He looked at the two important envoys beside him, implying that there was nothing he could do.
He was quite sad. Why was it that when he came to the Tang dynasty, it was as if he was asking for something from a rich relative?
He was not the only one. Princess Yuzhen, as an elder, also felt poor.
She was envious when she heard that Lanxiang Pavilion was making a lot of money every day.
"Yuanyuan, now that the Li Family Zhuangzi is getting richer, do you have any extra copper words for printing?"
Princess Yuzhen could not control her sister. Princess Jinxian wanted that set of copper words, but her sister was also poor.
She asked her niece, "Since your family is so rich, can you give me a set?"
"Aunt, the copper set has been saved. Li Lang said to keep it as a souvenir. Now, we are printing with lead alloy type."
Princess Yongmu shook her head gently. Our Zhuangzi's printing technology has been upgraded.
Turning his head, he said to Princess Jinxian, "Aunt, why don't you exchange your set of copper with Zhuangzi and exchange it for more alloys for words?"
Princess Yongmu knew that the alloy type was not as valuable as copper. Li Lang had the technology.
He needed it to make batteries, so he specially refined it and changed the metal type at the same time.
He also said that when the production increased, the local printing departments that used iron pens to write wax paper would all change to the new metal type.
"Yuanyuan, the newspapers now don't use copper words?" Princess Jinxian seemed to have discovered a new continent.
"Aunt, do you want to exchange? There are more words, and there are foreign words, such as India, Japanese Empire, Tubo, and Abbasid Caliphate. "Princess Yongmu wanted to exchange for that set of copper words.
"The other words have been made?" Princess Jinxian's expression changed.
"It's being made. Li Lang translated a lot of books. For example, Li Family Zhuangzi's translation of Buddhist scriptures is the best. There are also annotations at the bottom. "
Princess Yongmu was proud when she talked about this.
Li Lang knew how to translate the Buddhist scriptures. As for the previous books, Li Lang still gave annotations. Moreover, when adding punctuation marks, he would list out some sentences separately.
Li Lang was usually so busy that he could only occasionally find the time to translate.
"When? Send me the new ones first, and I'll bring back the copper ones. The font size is different, but the typography can all fit in. How did you do this? "
Princess Jinxian did not care about copper as long as she had it. She would translate the scriptures for others.
"The layout is arranged according to the algorithm, and there are different sets of grids. I'll ask Li Lang later if he wants to pass it on. "
Princess Yongmu did not understand the specifics. She only knew that typesetting was a technical job.
Font size, symmetry or asymmetry, coloring, adding or not adding pictures …
A series of problems were all in the algorithm.
"I want one set." When Princess True Jade heard that there were extra sets, she hurriedly decided.
She was going to give it to some of the students later, those who had entered her room.
Those who were good at writing poems could help spread the word, but it was a pity that it was too strenuous to recommend.
Her Imperial Brother only gave her one slot every half a year. She had used up the slots for the past two years, but not a single one of them had been chosen.
The things that her brother asked were different from normal people.
Last month, he gave her one slot for half a year. She wrote very well.
Her Imperial Brother had seen a few people's poems and allowed one to meet.
She thought that he would ask about the Tubo and the Turks, so she prepared in advance, including the economic and political issues of the Tang dynasty.
If she could teach them all, how to speak when they met.
In the end, her Imperial Brother asked what kind of fish could be raised in a one-acre pond that could make her income reach 40 taels that year.
Her gigolo did not answer. He did not raise fish, but he knew what kind of fish there were in the pond. If it was related to money, who knew how to get it?
Her Imperial Brother asked if there were 50 beehives, each with eight beehives. He wanted to raise them from early spring to late autumn. He asked how many kinds of crops should be planted in 50 mu of land to collect honey normally.
Her gigolo did not even know how many bees there were in the beehive. He had eaten honey, but he had never seen bees raised.
The third question was also the last question.
Her Imperial Brother said that he liked the Li Family Zhuangzi's zoo and wanted to build a better one. He was willing to spend 5 million taels and asked where was the best place to build it.
Her gigolo understood and told her Imperial Brother that it should be built in Lantian County. There were mountains and plains in Lantian County, including a large area of mountains and plains. If they built a mountain road and designed it well, it would definitely be better than the Li Family Zhuangzi's zoo.
Therefore, her gigolo was now arranged to build a mountain road. Wasn't this stupid?!
The Li Family Zhuangzi already had a zoo. Why would they build a new one? 5 million taels. You should persuade them not to spend this money. It should be used for the people's livelihood.
You can't raise fish, you can't raise bees, you can't even do farming. You don't even dare to do your duty for the people of the world?
It seemed that these questions were difficult to answer, but her Imperial Brother could not stop her Imperial Brother from interacting with Li Yi all day long.
She asked Li Yi three questions. Li Yi guaranteed that her Imperial Brother would be satisfied with the answers. She could even earn 400 taels a year by raising fish. She could continue to raise bees in winter. Who said that honey could not be collected in late autumn?
As for building a zoo, that was definitely out of the question. If they had that money, they might as well use it to breed livestock.
Weren't they currently using a good stallion to give birth to a group of mares?
Why not ask about the economy of the Tubo Empire, the Later Turks, and the Tang dynasty? The newspapers said that every day. What was there to ask? The people all knew.
She was quite concerned about the gigolo who was going to build the mountain road. She wanted to get a set of printing tools and help print a book of poetry.
She wanted to build a mountain road that was two zhang wide. She wanted to build a mountain road that was ten zhang wide.
Fortunately, her Imperial Brother did not ask for only one person to build it. He paid for it himself and hired thirty people to help.
They provided tools for thirty taels a day. They were all good people who could work. Could it be finished by next year?
"Aunt, I won't give you colored ink. Like Aunt Jinxian, it can only be black ink." Princess Yongmu agreed for her Imperial Father's sake.
As soon as she spoke, Princess True Jade's thoughts, or rather, her worries, were pulled back.
"Yuanyuan, let me ask Li Lang something. How much would it cost for thirty-one people to build a mountain road that was two zhang wide and ten zhang long, such as the one behind Lantian County? How long would it take to finish? "
Princess True Jade thought of an idea. Didn't they say that Li Yi would answer all questions? Could he answer this question?
"Ah? Ah! Let me ask! " Princess Yongmu took out a walkie-talkie from her bag and dialed a number. "Taohong, has Li Lang's surgery ended? No? It's like this … When it's over, tell Li Lang. Okay! "
"Aunt, Li Lang is undergoing surgery. Wait a moment. Let's continue forward. We'll go to Xi City after we're done. "
Princess Yongmu stuffed the walkie-talkie back into her bag and pointed ahead.
She was even more envious. What telephone and telegram? This thing was the best.
It was so big that she could talk to places far away at any time. She even needed a telephone line.
Princess True Jade and Princess Jinxian pretended not to see it. They couldn't have the two of them. One was useless. They needed several. If they dared to ask, they would be locked up by their Imperial Brother.
The things in Xi City were indeed better. They were neatly packed.
The leaves of the celery were all removed. The cucumbers were tender. The eggplants didn't need to be pinched. Just by looking at their appearance, one could tell that they weren't old.
"I can't see the leaves of the celery. It can be fed to the chickens. They won't be thrown away, right?"
After seeing Princess Jincheng feed some things to the livestock and poultry, he decided to get closer to the people.
"Take it to make pan-fried buns and pickled vegetables. Send it to Grief Tian Square. Generally, there won't be much left of anything bad. Give it all to Grief Tian Square."
Boxie spoke. He was familiar with the situation. Tubo didn't have Grief Tian Square.
In Tubo, such people should die. They were considered a waste of food and didn't have enough to eat.
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