Chapter 320 Li Qian came to congratulate, and the Thousand Character Classic was successfully printed
If Xinghe hadn't sent him the pinyin, how would he have had the chance to annotate those three volumes of the primer? And how would he have had the chance to present them to the emperor?
Chen Xinghe said, "It must be thanks to my teacher, otherwise how could I have the opportunity to show my face in front of the emperor?"
If the teacher had not asked him to help annotate the pinyin, he would not have had such an opportunity at all.
The master and disciple looked at each other, and both stepson started laughing.
"Okay, let's stop praising each other. We are here to achieve each other's success."
Liu Yunzhe smiled and patted his shoulder.
This child is the smartest student he has ever taught, and his future is limitless.
"With the rate you're improving, I think you'll be able to take the Tongsheng exam next year."
I think I’ll be able to take the exam for the scholar degree next year, and the exam for the juren degree and the jinshi degree in a few years.
If everything goes well, I will probably be able to enter the officialdom before I am twenty.
"That's exactly what the students are thinking."
Chen Xinghe clenched his fists, his eyes determined.
Not to mention his mother, his elder brother, elder sister and younger sister are all shining in their own fields of expertise, and he cannot fall behind.
If I can pass the examination to become a student next year, I will have an explanation to myself.
He couldn't wait to grow up, and grow up quickly.
Because of this reward, Chen Xinghe became famous throughout the Qingyun Academy!
Those students who originally thought that he was favored by the headmaster because he was close to him and had a mother who was an imperial concubine, now put away their contempt and hostility, and some even took the initiative to show goodwill.
It turns out that Chen Xinghe really has some abilities, and they had misunderstood him before.
And I heard that his mother's imperial rank was promoted again, suddenly to the seventh rank, the same rank as the county magistrate.
Even his deceased father was posthumously awarded the seventh-rank official title. Ordinary people like them could not afford to offend someone with such status.
Although Chen Xinghe has always kept to himself and doesn't care about other people's opinions, he is still very happy when others take the initiative to make friends with him.
As a result, college life has become more interesting.
Xiao Ying is still unaware of all this.
After lunch, she was going to take a nap with Ning Leshu, but Li Qian came to her and brought her a surprise.
"The Thousand Character Classic was printed so quickly?"
Looking at the few thin sheets of paper in his hand, the handwriting was exactly the same as Liu Yunzhe's, the font was elegant and the size was even, but the amount of ink used seemed to need improvement.
But there is no doubt that this is a printed book!
Less than ten days had passed, and Li Qian had actually printed out the "Thousand Character Classic". This efficiency really surprised her.
Li Qian stood in front of her, his eyes lowered but with a smile on his face.
"Madam, this was just printed this morning. I had intended to improve it before presenting it to you."
"Didn't I hear that Madam was promoted to the seventh rank consort? That's why I hurried to bring it to congratulate Madam."
Xiao Ying glanced at him and thought that this guy was quite sensible. This was a double blessing.
"Sit down and talk." She winked, and Yulan immediately went to make tea.
"Thank you, Madam."
Li Qian bowed and then sat down below her.
Xiao Ying spoke again only after Yulan served the tea.
"I heard that clay tends to crack after firing. Have you solved that problem?"
Otherwise, it would be impossible to create a thousand characters so quickly.
You have to know that you have to carve positive text on the clay first, which is the normal written text.
These words have to be printed on paper so that the reverse characters can be carved out for comparison.
If it cracks easily during firing, it will have to be re-carved, which is a huge undertaking.
Li Qian replied, "I accidentally found a kind of adhesive, and it works very well. But..."
"But what? Just say it if you have something to say."
Xiao Ying put down the "Thousand Character Classic". What difficulty did he encounter?
Li Qian could only say, "But two people carving is still too slow. The commonly used characters in Yue Kingdom are over 5,000. Add in the semi-common and uncommon ones, and there are at least 60,000 to 70,000 characters."
"And we need to prepare more commonly used characters. If only two people were to carve them, it would probably take several years."
Xiao Ying nodded slightly: "That's a problem. What do you think?"
"I'd like to find a few more skilled carvers, but I'm not sure I'll be able to get the indentures."
"That's fine. Just sign a confidentiality agreement with them."
Xiao Ying could only settle for the second best.
Moreover, these people only carve the text and do not master the entire printing process, so it is not a big deal.
"Okay, I know what to do."
Li Qian was humble and looked like he was doing his duty.
Xiao Ying smiled and said, "It seems that handing over the printing workshop to you was the right choice."
She said that this person was very useful and she didn't expect that he would be even more useful than she had imagined.
"Thank you Madam for your appreciation. Li Qian will do his duty diligently."
"Well, is there any other problem?"
"Not yet." Li Qian shook his head.
Xiao Ying showed some curiosity instead: "Really?"
Li Qian was puzzled. Should there be one?
Xiao Ying simply got straight to the point and asked, "Then let me ask you, there are fewer characters now, so it's easy to find them when typesetting. But if there are more characters in the future, how will you quickly find them and type them?"
"So that's what Madam is worried about." Li Qian smiled confidently, "It's all thanks to Madam that I came up with a good idea."
"I had people make some grids, and these grids were distributed according to pinyin, so that thousands of characters could be distributed in different grids in an orderly manner."
"Whenever I need a character in the future, I can just look it up by pinyin. It's very convenient."
Xiao Ying couldn't help but show approval, and once again felt that his decision was correct.
She had thought of this method early on and was waiting for the other party to ask, but she didn't expect that the other party had figured it out himself.
What a useful talent!
The two had a very pleasant conversation.
Little did Ning Leshu, who had just finished his lunch break, know that this scene was very harmonious.
Ning Leshu blinked and his gaze stayed on Li Qian, seeming to be somewhat curious about his identity.
But before he could figure out the reason, Li Qian stood up and said goodbye.
He bowed when he saw her and then strode out of the house.
"Yingying, who was that just now..."
Ning Leshu walked into the main hall and asked curiously.
"One of my managers is called Li Qian."
Xiao Ying answered casually, handed the "Thousand Character Classic" to her, raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"Look at this, Mom. This is what he just printed. This guy is very capable."
"print?"
Ning Leshu was puzzled, but after reading the "Thousand Character Classic", he immediately opened his eyes wide in shock.
"This is actually printed? Yingying, how did they do that?"
Without waiting for Xiao Ying to answer, she quickly said, "Forget it, this is your secret, you don't need to tell mother."
As he said this, he didn't even read the Thousand Character Classic, but instead teased Xiao Yingying.
"I've never heard Yingying praise anyone before. It seems this Li Qian is indeed quite capable."
"Yingying, do you look at him differently?"
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