Wu Ziheng said: "Your Majesty just has this plan, and I don't know when the construction will start." ”

Mo Shu was silent for a while, remembered something, and asked, "I look at the accounts, the printing shop is full of expenses, and hasn't you started selling books yet?" ”

Wu Ziheng said: "Now they are all printing books for themselves, so naturally there is no income." I was just about to tell my cousin that I might as well choose a date to open. ”

Mo Shu sat down at the place next to her where the snacks were placed, and ate another piece of golden cinnamon crisp before saying, "In such a hurry?" Isn't there no mass production of meta-book paper now? So much paper to print? ”

Wu Ziheng said: "Now that the autumn festival is about to enter the market, students from all over the world have arrived in Chang'an, it is a good opportunity to sell books, as for the paper, the people in the south paper mill said that they just bought a lot of bamboo that has been soaked for several months at a low price, and there should be no problem in coping with the printing of books in this autumn." ”

Mo Shu is still very confident in the profitability of the book printing, now that there is the participation of Emperor Liang Liu Kai, there is no problem with the book printing, it is naturally good to open it early, and nodded at the moment: "Have you thought of the name of the book printing workshop?" When is it expected to open? ”

Wu Ziheng said: "It will open in two days, the name hasn't been thought of yet, has my cousin thought of a good one?" ”

Mo Shu didn't think much of the name she gave to the foal before stepping on the snow, and she didn't want to ask at the moment: "What does my cousin think of Xiao Hei?" ”

Wu Ziheng didn't have any objections, and turned his head to Lu Yiyi next to him: "Remember." “

The corner of Lu Yiyi twitched a few times, and he nodded: "No." ”

Mo Shu couldn't cry or laugh, shook her head and said, "I didn't say that the printing shop was called Xiao Hei, but I just remembered that my family stepped on the snow." These students must be literate, and they must not look down on the name Xiao Hei, I think it's better to call it Wenchang Bookstore, otherwise Hongwenguan will also do. ”

Lu Yi said on the side: "If this book is of good quality and affordable, no matter what the name, these students will rush to buy it." Of course, if the name is good, it is better. ”

Mo Shu smiled: "That's exactly the truth. ”

Wu Ziheng asked Lu Yi to take pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to wait. Mo Shuzheng sighed that when Wu Ziheng's guard had to do even the work of a maid, he heard Wu Ziheng say: "Please also ask my cousin to name by the way." ”

Mo Shu waved her hand again and again: "If my words are hung up, isn't it smiling and generous?" I see that my cousin's handsome words are extraordinary, and it is better for my cousin to leave Mobao. ”

Wu Ziheng looked up at Mo Shu and said lightly: "I see that my cousin is very talented in learning everything, and this character should have been practiced for a long time, right?" Isn't there a little growth?

Mo Shu complained: "How can I be as talented as my cousin in practicing calligraphy?" There is calligraphy like my cousin, but everyone doesn't use it here, but let me write the name of a person who writes crookedly, and hang it up for others to see it, and when our books are printed like this! ”

Saying that, Mo Shu added with great interest: "But it's different when I hang my cousin's ink treasure, others have to go into the store to have a look at this calligraphy!" Lu Yi, do you say it? ”

Can Lu Yi say it's not? Of course not.

Wu Ziheng couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard it, and he didn't say much at the moment, and picked up the pen and wrote a few big characters of Wenchang Bookstore on the paper.

Mo Shu was not satisfied: "Cousin's pen is too small, and the words written are not big enough." ”

Lu Yi said on the side: "This is already the largest pen in the study." ”

Just because when the paper did not appear before, everyone wrote on the bamboo slips, so the pen tip was just right, even if there was paper later, but everyone's writing habits have not completely changed. And although calligraphy has risen nowadays, there are still very few people who write big characters in the list book, so no one wants to design a large pen.

In later generations, which Mo Shu is well aware, the brush has already evolved into a complete set. Nowadays, not to mention the pen used to write the big characters of the list book, there is not even a big pen like the big letter.

Looking at these two small words on the paper, I don't know how the craftsman enlarged the signboard?

Wu Ziheng saw Mo Shu's disgusted appearance and asked, "Cousin has ever seen writing with a large pen?" ”

Mo Shu nodded and said, "Master said before that beginners should start with practicing big characters, so as to open up and not stick to an inch. ”

Wu Ziheng was thoughtful and silent.

As soon as Lu heard the word master, his spirits were lifted, and he immediately asked: "Cousin, is this big pen method different from these ordinary pens?" I don't know what it looks like? It would be nice if I could draw a picture, so I could go to the craftsman to make a batch. ”

Mo Shu couldn't help but sigh.

In such a backward era of the beam, everything really has to be transformed, although it is very fulfilling, but it takes too much thought.

Nowadays, the four treasures of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and study are poor, and the inkstone has not been improved.

Wu Ziheng raised his head and asked, "Why is my cousin sighing?" ”

Mo Shu said: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about why I didn't read more books when I was by Master's side, and now I feel less when I use them." ”

Lu Yi immediately said: "My cousin already knows a lot!" ”

Wu Ziheng nodded his head and agreed, and said: "This matter, you can let people make some for their own use first, as for this business, let's postpone it first, too much will let people see what clues." ”

Mo Shu nodded, and asked Lu Yi to put away the name of the store written by Wu Ziheng, it used to be such a small letter, and the person who made the plaque could properly engrave the name of the store, and there was always a way to think about it.

After Lu Yi left, Mo Shu remembered one more thing and asked, "Since a batch of bamboo paper has been produced, it should be sent to the Jin State Mansion and Yuhu Villa, right?" Why haven't I heard of it? It's good to take some for the big sisters to practice calligraphy. ”

Wu Ziheng said: "It's been sent to the Green Calyx Garden, my cousin is busy, and I don't know." ”

Mo Shu immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, cousin, for being thoughtful." ”

Wu Ziheng did not take credit, and said: "This is not my credit, the steward will arrange it." ”

At that moment, Mo Shu still smiled and said: "It's still my cousin who disciplines properly, and it is the people below who can handle these things properly." I wonder how much more of this paper there is? I want to use it to print some flyers and distribute them to the major academies in Chang'an and the inns near the examination room? ”

Wu Ziheng asked: "Flyers? ”

Mo Shu explained to Wu Ziheng what a flyer was at the moment, and said with a smile: "This can make more students aware of this matter." ”

Wu Ziheng said: "This is a good way, but it doesn't have to be used in the bookstore, and too much paper is used." As long as Wenchang Bookstore is opened, and some students see it, it won't be long before everyone studying in Chang'an will know about it. My cousin just had to sit and wait for the money. ”

Mo Shu thought about it too. After all, the printed book is always different from the hand-copied, and because the paper and ink are much cheaper than the original, the price is not just a matter of saying.

In this case, this leaflet should be kept for other things to use in the future. (To be continued.) )