Chapter 4 The Prototype of Movable Type Printing
However, it is still expensive!
"This one, it's okay to be so-so. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
When Shen Muyang transferred to the third house, he finally felt that although the small layout was crowded, it was like a house after all, so he glanced back at Luo Qi, who was picking and choosing there in an attempt to lower the price.
Okay, Luo Qi looked back at the two-entry pattern, the garden is in the middle of the house, there are two relatively spacious rooms on both sides of the door, and the middle is followed by a corridor, and then through the corridor turns into the garden, the planning and layout is very exquisite, the center is a rockery, there is a pavilion on it, and you can see the small half of the tower body of the wooden tower temple when you sit in the pavilion.
Further into the garden is the backyard, with three main courtyards and a two-storey attic and a row of five west wings, followed by stables and lower rooms.
Where is this so-so can be, it's already a super luxury villa, no, a luxury villa!
The owner of the house has become impatient, and said that there is no less copper plate, otherwise, you can go and see other houses...... Luo Qi looked at Shen Muyang helplessly, the latter gave her a big white eye, that means, she understands!
thisis Chang'an ......
Shen Muyang, a native of Chang'an, went out, paid a deposit, and agreed to meet again for a detailed discussion on three days, and the owner of the house had a little smile on his face.
Can he not laugh?
This house cost them nine hundred and ninety-nine taels, and Shen Muyang successfully pressed another tael of gold, but it was still beyond Luo Qi's budget, she originally thought that this belonged to the periphery of the edge, and it could be cheaper, "It's too extravagant......"
It's not extravagant at all, okay!
Although business is not allowed in the market, there are still many small workshops hidden, and there are also mobile small vendors.
I casually found some snacks to fill my stomach at lunch, "It's still early, second brother, let's go to the nearest city gate to have a look?" ”
On the notice list at the gate of the city, there were large and small messages, and Luo Qi stood not far away for an hour, carefully looking at where the attention of the people standing in front of the list was.
In ancient times, when the flow rate of information was relatively backward, the main way to transmit information was the notice list at the city gate, as long as you could understand the words, you would stop and go forward to take a look.
She felt the need to combine the information to create a prototype newspaper market, and before she could do that, she needed to get the store in order.
When Shen Muyang went back, he took Luo Qi to Zhuque Street, and the straight street led straight to the heart of the prosperous and magnificent Chang'an City, "At the end of this road, there is Taiji Palace." ”
His tone reminded Luo Qi that every Beijinger was proud of being a Beijing citizen, and the people of Chang'an were also happy to be Chang'an or Beijingers.
First returned to the inn and tied the horse, the two of them walked to the West Market, and went directly to see the smallest shop that Shen Muyang said yesterday, the door plaque outside the shop was taken away, and the inside was almost moved, a man in his thirties sat on the ground holding a board of tangli wood the size of a seal, holding a carving knife and carving the board.
The carving knife is sharp, the fingers are dexterous, and the words engraved on the reverse are neat and neat small letters, and at first glance he is a veteran of engraving, and there are several seal-sized pieces of wood scattered on the ground around him.
Luo Qi saw it in her eyes, her heart moved, she planned to hire someone after the house moved in, at the beginning, she only needed to recruit two people, one to recruit an engraving master with three years of work experience; Another trick is the pottery master.
Luo Qi does not have high requirements for them, as long as they have a strong sense of responsibility, are willing to be motivated, can bear hardships and stand hard work, and keep secrets.
She picked up a few pieces of wood on the ground and looked at them, there was dried ink on them, nothing else was special, and she looked at the shopkeeper with some confusion, and at this angle, she just saw a few black marks on the shopkeeper's clothes.
This is!
Luo Qi picked up all the pieces of wood on the ground like a treasure, and then flipped them one by one to correspond to the words on the hem of the shopkeeper's clothes, sure enough, she looked at the person in front of her with some shock, shouldn't this kind of technology be unique to the Song Dynasty?!!
"The surname Bi, you owe us the money to our palace master, how long do you want to delay it?"
Two strong men came in from outside the door, two people came in front of the other, one behind the other, one left and one right, and felt that the room was instantly jammed, Luo Qi and Shen Muyang were standing behind the shopkeeper who was concentrating on carving, and Shen Muyang raised his head when he heard this.
On the contrary, Brother Luo Qi and the shopkeeper were still unaware, one continued to watch quietly, and the other continued to carve his wood......
The one who walked in front obviously didn't come for the first time, "Bi Fang, if you don't pay it back today, I don't think you can rent this shop, just sell it to pay off the debt!" ”
The one in the back has a big temper, seeing the eldest brother talking, the surname Bi is just not heard every time, today is the deadline, but it can't go on like this, he crossed the eldest brother and wanted to push the shopkeeper up, Shen Muyang stood in front of Luo Qi, no matter how these three people made trouble in front of him, it had nothing to do with them, but the premise was that he couldn't hurt Luo Qi.
This block, even the attentive and rigid shopkeeper came to block it, and the two strong men couldn't figure out Shen Muyang's origin, but they saw at a glance that the clothes on his body didn't look cheap, so they didn't continue to persecute him.
The man finally finished carving the last stroke, stretched out his hand and subconsciously touched the ground beside him, but he didn't touch anything, then he raised his eyes and saw a boy standing in front of him, and a little lady squatting on the ground, his eyes were shining and about to glow, he was stared at a little uncomfortable, lowered his eyes, and saw that the thing he was looking for was held in the palm of the little lady's hand.
"These," the shopkeeper pointed to the wooden block in Luo Qi's hand, "please return this lady." ”
Luo Qi returned it in a daze, and then the man picked out two of them and compared them with the one that had just been carved in his hand, with a disappointed expression on his face.
Seeing that he seemed to have a clue, the strong man hurriedly said loudly, "Bi Fang, I have to pay back the money today no matter what!" ”
"Oh...... Is the day coming? ”
"How much do you owe them?"
Luo Qi suddenly spoke, the man led by thought for a while, and then stretched out a hand, Shen Muyang sneered, "Fifty taels is also worth letting two people run out and ask for it." ”
"You guys!" The one with a bad temper was annoyed, but was stopped by the one who was the leader, "This master, you are mistaken, not fifty taels but five hundred taels." ”
"Second brother, how much does this shop you said yesterday cost for a month, how many years will it take?"
"Ten taels a month, annual rent."
"Hey, I'll discuss something with you," Luo Qi stared at the shopkeeper like a baby...... (To be continued.) )