Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty Chapter 344: Fantastic!

"Lord, the "Datang Dictionary" has been completely edited today. Ma invites you to come today, just to ask you to have a look!"

The side hall next to the editorial office of "Datang Daily".

Ma Zhou took out a thick pile of manuscripts and handed it to Li Zexuan, looking excited.

"Oh~? So fast?"

Li Zexuan was taken aback. He didn't expect Ma Zhou to call himself for this matter today, nor did he expect that the revision of the newspaper would progress so quickly.

"Hehe, it's all thanks to Mr. Li's help. Mr. Li has learned the past and the present and is full of economics, but Ma can't make it. The number of bachelors sent by King Wei and the prince are also inferior. Since Mr. Li came After that, our editing speed has increased by more than 10%?"

Ma Zhou bowed his hands respectfully to Li Gang and praised him.

"Hehe, Ma Guanshi has become humble, and after several years of accumulating and polishing your knowledge, you will definitely not be under the old man in the future!"

Li Gang smiled and nodded to Ma Zhou, and then looked at Li Zexuan: "The old man really didn't expect that in a small workshop, there is such an amazing talent as Ma Guanshi. Li Siye is really good at it!"

It’s that gold shines everywhere. Ma Zhou’s talents can be discovered even in the workshop. Over the past month or so, he has not only conquered the universities sent by Li Chengqian and Li Tai with his own talents. Shi, even Li Gang, a veteran Confucian who joined in midway, began to admire him.

As Bole who discovered Ma Zhou’s "thousand-mile horse", Li Zexuan felt bright on his face at this moment. He smiled:

"Haha, it’s the honor of the kid to invite Brother Ma, and the fortune of the workshop. Of course, Mr. Li is here to help. The kid is very grateful. I will ask someone to prepare a generous gift later. Thanks!"

"Hehe, this is what your kid should do! At that time, remember to give the old man a few jars of good wine. Um, this gentle town is good, soft and mellow, with a long aftertaste! At that time, give the old man two jars!"

Li Gang apparently knew that Li Zexuan was wealthy, and he smiled when he heard that, and did not refuse.

"Haha! Since Mr. Li likes it, then the kid will surely let people give two more altars!"

"Well~ you have a good career, No, you should take a look at the newly compiled dictionary first! Let's talk about it after reading it!"

Li Gang pointed to the dictionary in Li Zexuan's hand and smiled.

"Well, the kid has this intention too!"

Li Zexuan has been itching for a long time. Hearing what Li Gang said at this moment, he was not welcome, and he turned to the "Datang Dictionary" at the scene.

This "Datang Dictionary" is obviously a newly completed manuscript. You can smell the fragrance of ink even far away, and there is no cover yet. Li Zexuan didn't care about this, and looked directly at the content.

The dictionary paper uses new paper produced by the workshop. The paper size is based on the paper size of the current book. For Li Zexuan, who has used the modern "Xinhua Dictionary", this paper is a bit big. But for the people of the Tang Dynasty, it was just right. He discussed this issue with Ma Zhou before, and in the end Li Zexuan decided to adapt to the times.

The first few pages, not surprisingly, belong to the table of contents. First, they are arranged in phonetic alphabetical order, and the page numbers of each pronunciation are indicated one by one. Then, a few pages of the table of contents for searching characters by radicals are attached.

Looking at the "Datang Dictionary" in front of him, Li Zexuan couldn't help but miss the shabby "Xinhua Dictionary" he used when he was in elementary school in his previous life. Rubbing the smooth paper of the dictionary, he wanted to use this "Da Tang Dictionary". "Tang Dictionary" casually insert a word.

"Just check "Ze"!"

Although he has never used a dictionary since graduating from elementary school, he still remembers the way to look up the dictionary. After a while, he found the page where "Ze" was located. The pronunciation is zé, which refers to the place where water gathers, and also means grace and kindness. The detailed explanation is as follows:

1. Deep lakes or lakes and marshes mixed with water and grass.

There is water and said Ze, and words are moist. ——"Shiming"

2. Grace, grace.

Take the world without being benevolent. ——"Zhuangzi·Grand Master"

So Ximen Leopard is Yeling, famous all over the world, Zeliu later generations. ——"Historical Records: The Biography of Ximen Leopard"

3.. Acts of kindness.

The king of Yin did not dare to lose the emperor, and he was unworthy of the heavens. ——"Book·Toast"

4. Sweat clothes, underwear.

Qi said without clothes, with the son. ——"Poetry·Qin Feng·No Clothes"

5. Lu position, legacy.

Gentlemen's Ze, cut for the fifth generation. ——"Mencius"

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"Tsk, good, good, I didn’t know that "Ze" had so much meaning if it weren’t for looking up the dictionary today!"

Li Zexuan exclaimed in his heart.

In about a quarter of an hour, Li Zexuan looked up several Chinese characters casually, and the results were all smooth. The page numbers were all correct. He closed the dictionary and said with a smile:

"Yes, very good, Brother Ma, you will ask the people in the printing department to start preparing for printing. The first batch, let's print a thousand copies!"

"One thousand?"

Ma Zhou held the hand of Gentle Township, couldn't help shaking, and exclaimed: "My lord, will there be more than one thousand?"

"Not much, not much! Not much at all!"

Li Zexuan hasn’t spoken yet~IndoMTL.com~Li Gang spoke up, his face flushed, and his beard smiled excitedly: "This kind of masterful work should be prepared for every household. In the next year, there will be thousands of people who are literate and sensible in our Tang Dynasty. In the glorious and prosperous age, even in the Qin Emperor and Han Wu era, they never appeared!"

"The old man is right. Our "Datang Dictionary" will become a necessary reference book for children's enlightenment and even the imperial examination for young people. What is a mere thousand? In the future, our "Datang Dictionary" The cumulative sales will surely be hundreds of thousands or millions of units! Brother Ma, although you can rest assured that people will print it!"

Li Zexuan answered.

Think about the cumulative sales of 567 million copies of "Xinhua Dictionary" in the previous life. He only printed 1,000 copies. What's to be afraid of?

Ma Zhou was said by the two of them. He couldn't help but think that "Datang Dictionary" would become a sacred book among all the scholars in the future, comparable to the four books and five classics. He couldn't help but feel surging. This is not what he wanted in the first place. One of the dreams realized?

"Yes, Ma will arrange the printing of "Datang Dictionary" later, and by the way, to promote the "Datang Dictionary" in tomorrow's newspaper!"

Ma Zhou nodded in response.

"Well, that's a good idea, or Brother Ma, go now! First print a copy for me, I have to send it to the palace to show your Majesty!"

Li Zexuan didn't expect Ma Zhou to learn and use it alive. He also knew that the "Datang Dictionary" was advertised in the newspaper in advance. Suddenly I remembered that Li Er had previously confessed that if the "Datang Dictionary" was printed, he would have to be sent to the palace to show him, so Li Zexuan added.

"That's good! Ma will make arrangements here!"

Ma Zhou got up, arched his hands with Li Zexuan and Li Gang, and went out.

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(End of this chapter)