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"That's not good, that's not good, how can you let the girl contribute? Besides, fundamentally we can't compete with the Ma family, even if we spend more money, it's useless. ”

Hearing her husband say this, Xue Fang also understood.

"Yes, girl, don't let it go, our family is just a hard support, that's why we fell into such a field, and the girl must not get involved in it again."

Mei Xueyan knew that they had misunderstood, how could she have the family to help others? She only has a little private money.

"Sister Fang, you have a mistake."

Mei Xueyan laughed and said, "I mean, I have a way to solve this printing problem." Didn't you say that the printing plate of a novel is the hardest thing to get? ”

"Hmmm......"

Cui Xiancheng listened carefully, but he was a little confused, his engraving technique was inherited from his ancestors, like those craftsmen, most of them were inherited from father to son, and the craftsmanship of eating was never exposed, so he wondered what Mei Xueyan could do?

"The number of words in the novel is large, the page is large, there is not a person for a month or two, and even people who are not skilled in the craft, it will take at least half a year to make the engraving, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and can only lose money. Besides, books are expensive, and it is better for people to go to the teahouse to listen to books, which is more cost-effective than buying books. Even if it sells well, it will be worth the cost at most, who wants to get it? ”

Xue Fang was not sloppy at all, and analyzed the disadvantages in an authentic manner.

"So, girl, I like the story you wrote so much, if it is sold outside, I will definitely buy it and collect it, but when I open my own printing workshop, I know that the cost is high, and it is really not cost-effective, so the girl has dispelled this thought."

Mei Xueyan thought that her predecessors were wise, and this novel was easy to sell, but it turned out that the printing workshop also had difficulties, but fortunately she didn't sell the manuscript directly, otherwise she would definitely hit a wall.

"Sister Fang, the novel has a lot of words, and the engraving takes many pages, so why don't you take the words apart?"

"Take it apart?"

Cui Xiancheng is an expert, he studied with his parents when he was a child, and he has been teaching for more than ten or twenty years, and he has never heard of taking apart the words.

"Yes, when you make a small version of the characters separately, when printing, you only need to rearrange the words, and even children can do the work, wouldn't it save the work of engraving a page of plates?"

Cui Xiancheng suddenly opened his mouth, this is simply a whimsical idea, the family they inherited the craft is self-cherished, the passed down skills as a family heirloom, dare not disobey the slightest, where have you ever thought about improving the engraving?

But after all, he is still very rigid in thinking, and he thinks that this method will not work.

"This ...... How many words do you have to make for this 10,000-word novel? What's the difference between this and making an engraving? ”

"Brother Cui, don't be scared by the number of words." Mei Xueyan roughly estimated, "There are only a few thousand words commonly used, and there are even more than a thousand words used in a book." Besides, if you make the font plates, you only need to arrange the font plates for any book and periodical printed in the future, wouldn't it save more time? ”

"More than a thousand?!"

Xue Fang exclaimed, they did this, they only cared about making the engraving, but they didn't count how many words there were, and the repeated words of a novel accounted for most of them, which didn't seem to be too much.

"Huh?"

Cui Xiancheng paced in place, thinking for a long time, as if ...... What a second method!

"Girl, I have to say, although your idea has not been practiced, but give me a head start, it is wonderful!" Cui Xiancheng said happily, "If our bookstore used this method before, how much work would it save?" When others are making engravings in a down-to-earth manner, we have already printed the book! ”

Xue Fang thought about it carefully, her expression was a little solemn, she also knew that this kind of skill could greatly reduce the cost and time, and increase the competitiveness of a printing workshop several times!

Think about it, although Feng Qiumo helped Cheng Fang Bookstore to get the printing right of "Poetry Newspaper", in recent years, Ma Jiacai has a lot of money, and he grabbed it by hard power.

With the manpower of the Ma family, the "Poetry Newspaper" will also take several days to be printed, and the delay is too long, if the Chengfang Printing Workshop has Mei Xueyan's method, it can be inked and printed on the same day, and the book can be completed the next day, what is the Ma family fighting for? The value of this movable type printing is almost immeasurable for Xue Fang.

Cui Xiancheng and his wife glanced at each other, and they both understood the power.

"Girl, I haven't tried the 'movable type printing' you said, once it is made, I dare say that it can ban the traditional engraving printing." Cui Xiancheng said sincerely, "The girl sold this method to other big printing workshops, and it is estimated that it will be no less than a thousand taels, so she will say it to us......"

"Movable type printing is immature, if it really comes out one day, it will also have the credit of Brother Cui."

Mei Xueyan pondered for a moment and said, "Sister Fang, Chengfang Printing Workshop is your hard work, and it's a pity that it's closed." Now that we have a new printing method, why don't we recruit a trustworthy master and reopen the printing workshop? Sister Fang doesn't have confidence in my clumsiness? ”

Cui Xiancheng hesitated, it is easier to reopen the printing workshop than to leave his hometown, and those masters are also willing to come back, but the reopening of the printing workshop has touched the interests of the Ma family, can they really make a comeback in Lin'an County?

"Let's go!"

Xue Fang said resolutely, making a decision without authorization, Cui Xiancheng was startled by her and stared at her.

"Xiao Fang ......"

"Do they dare to print novels?" Xue Fang said decisively, "They don't dare, we dare!" Miss Mei is simply the savior sent to us by God, not only solved the problem of printing, but also gave such a good manuscript, if we don't have the courage to seize the opportunity, we will also do this business, and we can farm! ”

"Uh...... Should you be cautious? ”

Cui Xiancheng had a headache, although Xue Fang had more ideas over the years with her delicate thoughts, but this decision was too abrupt

"Are you going to make a movable type?"

"Nine times out of ten, the skills are about the same......

"Isn't that it?"

Xue Fang took Mei Xueyan's hand and said, "Girl, I can trust your story, it not only has to be printed, I want it to become the pillow of every lady and lady in the boudoir!" ”

"Ahem......"

Cui Xiancheng reminded, "I haven't written the eight characters yet, Miss Mei, I will invite those old people back, and I can make a three-hundred-word template in one day, and it can be completed in about three or four days." If you want to print a book for your novel, you have to apply for copyright with Feng Yuanjun. ”

"Copyright?"

This is unexpected by Mei Xueyan, this year's book actually has copyright? It shows that Jingguo's protection of literati has been done to the extreme.

Xue Fang: "Look at me, I'm glad to patronize, girl, I applied for copyright, it is your personal property, any printing shop can't be printed and sold without your permission, you are in the county school, it should be easy to see Feng Yuanjun, right?" ”

Mei Xueyan nodded, this matter is about money, what she lacks most is silver, so she can't procrastinate.

With the silver, she doesn't need to rely on anyone, and she cancels the marriage contract with Lin Saburo in the future, isn't she living on the street if she has no family background? With the silver taels, she can go anywhere.

Buy a yard, don't have to be as luxurious and spacious as the Lin Mansion, plant some of your favorite grass and fruit trees, eat melons and fruits and read books in the yard in the summer, and have a warm boudoir in winter, holding the hand stove and counting sparrows. Take Chen's mother over and take care of each other.

That's what she wanted.