Lin He became even more confused.
But he soon found out what it was for.
Lin Jiang found the words from the first paragraph of the Analects from the characters he had carved, and arranged them into a sentence one by one.
Then each character is coated with ink and finally placed on paper for printing.
A sentence was printed on the paper.
Lin He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Li Yu laughed at his expression.
"What do you think? Do you think this technology can reduce the cost of books? It's also faster and neater than hand copying."
"Mom, is this really your idea?" Lin Jiang asked.
Of course not, I just copied the methods of my ancestors, Li Yu thought.
But she also knew that she had to admit it.
"Of course, when I was writing the storybook, didn't I see that Chen Zongwen was always looking for copyists?
I was thinking it would be great if I could print it out, and then I accidentally saw your third uncle carving a toy for his grandson.
I just thought of this idea and asked your brother to try it. I didn’t expect it to actually work. What do you think? Am I awesome? "
"Mother, you are not just amazing, you are incredible. This can even make you think of it. Have you ever thought that if His Majesty knew about this, it would make Second Brother lose his official position."
.......
Li Yu is not that greedy.
"How long will it take to get to this point? We should not be greedy and just make a little profit," she said.
Seeing Lin He's confusion, Li Yu continued, "I've already planned to cooperate with Qu Xiangbai. I've told him this method and I want 20% of his book pavilion's profits and decision-making power.
The Qu family presented this matter to Your Majesty, they must have a way.
As long as the Lin family is registered with His Majesty, you will have a much smoother future. As for your second brother, he will definitely become the best printer. That's enough. Whoever sees him will call him Master?"
Lin Jiang became shy when he heard others call him Master.
Lin He was touched when he heard that his mother was still thinking about him.
With red eyes, he shouted: "Mom..."
The rest of the words were interrupted by Li Yu.
"Okay, stop being sentimental. I'm doing this for our family, not for any one person.
You must be a good official in the future. Even if you want to reach a high position, you must not use the people as a stepping stone. Do you understand?"
"I understand, mom, don't worry."
Li Yu nodded. She knew that Lin He was not so shameless yet, but in order to prevent this guy from getting too arrogant, she still had to sound the alarm from time to time.
After all, the officialdom is the easiest to confuse people.
"Let's go to the library to find Qu Xiangbai tomorrow and bring your brother with us to show him what he has to offer."
Lin He could even imagine Qu Xiangbai's surprised expression.
The next day, when the mother and her two children arrived at the library, Qu Xiangbai and Chen Zongwen were already waiting there.
The two of them looked at Lin Jiang as if modern people were looking at a panda. They really didn't expect that Li Yu's unknown second son could have such ability.
Li Yu and his friends only brought one page of the Analects template today. When Lin Jiang printed out a page of the Analects according to the method he and Lin He demonstrated yesterday.
Li Yu knew the expressions of Qu Xiangbai and Chen Zongwen without even looking at them.
"How is it, Mr. Qu?"
Li Yu asked with a smile.
Qu Xiangbai raised his head and asked Li Yu, "This method isn't difficult. You'll learn it at a glance. We haven't even signed the agreement yet. Madam, you've shown me this method so early. Aren't you afraid that I might go back on my word?"
"Well, I still believe in Mr. Qu's character. Of course, if you really learn it and don't cooperate with me, then I can only blame myself for my bad luck.
At worst, I can just open a new bookstore myself. It’s no big deal.
Besides, this method will eventually spread, and I can't use it for the rest of my life. Isn't that too selfish?"
Seeing that Li Yu was not afraid at all that he would take her for himself, Qu Xiangbai knew that this woman was absolutely confident and would not be afraid even if he really took her for himself.
She has a son who is about to achieve fame and success, and no one can do anything to her.
He knew how much His Majesty valued scholars in the early days of the Xin Dynasty.
"Well, since Madam thinks highly of Yunshang Book Pavilion, I wish us a win-win cooperation in advance."
Qu Xiangbai said.
Li Yu also responded readily: "It's a pleasure to work with you!"
Next, it was decided that Lin Jiang would work at Yunshang Book Pavilion in the future.
His main tasks are to train apprentices and ensure quality control.
The rest of the matters were not within Li Yu's jurisdiction, and there was no need for her to find trouble herself. She could just hand them over to Qu Xiangbai and the others.
As for who he gave this technology to, Li Yu was not interested in knowing, unless the higher-ups really wanted to see it.
Li Yu believed that with Qu Xiangbai's cautious nature, he would definitely bring Lin Jiang with him, and that was enough.
Lin Jiang had been busy in the library these past few days, leaving early and returning late, so much so that Lu Xinzhu hadn't seen him even after visiting twice.
He was in a bad mood when he got home, and he naturally couldn't hide this from the county magistrate's wife.
That day, Lu Xinzhu said he was going out to buy clothes, but when he came back, he didn't buy any clothes and was in a bad mood.
Mrs. Lu chose a time when Lu Xinzhu was not around and interrogated her maid Yunhe.
Yunhe, a maid, certainly could not withstand the mistress's questioning, and she explained everything in a short while.
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