"Your Majesty, look, what's on this?”
"There are such small symbols and signs at the back of every line. What does this represent?”
Du Ruhui exclaimed.
Li Jing, Zhangsun Wuji, and Fang Xuanling each held a book and began to read it carefully.
Sure enough, just as Du Ruhui had said, there were a few symbols on each line, separating the words.
What was the meaning of this?
What was the King of Wei trying to say?
How should he understand it?
Li Shi Min also noticed this change.
His brows were tightly knitted together.
His brain spun like a storm.
"This symbol might be some kind of code. Could it be that the King of Wei wants to tell us something? It was just that he couldn't express it in words, so he recorded it in symbols?”
Li Shi Min muttered to himself.
He had seen these symbols at first glance just now.
"I don't know, but what His Majesty said makes sense.”
"However, the symbols on every book are the same. How do you explain this?”
Fang Xuanling said in a low voice.
"Maybe. Does this mean that the King of Wei hid his private money?”
"It's just that we can't use words to record it, so we use symbols? Then, in order to prevent himself from forgetting, he made these books record such symbols!”
Zhangsun Wuji's imagination also ran wild.
Li Shimin flipped through a few pages.
The contents of the Book of History were no different from the books he had read before.
However, there were so many small symbols.
What was going on?
"Perhaps…cough cough…His Highness the King of Wei didn't think so much.”
"Your Majesty, you will know when you turn to the last page.”
At this moment, Li Jing's voice suddenly sounded.
Li Shiming was stunned, but he quickly flipped to the last page.
All the symbols that appeared on the tree were drawn on it, and beside them were annotations.
The word 'comma', which appeared in a sentence, meant that there was a pause.
‘。'：There was a full stop at the end of each sentence.
‘？'：The pause at the end of a question was a question mark.
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Li Shi Min looked at the notes of each symbol and let out a long sigh.
It was actually so simple.
It was far from what he, Zhangsun Wuji, and the others had guessed.
However, the effect was shocking.
Li Shiming quickly flipped to another page.
"Yu left the Nine States, dredged the rivers with the mountains, and made the land pay tribute. Dayu spread earth, cut trees along the mountain, and built mountains and rivers. Jizhou: since the car Hukou, governance Liang and Qi. After the construction of Taiyuan, it reached Yueyang; Qin Huai's achievements reached Hengzhang."
Hiss…
As he read, Li Shimin couldn't help but take a deep breath.
In an instant, he completely understood the function of these symbols.
Godly!
He was really godly!
It was like adding the finishing touch to a dragon, completely revitalizing this article.
One had to know that the books of this era were truly ruthless.
There wasn't a single exclamation mark or a single separating symbol. He had read everything in one breath.
Moreover, the length was long and difficult to understand.
Li Shiming and Fang Xuanling, who had been studying for decades, might not seem difficult to understand, but for young scholars, especially those who had just come into contact with studying, it was simply a huge help!!!
Li Shimin had experienced it when he first started studying.
Often, she would forget about the other side after reading one.
If he had to memorize it, it would be even more painful. Because the article had no branches or divisions, and he would pause at a different place every time, it made it really difficult to memorize it.
Every year, countless people would give up reading because of the obscurity of books.
However, with this exclamation mark, everything would be much simpler.
Just like the article he had just read, the separation was fixed. Every time he came here, he would take a breath. He would no longer have the dilemma of not knowing where he was carrying it, nor would he have the same pause every time he took a breath.
After reading it ten times, there would be ten pauses.
As such, there was no need to mention memorizing it.
He was stunned after reading it.
"This…His Highness the King of Wei is really a great talent, a great talent.”
"Punctuation! Ha ha ha…This is a great help to all the scholars in the world. Why would it cost a thousand gold?!!”
Fang Xuanling immediately understood the purpose of the explanation.
Wonderful!
It was really wonderful!
The King of Wei was truly intelligent. Otherwise, he would not have made such a conclusion and discovery.
In this world, there were many scholars, and even more people suffered from them. However, they could not discover such a pattern and method.
This did not require the logic in the article, but real wisdom!!!
"Yeah, who says so?"
"If this book were to be circulated, all the scholars in the world would go crazy over it.”
"Your Majesty, good, good!!!”
"The people of Chang 'an have books now. They have books now. And these books can even kill the books of the aristocratic families.”
"Hahaha…"
Du Ruhui was a little crazy. He held the book and couldn't put it down.
Who would have thought that the King of Wei would have so many books?
It could be said that it was enough to solve the urgent problem.
Li Shiming's eyebrows were trembling, and his blood was boiling. His fingers were trembling like crazy.
He took a deep breath and looked up at the boxes.
"Open it!"
"Open a few more!"
Li Shi Min ordered loudly.
He wanted to see what books were in the other boxes.
If they were all ministers, then he would really be making a huge joke out of himself.
When Li Jing and the other three heard this, they immediately put down the books in their hands and turned around to rush towards the four different boxes.
Hualala…
Hualala…
The sound of books flowing down was endless.
"Your Majesty, this is the Book of Changes!”
"Your Majesty, this is the Book of Songs!”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this subject has the Tao Te Ching!”
"Your Majesty, this subject has the Book of Rites!”
Four people and four voices resounded in the cave.
Li Shi Min heard their words and immediately rushed forward.
Books!
They were all books!
Moreover, there were all of them. The King of Wei had hidden them all!!!
"Enough, enough, these books are enough.”
"Your Majesty, these books…These books are enough to sell for a while.”
"There's no lack of books, no lack of books. This time, there's really no lack of books.”
Fang Xuanling sounded like he was about to cry.
He could no longer control his suppressed emotions today, and it completely erupted.
He was not feeling well.
Those commoners wanted books, and the aristocratic families kept suppressing them, but the imperial court could do nothing about it. That kind of feeling was unimaginable.
Fang Xuanling, as the Prime Minister of the Imperial Court, felt no less aggrieved than Li Shimin when he saw the Imperial Court being played like this.
But no one could have imagined that the King of Wei's private stash of money would once again save the Great Tang, save the people of the world!!!
Zhangsun Wuji nodded his head vigorously, his head was like an upside-down garlic mortar.
His lips trembled violently and he could no longer speak.
Du Ruhui's tears flowed freely as he wiped them away with his sleeve.
He was afraid that he would taint the books, and the Great Tang would have one less book.
Li Jing grinned and stood in the middle of the book like a fool.
Li Shi Min looked at them.
His eyes were filled with mixed feelings.
He looked at the books on the floor.
"You guys are right."
"You guys are right."
"The first round of the imperial examination is considered passed. These books can last for a while, but…it's not enough!!! This isn't enough!"
"The imperial examination is a matter of the entire world.”
"The imperial examinations select scholars, Zhen is facing the entire world!”
"However, these books should be able to solve the urgent problem.”
"Hiss…"
As soon as Li Shiming finished speaking, Zhangsun Wuji and the others 'eyes darkened.
They knew that His Majesty was right.
These books would be sold out one day, but what would happen if they were sold out?
What should he do?
No one knew!
"These are already a pleasant surprise for us from the King of Wei.”
"There's no time to lose. Let the left guard army start moving now!”
Li Shi Min said.
"Yes, sir!"
Li Jing quickly put down the book in his hand and rushed out.
Li Shiming, Zhangsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling were all sitting on the ground.
No matter what, he could finally…catch his breath.
On this day, they felt like they were going crazy.
No one had expected such a thing to happen.
Fortunately, he still had the King of Wei's private savings!!!
Hu…
The four of them laid down together, staring blankly at the ceiling of the cave. They did not move, completely emptying themselves.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
But suddenly, Li Jing let out three consecutive wails, shaking the hole and causing a cloud of dust to fall.
"What happened?" Li Shi Min suddenly sat up and looked over.
"What's wrong?"
Apothecary, what happened?"
"My ears are going deaf!"
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui sat up almost at the same time.
These three sounds were extremely sharp.
There was still an echo in the cave.
They looked over and saw Li Jing standing at the exit, his head raised and staring up. He was motionless, as if he had been petrified.
"What's wrong?"
"What's going on?"
Li Shi Min stood up and walked over.
" Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
" Look..."
"The Great Tang is saved, the Great Tang is saved, the Great Tang is saved…This time, there really is hope!!!”
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Li Jing's voice trembled uncontrollably.
One could even hear the shock and horror in his voice.
Li Shi Min frowned.
He walked over.
Zhangsun Wuji and the other two followed behind.
The four of them stood beside Li Jing and looked over.
Only then did he realize that there were a few murals carved on it.
Beside the mural, there were a few small words printed.
"This is... this is... movable type... movable type printing?”
Fang Xuanling read it out word by word.
Movable-type printing?
What did he mean?
They hurriedly looked at the mural. After a quick glance, they saw four people, no, five people, standing there, as if their feet were nailed.
He had completely lost the ability to move.
No!
They did not want to move at all.
His eyes were wide open, and his gaze fell on the mural carefully and attentively.
"These…My God!!!”
"God! This is amazing!"
"What an immortal thought! This is an immortal thought! Your Highness the King of Wei is a great talent! Your Highness the King of Wei is a great talent!!!”
"Hahaha, too awesome, too awesome!!!”
"How did His Highness the King of Wei come up with this idea? How did His Highness the King of Wei come up with this idea?”
"Unbelievable, unbelievable!”
"However, this is amazing!”
"Your Majesty, the problem of the Great Tang's books has been completely resolved, completely resolved.”
"The imperial examination will be smooth sailing!!”
"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!!!”
"I represent all the scholars in the world to kowtow to His Highness the King of Wei.”
Du Ruhui seemed to be possessed.
The blood vessels in his eyes were like a spider web.
His weak body burst out with terrifying power. His voice was so loud that it echoed in the cave for a long time.
Du Ruhui immediately knelt on the ground. He raised his arms and knelt down loyally.
He was thanking the King of Wei on behalf of the countless scholars in the world for opening a path!
This was the heavenly gate for scholars!
Today, the King of Wei had single-handedly connected the path of scholars to the Heavenly Gates.
Fang Xuanling lowered his head and looked at Du Ruhui, who was yelling and shouting, and muttered," Amazing, amazing…"
"How did His Highness the King of Wei come up with this idea?”
"So…simple, but…so effective!!!”
"Terrifying! Terrifying! It's too terrifying!"
"Why hasn't anyone thought of this in the past thousands of years?”
"If we use movable type printing, we don't need to engrave or prepare for more than ten years. In a very short period of time, we can print books!”
"Crazy! He's crazy!"
" This…This…Hahaha…Hahaha…"
"Our Great Tang has the King of Wei. It is truly the fortune of the world!!!”
Fang Xuanling's eyes were filled with tears.
He was also a scholar.
He understood the impact this method would have on all the scholars in the world.
Why didn't the imperial court have its own printing press?
Wasn't it because engraving was too difficult? As long as he made some preparations, it would take more than ten years!
But now!
Dumbfounded!
Dumb!
Shocked!
Using movable type printing, each person was only responsible for one word. It did not take long to find hundreds of craftsmen and start working overnight.
Moreover, if the words were broken, he only needed to change one word. There was no need to change the entire engraving.
Fang Xuanling's mind went blank.
This logic sounded very simple, as if it was another form of engraving, but... but... only His Highness the King of Wei could think of it.
Li Shi Min stood there.
He didn't move at all.
His neck was sore, but he did not lower his head.
He admired these murals. In his eyes, these murals were the most beautiful art in the world.
There was no work that could surpass these murals!!!
No!
" Your…Your Majesty…" Zhangsun Wuji called out softly.
Li Shi Min's body moved.
He lowered his head slowly.
His body trembled slightly. It was as if an electric current had passed through his entire body, making his scalp tingle.
" Hahaha..."
Li Shi Min laughed out loud, but his laughter sounded like a devil's.
His laughter was unbridled, unprecedented!
The sound of laughter was unprecedented!
The lewd laughter was unprecedented!
The entire cave was filled with Li Shiming's laughter.
Zhangsun Wuji, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui exchanged glances and grinned, revealing their neat rows of teeth!
This movable type printing technique wasn't any weaker than the sweet potato curved beam plow!
The world was really lucky this time.
He actually met the King of Wei.
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The old butler was sitting in the room.
He was leisurely fiddling with his medicine box.
But suddenly, his eyes flashed and he looked at the cave in confusion.
What was that sound?
Such terror!
It sounded creepy. Was there a ghost down there?
F * ck!
No way.
His Majesty and the others were still down there. If they all died in the cave, it would be…big trouble.
At this moment, Li Junxian hurried into the courtyard.
"Old butler, old butler, Your Majesty, where is Your Majesty?”
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