Just the third day after Li Ganyou and Du Shaoqing finalized the direct transaction of the booklets between the two parties, news came from the palace that it was a failure of movable type printing.

It was a dead soldier from the five surnames, Qiwang, who had secretly mixed into the guards. After finding the secret, he brought the news over. Later, he found out that it was too late. He committed suicide by taking poison, but the secret could not be saved.

When Du Shaoqing heard the news, he was almost amused and crying. His first reaction was not surprise, but what would he think of Li Ganyou from the Li family in Longxi?

Because just the day before, Li Ganyou had already sent the deposit for the 5,000 teaching books he ordered, and the news soon spread in Chang'an. Du Shaoqing sold teaching books to the Li family in Longxi at a low price to support his school education.

As soon as the news came out, the whole city was in an uproar. The people praised the fact that the Li family in Longxi was a great thing to run a school, but those who had some knowledge were surprised and guessed that the Li family in Longxi had begun to have an ambiguous relationship with Du Shaoqing? Could it be that the situation had changed?

The other families of the five surnames and Qiwang were dissatisfied. What does the Li family in Longxi mean? They went to contact Du Shaoqing privately without hiding it? How could they get such great benefits? Have they been bribed?

So it was interesting when they got the movable type printing technique the next day and got together again. Someone looked at Li Ganyou and sarcastically said, "Now that the new printing technique is obtained, does the Li family in Longxi still need it? Can you already get the finished book directly?"

Li Ganyou's old face turned red, and then he argued forcefully: "Hey, I also wanted to see Du Shaoqing at that time. After all, it is beneficial to know yourself and your enemy.

Unexpectedly, this person was unconventional and agreed to the booklet. It was a misunderstanding that he had difficulty in making a speech.

Wang Si waved his hand and said, "Okay, Brother Li's words are not unreasonable. Don't worry about some small things, don't mess up."

Cui Junsu looked at the movable type printing technique and exclaimed: "Vibrant type printing? Repeat and repeat, eliminating the manual and difficulty of the carving of the plates. If it weren't for seeing them with your own eyes, it would be really hard to guess. Du Shaoqing is really a genius and admires him."

Several people were nodding, obviously seeing what magic is.

"Oh, it's a pity that there is only printing now. If papermaking technology is not done, the price of paper cannot be reduced. I'm afraid that a book will still be expensive." Someone complained.

Seeing that everyone was still not angry, Wang Si glanced at Li Ganyou from the Li family in Longxi, and then smiled mysteriously at everyone, "Everyone, my Wang family in Taiyuan spent a lot of money to study a new papermaking technique similar to Du Shaoqing, so it is possible that this problem will be solved by us."

Huh? Take it seriously?

How could everyone be so coincidental?

Only a few smart people have seen that there is something similar to papermaking. It is clearly the Wang family in Taiyuan. They don’t know what methods they used to steal the secrets of papermaking. Now they lied that they were their own and wanted to take the opportunity to make a profit, but they were not willing to share it.

"Really? Brother Wang, tell me, how did Du Shaoqing make paper? How much is his cost?" a man urged.

Wang Si smiled but didn't answer, and looked at Li Ganyou. The two looked at each other. Although they didn't have any movements, the meaning was not self-evident. That was that I helped you just now, and now you are here.

Li Ganyou smiled and said, "Du Shaoqing sold me a batch of books at a price of 10% of the books on the market. According to my opinion, his cost is less than 10% of the current paper price. The Wang family in Taiyuan has also improved papermaking. It seems that he wants to congratulate Brother Wang, his great achievements!"

Wow... Everyone present couldn't help but envy Li Ganyou. The price was 10% cheap.

Wang Si continued with satisfaction: "Brother Li, we are polite. Our papermaking technology has still been improved and is not as cheap as Du Shaoqing, but it seems to be different.

Let’s do this, the five surnames and seven hopes have always been dedicated. In order to show Wang’s sincerity, they priced at 10% of the paper price on the market. If you need to print a book, you can find us as much as possible.

Even if we pay for labor costs, we still have to fight Du Shaoqing to the end."

What a guy, this guy is really greedy!

Everyone curses the old fox in their hearts, and only fools believe that you can pay the cost? I'm afraid the real situation is that you can't stop making money.

However, although these people have their own ulterior motives, they have the same goals in the end, and they praise Wang's righteousness with a smile on their face.

After this gathering, although these people got what they wanted, books were no longer a problem, they also exposed more weaknesses. Disunity in people is the first priority. Secondly, the Li family in Longxi has been suspected of breach of contract.

Also, the Wang family in Taiyuan took the opportunity to make a fortune, which was also dissatisfied, so the situation was not as beautiful as imagined.

After the secret leak was revealed, Du Shaoqing was summoned to the palace. Li Er's face was not very good, and it was obvious that he was losing face.

At the beginning, I promised Du Shaoqing that I had kept the secret for at least a year, but I didn't expect that I would be able to steal the secret successfully in just over a month. It seems that the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is too shallow.

When he arrived at the Political Consultative Hall, Du Shaoqing did not expect that his daughter Xiao Xuanxuan would be here and even took the initiative to say hello to him.

"Dad, you're here. Grandpa is angry. You don't know. He told me, your dad is not going to be a bad boy. If I don't teach him a lesson, I won't take me seriously at all..."

Du Shaoqing slid his feet and quickly covered his daughter's mouth, thinking to himself, baby, what do you do like to act like this? The girl's family said, "Is this okay?"

"Dad is here, your grandfather is so kind. When did you ever scold someone? Did you think so? He just said angry."

Xiao Xuanxuan squinted her eyes and nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, grandpa is the best, better than grandma. Grandma is sometimes super fierce."

"Ahem, okay, I haven't seen you for several days. Tell me, how are you doing in school?

Have you studied hard and got your husband angry?" Du Shaoqing hurriedly changed the subject. This child did not avoid talking, and he offended people as he spoke.

However, when Emperor Li Er on the dragon throne heard his granddaughter say that he liked him more than his grandmother, he felt much better. It seemed that he was still talented when it comes to pleasing his children. I remember that Eizi said so.

If Du Shaoqing heard Li Er's monologue and boast, he would probably sneer. Why don't you ask those grown-up children? I'm afraid they are all blaming you behind the scenes. I heard that when Lizhi came back, she pointed at her nose and scolded you for being a fool.

Xuanxuan replied cutely: "No, Xuanxuan is very well-behaved. The sir likes me very much. Every time he teaches, I can recite the text in advance, and he praises me every time.

That is, it is easy to get sleepy when listening to his lectures. People always fall asleep, so it is better to be with the Taoist Grandpa."

Du Shaoqing:...

When the emperor Li Er, who was next to him, heard this, he forgot the unhappiness of the government for a while and smiled bitterly: "This child doesn't know why. He likes to doze off during class. Yan Shigu has been here many times. The child is too young and cannot be beaten, which makes this great scholar helpless."

Du Shaoqing pulled his daughter and asked curiously: "Why do you sleep when you go to school here and don't sleep when you go to school in the clinic?"

"Because there were delicious food when I was studying with the Taoist Grandpa in the clinic. While teaching us to read, the Taoist Grandpa asked me and Xue Dingshan to have snacks. Hehe, it was good for us.

But the old man here did not allow him to eat in class. Once Cheng Ruyu secretly ate the roasted mutton brought to Xiao Miaomiao, and the old man slapped the palm of his hand." Xiao Xuanxuan explained.

...Okay, it seems that Lao Xie has a good teaching style. It seems that he is not effective in dealing with children with seriousness and following the rules. Li Er next to him thought, can he tell Yan Shigu something and let him learn from it?

"By the way, Daddy, you seem to have lied to me...

You said Cheng Ruyu is very good at studying here, but she has never been there before. She was admitted to school on her first day with me.

Moreover, she learned to write too slowly. She only knew how to write two words for several days. Every time I was sleeping next to me, she would put the ink of practicing calligraphy on me. Later, the husband asked her to write on the sand table."

When Du Shaoqing heard that he was exposed, he blushed, "Hehe, maybe my father remembered it wrongly, it was another child. After hearing what you said, you have become a habit in class and sleeping? Did the old man care about you?"

Xiao Xuanxuan then said embarrassedly: "He, he asked me to stand and listen to the class."

"Ah? Standing and listening to the class?

God, you are only so old, and it takes more than half an hour to class. What can you do when you stand and listen to the class? I'll go find that old man Yan..." Du Shaoqing was so angry that he was about to find someone.

Xiao Xuanxuan hurriedly grabbed her father, but Du Shaoqing was very puzzled.

But the little girl said weakly with a red face: "Once I fell asleep while standing and almost fell to the ground. Then, the old man allowed me to sleep on the table."

puff……

Li Er was already laughing. This granddaughter probably had to make Yan Shigu angry, and he could fall asleep even while standing?

"Boy, I can understand why you can fail the three exams? Judging from Xiao Xuanxuan's appearance, the designation was passed down by you."

Du Shaoqing hugged his daughter in embarrassment and comforted her a few words, then asked her to go out to play. The child was only five years old, so there was no pressure to study. As long as she was happy, let's do this for the time being.

But he didn't know that the child was happy, but Yan Shigu, the old master of Hongwenguan, could no longer bear it.

In the Political Consultative Hall, Li Er sighed: "I was so angry that I was originally angry, but with this clever and lovely granddaughter by my side, I could be amused by this child no matter how angry I was.

Don’t look at this child who is only five years old. When you didn’t come, the child knew that I was angry and told me a lot of jokes. This filial piety is much better than you guys.”

Du Shaoqing smiled bitterly, shook his head, found a seat beside him, and advised him: "My father-in-law is angry because of the leak of papermaking and printing. In fact, there is no need. These two things will be spread sooner or later."

Li Er snorted coldly: "You boy are so kind. With these two powerful tools, the five surnames and seven peoples look like tigers. Originally, they were just scholars all over the world with their font sizes.

Now, let their schools open all over the Tang Dynasty. In the future, everyone will be on their side after everyone in the world can read.

Seeing the other party complaining so much, Du Shaoqing laughed instead.

"My father-in-law is probably preconceived and falls into the darkness of the light."

"How to say it?"

"If everyone in the world has books to read and everyone can read, then the five surnames and seven hopes will collapse without fighting.

For example, if His Majesty has a pearl in his hand that is rare and precious, others envious, but if everyone in the world has one, will this pearl still be precious? I'm afraid everyone will ignore it.

The reason why the five surnames and seven hopes are highly praised and are highly regarded is not because they are strong and have a population, but because they are all literate. Even the people here can learn to read and read when they are born, and can be officials in the future. This is enviable.

Why? Because others cannot read, they even want to read.

And studying and literacy is like a pearl. Everyone has it. Will the five surnames and seven hopes be treated differently? So my father-in-law is afraid that he is too worried."

this……

After listening to Du Shaoqing's theory, Li Er opened his mouth a few times, but he didn't know what to say.

After a long time, he asked with a little surprise: "So, the five surnames Qi Wang followed Feng to open the school, and it seems that they are digging their own graves, right? They can't be so stupid, right?"

Du Shaoqing spread his hands and said helplessly: "At first, their idea might be the same as you, just to seize the opportunity to recruit talents, but the slogan was too big, and there was no difference in teaching.

Youdao means that interests and crises coexist. They have not seen the crisis that comes together. Now there is no one who can see it clearly, but even if someone understands it, it is afraid it will be difficult to get into trouble.

Don’t forget that our school is approaching step by step. Even if they cherish their own treasures, our school will sooner or later achieve the goal of everyone having a book to read.”

Li Er happily patted the table and smiled: "Yes, that's right, it's true that they cut off their sense of superiority from the root and passed on poetry and books? Ten years later, everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew how to read, and they were all passed on poetry and books. What are the five surnames and seven hopes?

It should be said that from the day you guys improved papermaking and printing, they have buried traps for them.”

Du Shaoqing pretended to be surprised and denied repeatedly: "Don't be tainted by father-in-law, but the son-in-law never thought of cheating people when building a school. It was purely for educating people for the country."

"This is called being nauseous! You cheat people invisibly. If you sell them, they will help you count the money. The day before yesterday, I heard that you sold a batch of books to the Li family in Longxi at a high price. I think you were cheated by you again." Li Er cursed with a smile.

After being comforted by Du Shaoqing, Li Er suddenly felt that the road ahead was clear. It turned out that the mountains that lie in front of several generations of the Li family royal family were easily moved away. I wondered if my father and elder brother had no choice but to bow their heads to the other party?

It's a pity to think about it now. According to Du Shaoqing's opinion, the development of the Five Clans and Seven Hopes will sooner or later lead to failure, and the thousand-year-old family is not reliable.

"Fortunately, you kid was born here. If you were from a family, it would be a disaster for the court." Li Er sighed and suddenly asked curiously: "If you are an opponent, how should you solve this decisive ending?"
To be continued...