimpressed, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling were also a little unimpressed, at first they thought that Li Yong really had something to do, it turned out that he wanted to improve the printing technique! It is a bit outrageous to refuse the emperor's summons for such a trivial matter! Wei Zheng couldn't help but open his mouth to impeach Li Yong in his heart, if Li Yong really had something big, it would be fine, but it was just a trivial matter, and he actually disobeyed the emperor's summons, Li Yong still has a monarch and ministers in his heart! The waiter hurriedly said.

"The slave maid heard from the craftsmen in the workshop that the Rongfu County Gong wanted to do movable type printing, that is, to carve individual characters, and then arrange and combine them."

After finishing speaking, the chamberlain was still a little confused, because after listening to it, he didn't think what kind of improvement this was, wasn't this the same as the previous printing technology? However, Li Er and Fang Xuanling have tasted the difference, now the printing of the book has to carve out the whole book, which can be imagined, but if it is combined with movable type, doesn't it mean that if you want to print a book, you only need to arrange and combine individual words? That means that it will be much easier to print books in the future, and the cost will be reduced a lot, and the price of a book on the market is really not cheap, and ordinary people really can't afford to buy books! Kong Yingda said excitedly when he heard it.

"That's right, each word is engraved separately, and then combined and arranged, the cost of printing will be greatly reduced, how come no one thought of such a simple idea before!"

Chu Suiliang said excitedly.

"Yes, the price of books will not be so expensive in the future, and poor students will be able to buy books!"

This poked Li Er's itch, the more students from the poor family, the more beneficial it was for the imperial court, because it could break the family's monopoly on talents, but just when everyone was excited, Wei Zheng poured a basin of cold water and groaned.

"It's not that no one has thought about it this way, but the woodcut characters are easy to deform and rot when exposed to water, so after trying it, I found that this road is not going to go at all."

The people who were originally a little excited were suddenly poured a basin of cold water, it turned out that some people had already thought about it like this, and they had tried, but they found that it didn't work at all, Li Er couldn't help but sigh when he heard it, although he had always felt that Li Yong was amazing, but this time someone had tried it before, which meant that Li Yong was doomed to failure, and the eldest grandson Wuji had an idea and groaned.

"If the wood is easy to deform and rot when exposed to water, can you use something else?"

Wei Zheng shook his head slightly.

"We're just guessing, those craftsmen make a living out of it, and if they could use something else to make a stereotype, they should have discovered it a long time ago!"

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help nodding when they heard this, although Wei Zheng was good at pouring cold water, but he had to admit that he was reasonable, Li Er said helplessly.

"It turns out that this kid also has a time when he is stupid, you kid is tossing around in the workshop, and he doesn't even come to summon him!"

Du Ruhan said with a smile.

"It's already extremely smart for the Duke of Rongfu County to think of this, and it's normal not to know the inside story, after all, there is no workshop for printing books in the Duke of Rongfu County."

After listening to this for a while, the chamberlain finally understood, hesitated again and again, and said boldly.

"Qiqi sage, the slave maid listened to the people in the workshop, it seems that the prince of Rongfu County is looking for some copper plates, lead water or something."

Li Er couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and said happily.

"Oh? So Li Yong didn't use woodcuts to make engravings? Haha, let's just say, this kid is a goblin, how could he not think of the problem that woodcarvings are easy to deform when exposed to water, it seems that he found something else to replace woodcarvings! ”

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but murmur in their hearts when they heard this, the emperor didn't say that just now, but now is not the time to slander, they couldn't help but be happy when they listened to the words of the servant, if Li Yong succeeded, the impact on the world's scholars would be really amazing, it would definitely be a feat that would go down in history, and it was not even lower than the credit of the literature! At this time, even Li Er couldn't sit still, and got up and said.

"Let's go, let's go and see if Li Yong can succeed!"

Can you succeed with copper and lead? Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng are not sure, but that is Li Yong, when did Li Yong fail? Li Er strode towards the outside of the hall, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Chu Suiliang, Kong Yingda and others followed closely behind, in the workshop, the craftsman had carved a word, just a simple "Zhi" word, and was about to continue carving, Li Yong had already smiled.

"You don't have to engrave it anymore, one word is enough, just give it a try, if it succeeds, it's not too late to engrave it later."

Wang Jiu'er nodded slightly and smiled.

"Yes, if it succeeds, it's never too late to do it later!"

"Is the lead water already boiled?"

Li Yong asked.

"Ready, ready!"

The steward hurriedly said.

"Pour the lead on it, be careful!"

Li Yong instructed, the craftsman carefully poured the lead water on the carved copper template, and as time passed, a square lead character gradually took shape, Wang Jiu'er was pleasantly surprised.

"It worked! It worked! ”

"It should have been a success!"

Li Yong feels natural, because although this technology is kept secret in Xishan, it will definitely fall apart when it is taken out, and the impact on culture is too great. However, thinking about these things in front of Wang Jiuer seemed a little unauthentic, and Li Yong quickly stopped thinking about it.

"Print it and try it to see if it works!"

Li Yong said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, try it, try it."

The steward hurriedly said, a craftsman had already taken out the lead word with a trace of heat, ready to test, the lead word was printed on the paper, leaving a "zhi" word, the steward and the craftsman were suddenly excited, excited and shouted.

"It worked! It really worked! ”

Li Yong couldn't help laughing.

"It's easy!"

After finishing speaking, Li Yong couldn't help frowning, looked at it carefully, and said with some dissatisfaction.

"This ink is not very good, is this okay?"

The craftsman hurriedly said.

"The county prince doesn't know that the ink used for printing is not the ink used for writing, but the ink that has been specially prepared, and now this ink is certainly not suitable for lead characters, but the formula of the ink will be improved later."

I see, Li Yong hurriedly asked.

"Do you want to improve the ink formula? Is it easy to get? ”

The craftsman nodded confidently.

"It's easy to get it, it's easy to get it, you won't be able to try it out in ten days and half a month!"

These craftsmen are all masters, since they are so sure that they can try it out, it must be completely certain, Li Yong will be relieved when he hears it, it's not that he doesn't want to even take out the ink, because just such a printing technology has scared people to death, and if it is taken out, it will definitely cause greater trouble, although he is not afraid, but he does not want to find himself too much trouble.

"So, that's how movable type printing came about?"

It's very simple, and it's not a cement or a wooden, but a step in place and a straight lead! Wang Jiu'er's eyes blinked at Li Yong and asked curiously.

"How do you know it's okay to use lead?"

Li Yong smiled calmly.

"I don't know why, I just know, maybe this is a genius!"

Since coming to Datang, Li Yong feels that his face is as thick as the city wall, maybe this is the red who is close to Zhu and the black who is close to ink, after all, whether it is Li Er or Cheng Biting Jin, they are more shameless than the other, or maybe the environment has changed himself, is Li Yong a genius? If others claim to be a genius, then Wang Jiu'er will definitely scoff at it, thinking that this person is not self-sufficient, but Li Yong said that he is a genius, Wang Jiu'er nodded reasonably, and there was a hint of admiration in her eyes, because she felt that Li Yong was a genius, which was beyond doubt, if Li Yong was not a genius, then there would be no genius in the world.