Zhou Jianwei didn't remain suspicious for too long.
The carriage quickly entered the Duke's Mansion, and Jiahe took people directly to the study.
The stunningly beautiful woman in an apricot-yellow robe raised her head and glanced at him.
Zhou Jianwei immediately knelt down and bowed deeply: "I am here to greet you, Your Majesty."
"No. Get up." Yan Shiyue pointed to the manuscript beside him: "Did you write this?"
Zhou Jianwei took a step forward and glanced at it: "Yes."
Yan Shiyue put down his pen and said, "I'm writing a book recently. It's a little deeper than 'Comprehensive Knowledge of Commerce', but it's also about this subject. I'm not very knowledgeable and writing is really tiring, so I want to find someone who is both knowledgeable and familiar with trade to write it..."
She looked at him and said, "I can pay you, but I will not be responsible for whether you pass the trade department after the new year. You should decide whether to take this job or not."
As she spoke, he lowered his head and listened.
After she finished speaking, Zhou Jianwei immediately bowed and said, "I am willing to serve you at my utmost! I am confident that I can pass the trade exam next year. Even if I fail, I can take it again next year."
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Yan Shiyue nodded. She said, "Okay, let's try it first. I'll tell you what I want to express, and then you write it down."
Zhou Jianwei said: "Yes."
So Yan Shiyue told him about it.
Compared to writing, speaking is a perfect way for her! It makes her mind brighter!
Yan Shiyue finished talking quickly, and Zhou Jianwei listened respectfully with his head lowered, asking a few questions from time to time.
Then after she finished speaking, Zhou Jianwei picked up the pen and started writing.
When she went out for a while and came back from feeding the baby, he had finished writing. Yan Shiyue picked it up and read it, feeling very satisfied.
You know, what she said was what she was going to write next. He didn't know the previous or the following context. He just "translated" her words. It was really good to write it like this!
Why didn't she think of this idea earlier?
She praised him: "Not bad!!"
As he spoke, he ordered: "Give him tea! Give him some snacks!"
Zhou Jianwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
This person is really as unconventional as the rumors say. If what he wrote was not to her liking, she would probably ask him to leave immediately and even skip the tea.
You know what, Yan Shiyue thought so. What kind of tea and snacks would a useless person eat? Aren’t tea and snacks free?
She handed him the part of the manuscript she had written earlier: "Take a look at this first, and then we'll continue in the afternoon!"
She just left.
Then tea and snacks were served, and Zhou Jianwei sat down and looked at the half-finished manuscripts carefully.
This is obviously a rough draft, with many revisions, but once you read it through, it's truly astonishing.
Zhou Jianwei felt itchy and started to copy down what had already been written.
Yan Shiyue originally wanted to come over in the afternoon to continue writing, but seeing that he was busy, she just let him do it.
Before lunch in the afternoon, he had copied out everything he had written. When Tang Junchen saw him at the dinner table, he asked in surprise, "Jianwei? Why are you here?"
Zhou Jianwei bowed and explained a few words.
Yan Shiyue whispered to Qu Sinian: "We have found a treasure... Each one is better than the other." She counted on her fingers: "I think Zenan is good, Xie Meiwan is also good, and Zhou Jianwei can be said to be very good, just the direction I want."
Qu Sinian laughed and said, "Does the Prime Minister dislike me?"
"I've always disliked it." Yan Shiyue also smiled and said, "But the Ministry of Commerce doesn't need everyone to understand everything. It also needs someone like you to coordinate and manage people. So you are also indispensable!"
Qu Sinian smiled and bowed: "Thank you!"
In short, with Zhou Jianwei around, Yan Shiyue's efficiency has greatly improved.
Before the twelfth lunar month, the whole book was finished. In order to correspond to the previous one, Yan Shiyue named it "Special Knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce".
Then she asked someone to notify Xu Wenqu and asked him to go over it.
Zhou Jianwei had been with her for such a long time that he dared to speak, so he said, "Prime Minister, I have read it carefully word by word."
"No!" Yan Shiyue refused without hesitation: "I only trust you when it comes to things written on paper!"
Xu Wenqu and Qu Sinian came in side by side. After hearing this, Xu Wenqu laughed and bowed, meaning "thank you, thank you".
Qu Sinian smiled and said to Zhou Jianwei: "Just get used to it."
Then they spent a few days going over it and finalizing the draft before sending it out for printing.
This time Zhou Jianwei was also fortunate enough to have a credit listed. The original author was Yan Shiyue, and the revisions were Zhou Zhuo and Xu Qing... His name was even before Xu Qing, so this was a great honor.
Because this book involves a lot of professional knowledge, various techniques, trade-offs, and considerations... in the eyes of people who don't know much about it, it can easily be regarded as a cheating secret, affecting the reputation of the Ministry of Commerce, and it can also easily cause trouble if used incorrectly.
Therefore, she did not plan to sell it to the public. Only the internal staff of the Ministry of Commerce had to learn it well, and they could be trained later. Then, among the alliance merchants, if there were outstanding ones, they could be awarded as an honor. Of course, officials in the court could also learn it, but it was forbidden to circulate it.
Although someone helped in the second half, Yan Shiyue still felt very tired, that kind of feeling of being extremely mentally exhausted.
After giving birth to quadruplets, my body was severely damaged and I have never been able to recover. Also, the saying that pregnancy will make women stupid for three years is really true. Anyway, the process of writing this book felt like using a hammer to pry open my brain. Only after I finished writing it did I feel relieved.
She rested for two days and walked around the palace. The queen held her face and looked at it for a long time: "Look at you, you get thinner every time I see you. You get thinner every time I see you. You're still breastfeeding, but you're so skinny!"
Her mouth was squeezed into a chicken shape by her hug, and she said incoherently: "I was worried a while ago! I will get fatter in the future..."
The queen hugged him for a long time before letting him go: "There is no time when you don't worry!"
She asked her, "How are the dumplings and rice cakes? Bring them to the palace someday and let me see them."
The Empress Dowager loved Little Nine and Little Ten very much and took them to her place every day, so the Queen's place had some peace and quiet.
Yan Shiyue agreed immediately and packed up everyone and sent them over when he returned. He stayed in the palace for two days before leaving.
As a result, Jiahe came in hurriedly and reported, "Master! The people of the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master are selling the "Special Knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce"! When I found out, they had already sold quite a lot, probably dozens of copies! What should we do now?"
Yan Shiyue stood up suddenly, quickly handed the child to the wet nurse, and walked out: "What's going on! Didn't I say you can't sell it?"
Jia He followed beside him and replied hastily, "The printing house we often use is still printing "Comprehensive Knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce". When the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master went there, they saw it. The people in the printing house had already said that it would not be sold. As a result, they made some trouble in the front and secretly asked someone to steal a box in the back. It was because the printing house found that the book was missing that I went to check, so I was able to go so quickly!"
What kind of naughty kids are these!!! Do you want them to die sooner by spoiling them to such an unruly character?
Yan Shiyue was really angry.
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