Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Now that the price war started first, the First Prince and the people from Yuncizhai will naturally not relax their observations on Tao Ranju.

Shopkeeper Tang went to Prince Li's mansion to deliver the message, and the eldest prince's mansion had already received the message.

Later, Gu Yanshu went out to Tao Ranju, and then went out of the city to the Tao Ran Kiln outside the city. Of course, these actions did not escape the eyes of these people.

While listening to Gu Yanshu's series of itinerary reports, a man in a blue brocade suit who was sitting in the study in the First Prince's Mansion said with some concern:

"His Royal Highness, Princess Li is going to Tao Ran Residence and Tao Ran Kiln Factory, so she has already thought of some way to deal with it?"

The person who spoke was Zhou Maoran, the second young master of the Zhou family, and also the elder brother of the concubine in the eldest prince's mansion, who was now in charge of the Zhou family's porcelain business.

This Yuncizhai is now managed by the young master on Tuesday.

"Princess Li, Gu Yanshu?" Qin Sheng snorted coldly, his tone full of disdain for Gu Yanshu, "What can that idiot think of to do?"

"Idiot?" Zhou Maoran was a little puzzled.

Qin Sheng didn't answer Zhou Maoran's doubts, and the staff sitting on the side spoke at the right time:

"Young Master Zhou hasn't been in the capital for a long time, so I'm afraid you don't know that Princess Li was a well-known playboy in Yanjing before she got married."

Zhou Maoran is not stupid, of course he knows that this dude is not a good evaluation.

Thinking of the "stupid bag" mentioned by Qin Sheng again, I have a general impression of Gu Yanshu in my heart.

Although Zhou Maoran didn't know that Li Wang's dignified prince, who was the only prince among so many princes, would be accused of being an idiot as his wife.

But Zhou Maoran knows that sometimes, not everything can be asked directly.

It is also of great benefit to him to control this stupid concubine Li:

"Since His Majesty has said so, the grass people are relieved."

Then, the servants' reports seemed to confirm to Zhou Maoran the fact that Gu Yanshu was an idiot.

From the reports of the servants, Zhou Maoran knew that Gu Yanshu had arrived at the Taoran kiln, and stayed in the kiln for a while, explaining something to the kiln manager.

It's just that because the farm is owned by Gu Yanshu, the Zhou family and the eldest prince's people are not easy to get close to.

So for Gu Yanshu, the same manager

They had no way of knowing what was said.

Then Gu Yanshu left Taoran Kiln with his own people and shopkeeper Tang.

When Gu Yanshu left, the Taoran kiln was still deserted as usual, and there was no sign of resuming work at all.

After leaving the kiln, Gu Yanshu went back to Tao Ranju to have a look.

It seemed that he was stimulated by Tao Ranju's unpopular appearance at this time, so Gu Yanshu didn't stay in Tao Ranju for long, then turned and left.

Before leaving, he seemed out of anger again, and found an excuse to reprimand Shopkeeper Tang.

Poor shopkeeper Tang is in his forties, and he was scolded bloody in public.

In the end, Gu Yanshu returned to Prince Li's mansion without any movement.

"It really is an idiot," Qin Sheng snorted coldly, his words were full of disapproval, "Are you relieved now?"

The second half of the sentence was obviously addressed to Zhou Maoran who was sitting by the side.

When his name was called, Zhou Maoran stood up from his seat obediently, and bowed his hands to Qin Sheng:

"What His Majesty said is that just now, the grassroots were indeed worrying too much."

Qin Sheng waved his hand, very graciously expressing that he would not argue with Zhou Maoran over such trivial matters.

And after this brief conversation, both Qin Sheng and Zhou Maoran just ordered their subordinates to continue to keep an eye on Tao Ranju's situation, and immediately put Gu Yanshu's actions today behind them.

After all, in their eyes, the closure of Tao Ranju has become a certainty, it's just a matter of time, it's really not worth their trouble.

On the other side, Prince Li's Mansion——

As soon as Gu Yanshu entered the door, he saw Qin Lu sitting in the room drinking tea, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows:

"Come back? Are things going well with you?"

Originally, when he heard that there was a problem with Tao Ranju, Qin Lu planned to go and have a look with Gu Yanshu.

Unexpectedly, before they left the house, someone from below came to report that movable type printing had made progress.

Speaking of this, Gu Yanshu couldn't help feeling the efficiency of the people in Prince Li's Mansion.

He told Qin Lu that it has only been a few days since movable type printing?

Not only has Qin Lu found the candidate, but he has even started research, and even now has made significant progress.

Compared with a porcelain shop in Tao Ranju, movable type printing is naturally more important.

Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu had to divide into two

On the way, Gu Yanshu went to Taoranju alone, while Qin Lu went to see the progress of movable type printing.

This moveable type printing was an idea provided by Gu Yanshu. Now that he saw Qin Lu, he naturally wanted to ask about the progress.

"It's much smoother than we imagined." Qin Lu didn't have the slightest intention to hide, he reached out and took a few pieces of paper and a small wooden plate from the side, "Princess, come and see?"

Gu Yanshu took a few steps forward, walked to the seat next to Qin Lu and sat down, before turning his gaze to the things Qin Lu took out.

On those sheets of paper, there were several sentences printed with the same words but in completely different order.

And on the small wooden plate, several small wooden cubes engraved with Yang engraved characters were neatly placed, and each cube was an independent entity.

Although Gu Yanshu had never seen the real thing before, he could tell at a glance that it was a wooden movable type.

Stretching out his hand to fiddle with the wooden movable type in the small wooden tray, Gu Yanshu was quite surprised:

"It's only been a few days of hard work, and it's already been made? The prince's subordinates are really full of talents!"

"Cough," Qin Lu coughed softly, "The main reason is that the information given by the princess is detailed enough."

Although Gu Yanshu's understanding of movable type printing is limited, the information given to Qin Lu is also somewhat vague.

But just like what Gu Yanshu said, there are specializations in the arts.

Those words that sounded a little vague to Qin Lu's ears fell on the ears of those craftsmen who had been carving for more than ten, twenty or even thirty years, but they were words of enlightenment that made them suddenly enlightened.

No, in just a few days, the craftsmen have already researched such a small mold.

"It also needs the ability of the people accepted by the prince."

Gu Yanshu waved his hand, not fully taking credit for himself, looking at the small mold in front of him, Gu Yanshu immediately became concerned about another issue:

"When will this be ready for use?"

As soon as this was mentioned, the slight curvature of Qin Lu's lips became slightly restrained:

"I'm afraid it will take at least a month or so."

"About one month? It's not bad," Gu Yanshu nodded slightly, with a very satisfied expression on his face, "It's a little faster than I imagined."

After all, although the method has been found, the number of characters in Tianqi Kingdom is quite large, and it is not an easy task to carve a set of movable type templates.

Not to mention that one character cannot be engraved with only one template, some commonly used characters

, and even dozens of them need to be prepared before they can be used.

It is not a small project to count the loss and other issues during the period.

One month is indeed a little faster than Gu Yanshu expected.

Gu Yanshu, who put his eyes on the movable type template, did not notice that the moment he nodded, the tension in Qin Lu's eyes quietly dissipated.

After talking about movable type printing, Qin Lu couldn't help thinking of the reason why Gu Yanshu went out:

"What about you? How is the situation in Tao Ranju?"

"It's not a big problem, it's better than I imagined."

Speaking of Tao Ranju, Gu Yanshu seemed to have thought of something, and a smile of unknown meaning appeared on his face.

People familiar with Gu Yanshu saw Gu Yanshu's expression now, and knew that he was about to start digging a hole.

Although Qin Lu didn't understand what Gu Yanshu's smile meant at this time, he also had a rough guess in his heart:

"Do you need my king's help?"

"I really need to ask the prince for help." Gu Yanshu's lips curled up, not showing any politeness to Qin Lun at all, "It's just that I'm afraid the fifth emperor needs to handle this matter."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

The corners of Qin Lu's lips were originally curved because of Gu Yanshu's request for help, but the moment he heard "Five Emperor Brothers", it was smoothed out a lot, and even his tone was not as soft as before.

Gu Yanshu showed a comforting smile to Qin Lu, and then slowly opened his mouth:

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so the porcelain in the palace should also need to be replaced? I want Brother Wu Huang to take care of this matter."

As soon as Qin Lu heard this, he knew why Gu Yanshu said that Qin Hao needed to handle this matter.

With military power in his hands, Qin Lu is extremely sensitive, and his every move is under the eyes of others.

Replacing new porcelain during the Chinese New Year is not a big deal, or a small deal.

If Qin Lu said that he wanted to take over this matter, he would inevitably be interpreted differently by someone with a heart.

But it's completely different if this matter is handed over to Qin Hao.

Although the relationship between Qin Hao and Qin Lu is good, in the eyes of many people, they are still two independent individuals.

In addition, Qin Hao seldom manages affairs, so far he hasn't even taken on a job.

If Qin Hao were to say that he wanted to follow up with the replacement of the new porcelain, others would only think that it was Qin Hao's whim.

In addition, just changing the porcelain will not affect anything. To put it mildly, it is only their royal family's business.

Others may have seen it.

Even if he knew the inside story, he would only think that Qin Hao was anxious when he saw that his wife's business was declining day by day, so he wanted to take over this job to relieve his wife's urgent need.

Maybe it's some selfishness, or maybe it's because of his instructions, but as long as Qin Lu doesn't come forward in person, it's a trivial matter.

Qin Lu only thought that Gu Yanshu wanted to sell Tao Ranju's porcelain into the palace.

Although this is a bit unreasonable, after all, the items used by the emperor and the ladies in each palace must be strictly selected and compared before they can be finalized.

But it is not only the masters of the palace who need to use porcelain in this palace.

Ladies and eunuchs also need it.

The items used by these servants are naturally not as good as the masters in the various palaces. Tao Ranju can still afford them.

Thinking of this, Qin Lu felt that this was not a big deal:

"The king will ask Zhi Ge to send a letter to the fifth emperor's younger brother later."

When Gu Yanshu saw Qin Lu's expression, he could roughly guess what Qin Lu was thinking in his heart, so he just smiled and didn't speak.

After waiting for the fifth emperor to follow up with this matter, Qin Lu will be able to know what he wants to do.