A fertile soil was turned open, and the weeds inside were picked up by Wan'er. Then Zhang Zong broke the large pieces of soil with a rake and leveled the land. Then he picked up a small bag next to him and planted the round and flat seeds inside carefully.

These chili seeds were peeled out one by one by Zhang Zong and Wan'er. The remaining chili skin was chopped and made a bowl of chili oil. Zhang Zong did not make complicated dishes, but just made a bowl of hot mutton noodles. Then he ate it with chili oil and sweated profusely. It was so enjoyable.

Now Zhang Zong just wants these peppers to grow up quickly, and he should be able to harvest a batch of peppers before winter, but he was also careful. The peppers were not completely planted, but were divided into two batches. If they were not planted today, he still had a chance next year.

Similar to chili peppers, corn and potatoes are also the main targets of Qiandahai to go to America, so many of them were shipped back this time. For example, there are two trucks of corn. The number of potatoes is originally greater, but this thing is prone to deterioration at sea, especially in humid climates, so many potatoes were lost at sea. When the remaining potatoes were sent to the capital, most of them had already sprouted, but they were also used for planting.

These corn and potatoes were divided into two parts, one was planted in Beiyuan by Sinong Temple, and the other was handed over to Li Hong's East Palace to take charge. Zhang Zong was naturally the first choice, but Zhang Zong was very careful about this batch of corn and potatoes.

On the surface, Zhang Zong planted all the corn and potatoes in a flowerbed in Furong Garden. The land of this flowerbed is fertile and it will be a good farmland as long as it is cleaned up. And there are special people to take care of it, so there is no need to worry about safety.

But Zhang Zong was still worried, so in private, he secretly brought out a batch of potatoes and corn seeds, then divided them into several portions, and secretly planted them in other places. Only he himself knew about these places, and even Li Hong only knew that Zhang Zong had this plan, but he did not know the specific location of the planting, which greatly increased confidentiality.

"Brother Shi's book is printed!" Just as Zhang Zong had planted the peppers, he suddenly saw Xue Shao rushing from the moon gate in Furong Garden and shouting, waving a thick book in his hand.

"Take it to me!" Zhang Zong immediately said excitedly when he heard this.

Xue Shao immediately handed the book to Zhang Zong, and Zhang Zong also saw the six big words "The Adventures of Captain Qian" in his writing at a glance. This is exactly the novel he wrote based on Qian Dahai's experience. He handed it to the printing house for printing some time ago, and now he finally has a sample book.

Zhang Zong took the book and immediately opened the pages. A familiar ink fragrance immediately floated out. The layout in the book was also very exquisite. After he offered the method of printing movable type, the court quickly opened a printing house, which was specifically responsible for the printing of books. Now this technology is very mature, which has caused the price of books to drop again and again. Many scholars no longer lack books as they used to read.

"It's not bad, I haven't found the typo yet, and the illustrations I asked for have also been done, which is very rare!" Zhang Zong nodded while looking. He imitated the experience of later generations and added some illustrations to the novel, so that it makes it easier to understand the content in the book. This is also a big challenge for the printing company. Now, let's see that they have done well.

"Of course, the book printing company thought our books were too troublesome and didn't want to answer them, but later I reported your name to my brother, and they agreed immediately and made arrangements for us in advance. After all, if it weren't for Brother Shi, there wouldn't be any book printing company in this world!" Xue Shao said proudly at the end.

"Does the printing company have a lot of work now?" Zhang Zong also asked curiously when he heard this. He originally wanted to do the printing of the book by himself, but when Xue Shao found out, he rushed to do it. It was not because he was so idle that he wanted to take the opportunity to take a sneak peek at "The Adventures of Captain Qian".

"Many, brother Shi, you know that scholars have a bad habit, that is, they like to write books. In the past, copying books was too slow and too expensive. Even aristocrats could not afford to ask too many people to copy books for themselves, but the face was different. The printing house could print thousands of books a day, and the price was even lower. Therefore, many people rushed to compile their poems and essays into books and send them to the printing house for printing, so the printing house was simply too busy." Xue Shao introduced with a smile.

Since the establishment of the Bookmark Office, in addition to printing many Confucian classics, agricultural books and almanacs in accordance with the requirements of the court, it has also begun to undertake some private bookmark requirements, which has also brought a large amount of income to the Bookmark Office, making the Bookmark Office not only self-sufficient, but also able to pay large amounts of income, becoming one of the royal sources of wealth.

Speaking of later generations, Zhang Zong remembered that when he was underage, a style of publishing books emerged in society. Whether it was businessmen, celebrities or officials, they all liked to publish one or two books. Although most of these books were written by gunmen, they did not affect their interest.

Compared with later generations, almost all the elites of the Tang Dynasty were scholars, and most of them came from Confucianism. Even the generals who were fighting swords and guns were familiar with military books, and some people who were both civil and military, had their hands on horseback and shot their enemies, and had their hands off horses to catch their pens and wrote poems. Many frontier poems in the Tang Dynasty were written by military generals.

These Confucian scholars' desire to speak in Shuli far exceeds that of the arty businessmen in later generations. Therefore, after accepting private printing in the bookmarks, many people took out their treasured poems and essays, printed them into books and read them everywhere. Of course, most of the poems and essays are hard to describe, but they still cannot dispel their enthusiasm for printing books.

Zhang Zong roughly read the book, and then asked Xue Shao again: "Is there only one sample book?"

"No, there are three sample books, but I met Guangshun and Li Dan on the way just now, and they snatched two of them. My mother had asked for one before, and I guess I would have to go to the printing house to get a few more books later." Xue Shao also said helplessly at this time. This book "The Adventures of Captain Qian" was written very wonderfully, and it was related to the hottest sailing. In addition, the story was written intriguingly, so even a person who didn't read books wanted to collect a few.
Chapter completed!