Pei Shaoqing has returned to the Hanlin Academy now.

Carpenter Head Yang Qi and four apprentices were busy working in the front yard.

Seeing Pei Shaoqing come in, Yang Qi and several apprentices quickly got up to greet him.

"You guys are busy with yours." Pei Shaoqing waved his hand and signaled them to continue.

After Yang Qi and the others sat down to work again, Pei Shaoqing asked, "Have you eaten breakfast?"

"Eat it." Yang Qi replied respectfully, "Each person has a large bowl of hot soup cakes, two Hu cakes, and a bowl of lamb with pepper sprinkled water."

It can be seen that Yang Qi and the others are very satisfied with the food here.

"Erlang, come here." Pei Shaoqing called Cui Erlang to the front.

"Da Lang?" Cui Erlang came over in a daze and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Cui Erlang and the others were not qualified to go to Zichen Hall to attend court, so they had returned to Hanlin Academy before.

Pei Shaoqing said: "Have you prepared breakfast for the officials of the Bachelor's Academy and the craftsmen of the Hospice Academy?"

"Ah?" Cui Erlang was stunned for a moment when he heard this and said, "Do you still need to prepare breakfast for them?"

"No, of course I have to prepare. I am all colleagues in the courtyard, so I have to take care of it." Pei Shaoqing said angrily, "Hurry up and buy it in Guangzhaifang, do you still have the money?"

"Yes, I gave me more than 90 stakes yesterday."

After Cui Erlang said that, he took his people to Guangzhaifang to buy food.

Qingxuan then curled his lips and said in a low voice: "I am inviting people to buy hearts again."

"This is called human nature." Pei Shaoqing smiled and said, "Learn to learn."

The skill is seen in the subtleties, and the difference is even greater than the difference in a slight difference!

Never underestimate such a small favor.

It can really play a big role at critical moments.

Especially for clean government offices like Hanlin Academy, they are the most cost-effective.

Maybe one day a cabinet prime minister will be released, which will make a lot of money.

Pei Shaoqing is already considering whether to set up a canteen in Hanlin Academy.

Speaking of which, all government agencies of the Tang Dynasty had canteens, and every day, they would provide public dine-in for officials of all sizes and big and small every day.

But there is no dine-in at Hanlin Academy.

Hanlin worship and Hanlin Bachelor's lunches are provided by Shangshenjian.

But the officials and craftsmen below did not have this treatment and could only bring their own meals.

Therefore, if the Shouchao Department can set up a canteen in the Hanlin Academy and then give favors to the bachelor's college and the worshipers in various worship institutes, then he will be a real opening in the Hanlin Academy.

At present, he can only barely gain a foothold in the Hanlin Academy.

However, this matter was not in a hurry. Pei Shaoqing stood by and watched Yang Qi and the others work.

The two apprentices were responsible for sawing the round wood into thin wooden boards less than five minutes thick.

One apprentice saw the wooden board into wooden strips, and the last apprentice saw the wooden strip into wooden blocks.

All three processes require the planing of the wood.

Yang Qi was responsible for the last process, smoothing the two end faces of the wooden block.

When ensuring that these wooden blocks less than five-quarters square are put together, not only can they be tightly sewn between each other, but the upper and lower ends must be kept flat.

The tool Yang Qi used was a beautiful blue whetstone.

While polishing, Yang Qi introduced: "Although this millstone is very ordinary, good millstones are difficult to find. Among them, the blue millstone in Lantian County has the finest texture and the best effect."

Pei Shaoqing shook his head and said, "Old Yang, you don't need to polish it so carefully."

After saying that, Pei Shaoqing picked up a polished wooden mold next to him.

The size of this section is about the size of a book, which is 32K.

There are fourteen longitudinal tin strips on the plate, tightly clamping the thirteen rows of wooden molds. Pei Shaoqing counted about it and there were thirty-four wooden molds in each row.

This is actually a printed layout.

Theoretically, one version can print 442 words.

But in fact, it is definitely not possible to print so many.

Pei Shaoqing picked up a brush from the side, dipped it ink from Yang Qi's ink box, and finally painted the entire page black.

Finally, Qingxuan found another piece of tribute paper.

Then he snapped the woodblock on the paper.

Yang Qi and the four apprentices were stunned when they saw it. What is Pei Sicheng doing?

Pei Shaoqing picked up the wooden sign again, and saw that there were thirteen black belts on the paper, and they were evenly distributed without any blank space. It can be seen that the layout was still polished very flat.

Yang Qi asked, "What is Pei Sicheng's move meant?"

Pei Shaoqing reached out and pointed to the black tribute paper and said, "Old Yang, as long as there is no obvious lack of ink."

"As long as there is no obvious lack of ink?" Yang Qi nodded, "It would be much faster if this happens."

"Just polish according to this standard." Pei Shaoqing clapped his hands and said, "Also, don't just make wooden molds of golden nanmu. Also make one version of rosewood and yellow plow wood. Let's see which wood is the best to use."

The ink, printing and durability of each wood are different.

So we have to choose one of these three types of wood with the best comprehensive performance.

...

It is much quieter from the front yard to the middle yard.

I saw Lu Shisan and his sixteen apprentices busy engraving letters on the wooden mold.

Lu Shisan must have real skills in being able to become a craftsman in the Shaofu Supervisor’s wood carving craftsman. These sixteen apprentices were trained by Lu Shisan, and the wood carving level was also excellent.

Pei Shaoqing walked to one of the apprentices and saw that a lot had been carved, and some were carved and scrapped.

I picked up one of the characters, brushed the ink with a brush, pressed it on the tribute paper and picked it up. A clear word "天" was left on the beige tribute paper.

Pei Shaoqing looked carefully and found that it was no different from Liu Yizhi's handwritten book.

Lu Shisan also came over and asked, "What do you want to correct me if Pei Sicheng?"

"I have nothing to correct me." Pei Shaoqing waved his hand and said, "You guys carved it very well."

Lu Shisan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The old man and his apprentices continued to carve according to this standard."

Pei Shaoqing nodded and said, "Old Lu, how long will it take to finish the manuscript of Mr. Liu?"

Lu Shisan said: "It depends on what wood is used. If it is made of rosewood, Xiao Lao and his sixteen apprentices can carve two hundred characters a day. If it is made of golden nanmu or yellow rosewood, it can carve three hundred characters."

"Only two hundred words?" Pei Shaoqing frowned after hearing this.

This is a bit slow, because the auspicious poetry collection has more than 11,000 words.

Two hundred words a day, which means it will take about two months to carve.

This is embarrassing. Wu Zetian only gave a three-month deadline in total.

Lu Shisan felt nervous and said carefully: "Pei Sicheng, why don't you summon more carving artists?"

"Oh no, no need to call more carvings." Pei Shaoqing sighed and said, "Old Lu, there is no need to carve the red sandalwood. If you choose one of the golden nanmu or yellow flower blossoms, choose the easiest to carve, and there are some repeated characters, and you don't need to carve them all, but you must carve them all within one month."
Chapter completed!