Two days later, Han Shan arrived in Chang'an with a large group of troops.

After the money entered the palace, the officials left by King Han's palace and some of the servants who served King Han also entered the city. However, except Chen Mu and the blacksmith Shi Sheng, the other craftsmen stayed outside the city and moved into Han Lucheng's already well-organized farm.

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Just after returning from Liangyi Palace the next day, Li Yuanjia called Han Shan over.

"Why, you haven't rested yet?"

Seeing the tired look on Han Shan's face, Li Yuanjia raised his eyebrows and couldn't help laughing: "How about letting Han Lucheng be your housekeeper for another two months? Haha, I think he is doing a pretty good job.

, some places are even better than you."

"Gudong!"

Swallowing hard, Han Shan was stunned and didn't know how to answer the king's question.

People praised their son for his ability, so he should be happy as a father, but what Li Yuanjia said was to ask Han Lucheng to take over his class and become the chief steward of Prince Han's Mansion...

How is he going to answer this?

But no matter how difficult it is to pick up Han Shan, he must pick him up. He twitched his lips twice and said quickly: "Your Majesty, you think too highly of him! Lu Cheng is still a little green now. Let me teach him for a few more years..."

"Haha, okay, okay."

Seeing Han Shan's appearance, Li Yuanjia waved his hands and said with a smile: "I was just joking. You are still the chief steward of Prince Han's Mansion, and there will be no replacement... Haha."

"hehe."

Han Shan laughed twice cautiously, and Han Shan secretly broke into a cold sweat for himself!

In fact, he knew very well that since arriving in Luzhou, his king actually preferred to use young people, such as Wang Pu from the papermaking workshop, and Li Zhong and others who spent a lot of time and money to train them.

Compared to him, that boy of his own is obviously more popular with the king.

And Han Shan also knew the reason, because he had repeatedly questioned the king’s decision!

Of course, questioning is definitely an exaggeration. After all, Han Shan is just a butler and does not have the qualifications. But as an old man next to the king and a butler arranged by the Crown Princess herself for Li Yuanjia, Han Shan sometimes does have the qualifications.

So many words...

But just those few words often caused Han Shan to get displeased looks from the king.

A few years ago, I didn’t feel much about it, but since following Li Yuanjia to Luzhou, Han Shan can clearly feel the changes in the king. He is getting older, more majestic, and very independent. As long as he makes up his mind, he can

He will never change. At a young age, he has already established unquestionable authority in the entire palace.

Some people adapt to this change quickly, while others seem slow.

Especially recently, Han Shan has a feeling more and more that every time the king decides to do something, before he can figure out why he should do it or how to do it, Wang Pu and others have already started to take action!

Even his son Han Lucheng seems to be no less impressive in this regard!

So even Han Shan himself sometimes wonders, is it because he is old? His mind is so confused that he can't even understand what the king said, and he can't understand it? After doubting, what arises in Han Shan's heart is

There is a deep fear that he is only in his forties this year, and is far from the time when he can no longer work. He does not want to be kicked by the king and sent to the farm to retire!

You know, there is no imperial concubine standing behind Han Shan now.

Seeing the tension and uneasiness in Han Shan's eyes, Li Yuanjia smiled slightly.

He is actually quite satisfied with this housekeeper. After all, apart from always making him a little unhappy, Han Shan's loyalty is impeccable, and this is what Li Yuanjia values ​​most. And on the other hand,

As he will be living in Chang'an from now on, he really needs someone with rich experience who can remind him from time to time. For the time being, no one can replace Han Shan's role.

But it's fun to scare this guy once in a while.

After making a little joke, Li Yuanjia smiled and asked: "By the way, Old Han, I asked you to bring Shi Sheng into the house. Where is he now? How are the things I asked them to make?"

The little blacksmith who made the iron pot back then is now the head of the eleven blacksmiths in Prince Han's Mansion.

He is not too old, but he is very smart. The most important thing is that he is willing to learn literacy and numeracy from Li Zhong and others. He is the fastest progressing among all the rough guys! According to Li Zhong, Shi Sheng can now recognize a person.

One hundred big words, and can use numbers to calculate addition and subtraction within one hundred...

When he first heard this report, Li Yuanjia was basically completely disappointed with this generation of ironmen.

Fortunately, these rough guys seem to have a lot of straw in their heads, but they are not ambiguous at all when they work. So before leaving, Li Yuanjia sent them a disciple who had been "trained" by Wang Pu.

I'm not afraid that their efficiency is always as low as before. After having a "scientific research director", they can make some progress, right?

Sure enough, after listening to his question, Han Shan suddenly brightened up and said: "Returning to your Majesty, the blacksmiths just tried out a... well, an alloy last month.

The things printed with ink are much clearer and better than before!”

Every time he said new names like alloy and movable type, Han Shan felt awkward all over.

"Oh really?"

After hearing Han Shan's words, Li Yuanjia's eyes suddenly lit up, and Li Yuanjia quickly asked: "How is the effect? ​​Can you use it in kind?"

"This... Your Majesty, please wait a moment!"

After obtaining Li Yuanjia's consent, Han Shan immediately rushed out at a trot. After a while, he ran back panting with a stack of white paper: "Please see, Your Majesty, this is the best they have ever done!"

"Well……"

After looking at what Han Shan brought, Li Yuanjia's excitement and anticipation instantly dropped a lot, and a look of disappointment flashed across his eyes.

Indeed, much better than before!

In the past, metal movable type could not store ink at all. As long as the paper was stuck up, there would often be lumps of ink. Later, as Shi Sheng and others improved the formula of the alloy again and again, and the ink makers also improved the formula time and time again.

The improvement of the ink formula always makes visible progress every one or two months, and this time the progress is even more obvious. The spread of ink has been greatly improved compared to the finished product Li Yuanjia saw last time!

But even if there is progress, it still does not meet Li Yuanjia's expectations.

Most of the words on the white paper were clear, but one-tenth of the words were blurred and the edges were not clear. So after flipping through the pile of white paper, Li Yuanjia frowned and whispered: "

It’s not perfect yet, but... it should be enough to show it to the emperor, right?”

"Emperor...Emperor?"

Hearing Li Yuanjia's whisper, Han Shan was immediately startled.

Looking up at Han Shan, Li Yuanjia nodded and said, "Yes, I plan to show it to the emperor. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid now is not the time, right?"

After hesitating for a while, Han Shan finally couldn't help but whispered: "Even if I just arrived in Chang'an yesterday, I have heard that in order to pray for the queen, His Majesty ordered the renovation of Buddhist temples all over the world! Why do you bother at this time?
Chapter completed!