Chapter 302: Nothing Without Me
The matter was urgent, so when Lu Songli rushed back to the Qin family, she asked someone to invite Qin Heng.
After Lu Songli returned, she changed into casual clothes. When she came out, Qin Heng had also returned.
Lu Songli asked first, "Brother, have you been busy in the military camp recently?"
After her father, Lu Desheng, was officially promoted to the governor of Liaodong County, he set up the governor's office in Houcheng, and then listed it as a military stronghold of Liaodong County. More than half of the troops stationed in the eighteen counties of Liaodong County, especially Xiangping, were directly transferred to Houcheng and commanded by the county lieutenant Le Guicai.
Qin Heng was in charge of the daily training of the Houcheng Military Camp. After the regular and rigorous training, the soldiers in the Houcheng Military Camp had significantly improved their mental outlook and combat effectiveness.
After the autumn harvest, the Houcheng Military Region will consider recruiting a group of new soldiers. In the barracks, the old soldiers with poor physical fitness and combat awareness, as well as the old soldiers who have been injured and difficult to recover, will be allowed to retire and return home.
Because each state and county was limited in the number of soldiers they could recruit, and they had no way of changing this, they had no choice but to improve the quality of their troops.
Qin Heng replied, "Not bad. Is there something urgent for Sixth Brother's wife?"
"Money is about to fall from the sky, and my dad is going to send Ah Sheng to grab a good position." Lu Songli made a small joke.
Qin Heng: ???
"Brother, this is it..." Lu Songli briefly explained the situation in the South and their previous speculations. "...So, I want Ah Sheng to accompany Xue Xu to the South. Ah Sheng is currently suppressing bandits. My suggestion is that you take an army over to relieve the guard of Second Brother Ah Sheng and his men, allowing Second Brother Ah Sheng and his men to return and rest."
Qin Heng: This is almost the same as picking up money.
"That's no problem. I'll go to the barracks to check on the troops and set off soon. In fact, I also want to call Ah Sheng back these two days."
"Um?"
"Didn't we bring back fifteen mares during our previous negotiations with the Xianbei royal court? These past two months, the mares have entered their breeding season, but the manager at the stables reported that these horses haven't allowed the stallions they brought in to get close."
Lu Songli: ...
"And then?" Is the mare from Xianbei so picky?
"Later, we had no choice but to form a small team and go deep into the Xianbei grassland to harness three stallions. The fifteen mares finally agreed to let the stallions approach."
Lu Songli: Very good and powerful.
"The reason I want to call Xiaoliu back is that our people discovered a group of wild horses deep in the grassland. The leader is very wild and ordinary people can't tame it. I want Xiaoliu to give it a try."
If Qin Sheng were at home right now, he would definitely be very proud. Look at how important he is. His wife needs him, and his elder brother needs him too. This family would fall apart without him.
Lv Songli knew that horses were very intelligent, generally having the IQ of a three-year-old child, and were very competitive, especially the top horses. Taming a horse was sometimes like training a hawk; it took time to tame it.
On her side, Qin Sheng needed to leave immediately, and there was no time for him to meet the leader. This matter could only be discussed after he returned from the South.
Without further ado, seeing that Lu Songli had nothing else to say, Qin Heng got up and went back to the barracks to make preparations. He planned to call the third brother and the second brother and the sixth brother to switch guards, letting the second brother come back to rest and let the sixth brother go to the south.
Four-courtyard building in Houcheng North District
Lu Songli asked her father to speed up the progress of several workshops, actually wanting everyone to work overtime and at full capacity during this period.
Lu Desheng did so. He sent people to talk to the general manager in charge in not only several workshops, but even the four courtyards in the north district were not spared.
When the other party kept urging her, Zhan Ruoshui said impatiently, "It's almost done, why are you urging me? Don't you know that a book needs a lot of words?!"
Wei Wenqian and Lu Mingzhi looked at each other and were fed up. The master was fed up!
Zhan Ruoshui: Doing repetitive tasks too much is really annoying. No, he has to find someone to replace him!
He first glanced at the two diligent disciples beside him, well, it was the second disciple Zhou Congguang!
As the saying goes, if there is work to do, the disciple should do the hard work. Now the three of them, master and apprentice, are all doing boring work, so why should the second disciple be able to tinker with the things he likes?
Having made the decision, Zhan Ruoshui had just put down his pen knife when he realized that Manager Yao, who had come to urge them, had not yet left. He immediately asked curiously, "Why haven't you left yet?"
Manager Yao said respectfully, "Madam Qin Liu said that movable type printing is very useful to her. It is related to whether we can still enjoy such a good life in the future. I hope Master Zhan and you will take care of it."
The three of them looked at each other, and then Master Zhan quietly asked Lu Mingzhi, "How much truth do your second sister have in her words?"
Lü Mingzhi: "As far as I know, my second sister never tells lies."
Master Zhan pulled his beard and said, this is a bit serious.
"Then hurry up and work, no problem!" In order to live a life of luxury and enjoy the same life as before, I will do my best!
Wei Wenqian suggested, "Master, let's try printing a copy. If there are any missing characters, we can start carving them immediately. We can also see if there are any problems along the way. If there are any problems, we can solve them."
"Okay." They have carved quite a few words during this period.
"Mingzhi, go next door and call your senior brother Zhou over." Master Zhan conscripted the young man without any hesitation.
He had originally planned to capture the able-bodied men and take the opportunity to rest, but now, he doesn't want to rest anymore.
A quarter of an hour later, they successfully printed the first page. Everyone was excited to see the neat handwriting on it.
"These lines of words are a little crooked. Let me adjust them."
The second page turned out much better, with neat handwriting, straight lines, and very beautiful. This was considered a good adjustment.
"How many copies of this Shishuo Xinyu will be printed?"
"Let me see, two hundred books!"
"Let's start then?"
"Start!" Now that they have successfully printed one version, they should start directly without worrying about wasting paper.
Two hundred pages were quickly printed.
Everyone watching this scene felt that movable type printing was really useful. If they relied on manual copying, it would take three or four people a whole day to copy two hundred pages of characters.
Then they have to reformat the second page.
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"Master, this layout is so annoying." They had to search word by word, and when it mattered, these neat little square pieces of wood all looked exactly the same, making them so difficult to find. Even though they used some special memory techniques, it was still difficult to find.
In fact, Master Zhan's disciples all had the same character as him. They didn't like doing boring and repetitive work. The first time they did the layout was fresh and exciting. The second time was still fresh. The third time was a bit boring. The fourth time was boring...
Master Zhan thought for a moment and said, "We can call Jiang Yizhou over."
Jiang Yizhou has the ability to remember everything he sees, and it is precisely because of this ability that he was noticed by the chief clerk of Youzhou.
Zhan Ruoshui felt that he was particularly suitable for this typesetting job.
Zhou Congguang: "Master, is this appropriate?"
"It's suitable, why not?" Master Zhan puffed his beard and glared. After he arrived in Houcheng, he ate other people's food and drank other people's drinks, and helped other people with some work. What's wrong with that?
"If he's not suitable, then you are. I'll leave this job to you!"
Zhou Congguang shuddered, and thought, "I would rather die than let my friend die. There is nothing more to say. Jiang Yizhou must be the right person!"
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