Not long after Li Tai left, Li Jingmo came back with a group of people to escort the bride.
Old Man Li's face was flushed and full of joy. He was pulled by his wife and asked a lot of questions, but he did not seem to be impatient.
Xiao Xi came over secretly and went to Li Zexuan's side. She said softly, "Young Master, Young Madam cried when she saw your letter. She also asked me to bring you a letter."
Li Zexuan said happily, "Quickly give it to me!"
Xiao Xi carefully took out a letter from her waist pouch and passed it to Li Zexuan.
Li Zexuan took it and walked to the side. He opened it and saw a line of beautiful words, "I want to know you and live a long life. The mountains have no edges, the heaven and earth merge, the river runs dry, the winter thunder rumbles, the summer snow dares to be separated from you! "
This was a Han folk love song called "Shangxie". Li Zexuan used mushy words to express his love to Han Yuxi. Han Yuxi used poetry to express her unswerving love.
This girl was shy when she needed to be, but once she expressed her feelings, she was passionate and unrestrained when she loved him. Li Zexuan smiled proudly. He had picked up a treasure. This kind of girl was even cuter, right?
When Xiao He and Xiao Xi saw Li Zexuan's lewd smile, they couldn't help but back off in fear.
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The next day.
"Teacher, what are you doing here today?"
Li Tai left unwillingly yesterday, but he did not believe Li Zexuan's words. He thought that Li Zexuan was deliberately finding an excuse to fool him. Therefore, he came to the workshop today.
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "I'm here to get the teaching materials! The day before yesterday, I told the students that I would print teaching materials for everyone. I can't go back on my words, right? "
Teaching materials, damn teaching materials! Hearing these two words, Li Tai suddenly remembered his foolish act of buying teaching materials at a high price. Thus, he silently followed behind and didn't want to speak anymore.
Li Zexuan looked at him and knew what he was thinking. Iron Egg had told him the day before yesterday. Li Zexuan neither agreed nor objected to this kind of thing. Anyway, one was willing to take the hit and the other was willing to take the hit. His disciple didn't suffer any losses, and Li Tai didn't lack the money.
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When he arrived at the workshop, he was greeted by the sight of countless busy craftsmen. Compared to the beginning, the number of craftsmen working in the workshop had increased by more than three times.
The main reason was that the supply of scooters and skateboards could not meet the demand. These two items were already hard to find in Chang 'an. Last month, he had negotiated a cooperation with Wang Renbiao, and he had to give him 50% of the supply every month. The Qiqu Pavilion workshop, which was already short of supply, was even more strained.
Seeing that Li Zexuan had arrived, the craftsmen didn't stop working. They only raised their heads and greeted him with a smile when Li Zexuan walked to their side.
This was what Li Zexuan had told them before. He didn't like formalism. For him, efficiency was the way to go.
The craftsmen were now full of a sense of belonging to the workshop. Not only was the treatment good, but there were also no officials who would scold them for no reason. They could obtain the most basic respect here. Therefore, when they worked, it was a race against time.
When Li Tai saw that Li Zexuan had arrived and that the craftsmen were still at their original positions, each carrying out their duties, he couldn't help but click his tongue in wonder. It wasn't that he hadn't been to the Imperial Family's workshop before, but every time he went, all of the officials and craftsmen would swarm out, fighting to prostrate themselves before him. Li Tai didn't find this annoying.
Now that he saw the orderly scene of the Strange Interest Pavilion workshop, Li Tai couldn't help but think, "This is what a workshop should be like!"
Led by a shop assistant, Li Zexuan came to a spacious independent courtyard. Inside, dozens of craftsmen were neatly arranging the dried clay molds in a certain order in a frame made in advance. When a frame was filled, it would become a page. Then, the ink was brushed, the paper was covered, and the press was done in one go. A page of the book was printed just like that.
Li Tai, who was next to him, widened his eyes in shock and said with a confused face, "What, what, what kind of printing method is this? Why haven't I seen it before? "
Li Zexuan laughed and said, "Qingque, there are many things you haven't seen. Learn from me! Haha! "
After that, he left the confused Li Tai and went straight to find Liu Yidao.
"Master Liu, what do you think of the movable type printing technique?"
Li Zexuan asked with a smile when he saw Liu Yidao fiddling with a few newly dried clay movable characters.
"Oh, Young Master, you are here. This movable type printing technique is really magical. It just avoids the shortage of engraving plates. As long as enough individual movable characters are prepared in advance, they can be combined at any time. It greatly speeds up the plate-making time. After the movable type plates are printed, they can be dismantled and reused. Moreover, the movable type takes up less space than the engraving plates, so it is easier to store and keep.
If we only print more than 30 teaching materials, it is certainly not as cost-effective as hiring someone to copy them. However, these movable characters can be kept as a backup. If we want to print any books in the future, the cost is too low! "
Liu Yidao saw Li Zexuan come in and quickly stood up and said excitedly.
When Li Zexuan was about to answer, he heard Li Tai, who had just entered the door, shout, "Haha, this method is really wonderful. Li Zexuan, you are really a genius!"
Li Tai was so excited that he didn't even call him Mr. Li. He directly called Li Zexuan by his name.
Seeing that Li Tai was praising him, Li Zexuan decided not to argue with him about this.
"Young Master, who is this?"
Liu Yidao was old and shrewd, but he also had good eyesight. He saw Li Tai's noble aura and knew that he was definitely not an ordinary person, so he asked aloud.
Li Zexuan didn't want to scare him, so he waved his hand and said, "He is just my student!"
Li Tai shrugged and didn't mean to reveal his identity.
Liu Yidao said, "Oh," and thought that since the Young Master was teaching in the Imperial College and this person could follow the Young Master around and was the Young Master's student, he should be the son of an official. So he saluted Li Tai with his hands folded in front of his chest as a greeting.
"Master Liu, when will my teaching materials be printed?"
Li Zexuan came here today for the purpose of getting teaching materials, so he asked directly.
"Young Master, they will all be printed and bound in the afternoon. I will send them to your mansion then!"
Liu Yidao replied with his hands folded in front of his chest.
Li Zexuan nodded with satisfaction. He thought for a while and then asked, "Master Liu, I asked you to set up a printing department last time. How is it going?"
"Young Master, the basic prototype of the printing department has been set up. At present, there is one supervisor, 20 craftsmen in charge of carving, more than 40 craftsmen in charge of typesetting and printing, and a scholar in charge of text proofreading."
Li Zexuan said curiously, "Oh? There are scholars who are willing to come here? "
In Li Zexuan's impression, there was a clear division between the classes of scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants in ancient times. Scholars were all arrogant. How could they be engaged in the so-called lowly industry?
Liu Yidao stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Young Master, not all scholars can pass the exam. After all, the majority of people fail the exam. They also need to earn money to make a living!"
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