The master craftsman who was in charge left... Li Chengqian looked at Li Zhan and said, "Brother... we really don't need a book servant in the future, and books will become very cheap?"

"Haha...of course...Chengqian, you will see a great invention, by the way... Is Mr. Zhang Xuansu here today?"

When Li Zhan asked, Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "I'm not in the East Palace, Mr. Zhang is resting today, by the way... Mr. Kong is here."

"Kong Yingda..." Li Zhan nodded and said, "He can do it too."

Kong Yingda...the right concubine son of the prince...the 31st generation grandson of Confucius, in the East Palace of the Prince, he was the head of all the masters. At this time, Kong Yingda was preparing to teach the prince in the East Palace.

At this moment, the prince was late.

"Why did it come so late..." Kong Yingda snorted lightly, you must know that Kong Yingda is a famous strict teacher.

"Ah...!" Li Chengqian smiled and bowed, "Master Kong, I'll be the supervisor."

"Will you be a supervisor?" Kong Yingda frowned and said, "Why are you going there again? Didn't you tell you that your studies are the most important?"

Although Li Shimin improved his position as a prisoner, for Kong Yingda, studying and scholars were the noblest. The prince should do noble things, and he should not go to such a lowly place as a prisoner.

So after frowning, Kong Yingda picked up the ruler and said, "I'm late... five times..."

"Puff..." Li Chengqian was speechless. You must know that this ruler is very painful. Kong Yingda, no matter whether you are the prince or not, you are the prince. Kong Yingda will do his best to hit you.

So Li Chengqian, who was safe for his palms, immediately said: "Wait for Master Kong, I went to be the supervisor because of you."

"Clam..." Kong Yingda looked at Li Chengqian with some confusion and said, "You are for me?"

"Yes...yes..." Li Chengqian quickly explained: "Master Kong, you may not know yet. My elder brother Li Zhan... His Zhushan has developed a kind of paper made of bamboo.

My father read it today and liked it very much, so he gave it a name to Jade and buckle paper."

"Oh...!" As soon as he talked about paper, Kong Yingda became interested and said, "That's really great. I don't know how the jade buckle paper is, and whether it's expensive or not.

If the texture is good and the price is cheap, I can change the paper in the future.”

"Hehe...!" Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Master Kong, my father said that this jade buckle paper is lightly painted and not gray, lightly splashed and thick, thickly splashed and light, poetry has the atmosphere of mist and clouds, and calligraphy is also the posture of dragon and tiger!"

"Oh... Your Majesty is a master of calligraphy in his generation. He praised this way. The texture of jade buckle paper is of top quality. What about the price?" Kong Yingda asked Li Chengqian impatiently.

"Return to Master Kong, the price of jade buckle paper is only one tenth of that of vine paper...!"

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Kong Yingda immediately smiled and said, "That's great. When will jade buckles be sold, I must buy dozens of dollars...!"

However, after Kong Yingda finished laughing, Li Chengqian said: "Master Kong, do you know what the biggest use of jade buckle paper is?"

"The biggest use of jade buckle paper?" Kong Yingda thought for a while and said, "Writing?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "No, it's a book printed... My elder brother said that books printed with jade buckles can last for a hundred years and be remembered forever..."

"Hiss...showing a book!" Kong Yingda showed a look of yearning.

You should know that literati, especially those like Kong Yingda, who have the virtues of their fathers and ancestors, are eager to be famous because only fame can get rid of the halo of their fathers and ancestors.

But this is too difficult. Kong Yingda is knowledgeable. The books he wrote, the meaning of the scriptures he annotated, and many years of experience can be compiled into a book. Kong Yingda did the same, but it is too difficult to make a book.

You have to find a book commissioner to copy one by one, which is quite expensive and it takes too long. Of course... Kong Yingda also knows about woodblock printing, but woodblock printing has just started, and the price of woodblock printing is ten times that of book commissioner. Kong Yingda can't afford it, so he was even said to be woodblock printing.

So when Kong Yingda heard the words "printing" and "printing" were a little longing for it.

What Kong Yingda did not expect in his dream was that soon, Prince Li Chengqian gave him a big pie.

"That's right, it's printing books. My elder brother seems to be in addition to making jade buckle paper, and there is also a way to quickly print books with jade buckle paper... My father asked my elder brother to quickly make this method, and then print books in large quantities. After I knew it, I immediately rushed to the general to serve as the supervisor. After all, my brother agreed, he used Master Kong's article to make the first printed book.

Try printing your book first...!"

"What... I want to print a book for me, Your Highness, are you saying true or false?" Kong Yingda suddenly stood up from his position.

Li Chengqian looked at Kong Yingda who was a little excited and smiled: "It's true, but my elder brother said that he can only print 100 copies for you... but if you still want to print...!"

"You want money?" Kong Yingda asked immediately.

"At the beginning, my elder brother also said he wanted money, but I knew the master had no money, so I suggested that the elder brother change the method. Later, my elder brother thought about it and knew that you have a lot of books. If you are willing to use some books to print for us for free, borrow one, and my elder brother will help you print ten copies."

"Really..." Kong Yingda was excited because he had to know that the collection of books in Kong Yingda's home could be astronomical. If all of them were borrowed, the books he compiled could reach tens of thousands... In this way, his thoughts would spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Kong Yingda immediately walked to Li Chengqian, grabbed Li Chengqian and said, "Go... Go and be the supervisor."

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Seven days later, Kong Yingda held a book delivery party at home.

Zhang Xuansu, Yu Zhining... and so on... all went... When I got the books I compiled by Kong Yingda, the neat writing and the rich ink fragrance made everyone present sour.

Want, want, want... all the literati present also want such printed books.

Kong Yingda finally provided Li Zhan with pressure. After the book delivery party ended, Zhang Xuansu, Yu Zhining and others went to find Li Zhan... However, Li Zhan put forward a strange rule, that is, printing books can be done, but if you have to borrow a collection of books, you can print ten books for free for one collection of books.

If the collection is rare, the number of books printed will increase, fifty, one hundred, and even one thousand.

Soon, a book printing craze emerged in Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty. There were not too many literati who wanted to print books. Some people would definitely say, is Li Zhan stupid? These literati are so cheap, so they don't have money to print to literati.

Thinking about it this way would be a big mistake. Li Zhan did this to hang out all the books so that he could better pass on the culture.

Li Zhan had a dream, which was to build a national library in Chang'an City, preserve all the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and allow the culture of the Tang Dynasty to continue.

It is undeniable that the culture of the Tang Dynasty is still very good. It is compatible with all ethnic groups and is somewhat similar to modern culture.

Li Zhan didn't know what consequences he would bring to future generations, but Li Zhan hoped that his preservation would let the world know the charm of Tang culture.

Just when Li Zhan worked hard to preserve the Tang Dynasty culture.

A very tragic thing happened in Gaochang, thousands of miles away.

This is Yizhou with yellow sand all over the sky... Just early this morning, a joint army of about 30,000 attacked... The leaders were Gaochang King Qu Wentai and Western Turkic general Shamler.

The Western Turks had 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 cavalry in Gaochang, and they attacked Yizhou.

You should know that Gaochang is a country with mostly Han people. During the Northern and Sui dynasties, Gaochang has always actively moved closer to the Central Plains, and it is a national policy to uphold the Chinese in the world. During Emperor Yang of Sui, he even sent troops to participate in the military operation of the Sui dynasty's attack on Goguryeo.

In 626 AD, Gaochang King Qu Wentai simply ran to Chang'an to meet Li Shimin, hoping to get close to the Tang Dynasty.

King Qu Wentai of Gaochang is not an ordinary person. He has ambitions and wants to unify the Western Regions, so he positioned himself as a "geopolitician". In Internet terms, he is "a rhythm-driven".

At that time, the meeting between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks on the establishment of the "G2" in East Asia collapsed. Both sides were tense and were trying to accumulate strength to prepare for a decisive battle to determine the destiny of the country.

Climbed between two superpowers, Qu Wentai felt that he was good at dancing and was versatile, so he respectfully called him the Tang Dynasty a big brother, and tomorrow he hugged the Turks and called him Lao Tie.

But Qu Wentai, a man who used too much force, has not only failed to flatter anyone, but has instead made both sides disgusted.

If you offend a super power, the end will be death and the country will be destroyed. If you offend two super powers at the same time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

So the rhythm master Qu Wentai fell into the arms of the Western Turks because Qu Wentai believed that the Tang Dynasty was too far away from him and the Tang Dynasty might not really attack Gaochang, but the Western Turks were too close to him, so it was the best way to join the Western Turks.

More importantly, if you follow the Western Turks, there is meat behind you. Just like today, when the Western Turks attack Yizhou, you can eat meat after you follow.

"Kill..." The shouting of killing is shocking.

There were only one thousand defenders in Yizhou City, and the general led the army was called Quan Yu... Looking at the 30,000 people below, Quan Yu knew that there was no way out, so he quickly made a decision to open a city gate and let the people in the city leave, and a thousand Tang soldiers fought to the death in Yizhou.

Only one twelve-year-old soldier was sent back to Shazhou to report the news.

That battle was actually tragic. A thousand soldiers from the Tang Dynasty were killed in battle. No one fled from the highest general of the lord to the horse feeder.

These thousand people have won nearly three hours of escape for the people of Yizhou. Although Yizhou was still beaten down, these thousand people have already bought enough time for the people of the Tang Dynasty to evacuate.

We also bought time for defense for the sandbanks behind. Later, because we were worried that the sandbanks had already defended, the Western Turks and Gaochang returned home with a full load after just robbing Yizhou and did not continue to go deeper.

Half a month later, a paper was put on the table and entered Chang'an, and Li Shimin roared angrily in the nectar hall... At this point, the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Gaochang officially began.
Chapter completed!