Li Di and Xue Tian took their servants to Jinmingchi.
The two of them did not settle in Cheng'en Hall.
Instead, he settled in the palace next to Cheng'en Hall.
They first sent people to the side hall where the eunuchs were staying, and then sent several eunuchs to wait in the Cheng'en Hall.
Then he sent someone to recruit Kou Ji to the palace where they were.
Kou Ji could probably guess what their motive was for doing this.
To those students, they are all big shots, master-level beings, so naturally they cannot get ahead of the students.
They would wait for all the students to show up before rushing to Cheng'en Hall.
Kou Ji followed the servants of Li Mansion to Chengming Hall next to Chengen Hall.
Li Di and Xue Tian were leaning on the railings in the hall, observing the students who were slowly entering the Jinming Pond.
When Kou Ji arrived, he bowed his hands and saluted the two of them.
Xue Tian returned the favor with a smile, but Li Di just snorted coldly.
Kou Ji stepped forward and stood side by side with the two of them. Li Di said angrily: "What do you want to do again?"
Kou Ji was confused by the question.
Xue Tian smiled and explained: "Just now, Mr. Li and I were discussing the matter of Wanxiang Tower selling a craft for ten million guan."
Kou Ji suddenly realized.
Li Di was asking him what he wanted to do with printing technology.
Almost everyone in Bianjing knows the details of Wanxiang Tower.
The only one who can instruct Wanxiang Tower to do things contrary to common sense is Kou Ji.
Although Liu Heng is also one of the owners of Wanxiang Tower, the real trouble maker in Wanxiang Tower is Kou Ji.
Understanding Li Di's thoughts, Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "There is a great craftsman in the boy's house who created a printing technology that can benefit the world. But he is not famous, and the boy is afraid that the pearl will be covered with dust, so he took this step.
"
Li Di and Xue Tian looked shocked when they heard this.
Li Di said in astonishment: "Printing? Can printing be worth ten million yuan?"
Kou Ji pondered: "How much it is worth, I actually don't know. But I know that it is something that can benefit the world."
Li Di and Xue Tian looked at each other.
Li Di asked: "What kind of benefit method?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It can improve the speed and quality of printing, and can also reduce errors during printing."
Li Di rushed forward in shock, grabbed Kou Ji's arm, and asked hurriedly: "How much speed can it increase?"
Kou Ji made a rough estimate and said: "If you print in small quantities, it's not much... if you print in large quantities, it can be increased by ten times."
Li Di grabbed Kou Ji's arm a little harder, and Kou Ji grinned in pain.
Xue Tian murmured to himself: "That's really incredible."
Li Di held Kou Ji's arm tightly, and with Kou Ji grinning, he said loudly: "If there is such a skill, it can really benefit people all over the world."
Kou Ji nodded, glanced at Li Di's hands, and showed a wry smile on his face.
Li Di also realized that he had lost his temper and quickly retracted his hand.
"If there is a printed article, please show it to me."
Kou Ji nodded, took out a printed article from his arms, and handed it to Li Di.
Li Di took the article, looked at it carefully, clicked his lips and sighed: "The printed things are indeed clearer than the original engraving printing. There are no typos, but this article... is unsightly."
I don’t know whose article Bi Sheng used, but it was disliked by Xiang Yan and Li Di one after another.
Kou Ji laughed and said: "This is just a random article to verify the printing technology, it is not a good thing. Qingming, I will ask someone to take a few copies of Grandpa Li's poetry collection and print hundreds of thousands of copies.
I'll take it to your house later."
Li Di's eyes widened in vain. He suppressed his shock and said in a deep voice: "A hundred thousand copies...how long will it take?"
Kou Ji gave Li Di an uncertain answer, "The new workshop is still under construction. The new workshop is ready and the printing will be completed within half a month."
When Li Di heard this, he secretly took a breath of air.
According to the original printing technology, it would take more than half a year to print more than 100,000 copies of Li Di's poetry collection. Just the rigidity required before and after would take a month.
After all, one engraving plate is not enough to print one page out of hundreds of thousands of copies.
The engraving needs to be replaced several times during the process, and errors and omissions may occur as a result.
What's more, printing costs are quite high.
"How much money do you need?"
Li Di asked excitedly.
Kou Ji thought about it and said, "It depends on what kind of paper you want to use, Grandpa Li. One page, one page, two sides, and how many pages there are."
Li Di raised his eyebrows and said: "Ordinary paper, one page with two sides, a hundred pages."
Kou Ji calculated the cost and said: "Sixteen big bucks..."
When Li Di heard this number, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
According to the number of pages he just mentioned and the paper used for printing, the cost of printing with engraving printing would be about sixty copper coins.
This is why many students from poor families choose to copy books instead of buying them when they study.
The cost of printing is too high, far higher than hiring someone to copy by hand.
If it is true as Kou Ji said, the printing cost can be reduced by about three or four times, then printing will be more affordable than hand copying.
From what Kou Ji said just now, it seems that the new printing technology can also reduce errors in printing.
Li Di took a deep breath, waved to the servant behind him, and said: "Go back to the house quickly, pick up the collection of poems written by me in handwriting, send it to the Kou Mansion, and send three thousand guan of money over there."
Kou Ji was a little dazed.
Li Di said grandly: "The extra money is given to the craftsmen in your house by me. I am the first person to enjoy the convenience of printing, so naturally I have to give them some benefits."
Kou Ji couldn't help but shook his head.
He thought for a moment, then smiled and said: "If Grandpa Li can send four thousand gu to my house, I can let the craftsmen in my house print out your handwritten poetry collection exactly as it is."
Li Di immediately understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Kou Ji is talking about fonts.
He immediately added to the servant: "Send an extra thousand guans to the Kou Mansion."
Hearing this, the servants of the Li Mansion nodded slowly.
Li Di added, "When I return home, let the housekeeper spread the word that I intend to purchase the craftsmanship worth ten million guan."
Kou Ji said in astonishment: "Do you have so much money?"
Li Di said calmly: "No..."
"What about you?"
Kou Ji was suspicious.
Li Di rolled his eyes and said, "Don't you have any intention of selling that craft?"
Kou Ji laughed dumbly.
Li Di also laughed.
The smile is full of cheerfulness.
He is upright, but that doesn't mean he has no desires or desires.
He also likes to write books and stories, and he also likes to convey his poems, songs, and articles to everyone in the world.
Kou Ji pondered for a while and then said with a smile: "Grandpa Li, are you planning to use your name to bring movable type printing to a higher level?"
Li Di grinned and said, "You are still smart."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry.
Movable type printing was indeed a killer.
Li Di, who had yelled at him a few days ago, immediately began to greet him with a smile after learning about the benefits of movable type printing.
"Shilang Kou..."
Xue Tian approached Kou Ji with a smile.
Kou Ji said funnyly: "You want to seal it too?"
Xue Tian nodded heavily.
"How many to print?"
"Three thousand?"
"Too few, we will print 10,000 copies."
"Then ten thousand copies."
"..."
The three of them chatted for a while about printing issues.
Li Di suddenly stopped talking and frowned.
Kou Ji followed Li Di's gaze and saw Liu Yongchunfeng walking proudly and briskly towards the Cheng'en Hall in the corridor not far away.
Li Di stared at Liu Yong and said to Kou Ji: "You have caused a problem."
Kou Ji laughed softly and said, "I think he's pretty good."
Li Di sighed and said: "As far as I know, many people in the court already know that you are responsible for the Qiu Wei test questions, and they plan to impeach you. They have listed many crimes for you, and one of them is just like Liu Wei.
Always relevant.
It was the late emperor's idea not to take Liu Yong.
Now that you have chosen Liu Yong, you are violating the wishes of the late Emperor.
They will definitely make a big fuss out of this."
Kou Ji chuckled and said, "At worst, I will print the articles and poetry collections of the famous ministers in the court one by one."
Li Di was slightly startled when he heard this.
Then he shook his head dumbfounded.
"Print my seal first..."
"clear."
"..."
After all the students who had been admitted in Qiuwei arrived, the eunuch serving in the Cheng'en Hall found Li Di and the others and reported them.
The three of them tidied up their clothes and entered the Cheng'en Hall.
When the one hundred and thirty-two students who were admitted saw the three of them arriving, they all stood up and saluted.
Li Di waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down.
After sitting down, Li Di said a few words.
Xue Tian and Kou Ji also spoke a few words.
Then, amid the compliments of the students, the Deer Ming Banquet started.
The dancers sent by the palace sang and danced several songs in Cheng'en Hall.
Beginning with Liu Yong, the students started writing poems one after another.
Li Di and Xue Tian gave comments one after another.
In addition to commenting on their poetry, they also gave some pointers on their knowledge.
Li Di suggested that some of the most knowledgeable people be allowed to participate in next year's Spring Festival.
For some students who were not knowledgeable enough, Li Di asked them to travel around the world to gain more knowledge and knowledge before participating in the Spring Festival.
During the banquet, many students held wine glasses and frequently came to toast Li Di and the others.
Liu Yong walked up to Kou Ji with a glass of wine in his hand.
Bow and bow.
"Student Liu Yong, thank you very much for your support, Mr. Kou. I would like to give you a drink, Mr. Kou."
Kou Ji picked up the wine glass, touched it with Liu Yongyao, and drank it all in one gulp.
The same is true for Liu Yong.
After finishing his drink, Liu Yong threw down his glass and said loudly: "Liu Yong would like to compose a song in praise of the Minister of Kou."
Hearing his words, the students applauded one after another.
Kou Ji covered his face and didn't want to speak.
Neither Li Di nor Xue Tian looked very good-looking.
Liu Yong began to compose lyrics, and every time he wrote a sentence, the students applauded.
His poetry is impeccable.
But Kou Ji wanted to curse after hearing this.
I can't tell the priority of this stick.
In terms of status, Li Di and Xue Tian were far higher than him.
Even if Liu Yong wants to praise, he should also praise Li Di and Xue Tian.
After praising the two of them, praise Kou Ji again.
This is the most reasonable approach.
But he only praised Kou Ji, but offended Li Di and Xue Tian.
Li Di stared at Liu Yong, who was writing lyrics in high spirits, and said calmly to Kou Ji: "This is the person you chose."
Kou Ji said awkwardly: "Although I'm a bit miserable at things, I'm still very talented in literature."
Li Di picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said calmly: "If you don't serve as the Chunwei examiner, he will never be a Jinshi in his life. No one in the civil and military dynasties will like him."
Kou Ji said dumbfounded: "I remember that he also has an older brother named Liu Sanfu. I heard that he has good literary talent and won the Jinshi. If his older brother can gain a foothold in the court, he may not have no chance."
Li Di snorted mockingly, "Have you ever heard of the story of the dragon giving birth to nine sons?"
Kou Ji nodded.
Li Di continued: "Liu Yong's literary talents are true, but his elder brother is unsightly. His elder brother reluctantly won the Jinshi, but his official luck was not good, and he could not be elected to the official position for several years.
After learning that Ding Wei's fellow likes to play Cuju, he went to Ding's house to play Cuju, and thus climbed up to Ding Wei and got an official position.
Now that Ding Wei has fallen, his brother will never be able to serve as an official in Bianjing again in this life."
Kou Ji said with some surprise: "Liu Sanfu is Ding Wei's party member?"
Li Di nodded slowly.
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.
…
The deer roaring banquet lasted until late at night before breaking up.
With Li Di helping him, Kou Ji was not troubled by the students.
After the banquet ended, the students left the venue in groups.
Kou Ji also left Jinmingchi.
The eunuchs and concubines in the palace will take care of the leftovers in Cheng'en Palace.
After leaving Jinming Pool, I saw a group of warblers and swallows surrounding Liu Yong who had just come out of Jinming Pool and refused to leave.
The leader among them is a beautiful-looking woman wearing a peach-colored skirt. She is not young.
At least among the prostitutes, she is considered to be older.
Her relationship with Liu Yong seems to be unusual.
Kou Ji guessed that she was probably Liu Yong's lover, the insect lady.
Kou Ji didn't have much feeling about seeing Liu Yong surrounded by flowers.
Just some vulgar powder, nothing interesting to look at.
If he really wants to see beauties, he can see them all when Zhao Zhen chooses his concubine next year.
By then, all the beautiful women in the Song Dynasty will be sent to the palace.
That is where real beauties gather, far better than these vulgar powders.
Kou Ji rode his donkey back to his house.
Xiang Yan hurried to the door, welcomed him into the house, and eagerly helped him undress and take off his boots.
Kou Ji was a little confused and didn't understand why Xiang Yan was so enthusiastic.
It wasn't until Xiang Yan revealed his purpose that Kou Ji understood why Xiang Yan was so enthusiastic.
"Ms. sir, tell me, how much monthly payment should the family give to Bi Sheng?"
Xiang Yan asked Kou Ji with a smile.
Kou Ji was stunned and said with a smile: "Are you planning to keep Bi Sheng as a retainer?"
Xiang Yan smiled and said: "Bi Sheng is the person whom you support, my husband. How dare I drive him away?"
Kou Ji pointed at her with a dumbfounded expression and said, "You clearly believe that the movable type printing technology invented by Bi Sheng can help the family make profits."
Xiang Yanjiao smiled and said: "Of course I can't hide this little thought from my husband. This evening, the Li family sent someone to send four thousand guan of money, saying it was for Li Gong to print books, and he also said that he would print ten
Ten thousand volumes.
I was shocked, thinking that Mr. Li wanted to steal our money and help him print books.
Later, I made some calculations with Bi Sheng and found that I only needed 3,000 guan to print 110,000 books for Mr. Li.
Not only does the family not have to invest any money into the house, it also makes a profit of one thousand guan."