Taiji Palace.
Fang Xuanling was reporting on political affairs.
"Your Majesty, there are 568 monks and 36 craftsmen from the Ministry of Works gathered near the capital. Once the Buddhist scriptures are copied, they will return to the Wei Nation with the Tang envoy.”
"It's just that this Buddhist scripture is too precious. I don't know how long it will take to manually copy it.”
This was a troublesome matter, and the Ministry of Rites had already sent officials to copy the Buddhist scriptures.
However, manual copying was too slow.
The longer the Japanese stayed in Chang 'an, the more likely it was that Tang technology would be stolen.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said to Fang Xuanling,"No need. Ask Yan Lide to come over.”
Fang Xuanling didn't know what Li Shimin meant. Could it be that Yan Lide had a solution?
"Good!"
Fang Xuanling cupped his fists and left. He went to the Ministry of Works and found the Minister of Works, Yan Lide.
"Old Yan."
Yan Lide looked at Fang Xuanling and asked in confusion,""Prime Minister Fang doesn't visit unless there's a reason.”
"Old Yan, do you have any magical techniques?" Fang Xuanling asked Yan Lide.”
Yan Lide was confused and asked Fang Xuanling,""What?"
"You should know that the Tang Empire is sending monks and craftsmen to the Wei Nation."”
For this matter, the Ministry of Works needed craftsmen, and Yan Lide had privately instructed them to secretly mine the Wei Nation's mines.
Therefore, how could he not know about this?
"And then?" Yan Lide nodded.”
Fang Xuanling continued," You should know that the reason why the Tang Empire has been unable to move is because there are not enough Buddhist scriptures. We need people to copy them. Today, I have told His Majesty about this difficult matter. His Majesty has asked you to go to Taiji Palace."”
He stared at Yan Lide and asked seriously,""Do you have any ideas?"
Yan Lide was speechless.
What could he do? Find someone to copy it, what's the use of looking for me?
"It's not that I haven't thought of shortcuts. I've tried many methods, and in the end, I came to a conclusion."”
"What?" Fang Xuanling asked expectantly.”
"No solution!" Yan Lide said seriously.”
"This old man isn't afraid to tell you that there are almost no shortcuts for this matter, no matter how much external help you use.”
Fang Xuanling was speechless.
Yan Lide suddenly gasped and stared at Fang Xuanling.""Wait, His Majesty summoned this old man. He won't ask this old man to transfer craftsmen to copy Buddhist scriptures, right?”
He shook his head frantically. This isn't the work of the Ministry of Works, and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works wouldn't do this. I have to go and explain it to His Majesty."
Just like that, the two of them quickly arrived at Taiji Palace.
Within the Dew Palace.
Li Shimin imitated Xiao Fan and calmly threw the movable type printing mold to Yan Lide."Take a look."
"What is this?" Yan Lide was confused. He looked left and right with the movable type printing mold.
What the f * ck?
"Rubbing?"
"Wait, something's not right."
"A movable mold?"
"Hiss!"
"Go, find me a piece of paper."
Fang Xuanling saw that Yan Lide was going crazy again. He looked at Yan Lide strangely, then at Li Shiming, who was pretending to be profound.
What did he mean?
Fang Xuanling was confused.
Very quickly.
The eunuch brought over a piece of paper.
Yan Lide placed the paper under the mold, and then he first typed out the words one by one according to the order.
"At the beginning of life, humans are naturally good. Similar in nature, far apart in practice…"
The black words were deeply imprinted on the white paper.
"I'll throw it!"
Fang Xuanling's eyes widened as he looked at this miraculous scene in disbelief.
But this was not the end.
Yan Lide was always able to understand these strange things without a teacher.
He tried to change the pattern and found the words 'Sage Son of Heaven is wise' from the mold.
Then, it was printed.
Fang Xuanling gradually realized what kind of weapon it was and what it was used for.
Print!
It was the same principle as Storing Stones on a gravestone, but it was much better than Storing Stones.
The movable font was very convenient, and there was no problem in taking any word to type.
As long as the movable clay was arranged according to the predetermined text, it could be printed.
"F * ck! To print a book like this, didn't it only require movable type clay?”
"Then, tens of thousands of books can be completed in a day…Hiss!”
Fang Xuanling suddenly froze.
Fang Xuanling stared at Yan Lide in disbelief.""Old Yan, what did you say in the Ministry of Works? What did you say about publishing Buddhist scriptures?"
Yan Lide felt suffocated and shook his head."You heard wrong. I didn't say that copying Buddhist scriptures is unsolvable.”
Fang Xuanling was speechless.
Yan Lide smacked his lips and muttered to himself in shock,"It's a masterpiece!”
"In this way, we don't need much manpower at all. Wouldn't it be easy to print a book?”
Yan Lide's eyes gradually began to glow with energy. He cupped his fists and said excitedly to Li Shimin,"Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said,"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me. Xiao Fan casually made it up."”
"What? The guy who invented the curved shaft plow?"
"What? Xiao County Man again?"
Yan Lide and Fang Xuanling were dumbfounded.
What did he mean by 'casually made'?
"Good! How many poor scholars have been benefited! This child should receive a bow from all the scholars in the world!”
Fang Xuanling thought it was right.
Li Shi Min looked at the two of them and asked,"It's not too much to give him a county seat for this merit, right?”
Wang, Hou, Bo, Zi, Nan!
This was a hereditary title of nobility in the Great Tang.
Xiao Fan was now a county boy. In less than a month, he had been promoted to a noble rank. F * ck, the speed of his promotion was like a rocket!
Most importantly, that kid was only fourteen or fifteen years old, right?
The most f * cking speechless thing was that you couldn't refute it.
Who would dare to object?
Today, if anyone in the court dared to refute, all the scholars in the world would spit them to death!
This was because Xiao Fan was giving the world's Humble Families... a chance to rise!
……
At this moment, Xiao Xiao County naturally did not know that he was about to become Xiao Xiannan.
He looked at Li Wan warily, feeling that this little girl's gaze was not friendly.
"This is Sister Xiao's…brother. His name is Xiao Fan." Li Xinlan hurriedly said to Li Wan.”
"Ah?"
"Ah?"
Li Wan and Xiao Fan were stunned.
Li Xinlan blushed. Although she was not good at lying, she could only bite the bullet and say so.
After saying that, he looked at Li Wan nervously.
Only then did Li Wan size up Xiao Fan and nod to herself."No wonder he looked so familiar. He's Sister Xiao's eldest brother.”
"Yes, it looks like it!"
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