Chapter 41, Zhao’s Dream
Chapter 41, Zhao’s Dream
I learned from Bi Cheng that maybe these words have been suppressed for too long, and maybe he feels a little painful but helpless about some of his father's actions. Now seeing Zhao Ping, a man who has created one miracle after another, in front of him, I hope he can Solving the problem, he unknowingly opened his heart and confided to Zhao Ping these long-buried thoughts.
Zhao Ping was overjoyed when he heard this. Someone gave him a pillow when he fell asleep during the exam. His son's ideas were not consistent with his father's ideas.
The graduation room feels similar to Wang Qihu's parents' room. It is relatively dark and the ground is made of ordinary dirt. When it is windy or rainy, the wind will blow but the rain will fall. If it rains for a long time, you will inevitably get rheumatism.
At this time, the doctor and Zhao Yun had come in, and the doctor was checking Graduation's pulse.
The graduated wife was also a pale-haired old woman in her fifties. She was watching the doctor nervously, hoping not to get bad news.
Zhao Ping, Lan'er and Miss Xia came to the graduation bed together, and brought a chicken and some tonics.
Seeing Zhao Ping coming in with a gift, Graduation opened the quilt and struggled to get out of bed.
Zhao Ping hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "I heard that Bi Daizhao was in poor health, so I came here to visit. I hope Bi Daizhao will recover soon."
Graduation was lying on the bed, looking at Zhao Ping who came in and said: "Thank you, Mr. Young Master, for sending the doctor to diagnose and treat the villain. I am very grateful. I am sorry that the villain is ill and cannot salute."
Zhao Ping stepped forward to help him cover him with a quilt, then waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about these little things."
Zhao Ping gave Lan'er a look, and Lan'er jumped up to Bi Cheng, raised her head and asked cutely: "Uncle, where are your young men and young ladies? I want to play with them."
While Bicheng looked at this beautiful, well-dressed, lively and generous young lady, he said awkwardly: "This, this..." He didn't say the reason for a long time.
Graduation coughed and looked at the maid in pink clothes. He expected it to be Zhao Ping's personal maid. He pointed to the next door and said, "They are in the room next door. Just go find them."
Lan'er jumped up and down with Miss Xia, who was also jumping up and down, and left, and together they went to beat up friends of the same age.
At this time, the doctor had finished feeling his pulse and said: "You must have been too anxious recently. This is because of your shortness of breath and your heart. I will prescribe a prescription for you to take care of it."
At this time, the graduate was finally freed from the hands of the doctor. With the support of his wife, he sat down and came over. He bowed his hands to Zhao Ping and then said: "I originally replied to the young man today, but he is ill and still can't do it." I hope Xiaolangjun will understand."
Zhao Ping looked at the graduate and his wife, hurriedly returned the courtesy and waved his hand and said: "It's a trivial matter, so why be so polite. One of the reasons why I came here is to let the doctor diagnose Bi to prevent a minor illness from turning into a serious one. Now I can get the exact answer I am reassured by the diagnosis. Secondly, I am here to suggest ways to improve movable type printing."
Graduation's eyes suddenly lit up and he became energetic. He motioned to his wife to support him and leaned his back against the wall. He cupped his hands and asked, "The young man is so ingenious in his craftsmanship, whether it is fairy soap, fairy charcoal, fine wine, or jade liquid." Wine, or the flower fairy who just came out recently, are all unheard of. I hope that the young man can give me some advice."
Zhao Ping shook his head, waved his hand and said: "Advice is out of the question. I have been thinking these past few days that movable type printing is indeed much more convenient than engraving printing in terms of technique. Why are merchants unwilling to accept it?"
Upon hearing this, the graduate father and son rushed over with their eyes wide open and their ears pointed, all the while looking at Zhao Ping.
Zhao Ping continued: "Because your wooden movable type is easy to wear and tear, and typesetting is relatively difficult, some merchants do not use it because of their own considerations. From this perspective, merchants' choices are reasonable."
Hearing this, the graduated father and son couldn't help but lower their heads, with frustration on their faces. Even the graduated wife felt panicked.
Zhao Ping walked a few steps in the room, glanced at the graduating family, and saw that the blow was almost done. Then he changed his mind and said, "But what if we solve this troublesome problem? That doesn't mean movable type printing is powerful. Woolen cloth?"
When Bi Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but beam with joy. Even Bi Cheng and Hun's family also showed happy smiles. However, Bi Cheng thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I have been thinking about this problem for a long time, but I have never found a suitable solution."
After speaking, he raised his head and looked at Zhao Ping with big eyes, expecting Zhao Ping to give a satisfactory answer.
Zhao Ping met his gaze and said: "Wooden movable type is easier to wear because it is wood, but what if we replace it with lead or copper, tin, or iron movable type that is not easy to wear and is hard and easy to type?"
After listening to this, Graduation nodded and said, "This does make sense, but the cost is too high. Now the imperial court does not use enough copper to mint coins. How can there be excess copper to make movable type?"
Zhao Ping nodded and said: "It is true that copper is relatively rare at the moment. This can only be thought of in the future. But what about tin, iron, and lead?"
Zhao Ping was still hesitating when he saw the graduation. He waved his right hand vigorously and said, "I am not the kind of short-sighted businessman. Chasing profits is not my purpose. This is my purpose."
After saying that, Zhao Ping waved his hand, and Zhao Yun took out three books from the book box outside, namely "Disciple Regulations", "Zengguang Xianguang" and the scrolls "Reading for the Rise of the Song Dynasty", "Expelling the Hulu and Returning China to Me" ", "The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading are in my ears; I care about everything about my family, state, and world affairs."
Zhao Ping reached out to take it and handed all these books and scrolls to the graduates!
Then, after Zhao Ping glanced at everyone, he said affectionately word for word: "I have a dream. This land is not the barbarians who burned, killed, looted, and got nothing for nothing, but the civilized Han people who work hard and work hard. Men farm and women weave. I also have a dream." I have a dream that those who offend me in the Song Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are, instead of bowing down to the barbarians and letting the barbarians shit and piss on my own heads. I also have a dream that everyone will be well fed, clothed, and live in peace and contentment. I There is also a dream that all boys and girls can afford to go to school. Bi Daizhao, can you help me realize my dream?"
After hearing this, Graduation burst into tears and suddenly became energetic!
He solemnly arched his hands towards Zhao Ping and said: "Little Langjun, I have had these dreams since I was a child. If I can see half of this dream come true in this life, even if only one dream comes true, I will feel that I have no regrets in life. Little man." People once relied on this dream on movable type printing and spent all their energy on movable type printing. This is movable type carved by villains. Now it is used to show its ugliness, and it has no choice but to make people laugh."
After saying that, he opened a large wooden box next to the bed, took out some movable type and handed it to Zhao Ping.
Zhao Ping took over these wooden movable types and saw that the movable type blocks were as neat as machine-cut and as neat as Song and Song ax printing. It can be said that the graduate's skills have reached the level of perfection!
He watched carefully and touched it gently and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is really a rose treasure from the Song Dynasty. Bi Daizhao has reached the level of a master of calligraphy and perfectly integrated calligraphy and sculpture. "
After speaking, he handed these wooden movable types to Zhao Yun.
While Zhao Yun took it solemnly, he couldn't help but marvel at this incredible craftsmanship, and his eyes even glowed with a desire to take it for himself.
Seeing the exclamation of Zhao Ping and Zhao Yun, the old face full of vicissitudes of life after graduation couldn't help but reveal a smile, but it was quickly covered by a helplessness. He grabbed a handful of wooden movable type and threw it on the ground!
This makes Zhao Jie’s master and servant extremely sad!
But after graduation, he said without feeling at all: "I didn't expect that the villain who spent half his life on his skills was worthless in front of the merchants. The villain initially thought that this was an excuse from the merchants, until after I visited thirty merchants, one After the merchant just declined the villain, he offered a large sum of money to collect the villain's wooden movable type. At this time, the villain understood that it was not that the appearance of the wooden movable type was not good, but that all merchants did not dare to take this risk. At this time, the villain finally I gave up completely and vowed never to carve movable type again.”
While gently stroking these wooden movable types, Zhao Ping looked at the graduates and said with a smile: "It's not too late, Bi Daizhao might as well take a look at these books and scrolls."
Graduation carefully looked at the names of these books and scrolls, and couldn't help being surprised, and said: "Xiao Langjun, I dare to ask if these books are also written by Xiao Langjun."
Zhao Ping thought for a while and realized that these two books were just a way to ask questions, and said: "This book is my immature idea, and I still need to wait for the guidance of an expert."
Graduation suddenly sat up on the bed and then knelt down. First he kowtowed to the sky. Tears flowed from his old eyes and he murmured: "Oh my God, you finally opened your eyes. I will have no regrets in this life."
After saying that, he solemnly bowed his hand to Zhao Ping and said, "I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the poor people in the world."
Zhao Ping still waved his hand and said: "These are some small things, don't worry about it. Now I need to print these out so that everyone in the world's poor children can have a copy. As for the cost, it is all free. But there is a process to consider these, Then let’s start in Zhaojiazhuang.”
After graduation, I looked at the low-rise and gloomy rental house where I currently live, and couldn't help but cautiously asked: "Xiao Langjun, there is a rumor circulating in Zhaojiazhuang that all dilapidated houses of tenants and refugees must be renovated. I don't know how likely this is. Believable?"
Zhao Ping glanced at Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun nodded, then looked at the graduated thatched cottage and said: "I asked people to let this news out. I have a plan to renovate all the dilapidated houses of tenants and refugees in Zhaojiazhuang, so I tried to let them out. Looking at everyone’s reaction, I didn’t expect that everyone wants to renovate dilapidated houses. In fact, this is the first step of my dream.”
After graduation, he bowed his hand and said, "Thank you, young man. It's just that I have a meager financial background, how can I afford to live in Guangsha?"
Zhao Ping smiled slightly, walked a few steps slowly, and then returned the courtesy and said: "Du Gongbu's poem said, if you have tens of thousands of mansions, all the poor people in the world will be happy. From this year on, everyone who works in Zhaojiazhuang will be able to get With this offer, as long as you pay a small down payment, you can live in it directly, and then an appropriate proportion will be deducted from your salary every month until it is completely deducted.”
Graduation nodded, and then looked at the shabby clothes of his family. After thinking for a while, he cupped his hands again and said, "Is this any good money?"
