Li Chengqian briefly flipped through the Encyclopedia in his hand and then looked at the 160 books that he had brought over slowly.
Her face instantly turned red.
"Go back!"
Li Chengqian said somewhat angrily. He was not angry at others, but at himself.
Compared to Li Ke's Encyclopedia, the total number of words in his books was less than one-tenth of the Encyclopedia's.
He thought that it was a big gift, but in the end, Li Ke should feel that it was tattered.
Why would he stay here and embarrass himself?
Li Ke did not say a word. Just a pitiful look could make him die of embarrassment.
Most importantly, he had to return to the palace immediately and tell his father about this.
Actually, it wasn't just Li Chengqian. Many descendants of aristocratic families had received this Encyclopedia and were similarly shocked.
Immediately after, it was the same as Li Chengqian's reaction.
She hurriedly took the Encyclopedia and went to look for her father.
Du Ruhui's son, Du Gou, was one of them.
"Father, Father, something bad has happened!"
Du Gou hurriedly called out to his father when he returned home.
"Bastard!"
When Du Ruhui saw this, his expression immediately changed and he reprimanded her unhappily.
"This is the Lai Public House. I am the current Duke and a descendant of the Du family of the capital.”
"Why are you shouting? You have no manners.”
"Do you want me to punish you?”
Du Ruhui was angry mainly because Du Gou was usually decent, especially in terms of his own behavior.
However, he was especially dissatisfied today.
"Father, your son knows his mistake."
Du Gou admitted his mistake and continued.
"But if you want to punish your son, read this book first.”
Du Gou placed the encyclopedia in front of Du Ruhui.
"Encyclopedia?"
Du Ruhui sneered.
"What an arrogant tone."
"Even Confucius wouldn't dare to say such big words.”
"Where did you get this book?"
Du Gou took a deep breath and said.
"This is from the Hongwen Hall today. The master of the Hongwen Hall, the King of Shu, Li Ke, ordered someone to distribute it.”
Du Ruhui was stunned and said in disbelief.
" One for each person?!"
"This book has at least two thousand pages, and the paper is exquisite. I'm afraid it would cost dozens of strings of money to buy it.”
"There are at least two to three hundred people in Hongwen Hall. You're saying that everyone will be given a book for free?”
"Has the King of Shu gone mad?"
Du Ruhui felt that it was impossible.
Putting aside the contents, the paper industry in the Great Tang was not developed, and paper was expensive.
The quality of the Encyclopedia's paper was very good, and it had more than 2,000 pages, all of which were one foot square in size. The cost was not cheap.
Giving away more than 200 books for free, did the King of Shu really have money to spend?
"Father, you've misunderstood. It's not more than two hundred books.”
Du Gou denied.
"I knew it."
Du Ruhui smiled.
"I guess he gave it to me on account of this old Duke.”
"Presumably, only the children of more than a dozen countries have it.”
"However, a few dozen books are worth a thousand strings of money. The King of Shu has already invested a lot.”
Du Gou smiled bitterly and said.
"Father, you're thinking too much."
"What I mean is that the King of Shu is not only giving it to the students of Hongwen Hall, but also to the people of Guanzhong.”
"He said he wanted to make it a book for everyone!"
Du Ruhui stared at his son and asked.
"Are you sure you're not talking nonsense?"
"Such an exquisite book costs a lot of money. If we give it to the people of Guanzhong for free, we'll need at least a million copies.”
"This…Where did this King of Shu get so much money?”
As the prince of a vassal state, the King of Shu indeed had his own royal estate and a high salary. He did not lack money and food.
Therefore, he didn't find it strange that Li Ke had taken out so much food to help the people repay the Kong family.
But now, there were millions of Encyclopedias.
This was worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Even with all of the Great Tang's wealth, they probably didn't have the ability to do so.
Du Ruhui felt that Du Gou's words were a fantasy!
"It's true, Father."
Du Gou nodded and explained.
"I saw with my own eyes that the guards of Shu were driving their strange cars and transporting large amounts of encyclopedia out of the city to deliver books to the people of Guanzhong.”
"Furthermore, I heard the conversation between the Crown Prince and the guards of the King of Shu.”
"They said that the King of Shu invented some kind of printer in Yizhou. A printer can print out dozens of encyclopedia in a day.”
" And they don't seem to lack paper at all…"
Du Ruhui was instantly shocked beyond words.
Although Du Gou was a child, he was very mature, especially when it came to such an important matter. He would definitely not lie to her.
Then everything was real.
This…
This was too terrifying.
Du Ruhui's expression finally changed, and he no longer looked down on this book.
Through these few moves, Du Ruhui knew that Li Ke was definitely not a simple character.
Since he was willing to give away books for free, there must be a motive behind it.
The answer must be in the Encyclopedia.
Du Ruhui didn't say anything else. He opened the Encyclopedia and read it carefully.
The more he read, the more shocked he became.
The Encyclopedia lived up to its name.
Other than pharmaceutics and Natural Science, there were also many other fields such as Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, and so on.
There were all kinds of subjects, rich knowledge, and meaningful words. There were even systematic ways to learn and practical applications.
In order to learn better, he even added exquisite illustrations as illustrations.
The more Du Ruhui looked, the more frightened he became.
Not only did the knowledge in it completely overturn the mythical explanations of many inconceivable things, but it also impacted the idealistic theories of many Confucians.
In time, if everyone read this book, it would be a huge blow to the status of scholars.
The most terrifying thing was that the contents of the Encyclopedia would definitely detail the division of labor in society, and the imperial court was the same.
At that time, officials who only knew Confucianism could only choose to be eliminated if they did not do a good job.
In a few years, the Confucian officials would probably be wiped out in large numbers.
And most of these officials were from aristocratic families…
Du Ruhui took a deep breath and said seriously.
"King of Shu, this is destroying the foundation of the aristocratic families!”
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