Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Ji Hanyu feels a little lonely recently. His neighbor has left. Before this, he has always disliked Jiang Qiuming because he doesn't know how to read people's faces.

That night, he heard the sound of knocking and knocking from the next door, and woke up from his sleep. He called his servants and asked, "Didn't Master Jiang leave? Why is there someone next door?"

That servant probably knew the inside story long ago, and replied with a smile: "My lord, before leaving, the military adviser told the steward of Jiang's mansion that he wanted to build a glass house in his home, and it was ready when he left. For some reason, they started working at night, if you think it's too noisy, the villain should tell them to come back during the day."

Ji Hanyu found it strange that he was so good and not in a hurry, why he started working in the middle of the night, so he asked his servants to ask.

Soon, the servant came back to report: "It's like this. It's an auspicious time for many people to break ground at home, so they just make a show tonight. The real start will start tomorrow during the day, and they will avoid you to rest in the future." time."

"Oh." Ji Hanyu squinted his eyes and nodded. He didn't understand what kind of glass house Jiang Qiuming wanted to build, but a whole glass house must be very bright. It must be very comfortable to lie in it in winter, right?

In terms of enjoyment, Jiang Qiuming knows the way better than King Shun. Clothes require the best fabrics, and the best embroiderers embroider the patterns he is satisfied with. If there is something delicious, he will have the cheek to eat it, and he doesn't even bother to think of an excuse to come to the door.

Not long after, the sound of knocking next door stopped, and then I heard the sound of firecrackers at the door, and then everything was quiet again. Ji Hanyu lay down and soon fell asleep. All the servants of the mansion waited outside his house to congratulate him, saying that the palace just sent a decree, and Mr. Ji was going to be promoted to the county guard.

This is a great happy event, although it is just a level difference, but the position of county guard represents the highest leader of a county, at least in other counties.

Ji Hanyu seemed to have known the answer a long time ago, and was not overly surprised, but rather worried.

He knew that his qualifications were not suitable for the position of county guard, and thanks to King Shun standing up against the sky, he dared to let go of his hands and feet and learn by doing. If he was in other places, which feudal official would have such an opportunity.

Soon, the county guard's mansion sent the corresponding official uniforms. This official uniform cannot be completed in a day or two. Obviously, King Shun made this decision very early.

Ji Hanyu felt deeply guilty. He felt that what he had done did not deserve such a promotion. He would rather climb up from the bottom step by step, which would be more convincing.

But he is not stupid, such an opportunity is hard to come by. He may not be able to do well in the position of county guard for one year, but in ten or twenty years, will he still be able to do well?

Putting on a new official uniform, Ji Hanyu got into the carriage that went out. In the past, everyone liked to go out in a sedan chair, but now every household is either a horse-drawn cart or an ox cart. The flat concrete road brings great convenience to the carriage. save trouble.

When we arrived at the Sheriff's Mansion, Ji Hanyu accepted the congratulations from all the officials. Everyone expected such a day. There was no surprise, and everyone accepted it smoothly. Apart from being jealous of Mr. Ji's age, no one questioned his talent. .

After all, Lord Lei, the last county guard, was not from an orthodox background. Compared with Lord Lei, Lord Ji is a recognized child prodigy at any rate. If you want him to go, doesn't he have to go?

Fortunately, everyone's life is much better now, and they are willing to support Ji Hanyu's ascension. They also discussed holding a celebration banquet for Mr. Ji, and the scene was extremely grand.

Everyone is really happy, this kind of happiness is not because of Ji Hanyu's promotion, and seeing the car ahead of Mr. Lei, he thought that it would not be very good for Mr. Lei to give way to Mr. Ji. The best result is that he will voluntarily abdicate for Xian , In the end, the prince actually arranged another broad avenue for Master Lei, letting him take a group of people out to earn fame, which was something they couldn't even imagine.

Civil servants love names, this is the commonality of civil servants throughout history. Compared with being a lesser-known sheriff in South Vietnam, being able to travel the world on behalf of South Vietnam and make friends with heroes from all walks of life is obviously a life that literati are more yearning for.

The second day after Ji Hanyu took the position of sheriff, Li Xu ordered the sheriff's mansion to start revising the criminal law. The law that is now used in South Vietnam is copied from the imperial court. The previous generation of kings made amendments based on this, but it has not been done for many years. Updated, not only has many loopholes, many terms are not practical.

The king has complete autonomy over the fiefdom. Li Xu has long wanted to improve laws and regulations, but all he knows are the provisions of the 21st century, which may not be applicable to the present, so these things should still be left to the native people of Dayan To do it, he is only responsible for putting forward some opinions and suggestions, and it is not good to participate too much.

This is a long-term project. In addition to amending the law, Li Xu also asked the teachers of the two primary schools to compile new teaching materials, which should be suitable for beginners, except "Thousand Characters", "Disciple Regulations", and "San Zi Jing". , students also need more comprehensive teaching materials.

In addition, they also need to sort out a large number of books. Another task that Li Xu entrusted to Lei Ming and the others is to sift through the local books wherever they go, find out useful books and send them back. Organized and edited by these teachers, and published in a volume.

It was also because of this that recently there were a lot of scholars who came to apply for teachers. It happened that Li Xu wanted to add more classes, and the students who went to school in the early days should also be promoted, so many teachers were hired.

Not only that, Li Xu also opened a large bookstore near the two primary schools. Currently, they sell some cheap pens, inks, papers and inkstones as well as existing books, and there will be a large number of new books on the shelves in the future.

The current printing technology is quite backward. Li Xu has improved the quality of paper, but he has not done research on printing. However, if we want to spread culture quickly, the importance of books cannot be ignored.

When the original owner left the capital, he would transport a truck full of books away, which also shows how precious books are in this era. Ordinary people don’t see any books at all. It is already a very happy thing to have an enlightened thousand-character text. .

Therefore, books must be widely disseminated, so that more people can read books and read different books. The book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu. Although these words are exaggerated, the truth is true. He has never been able to leave his hometown all his life, but he can see the customs and customs of all parts of the world from books.

Li Xu himself is not a lover of learning, but he also knows the importance of education. He has been learning continuously during his many years of work, otherwise he would not be qualified for the position of president.

Saving the cost of printing books has become an important topic at present. Li Xu listed two ways: one is to save paper costs, and the other is to save printing time.

Movable type printing already exists, but Li Xu went to the only bookstore in Fujian Province to read it. At present, the most popular way to sell books is not printing, but by copying by scholars. Many poor students just look at copying books to earn learning expenses. Said to be very labor-intensive and time-consuming.

Fortunately, the books in this period are basically not long, and the classics that have been handed down are written incisively, perhaps also to save costs.

It is difficult to print a large number of novels like water injection, and they can only be told to everyone through the mouth of the storyteller.

"My lord is about to start getting involved in the bookstore business. Hey, our bookstore may not be open for a few days." The storekeeper of the bookstore said sadly.

There was a student who was reading at the side, but when he heard it, he said happily: "My lord really wants to open a bookstore? That's great, my lord has a noble status, and I have read more books since I was a child than you in this bookstore, and there must be many lonely copies. It is a great thing to release the basics for everyone to copy."

Turning out from behind the bookshelf, a not-young man with short stature and a pockmarked face said in a rough voice, "I don't know if the bookstore in the Wangfu will let me in. Shopkeeper Yin, please don't close this bookstore, okay?"

"Go, go, Yang Mazi, what's the use of reading so many books with your status? Do you still want to gain fame? Why don't you pick up two more loads of dung if you have this time."

Yang Mazi belonged to Yexiang. He wanted to learn since he was a child. When he was young, he learned a few words from a down-and-out scholar in his neighborhood. Later, when he grew up, no one wanted him to work because he was ugly. The desire to read has always been there, so he came to the bookstore to read books. He also imagined that other scholars could make money by copying books, but his handwriting was too ugly, and the shopkeeper would not accept it.

Fortunately, he and the shopkeeper have known each other for many years, and the other party is willing to let him come in to read books, as long as he doesn't run into the owner of the bookstore.

"I'm serious, if you really like reading, you might as well practice your handwriting well. After you write your handwriting, you can write a recommendation letter for yourself. The palace recruits so many people, even women who can embroider. Try saying Might not have a chance.”

Yang Mazi shook his head with a look of inferiority: "No, no, with my looks, don't scare the nobles."

Another student mocked him and said, "Yeah, you'd better not come here, all good bookstores have turned into cesspit, it smells like shit."

Yang Mazi heard too many words of discrimination like this, and he didn't feel uncomfortable. He just smiled and hid behind the bookshelf, and found another book to read with gusto.

He thinks that the job of Dao Yexiang is very good. He works at night and sleeps for half a day, and he can still read for half a day. If he works during the day, he will have no chance to read at night.

Because it is the only bookstore in the city, Li Xu would come to visit occasionally, but usually he was slightly disguised, and no one recognized him.

On this day, Li Xu invited the owner of the bookstore to come to talk to him. He wanted to visit the printing factory of this bookstore, and planned to buy it. Based on this, he could improve it and save a lot of trouble.

The owner of the bookstore, surnamed Sun, is an old scholar and the son-in-law of the Zhong family. His seniority is very high. Now Mr. Zhong has to call him uncle, so this bookstore can still stand after decades of operation.

Bookstores don’t make much money. Rich people borrow books from each other. Bookstores sell too few books.

Fortunately, this owner doesn't care about the money, the store is his own, so he can just spend some money and invite two people to look at the store in the store. As for the books in the store, he will find someone to copy and put them in, and he will save them all his life. I have written hundreds of books, and some literati will write some storybooks. These books are consumables and do not sell for long. Generally, no one will read them after a few years, but there are always new storybooks on the market.

He is getting old, his eyesight is dim and his ears are deaf, and he plans to pass on the bookstore to his grandson, because it is a loss, and no one in the family wants the property, so he forced it to his eldest grandson.

At this time, the eldest grandson was sitting with his grandfather in the outer study of the palace waiting for the prince, feeling a little uneasy.

He had talked with his grandfather when he was at home, and suggested that if the prince wanted this bookstore, it would be better to give it away. It would be a good deal to exchange a loss-making bookstore for the prince's favor, but his grandfather refused to agree.

This bookstore was built by him bit by bit. The books in it were found by him one by one through untold hardships. They have feelings, so how can they be sent out?

He sat on the chair angrily, preparing to pretend to faint when the prince mentioned this matter later, the prince can't make things difficult for an old man like him.

"Sorry for keeping you two waiting." Li Xu arrived late. Before that, Ye Changqing sent an urgent report, saying that Guanshi Jin had returned from the northwest and was now in the capital. He asked him if he wanted to send someone to personally to pick up.

Li Xu hasn't received a letter from Jin Guanshi yet, so he doesn't know if his trip to the northwest is going well, but Li Xu doesn't care too much, it's a good thing that the First Prince agrees to cooperate, and it doesn't hurt him if he doesn't agree.

Seeing King Shun, the grandfather and grandson hurriedly got up to salute, Li Xu held Master Sun's hand and said with a smile: "You are old, so the salute will be waived."

The three of them sat down again, and Li Xu said straight to the point: "Master Sun is invited to come today. It is the king who wants to buy the printing factory under your name, including the workers. Please make a price."

The grandparents of the Sun family were a little confused, why is it a printing factory and not a bookstore?His family's printing factory is not a factory at all, but a small workshop created by the craftsmen raised by the family. Because the printed books always have typos, Mr. Sun doesn't like their printing books, so he asks the students to copy the books.

The old man thought he had heard it wrong, so he confirmed it: "What does the prince want to buy...?"

"Printing factory, your bookstore occasionally prints books for sale, shouldn't the printing factory have them?"

Sun's parent, Sun, quickly explained the situation, "To tell you the truth, there is no printing factory at home, only a few craftsmen who know how to print, and a small workshop."

Li Xu also thought it would be like this, but fortunately he didn't expect much, so he said: "Then let these craftsmen be handed over to me. In the future, if the Sun family's bookstore wants to print books, just come to me directly. We will definitely give you the best discount."

Qiqi, the grandson of the Sun family, nodded. They were just a few servants, and they were not very useful. The prince wanted to give it to him, but they were also a little worried. What if the prince knew that they were all mediocre?

Sun's parent, Sun, reminded: "My lord, Nanyue's printing technology is too backward, and the craftsmen of the Sun family are of average level, so you may not be able to use them."

Li Xu also knows this, but people have to come here first, and they are generally experienced. After so many years of exploration in this field, they are better than laymen.