Zhan Shi Mansion.

A sound of footsteps came, and everyone in the lobby looked at the door, and then their eyelids jumped, and Lu Daqing's figure appeared at the door.

"Teng!"

Dozens of officials stood up and bowed to Lu Daqing one by one, saying, "Little brother, what are the instructions of Lord Luo?"

Lu Daqing smiled and said, "My marquis asks you all to go to the mansion after the payment is paid today."

"oh oh……"

"The villain said goodbye!"

It was not until Lu Daqing left for a long time that these people reacted and started to talk with a loud bang.

"What did Lord Luo call us to do?"

"Will it be announcing the bookstore's bankruptcy?"

"Then...what should we do?"

"Will we lose all our money?"

"No way? We should return the capital to us, right?"

"Yes, Lord Luo has a great cause!"

"Not necessarily! Lord Luo and Mr. Xu Ge have been fighting for so long. I'm afraid Lord Luo has invested his family's money long ago. Where can I give us money?"

"This is this..."

"No matter what, we'll know when we go."

"well……"

There was a sigh in the lobby, and they were all like eggplants made of frost, wilted.

"Bang!"

A paperweight was thrown to the ground, and Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes and stood Xu Jie opposite him, lowering his head, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Xuan Luoxin." Emperor Jiajing said with his eyes closed.

Soon, a eunuch came to Luo Xin's house. When he heard the eunuch's eunuch's eunuch's eunuch's eunuch, Luo Xin picked up a box on the table and followed the eunuch out of the mansion.

When he entered Yuxi Palace, Luo Xin saw Xu Jie looking at him with a sneer. He quickly looked at Emperor Jiajing. Seeing that Emperor Jiajing was still sitting there with his eyes closed, he knelt on the ground and put the wooden box aside and said:

"My memory, Luo Xin, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

There was no sound on it, and Luo Xin had to kneel there. After a long time, the cold voice of Emperor Jiajing came from it:

"Luo Xin, do you know your guilt?"

"I don't know!"

Emperor Jiajing suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were cold, and he sneered twice: "Juxuan Bookstore is yours, right?"

"yes!"

"You are fighting very well with the major bookstores in the capital!"

"Your Majesty, this is not something I have taken on." Luo Xin's tone was full of grievances.

"The major bookstores in the capital have paid hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and you haven't paid less, right?"

"Hehe..." Luo Xin straightened his waist and smiled twice: "I really didn't lose money for your Majesty, and I still made a little profit."

"Um?"

Emperor Jiajing's cold eyes showed a hint of surprise. Today, Xu Jie attacked Luo Xin and sued Luo Xin. He did not say that Luo Xin had initiated malicious competition. He knew that what happened in the capital was that Emperor Jiajing must have known clearly through the Jinyiwei. Therefore, he just said that the major bookstores in the capital had robbed a large share of the Juxuan Bookstore because of their business, so they jointly wanted to squeeze out Juxian Bookstore. However, Luo Xin had actually fought a price war with the major bookstores in the capital. Now the price has been reduced to 30% off. This price has caused the major bookstores in the capital to pay more than 200,000 taels of silver. I question how much Luo Xin paid? Where did Luo Xin get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?

Only one can do it!

That is, Luo Xin was greedy for the charity of Hangzhou as the prefect of Hangzhou and the commander of the Maritime Site in the southeast.

Zhang Shijie has been demoted to a commoner for his greed. How can a corrupt official like Luo Xin get away with it?

Emperor Jiajing thought about it carefully and agreed with Xu Jie's speculation.

Royal also has printing workshops, knowing the cost.

A 30% discount is definitely a loss. Moreover, booksellers from all prefectures have come to the capital to purchase a large number of books, and the Jinyiwei has reported it to Emperor Jiajing. As long as you calculate it slightly, Luo Xin will pay at least 200,000 taels of books purchased these days. This made Emperor Jiajing furious.

But……

Now he heard Luo Sheng say that he did not lose money, but he still made a small profit. Emperor Jiajing was surprised and sarcastically showed his eyes:

"35% off, do you still have a small profit? Lord Luo is worthy of being the God of Wealth in the Ming Dynasty. Can you tell me how you made money?"

"This!" Luo Xin glanced at Xu Jie, then looked at Emperor Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, this is my secret and my magic weapon to win!"

Emperor Jiajing's expression was cold: "As a result, I can't know?"

"No! Your Majesty will naturally not compete with me for profit. But... some people are different!" At this point, Luo Xin looked at Xu Jie with a slanted look.

Xu Jie's face turned black, and Emperor Jiajing's heart also felt curious at this time, and he said to Xu Jie:

"Xu Qing retreat first!"

"I'm going to leave!"

Xu Jie glared at Luo Xin fiercely and retreated outside the door. Luo Xin said to Emperor Jiajing:

"Your Majesty, Master Xu glares at me!"

Xu Jie's feet shook and almost fell down. Emperor Jiajing glared at Luo Xin with amusement and cry, but the anger in his heart was much less. With his understanding of Luo Xin, if Luo Xin was not sure, he would never be so arrogant. After Xu Jie withdrew, Emperor Jiajing said lightly:

"Tell me!"

Luo Xin stood up with the box in his hand, walked towards Emperor Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, I have invented a treasure. Oh..."

Seeing Huang Jin blocking him and winking at him, Luo Xin stopped and looked at Emperor Jiajing awkwardly and said, "I am negligent."

Then he handed the box to Huang Jin. Huang Jin took the box, opened it first and took a look, then walked to Emperor Jiajing and placed the box on the imperial desk.

Emperor Jiajing's eyes fell into the box, and his eyes lit up. He stretched out his hand to take out a lead type. After looking at it for a while, he frowned slightly and said:

"What does this mean?"

"Your Majesty, now my Ming Dynasty prints woodblocks, and every page of the book is a woodblock. Such a woodblock can only print one page of the book. Moreover, the woodblocks are easy to wear and tear, and if they can't print much, the handwriting will be blurred. If you want to continue printing, you have to continue to carve the paper. This is why the cost of books is very high."

"Not bad!" Emperor Jiajing nodded, then pointed to the lead type and said, "Can you solve the problem?"

"Yes, Your Majesty! That... Can you show it to Your Majesty?"

"Come here!" Emperor Jiajing said lightly.

Luo Xin came to the imperial book case, took out a lead type from the box and said, "Your Majesty, this is called lead type. Its advantage is that it resists wear and tear. It will save a lot of costs at this point."

After saying that, more than a dozen lead characters were taken out of the box and arranged them on the imperial desk:

"Your Majesty, we can make a grid, which is covered with some of the same size as these lead characters. At that time, we will insert these lead characters into the grid according to the order of the handwriting of the book, so that it can be printed. When printing the second page, rearrange it according to the handwriting of the second page."

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Chapter completed!