Xiao Houye's seven-year imperial examination and five-year road to Kaifeng[75]

Regarding Pang Yu's proposal to print the book, although Zhao Jue was a little surprised, he did not hesitate much. This is indeed a good thing that benefits the country and the people.

Zhao Jue didn't know much about printing. After all, he was not an all-knowing being, so he sent someone to find a printing craftsman to inquire about it that day.

I don't know if I don't ask, but the cost of printing is very high. It can be said that a simple three-character scripture will cost a lot of money, and it will be even more difficult to sell. The cost is there.

"Little Bi Sheng, I have met the prince." The craftsman stood in front of Zhao Jue and said a little awkwardly.

"I want to print this kind of enlightenment book. You can tell me whether the cost can be reduced." Zhao Jue recruited several batches of people, but none of them could do it.

"It's not that the small one deliberately quoted a high price, it's just that the cost is so high." The printing craftsmen looked embarrassed, fearing that they would be misunderstood by the prince for making money out of black hearts.

"Then can you break up the engraving board and make it detachable?" Pang Yu asked curiously from the side.

"Scatter?" the craftsman repeated with a dull expression.

"Yes, since a whole piece is very expensive, it should be broken up and engraved one by one, so that it can be reused." Pang Yu said gesturing there.

"Xiao Langjun is so smart! Why didn't I think of it!" The craftsman slapped his thigh, isn't that the reason!

"Will the cost be reduced in this way?" Zhao Jue asked immediately, and he also understood what Pang Yu meant. Since a whole piece of carving is time-consuming and laborious and cannot be reused, making it into a small piece, why not? It becomes more convenient, whichever word needs to be used, just put it.

"It's definitely possible, and it saves a lot of trouble." The craftsman nodded quickly, and he couldn't wait to try it now.

"Then follow Yu'er's method first." Zhao Jue waved his hands casually and said.

"Here." The craftsman quickly retreated.

After everyone had left, Zhao Jue said with a smile on his face, "Why is Yu'er so smart?"

"I'm already smart." Pang Yu smiled, not to mention his little expression.

It's really not that Pang Yu wanted to claim credit, but that if he used the name of Grandpa White Beard every time, the boy might become numb.

However, he just reminded the craftsman on the opposite side that he didn't blame himself for this, and he didn't care about these false names Pang Yu.

There were no patents in ancient times, so what's the use of getting those names?

And they can't exchange for money. As far as money is concerned, Zhao Jue's pig farm alone may not be able to eat up the dividends in the future. Currently, the pig farm is only provided to some noble families such as the palace, and the supply is already in short supply.

It is necessary to expand, and then expand elsewhere. Pork will never fall behind!

It’s just that the output of cement is not high. Pang Yu feels that the cement formula is too rough and can be repaired. It’s just that he can’t do much because of his current mental limitations. It’s better to wait. Anyway, cement is not in a hurry.

What Pang Yu didn't expect was that Zhao Jue has gradually paid more attention to cement recently, not for other reasons, because the pig farms have a relatively large shipment volume, and the roads in ancient times were all dirt roads. Unless you are crazy, the stone slabs on the roads of this kind of pig farm will be crushed within two days.

Zhao Jue found that the pig farms used wheeled carts to transport feed, which was very smooth. If you pay attention, you can see that the pigsty was poured with cement. What if you use cement to build a road?

The ideas of the rich and powerful can be implemented quickly, Zhao Jue doesn't need to use his brain, he just needs to pass on his ideas, and someone will naturally realize them for him.

In particular, Zhao Jue has a large number of craftsmen under his command, because he used to like those strange skills that others looked down on, and he found it interesting, so it is normal to have some skilled craftsmen.

In his dream, he asked these people to build a building full of organs for him. Thinking about it now, isn't he a little... sick?

No, when I think of myself in the dream, my brain is like being beaten, and I can't do that kind of stupid thing without a few pitfalls.

Zhao Jue couldn't accept that his middle-aged self was so stupid, it was a pity that he didn't know the cub in his dream, otherwise it would be so embarrassing!

His tall and mighty image completely collapsed!

The skilled craftsmen who were raised by the King of Xiangyang suddenly came to work, not to mention the previous printing, and the later cement improvement, this is all work.

Of course, in ancient times, no one would take out the formula and sell it for money. First of all, this is not a craftsman raised by an ordinary businessman, but the royal family. Unless they are not ready to live in the land of the Song Dynasty in the future, they will have a brain twitch Offend a prince.

In the eyes of the common people, even the county magistrate is an extremely powerful official to them, and the prince is even more so, just like the unreachable clouds in the sky.

Soon the two saw the printed results of the first edition, which contained the enlightenment readings recited by Pang Yu, together with punctuation marks.

Each paragraph is clear and clear, and no longer needs to be read by later generations as before.

To be honest, everyone has their own Hamlet in their hearts, and the interpretation of an article is also different.

But that's for those articles. Pang Yu's writing is an enlightenment book, which should be concise and clear for children to understand, so it doesn't need to be that complicated.

"Very good, go down and receive the reward." Zhao Jue was very satisfied with the bound book in his hand, and most importantly, the cost has been reduced by two-thirds.

"Thank you, my lord." The craftsman happily followed the palace servants down, leaving all the printed books in front of the two of them.

Pang Yudong looked around and felt that although these books are not as good as modern printing, they are already very remarkable. I heard that in order to earn some extra money, scholars in the past even copied books for bookstores, and they could earn a lot from one book. You can imagine how expensive a book is in the market.

With such printing, the price of books on the market will drop a lot, and maybe those booksellers will come to scold them.

Zhao Jue doesn't care, who dares to scold him?

And he only prints the enlightenment book, let's talk about other books, and he is not in a hurry at the moment.

And he is about to go back to the palace to report the situation to his brother. He stayed for half a month mainly to divide the different soils in Zhuangzi here. No matter what, he will not be able to plant fresh sweet potatoes until next spring, and use those as seeds. They are all piled up in the warehouse, thinking that he should be able to realize the freedom of sweet potatoes and potatoes next year, he is still a little happy.

Quietly, Zhao Jue returned to the palace in a carriage. The officials had already known the news of his return and were already waiting there.

This is the first time the official has given his younger brother a task, so of course he has to wait for him to report.

"That's it." It was rare for Zhao Jue to be serious, and he told what he had seen during this time, and at the same time asked someone to hand over the recorded notebook to the official for reading.

"Yeah, my family's Jue'er has really grown up." Don't mention how proud the official is, his younger brother is already a capable big boy, as for why he is not an adult, he is still young at 13 years old.

"By the way, there is this." Zhao Jue waited for his brother to be happy, and continued to take out the basically printed book and a board printed with movable type.

"What is this?" The official asked suspiciously, wondering why his younger brother handed him some books.

"Newly compiled children's enlightenment books, as well as a brand new typesetting and printing." Zhao Jue continued, "This thing is called movable type printing, which can reduce the printing cost by more than half, that is to say, the price of printed books can be more than half cheaper in the future. .”

"This is a good thing!" The official was able to be made the prince by the first emperor, not only because he was lucky, but also because he read a lot of books, and he was relatively easy to learn when he was young, although he was more lazy at this age, The main reason is that I don’t have enough energy, not compared to when I was young.

However, improving the cultural level of the whole people has always been the direction of the government's efforts, and the Great Song Dynasty needs more talents.

"It's all for you." Zhao Jue looked at his brother. This was the first time he looked at his brother's appearance carefully. The elderly official had already grown gray hair. He seemed to have never been angry with him. What did you do to help him.

"Give it all to me?" The official looked at his younger brother blankly. Zhao Jue was not a good boy since he was a child. I will take care of my younger brother when I am alive, but I never thought that when my younger brother grows up, I will start to feel sorry for my brother and give him something back.

"Well, it's all for you." Zhao Jue nodded seriously.

"Aren't you going to use it to make money?" the official asked wonderingly.

"Some money can be earned, but that's fine." Zhao Jue didn't want to monopolize this technology, and the enlightenment book was needed by the court.

"Hahaha, you are indeed my good brother!" The official confirmed that he was sincere, and happily raised his hand and patted his brother's shoulder, very pleased.

"But Pang Yu has to give a reward." Zhao Jue didn't forget to give the cub a reward. Pang Yu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. To be honest, he didn't seem to have much credit for these two things.

"How do you say it?" the official asked Pang Yu, who looked down at the same innocent face.

"Pang Yu and the craftsmen came up with this typesetting and printing together." Zhao Jue said immediately, he really thought so, without Pang Yu's reminder, although it is possible to make this, it will take a lot of detours .

"Okay, let me say that Yu'er is smart, and she will definitely be a capable minister of my Great Song Dynasty in the future. Reward, a lot of rewards!" The official was very happy, "And that craftsman, too."

When the officials were happy, the rewards were naturally not lenient. Zhao Jue dared to ask for rewards because his brother was really rich, and the wealth passed down from generation to generation by the old Zhao family was all in the hands of the officials.

Officials will not touch the money in the state treasury, and his own private treasury is even richer than that of the state treasury.

Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to mess around like that. If it wasn't for the fact that the imperial palace in Bianjing City couldn't be expanded, he wouldn't spend money to see those palaces, places where he couldn't live once a year.

From Zhao Jue's point of view, it was a waste of money to let those palace people live here, something only fools would do, and he would never take advantage of those people for nothing.

Even his real estate is quite a lot, including the property left by his biological mother, and the property left by the Guo family, and more land left by the Guo family, as well as mountains and the like.

Even the officials gave Zhao Jue a lot of shops, because before Zhao Jue was born, the mansions near the palace were all divided up by those princes, and there was really no mansion that could be allocated to Zhao Jue, so they could only be controlled by the officials. The shop rewarded him.

Just collecting rent, there is a lot of money every year, but when Zhao Jue becomes an adult, where to move is a problem.

As an official, he didn't want his younger brother to move out of the palace. This was Zhao Jue's home, and he had lived there since he was born. There were everything arranged by the official and Queen Guo himself.

Well, in fact, there is nowhere to move!

What this prince did was really miserable, Zhao Jue also wanted to move out, but Bianjing City is a small place!

He didn't want to live in a small house, so if he came and went, he could only stay in the palace. If it didn't work, he would build a new one outside the city.

He has money and land, is it not easy to build a palace?

Still very unwilling!

Pang Yu was the happiest. Not only did he receive rewards, they were all real gold and silver. It can only be said that the emperor is very rich, and he saved it all. Dad became a corrupt official.

Not to mention being a Pang Qingtian, at least he can't be an existence that everyone shouts and beats.

What's more, their family is not really poor, there is no need to accept those who have and don't have it, let alone use his sister's name to implicate his sister.

"Let's go, I'll take you out to play." Zhao Jue couldn't sit still after staying in the palace for a day, and the officials entrusted him with the promotion of enlightenment books. It happened that he had a shop that also sold books, so Zhao Jue decided to start Take a look and then think about promotion.

"Really, that's great." Pang Yu was really happy. He has been in Bianjing City for half a year or almost a year, and he hasn't been out yet.

As soon as he arrived in the city, he was recruited into the palace by the Liu family. As a result, he met Zhao Jue and lived in the palace. Later, he went to Zhuangzi outside the city of Bianjing. He only heard about how prosperous the city was. Never seen it with my own eyes.

I heard that the Nazhou Bridge Night Market is very famous. As long as you go out of the Zhuque Gate and head south towards Longjin Bridge, you can see food for sale. There are all kinds of dried meat and chicken. It is said that there is no pork.

Up to now, the pork from Zhao Jue's pig farm has not been sold in the market, mainly because there are too few of them.

The pork that can be bought in the world is only raised by the people in the nearby villages. You can imagine the taste, but it is very difficult for poor people to survive, and who cares about the taste, as long as it is meat.

Pang Yu was very happy even if he was going out for business. He chose the normal clothes for going out early. It was the same style as Zhao Jue's. It was a bit like what modern people call parent-child clothes?

Bah Bah!

Parent-child or something, the boy is only a few years older than him, but he always wants to be his father?

The middle of the month is Zhao Jue's birthday. After that day, he was only 14 years old, and he was only eight years older than him. Now, it is not a big deal to marry a wife who is eight years behind. Some couples are even dozens of years behind. years old.

But when he travels through ancient times, there is always a boy who raises himself as a cub and completely ignores his parents.

Not long after leaving the palace, the two got out of the carriage. This is the Song Dynasty. If you were on the road, you might see four-legged sheep, donkeys, etc., but horses are rare, so the two of them are equivalent to wearing clothes Private visit, don't want to attract too many people's attention.

It was also Zhao Jue who had a sudden whim, wanting to see if the book store was honest in business. He had never been there before, and the shopkeeper had never seen Zhao Jue.

The location of his book shop is close to the Imperial College, so it can be said that the geographical location is superior, so the business of the book shop has been pretty good all the time.

Taixue Guozijian can be said to be the highest academy in the Song Dynasty. It is an academy run by the imperial court, and the students in it are all top talents gathered from all over the country.

Especially those little Jinshi who were appointed by the official family, they study here.

Some people are useless after learning and studying. Those who study hard to get a Jinshi, facing the little kid who can become a Jinshi as long as they can memorize some books and write a few poems, their personal psychology can't handle it. balance.

Unexplained bullying, just secretly teasing, is not something a few children can bear. Even if they are discovered, adults can always quibble.

Zhao Jue had seen it a few times, but even if he said it, it wouldn't help.

That's why he hated his brother playing with that child prodigy champion, and even more hated that his brother wanted to let his cub go, how could he let him go, what a joke, what if he was bullied!

It's very hot just thinking about it!

Who can bully the cub he has carefully raised?

But the cub is too imaginary, so this is not going to work, Zhao Jue has his own considerations, even if Pang Yu has no talent for martial arts, it is still necessary to keep fit.

"Brother Jue, what's that?" Pang Yu couldn't help asking curiously when he caught sight of the legendary man dressed in gorgeous clothes.

Mainly in TV dramas, they only come out at night, isn't it a bit too early now?

What about the conservative ancients?

Where is this conservative...

"See no evil." Zhao Jue saw it out of the corner of his eye, and immediately covered the little boy's eyes with his hands. He didn't want those things to spoil the little boy.

Pang Yu was speechless, as the top dude in Bianjing, how could he let him see no evil? ? ?

Fine……

Anyway, Pang Yu walked all the way with his eyes covered like this. I don't know how long he walked, maybe a few hundred steps?He finally saw the light of day again, this young man is too double standard, it's not good.

He didn't believe that the young man had been in Bianjing City for many years. He didn't see enough of this, so he just took a look and his eyes were covered.

In fact, the ancients did not exaggerate. In terms of wearing less clothes, he has never seen anything in modern times. After all, it was an era of information explosion.

Continue walking, and to the south is Zhao Jue's book shop. They saw that book shop from a long distance away. The business seems to be pretty good. There are some scholars standing there, probably because they are relatively poor, and there are many people who read it and buy it. few.

The shopkeeper doesn't chase people away, but chats with people, and of course there are some who pay money happily.

Anyway, Pang Yuna's impression of the old shopkeeper was not bad, he seemed to treat everyone equally, and he would not be particularly flattering just because he paid money.

Originally, this is the property of the King of Xiangyang, every move of the shopkeeper represents the face of the King of Xiangyang, if he flatters and bows to others, I am afraid that the young man will blow his hair straight away when he sees it.

The two leaned over, like two children from ordinary families, oh, not so ordinary, at least by looking at their faces, they couldn't say the word ordinary.

Pang Yuchang was meticulously crafted, not to mention how pretty his small appearance was, and as for Zhao Jue's handsome face with red lips and white teeth, let alone a young lady, even the young gentleman on the road couldn't help but look sideways.

The two of them have long been used to this kind of gaze. In fact, Pang Yu's appearance was definitely good before time travel, and it doesn't have to be worse now.

He occasionally shows his face live while doing handwork, and his popularity is still very strong, but at that time Pang Yu was a little socially afraid. Who would have thought that once he wore a book, all social fear would disappear!

As time went by, Pang Yu was able to retrieve his memories more and more. Unlike when he first came here, he was like a fool with most of the memories of the original owner in his mind. Now it is much better.

He remembered everything that happened to him since he was a child. His family could not be said to be rich and powerful, but he had no worries about food and clothing. He was not very good at reading. good citizen.

I just can't remember why I didn't have it. I feel like I have been wandering in the world for many years, and my brain is about to degenerate. No, he was randomly selected by the system. It is said that he is the best match for this body.

If you want to change someone, you can't succeed. Pang Yu feels that he and this body are also a kind of fate, right?

Anyway, he doesn't want to die, he can live, he must use Pang Yu's identity to live well, and work hard to make life better.

Even if there are many unaccustomed, there is no small barbecue, no beer, no electrical appliances or even tools that change the convenience of human life in this world, so what can he do, he can only work harder.

No, thanks to his efforts, there was movable type printing, and...the inventor was still Bi Sheng, at least this has not changed.

"My lords, what do you want to buy?" Seeing that Zhao Jue had brought a child, the shopkeeper inquired, "Do you want ancient books, or books for children's enlightenment?"

"Let me take a look first." Zhao Jue took a look. There were not many kinds of books in the book shop, at least not as many as in his study. It was quite difficult to find a book that he hadn't read.

"Okay, call me if you need it." The shopkeeper didn't think much, and retreated back, only thinking that the young man had a kind face.

"This old man has a really good temper." Pang Yu said with a smile while holding the pastry in his hand.

"Are you still eating?" Zhao Jue was helpless, this little guy ate all the way, everything was fresh, and he wanted to taste everything.

"Don't eat, it's not good to eat in the book shop." Pang Yu opened a small cloth bag and put the pastry in it.

Zhao Jue took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands. Pang Yu glanced at some different books and asked directly, "What book is this?"

Hearing Pang Yu's inquiry, the clerk of the book shop said, "This is a story book, which both the gentleman and the girls love to read."

"Our book shop still sells scripts?" Pang Yu used us, but the other party probably didn't realize it.

"That's right, the best seller in the bookstore is the storybook." The clerk introduced enthusiastically. Although Pang Yu looked younger, but he was with Zhao Jue, and the two of them seemed to be in a good family. , not because of their clothes, but because of their demeanor, they are different from ordinary people.

Pang Yu has never read the storybook, but it should be similar to the web texts he read at a certain point in modern times, but he doesn’t know, he is used to reading web texts, whether he can read the ancient scripts, Pang Yu is curious The heart is lit.

Seeing Pang Yu's eyes shining, Zhao Jue immediately knew that the little boy's curiosity had been aroused, and immediately refused, "No, this is not what you should see."

"Oh..." Although he looks only six years old, his mental age is already thirty!

In addition to those years of being A Piao, I don't know how old I am!

In fact, Pang Yu suspects that he may have become a fool during those years of being A Piao, and always feels that his intelligence has decreased a lot.

"Oh!" The shopkeeper slapped himself on the face suddenly, and the eyes of the people in the book shop widened in shock, probably thinking that the shopkeeper was crazy.

It's scary, what's wrong with this?

The shopkeeper didn't care what other people looked at him, and rushed to Zhao Jue excitedly, and whispered, "My lord."

Good guy, it's not because he's sick, but because he recognized Zhao Jue.

Pang Yu withdrew his strange eyes, and while Zhao Jue was talking to the shopkeeper, he peeked at the story book, trying to find one to see what was in it.

"Put it down." Zhao Jue glanced at him, thinking that he was talking to the shopkeeper, so he couldn't see his movements?impossible!

Pang Yu had no choice but to let go, what to do with such good eyes...

Soon they moved upstairs to the lounge, which was specially prepared for Zhao Jue, no one knew that their prince would come over on a whim one day, look, it's just waiting.

Opportunities are for those who are prepared!

Zhao Jue explained his reason for coming, and placed the printed enlightenment book in front of the anecdote. The other party was not an illiterate fool, otherwise he would not have become the shopkeeper of this bookstore.

Holding the book and reading it carefully, it really made him come out, and said in surprise, "My lord, this book is good."

"These books are sold here, and at the same time, the imperial court will order that all schools should be replaced with these books to enlighten the boys."

The shopkeeper was shocked, their lords would not come, and they would come to such a big business as soon as they came? !

How much money does this have to earn? !

"The price of this book is only half of the usual book." Zhao Jue said slowly after taking a sip of tea.

"That can't be done, my lord, we can't afford to lose so much in this small business." The shopkeeper became anxious when he heard that, this is a prodigal business.

"You haven't heard me say the purchase price yet." Zhao Jue said calmly.

No matter how low the purchase price is, you can't sell it at half price, but the other party is still the prince, he has to listen, and the shopkeeper can only ask with a sad face, "How much?"

Zhao Jue compared a number, and the shopkeeper's expression was unbelievable, how could it be so cheap! ?

"The books in the future will be so cheap, or even cheaper." Zhao Jue didn't talk nonsense with him, and would ask the shopkeeper to contact the court's printing factory later, and he would naturally understand after reading too much.

If the purchase price is so cheap, the selling price will not be so unacceptable. On the contrary, their prince said that only their family sells it, wouldn't it be...

Of course, the shopkeeper also understood that the drop in book prices is definitely a good thing for the country and the people.

Many people do not study because the cost of studying is too high, not everyone can afford it, but if you can afford it without being so expensive, who would not be happy?

Reading can lead to more job opportunities, such as working as an accountant, isn't it more decent, who can't love it?

After thinking about it clearly, the shopkeeper's eyes on Zhao Jue also changed. It was no longer the same as before, but had a little respect for Zhao Jue.

Probably made up something?

Anyway, it is impossible for Zhao Jue to be so great, but it is possible to bribe scholars, otherwise he can be so kind?

After chatting with the shopkeeper, I gave him a token and told him to go back to the printing factory run by the imperial court.

Over there, in order to print and supply enlightenment books to the whole country, they are working overtime. At the same time, all the craftsmen who can carve are working overtime.

Pang Yu had to remind again, if the carving is slow, you can also use clay, he is really too difficult...

The only thing that makes him regret is that he didn't get the script, the boy is too bad, he did what he said, and didn't give him a chance!

Back in the palace, Pang Yu couldn't be angry, isn't it just a storybook!

No, he can't write anymore?

If you don't show it to him, you can guess it. It's nothing more than those wits and beauties. He has read the Internet articles for so many years, but he still can't write the original words?Who do you look down on!

then……

There is no more, what is needed to write a storybook in ancient times?

The first step is of course to take out the Four Treasures of the Study, he is so tired, he has this spare time, wouldn't it be good to study a little longer?

If it doesn’t work, you can still practice painting. It is said that the system will give him an elective course. When I think about it, I just want to lie down. Why is he not a salted fish...