Chapter 1524

"Movable type typesetting will only take half a quarter of an hour!"

After a while.

When they saw that movable type printing had won completely, and the dozen or so printed copies were distributed, no one in the crowd had any more doubts; instead, a sky-high wave of sound swept out.

A scholar from a humble family grabbed a scrap page scattered by Gao Yang, looked at the characters printed by movable type, and could not help but burst into tears.

"If this thing had existed back then, my mother wouldn't have had to sell the house to buy books!"

"Pei family, you bastards!"

A great Confucian with graying hair, over sixty years old, trembled and looked up at the sky, saying, "From now on, sage books will truly be as Prime Minister Gao said, like rice, salt, oil, and tea, obtainable by everyone! A copy of 'The Analects' will cost no more than five hundred wen!"

The great Confucian shed tears of frustration and lamented, "That Pei family bookstore, they dare to sell it for ten taels of silver, twenty taels of silver!!!"

For a time.

The vast Zhu Que Street was filled with inexplicable excitement.

And following this came countless mocking voices, all surging toward the direction where Pei Cheng was.

Pei Cheng's face was ashen; he could no longer hold it together.

"Go!"

He hurriedly took his men, and under the protection of his guards, fled like a rat.

Even after getting into the carriage, Pei Cheng still felt that the mocking gazes of the Changancheng scholars were still following him like a shadow!

Bang!

Pei Cheng slammed his hand against the carriage, making a huge sound.

"Damn Living Yama!"

"Damn movable type printing!"

With the emergence of this movable type printing, the Pei family's sage books were gone too.

In just a few days, the Pei family had lost two of their three moats!

Just thinking about it made Pei Cheng's heart bleed.

Pain!

It was too painful!

"Petty tricks! They will never make it to the big stage in the end. Even if you have movable type printing, without the interpretation and annotation of the classics, the common people will never be able to glimpse the Dao of the sages!"

Pei Cheng comforted himself, then spoke.

But as soon as these words were out.

Pei Ji spoke up from the side, "Father, you must not say that again!"

"If this is gone, our Pei family will truly be finished!"

Pei Cheng: "..."

"..."

On the second floor.

Wu Zhao had witnessed the whole process, and she could not hide the smile on her face; with the emergence of movable type printing, today's battle had come to an end.

Wu Zhao left the teahouse, got into her carriage, and headed straight for the Imperial Palace.

Upon arriving at the Imperial Study, Wu Zhao said to Shangguan Wan'er, "Order Lord Gao to come and see me."

"Yes!"

Soon.

Shangguan Wan'er returned.

Wu Zhao looked surprised, "Where is he?"

"Prime Minister Gao says he will be here immediately."

Wu Zhao frowned, "What is Prime Minister Gao busy with? Calculating the time, it should be over."

Shangguan Wan'er looked strange and coughed twice, "Lord Gao is currently showing off before the public, and having heard from some excited scholars through his 'wind-following ears' that they want to go to the Royal No. 1 Club to support it, he is currently speaking righteously, persuading the Changancheng scholars to consume rationally..."

Wu Zhao: "..."

"This Prime Minister Gao, he really is a master of doing business."

"In these past few days, the Royal No. 1 Club has been packed again, right?"

Wu Zhao thought for a moment and said.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded and said, "Looking at the situation, it seems no less popular than when it opened."

"These past two days, many people have been shouting that they have nothing to do today, so they should order 'No Coriander'," Shangguan Wan'er said, specifically explaining, "This 'No Coriander' is a female technician at the Royal No. 1 Club."

Wu Zhao's mouth twitched.

But the Royal No. 1 Club also had her shares, so Wu Zhao could not help but reveal a hint of joy.

Although she was the Emperor of Da Qian, she was constrained by many in the court, and every bit of money in the national treasury could not be used casually; the inner treasury was the money an emperor could truly control freely.

But generally speaking, the inner treasury didn't have much money, which was the sorrow of an emperor.

But she was different; ever since she had Gao Yang, her inner treasury was truly wealthy and full of confidence!

Not long after.

Gao Yang pushed open the door to the Imperial Study and walked in.

"Your subject Gao Yang pays respects to Your Majesty!"

Wu Zhao raised her eyes, walked down from behind the dragon desk, and said with amusement, "Did it take so long just to trick the Changancheng scholars into spending money at the Royal No. 1 Club?"

Gao Yang first looked at Shangguan Wan'er, then smiled, "Besides that, your subject also arranged a few other things, so it was delayed a bit; I ask for Your Majesty's forgiveness."

"What did Prime Minister Gao do?" Wu Zhao looked curious.

Gao Yang looked coy, "It's nothing much, just that regarding today's events, your subject never expected that such a simple little trick could cause such a huge sensation."

"This is enough to show that the common people and scholars of the world have a very inadequate understanding of the subject of chemistry, and believe too much in feudal superstition; your subject... is very heartbroken!"

Wu Zhao had heard of the subject of chemistry from Gao Yang, so she was not surprised.

"Cut the long story short, get to the point."

"What did you do?"

Wu Zhao glanced at Gao Yang; she always felt that the commotion Gao Yang caused was not small.

Gao Yang said very straightforwardly, "Your subject ordered people to rush to the Zhao Kingdom, as well as the five kingdoms of the world, to perform blood-curse tricks to help them popularize some chemistry knowledge."

Wu Zhao: "..."

Shangguan Wan'er: "..."

"To accumulate wealth?"

"Or to spread rumors?"

Wu Zhao asked tentatively.

Gao Yang immediately said with a straight face, "Your Majesty, your words are too harsh; knowledge is priceless, your subject is just making some money along the way." **CHAPTER 1526**