The six girls have not heard from each other for several days, and I don't know how the rehearsals were.

On this day, Chen Siye sat in the backyard basking in the sun, playing with a dagger and slashing the wind, and couldn't help but think of his good brother Shen Tiancheng who gave him the dagger, and I don't know what he did to that Zhang Qing. In the future, everyone will go to the capital, and he should also help him, blow the wind in Su Lanzhu's ear, and ask her to write a letter to agree to this family business.

Just thinking about it, when he heard the sound of calling the door from the front hall, Chen Siye was overjoyed, could it be that the sixth girl was back? I haven't seen the six women in the past few days, and I am really a little unaccustomed to it, so I hurriedly got up and went to the front hall.

When I opened the door, I found that the door was called by a slightly chubby greasy middle-aged man, smiling, followed by a little scholar, and a carriage was parked not far away. Chen Siye said in his heart, where did the greasy uncle come from? What are you here for?

So he asked suspiciously, "Who are you looking for?" ”

The greasy uncle smiled and said, "But Chen Gongzi? I'm here for you. ”

Chen Siye was even more strange, "You are?" What's the matter with me? ”

"That's like this, Chen Gongzi, who is the manager of Jiangxia Printing Company, Wang Chong, it was the little peach girl who asked me to find you."

Chen Siye sighed, and said in his heart that Jiangxia Printing Company was asked by Xiao Tao again, and it should be Le Xuan's person, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "It turned out to be the king in charge, please come inside, sit down and have a cup of tea." ”

Steward Wang waved his hand again and again: "No, no, Chen Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, it's just a trivial matter, the book cover handed over to us by the little peach girl has been printed, and I specially brought it to Chen Gongzi to see." ”

Chen Siye was overjoyed when he heard this, "Really? Let me see. ”

Steward Wang beckoned to the scholar behind him, and the scholar took out two pieces of paper, which were the covers of the two books.

At this time, the book covers were generally hard paper, and most of them were solid colors, and there were very few pictures printed.

Chen Siye took it and couldn't help frowning, this is a replica of the cover he painted, but it is completely the gap between the buyer's show and the seller's show, just a bunch of ink, without the slightest sense of layering, it is simply difficult to see.

Steward Wang smiled awkwardly and said, "Chen Gongzi's paintings are too wonderful, and our craftsmen are really limited in their ability, and it is difficult to make engravings that can print ordinary paintings. ”

Chen Siye said in his heart when he heard this, if this can print a sense of hierarchy, there will be nothing to do with the printer.

"But Chen Gongzi, please take a look at these two again, this is a slight improvement over those two, and maybe you can get into Chen Gongzi's eyes." As he spoke, Steward Wang asked the scholar to present two more book covers.

Chen Siye didn't have much hope, but when he took the two book covers and looked at them, he couldn't help but light up.

These two should be the same as the previous engravings, the only difference is that they are in various colors, but these colors look simple, but they are not randomly embellished, but carefully designed, like the finishing touch, so that this cover looks completely different, the sense of hierarchy is immediately obvious, there is a feeling of refreshment, the ink on the painting seems to be alive, although it is not as delicate as Chen Siye's original painting, but it can already be called pleasing to the eye, and color paintings are definitely more popular than black and white paintings.

Chen Siye was very surprised, and couldn't help but praise: "Good!" "I said that this Jiangxia Bookstore is really a master, and he can use some pigments to turn decay into magic, and sure enough, there are people everywhere, not to be underestimated.

Who did this? It's a great way to rejuvenate. ”

Steward Wang said with a hint of pride: "This is here."

Sell it down, and Chen Gongzi will naturally know it in the future. Since Childe is satisfied, does he need to use this book cover to print some more books? ”

"Yes! Printed, of course! ”

Steward Wang looked overjoyed, and said tentatively: "Chen Gongzi, printing books is extremely fast, but this kind of book cover can only be colored by hand by painter, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the price is naturally more expensive..."

Chen Siye raised his eyebrows, raised the book cover in his hand and said, "What is the price of this kind of book cover?" Did the person who painted it paint it himself? ”

"Uh... No, it's another painter, but Chen Gongzi can rest assured that it is guaranteed to be the same as this product. Steward Wang hesitated and gritted his teeth and said, "This book cover is too labor-intensive, how about a tael of silver each?" ”

The steward of the king was also apprehensive, for fear that Chen Siye would not agree, but the people above explained that one or two pieces of silver were not worth two prices, and they were not allowed to be discussed.

Of course, one or two pieces of silver is not cheap, it is simply too expensive, but Chen Siye thought to himself that since this is Le Xuan's industry, let her earn more, as long as the price is higher, this kind of cover book is priced at ten taels, in addition to the cost, there is five times the profit, it is simply profitable, anyway, in the face of the high-end market, I am not afraid that I will not be able to sell.

So he promised, "Okay! Just one or two pieces of silver, with the best paper and the best ink, before February 15, as many as you can print, and then send it to Xinhua Bookstore to find Qin's shopkeeper to settle the bill. ”

Chen Siye has his own considerations, one batch is sold in Xinhua Bookstore, and one batch is taken to the capital, not afraid of printing more, but afraid of less. The capital market is even bigger, but you can't let it go.

The books that were printed before have been sent to Xinhua Bookstore, and the bookstore's business has come again in the past few days, and hundreds of taels of silver have been recorded every day, and the copper coins can't be piled up, Qin Guiyuan has no choice but to find someone from Yinzhuang to exchange the copper coins and silver for silver tickets, which makes Chen Siye feel that he really underestimates people's enthusiasm for this kind of Xianxia.

However, at this time, the sales momentum has been slightly declining, not as hot as the beginning, so it is necessary to release a new book in a timely manner to stimulate the market, one is this kind of changed cover, since the poster is stolen, this kind of painted will definitely be welcomed by the high-end market; The other is Journey to the West, he has now copied more than half of it, and he strives to hand it over to Qin Guiyuan before going to the capital, and then hand it over to him to print and sell books and everything else, just be the shopkeeper and go to the capital to play with peace of mind.

The king in charge obviously didn't expect Chen Siye to agree, and said overjoyedly: "Chen Gongzi don't worry! The best is used, and the labor cost of paper and ink is calculated as the cost price for Chen Gongzi! ”

Chen Siye said in his heart that if you count all of this together, you can earn a tael of silver, but since you have decided to let them earn some too, you don't have to worry about it.

"Steward Wang, I can't say that I will trouble you in the future, and I would like to ask you and the shopkeeper Qin of Xinhua Bookstore to move around more, and I am ready to hand over the printing matter to Shopkeeper Qin, and it won't be long before a new book will be printed, and then I will ask Steward Wang to bother more."

Steward Wang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said that the good situation of Xinhua Bookstore is obvious to all, and if this situation continues, as long as it maintains cooperation with Xinhua Bookstore, the bookstore will soon get rid of the loss-making situation, "Chen Gongzi rest assured, I will definitely move around with Qin's shopkeeper, and even if I find our bookstore to print books, I will do my best!" ”

Chen Siye arched his hand and smiled: "So thank you to Steward Wang." ”

Steward Wang said again and again: "Chen Gongzi doesn't have to be polite! Then he said solemnly: "Thank you Chen in the next generation of bookstores."

Childe's righteous deeds, not a penny to donate the movable type printing. After saying that, he bowed deeply to him.

Chen Siye hurriedly helped him up, and said in his heart, Do you think I don't want to collect money, "Don't be polite to the king, how effective is movable type printing?" Is there a printed book? ”

"Many books are now printed with this movable type printing technology, which is not only convenient and time-saving, but also saves a lot of costs. The more the king spoke, the more impassioned he became.

Chen Siye secretly said that this king in charge actually has such lofty ambitions, it is really unseemly. The current price of books is a bit expensive for ordinary people, let alone poor families.

"It's just—" The king's steward paused.

"But what?" Chen Siye thought that there was some technical problem, but he hesitated and continued: "The craftsman who made the engraving is very opposed, for fear of being robbed of his job by this movable type printing technique." ”

Chen Siye is also a little silent, the emergence of new technologies will inevitably provoke contradictions among the old technology groups, which is unavoidable. But this has nothing to do with him, the teaching has already been taught, and it is their business whether they use it or not.

After seeing Steward Wang leave, Chen Siye returned to the backyard and continued to copy books with high spirits. Copying down the entire Journey to the West before going to the capital is not a small project.

Time passed in a blink of an eye, and in a blink of an eye, it was February 14th, and on this night, Chen Siye and Jing Qing were ready to wash and sleep, but the sixth girl came back at this time.

I haven't seen the six girls for nearly ten days, Chen Siye also misses it tightly, and happily welcomed the six girls into the building with Jing Qing, but he was a little surprised, only to see that the six girls were a little sluggish, and they didn't have their usual radiant appearance, so Qiu Ju and Ming Yuesu, the two spiritual heads who knew martial arts, looked better.

"Sisters, what's the matter? Why are you so emaciated? ”

Mingyuesu walked straight to a table, sat down and said: "It's all Li Lexuan's fault, the baht must be compared, these days, I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, and I torture people." ”

The other women also walked to the table and sat down, and Su Lanzhu explained: "It may be that it is not trivial to present a song for His Majesty, Sister Le Xuan is indeed more serious than usual." ”

Chen Siye's heart moved, Su Lanzhu is also called Sister Le Xuan, how old is Le Xuan? I'm at least in my early twenties.

After staying in Mingyue Tower for so long, he already knew the age of the women, Su Lanzhu was older than everyone, and he was double ten; Lin Jing is the second, the most beautiful eighteen years old; Ming Yuesu is still underage, only seventeen, but she has never admitted it herself, and Chen Siye calculated it based on her being called Sister Lin Jing and Sister Qiu Ju; Qiu Ju and Cuiyun are both twenty-eight years old, but Cuiyun is born in the moon, and Qiu Ju is born in July, so Qiu Ju is bigger; Xiaochan is the youngest, just turning 14 years old.

At this time, Lin Jing looked at Chen Siye with resentment and said, "It's all because the food made by Xiao Yezi is so delicious that we have gained some weight, and we were reprimanded by Sister Le Xuan for a while." ”

Chen Siye was amused in his heart, and looked at the six girls one by one, but he couldn't see where he was fat.

Just as he was about to comfort a few girls, Jing Qing on the side preemptively said: "But I think my sisters are not only not fat, but also thin." Especially my sister, her face seems to have been thinner. ”

When all the women heard this, they all smiled and praised Jing Qing for being able to speak. Su Lanzhu pulled Jingqing into his arms, pinched his nose and scolded with a smile: "Stinky Jingqing, what do you know." Tell me about it, how many words do you recognize these days? ”