"I wonder what kind of advice Mr. came to teach this time?" Since Hu Zhao can wait for him here for a month, there must be something.

Since he can wait for a month, it may not be impossible for him to stay longer, especially after hearing that he is in Wang Zuo's realm, Zhang You's desire is even stronger.

Hu Zhao took out two books from his sleeve, which were the products of Zhang You's printing with movable type.

After Hu Zhao said it in detail, Zhang You already understood something in his heart, speaking of which, at this time, in addition to this, he did not have the qualifications to let this big guy wait for a month.

Sure enough, Hu Zhao opened his mouth and asked, "This thing is written by you?" ”

"Not bad."

"I wonder how long it takes to copy a book?"

In this era, most of them used brushes, and the writing speed was not fast.

If a book like Mi Zhu is copied carefully, it is estimated that it will take at least ten days and half a month of work.

Zhang You opened his mouth and said: "Half a day is enough. ”

The half-day that Zhang You said is the time from typesetting to binding in the case of the completion of the engraving.

Of course, no matter which book is printed, there are only so many characters, and in movable type printing, these Chinese characters can also be used repeatedly. Therefore, there is no exaggeration in what Zhang You said about the time.

Although Hu Zhao had already guessed in his heart, he still gasped when he heard Zhang You's words, but his shock was not over.

"It takes half a day for one book, and it only takes one day to copy a hundred copies of the same book."

"I have a collection of books and cars, all of which are unique books, can I borrow the county magistrate's hand to copy a few copies, and in return, the county magistrate can keep a copy for himself."

Hu Zhao is a gentleman, so what to say, he came for books, but not for himself, but for those solitary books in his hands.

In his opinion, a book is always easy to lose, just like the first emperor burned books and pit Confucianism, if there were books in various places, how could he suffer such a great loss?

Unlike Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu is selfish, and he is completely in order to leave some essence for future generations as much as possible.

Relying on oneself is really a drop in the bucket.

By chance, he saw Mi Zhu's book, and he expected that there must be a way to write books that he didn't know, so he was naturally overjoyed. It's been a long way to get here.

In his opinion, the conditions he offered were also tempting.

After all, in this era, books are a status symbol and a great wealth, especially his own collection of books, and the books that can be collected by him are even more boutiques.

To be honest, Zhang You really has no concept of this, in later generations, it is not that there are no books to read, but that there are too many books to read.

He couldn't understand the great significance of the word book in this era.

Zhang You didn't understand, it didn't mean that Xu Shu didn't understand, his eyes were already shining when he heard it at the moment, and he couldn't wait to agree for Zhang You immediately.

Zhang You didn't need these books, and in contrast, he preferred to keep Hu Zhao by his side.

Xu Shu's expression was in his eyes, and perhaps in the eyes of anyone in the world, this was a good deal.

Zhang You can be regarded as a very practical person, he can't be as selfless as Hu Zhao. But this does not prevent him from respecting such a selfless person, and he does not mind helping him as much as possible without harming his own interests. Therefore, although he did not think that those books were of any great use to him, he still replied: "Since Mr. is Yuanzhi's teacher, this matter is just a matter of effort, and you should do your best." ”

If he wants to keep Hu Zhao, he has other ways.

"But you have doubts in my heart, can I ask Mr. to teach me?"

Zhang You agreed to Hu Zhao's deal, he was naturally in a good mood, young people can study hard, and if they don't understand, they can ask, and it's not a bad problem, Hu Zhao immediately said: "The old man knows everything." ”

"Dare to ask sir, 'The people can make it impossible to know it', what is the meaning of this saying?"

Hu Zhao frowned slightly, he was well-read, and he had encountered a lot of this kind of thing: "This sentence is different according to the broken sentence, the meaning is also different, if you want to ask the true intention of the person who wrote the book, but no one knows, thousands of people have thousands of faces, a book and a thousand people have read it, and its meaning will be very different." ”

This is a well-known sentence in later generations. Depending on the use of punctuation, there are two completely different meanings.

The first is: the people can make it happen, but they can't know it.

And the second is: the people can, let it be; No, let it be known.

I have to say that Hu Zhao's explanation has some truth. But in the final analysis, the existence of books is to convey a spirit, a belief, and a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people may indeed be Shakespeare's desire. Hamlet is an angel, and Shakespeare wants readers to put all sorts of halos on his head, but he never wants anyone to say he's a demon.

And the reason why Zhang You threw out this question is precisely because there are two completely different interpretations of angels and demons.

He wasn't trying to get answers from Hu Zhao.

Zhang You opened his mouth and said: "The words of the ancients are ambiguous, and you are confused in your heart, so you often study in your spare time, and now you also have some opinions, the so-called 'ancients did not have time to mourn themselves, and future generations mourned; Later generations mourn and do not learn from it, and it also makes future generations mourn for future generations. ‘”

Zhang You borrowed a sentence from "A Fang Gong Fu", to the effect that the ancients did not break sentences, which led to many ambiguities when we read their books today.

Hu Zhao understood, in his opinion, Zhang Youneng has a way to copy books, which is already a benefit. No one knows the importance of sentence breaking better than him, and if there is still research on hyphenation, it is not an exaggeration for future generations to call him holy.

"Is that true?"

"Seriously."

In fact, as early as when he helped Mi Zhu write the book, Zhang You discovered this problem, and the people of the late Han Dynasty did not have such a thing as punctuation.

Sometimes Zhang You even thinks that people who can read in ancient times, with their intelligence, will not have a problem studying Tsinghua University and Peking University in later generations.

didn't break the sentence or say it, but also advocated the meaning of small words, and every word that was true and true had to be guessed.

"Why doesn't this magic method spread to the world and be praised by the world?"

"The boy is soft-spoken."

"I'll make a name for you."

Zhang You pondered for a while, and continued to speak: "Sir, you are willing to help me, and I am willing to pass it on in the way of breaking sentences." ”

He didn't need this reputation, in contrast, he needed the assistance of a Wang Zuozhicai.

Hu Zhao's answer surprised him: "If the old man's life can be exchanged for the world's method of breaking sentences, not to mention recognizing the master as a servant, even if he goes to the soup and fire, he will not give up." ”

After saying that, he actually got up and bowed down: "Kong Ming has seen the lord." ”

This is simpler than Zhang You imagined, but for some reason, he was ashamed.

This may be to deceive the gentleman, but just then, he is the villain.

Zhang You got up and bowed down the same way: "You have great ambitions in your heart, so you make this decision, Mr. has a noble character, You does not dare to be the main thing, I am willing to worship Mr. as a teacher, and I hope Mr. will not give up." ”