The next day.
Today's morning session was particularly lively simply because Prime Minister Yun presented something called movable type printing.
At first, no minister looked down upon the plate of mud, and some ministers who had trouble with Prime Minister Yun mocked him, saying that he was the first minister to play with mud in the hall, and mocking him for his childlike innocence.
However, when Prime Minister Yun asked the public to use paper and ink on the spot and did a temporary on-site printing, the whole court was boiling.
"It is truly a great blessing for the country to have such a magical thing."
"Why didn't anyone think of this before? Block printing is cumbersome, cumbersome and error-prone, but with this clay mold for each character, those problems will not occur. If you make a mistake, you can just change the single word. It's wonderful, it's really wonderful ah!"
"With this technology, we no longer have to worry about books being out of print. This is a blessing for the country and the people!"
"Prime Minister Yun is so righteous that he is willing to dedicate such precious skills. He is truly worthy of being the leader of all officials."
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Those who used to look down on Prime Minister Yun for playing in the mud now have a different look on his face, and their faces are full of compliments and reverence.
The emperor, who had known this for a long time, smiled and said nothing. After all, no matter how magical the movable type printing technology was, after a whole day of playing with it, he had already passed the novelty period.
When Prime Minister Yun detailed the benefits of movable type printing, he did not covet these reputations. He directly said that this printing technology came from his daughter Yun Mingyue, and handed over Mingyue's manuscript.
So Mingyue showed her face harshly in front of all the ministers, and became famous among these ministers.
Of course, what Prime Minister Yun wants is not for his daughter to be famous. He mainly wants to get rewards for his daughter.
As early as yesterday when he entered the palace, he had already made an agreement with the emperor that he would tell this matter in the main hall today just to get the reward.
The emperor is a troubled emperor, and he has always trusted and valued Prime Minister Yun, an important minister. Now that he has received such a good thing, of course he is very generous to Mingyue, a meritorious official.
When all the ministers marveled at the power of this printing technology, the emperor said lightly: "Miss Yun has made such a great contribution today. I will reward her as the head of Wensi County and the fiefdom of Huayang County. Do you have any objection?"
Facing the smiling face of Prime Minister Yun, the ministers did not dare to raise their opinions even if they had any opinions. They had to lower their heads and say loudly that the emperor is wise.
Since ancient times, the county lord has been a relative of the emperor. This is the first time Mingyue has received a reward for his merits, and he is also a county lord with a fiefdom and real power. He is really proud.
Even Mingyue didn't expect that the emperor would be so generous.
When the eunuch came to the prime minister's house to announce the decree, Mingyue knelt down with Mrs. Yun.
I only heard the shrill voice of the eunuch: "By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: Yun Mingyue, the daughter of Prime Minister Yun, is of a careful nature, diligent and submissive, virtuous, beautiful and wise, I really commend her, and today I will give you the special award for Wen Si Lord of the County, I will grant Huayang County a fiefdom and reward you with a thousand taels of silver and beautiful things... I appreciate this!"
Not to mention the bright moon, even Mrs. Yun was stunned, and then a look of joy appeared on her face unconsciously.
Mingyue stepped forward to thank Long En, and then received the imperial edict.
After seeing off the eunuch, Mrs. Yun learned about movable type printing from Mingyue, and she felt proud and excited.
Her Yue'er was actually so capable and even earned the title of County Lord. She wondered who would dare to laugh at Yue'er in the future. By the way, when she saw that Yue'er finally stopped thinking about Liu Ce, she secretly looked at many young masters. Now it seems that none of those young masters are worthy of her Yue'er, so she has to look again. look.
Mingyue did not expect that along with the reputation of the county leader, there was a female Baijiaqiu in the family. After she gained a good reputation in front of the officials, she was also noticed by the wives of those officials, which led to Mrs. Yun's incident. Bian was very busy.
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"I haven't congratulated Miss Yun yet, oh no, Lord Wensi, it seems that the gift of printing technology is indeed not in vain." Huo Sanlang cupped his hand and joked with a smile.
"You, stop teasing me, have you thought about the location of the shop?" Mingyue twitched the corner of her mouth and handed over a piece of white paper: "By the way, what do you think of this thing?"
Huo Sanlang raised his hand to take it and said with some surprise: "Isn't this veil too white..."
Halfway through his words, his expression froze: "This isn't a veil, it's paper?"
The paper of this era was hemp paper, which was made from tree bark, hemp heads, rags, fishing nets, etc., by beating, pounding, mixing and drying them. The texture was rough, the quantity was small, and the cost was also high. The color is thick yellow.
But the piece of paper handed over by Mingyue was different. It was not only thin, but also completely white, and its texture was even softer.
Mingyue nodded indifferently: "Yes, this is the paper I plan to sell in the shop. How do you think it should be priced? By the way, in addition to this white paper, there are also some colored papers. In addition to the different colors, the quality It’s almost the same, I’ll bring it to you another day to take a look.”
Just yesterday, she gave the printing technique to Prime Minister Yun. Mingyue has no intention of revealing this paper to anyone else, otherwise Prime Minister Yun might find something wrong with her.
So, Huo Sanlang is better off.
Huo Sanlang's breath froze when he heard that there were other papers, and they were all of this texture. He was also a man who had studied, so he naturally knew the importance of paper, and he also knew how bad those papers were nowadays. , and how good the paper in Mingyue's hand is.
He had never been so convinced for a moment that this shop would make a lot of money.
Originally, he planned to find a small shop in the city to deal with Mingyue, and he didn't care even if he lost money, but now that idea has long since disappeared.
Huo Sanlang went through the shops in his mind, thought about it and said seriously: "County Lord, now I have three shops with the best locations. One is in the center of the downtown area in the north of the city. The previous shop sold rouge. Two floors... There is also the shop in the west of the city, which has three floors. It used to be a restaurant... The other one is also in the north of the city and is now a jewelry shop... "
Following his introduction, Mingyue's mind began to change.
Just listening to what he said, the three shops are indeed good. No matter in terms of location, traffic volume, or size, they are all suitable for bookstores.
However, Mingyue thought about it and realized that she still needed to see it before knowing the details, so she proposed to go to the site to have a look.
Huo Sanlang naturally had no objection.
However, Huo Sanlang said that he still had to make arrangements and visit the shop another day, so Mingyue had no choice but to agree.
Moreover, they are alone and not suitable for traveling together, so Huo Yuzhu, a shield, will have to go with them in a few days.
Mingyue wanted to keep her wealth from going to outsiders, so she asked her third brother to accompany her.
(End of chapter)