No one had any special thoughts about his behavior. Li Shimin was frowning and thinking.
Changsun Wugou pretended to be disgusted and said, "I've been pinching those little nuts for half an hour and they're all sweaty. You don't mind them being dirty either."
Chen Jingke was even more pleased. He stretched out his hands to pick up the little girl and said, "Our little Si is not dirty, is she?"
Princess Jinyang giggled even more happily, stretched out her little hands to hug his neck, turned back to her eldest grandson Wugou and said, "Mother is the dirty one."
After saying that, he quickly buried his head in his arms and acted like a little ostrich.
Changsun Wugao pretended to be angry and said: "Okay, you little heartless little one, don't ask for your mother to marry you anymore, go over there with your brother."
Chen Jingke smiled and said: "Just go, little Sizi, don't worry, I will make delicious food and fun toys for you every day."
Princess Jinyang nodded her head fiercely: "Okay."
Changsun Wugou joked: "How about marrying you to him and living with him for the rest of your life?"
The little girl actually thought about it seriously, and then said crisply: "Okay."
"Haha..." Changsun Wugao laughed and said, "You heard it, she will be your little wife from now on, take her away."
Chen Jingke has a black line on his forehead. Is there anyone like you who is a mother-in-law?
"Cough!!!" Li Shimin glanced at his little Sizi and suddenly felt very uncomfortable. He coughed dryly and changed the subject:
"This ending is good, let's just print it like this."
Chen Jingke also breathed a sigh of relief. It was most annoying to find fault with Party A, so it was best to pass it in one go.
In fact, he had already expected this result. In the past, every chapter he wrote would be sent to the palace. Sometimes he would come and tell them in person, and the places that needed to be revised had already been revised.
There are not many real major changes, mainly the addition of a chapter about me marrying a wife and having children.
Also, when he decided to go west, he told his descendants: If I fail to achieve full success, future generations should also shoulder the important task of preaching to the world and resolving calamities.
Li Shimin hoped that through the content of this chapter, Li Tang would be given a layer of destiny.
Chen Jingke wanted to use these contents to make Taoism and Tang Dynasty more aggressive, and even make Chinese civilization more aggressive.
Of course, this cannot be achieved with just one novel. He will have more related actions in the future, and Journey to the West is just the beginning.
He said: "Okay, then let the printing house of the Ministry of Industry publish it."
Li Shimin said angrily: "Are you stupid? Can this book pass through the hands of the imperial court? Use your own printing house to print it."
Chen Jingke was a little confused. Why did he suddenly become so irritable? Wasn't he just fine? Even if he didn't think well, he wouldn't have spoken like this.
But who made you the emperor? I can bear it.
This kind of book is indeed inconvenient for the court to come forward. Firstly, it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings about Buddhism; secondly, such a book that boasts about one's ancestors will be ridiculed if it is used through the court channels.
"Okay, but we are short of paper. Can you give me a batch of paper?"
"Go to the Queen and ask her to assign it to you." Li Shimin paused and said to Changsun Wugou: "His miscellaneous books don't need such good paper. Give him a batch of the worst ones."
Chen Jingke is so angry... Xiaosi is still a good boy, and he is the only good person in the Li family.
Changsun Wugao rolled his eyes, first looked at Li Shimin, then at Chen Jingke and the little Sizi in his arms, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll give him the worst batch."
Then he said with deep feeling: "The price of paper is still too expensive. It would be great if it could be cheaper, so that the price of books can be lowered."
Li Shimin nodded and shook his head: "Papermaking is inherently troublesome, especially making pulp, which requires a lot of manpower and time. The price of paper cannot be lowered unless the pulp problem can be solved."
With the printing technology, he had the opportunity to compete with the gentry for the right to speak, but paper was still too expensive, and there was no way to further lower the price of books.
This was a productivity issue, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Hearing this, Chen Jingke's heart moved and he said, "I may have a way to solve the pulp problem."
Li Shimin immediately cheered up and said, "Oh, what can I do?"
Chen Jingke put Princess Jinyang down and ran to the desk to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone. While drawing on the paper, he explained: "This is a waterwheel... this is a pulverizer... this is a mixer..."
In fact, the hydraulic structure is not that complicated. The structure of the crusher and mixer is even simpler. You can almost understand what is going on after seeing it.
Li Shimin and Changsun Wugou were both smart people and quickly understood the principle of this thing. The couple glanced at each other and could see each other's excitement.
If this mechanism could be realized, the price of paper could really be reduced several times.
Changsun Wugou said: "Jing Ke, how confident are you that you can build this kind of mechanism?"
Chen Jingke affirmed: "Give me a few skilled carpenters, blacksmiths and machine builders, and I will be very sure that I can make it."
"Not just crushers and mixers, but also hydraulic presses, hydraulic mills, hydraulic machine saws..."
Changsun Wugou said quickly: "Okay, I will assign the craftsmen you need from the supervisor to build these mechanisms as soon as possible. Don't worry, my aunt will not let you suffer."
Chen Jingke pretended to be casual and said: "Hey, aunt, why are you so polite? It's useless for me to keep these things. Only by giving them to you can they play their real role."
Changsun Wugou was very moved and said: "What a good boy my aunt is. Don't worry, I have prepared a big reward for you. You will definitely be satisfied in the future."
Li Shimin was also very satisfied with his attitude, but due to his status he couldn't say anything too explicit, so he just said:
"It's good to know how to serve the country. I will clearly distinguish rewards and punishments and will not ignore your merits. I will reward you in the future."
Chen Jingke said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Shimin thought for a while and then said: "For promoting Journey to the West, you can discuss it with Cheng Xuanying, Pan Shizheng and Tian Shiwen. It should save a lot of trouble."
If he had just traveled through time, Chen Jingke would definitely be confused. Who are these three people? Why are you looking for them?
In the past six months, he had learned about Taoism in detail, and he was very familiar with these three famous names.
Cheng Xuanying was a representative figure of the Chongxuan sect. He was proficient in both Confucianism and Taoism. He was canonized as Master Xihua by Li Shimin and had a very high status in Taoism.
Master Pan is the successor of Wang Yuanzhi, the leader of the Maoshan sect in the Shangqing Dynasty.
There are two supreme gods in Shangqing Dao, Taishang Daojun and Yuanshi Tianzun.
Wang Yuanzhi has been doing something to connect Taishang Daojun with Lao Tzu. After he became an immortal, this important task fell on Pan Shizheng.
In Journey to the West, Taishang Laojun is the incarnation of the Moral God, and he becomes Laozi after descending to earth, so that the two sides have a basis for cooperation.
Tian Shiwen is the contemporary leader of Louguan Taoism. Louguan Taoism respects Yin Xi as its ancestor, and there is also a section in Journey to the West where Yin Xi studied with Laozi.
Because of this relationship, Li Tang regarded Louguan Taoism as a royal monastery. During the Wude period, he built Zongshengguan as the dojo of Louguan Taoism.
Another point, as mentioned before, is that Louguan Taoism is a conservative and is particularly opposed to Buddhism. At that time, it was said that it was incompatible with Buddhism.
Although the new generation of successors are less extreme due to the emergence of the older generation, they will never miss any opportunity to suppress Buddhism.
With the above foundation, cooperation with these three companies can promote Journey to the West faster and share the pressure from Buddhism.