Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 330 The Interrupted Gift
After three days, the movable type is finally finished!The first set of movable type in history was completed!
Upon receiving this news, Princess Pingyang and Xue Lang rushed to the workshop one after the other to witness this historic moment.

"Straight from the fields?"

As soon as he jumped off the carriage, he saw Princess Pingyang waiting at the door, with a pair of wonderful eyes scanning Xue Lang's body, and asked in a low voice.

Xue Lang's hem did not know when it was covered with dust.It is etiquette to keep your clothes neat and tidy, so I can't help feeling a little embarrassed: "I was in the field just now to check the situation of the land being turned over for drying, and I didn't go home to change my clothes in time."

Princess Pingyang waved to him, and when Xue Lang passed by, she bent down to pat the dust off his body, and said calmly, "Let's go in."

Xue Lang smiled until his eyes narrowed, nodded, and went in with Princess Pingyang.

"I've seen His Highness, I've seen Duke Xue."

The happy craftsmen saluted respectfully when they saw the two coming in.Princess Pingyang waved her hand and said, "You don't need to be formal, just look at the font first."

"Here."

Under the guidance of the masters, Xue Lang picked up a font and looked at the place where the fonts were placed——

Due to the limitation of paper size, the typefaces are also very delicate.This is the first batch of typefaces, and larger ones will be cast in the future. There are designs for various models, but the printed books are cast first.

Princess Pingyang ordered in a deep voice: "Print "Thousand Characters" first!"

"Here."

The craftsman in charge of printing, according to the typesetting designed in advance, installed the font, brushed the ink, fixed the paper, and pressed the font down——

The handwriting is clear and neat!Several copies were printed in succession, all of the same quality, neat and fast!
Princess Pingyang took a look at the printed paper, and said two words one by one: "It's done!"

Xue Lang said: "Print out the entire "Thousand Characters"!"

"Here."

Printing craftsmen, methodically install fonts, brush ink, and print.Xue Lang and Princess Pingyang stood aside and watched, Xue Lang said: "Jianling, remember to ask people to cast more sets of characters."

Princess Pingyang said: "I have already ordered this matter to go ahead and ordered to open another furnace to cast a few more sets."

Xue Lang nodded with a smile, and he was in high spirits: "When there are more typefaces, several sets can be printed together, and the efficiency and output will increase. At that time, in addition to basic enlightenment books, some rare copies can also be printed. You can also ask for manuscripts from contemporary masters and publish books for them, so as to enrich the types of books in Datang. By the way, more agricultural books should be printed.”

Xue Lang began to imagine the future!

Princess Pingyang stared at him, nodded: "Yes, I will start to prepare for this matter."

"I would ask the sages to establish a public national library!"

Xue Lang's eyes were piercing, and he looked confident.Princess Pingyang asked: "Library?"

Xue Lang quickly explained what a library is, and then said: "At present, due to the limitations of funds and the number of literate people, there are only two places suitable for building libraries, namely Chang'an and Luoyang. Other state capitals are limited by the number of books. The amount and funds need to be taken slowly. However, there is one rule that must be stipulated that no private library is allowed to be set up except for the imperial court!"

Princess Pingyang stared intently, nodded: "But..."

"However, in this way, movable type printing may not be able to survive!"

Xue Lang sighed a little, this was originally something he gave to Princess Pingyang.Princess Pingyang didn't give up, instead she said with burning eyes: "No, it's not that I can't keep it, it's that the two of us have worked hard, tried and tested and finally made it, and I'm offering it to the saint!"

Xue Lang... Xue Lang was speechless, and gave a thumbs up without hesitation. Princess Pingyang smiled slightly, as if she just said a very ordinary thing, her expression was not half complacent, she was still calm and calm.

This is my sweetheart, my Highness Princess!

The deep sense of pride in Xue Lang's heart almost overwhelmed him, he giggled twice, rubbed his hands together, and said, "I'll just write a sketch!"

Asking Changjian to take out the pen and paper that he carried with him, Xue Lang first made an outline, discussed with Princess Pingyang, and then began to write.After finishing writing, I showed the manuscript to Princess Pingyang to read it, corrected some flaws, and copied it again neatly.

During the period when Xue Lang was writing the melodies, ten copies of "Thousand Characters" had already been printed in the printing workshop. According to Xue Lang's teaching before, they were bound with leather thread cut from tanned sheepskin, and the cover should be thicker. Then, on the cut strip, Princess Pingyang wrote the three characters "Thousand Characters" with her own hands, and pasted it on the cover with batter, and a book was completed.

After the ten volumes of "Thousand Characters" were bound, Xue Lang had almost finished writing the melodies.Check it out, Princess Pingyang ordered someone to find a delicate lacquer box, put the book in the box, and the two of them brought it into the palace.

It was already afternoon, the sage had already finished his morning court, and he was in Zichen Hall.Passed the cards of Princess Pingyang and Xue Lang to enter the palace, and after a while, the servants came to announce them to enter.

"Meet the saint."

The two saluted together, the sage smiled and said: "Pingshen, excuse me, why are you two here?"

According to the previous discussion, Xue Lang said: "To the saint, the minister and the princess have something to offer to the saint, please read it."

The sage gave the two of them an interesting look, and said, "If you two offer it, you must take a good look at it and present it."

"Here."

Princess Pingyang presented the lacquer box in her hand.The waiter came and took it, gave it to the saint, put it on the table, opened it——

Saint: ""Thousand Characters"...is this a book?"

Xue Lang said seriously: "Return to the saint, that's right!"

There were no bound books in the Tang Dynasty. The books in the Tang Dynasty were all in the form of scrolls, and this type of book binding has not yet been developed. Therefore, it is not surprising that the sage was uncertain at first.

The sage caressed the cover of the book carefully, and was about to flip through it, when suddenly a choked-up call came from behind: "Everyone!"

With the choked-up screams and the sound of hurried footsteps, a beautiful, charming young woman ran out from behind, aiming at the saint sitting on the throne.The beautiful woman's plump and charming body threw herself straight into the arms of the saint, and she couldn't help crying, "Everyone, please give this slave a death!"

Xue Lang was startled by this sudden scene. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Princess Pingyang, but saw Princess Pingyang's face was plain. Although there was no abnormality, Xue Lang felt that His Royal Highness the Princess must be unhappy!
Xue Lang understood Princess Pingyang's displeasure. This is the Zichen Palace, which is still within the scope of the previous dynasty, not the harem.It must be his concubine who can jump into the arms of the saint, and ran out in front of the ministers——

Even if the saint is the future father-in-law, Xue Lang would like to say that he is too careless!

The saint on the throne was startled first, then immediately supported the delicate body that was thrown into his arms, and asked softly and urgently: "What's the matter? What's the matter? Why is the beauty crying? But she was wronged? Let's talk slowly, I have my own Make the decision for you!"

Has the saint forgotten where he is?

Xue Lang looked at Princess Pingyang's calmer face, and while the saint was busy coaxing his little beauty, he moved quietly, and asked in a low voice that only the two of them could hear: "Who is this?"

Princess Pingyang responded with the same low voice, and her tone became calmer: "Zhang Jieyu!"

(End of this chapter)