Time flies.
In the evening.
Li Di and Xue Tian took their servants to Jinmingchi.
The two did not settle in the Temple of Cheng'en.
Instead, he settled in the palace next to Cheng'en Hall.
They first sent people to the side hall where the eunuchs were staying, and sent a few eunuchs to wait in the Cheng'en Hall.
Then they sent people to recruit Kou Ji to the palace where they were.
Kou Ji can probably guess what they are doing.
To those students, they are all big shots and master-level existences, so naturally they can't step ahead as early as possible.
They will not rush to Cheng'en Hall until all the students show up.
Kou Ji followed Li's servants to Chengming Hall next to Cheng'en Hall.
Li Di and Xue Tian were leaning on the railings in the hall, observing the students slowly entering the Jinming Pool.
After Kou Ji arrived, he bowed his hands to the two of them.
Xue Tian returned the courtesy with a smile, Li Di just snorted.
Kou Ji stepped forward and stood side by side with the two, Li Di said in an angry voice: "What do you want to do?"
Kou Ji was puzzled by the question.
Xue Tian explained with a smile: "Just now, I and Gong Li were discussing the craftsmanship of Vientiane House to sell 10,000 gold coins."
Kou Ji suddenly.
Li Di was asking him what he wanted to do with printing.
Almost everyone in Bianjing City knows the heels and feet of Vientiane Tower.
Only Kou Ji can instruct Vientiane Tower to do things against common sense.
Although Liu Heng is also one of the owners of Vientiane House, it is Kou Ji who is really involved in Vientiane House.
Understanding Li Di's thoughts, Kou Ji smiled calmly: "There is a great craftsman in the boy's mansion who created a printing technique that can benefit the world. But he is not well-known, and the boy is afraid that the pearl will be dusted, so he made the best plan. "
Li Di and Xue Tian were shocked when they heard this.
Li Di stunned: "Printing? Can printing be worth 10,000 yuan?"
Kou Ji groaned: "It's worth so much, in fact, the kid doesn't know it. But the kid knows that it is something that can benefit the world."
Li Di and Xue Tian looked at each other.
Li Di asked, "How to benefit?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It can improve the speed and quality of printing, and it can also reduce printing errors."
Li Di rushed forward in astonishment, grabbed Kou Ji's arm, and hurriedly asked: "How much speed can I increase?"
Kou Ji made a rough estimate, and said: "If you print a small amount, there is not much... If you print a large amount, it can be increased tenfold."
Li Di grabbed the hand of Kou Ji's arm a little bit harder, Kou Ji grinned in pain.
Xue Tian muttered to himself: "That's really incredible."
Li Di clasped Kou Ji's arm tightly and said loudly in Kou Ji's grinning expression: "If you really have this kind of craft, it can really benefit the people of the world."
Kou Ji nodded, glanced at Li Di's hands, a wry smile appeared on his face.
Li Di also realized that he was a little gaffe, and hurriedly withdrew his hand.
"There is a printed article, show it to the old man."
Kou Ji nodded, took out a printed article from his arms and handed it to Li Di.
Li Di took the article, watched it carefully, and sighed with his lips: "The printed matter is indeed clearer than the original engraving. There are no typos, it is this article... unsightly."
I don't know whose articles Bi Sheng used, but they were rejected by Xiang Yan and Li Di one after another.
Kou Jishi laughed and said: "This is just an article used to verify typography. It's not a good thing. Hurry up, I'll let you get a few copies of your poems by Grandpa Li and print hundreds of thousands.
I'll take you back to the house. "
Li Di's eyes widened in vain. He resisted his shock and said in a deep voice, "Hundreds of thousands of copies...
Kou Ji gave Li Di an unsure answer, "The new workshop is still under construction. Once the new workshop is ready, it will be printed within half a month."
Li Di gasped in secret when he heard this.
According to the original printing technique, it takes more than half a year to print a collection of 100,000 Li Di's poems, and it takes a month to just use the stereotypes before and after.
After all, a single engraving is not enough to print one page in hundreds of thousands of volumes.
It is necessary to replace the engraving several times in the middle, and errors and omissions may occur due to this.
More importantly, printing costs are quite high.
"How much money do you need?"
Li Di asked a little excitedly.
Kou Ji calculated it, and said, "It depends on what paper Grandpa Li you want to use, one page for one page or one page for two sides, and how many pages are there."
Li Di raised his eyebrows and said: "Ordinary paper, one page with two sides, one hundred pages."
Kou Ji calculated the cost and said: "Sixteen big dollars..."
Li Di almost didn't stare out his eyes when he heard this number.
According to the number of pages he just mentioned, and the paper used for printing, the cost of printing with engraving is about sixty coins.
This is why many students from poor families choose to copy books instead of buying books when they are studying.
Printing costs are too high, much higher than hiring people to copy by hand.
If it is true as Kou Ji said, printing costs can be reduced by about three or four times, then printing is more affordable than hand-copying.
According to what Kou Ji said earlier, the new printing technique seems to be able to reduce the errors in printing.
Li Di took a deep breath, beckoned to the servant behind him, and said, "Go back to the house quickly and get the collection of poems written by the old man, and send it to the Kou Mansion, and then send three thousand pennies."
Kou Ji was a little startled.
Li Di said grandiosely: "The old man rewards the craftsmen in your house. The old man is the first to enjoy the convenience of printing, so naturally he has to give them some benefits."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or shook his head.
He thought about it for a moment, and said with a smile: "If Grandpa Li can send four thousand pennies to the mansion, the kid will let the craftsman of the mansion print out your handwritten poems in their original form."
Li Di immediately understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Kou Ji is talking about fonts.
He immediately added to the servant: "Send one thousand more money to Kou Mansion."
Li's servant heard the words and nodded slowly.
Li Di added, "After returning to the mansion, let the steward of the mansion let out the wind, saying that the old man intends to buy the craftsmanship worth 10,000 yuan."
Kou Ji stunned: "You have so much money?"
Li Di said calmly: "No..."
"Then you?"
Kou Ji was suspicious.
Li Di rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you planning to sell that craft?"
Kou Ji laughed blankly.
Li Di laughed too.
The smile was full of heartiness.
He is upright, but it does not mean that he has no desires or desires.
He also likes to write books and talk, and he also likes to convey his poems and essays to everyone in the world.
Kou Ji pondered for a while, then smiled: "Grandpa Li is planning to use movable type printing to take your name to another level?"
Li Di grinned and said, "You are still smart, the kid."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry.
Movable type printing is indeed a big killer.
Li Di, who had yelled at him a few days ago, knew the benefits of movable type printing, and immediately began to greet him with a smile.
"Kou Shi Lang..."
Xue Tian leaned in front of Kou Ji with a smile.
Kou Ji laughed and said, "You want to print too?"
Xue Tian nodded heavily.
"How much to print?"
"Three thousand?"
"Too few, starting from 10,000 copies."
"Then ten thousand copies."
"..."
The three of them chatted for a while about printing.
Li Di suddenly stopped talking and frowned.
Kou Ji followed Li Di's gaze and saw that on the corridor not far away, Liu Yongchun briskly walked towards Cheng'en Temple.
Li Di stared at Liu Yong and said to Kou Ji: "You have caused a problem."
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "I think he is pretty good."
Li Di sighed and said: "As far as the old man knows, many people in the court have already known that the Qiuwei test questions are yours and plan to impeach you. They listed you a lot of guilt, and one of them was with Liu. Always related.
It was the first emperor's idea not to take Liu Yong.
Now that you take Liu Yong, you are against the meaning of the first emperor.
They will definitely take this one and make a big fuss. "
Kou Ji chuckles and said, "The big deal is that I will print the articles and collections of poems by the famous ministers in the court one by one."
Li Di was slightly taken aback when he heard this.
Then he shook his head dumbly.
"I'll print the old man first..."
"understand."
"..."
After the students in the Qiuwei collection arrived, they waited on the eunuch in the Cheng'en Hall, found the three of Li Di, and gave a report.
The three of them tidied their clothes and entered Cheng'en Hall.
The one hundred and thirty-two students who were selected, saw that the three of them had arrived, and all got up and saluteed.
Li Di waved his hand and let everyone sit down.
After sitting down, Li Di said a few scenes.
Xue Tian and Kou Ji also spoke a few scenes.
Then amid the compliments of the students, the Lu Ming banquet opened.
The dancers sent from the palace sang and danced in Cheng'en Hall.
Starting from Liu Yong, the students started poems one after another.
Li Di and Xue Tian gave comments one after another.
In addition to commenting on their poems, they also gave pointers to their knowledge.
For those with advanced knowledge, Li Di proposed to let them participate in next year's Spring Festival.
For some students who are not knowledgeable enough, Li Di asks them to travel around the world, increase their knowledge and knowledge, and then participate in Chunwei.
During the banquet, many students also held wine glasses and frequently toasted in front of the three Li Di.
Liu Yong carried a glass of wine and walked to Kou Ji.
Bow down.
"Student Liu Yong, thank you Kou Shi Lang for your support. Student respects Kou Shi Lang a glass."
Kou Ji picked up the glass, touched Liu Yongyao, and drank it all in one go.
The same is true for Liu Yong.
After drinking the wine, Liu Yong threw down the glass and said loudly: "Liu Yong is willing to write a song, praise the minister."
Hearing this, the students applauded.
Kou Ji covered her face and didn't want to speak.
Both Li Di and Xue Tian didn't look good.
Liu Yong began to write lyrics, and every time he made a sentence, the students applauded.
His poetry is impeccable.
Kou Ji wanted to curse when he heard it.
This club can't tell the priority.
In terms of status, Li Di and Xue Tian are far higher than him.
Even if Liu Yong wants to praise, he should praise Li Di and Xue Tian.
After praising him two, praise Kou Ji again.
This is the most reasonable approach.
But he praised Kou Ji alone, but offended Li Di and Xue Tian.
Li Di stared at Liu Yong, who was writing the lyrics, and said lightly to Kou Ji: "This is the person you took."
Kou Ji said embarrassingly: "Although he is a bit unbearable, but at any rate he has a good literary talent."
Li Di picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said calmly: "If you don't serve as a Chunwei examiner, he will never be a jinshi in his life. No one likes him in civil and military affairs."
Kou Ji said dumbfoundedly: "I remember he also has a brother named Liu Sanfu. I heard that he has a good literary talent and won the Jinshi. If his brother can stand firm in the court, he may not have the chance."
Li Di sneered, "Have you heard the story of Longsheng Nine Sons?"
Kou Ji nodded.
Li Di continued: "Liu Yong is very charming, but his elder brother is unsightly. His elder brother barely won the Jinshi, but his official career was unsuccessful and he could not be elected for a few years.
After learning that Ding Wei likes to play Cuju, he went to Ding's Mansion to play Cuju, so he climbed up to Ding Wei and got a job.
Now that Ding Wei is down, it is impossible for his brother to be an official in Bianjing again in his life. "
Kou Ji was a little surprised: "Liu Sanfu is Ding Wei's party feather?"
Li Di nodded slowly.
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.
…
The deer banquet lasted until late at night before dispersing.
With Li Di helping, Kou Ji was not embarrassed by the students.
After the banquet, the students left in groups one after another.
Kou Ji also left Jin Mingchi.
The eunuchs and Gong E in the palace clean up those leftovers in the Temple of Cheng'en.
When I left Jinmingchi, I saw a group of Yingying and Yanyan surrounding Liuyong who had just come out of Jinmingchi and refused to leave.
The leader among them is a beautiful-looking woman wearing a peachy skirt, and she is not too young.
At least among the women in the dust, they are considered to be the older one.
The relationship between her and Liu Yong seems unusual.
Kou Ji guessed that she was probably Liu Yong's lover, the insect lady.
Kou Ji didn't have much feeling about Liu Yong being surrounded by flowers.
Some vulgar fans, nothing good.
If you really want to see beautiful women, when Zhao Zhen chooses his concubine next year, he can see enough.
By then, all the beautiful women of the Song Dynasty will be sent to the palace.
That is the gathering of real beauties, far better than these vulgar fans.
Kou Ji rode a donkey and returned to the house.
Xiang Yan hurried to the door, welcomed him into the house, and eagerly helped him undress and take off his boots.
Kou Ji was a little at a loss, not understanding why Xiang Yan was so enthusiastic.
Kou Ji didn't understand why Xiang Yan was so enthusiastic until Xiang Yan stated his purpose.
"Msang-gong, you said, how much money should Bi Sheng be given to Bi Sheng by the mansion?"
Xiang Yan asked Kou Ji with a smile.
Kou Ji was stunned, and smiled: "Are you planning to keep Bi Sheng as a doorman?"
Xiang Yan smiled and said, "Bi Sheng is the person you are supporting, so how can your concubine dare to drive him away."
Kou Ji cried and pointed at her, and said, "You clearly have a fancy that Bi Sheng's movable type printing technique can help the mansion profit."
Xiang Yanjiao smiled and said: "This point of concubine's careful thoughts naturally cannot be concealed from Xiang Gong. In the evening of this day, Li Mansion sent someone to send four thousand pennies of money, saying that it was for Li Gong to print a book, and that he would print ten Ten thousand copies.
The concubine was shocked, thinking that Li Gong would cheat our money and help him to print the book.
Later, the concubine and Bi Sheng calculated it, and found that to help Li Gong to print 110,000 books, it only needed 3,000 knuckles.
Not only does the government do not need to pay for it, but it can also make a thousand profits. "