Molested Zulong at the beginning

Bai Su pondered for a moment and said: "Isn't Fu Su going to give His Majesty the Kyushu Mountains and Rivers Map? Then I will put the books of Kyushu in the world in my palm and give it to Your Majesty as a gift."

Hu Tan's slender eyebrows frowned: "This... how can this be possible."

After all, this book is the lifeblood of nobles, and no matter how much money they give, they will not hand it over easily.

Back then, my lord mother ordered millions of teachers to pacify the six kingdoms, and collected all the books of the six kingdoms in Xianyang, but only got a part of the royal family's collection.

There are also a large number of books, which are in the hands of nobles from all over the world, schools of thought and other sects. It is simply impossible to collect all the books from the nine states of the world.

Bai Su smiled slightly: "The reason why Zhongyuan's books are worth thousands of gold is mainly because the quantity is too scarce, it is not easy to copy, and the cost is too high."

"If I reduce the price of a book to a few pennies a book, it is not impossible to copy all the books in the world and collect them in Xianyang Palace."

Hu Tan blinked his eyes: "But how can this cost be reduced?"

She thought about it, no matter if it was written on silk cloth, bamboo slips, wooden boards, or sheepskin, the price could not be cheap.

Bai Su lightly rolled up his sleeves, picked up the ink pen and wrote down each material: "You follow my order and send someone to buy these things. I have a wonderful use."

After finishing speaking, he handed over a written prescription.

Chapter 77 The Bet with Hu Hai

"What are you doing?"

Hu Tan blinked his strange eyes, a trace of curiosity appeared on his face.

I saw that the things written on the list in her hand were not complicated, they were all things like clay, wheat straw, reeds, bamboo and so on.

These things can be seen everywhere, and it is not difficult to find them, but it makes her a little puzzled, what does Bai Su want these things for.

Bai Su smiled: "Of course I prepared a gift for His Majesty."

Hu Yan widened his eyes, and gave Bai Su a weird look: "Are you serious about taking these weeds that can be found everywhere and giving them to your mother as a gift?"

When these other ministers gave gifts to their mother, which one did not search for rare treasures from all over the world, such as golden pearls, red corals several feet long, and rare night pearls.

There is no one like him who randomly finds a few weeds and gives them away. Isn't he afraid that his mother will be angry?

Bai Su smiled mysteriously: "I guarantee that not only will His Majesty not be angry, but he will also like this gift very much and appreciate you very much."

"You just need to send someone to find these things according to my request, and send some skilled craftsmen from the palace by the way."

He originally wanted to directly recruit some people to come over to help, but then he thought about it, there is still a Royal Highness next to him, so it is better to let her call some people from the palace, it is useless.

After all, those in the palace are all top masters, much stronger than the folks.

Hu Tan blinked his strange eyes, and snorted softly: "I'd like to see what you do with these things."

As she said that, she sent the casual guards to go to the palace to send some people over.

The two ate some snacks and chatted for a while, and soon seven or eight people came over under the leadership of the guards.

These people have simple and honest faces, dressed in coarse cloth, slightly dark complexion, with many calluses on their hands, they look like experienced old craftsmen.

The attendant clasped his fists and reported, "Your Highness, these are some of the most skilled master craftsmen in the palace."

Hu Yan curled his lips, and pointed to Bai Su beside him: "You all just follow his orders later."

Everyone turned their attention to the young master. Although they didn't know who Bai Su was, but being able to have His Royal Highness by his side clearly had a special status, and they were not small craftsmen like them who could offend him.

Thinking of this, several people hurriedly cupped their hands and saluted, "I've seen you, my lord."

"I'm just a little servant, you don't need to be nervous."

As Bai Su said, he looked at the clothes of several people, and found that although they were dressed plainly, the thick calluses on their hands showed that they had been in the industry for many years. With this group of skilled hands, he also had more confidence in his heart .

Seeing Bai Su staring straight at him, several craftsmen couldn't help asking a little nervously: "I don't know why the young master sent me to wait for the little old man to come over."

Bai Su came back to his senses, and said seriously: "The main reason for asking everyone to come here is to help me make something. This thing may take a lot of time and effort, but I guarantee that if it is successfully made, everyone present will be shocked." His Majesty rewarded the house, fields, and even bestowed titles."

"what!"

The expressions of several people suddenly became dull.

Don't talk about them, even Hu Tan was stunned for a moment.

You must know that it is quite difficult to obtain a title in Daxia. In the past, only those who beheaded the enemy's head on the battlefield, or the grain output of the cultivated field far exceeded ordinary people, were eligible to obtain it.

This Young Master Bai just asked them to come over to do a favor, saying that His Majesty would grant him a title and a house if he did a good job, how could this not shock them.

What exactly is this young master Bai going to do that can surpass the merits of farming and fighting?

Soon, under the command of Bai Su, a group of people became busy in full swing.

Hu Yan felt itchy in his heart, and wanted to ask Bai Su what he was going to do, but he was also worried that it would affect Bai Su's work, so he just suppressed the curiosity in his heart, stood at the door, and blinked his strange eyes. with.

Bai Su concentrated on directing: "Yes, yes, yes, that's it. Don't use too much force, otherwise it will break. These are precious treasures."

Hu Tan came over and said in surprise, "I didn't expect to use a pile of weeds to turn into such a thin cloth."

Bai Su laughed lightly: "No, this thing is not cloth, but paper."

The mold in the hand of the craftsman was shaken twice in the muddy water, and a thin transparent paper appeared in the mold, which was peeled off and left to dry.

And beside it, there was already a thick pile of dried paper.

Bai Su stroked his chin and sighed, "With this paper, writing and drawing will be much more convenient in the future."

"Can this thing write?"

Suspicion flashed across Hu Tan's eyes. Although she had used silk cloth to write in the past, the silk cloth was made of very particular materials and the cost was extremely high.

And this thing called paper is made of wheat stalks, bamboos, and reeds that can be seen everywhere in the fields, but it can be written and painted like silk cloth, which is really unbelievable.

"Whether you can write or not, don't you know if you try it?"

Bai Su asked someone to bring a piece of paper to dry, and handed her an ink pen.

Hu Tan pondered for a while, and skillfully wrote the "Five Beetles" with a pen in his hand.

Juanjuan's ink marks were written on the rice paper, and the handwriting was clearly visible. She couldn't help opening her mouth in surprise for a moment.

So easy to use, so light, and low cost, this is simply a fetish.

No wonder Bai Su said so confidently just now that as long as they make this thing, their mother will bestow titles on them.

After all, the so-called learning and wealth in this era may sound very powerful, but in fact it is only a few hundred bamboo slips.

If the bamboo slips with hundreds of characters are copied one after another onto paper, which is the thickness of a few books, it is simply a treasure.

Hu Tan hugged the paper and said excitedly: "With this thing, the palace can copy thousands of books a day."

Bai Su said disdainfully: "Thousands of books are nothing, I can write a thousand articles a day by myself."

"How is it possible for one person to write a thousand articles?"

"Could it be that the son is a fairy?"

There were expressions of astonishment on everyone's faces.

Hu Yan didn't believe it at all, Yingying said with a smile: "Even if you have six hands, you can't write in a day."

Bai Su smiled mysteriously: "Do you want to make a bet?"

"bet."

Hu Yan's eyelids twitched, his fair face flushed bright red, and he said with a vigilant expression, "What are you betting on?"

Bai Su said with a smile on his face: "If I can write a thousand articles, why don't you...help me squeeze my shoulders?"

Hu Yan looked suspicious and said, "Are you sure it's that simple?"

Bai Su rubbed her nose: "This time it's that simple, how about it?"

"Okay, then I'll make a bet with you. If you lose, I'll... let you eat a whole sausage to see if you feel uncomfortable." Hu Yanyin clenched his teeth and looked at Bai Su with a shameful expression. I'm holding grudges about what happened that day.

The small canine teeth that were exposed angrily caused a layer of cold sweat to break out on Bai Su's forehead.

Chapter 78 Hu Bin Drinks Milk

"My lord, what you want is ready."

Just when Bai Su was a little embarrassed, a craftsman walked over quickly from a distance.

In his hand is also holding a long board hooped by an iron frame, densely protruding on it, engraved with the court's small seal characters, but these characters are all reversed, which looks very weird.

Bai Su specially instructed: "Be careful, these are all treasures."

Hu Yan was immediately attracted: "Baby? Is this what you said, one person can write a thousand articles a day?"

She picked up a black mold, a trace of doubt appeared in her strange eyes, she really couldn't figure out how Bai Su used this thing to write an article.

Bai Su chuckled and explained: "This small block is called a block, and this thing is called movable type printing. A plate consists of hundreds of blocks. These blocks can be fired by craftsmen for printing. Article, look..."

As he spoke, he directed the craftsmen next to him to arrange the blocks in order, brush them with ink, and immediately picked up a piece of paper to print them on.

Just in an instant, a neat and beautiful article appeared on the snow-white paper, with beautiful ink marks, which made people's eyes shine.

Bai Su picked up the paper, blew it lightly, and when the ink was almost dry, he immediately handed the rice paper to Hu Tan who was beside him: "How?"

Hu Yan looked down curiously, and suddenly froze.

I saw it clearly written: "In ancient times, if the husband did not plow, the grass and trees would be enough to eat; if the woman did not weave, the animal's skins would not be sufficient for clothing..."

Her thin lips grew up, as if they could be stuffed into an egg: "This... This is an article in Han Feizi's Five Beetles. It took me all afternoon to write an article, and you just blinked." Kung fu, an article can be written?"

Bai Su said with a smile on his face: "If you are proficient in operation, it is not a problem for one person to print thousands of volumes a day. I can print any book you want."

Hu Yan was amazed at the efficiency of this book printing. After hearing what Bai Su said, her slender black eyebrows frowned, and she looked at the fixed words on it: "Wait... you can print whatever you want. What, could it be that the content of this printed book can be changed at will?"

Bai Su nodded, and said: "You guessed it right. The most delicate point of movable type printing lies in a movable type, which implies flexibility."

"The blocks are all fired with clay alone, and can be arranged in any order and combined into any content. As long as the ink is painted on it, and printed like this, a brand new article will come out."

"If you print a few books alone, you may not see any advantages compared with handwritten books, but once the scale is expanded to tens of thousands, the advantages of printing will be fully utilized."

"The materials used for these things are already cheap, and the cost is very low. As the scale expands, the cost of printing books will continue to decline. By then, the more books you print, the cheaper it will be. It may even be less than two yuan per book in the future." Three pennies."

Hu Yan had opened his mouth wide in a daze, and was a little speechless.

As the current imperial daughter, although she is often lazy and paddling, she still has the most basic vision, so she can naturally know what it means.

In comparison, the map of the mountains and rivers of the six countries that Fu Su dedicated to his mother.

These two things created by Bai Su are the real important weapons of the country.

Hu Tan slowly raised his head, and a gleam flashed in his eyes when he looked at Bai Su, his eyes were bewildered.

She thought of her mother's evaluation of Bai Su, saying that Bai Su has Han Fei's talent, one person can be worth a million soldiers, she thought it was an exaggeration, now seeing her mother's evaluation, this statement is true.

As expected of the person she likes, looking at the eloquent Bai Su in front of her, she couldn't help turning her nose up, her heart was full of pride, what would she compare her sister to herself.

But Bai Su has done so much, all for himself.

Hu Yan stared at Bai Su with dazed eyes, and his tone was subconsciously gentle: "If you really want to print anything, can you print anything?"

Bai Su gave her a strange look, why did this girl suddenly become so gentle?

He froze for a moment, then immediately said, "Of course, I'll show you a demonstration."

After speaking, he picked up a few blocks, thought of a relatively simple sentence and put it together, and immediately printed it on the rice paper.

Standing on tiptoe, Hu Yan poked his head curiously, and saw that it read: "One stroke tells the spring and autumn, one stroke and one stroke embroider gentleness, every movement and silence are infinite, and I will hold your hand for the rest of my life."

Bai Su didn't think much about spelling this, the main reason is that it is relatively simple, all the characters are one, and the blocks are easier to find.

But Hu Yan was taken aback after seeing this touching love story.

Her fair little face turned rosy, and she glanced shyly at Bai Su.

This bad guy, if he wants to say these love words to himself, he can't wait for the outsiders to leave. If so many people are watching, her Highness Hu Yan still wants to lose face.

but……

Hu Yan's strange eyes glanced at the sultry love words, and then thought of Bai Su's doing so much for himself.

She bit her lip shyly, her fair fingers trembled, and then stretched out tremblingly.

Bai Su was about to explain to the craftsmen, but suddenly felt a gentle jade-like hand appearing in his own, he couldn't help but stare blankly, and looked at Hu Tan beside him.

But seeing her blushing, she turned her head away, and whispered in her mouth: "It's cheap for you, bad thing."

Seeing her rare shyness, like a well-behaved child bride-in-law, Bai Su couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth: "It's as long as His Highness likes it."