On the fifteenth day of the fourth lunar month, the young birds shed their downy feathers, fluttering their grayish-brown wings as they darted among the verdant leaves.
Zhou Tieyi finished training his troops, quickly changed his clothes, and rode a self-propelled vehicle to the Printing Bureau of the Imperial Household Department in Azure Dragon City.
Because it was an Imperial Household Department facility, even though its daily workload was far less than that of major publishing houses, it employed far more people than any ordinary printing shop—over three thousand. All kinds of basic printing equipment were replaced every year; there was absolutely no fear of waste or extravagance.
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