When Li Shimin and others entered the house, Li Xuan suddenly came down from the second floor.
"It seems that I came here recklessly and disturbed Xuanba's little life this time!"
Li Shimin has long been accustomed to Li Xuan's attitude.
Even though it had been more than a year, his third brother's attitude towards him was still as cold as ever.
"I wonder why your Majesty came so far in such a cold weather?" Li Xuan asked.
"Xuanba, I heard that you built a bookmaking workshop in Lijiazhuang?"
Li Xuan asked directly, and Li Shimin didn't make too many detours.
"Exactly!"
Li Xuan was not surprised by this either.
Li Shimin: "And, in your bookmaking workshop, you can make a hundred books a day?"
Li Xuan couldn't help but be startled and said subconsciously: "Who said that?"
"Forehead!"
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were all stunned.
Li Xuan said directly: "My bookmaking workshop can produce five hundred books in one day!"
"There are so many?"
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were shocked again.
"If your Majesty wants to see it, I will take him to have a look!"
Li Xuan said.
"So good!"
Li Shimin said quickly.
Seeing this, Li Xuan didn't say much and stood up directly.
Li Xuan did not want to hide any of these things in Lijiazhuang from Li Shimin.
After all, since he was named King of Jin, Li Xuan had not touched anyone in the Jin Palace, from the housekeeper to the servants, from the subordinate officials to the bodyguards. There must be various spies arranged by Li Shimin.
Moreover, Prince Li Chengqian also became his disciple.
Even if you want to hide it, you can't, and there's no need to hide it.
"I've met the king!"
Soon, several people arrived outside the paper mill.
The guards around the paper mill quickly saluted after seeing Li Xuan and others.
"I, the King, will take His Majesty and several others to go in and have a look!"
Li Xuan explained, and without giving the guards a chance to react, he led Li Shimin and others in.
"I've met the king, I've met all the gentlemen!"
In the papermaking workshop, there were still several ink masters carving printing plates one by one.
In the printing room, Ji Wen and several other ink masters were printing books page by page.
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others, who saw this situation for the first time, and even Li Chengqian and Li Baoding, couldn't help but widen their eyes with strange expressions on their faces after seeing it clearly.
"With this swipe, a page will appear!"
“One person can create hundreds of books in a day!”
"No wonder Master was able to produce two rooms of books in just a few days!"
"..."
After a long while, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others came to their senses.
"You are not allowed to reveal anything about what you saw today!"
Li Shimin said solemnly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji all nodded.
Naturally, they knew how big a fuss would be caused if people from those aristocratic families knew what was going on in this small workshop.
"Xuanba, what is this technique?" Li Shimin asked.
This kind of printing technology is obviously different from the printing technology controlled by the palace.
"Your Majesty, this is movable type printing. Each character is a separate printing plate. These printing plates can be combined to form the size of a page, and then dipped in ink for printing!"
Li Xuan introduced, "In addition, if you find this troublesome, you can also carve out a separate stone slab and print on it. However, this requires extremely high engraving skills and is very troublesome. If something goes wrong, the entire printing plate will be destroyed."
They all have to be carved again!”
"Typography……"
Li Shimin looked at the skilled movements of Ji Wen and other ink masters, printing out a page with just one stroke, and couldn't help but nodded slightly.
"As its name!"
On the side, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji nodded again and again.
Then, thinking of something, Li Shimin continued: "I wonder how Xuanba learned about the art of movable type printing?"
"Um?"
Li Xuan was stunned and looked at Li Shimin in confusion, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
He could feel that there was something in Li Shimin's words.
"Xuan Ba, as far as I know, in the Tang Dynasty, only the palace and a few aristocratic families control a kind of printing technology, which is the type of printing that Xuan Ba mentioned." Li Shimin said slowly.
Hearing this, Li Xuan was also surprised.
"Your Majesty, does he know about block printing?"
"It's natural. The books in Tianxia Library are printed with ink-plates. Is it possible that Xuanba doesn't know that?"
Seeing Li Xuan's expression, Li Shimin felt slightly at ease.
Then, I was shocked again when I thought that Li Xuan didn't know that the books in Tianxia Library were all printed with engraving plates.
"Not only do I know, but even the five surnames and seven families have mastered this printing technology!"
On the side, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji were not surprised at all.
Obviously, they also all know about plate printing.
Hearing this, Li Xuan was startled.
After such a long time, he has forgotten all the libraries in the world. As for printing, he has also forgotten it!
Then, he remembered something, and the look in his eyes became even more confused.
"In this case, why doesn't Your Majesty use more wooden plates to print books and train more officials, so that officials from those noble families can control half of the court?"
"Xuanba, do you know that most of the officials in the entire Tang Dynasty are members of that aristocratic family?"
Li Shimin smiled helplessly, "In addition to the governor and governor of a state, from top to bottom, how many of them are from poor families?"
"Moreover, how can it be so easy to train an official? It's not that only with books, those from poor families can read and write. They also need pens, ink, paper and inkstones, three meals a day and all kinds of expenses. There is no money at home, and there is no one at all.
Dare to read like that!"
As he said this, Li Shimin thought of the situation in Lijiazhuang and sighed subconsciously.
"How many families in the Tang Dynasty were as lucky as the farmers in Lijiazhuang?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little silent.
Indeed, I have no idea how much influence those aristocratic families had in the Tang Dynasty without having experienced it.
And if you want to study, you have to spend a lot of money. It can be said that it takes all the efforts of the whole family to provide a scholar!
However, according to what Li Shimin said, since those aristocratic families also control block printing, he does not need to worry too much about movable type printing.
After learning that Li Xuan was indeed using printing technology to print books, Li Shimin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Later, in Li Xuan's house again, he and Fang Xuanling and others discussed some transportation team matters with Li Xuan.
Now, the only four-wheeled carriages in the Tang Dynasty first traveled to Lingzhou, Dingxiang and other places to transport grain, grass, baggage and other materials to Li Jing's army.
Therefore, the transportation teams prepared for those big families still need to wait until the Shaofu Superintendent builds new carriages for the Superintendent.
Li Shimin and others, after walking around in Lijiazhuang with great interest, left with faces full of joy.
Inside the village, calm returned.
…
Soon, we entered the twelfth lunar month.
Since early morning, the entire sky has been completely black.
Sitting in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the house, Li Xuandu felt very depressed, as if the sky was about to fall.
Li Chang and others, on the other hand, looked worried.
"What happened?"
Seeing Li Chang's expression of imminent disaster, Li Xuan couldn't help but be a little confused.
"Your Majesty, there are too many dark clouds!"
Li Chang frowned and said solemnly.
"The more the more..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Xuan was stunned and stared at Li Chang closely.
"Heavy snow?"
"Your Majesty, I remember that there were not so many black clouds during the heavy snowstorm the year before last!"