"Imperial Guard?" A hint of confusion appeared on Yu Bufan's excited expression.

Zhou Yan glanced at Yu Bufan and saw that he really didn't understand, so he pointed to the booklet that Yu Bufan held in his hand and explained: "Borrowing weight, step shooting, riding shooting, and wrestling are all things that are required to be taken into the imperial guards."

Yu Bufan nodded, "Oh, so that's it. But I went to the princess's mansion to be a guard. Maybe the princess has high requirements for the guard."

Zhou Yan glanced at Yu Bufan's clothes and couldn't help but feel a little painful. He thought to himself: If the guards in the Princess's Mansion treat you, I would like to hang myself in the account room every day when I look at the account book in the mansion.

"Actually, it's good to be an imperial guard. The three imperial guards of my Great Saint Dynasty, Feiqi, Shenwei, and Jin Yi. The Feiqi Guards are of course the best treatment, but most people can't get in, so don't think about it." Zhou Yan looked at Yu Bufan, "Most of the Feiqi Guards are from aristocratic families and have high requirements for appearance."

Yu Bufan grinned: "I didn't think so, I just wanted to be a guard in the princess's mansion."

Zhou Yan, who felt that the princess's mansion could not afford to support the guards, was afraid that Yu Bufan would be discouraged, so he quickly said, "You can think about Shenwei Army and Jin Yiwei. Shenwei Army has made many military achievements over the years, and young people have to make a name for themselves. Moreover, Shenwei Army is now in the hands of Eunuch Lu. Eunuch Lu is a member of the Empress Dowager. Even if you can't pass the exam, you may not be able to take a chance. Jin Yiwei is also very good. Although his treatment is worse than the other two imperial guards, ordinary civilians can pass the assessment and use their own abilities to enter, and the selection is fairer."

Yu Bufan nodded after hearing this, but still said stubbornly: "My husband wants me to come to the princess's mansion, I am here to be a guard for the princess."

Zhou Yan suddenly felt a little tired. He didn't want to speak anymore and quickly accelerated his pace towards the stable.

Shortly after Zhou Yan took Yu Bufan away, Lu Siniang came.

This time, Lu Siniang had already changed back to women's clothing. After she finished her greeting, she immediately reported happily: "Princess, the book has been printed!"

"So fast?" Ying Dongjun was a little surprised.

"I asked the Gu family to print a batch first and let the princess see it, and the Gu family hurried to print a batch." Lu Siniang said as she presented the book in her hand.

Xiao Jixiang took it and presented it to Ying Dongjun.

Ying Dongjun looked at the three words "Nine Classics Interpretations" on the seal of the book and recognized it as Yu Shunchen's handwriting, and couldn't help but smile.

Although Yu Shunchen used correct regular script when copying books, which was different from his usual writing style, his calligraphy was easy to identify in Ying Dongjun's eyes.

Ying Dongjun looked through a few pages and found that the handwriting was clearly printed. Because it was copied by Yu Shunchen himself, there was naturally no mistakes. It was much better than the book "The Legend of Qionglou" she bought in the market last time.

"Excellent." Ying Dongjun nodded and praised.

After all these days, Lu Siniang was very happy to hear the princess' praise and said quickly: "According to the princess' requirements, the cost of paper and ink is 20% higher than that of the printed books in the market. However, the quality of this book is much better, and the ink is not easy to fade, but compared with the books in Hanlin Bookstore, it is probably possible to sell it at the price!"

Ying Dongjun closed the book, thought for a while, and said, "This book will be sold at a price of 20% lower than the cost."

"Ah?" Lu Siniang widened her eyes in surprise, "Wouldn't she have to pay the money?"

Ying Dongjun said indifferently: "These books are not for making money. After spending the 100,000 taels of silver in your hand, let's talk to me again."

Lu Siniang finally understood why Zhou Jialing was always worried about money. The princess was really able to spend it. She calculated with a bitter face, "But if you lose like this, you won't last long even if you have to lose 100,000 taels."

Ying Dongjun smiled and said, "If you ask the Gu family to print another batch, the contents are the same. Just replace it with exquisite gold-sprayed book seals, and use thicker papers. Ink is incense ink, which can be sold three times the price above the cost price."

"Ah?" Lu Siniang was stunned, "The words inside are the same, but they are so expensive. Does anyone buy them?"

Ying Dongjun curled his lips, "Children of aristocratic families do not need 'sincere goods'. If you sell them at a low price, they think you are humiliating people. Only at a high price are worthy of their identity."

Lu Siniang was born into a civilian family and naturally did not understand the thoughts of the children of aristocratic families. However, after the princess said so, she nodded and agreed.

Ying Dongjun stood up, took out another book from the desk and handed it to Lu Siniang.

"Let the Gu family print this book for me first."

Lu Siniang took it with both hands, looked down and found that the cover was written "Shen's Art of War".

Because Lu Siniang has also participated in the printing of the book in the past few days and has been exposed to the printing of the book countless times, after seeing the handwriting on the cover, she couldn't help but mutter, "Isn't this book the word Yu?"

Ying Dongjun glanced at her and smiled and said, "I have good eyesight. This is the one copied by me according to Yu Lang."

Lu Siniang quickly complimented: "The princess's handwriting is also good-looking."

Although she found it strange, why didn't the princess use Lord Yu to copy it directly, and she had to work hard to copy it again.

Ying Dongjun did not explain, but said, "After printing, they will be sent to the princess's mansion."

"Yes." Lu Siniang responded, remembered something and said, "By the way, princess, this time I'm just a trial printing. If I increase the printing volume, there may be insufficient manpower at that time."

Ying Dongjun pondered for a moment and said to Lu Siniang: "If you don't have enough staff, you can go to Shantang to hire some back."

"Shantang?" Lu Siniang was stunned.

Ying Dongjun: "Most of them are fatherless orphans. In addition to teaching them the skills to make a living, Shantang also teaches them to read some words. In the past, Shantang seemed to be a nanny named Qu. I haven't been to this palace for many years. I don't know if the business is changed. If there is a shortage of staff, you can go there and choose people."

After Lu Siniang responded, she took her leave.

When the Gu family heard Lu Siniang say that the book they printed was praised by the princess and worked harder.

After another half a month, the first batch of books was finally printed.

According to the princess' instructions, Lu Siniang took the books to various bookstores in the capital to sell them.

As for the covers and the paper and ink used, high-priced books that are different from ordinary books, Lu Siniang took them to Hanlin Bookstore.

Hanlin Bookstore is the largest bookstore in the capital and is also an old sign. Naturally, it is not accepted by all books, especially such books that are carved and printed by the small bookstore. They have never looked down on them.

But when the shopkeeper opened the book and looked at the paper and ink, he heard Lu Siniang say that the book "Nine Classic Notes" was copied from the stone scriptures of Wannian Academy, especially when it was written by Yu Zhongling, he immediately changed his mind and accepted all the books brought by Lu Siniang.
Chapter completed!