Li Xiu waited for Xiao Yu at the cutting edge of the printing office, but he didn't expect that he would not come when he waited for him on the left, and he would not come when he waited for him on the right, which made Li Xiu feel very strange.

Knowing that Xiao Yu was actually on the printing office, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel very strange, so he came here with a step, and sure enough, he saw Xiao Yu standing outside the printing workshop at a glance, looking inside on tiptoe, the expression on his face seemed to be surprised and happy, and he didn't know what he was thinking?

Seeing Xiao Yu's fascination, Li Xiu had no choice but to step forward and speak: "I don't know what happened when Song Guogong came to find him?" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Xiao Yu came to his senses, and immediately turned to look at Li Xiu, but at this time, his face was no longer half angry, but looked at Li Xiu with some incredulity, and after a long while, he said: "How did the horse come up with this method of printing books?" ”

"What do you mean by this, don't you believe that I can come up with this solution?" Li Xiu was quite dissatisfied at this time, if he was to ordinary people, he would not be so unreasonable, but Xiao Yu and him had a conflict, and the two of them had a quarrel in the Liangyi Hall just now, so he was naturally very sensitive to Xiao Yu's words.

However, what Li Xiu didn't expect was that Xiao Yu was not angry when he heard his thorny question, but explained very patiently: "I think the horse misunderstood what I meant, just now I saw with my own eyes that pages of Analects were printed, if the words on these pages were copied by me, I am afraid it would take me half an hour, but in the hands of these craftsmen, but the printing was completed in an instant, I counted just now, the pages they printed in an hour are enough for me to copy for a year, And you have to eat, drink, or sleep to finish copying. ”

When Xiao Yu said the end, he couldn't help but show a look of admiration on his face, although he was born in the aristocracy, but his family education has been very strict since he was a child, especially in reading, and in order to strengthen his memory, he often copied books, and even the books in his family, many of which he copied from a young age.

Li Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Xiao Yu's words, and then looked at the other party carefully, and found that Xiao Yu didn't seem to be lying, which made him a little surprised, but the other party's attitude had changed, and he couldn't be so cold anymore, so he replied with a dry cough: "Actually, this movable type printing is nothing, if Xiao Gong is interested, I can take you around the bureau!" ”

"That's great, the old man is just trying to understand how this printing works!" Xiao Yu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Li Xiu's words, although he was very prejudiced against Li Xiu before, but this printing technique had a great shock to him, although he had also heard about the printing bureau before, but after all, it was better to see the truth with his own eyes.

At the moment, Li Xiu took Xiao Yu from the typesetting office, and introduced him one process at a time, the principle of movable type printing is very simple, so Xiao Yu can also understand it at a glance, but although the principle is simple, there are many whimsical ideas in each process, which also makes Xiao Yu praise again and again, and the prejudice against Li Xiu has completely disappeared unconsciously.

In the end, Li Xiu took Xiao Yu to the binding office, which is also the last step in printing books, that is, to bind the cut pages into books, but because of the restrictions of the times, the books at this time can only be sewn together with threads, which is the legendary thread-bound books in later generations, of course, binding books is not as simple as sewing clothes, but requires special tools.

After Xiao Yu visited the entire printing office, he immediately picked up a bound Analect and flipped through it, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "A book of Analects, I used to have to copy at least a few days, but put it here, they can bind dozens or hundreds of books in an hour, it is simply breathtaking, if there is such a way, I am afraid that all the readers in the world do not have to worry about not having books to read." ”

Li Xiu can also understand Xiao Yu's feelings, in fact, since the establishment of the printing company, almost everyone who has been here has such feelings, the more people who read, the more they have experience, after all, all those who read books, there is no one who has not copied books, but the emergence of printing technology means that future readers will no longer have to suffer such hardships.

"Yes, when I offered printing to Your Majesty, it was to make books cheaper, and the spread of books also represents the spread of knowledge, if everyone can accept the teachings of the saints, there will not be so many sins in the world!" Li Xiu also sighed at this time that although Li Xiu had many objections to Confucianism, there was one thing that could not be denied, that is, Confucianism established a code of conduct for people, which is more conducive to the development of human society.

"The horse's move is indeed for the benefit of all the people, and it is beneficial to the Tianjiang and Mountain Society, Xiao is not talented, and all the scholars in the world thank the horse on this generation!" Xiao Yu also showed a solemn expression when he heard this, and then saluted Li Xiu respectfully.

Li Xiu hurriedly returned the salute when he saw this, but before he could say anything, he saw Xiao Yu speak again: "But the old man came to find the horse and wanted to ask for something, and asked the horse to help the old man." ”

"Gong Xiao is polite, don't hesitate to mention any requests!" Li Xiu guessed that Xiao Yu must have something to do with him when he came to see him, and it may be related to the academy, but he didn't expect that after the other party came to the printing office, he unexpectedly reached a reconciliation with himself, although Li Xiu didn't care, other people's attitudes towards him, but it was better to have one more friend than one more enemy.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that the academy needs to recruit a large number of students, and His Majesty put forward an idea, that is, the imperial court will fund to provide all students with the books they need to study, and this also needs the help of the printing office!" Xiao Yu finally put forward his request at this time.

"It turns out that this is the case, we must fully cooperate with the affairs of the academy, as long as Xiao Gong prepares a sample of the books we need, I will arrange for someone to print these books first!" Li Xiu immediately nodded and said, the time of the academy was urgent, so Li Xiu naturally agreed.

"Then thank you, colt!" Xiao Yu was also very grateful at the moment, this matter was originally ordered by Li Shimin, and he was not afraid that Li Xiu would not agree before, but now his attitude towards Li Xiu has changed greatly, so he has become very polite when he speaks.

After bidding farewell to Xiao Yu, Li Xiu stayed in the printing office for a while, and then he was about to go home to rest, but when his carriage stopped in front of the house, he saw Li Jin and Wu Mingkong already waiting for him in front of the house.