Li Shimin nodded. What Lin Xuan said was very consistent with the bearded man he had seen. It seemed that what Lin Xuan said was true.
Lin Xuan saw Li Shimin's expression and knew that he had guessed correctly, so he felt relieved.
"Your Majesty, can you tell me about my master? I asked him before and he didn't tell me at all." Lin Xuan asked.
If you don't ask if you don't ask, it will arouse Li Shimin's suspicion.
Li Shimin said: "I have only met him once. If you want to know, you can ask Li Jing. He and your master are sworn brothers."
"Well, it turns out that the master and Duke Dai have such a close relationship, I must pay a visit later." Lin Xuan said.
To be honest, he really didn't want to rely on this to have a relationship with Li Jingla.
It was a lie in the first place, just to deceive Li Shimin. If one day the bearded man came to Li Jing and found out that he was using his name to deceive him, it would be strange if he could be let go.
But Li Shimin had already said it. If he didn't go, Li Shimin would definitely guess that he was lying.
Compared with the troubles that may arise in the future, it is better to deal with the immediate troubles.
If you tell lies even though you know that a lie requires countless lies to cover, who can you blame?
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Leave the bicycle and go back. If the bearded man comes to see you next time, tell him that I want to see him. If he doesn't want to, you must tell me and I will go see him in person."
"I remember what your Majesty told me, but I plan to ask people to research whether it is possible to imitate a bicycle. If there is no bicycle, there will be no way to study it." Lin Xuan said.
It's so shameless. I haven't even ridden enough yet and you want to hit my bike.
If I could give him something else, I would give it to him, but I really can’t give him the bicycle.
If Li Shimin rides every day, he will run out of gas. He doesn’t even have a pump, is it possible for him to blow it?
Li Shimin said angrily: "Do you think I'm easy to deceive? The craftsmen at the Ministry of Industry say they can't research it, so why do you want to research it? Are you not willing to give it to me?"
After hearing the previous words, Lin Xuan's expression changed. Wasn't he fooled? Could it be that Li Shimin discovered something?
Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not what he thought.
I scolded Li Shimin secretly in my heart. Are you so confident that you want everything?
Well, in ancient times when it was important to understand that everything in the world must be the king's land, Li Shimin could be so confident.
"Your Majesty, the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry say that the craftsmanship of iron is not up to par. I am going to let people study and see if some places can be replaced with wood and built." Lin Xuan explained.
"Do you think I'm a fool? Iron isn't good enough. Is it possible that wood is harder than iron?" Li Shimin laughed angrily.
"Your Majesty, the hardness of some wood is very high. I have asked about it and it is completely feasible." Lin Xuan said.
This is typical why not eat minced meat.
Before the Li family launched an army, it was still the government's residence. Do you expect a descendant of a family like Li Shimin to know about wood?
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give you a month, and then remember to send my bike back."
It's obviously my bike, when did it become yours?
Lin Xuan had a deeper understanding of Li Shimin's shamelessness.
But he did not dare to argue with Li Shimin about the ownership of the bicycle.
"Yes! That minister will retire first." Lin Xuan bowed.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said nothing.
When Lin Xuan left the Manlu Palace, he saw a group of eunuchs guarding the bicycles.
This is probably the first bicycle with such treatment.
Lin Xuan took the bicycle from the eunuch and pushed it outside the palace.
Coming to the furniture shop again, Lin Xuan handed the bicycle to Chen Guangli for study.
"Old man Chen, how is the research on looms going?" Lin Xuan asked.
When Lin Xuan gave the drawings of the loom to Chen Guangli, Chen Guangli said that it could be made in two or three days.
In fact, it was actually done, but it didn't work.
After Lin Xuan carefully inspected them, he found that there were some differences between the parts and the ones in his mind.
It has been improved several times since then, and although it has not yet reached the requirements, it should be almost there.
Chen Guangli said: "Back to Lord Marquis, the final problem will be solved soon. It won't be long before the loom can be made. I promise that it will be used this time."
He felt a little ashamed when he talked about this. Last time he promised Lin Xuan that it could be done in two or three days.
It's been almost a month and I haven't finished it yet.
"Old man Chen, don't blame yourself, as long as you can do it," Lin Xuan said.
Although he had drawings in his mind, the drawings he drew were indeed somewhat incomprehensible.
Chen Guangli and the others made some mistakes, which is normal.
Lin Xuan comforted Chen Guangli, gave him the written Arabic numerals and mathematical symbols, and asked him to make the fonts first. Then he returned home with the fonts installed in the car.
After lunch, Lin Xuan took a nap and brought his soldiers to the Imperial Academy.
Kong Yingda was not in his office. Lin Xuan waited in his office for a while before Kong Yingda came back.
"Zichu, I kept you waiting for a long time." Kong Yingda said with a smile.
Lin Xuan said: "I'm sorry to bother you, but Dr. Kong just doesn't blame me."
Kong Yingda ordered someone to bring tea and asked: "What do you want to do here this time?"
"Dr. Kong, I wonder how many books have been written?" Lin Xuan asked.
Kong Yingda said: "The matter of sentence fragmentation is of great importance. In order to prevent future generations from misinterpreting the words of our ancestors, we need to be very careful. So far, only the Book of Songs, the Four Books, and the Analects of Confucius have been compiled."
Lin Xuan was a little speechless, Kong Yingda would also pretend to be a public servant for personal gain.
These three books were either written by Confucius or related to him.
However, there is nothing wrong with people writing limited editions of their own ancestors.
"Dr. Kong, I have prepared the printing. Can you print it for me first?" Lin Xuan said.
Kong Yingda nodded and said: "After it is written, it will naturally be printed so that people in the world will not misinterpret the words of the sage. I will have the book sent over right now."
Not long after, three sets of books were delivered.
It's said to be writing, but actually it's just adding punctuation marks.
Dictionaries are created from scratch, and they need to write them word by word.
Adding punctuation marks is easy. Just use a pen to add punctuation marks where you need to break the sentence.
As for it taking so long to write three sets of books, the reason is that many people have different opinions.
If you want everyone to agree with a certain point of view, you must convince others.
It's better to say it's writing than debating.
Kong Yingda was a little lucky. He really didn't know before that there were so many people who had different opinions on his ancestor's thoughts.
If Lin Xuan hadn't come up with this punctuation mark, I don't know how the thoughts left by our ancestors would have been misinterpreted in the future.
"Then I'll take my leave first. When the book is printed, it will be sent to Dr. Kong for review!" Lin Xuan stood up and said.
Kong Yingda smiled and said: "I won't give it away."
Lin Xuan returned home with his books.
Now that we have all the books and typefaces, we just need to find some skilled printing craftsmen.
There really was no such person in the Lin family. Lin Xuan found the housekeeper and told him to recruit someone.
After hearing this, the housekeeper nodded and said, "Sir, the Cuju masters you asked me to find before have been found. They are all currently settled in the old house in Chang'an."
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "I understand."
How can he have time to teach people how to play Cuju now?
What bothers him now is what to say when he goes to see Li Jing.
Li Jing and the others are much more familiar with bearded customers than Li Shimin, and are not so easy to fool.
The problem is that it’s not okay if I don’t go.
Not only should I go, but I should go as soon as possible.
Li Shimin pretended to miss his master very much. Now that he knows that Li Jing and his master are sworn brothers, what will Li Shimin think if he takes his time?