In Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin was reading the memorial after Li Shen came in. Li Shen didn't bother himself and found a place to sit down. After a quarter of an hour, Li Shimin said without raising his head: "I heard that you eat a human heart every day. How does it taste?"
"Aye, don't be ridiculous. I've been having nightmares for a few days." Li Shen said aggrievedly.
"Haha, there are things that your Highness, Prince Ji, is afraid of." Li Shimin raised his head and laughed. Li Shimin knew everything about Li Shen's house. Out of curiosity about this son, he planted an informant. In fact, Li Shen himself knew about it, but he didn't have anything shameful to do.
Including this time buying a corpse for Sun Simiao to do academic work. Li Shimin also knew it clearly, but he didn't know what the use was.
“But what you do so blatantly will have an impact on your reputation, and it will also hit the reputation of the royal family.
Now the outside aristocratic family has almost spread the whole incident throughout the Tang Dynasty, and they really don't miss any opportunity to deal with you. "Li Shimin continued to say to Li Shen
Li Shen didn't take it seriously. People are always curious about unknown things. When they know about it in the future, they will naturally not pay so much attention.
"Aye, why don't you find something to change the subject."
"Change the subject? I don't know what topic you are going to find to change the subject." Li Shimin asked after hearing this
"Newspapers are going to start making money." Li Shen replied
"Making money? Are you talking about newspaper prices increasing?" What kind of topic is this?
"Of course not, and not only newspapers, I plan to print and sell all the books that can be used for the imperial examination from the Chongwen Library. The price is cheaper than what is on the market.
They now cost several thousand dollars for a volume of books. The whole book costs more than ten or twenty strings. I want the whole book to be sold for just a few bucks.
Those with few words are even more expensive. Then I'll see if they still have time to promote the idea of eating people's hearts for me. Li Shen said angrily
"Can you really do it?" Li Shimin immediately became excited.
"It should be about the same. I'll go back and do some research. After a while, Aye will approve the note, and I'll go to the Chongwen Library and take away all the books." Li Shen replied
"Okay, I've done this well, and I'll give you a big reward." Li Shimin was so happy that he immediately started writing a note.
Li Shen didn't waste any time and went to Chongwen Hall with the note. He was not very clear about what books he would use for the imperial examination, so when he got there he asked the person in charge to help him choose.
There are dozens of kinds of Nine Classics, Dharma and arithmetic. Li Shen was stunned when he saw it. This person who could pass the exam was really a genius. Li Shen took the book and went straight to the printing factory.
After printing, I called the person in charge to come over and start researching. Finally, the person in charge said, "My lord, in fact, the most popular ones are these "Yi", "Books", "Poems", "Li", "Spring and Autumn", "Ji Xian Shen Xun" and "The Analects of Confucius" ”, “Laozi”, “The Classic of Filial Piety”, and everything else can be made into one book without dividing it into volumes. Our fonts are smaller than theirs.
As for what we just mentioned, we can also make it into two volumes. The book may be a little thicker, but there should be no problem. Now that the workers are skilled and efficient, the cost is not very high, and the cost of paper has also come down. "
"Well, let's get started. Print 10,000 copies of each item, and let the workers work overtime. They will be paid double wages for overtime work. I want to print all the books within a month. I will print the extra ones first for my urgent use." Li Shen asked
"As commanded."
After Li Shen finished explaining, he went to see the paper production. Today's paper mills have expanded a lot, and production efficiency is also increasing.
However, if it is not enough to supply the scholars of the entire Tang Dynasty, fortunately there are not many scholars now. If there are more scholars in the future, Li Shen will increase investment in factories.
Li Shen went around the military camp and college again. These self-funded students now have tanned skin, and they are no longer as oily and powdery as they were when they came here. The basic movements were fine at the beginning, but standing in a military posture tortured these dudes to death.
How have they ever suffered such a crime? Standing motionless for two quarters of an hour, sometimes half an hour, isn't this fatal?
Even the Habayashi Guards are a bit overwhelmed. In addition, there are queues to sort out housekeeping. They also have to recite military regulations, and these dandies are in a state of ecstasy every day.
Li Shen walked around the college and then went to Sun Simiao's courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Sun Simiao coming out.
"Haha. Your Majesty, our research has made new progress. We already know the exact location of the cecum you mentioned, and we also have a certain understanding of the appendicitis you mentioned."
"Oh. Do you still know about appendicitis?" Li Shen asked in surprise.
"One of the corpses that was delivered a few days ago had an ulcerated appendix. The symptoms are similar to the appendicitis you mentioned, so we judged it to be appendicitis.
Moreover, we have learned through anatomy that skin and flesh are divided into four layers, and we have compiled records on how to remove the appendix. However, I don’t know how to solve the problem of slow healing of large wounds. " Sun Simiao said
"This is very simple, just sew it up." Li Shen replied lightly.
"Sew it up?" Sun Simiao was extremely surprised.
"Yes, it's just like Nvhong. It's sewn with a special needle, but the thread needs to be specially made. I'll go back and study this." Li Shen was talking about catgut. The fiber on the intestinal mucosa can be steamed and sterilized. Made into catgut, it can be absorbed.
Li Shen looked at their records and pictures again, and after explaining his limited surgical knowledge to Sun Simiao, he returned home and started making catgut.
The sheep in the feedlot suffered a disaster this day, and they made the final experiment of defatting, cooking and disinfection. Li Shen almost never stopped, and the subjects of the experiment were the pig gentlemen in the breeding farm.
But Li Shen was lucky, probably because pigs healed quickly, and the operation was successful in about ten days. In the next few days, Li Shen asked Sun Simiao and Li Xiuwei to perform surgery on dead bodies to simulate living people.
Problems were found and solved, and a lot of medical equipment was added during the operation.
The experiment continued, and the books Li Shen requested to be printed were completed. Ten thousand copies of each kind, and the rest are also being printed, but they are not as important as this one. Li Shen wants to use this to create a new topic.
Today, as usual, many officials and scholars have bought newspapers. They have become accustomed to this way of entertainment. There are many bizarre things above, and a reasonable explanation will be given in the end.
Yushitai Zhao Kui also took a newspaper today and was drinking tea and reading the newspaper in the class room. But I was quickly attracted by the headlines on the second page.
The title is "Shocking: King Ji's obsession with evil is actually true." The content is written as a journalist (a term popularized by Li Shen).
The article begins with: Because people say that King Ji is possessed by a demon and eats human hearts and drinks human blood every day. In order to find out the truth of the matter, I started investigating at the risk of being eaten. After several days of observation, I found that King Ji seemed to be possessed by a demon. So why did he say that?
The reason is that yesterday His Highness Prince Ji came to the newspaper office and asked us to print a piece of news. Starting tomorrow, Datang Bookstore, a subsidiary of Datang Paper, will sell books used in the imperial examinations for Ming Jing Ke, Shi Ce Ke, and Jin Shi Ke at low prices. A total of nine types of books for each. There are currently only 10,000 copies of this species.
Originally priced at 20 or 30 guan each, starting from tomorrow they will only be sold for 10 guan. You read that right. They will only be sold for 10 guan each. First come, first served until sold out...
The whole article didn't write anything related to King Ji's obsession with the devil. It was just a headline.
However, Zhao Kui hurried inside after reading it. Arriving at Cui Renzhi’s class room, “Mr. Cui, read today’s newspaper.”
Cui Renzhi took the newspaper from Zhao Kui's hand and read it. His hands began to tremble at the end. "It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense." Cui Renzhi threw down the newspaper and went to find Wang Wei.
Wang Weiqi is also reading this article. Seeing Cui Renzhi come in, he said, "Did Mr. Cui come here to sell books?"
"That's right, Prince, you have also seen it. This Prince Ji wants to destroy my family." Cui Renzhi said excitedly.
"Mr. Cui, be careful. We'll discuss this later tonight."
