Zhao Yinggong's application report encountered no opposition in the planning and approval of the project. However, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the competent department objected to his immediate intervention in the silk industry: in the eyes of Jiang Shan and others, it was too risky to do so, and the silk industry was a popular type of industry at that time, and it was also an industry in which the gentry were deeply involved.

"He's going to be a big fat pig, waiting for someone to kill the pig, you have to stop him." Li Yan said to Jiang Shan in the conference room, "The silk reeling factory came together, just like the opening of the Leizhou Sugar Factory back then, and it was immediately a shocking cry of ghosts and gods. He said that only reeling silk does not interfere in circulation and silk weaving, you must know that Leizhou Station also thought so back then, but it was immediately besieged by people, if it weren't for Leizhou on the other side of the strait, the senate's all-round support would have come quickly and would have been wiped out! ”

Jiang Shan agreed: "I think this too." However, you can't look ahead and backward in doing things. He is now anxious to get money to open up the situation, I can understand it, now there is no money to open the situation. ”

"There are many ways to open up the situation. Besides, don't you have the support of the mountains and the sea? Wanyou is about to open a Hangzhou branch......"

"He doesn't have the right to make casual payments in everything, you know financial discipline. Apparently he needs money now. Jiang Shan said. At a recent joint meeting of various departments of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, the finances of the veterans stationed abroad were coordinated, stipulating that no veteran could withdraw cash directly from the shops on Shanhai Road except for the prescribed allowance for intelligence activities, and could only borrow cash temporarily in the form of loans when necessary, and there was a certain limit on the amount of cash.

The consideration of formulating this rule is to prevent the veterans stationed abroad from thinking that they are "business wizards" who are engaged in some kind of "business operation" activities, and that it is just a waste of funds for their own "business operation" activities, and if the operation is not successful, it will bring down the enterprise. Therefore, whether the enterprises on the Shanhai Road are state-owned or joint-venture, they are all operated by the commercial department in a unified manner, unless it is clear that the veterans stationed abroad have the responsibility of managing and operating the stores on the Shanhai Road", otherwise they only provide certain support for the stations stationed abroad.

"You can find other ways to make money, enter the small-cost industry," Li Yan said, "I suggest that it is better to start with the book business first." Engage in book publishing. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, Hangzhou's publishing industry was only regarded as "midstream" level "far less than that of Suzhou and Nanjing, there were not many bookstores, and the influence was not great."

Compared with a highly profitable industry such as silk, the book engraving industry is heavy, the turnover is slow, and the profits are not very lucrative" is not an industry that the gentry are willing to meddle in. Li Yan thought that it was the best choice to let Zhao Yingong intervene in the book engraving industry first.

Jiang Shan said, "However, Zhao Yinggong's enthusiasm is very high, and the motion he put forward has poked at the G point of the Ministry of Light Industry, the Foreign Trade Company and the Committee of Agriculture." I am afraid that these departments will all show enthusiastic support. I'm afraid I'll be passed at a committee meeting of the Senate. ”

If it is approved by the Standing Committee, it will be included in the operation of the Planning Institute. Even if the Foreign Intelligence Service is against it, I am afraid it will not have much effect.

He turned around a few times, stopped and said: "It doesn't matter, the equipment of the modern silk reeling factory cannot be completed overnight, at least it will take half a year." We asked the Committee of Agriculture to help Hangzhou Station improve silkworm planting and mulberry planting, which is the foundation of sericulture reform, and Zhao Yinggong will not oppose it. ”

Improving silkworm seeds and mulberry planting will not attract much attention, and the impact will be much smaller than that of a new silk reeling factory. In the insight of the ancients, this is the so-called, and the "nongben" gentry run their own business, not only will no one look down on it, but it is also a very face-saving thing.

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This matter will take at least half a year, and by the time Zhao Yingong wants to build a silk reeling factory, the situation should have changed, and there will be no problem in running a silk reeling factory. "Jiangshan is very proud.

Li Yan thought to himself, you are just "dragging the word", but he admitted that this was right.

Think about it again, Zhao Yinggong's report said that he has two directions, one is the silk reeling factory and the other is the printing and publishing industry. With Hangzhou's manpower and material resources, it is impossible to take care of both ends, and it is completely reasonable to only have one project at the moment, and he will not have any ideas in the future.

Li Yan first consulted with the First Planning Institute, and then called Tan Ming, the director of the printing house, and Zhou Dongtian, a member of the publishing steering group, to "hold a meeting." A discussion was held on how to do the publishing industry in Hangzhou.

Yu De's wife saw that it was now possible to ship books directly from Lingao for sale without having to establish a printing industry in Hangzhou. At present, the printing factory of Lingao has been equipped with lithographic printing equipment, which can print lithographic materials on a considerable scale, and it is possible to transport a certain number of books to Hangzhou.

“…… But I don't know how many books are needed in Hangzhou, and there are types. Tan Ming has no bottom in his heart, although the production capacity is now up, but the printing house itself has a very heavy task, and the printing of a large number of textbooks and science and education pamphlets makes the work of the printing house extremely heavy.

Zhou Dongtian said, "Looking at his city invitation text, the books that Hangzhou needs must be variety." , small batches. This is a bit of a trick for the printing press. ”

A large variety means that the edition has to be arranged many times, and each time it is not printed much. This is quite uneconomical for a printing house.

The final decision was to transport a batch of ready-made books from Lingao to Hangzhou. At the same time, simple printing equipment was shipped to Hangzhou, and Zhou Dongtian suggested shipping two types: "One is the simplest hand-cranked printing machine. This type of printing machine does not typeset, but uses paper or paper type to print.

Although many people think that "movable type printing" is actually real when it comes to the modern printing industry, "movable type printing" is not widely used. Including modern photographic typesetting, most modern printing ジシュ follows the principle of block printing. It's just that the speed and efficiency of making engraving plates have been greatly improved compared with engraving bookplates.

In the era of "movable type printing", printed books were typeset with movable type, and then pressed out on the movable type plate with thick cardboard or thin bell board, "paper type" or "bell type". Then send the paper type and the type to the printing machine for printing, after the printing is finished, the advantage of this is that the wear and tear of the lead text can be greatly reduced. In addition, the paper type can be stored for a considerable period of time, and if the book may be reprinted, it can be taken out of the warehouse immediately and printed, eliminating the need to re-type the bell typesetting. It can be said that it takes into account the advantages of movable type printing and engraving printing.

Compared with heavy wooden engravings, paper and lead types are lightweight, small in size, and low in cost.

It is the most commonly used book printing process before the promotion of modern photographic plate printing. It is impossible for Zhao Yinggong's Hangzhou Printing Factory to train a group of specialized typesetting workers, so it is the easiest way to directly copy and transport the various paper types and Ji types currently stored in the Lincha Printing Factory, and Hangzhou can meet the needs as long as a few simple manpower printing machines are prepared.

"I recommend the Albion style. Zhou Dongtian said, "This kind of manual printing machine has been considered the most manual printing machine since its invention, and many printing houses in the 20th century used it.

To this day, there are still many printing enthusiasts who respect this machine. ”

The Albion-style printing machine has a simple and light structure and a large transfer force, which is a very suitable choice for the printing office in Hangzhou. The disadvantage is that all imprint printing machines are the same, using flatbed imprinting, and the printing efficiency is not as good as that of rotary printing machines.

"The last time we worked with the people at the machine shop to replicate this kind of machine, we thought that we could improve the production efficiency, including the use of power such as water turbines and steam engines. The other is to cancel the springs. ”

The Albion press had a key spring component, which was replaced by a different way after research.

But in this way, the task of typesetting still falls on the printing house of Lingao. And most of the books we currently store are not suitable for sale in Hangzhou. Tan Ming said that at a glance, the typesetting work of the printing house is busy enough.

There are thousands of kinds of books in the Lingao printing house, but most of them are jishu and management brochures, various textbooks, and propaganda brochures for Lingao's own use. The only books suitable for sale in the Ming Dynasty were a small number of the Four Books and the Five Classics, the Thirteen Classics of the Qing Dynasty, a few common subsets of the classics, and religious pamphlets of the Catholic Church and Neo-Taoism.

Zhou Dongtian said, "This is also a matter of no choice, and I will slowly establish the local typesetting process in the future." ”

Another piece of equipment is the lithograph machine. Lithographing is essentially a type of engraving printing, but the materials used are protective coatings and corrosive agents. Lithographing is suitable for printing patterns and small batches of text printing, and is more suitable for places like Hangzhou Printing Institute that require small batches and multiple varieties.

Although these two devices seem simple, they still cannot be imitated with 17th-century jishu.

The most taboo thing that cannot be constituted in the Senate, the possibility of "jishu leakage".

Zhou Dongtian said, "I applied last time, and I wanted to go to Nanjing, Hangzhou and Suzhou to see the local engraving and printing industry. By the way, let's see if we can recruit some master engraving craftsmen, and the printing house has a great demand for engraving workers. This time, I want to go to Hangzhou with books and printing equipment to help Zhao Yingong set up the printing office, after all, I am a professional. By the way, I am looking at the printing industry in Jiangnan and recruiting a few craftsmen. ”

The application to go to Jiang Xian for inspection was submitted by Zhou Dongtian a long time ago. At that time, there was no stronghold in Gangnam, so naturally the 1st Planning Institute could not agree. Now he is very good to give the reason. Yude, of course, would not object. He turned his gaze to Li Yan.

"He has not been trained, is there a problem with going to Jiangnan?" ”

Li Yan said, "There is no problem in escorting him to Jiangnan." We have plans available for short-term business trips to the Red Zone. ”@。