He rejected Li Shimin twice when he had invited him to do business. Although it was a pity, he also refused himself.

The Three Character Classic was rubbed on paper, and the handwriting was neat, but there was a lot of ink.

Children in our village will read books in the future.

In the future, it will be more convenient to teach children to read and recognize words.

So what is the most important question now?

What book should I print first?

Li Zheng returned to his room and flipped through the system library, brain teasers?

Hundreds of thousands why?

Selected collection of excellent compositions for the high school entrance examination...

Then I read it, huh? There is actually the Legend of the White Snake.

Take the book out of the system.

Li Zheng read it and said that this should be the earlier Legend of the White Snake, and there are many classical Chinese sentences, which do not look like vernacular Chinese.

The story of the Legend of White Snake was first circulated in the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Li Longji. At that time, it was also about the story of the giant snake in Luoyang.

Some people also say that this story took place in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the origin of this story was full of controversy.

Until later generations, there was no determination on where the origin was.

However, these versions are very different from the prototype of the Legend of White Snake, and this story was finally finalized in the Ming Dynasty.

It was not until later that it was compiled and revised step by step, and it became a popular story.

It is often taken out by storytellers to tell.

With this book, Li Zheng began to think about publishing the White Snake Legend in batches.

These days, Li Zheng was in Jingyang and began the plan to print books.

In the palace, Li Shimin was drinking wolfberry leisurely and soaking it in white.

Empress Changsun and Princess Changle sat next to her.

Li Shimin took a sip of wolfberry soaked in Baikai and said, "This Li Zheng is really becoming more and more distorted."

Empress Changsun asked with a smile: "What's wrong with Li Zheng?"

Li Shimin said in an inward voice: "This Li Zheng actually asked me to do business with him! Who am I? How could I do business with him?"

Empress Changsun comforted Li Shimin's emotions, "Li Zheng is still young and doesn't understand the rules, so why should Your Majesty be sorry for him?"

Holding his forehead, Li Shimin looked worried, "He doesn't do his job well with the official I gave him. He thinks about business all day long. It seems that he should recall Qingque."

Queen Changsun glanced at Li Lizhi's expression and knew that these words were for her daughter.

A palace maid came with a book, "Greetings to Your Majesty, Queen, this is a book sold in Chang'an."

"Book?" Li Shimin took the book and looked at the title of the book, "The Legend of the White Snake?"

The palace maid explained: "It is said that this book was written by Li Zheng of Jingyang."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Is this kid Li Zheng still good at writing books?"

Li Zheng was a great talent in the world. It would be not surprising that such a person wrote books. This kid did a serious business.

Li Shimin turned a page and immediately felt something was wrong, "This paper..."

"Why is this paper so thick and tough?" Li Shimin looked at the pages of the book. Nowadays, there is very little paper in the Tang Dynasty, and even if it is useful, it is paper as thin as a cicada's wings.

It was also particularly troublesome to use. Li Shimin felt the thickness of the paper, and even the ink written on it was very refined and did not disperse at all.

Just looking at this paper, Li Shimin knew the meaning of this paper.

But if you think about it carefully, the cost of this kind of paper should be not low.

Li Shimin asked: "How much does this book cost?"

The palace maid bowed and said, "It only takes thirty cents."

"Thirty words!"

Li Shimin slapped the table and shouted at the palace maid: "Do you know what the crime of deceiving the monarch!"

The palace maid knelt on the ground and said aggrievedly: "It's really only sold for thirty cents, and many people in Chang'an have bought it."

Such a good paper only sells thirty cents? How could such a thing be possible?

Even ordinary paper can be sold for more than ten cents. It only costs thirty cents for such a thick volume? How is it possible!

Empress Changsun was also curious. If what the palace maid said was true, why did Li Zheng sell books so cheaply?

Li Shimin called Li Junxian, "You go and check, is this White Snake Legend only thirty-pendant book?"

"Here."

Li Junxian immediately left to investigate.

Li Shimin sat down and read the content of the Legend of White Snake.

At first glance, it is quite an interesting book.

Xujiagou is located on Heishan Mountain, also known as Jinshan and Moshan Mountain. It was the place of Jizhou in ancient times and was the remnant of Taihang Mountain. Here are the peaks and mountains, the Qi River flows, and the forests are lush...

A lifelike story unfolds before your eyes.

There are indeed stories in the market, but there are not many people who write this way.

Li Shimin continued to watch this strange and weird story.

Half an hour passed without realizing this.

Li Junxian came with a few books of white snakes, "Your Majesty."

Li Shimin took back his mind and asked, "How is the investigation?"

Li Junxian replied: "This is indeed a thirty-civilian volume. It just sent more than 100 volumes and was sold out quickly. The last one was re-used and I could only buy three copies from someone else's hand."

Li Shimin took three other books about the White Snake Legend, and he got to know each other very well when he saw the binding.

When he opened each book, Li Shimin's expression became more and more wrong.

Queen Changsun, who had been walking around, asked in confusion: "What happened to Your Majesty?"

Li Shimin said: "These books were actually printed."

"Is that true?" Empress Changsun took a copy and looked at the handwriting on it very neatly.

And the arrangement was very neat. After reading it, Empress Changsun felt something was wrong, "Your Majesty, how did Li Zheng do it in a separate line? And what does these dot circles mean?"

The carved and printed books of the Tang Dynasty were actually very common. Of course, paper is rarely used nowadays, and most people use bamboo slips.

Therefore, only the royal family has woodblocks and printing books, and even the powerful may not be able to use them, because they cannot be used at all.

First, the paper is too easy to be damaged, and second, it is often the case that it is basically left unused after printing.

Of course, in order to reduce material use and save time on rubbing, you generally do not choose to cut off the line.

Instead, one line after another prints to the end.

This can reduce a lot of materials and save space.

And it is very time-consuming to make a printed board.

Even in the palace, it will not be used frequently except for specific sacrifices and festivals.

After seeing it, Empress Changsun said, "But this looks more comfortable, these dots are very useful."

Li Lizhi also took advantage of her father's inattention and took a copy hidden behind her and pretended to be nothing.

More than a hundred books were sold out in Chang'an soon.

The sales on the first day were very good. I had already made several sets of wooden molds printed with movable type.

Li Zheng rubbed his hands excitedly, intending to expand the scale and increase production capacity.

Li Tai watched this book of the Legend of the White Snake with relish, and the story was very attractive.

However, Li Zheng was shocked by the speed of printing books, and he could print dozens of books on the White Snake Legends in a day.
Chapter completed!