Datang: At the beginning, Li Er eavesdropped on his heart

Chapter 73 Chang'an City is Restless!
"I've never heard of such things as movable type printing. Your Highness King Liang, may I have the honor to go and have a look?"

"It looks similar to woodblock printing, but I'm also a little curious about what movable type printing is. I wonder if His Royal Highness King Liang will let me take a look?"

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Seeing the eager eyes of these great scholars, Li Min thought carefully. They had indeed worked hard during this period, and then said without hesitation:
"Since you all want to see it, then I will take Zhuge to have a look."

After finishing speaking, Li Yin signaled the housekeeper to take all the remaining pieces of draft paper and head to the work place where the carpenters were.

There are not only those carpenters here, but also many workers are printing "Journey to the West".

They first printed movable type on the paper one by one, and then wrapped them together with silk threads to form booklets one after another.

The Confucians were amazed when they saw how proficient these workers were and how each movable type was printed.

They have never seen this kind of thing before, it really makes them a little unbelievable, and they are horrified.

"His Royal Highness, is this movable type printing? Why not use block printing?"

"The cycle of woodblock printing is too short, and it is relatively expensive. At the same time, every time a book is written, it must be re-engraved. It is really troublesome. It is not as good as this movable type printing."

boom!
The answer of Li Yin's words was like a thunderbolt in an instant, and it exploded viciously above everyone's heads.

Looking at the movable type printing in front of them and the workers who were engraving it, they immediately felt that what Li Yin said was very correct.

"His Royal Highness King Liang deserves to be invented by the mountains of my Tang Dynasty. This thing is really very helpful to my Tang Dynasty."

"Yes, yes, engraving is not only allowed to be damaged, but also there will be typos. Once there are typos, basically they cannot be modified, and they can only be re-carved. It is indeed a waste of a lot of materials and money."

"That's right, with this movable type printing, each one can be reused, and even if the engraving is wrong, it's just a wrong word, and it won't turn all over, saving a lot of time and money. "

"His Royal Highness Prince Liang is really powerful, I admire him."

The great Confucianists are full of praise, and they are especially fond of movable type printing.

A look of joy flooded their old wrinkled cheeks in an instant, but the whole person seemed to be decades younger.

Watching these people engrave it like a treasure, there are also many great Confucianists doing it themselves, experiencing the joy of it.

Soon, the rest of the content was engraved in large quantities, and even the content just written by these great Confucians was printed on the book by the hands of the workers, and this is the second volume of "Journey to the West".

Seeing that the second volume of "Journey to the West" was almost finished, Li Yin asked the shopkeeper to release the news, and in an instant, the whole Chang'an City became restless again.

The entrance of the Royal Library was full of queues early on, from the center of Chang'an City to the outskirts of Chang'an City, and many people got up in the middle of the night and started queuing.

"Oh my god, why aren't you opening the door? I've been waiting here for several days, didn't I agree that the sale will start today?"

"Hehe, what are you waiting for for several days? I've been waiting for more than ten days. What time is it now? It's not time yet."

"Isn't that right? Since my wife read this book, she has been thinking about it day and night. She has read it several times just for the book at home. When the second volume of this book has been released, I couldn’t wait to let me come to buy it, I really don’t know what’s so good about this book.”

"That's right, that girl in my family is like a demon, it's so cute to read this book."

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The common people complained one by one, but the maids of the official family had troubles that they could not tell. Given a hundred courage, they would not dare to belittle their masters.

"Look, the Royal Library is open!"

I don't know who yelled, everyone looked towards the Royal Library, and sure enough, they saw that the gate had been opened, and immediately rushed in one by one.

In just one stick of incense, all the books in the Royal Library were sold out. The shopkeeper and Xiaoer looked at each other, unbelievable, this book is too popular, right?
Seeing that there were no more books and many people were about to rush in, the shopkeeper immediately stood up and said repeatedly: "Everyone listen to me, all the books in the library are sold out now, if you want to buy, Just wait until next time, waiter, close the door quickly."

As soon as the butler finished speaking, Xiaoer at the side immediately closed the door, fearing that the common people would flock in.

The people who didn't buy the book felt extremely regretful, but there was nothing they could do. After all, the book was gone, and they could only wait for the next opportunity.

At this moment, after seeing the second volume of Journey to the West, the ladies and wives of the officials immediately devoured it.

In an instant, the entire city of Chang'an fell into silence.

"What's going on these days, why haven't all the ladies from the official family come to buy rouge and gouache?"

"Isn't that right? No one bought our silks and satins. The wife of the Duke of Qi used to come to my store often, but now she doesn't come."

"Hiss, don't you know? They have become obsessed with a book called "Journey to the West", which they bought from the Royal Library."

"What? Journey to the West, what kind of book is that? Is it that good?"

"You don't know what, alas, but it's a pity, there are no ones to buy now, even I haven't bought them."

"I'll go, won't I? Is this thing so hot?"

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While the shop owners on Chang'an Street were talking about it, the wives, princes and ladies of the princes and ministers were all reading books without sleeping or eating.

At this moment, when Du Ruhui came home from the early morning morning, he found that his wife was still reading that book, and now he became a little annoyed. How many days has it been?My wife reads a book every day, doesn't argue with him, and doesn't go out to buy things. Isn't it crazy?
And at this moment, the housekeeper came to report that the lunch was ready, Madam Du then went to the lobby to eat slowly, Du Ruhui shook her head helplessly.

However, when she came to the lobby, she was still looking at the book. She was reading while eating. Besides Mrs. Du, Mr. Du and Miss Du also read each book with relish.

(End of this chapter)