Writing books was of great significance in the late Han Dynasty, and it can be said that it was the fastest way to become famous.

Mi Jia is the home of businessmen, Shinong industry and commerce, Shang is the most statusless profession, Mi Zhu wants to get rid of this identity, what should I do?

Writing books is one of the safest and most convenient ways to do this.

When all the students of the Han Dynasty read Mi Zhu's books, the Mi family naturally had the qualifications to become a scholarly family.

This is also the reason why Mi Zhu is so excited.

The Mi family is neither short of people nor money. His goal is just to raise the social status of the Mi family to a higher level.

It's just that he still has doubts in his heart, and he said again: "If the Xian family can really publish three thousand books for me, and only a thousand horses, what a good way." ”

Whether it is engraving printing or movable type printing, in fact, there is no technical content, what is missing is just a small whimsy, and everyone can make it. It's nothing more than something similar to carving a chapter, and it doesn't need Zhang You to do it himself, find some carpenters with good skills, and it won't take long to be able to print it.

Carpenters are much easier to recruit than students.

Zhang You pondered for a while and said, "Two months, three thousand copies." The pen and ink are provided by the head of the Mi family, if it can't be completed by then, I Zhang You will come to see you. But there is one condition, the title page must be marked with the name of my Zhang You. ”

The pen and ink are just trivial things, and the Mi family is rich and rich, so naturally they don't care, and two months is not long. Zhang Youken is sure to take his head as a guarantee, presumably he is indeed sure.

Adding Zhang You's name is not an excessive request, even if the student is asked to copy it by hand, there will be the student's name on the title page.

Mi Zhu replied cheerfully: "This is natural, but this book needs to be passed down after all, and the quality cannot be bad." ”

Mi Zhu ignored one point, if you ask someone to copy it by hand, even if the person who copied the book leaves his name, three thousand copies, the same person can copy ten volumes, it is already the sky, and Zhang You is different, this book has his name on it.

Quantitative changes cause qualitative changes, even if Mi Zhu has nothing to do with Zhang You, under the crowd's mouth, he Mi Zhu can't be washed away.

Outsiders don't care what deal you have between you, in their eyes, Zhang You's name can be written on the book written by Mi Zhu, it doesn't matter if the two of you do, who will believe it?

As long as Zhang You is still in the late Han Dynasty for a day, even if Mi Zhu sincerely takes refuge in Liu Bei, this will be the deepest thorn in the relationship between the two.

There is a second reason why Zhang You asked Mi Zhu to sign his name on the book, Mi Zhu wanted to get rid of the status of a businessman through the book, and Zhang You also wanted to use the influence of the Mi family to spread the signal that he could write a book.

Printing is something that can pry the entire literati circle, and as long as Zhang You regulates the throat of the book, countless people will rush to it.

"The head of the Mi family can rest assured that there is no typo, and the fonts are neat."

Movable type printing can not only ensure that there are no typos, but even ensure that 3,000 books look exactly the same.

"So, it's a deal."

"It's a deal."

Mi Zhu is more or less a bit of a respectful meaning, Zhang You came when his old god was there, and when he left, he personally sent out the door, and said goodbye to him, holding Zhang You's hand for a long time and refusing to let go, like an old friend who had not seen him for many years, which made Zhang You have a chill, people who don't know the inside story, and even thought that the two were friends with broken sleeves.

Movable type printing has a fatal flaw, it is too simple, like a piece of window paper, it can be broken when you poke it.

If there is a spy from another family in the hands of the carpenter recruited by himself, this is no longer his exclusive use.

There were no patents at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Once monopoly cannot be achieved, the loss in this is by no means merely merely measurable by money.

In this way, the confidentiality of movable type printing is a top priority.

Zhang You made up his mind in his heart: "Hiring people is always unreliable, it's better to let Zhang Yi and them carve slowly, it's okay to be ugly, it's okay to be slow, anyway, two months is more than enough, the key is that the loyalty of these fifty people does not need to be doubted." ”

He also thought about teaching the method directly to the Mi family in exchange for some benefits.

To be honest, if this method is in the hands of Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, it can even be exchanged for the loyalty of the Mi family, it is too important, if the Mi family can master this technology without being leaked, countless Taidou-level figures will flock to it, and the Mi family can even become a holy place in the eyes of literati.

This is no exaggeration, and it is the ultimate dream of every literati to write books that have been passed down for centuries.

It's a pity that he is only Zhang You, he does not have the size of Cao Cao at this time, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to gain the allegiance of the Mi family.

If printing can't exchange the allegiance of the Mi family, it will be a loss to change anything, and it is better to take it into your own hands.

Zhang You didn't know what Mi Zhu wanted, and similarly, Mi Zhu's thoughts, Zhang You couldn't figure it out.

said goodbye to Zhang You's Mi Zhu, and still sat in the hall drinking tea.

Leaning slightly, he put down the teacup in his hand, as if he had made some decision: "Mi Tong." ”

"Yes, master."

"Go and call the second master back, my Mi family, you don't need to take such a big risk."

"Yes."

Mi Zhu's writing is actually much more difficult than Zhang You imagined, he is a businessman, even if he is an ordinary student, it is difficult to recruit.

Most of the students in the late Han Dynasty, whether they were from a family or a poor family, looked down on businessmen. The ranking of Shinong Industry and Commerce is not just talking, even if the poor can't afford to eat, you are a businessman, you can look down on you.

Unfounded, yet starkly real.

This may also be an important reason why Mi Zhu later made a desperate effort to join Liu Bei, rather than being looked down upon, it was better to give it a go.

At this time, since the road of writing books is clear, there is no need to take risks.

Zhang You also hit the right one, and pulled the balance of the Mi family slightly to himself.

Seeing that Mi Tong didn't withdraw for a long time, Mi Zhu opened his mouth and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Miss?"

In order to get close to Liu Bei, Mi Zhu married his sister.

This incident happened in the first year of Jian'an, and Zhang You ordered Zhang Yi to investigate the Mi family's intelligence in the past two years, which was not mentioned, so Zhang You did not know. He always thought that Mrs. Mi was not married.

Mi Zhu pondered for a while and said: "Two thousand people, countless gold and silver, is already a huge dowry, I treat Liu Bei well, and what did he do?" I don't blame Xiao Pei for his miss, but he abandoned Mihuan! If it weren't for her and my eldest brother, I would have asked Lu Bu to take the sacrificial flag. ”

Mi Zhu was also dissatisfied with Liu Bei, he could only use his identity to get his family rid of the identity of a businessman, and he could only swallow this breath, at this time there was a new way out, he was naturally not ready to endure it.

The brother-in-law who ruthlessly abandoned his sister, whoever he replaced would not have a good feeling.

"Yes."

Mi Tong said no more, and was ordered to retreat.