Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Li Shimin smiled at Su Chen. He didn't expect this boy to be so patient with children.

He especially loved Zhinu.

Little Sizi led Su Chen and the other two into Lizheng Palace.

"Mother, my sister is here to see what's going on!" Little Sizi climbed over the high threshold and shouted happily.

The mother and her two children, who were playing glass chess, looked at the palace door.

Empress Changsun and Changle were sitting, and little Li Zhi was not tall enough, so he stood to play chess with them.

"Brother-in-law!" Little Li Zhi immediately turned around and ran to Su Chen, bowing.

Su Chen smiled and touched little Li Zhi's head. For some reason, Su Chen liked to touch this little boy's head.

"Mother!" Then Su Chen smiled and bowed to Empress Changsun.

Empress Changsun stood up and bowed to Li Shimin, "Su Chen, come here, mother."

Li Shimin didn't care about the two children this time and only greeted Su Chen. He walked towards Empress Changsun and Changle curiously.

"Guanyinbi, what is this?" Li Shimin also learned the word Su Chen.

"Su Chen said it was checkers, and Li Zhi called it glass chess." Empress Changsun laughed.

Li Shimin pulled the chair where Li Zhi had been standing before and sat down.

"Oh? Li Zhi, tell me how to play!" Li Shimin was in a playful mood and rolled up his sleeves and said.

Li Chengqian also came forward curiously to listen, and the rules of checkers were explained in a few words.

Otherwise, how could little Li Zhi play with them mother and daughter?

"Haha, the rules are simple, Guanyinbi, Li Zhi rearrange the dishes, and see how I can be one step ahead and occupy the magpie's nest."

Li Shimin laughed.

He had understood the rules of the game of checkers, which was to jump the glass beads on his chessboard to the chessboard on the opposite side according to the rules.

Su Chen gently pulled Li Chengqian and whispered:

"See what's the point of playing chess, come, I'll give you a peanut."

Su Chen and Li Chengqian came to the coffee table next to them and opened the fried peanuts wrapped in oil paper.

He glanced at Li Shimin, thought about it and asked someone to bring a small plate over and put some on it for him, otherwise he would find out that there was food but no food for him.

I wonder what Li Shimin would say?

Li Chengqian brought a plate of peanuts to Li Shimin, "Father, these are the peanuts brought by my brother-in-law, please try them."

"Oh? Is this made of peanuts?" Li Shimin took a handful and put it in his mouth.

His eyes lit up, "Not bad, not bad, peanuts taste slightly salty, suitable for a drink!"

"Guanyin, you try it too!" Li Shimin gestured to Empress Changsun.

"Your Majesty, I have already tasted it." Empress Changsun said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, you are smart, you should try it too!" Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian again.

"Father, there are more at Su Chen's place. I will go to Su Chen's place." Li Chengqian pointed at Su Chen and said.

Li Shimin nodded, waved his hand, and continued to play chess.

Soon, the eunuchs and maids brought a lot of ice cubes. It was almost noon now, and they needed to cool down and prevent heatstroke.

"Move the ice cubes to the Taiji Palace of the Emperor Taishang!" Li Chengqian ordered the eunuchs and maids.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

"Brother-in-law, I plan to close the cement and red brick shop. The business is not good. At present, only a few wealthy families have demand, and the income is not as high as the ice shop."

Li Chengqian recalled his thoughts some time ago and said to Su Chen.

"Well, close it. People are not rich now. When there are more factories and workshops in the future, people will be able to earn more wages, and they will have money to build red brick houses in the future." Su Chen nodded.

Li Chengqian heard Su Chen talking about workshops and instantly understood the meaning. Su Chen was probably going to come up with something new.

Li Shimin was playing checkers while listening to Su Chen's conversation.

"Brother-in-law, do you have any plans?" Li Chengqian asked curiously.

"Yes, I plan to do something big in the next few days." Su Chen nodded and smiled.

Li Chengqian felt that this sentence sounded a bit wrong. "Brother-in-law, tell me what you do for a living!"

"Papermaking! Printing books!" Su Chen replied concisely.

"What?"

"What?"

The first sentence was shouted by Li Chengqian, and the second sentence was shouted by Li Shimin.

You said papermaking, so make paper, and printing books, so print books? It's so easy, why wait for you to do it?

The family has been passed down for hundreds of years, and how many families can make paper and print books? Don’t you know how complicated woodblock printing is?

The four people including Empress Changsun and her son were frightened by the father and son.

The peanuts in the hands of Little Li Zhi and Little Sizi were all dropped in shock.

Li Shimin didn’t care about playing chess anymore, and got up and sat down next to Su Chen.

Su Chen was sandwiched between Li Shimin and his son.

Li Shimin pulled Su Chen over and asked, “Boy, are you saying that you can make paper and print books?"

"Yes, I can!" Su Chen nodded and replied.

Li Shimin and his son looked at each other, and then a bright smile appeared on their faces.

They knew that Su Chen never boasted, and he would definitely do it if he said he could.

"And the quality of the paper is much better than the current paper." Su Chen said again.

Li Shimin patted his thigh and laughed, "Okay, okay, as long as it is not worse than the current paper, my son-in-law needs money and people, just ask for it."

"I will find a way to get you the engraving for printing books, you just need to make paper."

Su Chen looked at Li Shimin with a slanted look, and asked in confusion, "Engraving? What is it for? "

Li Shimin and his son looked at each other again, feeling disappointed. This guy can't print books!

How can he print books if he doesn't even know what a woodblock is?

Su Chen didn't know that woodblock printing at that time was to carve positive text on a hard wooden board before printing it with ink.

Su Chen looked at Li Shimin and felt that he seemed to be despised. How could he bear this?

"I don't care about woodblocks or not. Give me a hundred people. I can make a thousand copies of a book as thick as the Analects of Confucius, no matter what the content is. Can your woodblock do it? "

"What..."

"What..."

The father and son stood up at the same time, shocked.

Although they didn't know much about printing books, they knew that one set of woodblocks was needed for each book, that is, if you wanted to print a book, you had to make a set of woodblocks first.

From what Su Chen said, he could print books with different contents, and it seemed that he didn't need woodblocks.

"Brother-in-law, let me ask you something. I don't mean anything else. I just want to ask you, don't you need woodblocks to print books?"

Li Chengqian asked cautiously, and Li Shimin kept nodding.

As if he was afraid of offending Su Chen.

"I don't even know what woodblocks are. Which woodblocks are they? Tell me about them." Su Chen asked curiously.

Li Chengqian explained the purpose and function of woodblocks to Su Chen in detail.

Su Chen understood and said, "I don't need woodblocks to print books. "

Li Shimin was excited, stood up and walked around the hall, wishing he could send Su Chen back to make paper and print books.

"Haha, kid, I have been optimistic about you since you were young, and you really didn't let me down!"

Li Shimin laughed again.

After hearing what Li Shimin said, Empress Changsun rolled her eyes.