The second wind rises in Chang'an Chapter 267 Waste is shameful
The four or five boxes placed in the corner of the wall were opened by Lu Chen instructed Lian Xiude and Meng Ji, and there were neat and neat thread-bound books in them, with the titles of the books printed on the brand-new pages, and as the boxes were opened, the smell of ink from printed books wafted directly in the private room.
"These books have been printed by my father in the past two days, you can get started and see if there are any errors or omissions in the book!" Lu Chen said and waved his hand, Lian Xiude and Meng Ji, as well as Liu Jing who was standing beside him, the three of them each picked out a few books with different names in the box and put them in front of Xiao Yu and the others.
Looking at the brand-new books with the scent of ink in front of them, Xiao Yu and the others' expressions were heavy, palpitating, and stunned, in short, the expressions of several people were not uniform, but their moods were basically the same, and their eyes when they looked at Lu Chen had become a little afraid.
The book in front of them didn't seem to be a book in their eyes, it was more like a sharp blade, and the faces of several people were ugly, but Lu Chen actually smiled and invited them to criticize and correct? This is obviously telling them that this knife is ready, and whether you want to die or not, you don't have to say it, it is the father who has the final say.
"What? Don't you look down on the books printed by Bengong? Lu Chen put away his smile, pulled his face down directly, and said in a rather displeased voice.
Xiao Yu and the others stabilized their minds when they heard Lu Chen's book, and silently opened the books, these books printed by Lu Chen are not available in those bookstores in Chang'an City outside, because these books are all books related to the imperial examination, and they are books with annotations.
When a few people opened the book, several people were stunned, because not only the handwriting in the book was the same size, but there were even some more symbols that they couldn't understand, and these symbols broke those sentences, even if there were no annotations, they could actually understand the meaning of the broken sentences.
Several people quickly immersed themselves in the content of the book, but just when these people were fascinated, Lu Chen directly waved his hand at Liu Jing, Lian Xiude and Meng Ji, these three people were really polite, and went directly to snatch the books in the hands of those people.
"Hey! Oops! The old man hasn't finished reading it yet! Someone suddenly took the books in his hand, Xiao Yu shouted anxiously twice, but when he saw Lu Chen's smug expression, Xiao Yu suddenly woke up, this is not his study, this is still the private room of Changyuan Building, where Lu Chen set up a banquet for them!
The reaction of several other people was similar to Xiao Yu, but after seeing Lu Chen, they all suddenly woke up, and several people were also full of questions about the special "punctuation marks" in the book, why after having those symbols, this book was actually a lot easier to read, but after seeing Lu Chen, these people understood that this thing should also be invented by Lu Chen, if they asked, it was estimated that Lu Chen would not tell them, so they could only press those questions back into their stomachs.
"My father is going to put these books in Chang'an's shop for sale, what do you think?" Lu Chen took a bite of food for himself, and said with a smile while looking at these people while eating.
"For sale?" Hearing these two words, several people's hearts were tight, if this kind of book appeared on sale in Chang'an City, it would definitely be a big blow to their family, because many of these books were used by them to attract students who submitted papers, if they could be bought outside, where would it be necessary for those students to submit papers.
"I'm afraid these boxes of books won't sell much money, right?" Xiao Yu stabilized his mind, looked at Lu Chen and said, "If Lu County Gong is interested in selling these books, we can buy them!" ”
They didn't want to see these books circulate outside, so if they could come up with a suitable price to stop Lu Chen from selling these books, it would be the most suitable choice for them.
"You want to buy?" Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Lu Chen suddenly laughed, "How much can you come up with?" Lu Chen looked at Xiao Yu and asked.
"Lu Xiangong just bids!" Xiao Yu glanced at the others, and the others nodded silently, for this kind of thing, they naturally wanted to stop it, so they all tacitly agreed with Xiao Yu's words.
"I'm afraid you can't afford it!" Lu Chen directly sneered and said, "You just want to stop Bengong from letting these books circulate, but Bengong told you a piece of news, you think about it again, whether you have the ability to eat these books!" Lu Chen put down his wine glass and looked at a few people with a serious expression, "These books, my father can print thousands of them in two days, do you think it will be useful for you to buy these boxes of books?" After Lu Chen finished speaking, he looked at the few people opposite him silently, stopped talking, and gave them enough time to think.
"This..."As soon as they heard Lu Chen's words, Xiao Yu and the others all looked awe-inspired, after all, what Lu Chen said was terrible, in these four or five boxes, there were at least no less than a dozen books of titles, and thousands of copies of these books could be printed in two days.
Each book is not just a few pages or a dozen pages, that are dozens of pages and hundreds of pages, if it is engraving printing, a book is a set of engraving, and the engraving is also easy to damage, a little crack or something can not be used, you have to re-engrave, and Lu Chen said so, then Lu Chen's printing skills are definitely not ordinary engraving printing, but what kind of printing technology, they do not know.
And when they looked at Lu Chen's printed books just now, they also found one thing, that is, except for those special punctuation marks that appeared on the books, the size of the printed handwriting was basically the same.
Engraving printing is a carving craftsman, who prints the content of the page after carving it out, and prints a page of the book, it is necessary to engrave a engraving plate, so the printing of a book requires several or even dozens of engraving craftsmen to engrave the template, therefore, the handwriting on the printed books is difficult to be consistent in size, even if it is a template carved out by the same engraving craftsman, the size of the handwriting is also difficult to be consistent, which is another difference they found in the books printed by Lu Chen.
After listening to what Lu Chen said, these people looked at each other again, if it was really as Lu Chen said, then Lu Chen could make hundreds of books a day, and they might be able to bear it if they bought it a day or two, but what about the years? How long will they be able to carry it?
However, these people are also officials in the court, and they are also people who have been in the court for many years, and their minds are naturally clever and meticulous, since Lu Chen dares to show them these things, on the one hand, he is warning them that they can't guess how many methods Lu Chen has, and Lu Chen's methods are directly hit on their seven inches; On the other hand, it seems that Lu Chen doesn't really want to put these books out, otherwise he won't let them see them, and they can sell them directly in the shops in Chang'an City, even if they know, they can't do anything about Lu Chen.
After carefully pondering Lu Chen's actions and words, Xiao Yu and the others glanced at each other, and seemed to see a hint of understanding in each other's eyes.
"Lu Xiangong, if you have any conditions, just open it!" After thinking about it, Xiao Yu looked directly at Lu Chen and said.
"Look! Xiao Servant, this attitude is right! Lu Chen picked up his wine glass and shook it at Xiao Yu, and said with a smile, "Look at you, you are tense as soon as you come, as if your father wants to do something to you, how can you have a little attitude to talk about things, right?" ”
"Yes! Be! Lu County teaches a lesson! It's us, isn't it! After seeing what Lu Chen showed, Xiao Yu and the others didn't dare to offend Lu Chen at all, although Lu Chen only showed the two things "refined salt" and "books", but they were too clear about what they represented behind it, so their attitude was suddenly much more respectful.
"Come on! Eat first! This is the first time for this father to feast you, this wine and food are a little cold, throw it away, and waste it, this father has always believed that waste is a shameful behavior, everyone, you see..."
"Yes! Waste is a shame! Lu County's words are really deafening, this table of dishes is carefully prepared by Lu County, how can it be wasted! Wang Jue said directly and very flatteringly, and at the same time picked up the chopsticks and directly grabbed a piece of meat and ate it in his mouth, at this time the dish was cold, once the meat was cold, the oil on it could be condensed, so Wang Jue's expression in his mouth was conceivable.
Wang Qi forcibly suppressed the urge to spit out, tried to keep smiling, chewed the cold meat in his mouth, the taste of the condensation melting in his mouth was quite uncomfortable, and after finally swallowing this mouthful of meat, Wang Qi hurriedly took a sip of wine, and couldn't help but praise a sentence of "good wine".
In fact, Wang Jue's words are not against his will, for them, these two pots are naturally good wine.
Seeing that Wang Qi had already moved the chopsticks, several other people hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and ate the dishes.
Lu Chen smiled and watched a few people eat there, tasted a few sips of wine leisurely, put down the wine glass, and looked at these family officials indifferently, trying to eat the dishes on this table that can already be said to be cold, at this time, it is winter, even if it is a big restaurant like Changyuanlou, most of them are some meat, so these adults can be said to have a hard time eating, but they have to maintain the expression on their faces.
This cold meat cold soup made these people cry bitterly in their hearts, and peeked at Lu Chen, who was sitting opposite with an indifferent expression, and saw that Lu Chen had no intention of speaking, and several people couldn't stop their chopsticks, so they could only try to eat cold meat and drink cold soup.