hsntnovel Chapter 2728 Discusses Future Development
Chapter 2728 Discusses Future Development
"I wonder how Your Highness intends to proceed?"
Upon hearing Li Shen's words, Wang Xuance asked a question. Regarding these ingenious ideas, they should still follow Prince Ji's advice.
King Ji was ignorant of politics, military affairs, etiquette, and law, and he also lacked literary talent.
King Ji never read books like the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Book of Rites, the Book of Documents, the Doctrine of the Mean, or the Great Learning.
He only knows a few lines from the Analects.
In Prince Ji's words, he was uncultured and illiterate.
However, Prince Ji was quite talented in other areas. He was unmatched in business and his occasional ingenious ideas were admirable.
"How to develop it..." Li Shen hadn't really thought about it yet. He rubbed his chin for a while before continuing:
"First of all, the most important thing is the written language. Didn't Kong Yingda write a dictionary?"
This cannot be interrupted; it must be passed down. Instruct the printing press to print 100,000 copies first, at a 30% discount, and then distribute the dictionary among the people.
Secondly, paper doesn't last very long, so I ordered the steel workshop to make a bronze book with deeper ink, the kind that can be passed down through generations.
"They will be buried with my father at Zhaoling."
"Your Highness! Be careful what you say." Wang Xuance interrupted Li Shen as soon as he finished speaking, while Pei Mingli and Wang Hongfu looked around nervously, as if checking to see if anyone else was there.
Prince Ji is far too audacious, actually cursing His Majesty's death. Isn't this utterly rebellious?
It doesn't matter when Li Shen arrives:
"Don't be so nervous, my father will agree. By the way, make one more copy and put it in my grave in the future."
However, it must be written at the end of the book that the compilation and this matter were initiated by me, and that I cannot let others steal the credit.
I still hope that my descendants will worship me in the future.
"Release...release the prince's..." Wang Xuance was speechless. Good heavens, Prince Ji is only twenty-one years old this year, and he is already thinking about his own affairs after death.
"Your Highness is righteous and will benefit future generations. I admire you greatly."
Wang Hongfu didn't care about anything else and immediately started flattering him.
Li Shen was quite pleased. He had already experienced life and death and had become indifferent to life, which was one of the reasons why he had no interest in the throne.
He simply wanted to enjoy life to the fullest while he was still alive, and create some things for future experts to speculate on.
They will never know they are time travelers, and will eventually laugh at them from their own graves.
"Your Highness, rest assured, I will certainly handle this matter well." Wang Xuance rose to accept the order.
This matter also gave him an opportunity to make a name for himself, since the Prince of Ji had already made a name for himself and the matter was entrusted to him.
"Xuan Ce, I now feel that we should not only preserve the dictionary, but also all those ancient books?"
Why not have the printing presses print more copies? We can distribute them to the Chongwen Hall in the Imperial Palace, the library of Prince Ji's residence, and the Luoyang Palace.
Even if something unexpected happens one day, it can still leave behind a spark.
Mingli, this matter will be handled by you in cooperation with Chief Secretary Wang. Your main task is to collect ancient books and rare private copies.
We cannot allow these precious things to disappear into the long river of history.
Works like Wei Wang's "Kuo Di Zhi" and some of his other works can be preserved.
If these precious texts are lost, then we are sinners.
Li Shen looked at Wang Xuance and Pei Mingli solemnly. He was speaking from the heart; many things had been lost at this moment.
Some disappeared without a trace, some were destroyed in the war. Leaving aside Huang Chao's rebellion, his burning of Chang'an and massacring of the people was a major crime.
Ultimately, Huang Chao was nothing more than a bandit, not a rebel.
This was Li Shen's biggest worry: a group of bandits would come in, only interested in gold and silver jewelry, and all the precious books would be burned to ashes.
Li Shen's idea was simple: don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Wang Xuance was deeply moved by Li Shen's words. He never expected that Prince Ji would have such a broad mind. Those high-ranking officials and nobles never cared about such things.
"Your Highness is truly righteous. Your subject will certainly fulfill Your Highness's grand ambitions and ensure that these classic texts are not lost to oblivion."
Wang Xuance bowed deeply, and Pei Mingli also rose to accept the order.
"Yes, remember, not only the teachings of the sages, but also the techniques of farming, weaving, and craftsmanship should be replicated."
This all represents the glory of our Great Tang Dynasty.
"We must let future generations know that everything they possessed was left behind by our Great Tang Dynasty."
Li Shen nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey." Wang Xuance accepted the order once again.
Li Shen then looked at Wang Hongfu:
"Old Wang, your task is very important. When our caravans travel to other places to do business, we must instill in the wealthy people the beauty of the Tang Dynasty."
Especially in the areas outside the Great Wall, the Western Regions, Liaodong, and south of Nanzhao, they wanted to portray our Great Tang Dynasty as a pure land.
The moon in the Tang Dynasty is rounder than theirs, and the water in the Tang Dynasty is sweeter than theirs.
Once the local elites accept this, the common people will generally believe it as well.
Since ancient times, the common people have always looked at the nobles and the rich, believing that what these people do is of high quality.
If these nobles and wealthy people approve of something, the common people will also approve of and believe in it.
Li Shen encountered a similar situation in his previous life. He was eating steak at a Western restaurant, but it had no flavor at all. The first thing Li Shen thought of was whether there was any cumin or chili powder.
But my friend said that's how it is in high-end restaurants, and that's how rich people eat.
Li Shen felt very uncomfortable. Aside from filling one's stomach, isn't the main point of food the taste? Everyone has different tastes, so naturally they choose different seasonings. Why are theirs considered superior?
Li Shen is now using this method as well, since everyone is convinced by it.
Wang Hongfu stood up and bowed:
"Yes, I will certainly do it well."
"I trust you to get things done. By the way, I also closed a deal."
The imperial court wants to purchase 1,000 carriages from my Prince Ji's residence, at a price of 250 strings of cash per carriage, specifically for transporting goods.
Have the workshop start making bearings. If they don't have enough people, start recruiting.
The same applies to carriage companies; all one thousand carriages must be delivered within a year.
Li Shen remembered the carriage matter and entrusted it to Wang Hongfu to handle as well.
"Yes, sir. However, isn't the price of 250 strings of cash a bit low? Our carriages have always cost over 1,000 strings of cash."
Wang Hongfu reports.
"It's alright. After all, this is doing business with the imperial court. We'll just earn a little less. Besides, the imperial court's carriages are just freight cars and don't need carriages or other facilities, so our costs are very low."
I have something else to tell you.
The carriage company established a large repair workshop, and from now on, this imperial carriage will only be repaired in our workshop.
If it is found that the carriage is not under our repair services, we will no longer provide service for it from now on.