Kill the sadistic male protagonist and become the emperor

The days flew by in the busyness of trivial matters. It seemed as if only yesterday I saw autumn leaves flying in every corner of Chang'an City, but in the blink of an eye it was already October.

During this period, Ren Baozhi has been looking for a suitable place for movable type printing.

For now, there is only one place she can choose, but once she chooses it, she will no longer be able to hide her business plan. To be honest, she cannot completely trust the people in the book.

Ren Baozhi felt very conflicted about this.

However, Chen Gongzheng's recent transformation forced her to make a decision.

Ever since Chen Gongzheng was promoted to Chief Censor, his official career seems to have been quite bumpy.

Zhu Dachang and Long Batian competed with each other. As the most loyal dog behind Long Batian, Chen Gongzheng was naturally made difficult by Zhu Dachang's subordinates.

He failed in officialdom and would lose his temper when he returned home, taking his anger out on everyone he saw. The vases in the main hall had to be replaced every day, and later he simply stopped putting vases there.

Ren Baozhi thought of Yundu's ending and knew that she could no longer let the situation develop without taking action.

That day, Ren Baozhi first pretended to go to the West Market, took out several wooden boxes containing lead movable type from the system, and then went to Ji Pingyue's house.

Although Ji Pingyue's house was a little dilapidated, it had three rooms. Ever since the man was sentenced to death, his room had been vacant.

Ren Baozhi discussed the matter of renting a house with Ji Pingyue and her daughter, and expressed her willingness to pay the rent on a monthly basis.

The mother and daughter refused at first, but Ren Baozhi didn't want to owe anyone a favor, and since Ji Bujin's belly was getting bigger and bigger and they needed money right away, she insisted on paying.

Since Yundu and others often came to visit the mother and daughter, Ren Baozhi knew that the technology of movable type printing could not be hidden at all, so he simply brought them over and told them frankly that he wanted to do business.

Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants had the lowest status in the Wu Zhou Dynasty. However, Yundu was the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and Chen Lanyue had known that she wanted to do business. No one opposed Ren Baozhi's move.

Ren Baozhi opened the wooden box, revealing smooth and delicate dark grey small cubes with raised words engraved on the front.

Then she selected the blocks she needed from the many blocks, arranged them neatly in the dial, and applied ink to the blocks.

Although no one understood what Ren Baozhi was doing, they were all very curious.

Only Yundu's hands unconsciously clenched into fists, trembling slightly with excitement.

She didn't even realize that she was getting closer and closer to those strange blocks.

When Ren Baozhi unfolded the paper, it was written: Liu Qi was wrong to say that he was a Han counselor, and the one who later became He Rong was a woman.

"Excellent!" Yundu couldn't help but take the paper and exclaimed in admiration.

Chen Lanyue asked, "What is this?"

Ren Baozhi said, "These small squares are called type molds, and underneath them is the type plate. The type molds can be freely combined on the type plate to achieve text printing. This technique is also called movable type printing."

Chen Lanyue was puzzled and asked, "But isn't this also very troublesome? Just now, in order to print these words, you searched for them in the typeface, applied ink, and printed them. If you had written them by hand, you would have finished them long ago."

Yundu replied, "You don't know, Yue'er. Printing one page of paper might be a bit troublesome, but if you print a hundred or a thousand sheets, who can compete to see who is faster?"

Chen Lanyue turned her head, thought for a while, and then opened her mouth in shock.

Seeing this, Yundu just smiled slightly. She asked Ren Baozhi, "Where did Anu get this?"

Ren Baozhi brought out the story she had prepared long ago: "Today I went to the West Market and saw a foreigner selling something. I thought it was very rare, so I bought it."

Yundu nodded. She picked up a piece of movable type and rubbed it carefully with her fingertips. "This is very exquisite. What are Anu's plans?"

Ren Baozhi was in no hurry to speak. She gave each person a confidentiality contract. This agreement could only be said to be a defense against gentlemen but not villains, but Ren Baozhi could only trust them now.

After everyone had signed and sealed the agreement, Ren Baozhi revealed his plan in full.

Yundu asked, "Is there anyone available?"

Ren Baozhi's gaze fell on everyone present, and his meaning was very clear.

"Hey, I won't do the hard labor for you." Chen Lanyue snorted with his arms crossed.

"I will teach you how to read every day in the future."

"Then..." Chen Lanyue's eyes wandered, "Then I'll do it reluctantly."

Ren Baozhi naturally would not let everyone work for free, so she issued a labor contract to everyone. The business has not yet taken off, but if it does, wages will naturally be indispensable.

After returning home, Yundu took Ren Baozhi into her room.

She solemnly placed the wooden box containing the jade bracelet in Ren Baozhi's hand and said, "You have been wronged for so many years following A Niang. A Niang is not favored, and so are you. A Niang has nothing to give you. Now A Nu wants to start her own business. A Niang is happy from the bottom of her heart, but A Niang can't help you in any way..."

"Mother is the best. She has learned so much about business, how can you say she can't help me?" Ren Baozhi pushed the bracelet back. "If I have questions in the future, I will have to ask mother for help."

After saying this, Ren Baozhi smiled playfully.

Although she was short of money, this was Yundu's only asset, and she didn't want to use Yundu's entire fortune as a bet for her business.

As long as she is around, she will definitely find a way to get Yundu to divorce. If her business fails, Yundu can use the money to make a living after the divorce.

She suddenly understood what Princess Qianqiu had said. If even she herself was not sure that she would succeed, how could she let others invest in her?

In the following time, Ji Pingyue's home became Ren Baozhi's entrepreneurial base.

Ren Baozhi took Chen Lanyue, Yundu and others to live a life of office workers who went to and from work.

Everyone has his or her own learning tasks. Those who study business learn business, those who study literacy learn literacy, those who study printing learn printing, and those who study medicine learn medicine.

Yaoxia had already finished reading the book I gave her last time. Ren Baozhi also bought her a small silicone human body model and a few scalpels from the medical supplies store for her to practice with.

Don’t ask, the answer is that they were bought from the Hu merchants in the Western Regions.

However, when the other people saw the silicone model, they were all dumbfounded. They couldn't believe that Ren Baozhi would actually buy such a "lewd" thing.

It took a long time for Ren Baozhi to make them understand the use of this model. Now, even Chen Lanyue would not blush or feel her heart beating fast when she saw this model.

On the day of heavy snow, thick dark clouds swallowed up the entire sky. Although it was daytime, it was as dark as night.

Flakes of heavy snow fell down closely, as violently and quickly as a rainstorm, burying the earth in an instant.

The snow was knee-deep, and even deeper than the horses' bellies.

The horses outside trembled and whined.

Ren Baozhi opened the door. The biting cold wind seemed to tear the fragile door panel apart. Every breath she exhaled condensed into frost in the air.

"Hurry, the horse will get frostbite if this continues! Jiangchun, the three of you come here, help me untie the rope and lead the horse home."

Three servants followed behind her. The snow was so deep that it had already reached their waists. The snow soaked their clothes, shoes and socks, and every step they took was freezing.