Chapter 107: Become famous
In an instant, Zhang Liang's ears turned completely red and he was speechless for a long time.
He held his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache. Was he crazy just now, actually building momentum for the Queen Mother of Qin?
A trace of regret flashed across Zhang Liang's face!
But when he saw Queen Dowager Zhao smiling so happily, his heart seemed to calm down gradually. He was working for Queen Dowager Zhao. Now that he was her subordinate, he should naturally share her worries. There was nothing wrong with that.
What's more, she was doing a great good deed, so it was only right that he should lend her a helping hand.
Zhang Liang ignored Queen Dowager Zhao's smile and said sternly, "Since Your Majesty is willing to show kindness to the people, you should have used your status as Queen Dowager to do so. Previously, you acted without saying anything. That's like hiding something in a box, not the behavior of someone who is committed to great things."
If I rescue the civilians in the name of a sage, the maximum scope of influence will be just this small Yongcheng. But if I use the identity of the queen mother, everyone will be able to see it, and then the impact will be on the whole world.
Zhao Yuanxi was stunned. She was being taught a lesson, and he had just praised her! How could she turn against him so quickly?
But what Zhang Liang said made sense, and Zhao Yuanxi could not refute it.
Although she had not deliberately concealed her identity before, she did instruct others not to call her Queen Mother when she went out.
There's no way around it. She likes to hang out on weekdays. If many people knew that she was the queen mother, there would be a lot of trouble.
She didn't want to walk all the way by herself with people kneeling on both sides.
Zhao Yuanxi's mouth twitched slightly when she thought of this scene, but it was clear that the benefits outweighed the disadvantages. She cleared her throat and said calmly, "You're right. I really should spread my reputation."
Yuanxi College is very suitable for publicity. After all, these students are her living signs.
Zhao Yuanxi patted Zhang Liang on the shoulder and expressed high hopes for him. "Then I'll leave this matter to you. I'll write a big sign for the academy someday, and you can find a place to hang it."
Although her handwriting was not very good before, after so long, it is impossible for her to have made no progress at all. Zhao Yuanxi has gained some confidence in her handwriting.
Since it is her college, it is natural that her handwriting should be hung.
Zhang Liang glanced at Zhao Yuanxi suspiciously, and began to doubt her inexplicable self-confidence.
He knew very well that Queen Dowager Zhao's daily letters were all written by Jang Geum's maid, and he had never seen Queen Dowager Zhao's handwriting until now!
However, this was just a harmless thing, and Zhang Liang naturally would not bother himself by questioning such things.
Since he was already here, Zhao Yuanxi planned to take a walk around and see if there was anything he needed to buy, while Zhang Liang accompanied him.
He answered all the questions Zhao Yuanxi had fluently.
Zhao Yuanxi felt more and more satisfied. He was worthy of being the number one strategist in the early Han Dynasty. He was really useful!
She secretly thought that if Zhang Liang ran away one day, she would have to catch him back even if she had to chase him to the ends of the earth. As for asking him to work for Liu Bang, that was even more impossible!
Zhao Yuanxi's eyes turned and he was determined to keep Zhang Liang in Qin.
The two walked into the study, which was filled with books copied from Canglang Pavilion, and some people were copying them.
"These are all handwritten by you." Zhao Yuanxi casually flipped through a book and suddenly remembered something he had not done yet.
She originally wanted to do printing, but because there were not many places that needed her to copy, the matter was temporarily put on hold. Now that the academy has opened, movable type printing has become an urgent matter.
If we were to copy the textbooks needed by hundreds of students bit by bit, I don’t know how much manpower and resources would be spent.
When Zhang Liang heard the Queen Mother ask this question, he knew that she was probably planning something again.
"What does the Queen Mother want to do?" Zhang Liang asked directly.
Zhao Yuanxi gave him a strange look. Don't talk as if they knew each other very well. How could he know what she was thinking?
Zhang Liang didn't realize there was anything strange about what he said. He just looked at her curiously, waiting for her answer.
Zhao Yuanxi sighed imperceptibly and asked, "Have all the students received their books now?"
"Of course not. Books are precious." Zhang Liang paused. "Although Yong paper is plentiful, it's obviously not possible for everyone to have books. Children need to copy those books themselves."
As expected, Zhao Yuanxi was not surprised to hear this answer. Having enough Yong paper to provide them was something that many people would not even dare to imagine.
Zhao Yuanxi said, "I have a way to save you the trouble of having someone copy it down. Please vacate the next room. I'll have the information delivered to you in a while, and then you'll know what's going on!"
She kept it a secret for now.
The principle of movable type printing is actually very simple. You only need to make some small blocks of clay, carve reverse characters on the blocks, and then burn these small blocks into small pottery blocks. After arranging these pottery blocks, you can start printing.
Zhao Yuanxi has no shortage of clay. Her celadon workshop has all kinds of clay and even all the containers for firing. As long as the potters are busy for a while, they can make something.
However, the number of these characters is still a bit too much. The base needs to be engraved with 10,000 different character blocks. It is estimated that more than 100,000 blocks will be enough, which will take a lot of time.
Seeing that Queen Dowager Zhao was full of confidence, Zhang Liang stopped asking questions. Anyway, the things Queen Dowager Zhao took out were always so strange. If a book could really be created without copying, it would not be impossible.
He even had a faint sense of anticipation.
Zhang Liang managed Yuanxi College very well, and even if Zhao Yuanxi wanted to find some problems, he couldn't find any.
"Thank you for your hard work these days!" Zhao Yuanxi turned to Zhang Liang and said, her gratitude came from the bottom of her heart.
Even if she came in person, she probably wouldn't be able to do such a good job. Zhang Liang could even solve problems that she hadn't thought of.
He is only seventeen years old now.
Zhao Yuanxi felt that he was so heartless for hiring child laborers and not paying them!
But there is no way, there are really not many people under her who can do this kind of work.
Chunyu Yue could do it, but he was a great scholar after all, and he also held an official position. He also had to teach Fusu and Ziying on weekdays, so it was almost impossible for him to handle the affairs of the academy.
As for the other students of Confucianism, there are a few who are useful, but they may be okay for teaching, and the School of Management needs more practice.
As for those people of the Legalist School——
Let’s just forget it!
Zhao Yuanxi was worried that they would scare the children.
Zhang Liang's eyes sparkled when he heard this, and he tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth that were raised. "It's not that hard. The people here are quite obedient."
Apart from too many trivial matters, everyone else cooperated with me very well. And the children, perhaps they had all suffered a lot, so they cherished having such a place to stay.
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