According to the grapevine, the crown princess is pregnant again, which is amazing!

Jubi is seven dozen and nine five discounts, all the shops in Xiaqiu Village are like this, except for the box restaurant, which is still three-fold.

Then all the people who do business in the whole city of Nanjing are discounted or given gifts, including Qinglou......

The common people are most afraid of turmoil, and a stable political environment is what they like, especially businessmen.

There are more people who give soup in winter, and the rich merchants are afraid, in case His Majesty is in a bad mood, what will be the next order......

Time flickered, and it was the solar term of the Great Cold, January 20, 1374 in the Gregorian calendar, and the 29th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar.

This month is twenty-nine days, and the next day is the first day of the lunar month.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have anything to do, he didn't hold a court meeting, he simply had a holiday with the first day of the lunar month in the cold season, and he had a three-day holiday.

The children were happy and ran over to play again, the ice rink in Daejeon was not the one outside Xiaqiu Village.

More than 3,000 children living in the library also came running over again, first sipping the soup used to make shabu-shabu and then skating.

The crown princess also came, and she had more contact with the children and was in a good mood.

Except for those on duty who stayed in the offices of the imperial city, the rest of the civil and military officials arrived, including a large group of people such as Wei Su, who compiled the sea of dictionaries.

Cihai is almost done, and it can be finalized and copied after two more reviews, and then sent to the library's printing workshop for printing.

The officials involved were very happy, and the two reference books had their own merits.

After the compilation of Cihai is completed, you can complete the Hongwu Ceremony with other people who are preparing first, and once it is compiled, this life is enough!

"It's too hard, to be finalized, it's too hard to rest for a while, don't be busy. With a total print run of more than 500,000 dictionaries, it is the dictionary of our Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was talking to Wei Su at the moment, and he probably looked at the unfinalized Cihai and was satisfied.

Cihai is an advanced reference book for dictionaries, and at present, dictionaries are being printed hard, at least one for officials and scribes from all over the Ming Dynasty.

There are also a large number of dictionaries in the library for people to borrow.

Scholars bought it, like those who did not continue to stay in Nanjing after the deposition of the imperial examination, they bought several copies at a time, used them for their own use, and also used them for the children at home.

When the sergeants went down to the local area to do literacy, they had to bring a bunch of them, and give a few copies from each village, and then if anyone wanted them, they had to pay for them themselves.

The price of the dictionary is not expensive, the cost plus a 10 percent profit, and this 10 percent also includes the cost of transportation.

When Wei Su heard that he wanted to let himself rest, he showed a difficult look: "Your Majesty, the minister is not tired, and the minister still has to repair the Hongwu ceremony." ”

"How can the ceremony be repaired in a day or two? If you are tired of your body, what else can you use to repair it? New Year's Day gives you a month off to walk around with your family. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang disagreed, the people who worked hard to save him couldn't help but rest, and the animals pulling the cart also had to rest! Not to mention people!

"Your Majesty, what about the others?" As soon as Wei Su heard His Majesty say that he would let his family go around, he felt that it was okay.

"Rest, recuperate your body bones, you are not young!"

Zhu Yuanzhang directly gave a holiday to this department dedicated to repairing the canon.

There are many people in it who belong to the former officials of the dynasty who have been pension at home, and the former officials have not thought about the affairs of the court, and they are tired!

When they are older, they stay at home, teach students who are willing to come to school, and then teach the children in the family, so that they are ready to spend the rest of their lives.

As a result, the imperial court wanted to repair the Ming dictionary, the Ming Cihai, and the Hongwu dictionary, so they were found again.

As soon as they knew that they wanted to participate in such things, they became young again and ran to Nanjing with their families, where they received physical recuperation and joined in the compilation work.

At present, Zhu Yuanzhang has assigned people to collect books, and the Hongwu Canon is an encyclopedia, which contains various aspects.

Some books are collected in the hands of private individuals, and they have to take them out, borrow them, and then buy them if they want to sell them, and return them if they don't want to sell them.

Anyone who is willing to collect books knows the preciousness of books, and when they see a notice that they want to compile a canon of all subjects, they are willing to lend them.

The key is not to borrow in vain, give money, plus dictionaries and other printed agricultural books or something, and give them a set.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wei Su happily went to his friends to talk about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at the chief: "If it weren't for them, it would be really difficult to make up the sea of words, but unfortunately there are few people, and I don't know when I can see the Hongwu ceremony." ”

The lieutenant had been silent just now, he actually wanted to see the children in the village playing, but he was asked to stay here.

Now listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's question, he replied directly: "I think it is enough to have a three-year or five-year history, and the canon should be sorted out, classified, and copper movable type is constantly manufactured, and once the canon is completed, it will be printed more." ”

"Very good! Avoid losing it in the future. Are those, scripts stocked up? Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with Duoduo's printing behavior.

If there is only the original and the copy, in case of fire or water, it will have to be re-compiled if it is broken.

He thought of a group of 'authors' in Xiaqiu Village again, who wrote scripts, but now they are only printed and not sold, and everyone is illiterate, who are they sold to?

There are many books that have been made, like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which has already been completed, and Luo Guanzhong is working on the Water Margin with his master.

Luo Guanzhong has a lot of scripts by himself, not only the Water Margin and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that he wrote with his master Shi Nai'an.

Other scripts that have not been handed down in history are now written.

With the addition of other authors, the library has a strong stockpile, waiting for a few small books to be released next year for storytellers.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's almost the same, the main thing is that the paper is good, and you must use good paper to continue printing, including dictionaries."

The chief doesn't talk about it, it belongs to entertainment according to things, and what is really useful is paper.

The papermaking process in Xiaqiu Village has been improving, and it can be used to make paper for printing banknotes, while other paper technologies are relatively low.

But it is better than the paper made by the normal papermaking workshop of the Ming Dynasty, don't look at the famous rice paper in Xuancheng County, and it cannot be printed into a book.

The key rice paper is expensive and the cost is too high.

The paper in Xiaqiu Village was cheap and good, and the technology was kept secret, and the craftsmen were given death orders.

There is also printing ink, which must be ink, which is also a secret.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the people on the ice: "Can you print treasure money next year?" ”

"The technical reserves are enough, but the treasure banknotes will be issued next year?" The lieutenant asked.

"Issued?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked rhetorically.

Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't know whether it is good to issue it or not, this matter has to be listened to by the masters, in case it is mistaken!

"You can try to use it in several surrounding prefectures, such as the trading and department stores in Xiaqiu Village, if you use treasure money, we can collect it, and you can even have a discount."

The lieutenant gave a trial method to force the people to accept it, it is better to guide it slowly, and there is no hurry anyway.

At present, the currency circulation of the Ming Dynasty is okay, mainly because the people do not go out much, and they have won the war.

(End of chapter)