Regarding the matter of stealing books, Li Jie only wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and used the first shopkeeper Zhou to take action to avoid someone stealing the Three Kingdoms in the future. However, he did not expect that after this knife, he would cut out a movable type printing. Although it was tin movable type, as long as the materials were changed, it would be easy to make copper movable type or lead movable type. After all, Zhou Zhangji had mastered a complete set of movable type printing processes.

After Li Jie visited, he told Manager Zhou about the Patent Law, mainly to ask about his attitude. If the Patent Law comes out, would he be willing to use the movable type printing technology at home to register a patent?

It should be noted that although patent law protects the interests of inventors, it requires them to submit their patents, and patent protection still has a period of time. If this period exceeds this period, it will be disclosed and no longer protected, unless they can have new inventions on the original basis and apply for patents again, thus achieving the effect of technological monopoly.

So Li Jie thought that Manager Zhou would hesitate at first, but he didn't expect that the other party would agree with the Patent Law very much, and he also said that as long as the court promulgated the Patent Law, he would register immediately.

Li Jie was a little puzzled at first, but after asking, he found out that Manager Zhou had exhausted his efforts in order to preserve the secret of movable type printing in recent years. Moreover, in recent years, he felt that some people in his peers were studying movable type printing to improve the quality of movable type printing. If this continues, his technology will probably be eliminated sooner or later, so it is better to take it out and register a patent as soon as possible, so he can get a handful of it in the end.

Li Jie was also surprised by Manager Zhou's decisiveness, but thinking that the other party could develop a small workshop to its current scale, it was not only relying on the technology of movable type printing, but also an excellent businessman, so he naturally analyzed the pros and cons, which also made Li Jie more confident in the patent law.

Of course, although Manager Zhou is excellent, he still has to pay the fine, and he has to pay the fine with great fanfare, so that the entire printing industry knows that pirated books are illegal. Not only will the proceeds of pirated printing be confiscated, but he will also be severely fined. This also made many merchants who were preparing to pirate the board to pirate the printing, and the pirated printing on the market soon disappeared.

In the following period, Li Jie and Zhu Yunqi also began to write patent law and writing law. These two laws did not have any previous examples for them to refer to. Fortunately, Li Jie came from later generations. Although he had no research on these two laws, he had also been exposed to some. Now he wrote down the contents in his memory and expanded outward based on these, which went smoothly.

Just when Li Jie was busy writing the law provisions, his marriage with Zhu Yuning was also under intense preparations. However, there was a characteristic of marriage in ancient times, that is, all the pressure was on his parents, and both men and women, as the parties involved, were very leisurely.

Of course, there are many rules for royal marriage. For example, on the day of Li Jie's marriage, it has to be divided into many steps, and each step is very complicated. In addition, you have to learn the etiquette that needs to be used on the day. These even require officials from the Ministry of Rites to conduct one-on-one training for Li Jie, which also takes up a lot of Li Jie's time.

But even so, Li Jie still wrote two laws before the wedding. Of course, what he wrote was just a draft, and it must be handed over to Lao Zhu for personal review and then handed over to the ministers for discussion. Some inappropriate areas must also be revised, but the core of the two laws remains unchanged.

Li Jie didn't want to write any laws after marriage. After all, he wanted to spend a good honeymoon with Zhu Yuning after marriage, so after the two laws were drafted, he and Zhu Yunhuang immediately went to see Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu also attached great importance to these two laws. In fact, all dynasties attached great importance to the laws. Although most ancient dynasties were ruled by man, the role of the laws cannot be ignored. Especially as emperors, they hoped to use the laws to limit the power of officials so that these officials would not ruin their own country indiscriminately.

So Lao Zhu also took time out to take over the two drafted laws, and then read them carefully one by one. When he encountered something he didn't understand, he would ask, while Li Jie and Zhu Yun'e helped him answer questions.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang finally understood the two laws. He stroked his beard with one hand, pondered for a long time before nodding: "Although you two are young, this matter is done quite well. Although these two laws still have some loopholes, they are not a big problem. Let the ministers discuss it in the past two days!"

"Thank you for your praise, do you agree to promulgate these two laws?" Li Jie said excitedly when he heard this.

"Yes, but it is easy to promulgate the law, but the court needs to form corresponding institutions to implement it, such as registration and protection of patents. Therefore, it may take some time for these two laws to be truly implemented." Lao Zhu thought it very carefully.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that the Department of Works and Rites be established separately in the Ministry of Works and Rites, and the Department of Works are responsible for the implementation of these two laws. As for local conditions, local officials can also be managed by local officials. After all, the impact of these two laws may not be great at the beginning, and their importance will be revealed in the future. It will not be too late to separate special institutions to manage them at that time!" Li Jie also considered these things, and also thought of solutions.

"If it is both managed by the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites, it is feasible!" Lao Zhu nodded when he heard this. Li Jie's suggestion saved a lot of manpower and material resources, which could make the two laws implement faster.

"Grandpa Emperor, can I also take charge of the Patent Office?" At this time, Zhu Yunxiu hesitated for a moment, and finally suddenly stepped forward and asked for it.

"Do you want to go to the Patent Office?" Old Zhu also showed a look of surprise when he heard this. Although Zhu Yunyu had been exposed to a lot of practices and even helped Li Jie write the law, these were strictly not government affairs and did not have formal official positions. But if he went to the Patent Office, there would inevitably be a formal appointment, which means that he would officially enter the officialdom.

"When Grandpa Qibing and grandson helped write these two laws, he felt that patents would play a great role, so he wanted to participate in this matter in person. And I helped write the law, no one should be more suitable for this position than me!" Zhu Yunsheng explained to Lao Zhu calmly.

Seeing that his grandson volunteered, Lao Zhu couldn't help but sigh that his grandson had indeed grown up. Although he was a little worried about handing over such an important matter to Zhu Yunyu, Lao Zhu also knew that Li Jie would definitely not stand by. With him watching from the side, Zhu Yunyu would not have caused any big problems.

So Lao Zhu nodded immediately and said, "Okay, since you have this intention, I will promise you that you will temporarily be the deputy director of the Ministry of Works and also in charge of all matters in the Patent Office!"

"Grandpa Xie Huang!" Zhu Yunxiu was excited to hear Lao Zhu's appointment and bowed to the ground. Although Yuanwailang's rank was not high, it was his first official appointment in the court, which also meant that his grandfather trusted him.

Now Zhu Yunyu is no longer a child. He has his own ideas for some things and even began to take the initiative to fight for himself. After all, his mother died early, and there is a Zhu Yunwen who is competing with him, so if he doesn't take the initiative, some opportunities will slip away by themselves.

Li Jie next to him also guessed Zhu Yunyu's thoughts, and he was very pleased with this. Compared to Zhu Yunwen, who had been deposed by Huang Zicheng, he certainly hoped that Zhu Yunyu would take office in the future. Yu Gong said that Zhu Yunyu would not be as chaotic as Zhu Yunwen. For private, Zhu Yunyu was his brother-in-law after all, so of course he had to stand on Zhu Yunyu's side.

After the business talks, Lao Zhu also looked at Li Jie with a smile and said, "You and Yuning will get married in a few days. How are your home preparations? Are there any problems?"

"Don't worry, your Majesty, my family is ready. It's just that I need to learn too many tedious etiquettes from the officials of the Ministry of Rites, which is really a headache." Li Jie finally complained to Lao Zhu that after learning etiquette for a day, he felt that it was more tiring than military training in later generations.

"What are you? Yuning has to learn more. After all, this is the first time the prince has married a daughter. Of course, there are more rules, so you two should work harder!" Old Zhu laughed when he heard this. He had experienced his daughter getting married many times, but it was the first time his granddaughter got married. So he also specifically instructed that this wedding must be grander.
Chapter completed!