Datang: You Can't Imagine the Happiness of the Prince

"Then why is Your Majesty still so surprised? My concubine thinks that the Guanyin Buddha statue, the white jade Buddha, and the Lingshan Buddha statue are all rare treasures that are rare for thousands of years. Such treasures can be encountered but not sought after."

"Guanyin maid, this kind of treasure is of course impossible to find.

If I got such a treasure in a prosperous age, then I would be very happy, because this is God's blessing.

But the current Tang Dynasty is far from reaching its prosperous age."

Li Shimin said eloquently: "Let's not talk about remote places, even people in Guanzhong are starving, not to mention that the north is still there: they are harassed by the Huns.

What the Tang Dynasty needs now is not a peerless treasure, but a talented person like Kuan'er."

"Your Majesty, what did this Kuan'er do today to make His Majesty have such a comment?"

"Guanyin maid, which one of these treasures Kuan'er gave is the most precious?"

"Chen and concubine feel that the Avalokitesvara statue is truly unparalleled. The whole body is gilded, and there are various colored glazes on it. It is simply... a treasure among treasures."

Li Shimin smiled after hearing this: "Guanyin maid, I don't think so, I think the most precious thing is those two hundred Buddhist scriptures."

"Why does Your Majesty think so much about the preciousness of those two hundred Buddhist scriptures? Although there are a lot of two hundred books, there are those in the Palace of Buddhist scriptures. Is it because Kuan'er copied them by himself?"

"No or no, Guanyin maid, don't you know? Kuan'er only started preparing these gifts three days ago. Even if he called all the copyists in Chang'an City to his home, he would not be able to copy two hundred copies. Buddhist scriptures.

And not to mention that the two hundred Buddhist scriptures are exactly the same, so they were not copied by hand at all, but were rubbed by Kuan’er using a special method.”

Your Majesty, is it possible that Kuan'er engraved the stone tablet of the Diamond Sutra? "I received a tip from the Hundred Knights two days ago, saying that Kuan'er had taken a lot of golden nanmu from the Shaofu Supervisor.

I thought Kuan'er was going to repair the house, so I didn't care.

Only today did I find Kuan'er's... engravings in the Shaofu Supervisor."

Li Shimin sighed leisurely at this time: "It turns out that Kuan'er carved the Diamond Sutra on the wooden board, then brushed it with ink, and printed the Diamond Sutra one by one."

After hearing this, Empress Changsun said with joy on her face: "This Kuan'er is indeed a fantastic idea. It is indeed difficult to carve it on a stone tablet, but it is a lot easier to carve it on wood..."

"Guanyin maid, you don't understand, as early as hundreds of years ago, someone wanted to carve on wood, and then put the article on it.

But it is also very difficult to carve on wood, and some woods, you can suck the ink on the wood into the grain of the wood, and the printed handwriting is incoherent, and it is not blurred at all."

Li Shimin is also a literate person, and some things are clear.

"Guanyin maid, at that time, many people tried to grow wood, but they couldn't print books.

And Kuan'er only took a few days to print such an exquisite Buddhist scripture, which is why I am surprised."

At this time, the Empress Changsun finally had a flash of inspiration and understood.

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At this time, Empress Changsun was also overjoyed, and her son was indeed talented.

"Your Majesty, according to what you said, like those... if the books of Confucius and Mencius were also printed in this way, wouldn't it not take many days to print countless copies?"

"That's right, in less than half a year, I will be able to send these Confucian and Mencius Taos, classics and historical books, to the entire Tang Dynasty.

At that time, those teenagers who want to study will spend hundreds of copper coins to buy the books themselves, so that they can read and write, and then serve the country."

"Currently, there are very few literate people in the entire Tang Dynasty, even in Chang'an City, not a single person in a hundred people is literate.

If there are enough books, there will be more literate people, and I have countless talents available in Tang Dynasty."

The more Li Shimin spoke, the more excited he became: "In this way, I, the Great Tang Dynasty, is Huanghuang Tianwei, let alone the Turks. Who would dare to compete with me in the Great Tang Dynasty in this world?"

Li Shimin was very excited, and Empress Zhangsun also urged him again and again.

"Your Majesty, quickly ask Kuan'er to present his printing skills."

Then Li Shimin smiled after hearing this: "The things that Kuan'er printed books are in the Shaofu Supervisor, I just need to send someone to deliver them.

It's just that what I feel most deeply is that Kuan'er gave him [-] sets of Buddhist scriptures in front of the Cui family today, which is killing people."

"Your Majesty, why did Kuan'er send two hundred Buddhist scriptures in public? I heard that it was the Cui family who read and believed in Buddhism. Kuan'er did what he liked."

"Noye, Noye, Kuan'er sent two hundred Buddhist scriptures, in fact, to tell the Cui family that now there is a new method of printing books, the family does not have to monopolize those books... Peerless books, the family will in the future. The status of the Cui family will gradually decline, and this is Kuan'er's disapproval for the Cui family."

Li Shimin's eyes gleamed: "When we were proposing this time, the King of Jiangxia and the King of Hejian both reported to me that the Cui family was not enthusiastic, but treated him with ordinary etiquette.

It is estimated that Kuan'er felt a little resentful after hearing it, so he directly took the salary from the bottom of the pot."

When the Empress Changsun heard this, her face immediately changed.

get worried.

"Your Majesty, in this way, will the Cui family take action against Kuan'er?"

"Guanyin maid, don't worry, the old thief of the Cui family will not be so stupid.

Kuan'er is my favorite minister, I know everything about Kuan'er, and now even if he gets rid of Kuan'er, he can't stop this from happening.

So the old thief of the Cui family will definitely not dare to act rashly, and he will respect Kuan'er even more in the future."

"Your Majesty, so that Kuan'er won't suffer any loss after getting married."

"Yes, in this way, Kuan'er has achieved Liwei's purpose.

In the future, even if Kuan Er arrived in Hebei, the Cui family would not dare to act rashly, and could only deal with it carefully.

Kuan'er's throwing stones to ask for directions is really amazing, I really didn't expect him to have such a scheming at such a young age."

Seeing Li Shimin praise again and again, Empress Changsun is also very happy, and her son is so proud, every mother will be happy.

"If you put yourself in the shoes, you can even come up with such a good method.

Kuan’er really has the means and wisdom, I’m not as good as me!”

After listening, the eldest grandson smiled and said, "Even if Kuan'er is powerful, isn't he still His Majesty's son?"

Li Shimin was very impressed after hearing this: "Yes, no matter how powerful that kid is, I am still his father.

It seems that my previous worries are unnecessary, let Kuan Er go to Hebei as soon as he gets married, I can't wait to see what the faces of those aristocratic families will look like."

At this time, Wan Kuan was drinking grape wine leisurely in his mansion. The cool night wind was blowing on his body, and there was an indescribable comfort.

The chilled grape stuffing is simply...a perfect match for summer, and with a little side dish and some dried fruit, Wan Kuan wants to shout in comfort now.

The pork head meat braised in this kitchen is really delicious, but it's a pity that now I can only drink grapes, but not beer.

Wan Kuan felt that he should have made the beer earlier, so as to relieve his mouth addiction.

At this time, Wan Kuan didn't even know that Li Shimin and Cui Wanping thought of themselves as masters of the world. In fact, Wan Kuan didn't think so much at all.

What Wan Kuan thought at first was... to restrain the Cui family, he must send something that suits his needs, and there is something unique in the world.

That Buddhist scripture is really rare.

Wan Kuan can send two hundred copies at once, and he will surely be able to calm him down.

Therefore.

Wan Kuan just arrived at the Shaofu Supervisor, got some golden silk nanmu, and wanted to engraving and printing.

In fact, when Wan Kuan first began to carve wood, he also thought of things simple.

Although the golden nanmu is hard in texture, it sometimes absorbs ink.

The ink is brushed on, and after a while, it will seep into the wood.

Golden nanmu is already the most solid wood, and this will happen again, if it is other ordinary wood.

The ink has been brushed, but it has not yet been printed, and it has already seeped into the cracks of the wood.

Fortunately, Wan Kuan was clever and directly brushed a layer of tung oil, and after air-drying, the outside seemed to be covered with a layer of raincoat.

With the ink brush, you can print three sheets in a row without running out.

And Wan Kuan is still there: a water tank is engraved between the lines of the engraving plate, and after brushing the ink, the ink will stay in the water tank.

After printing the first one, the ink in the...sink will slowly leave behind to print the second one.

In this way, it is equivalent to a reservoir, so at least three sheets of [-]-wide engraving can be printed.

In fact, Wan Kuan never thought that his two hundred Buddhist scriptures would surprise Cui Wanping and Li Shimin so much.

He felt that his Guanyin statue should be the most amazing, after all, it was inlaid with countless pieces of glass.

Although in later generations, Liuli is worthless at all, and there are as many as you want, but now, Liuli is a treasure contained in the world.

Crystal clear, different colors, look refreshing and pleasant.

In fact, Wankuan firing glass is also very simple, a pile of sand, plus some metal powder.

Iron is added...green glass, nickel is added...blue glass, cobalt is added...red glass.

Wan Kuan used the metal ore used as a prisoner to color the colored glaze, and burned out the colorful colored glaze, which was inlaid on the Guanyin statue, and immediately amazed everyone.

At this time, Wan Kuan finally put down a stone in his heart, and the betrothal gift was over.

In fact, last night, Wan Kuan had already delivered the fine porcelain he made and the glazed Buddha statue to the Wu family to Wu Shun'er.

In fact, Wu Shun'er's mother is also a devout Buddhist believer, so the Wu family should like these things very much.

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In fact, Wan Kuan was right, that Wu Shun'er and Wu Mei'er couldn't close their eyes when they looked at what Wan Kuan gave.

"Sister, this brother-in-law...is infatuated with you.

I gave you a betrothal gift last night, and then I gave the betrothal gift to the Cui family today, which can be considered as a show of affection."

"Wan Lang has always been like this, and Wan Lang said that the dowry gift he gave to our family is better than the one he gave to the Cui family. They are carefully selected, and the rest will be given to the Cui family."

After hearing that, Wu Meier pouted: "Anyway... I heard today that my brother-in-law gave the Cui family a golden statue of Guanyin, which is full of colored glaze, and there is also a white jade Buddha statue, and a statue of two people hugging each other. Lingshan Arhat Statue.”

"The ones he gave you are not that big, this Guanyin statue is only half the height of a person.

I heard that the one given to the Cui family is as tall as one person."

"Silly sister, look at how much... Liuli is inlaid on our Guanyin Lane.