"Do you think that the aristocratic families are so invincible?”
Ye Yun looked at Li Jing and said lightly," There's no other way?”
"Yes! But…that's impossible!"
Li Jing thought of a possibility and shook his head bitterly.
"Unless those aristocratic families are willing to share all their books with the world.”
"But, even so, where would we get so many books? Whether it was hand-copied or engraved, it was not enough to support the entire Great Tang!”
At this time, the Great Tang already had engraving printing, but it was costly and error-prone. If a single word was wrong, the entire piece would be ruined.
Therefore, other than some Buddhist scriptures, most of the books were handwritten.
How could this be universal?
"You're right!"
Ye Yun nodded and smiled.
"However, there is no need for the aristocratic families to take out all their books. We only need to collect some ordinary basic books!”
"But…"
Li Jing wanted to say something more, but he heard a commotion outside the tent. It seemed that Cheng Yaojin had returned!
"Alright, it's not too late to die after you meet the people Cheng Yaojin brought with me!”
Ye Yun shook his head and said.
"Yes, sir!"
Li Jing nodded hesitantly.
……
"State Preceptor, Old Cheng is back!"
Before he saw her, he heard Cheng Yaojin's loud voice.
Very soon,
Under Li Jing's puzzled gaze, Cheng Yaojin led a group of people into the tent.
Among that group of people,
The leader was a skinny old man. Judging from his rough hands and the smell of sawdust, he should be a carpenter hired by Cheng Yaojin.
As for the two burly men behind the old man, they should be the old man's sons or disciples!
"This commoner…greets…sirs!”
Seeing Ye Yun, the old man seemed to be particularly restrained. He knelt on the ground and did not even dare to raise his head.
Behind him, the two burly men did not restrain him like this, but they were also a little nervous. They were curiously sizing up everything around them.
"Get up!"
Ye Yun nodded slightly and spread out the words he had just written in front of the old man,
"Can these words be engraved? Like a seal, upside down!"
"This commoner…should be able to!"
The old man nodded and said.
"Good!"
Ye Yun passed the word to the old man and asked casually,""By the way, what's your name?"
"Commoner…Commoner…Xue…San!"
Who would have thought that Xue San would kneel on the ground and kowtow to Ye Yun's question?
This made Ye Yun somewhat puzzled, but he didn't ask further, thinking that Xue San was too nervous.
"Now, make some small wooden blocks according to the mold that is smaller than ordinary seals and carve these words on them!”
Ye Yun reminded," Remember, every piece of wood must be the same size. At the same time, if they were to be pieced together, they had to be seamless!”
"This commoner obeys!"
At the mention of his field of expertise, the nervous expression on Xue San's face slowly disappeared. He nodded solemnly,
"Don't worry, my lord! However…this piece of wood was not difficult. It would only take about an hour! However, it might take some time to carve the words.”
Speaking up to this point, Xue San was a little hesitant, afraid that he would say something wrong and make this lord unhappy!
In Xue San's opinion, this was a big shot that even the great lord of Qingtian wanted to curry favor with! I can't offend you!
"Hmm…when will it be ready?”
As expected, Ye Yun frowned and asked.
He had already considered this problem. After all, even the most commonly used words would cost more than a thousand. Moreover, they were all in regular script and were very difficult to engrave.
If he really wasted time, he would bring Xue San along with the army. At most, he would give him some compensation later and send him back to Jian An!
"Tomorrow morning! Sir, if you're really in a hurry, you can go even faster…"
Xue San hurriedly said, as if he was afraid of angering Ye Yun.
"Good!"
Ye Yun was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly." If you can complete it tomorrow morning, I'll reward you handsomely!"”
He did not expect the old carpenter to be so efficient!
"Yes, sir!"
Xue San accepted the order and did not dare to delay. He hurriedly instructed the two burly men to find suitable wood and get busy.
"State Preceptor, this…what are you doing?”
Seeing the three of them leave, Li Jing finally spoke up. He was a little puzzled.
"We'll know tomorrow!"
Ye Yun shook his head and chuckled," Perhaps the days when the aristocratic families monopolized the future are over!”
"Hmm?"
Li Jing was completely stunned and did not react for a long time.
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