Chapter Eighty-One: Movable Type Printing

I wish you all a prosperous Year of the Rooster and a happy family!

After Sun Yao brought Mr. Wang and the others into Yaoshan Garden, she thought that everyone should be hungry, after all, it was already noon, so she immediately ordered Xiaoyu to take everyone to eat, but Mr. Wang stayed alone. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Hanzhu made a few side dishes, and Sun Yao accompanied him.

Sun Yao has always thought about how to better promote Fengguanlou and sofa stool products, and in the era when there is no TV and radio, printing has obviously become the fastest way. But Sun Yao knows very little about the printing workshop and printing office in Xiliang, and it depends on Mr. Wang. Therefore, Sun Yao, who couldn't wait, pulled Mr. Wang out alone.

"Mr. Wang, let's talk while eating, you don't have to be polite, just treat it as your own home."

Mr. Wang glanced at Sun Yao awkwardly and nodded.

He was also a rough man, so naturally he didn't care too much about etiquette, and he was already very hungry, in order to let the child eat more, he had eaten gruel these days, and at the moment, he naturally wouldn't think much about it. Anyway, Princess Yao had already allowed it, so she picked up the dishes and chopsticks and ate them without hesitation.

Seeing this, Sun Yao was happy, this person's temperament also met her appetite. However, looking at Mr. Wang's eating appearance, it should be that he hasn't eaten well for several days. Sun Yao is not Zhou Papi after all, and he is not in a hurry at the moment, so he will let him eat it.

Finally, Mr. Wang had almost finished eating, glanced at Sun Yao awkwardly, and put down the dishes and chopsticks.

"Princess Yao, thank you, if you have anything to say, just ask."

"Mr. Wang doesn't need to worry, all I asked about the printing office is about the printing office, and I hope Mr. Wang can tell the truth."

"This is natural."

"I don't know what the printing tools and printing process of Xiliang are today? Of course, if confidentiality is involved, Mr. Wang can not answer. ”

"It's okay, a lot of people know about these things. Xiliang now uses woodblock printing, which is actually to paste and copy neat manuscripts on smooth wooden boards, and use the front of thin and transparent paper to closely adhere to the wooden boards, so that the characters become inverted and the strokes are clearly visible. After that, the part of the layout that has no handwriting is cut off with a carving knife, and it becomes a yang script with a protruding font. When printing, apply ink to the raised font and cover the paper on it. ”

Isn't this the printing technology of China around 600 A.D. on Earth! It's really backward, and I didn't even invent movable type printing, but fortunately I met Princess Ben. Haha, it's time for a great attempt at the printing of Xiliang.

"Don't Mr. Wang think this is troublesome?"

What Princess Yao said is that engraving printing is time-consuming, labor-intensive, labor-intensive, and not easy to correct, and a large number of bookboards are also inconvenient to store, and many bookboards have never been used again. It's just that nowadays, there doesn't seem to be a good way, alas, the printing industry is withering day by day. ”

"Mr. Wang thinks there is no other way?"

"Princess Mo Feiyao has? May I hear it! ”

It can be seen that Mr. Wang is a little angry, after all, he has been immersed in the printing industry for many years and has not found a good way, and now a little girl said so, no wonder he is angry.

"No, Mr. Wang will soon know. Let me ask Mr. Wang, are there any rules or requirements for printing? Sun Yao deliberately sold a pass, and Mr. Wang didn't care, he thought that Sun Yao didn't know, who knew about movable type printing!

"Only the four major printing companies in Xiliang are qualified to print books, and the first edition of the printing needs to be submitted to the reading bureau for review, and only after passing can it be printed in large quantities."

Sun Yao knew in his heart that the official control of the printing of books was understandable, and the mouthpiece had always been restricted, which was naturally a multifaceted consideration. However, this is not the category that Sun Yao considers. However, there are some issues that still need to be addressed. If you wait for the review, it is undoubtedly very troublesome. Sun Yao's idea is that it is better to have a bookstore by himself, and it is best to print what he wants without review, and he can print whatever he wants. Of course, Sun Yao naturally would not go against the emperor. Once these two problems are solved, the others will be solved.

"Do you know who is in charge of the bookstore today?"

"I'm just a little bookmaker, so naturally I don't know very well, but you can ask Boss Leng about this."

"Mr. Wang, believe me, you will still be a printer in the future, but it will be very different from before."

"Is what Princess Yao said true?" Mr. Wang was shocked and believed Sun Yao for no reason.

"Naturally, you live in Yaoshan Garden first, Xiaoyu will arrange it, and soon, you will understand what I mean."

"Thank you, Princess Yao!"

Sun Yao thought about it all afternoon, there was no good solution, Yurou came in to freshen her up, ready to sleep, she glanced at Yurou, and suddenly had a little idea.

"Yurou, this Jingzhou's daughter's family usually reads?"

"The daughter of an aristocratic family naturally reads it, but it is just some embroidery, painting, piano scores, poems and the like."

"What about ordinary people's daughters?"

"I'm afraid they don't read books, and now Xiliang paper is very expensive, but they do look at bamboo board characters, and the content is mostly embroidery."

I'll go, it's too boring, no wonder Xiliang doesn't even have a bookstore, it turns out that they don't read.

There is also a question about this paper, but fortunately, Sun Yao has seen "Heavenly Creation" before and has a certain understanding of papermaking, so he can give it a try when the time comes. The immediate priority should be to establish a bookstore first and take the review power into your own hands.

With Sun Yao's relationship in front of the emperor and the queen mother, it is not impossible to establish a bookstore, the key is that this review power is not easy to obtain. This is an aspect that the emperor attaches great importance to, and it is absolutely impossible for him to let things that are not favorable to him spread quickly, and restrictions are inevitable.

Sun Yao fell into deep thought again, her brows furrowed.

"Princess, it's not too early, let's rest early."

"Yurou, if you were asked to read a book, what book would you choose?"

"Naturally, I chose books about the art of the piano."

Sun Yao glanced at her and didn't speak.

Aside from the rest, the purpose of establishing a printing bureau and printing books by oneself is first of all to promote the Fengguan Building and the sofa, to put it bluntly, it is for propaganda. If you think about it in this direction, you only need to publish an advertising flyer for later generations, and one page is enough. To take another step, just publish a piece of paper, similar to the newspapers of later generations, and publish some advertising information on it, so that it can be said that it has no impact on the emperor's rule, unless the emperor is worried that this paper will be used by others. It still needs to be checked, but the gatekeeper doesn't have to be a bookstore.

This is a matter that really needs to be considered in the long run. However, Sun Yao still felt that it was better to be sooner rather than later. At the end of the year, the Daming Town Kitchen God Contest and the food festival after the year all need to be promoted, and with publicity, the effect will be better. It's already October, if paper is made and the price of paper goes down, I don't know if it will be rewarded by the emperor. Obviously, the large number of paper is definitely a good thing for Xiliang, and it is completely possible to mention bamboo slips and silk silk, which can also better promote economic development.

The only bad thing is that the appearance of paper will offend a group of people, that is, the people who make profits from paper. If nothing else, they'll definitely stop it.

However, Sun Yao has nothing to fear. Tomorrow, when she saw the Queen Mother in the palace, Sun Yao smiled slightly and thought about it.