The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 311 Chapter 005 Gift ([-])

However, now is not the time to think about these things. At present, the first thing to solve is whether the couple should return to Beijing.

If he returns to Beijing, what kind of errand should he receive.

Cui Youbo and Xiao Nan pondered for a long time before slowly raising their heads and looking at each other, Xiao Nan nodded slightly, motioning for him to speak first.

Cui Youbo coughed lightly, straightened up and bowed first, expressing his gratitude to his father-in-law, and then said slowly: "Aye, my son-in-law understands what you mean, but my son-in-law's filial piety has passed long ago. A month ago, the crown prince ordered someone to write a letter to the son-in-law, ordering the son-in-law to return to Beijing as soon as possible after getting rid of the service. Due to the complicated affairs of the family, this has been delayed until now. It is really not good to delay any longer."

Xiao Jing and the Eldest Princess are not Xiao Nan, they didn't have a prediction, they just made a rough guess based on the current situation - in the next month or two, there will be great chaos in Beijing.

Therefore, Xiao Jing advised the couple not to return to Beijing for three months, and it would not be too late to go back after this incident passed.

But, as Cui Youbo said, they couldn’t take it off anymore. They kept their filial piety for their grandmother, which was said to be three years, but in fact it should be 27 months. Their filial piety period expired a few months ago.

It's just that Cui Youbo and Xiao Nan are worried about the Ci'an Thatched Cottage and Bowen Museum in Luoyang, and want to make these arrangements before going to Beijing.

As for the crown prince, although Cui Youbo is not an important figure, he is still a reserve talent that the crown prince wrote on the screen with a red note.As soon as he heard that Cui Youbo's filial piety had expired, he wrote to Cui Youbo, ordering him to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

The crown prince Sheren, the crown prince's personal secretary, is not very high in rank, and is also a small official from the sixth rank, but the most important thing is that he has a close relationship with the crown prince.All the people waiting to become the prince's family are the prince's confidantes.

If it was normal, Xiao Nan would happily send Cui Youbo to the East Palace.

But now is an extraordinary period. Once the king of Wu and the others are mobilized, they will not be able to kill the prince for a while, and the close officials around the prince will become targets.

In his previous life, when Li Jing was chatting, he mentioned that Hou Junji's people killed and injured several people in the East Palace during the day, including the guests, Sheren, Zhan Shi and the servants of the East Palace.

Cui Youbo is not a desperate political speculator who needs to put all his eggs in one basket. He comes from a famous family and has a reputation. As long as he follows the steps, his official career will be good.There is no need to sacrifice your life to show your loyalty.

For safety's sake, why don't you return to Beijing?

Cui Youbo and Xiao Nan shook their heads together, the crown prince wrote the letter himself, but they didn't leave for a long time, it's not that they don't know how to compliment.

Moreover, after the coup, the crown prince would doubt why Cui Youbo didn't return to Beijing, and it would be miserable to convict him of treason at that time.

After thinking about it, he should return to Beijing. As long as he pays more attention, he should be able to get through it safely.

Xiao Jing also thought about this over and over again. He listened to Cui Youbo's words, nodded slightly, and then said: "It's okay to go back. If I can get another errand, or help the prince with something that seems important for the time being, it's really idle." Just work."

When Xiao Nan heard this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, his eyes sparkled and he said: "After hearing what Aye said, I remembered something."

Originally, Xiao Nan wanted to save this matter when he edited the whole book.However, the situation is urgent at this time, so it doesn't matter if she takes it out in advance.

Moreover, she was still thinking about repaying her natal family just now, and it happened that she could use this matter to give her natal family a big gift.

The more Xiao Nan thought about it, the more she felt that this matter was feasible. She rationalized her thoughts and said, "Aye must know about the Bowen Museum. In the past few years, Lang Jun and I have invested a lot of manpower and effort in copying ancient books. I have financial resources, but I still only copied two copies. At that time, I thought, if there is a way to print a large number of books, it would be great."

Xiao Jing was slightly taken aback, and asked puzzledly, "Printing? What is it?"

Hearing this, Xiao Nan got up and took the inscription from the desk beside him, flipped a page and put it in front of Xiao Jing, saying: "Aye, thank you for letting my third brother send me so many inscriptions and ancient books back then. It was from reading these books that I came up with the idea of ​​printing."

Xiao Jing is a very smart person, as soon as he looked at the rubbings, he understood something, and guessed: "You mean, imitating the rubbings, engraving the words used in books on stone tablets, and then rubbing them in large quantities?! "

Xiao Nan nodded with a smile, and then took out a small seal from her sleeve pocket, which was her personal seal, and she put the seal on the stele, and continued: "For convenience, you can directly write the most commonly used words in books. It is carved out separately, just like this seal, when printing, whatever character is used, the seal of the character is combined, and then typesetting and printing, so that there is no need to worry about the whole stone slab being scrapped if a character is broken.”

The more Xiao Jing listened, the more moved he became. At the end of the hearing, he was sure that his daughter came up with another idea to benefit scholars all over the world.

Moreover, once this so-called 'printing' is successful, it will cause a sensation in the world.At that time, his family Qiao Mu, and even the entire Cui family and Xiao family will become the objects of gratitude of scholars, and it is very likely that they will be passed down through the ages and will be admired by future generations.

Seeing Aye's smile getting bigger and bigger, Xiao Nan knew that Aye had thought of the benefits brought by movable type printing. She turned her head to look at Cui Youbo, and said, "I thought of these from the books Aye sent. The idea, and I also quietly ordered people to test it in the three workshops opened, it should work.”

Cui Youbo is no longer the naive boy he was back then, after hearing Xiao Nan's words, he couldn't understand, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Since this is feasible, please ask Aye to send a few more capable craftsmen to help Together we complete the great cause of book printing."

Xiao Jing was in a better mood after hearing what his daughter and son-in-law said. He stroked his beard in satisfaction and said, "Well, this arrangement is very good. In this way, you should prepare as soon as possible, and we will return to Beijing together. After returning to Beijing, I will accompany Su Chun Go to the East Palace and tell the Crown Prince about the technique of printing, and then the Xiao family will also donate the classics collected at home for experimental printing."

Since the daughter wanted to bring the Xiao family in, Xiao Jing would not object.And according to her daughter, she actually wanted to put the invention of printing under Xiao's name, hehe, his daughter is so filial, always thinking of benefiting her mother's family, how could he disobey her daughter's kindness.

"Yes, son, I would like to obey."

Cui Youbo and Xiao Nanqi saluted together, and sent Xiao Jinggong to the inn to rest.

After sending Xiao Jing away, Xiao Nan took Cui Youbo back to the dormitory, and said with some embarrassment: "I want to tell you about the printing thing after the test is successful. If I didn't think about the errands after returning to Beijing today, I would And I won't bring it up rashly...Lang Jun, you won't be angry with me, will you?"

In fact, what Xiao Nan wanted to ask more was whether Uncle Cui would mind if she gave this invention to her natal family.

Cui Youbo held Xiao Nan's hand, and the two of them knelt on the low-footed bamboo couch. He said softly to Xiao Nan: "My lady has considered everything for me. To my lady, I can only be grateful, why would I be angry?"

After a pause, Cui Youbo continued: "Furthermore, this matter was made possible because the lady was inspired by the ancient books given by her father-in-law, and with the help of capable craftsmen brought by her third uncle, it became possible... Now my father-in-law wants to help me Speaking in front of the crown prince, he even donated all the family books, how can I blame my wife for what my father-in-law and my wife have done to me?"

The corners of Xiao Nan's mouth were slightly raised, and he curved into a beautiful smile, pretending to be moved and said: "Thank you, sir, for your understanding, I, I—" At the end, he was so excited that he couldn't continue.

Cui Youbo hastily continued to express his position: "Young lady, you don't need to worry about it. This matter was originally brought up to help me out, and it also needs the full support of Cui and Xiao to make it happen...I understand what my lady thinks about me. If I succeed, the prince will remember my contribution, and Cui and Xiao's family will also get some good names, it's really a good plan to have the best of both worlds."

What Xiao Nan wanted was Uncle Cui's acknowledgment. Now that he heard him say this, he pretended to be relieved, and said, "Since we are going back to Beijing, we have to prepare quickly. Fortunately, Uncle Yun is responsible for the Bowen Museum's affairs." My cousin took over, and Ci'an Thatched Cottage has someone reliable to look after it, otherwise we wouldn't be able to let go and leave."

Cui Youbo nodded, then thought of something, and said: "We have been away from Beijing for three years, and now we go back, we should also prepare some gifts for the elders in the family. Mother-in-law and a few uncles are also indispensable."

Although they left the capital in a filial piety, they traveled far away after all, and now they are going back, so it's not good to be empty-handed.

Xiao Nan had no objection to this, and added a few words: "This time we return to Beijing, we probably won't come back within a year or two. Grandma's tomb and Ci'an Thatched Cottage need the care of my uncle and seventh cousin. Uncle and the others Although we are not outsiders, we must not be ignorant of etiquette, before we leave, we should at least show our hearts."

In fact, it's not just the old lady's tomb and Ci'an Thatched Cottage, Xiao Nan has opened many shops in the three cities of Luoyang.

When she is here, the officials of Luoyang Mansion can still sell her favors, and no one will find fault with Wang Chengping's business; once she leaves, if there is no suitable person to support Wang Chengping, this business may still be coveted Woolen cloth.

As for Cui Hong, although he was arranged to go home to be the patriarch, Cui Ze still helped his younger brother find a fifth-rank idle job.Under Cui Hong and Wu's operation, Cui Yabo got a Luoyang Zhenwei Deputy Lieutenant, who is also a casual job, but after all, he is an official, which can quite deter some idlers in the market.

Cui Hong and Cui Yabo are both members of their own family, but they can't do things in vain, so Xiao Nan decided to give the father and son a big gift before leaving Luoyang.

Well, Cui Hong is an elegant scholar, and he looks down on merchants, but he is not bad to Zhou Zhoulang, who is in the business of the Four Treasures of the Study. Why don't you give Cui Hong a part of the shares in those few collections in Beishi.

As for Cui Yabo, Xiao Nan wanted to be a partner with the Wu family even more. If she hadn't stepped in, it would have been the Wu family who cooperated with Wang You'an to develop the new Nanshi city.

Now, the Wu family is going to settle down in Luoyang, Xiao Nan decided to give the Wu family a favor, splitting half of the business of the Niu Ma Fang and the Dog Shop in Luoyang North City to the Wu family, which can be regarded as a small compensation for the loss of the Wu family.

PS: Well, the second watch, continue to climb to the codeword.

(End of this chapter)