Cui Zhiti probably won't hesitate if he exchanged ten thousand coins for woodblock printing. As long as Li Xiaocheng wanted to exchange, he would be willing. After all, he knew the power of this printing technology in his heart.

But if Li Xiaofei asked the Cui family to take care of Erniang again, Cui Zhiti would inevitably hesitate.

Erniang is his legitimate daughter. She has been beautiful since she was a child, and now she is very beautiful. Although she dares not say that she is so charming, she is also as beautiful as a silence of the moon and flowers. She is especially proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, can sing, dance, and poetry, and even proficient in arithmetic and knows how to check accounts.

Cui Zhiti has always been a treasure for such a daughter, and she is planning to marry a heir to a seven-family family in the future and become the wife of the aristocratic family.

"Then Li Xiao must be fooling us." Cui Zhiti said hatefully.

But Wang felt that this was not that simple. "Maybe Li Xiao was concerned about the title of our Cui family, or maybe he knew that he could not protect his printing technology, so he wanted to sell it at a high price. Ten thousand guan is not a decimal money, but even more so for the Li family. If we can marry our second wife again, we will be able to join us in the Cui family in the future."

"But Li Xiao has already married and is pregnant and is about to give birth. How could I, Cui Zhiti, be a concubine for Li Xiao?"

If he had proposed that he had given Li Xiao a concubine before, it would be good if Li Xiao was willing to do so. Even if he had added 18,000 guan of money to compensate, he would have agreed to Li Xiao for printing.

But it is impossible to ask the legitimate daughter to be a concubine for Li Xiao.

Mrs. Wang sighed repeatedly.

The woodblock printing technique is so powerful. If the Cui family gets it, with the Cui family's ability, they will be able to keep the printing technique safe. At that time, 10,000 yuan will be earned soon. The most important thing is not money, but this is something extremely important to all scholars in the world.

When Wang thought that from then on, all the books in the world came from Cui, his face turned red with excitement.

"Husband, this woodblock printing must be won, and it will be soon. If it is too late, I'm afraid it will be attacked by others." Wang said gritting his teeth.

"But Li Xiao is a fool!" Cui Zhiti didn't know how powerful he is, but people like Li Xiao are too good at dealing with each other and always don't follow the routine.

"It's better to agree to Li Xiao's request first. Let's find a way to get the printing technology first." Wang said.

First pretend to agree, then get the printing technique, and then give the maid to Li Xiao as his concubine.

"Let me think about it carefully."

Cui Zhiti stroked his beard and said hesitantly.

Shengyefang, Li's Mansion.

Li Xiao was drinking tea leisurely, and the bait had been dropped. He was waiting for the Cui family to take the initiative to take the bait.

If Cui Zhiti is greedy enough, then he will be fooled. If he is not greedy, it doesn’t matter, just think it’s fun.

"Alang, Zhao Langjun is back." Lao Qian reported.

When Li Xiao heard that Zhao Chiman was back, he couldn't help but feel excited.

"Hurry up and invite my second brother in."

Some time ago, Li Xiao asked Zhao Chiman to recruit a group of idle and evil men in Chang'an and prepare to form a slave-catching team to go to Baekje to do a big vote. The progress was very smooth. Zhao Chiman had a high prestige among the people in Chang'an, and the conditions offered by Li Xiao were very attractive. Not only did he get a high basic salary when he was recruited, but he also had a very high performance bonus. The more slaves he caught in Baekje, the more commission bonus he received.

In addition, Li Xiao even promised to give each of them an insurance policy, and there would be a high pension compensation if something happened.

Li Xiao is still willing to invest in this regard. After all, he has to let others work hard. Besides, the money will not be spent in vain.

In this world, nothing is robbed and more profitable, and the slave hunting team is actually a colonial mercenary. Which of the colonists in history has lost money?

Zhao Chiman was in good spirits. During this period, he finally had something to do, so that he could temporarily forget his current situation.

"Sanlang, the shipyard has been found. As you told, we ordered three Mulan boats. We built them completely according to your instructions, adding the watertight cabin. In addition, we also asked a craftsman to try the sails you mentioned. When the craftsman saw your drawings, he admired him and said that he never thought that the sail could reach this level. In addition to the wind on all sides, the other seven wind directions can be used. No matter how well the wind is, it can sail against the wind, as long as there is wind, it is quite amazing."

Li Xiao pulled Zhao Chiman to sit down.

"Thank you for your hard work in my second brother. I will also tell you good news. Your Majesty has given me a new island. It is located on the southwest coast of Baekje, between Danluo Island and Wuzhenzhou. This island is quite large, as big as our Lanxi Township. Although there are many mountains on the island, it is just the base camp of our slave hunting team."

Zhao Chiman was also very energetic when he heard this.

"This island is called Tushan Island. There is Wuzhenzhou in front and Danluo Island in the back. It is protected by the imperial court's Eastern Expedition Navy. It is extremely safe and is close to the southwest coast of Baekje. It can attack or defend, advance or retreat." With this island, it will definitely be of great help to his slave hunting career.

"When will the ship be built?" Li Xiao asked.

There were many shipyards in the Tang Dynasty, and the shipbuilding technology was relatively advanced. During the Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo was conquered several times, and each time there were huge navy crossing the sea to the east, relying on this very advanced shipbuilding technology.

"It's almost done." Zhao Chiman said as he took out a model of the ship.

Li Xiao stared at the boat carefully. This was the Mulan boat that Zhao Chiman ordered for him, and it was a boat built from a Mulan tree.

Volume 2 of "Shuyi Records" by Ren Fang of the Southern Dynasty: "Mulanzhou is in the Xunyang River, with many Mulan trees. In the past, King Helu of Wu planted Mulan here and used palaces to build them. In the seven-mile continent, there was a Lu-bearing Mulan carved as a boat, and the boat is still in the continent. The poet said that Mulan boats came from here."

By this time, the Mulan boats were no longer just ships made of Mulan trees. Many Tang boats were named after the Mulan boats, which were used to refer to those advanced large ships.

Li Xiao asked Zhao Chiman to customize the Mulan boat, which was a giant ocean-going sea boat. According to Zhao Chiman's introduction, the sail was like a cloud in the sky, and the rudder was several meters long, and a boat could carry hundreds of people.

Don’t worry about huge waves, but worry about shallow water.

As the saying goes, the only one who talks about a big ship is like a Mulan boat.

This kind of ship has a strong structure and is resistant to wind and waves. As early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Mulan boats had already sailed in the Pacific Ocean and India, and even sailing ships reached the Persian Gulf.

Because of the solid and safe Mulan boats, they are very famous among maritime merchants. Many Dashi merchants who came to the Tang Dynasty would rather stock up on the Mulan boats to wait for the arrival of the Mulan boats. When they returned from the Central Plains, they also took the Mulan boats to South India, and even went straight to the Persian Gulf, and then transferred to the Hekou Port on the coast to return by boat.
Chapter completed!