Chapter 181 Changsun Wuji still doesn't know the key to the printing technique, that is, whether those layouts are engraved or not,

This, of course, is carved, but it is different from the engraving that the eldest grandson Wuji knows, in the past, when printing books, the engraving was carved at the same time on a plate, but Qin Huaidao used live lead engraving.

"It's carved!" Qin Huaidao smiled and nodded and said, while making tea in his hand.

"In that case, the cost will be very high, and those books will not be cheap!" Chu Suiliang heard it and asked Qin Huaidao.

"It's not expensive, the price is marked at the back of each book, you can see it by looking at it." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, and then began to pour tea for them

。 Li Shimin looked at the back and found that the price was marked on the back, and the eight texts of the Analects.

"Eight cents, so cheap, the printing house will lose money?" Li Shimin was a little shocked, eight cents a book, that must be a lot of people buying books to read.

"I won't lose money, the profit is about 30%, and the cost is about 5 cents! Now the workers are not very familiar with it, once the workmanship is familiar, more than 50,000 copies can be printed in a day, according to different books, the profit is about 150 yuan a day, and the value is about 40,000 yuan a year.

Of course, if the market needs more books, then the printing plant side will also expand, and I have prepared several such factories, and if necessary, continue to recruit workers and install machines.

It is expected that it will be expanded this year, expanding to 100 machines, so that the profit in a year will exceed 80,000 yuan! Qin Huaidao smiled and introduced to Li Shimin.

"Well, yes, to expand, not to expand, one book a day seems to be a lot, but, every reader hopes to have more books in their study, I believe many people will buy these books!" Li Shimin immediately said to Qin Huaidao.

"Yes! Your Majesty, please! After Qin Huaidao poured the tea, he put it down in front of Qin Huaidao and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, good!" Li Shimin is still looking through books.

"Well, there's no such a high profit, right?" Eldest Sun Wuji said very suspiciously, and Eldest Sun Jian didn't tell him what was going on on this side, he still didn't understand.

"Yes!" Li Tai sat next to him and said.

The eldest grandson, Wuji, turned his head to look at Li Tai.

"How to do it, this is the secret of the printing house, we can't say it to the outside, please understand Zhao Guogong." Qin Huaidao explained to the eldest grandson Wuji before Li Tai.

"Yes, this is confidential, I can't say that the matter of the printing house needs to be kept secret." Li Shimin also nodded and said,

Yang Shidao took a look at the eldest grandson Wuji, he was also a little worried, he was also a member of the small family, and he was very worried about the impact of these books.

"Qingque, you have to do a good job of safety work here, but you are not allowed to let things leak out here, and you can't let any accidents occur on the printing house!" Li Shimin stared at Li Tai and admonished.

"Yes!" Li Tai stood up and arched his hand.

"Well, look at it, it's really well printed, I just glanced at it, and I didn't find any mistakes, you can take a look too!" Li Shimin handed the book to Fang Xuanling and them as he spoke.

Fang Xuanling and the others also took it and looked at it.

"Pepin, tomorrow morning, you will go to the court, and I will announce my reward to you! In addition, tomorrow you will also announce the wedding of you and Lixian, but you have to be ready, the day after tomorrow, you need a big feast in your house. Li Shimin looked at Qin Huaidao with a smile and said.

"Ah, yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Qin Huaidao stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Sit down, sit down, just talk, you don't need to be so polite." Li Shimin smiled and raised his hand to press Qin Huaidao and said.

"Well, it's really good, eight cents, the ministers have to buy some." The eldest grandson Wuji looked at the book and nodded appreciatively.

"I wonder when this book will be released?" Yang Shidao looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"It will be on sale tomorrow at the earliest, and it depends on how many books are printed here today, and in addition, the shops in the city, we are ready, if they don't go on sale tomorrow, they will definitely be released the day after tomorrow.

We also want to know, how many of these books can be sold here in Chang'an City? How are the sales? Qin Huaidao looked at Yang Shidao and introduced here.

"Okay, okay, Nachen will buy some tomorrow and go back, those boys at home, the books they read, are all old, some are rotten, now that I have these books, I don't have to worry." Yang Shidao looked at Qin Huaidao and said with a smile,

But I was in a hurry, tens of thousands of books a day were put into Chang'an City, and when Chang'an City was sold out, it was estimated that they would be transported to other places to buy, and I don't know how many people in Datang would read in a few years.

"Well, you can start selling at any time, and I'll leave it to you!" Li Shimin nodded very happily.

The eldest grandson Wuji wanted to say something, and wanted to persuade Li Shimin not to let these books out, but he didn't dare to persuade him.

Because, the people need, if they persuade themselves, once it spreads, the people will not know how to see themselves. Including all the family officials here now, they don't want these books to be released, but they don't dare to persuade them, and they can't persuade them, so they can only be in a hurry.

Li Shimin and Qin Huaidao chatted in the tea room for a while, and then went out, and at this moment, some books had been transported to another warehouse.

"How many have been printed?" Li Shimin asked directly at Fang Yi, who was watching outside.

"Back to Your Majesty, almost 3,000 copies have been printed, of which 2,400 have been bound. Now the speed of the workers is getting faster and faster. Fang Yizhi heard Li Shimin's inquiry, and immediately reported to Li Shimin.

"Good, good, so much printed, good!" Li Shimin said very happily that in this meeting, 3,000 copies were almost printed, which is too fast.

And the officials of the family who stood not far away watched all this coldly, they were shocked in their hearts, but they did not dare to show their disgust for this printing house.

"I've seen Hu Guogong!"

"I've seen Hu Guogong!" ...

At this time, some officials from poor families came to Qin Huaidao, clasped their fists with both hands, and bowed deeply to Qin Huaidao.

"I've seen you!" Qin Huaidao also said in return.

"Hu Guogong, the printing house's move, the merit in the world is beneficial in the future, I believe that the world's readers, will remember Hu Guogong's kindness, without you, many poor children, even if they want to read, do not have the opportunity to contact those books. The old man is grateful to Hu Guogong for the world and the children of the poor family! An old man bowed to Qin Huaidao again.

"Thank you Hu Guogong!" Those poor officials all bowed to Qin Huaidao and thanked him.

"You're welcome, I also hope that there will be more books in my study." Qin Huaidao stood there and saluted them in return and said,

And the officials of the family are very embarrassed, it stands to reason that they should also be grateful to Qin Huaidao, after all, Qin Huaidao has made the paper and printing, and he can also order the collection of books in each of their families.

However, compared to this, Qin Huaidao caused more harm to their family.

Li Shimin stood there, looking at this scene with a smile on his face

。 "Peping, Yu Chi Baolin, Cheng Chuhei, and you boys, I will go to court tomorrow morning, and I will announce my reward for you!" Li Shimin put his hands behind his back and shouted at Qin Huaidao with a smile.

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Yu Chi Baolin and the others were very happy and said to Li Shimin, they already knew in their hearts that this reward would not be less.

"Well, everyone will go to the palace later, I want to feast the ministers, go!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said to those ministers.

"Pepin, you go too, just leave it to them here." As soon as Li Shimin turned around, he said to Qin Huaidao who was standing next to him.

"The minister can't go, there are still a lot of things to discuss today, including how to sell it tomorrow!" Qin Huaidao stood there and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, good! Here, I'll leave it to you, don't worry! Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

"Pepin, good job, fight for the uncles!" Wei Chi Jingde patted Qin Huaidao's shoulder and said.

"Thank you, uncle, I didn't embarrass you." Qin Huaidao said very happily to Wei Chi Jingde.

"What a shame, you have never embarrassed us, good, you guys, you have to learn from Peping, don't just think about going to the Qinglou Painting Boat, such a big person, you should be stable." Li Jing pointed to Li Dejian's gang and said, when they heard it, they all laughed,

Soon, Li Shimin left with those officials, but before leaving, Li Shimin left a thousand guards here.

When Cheng Chusi saw this, he also took it seriously, but there were Li Tai and Changsun Chuan here, and he and Qin Huaidao had no way to communicate, so after Li Shimin left, Cheng Chusi went to arrange the escort work of the military guard.

Changsun Jian and Li Tai glanced at each other from a distance, and without speaking, they followed Qin Huaidao back to the factory, Qin Huaidao walked around the factory, and then went to the teahouse.

After a while, Cheng Chuhei also came in, Wei Chi Baolin and Li Chongyi left first, one of them was on duty in the palace, and the other was on duty in the East Palace, and the rest of the matter was that a few of them came to discuss.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, do you have any arrangements for selling books tomorrow?" After Qin Huaidao sat down, he looked at King Wei and said, after all, this factory is supervised by him.

"Well, I don't think I'm in a hurry, tomorrow morning, you have to go to the palace to go to the court, and it won't work if there is no one to supervise here, according to the king's wishes, it will be sold the day after tomorrow." Li Tai, the king of Wei, thought for a moment, and said to Qin Huaidao,

He also wanted to buy more time for the family, as long as those books were not sold, they would not pose a real threat.