Engraving, the requirements for molds are very high.

The mold is not only required to be firm, but also to reduce the cost as much as possible, which is conducive to typesetting.

And if you want to make these molds, it is not an overnight effort, or even a few months, half a year, or even a year or two.

After all, this is a new thing, and those craftsmen must continue to explore before it can be made.

However, Li Su was simply not willing to wait that long.

Therefore, I directly reluctantly bought a set of ready-made molds in the mall.

These molds, using some rare materials, are not easily damaged.

However, this price is also really black, and after buying a complete set of molds, Li Su's loser value bottomed out again.

And after having the mold, in the next time, these craftsmen from several houses can start the typesetting page by page.

Once the layout is complete, you can print it directly when the paper arrives.

The production of paper is also very fast, it only took seven or eight days of effort, there is snow-white paper, covered with linen cloth tightly, sent into the palace of King Liang.

After the paper arrived, the printer here had already typeset many editions, and it was ready to be printed.

Shangguan Yi is in charge of the printing here.

The first thing Shangguanyi looked at was the paper sent by the paper mill.

King Liang really didn't deceive people, these papers sent were really many times better than the paper sold in the store now.

White, smooth and without too many impurities, and the paper on the market, it is simply one in the sky and one in the ground.

As soon as the paper came, it started printing.

This time, they mainly printed the books needed for the Four Books and the Five Classics and the imperial examination, and this time they engraved and printed all the annotated editions.

During the Tang Dynasty, books were extremely expensive and scarce valuables that could be passed down as family heirlooms.

For example, some of the four books and five classics for exams are sold in bookstores, but the prices are extremely expensive.

Those scripts and legends are also sold, but the sales are very average.

A bookstore, which also sells pen, ink, paper, inkstone, calligraphy and painting, if it only sells books, it is estimated that it may not be able to pay the rent of the store.

But some books, such as the Four Books and the Five Classics with annotations, or some precious books, are not sold in bookstores at all.

These books are all in the hands of the family.

Those people, you can't even afford to buy books, and those books with annotations can't even be bought with money, so I'm afraid there is nowhere to borrow them.

So, what do you study? What to take to the imperial examination?

Therefore, although the imperial examination had been implemented at that time, most of those who could win the examination were still the children of wealthy families.

The number of admissions for children from poor families is still relatively small.

And this time, the books printed by Li Su are all books with annotations.

If it can be cooperated with the Datang dictionary, those children of the Tang Dynasty can even become talents through self-study.

Once these books are widely circulated among the people, then the blockade of culture by the Maison will inevitably be broken.

After more than ten days, the first batch of books has been printed.

Li Su directly took a few sample books and entered the palace to ask to see the emperor.

When Li Shimin got the sample book, he couldn't help but be shocked.

When Li Su said that the printed books were only one-tenth of the price of the market books or even lower, Li Shimin thought that the printed books must be shoddy.

However, as long as the family's monopoly on culture can be interrupted, even if it is shoddy?

But now after seeing the printed books with his own eyes, Li Shimin was surprised to find that this is shoddy?

It's simply beautiful!

In comparison, the books on the market today are really shoddy!

The paper of this book is really not too good!

It's even much better than the royal paper in their palace.

And when Li Shimin opened the book and observed the printing inside, he found that the printing was particularly clear.

Even the printing quality is much better than the books in circulation.

But soon, Li Shimin found a suspicious point, and couldn't help but ask Li Su: "Su'er, what are these small points in this book?" Could it be that the printing was accidentally stained? ”

Although these flaws are not hidden, there are more of them.

Li Su stretched out his head to take a look, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Father, this is called punctuation, which is specially used to break sentences." ”

"Punctuation? What is used to break sentences? ”

Li Su smiled and said: "If those poor children teach themselves, there is no one to guide them, and breaking sentences is a problem. They themselves are afraid that they have no ability to break sentences. With punctuation, you can break sentences with ease. ”

Hearing Li Su's words, Li Shimin's face couldn't help but show a thoughtful look.

After understanding the role of punctuation, Li Shimin couldn't help but be amazed, and immediately felt the wonderful use of this punctuation.

Li Shimin couldn't help asking: "Su'er, the paper quality of this book is so good, and the printing is so beautiful, I don't know how much a book costs?" ”

The ordinary four books and five classics circulating on the market now cost two or three yuan.

And like the annotated ones, you can't buy them even if you want to.

If the cost of books is too high, then they will not achieve their intended goals at all.

Hearing Li Shimin's inquiry, Li Su smiled and said, "Father, the cost of this book is about twenty wen each. ”

What the?

After hearing this price, Li Shimin's face was full of surprise, and he almost couldn't believe his ears.

Li Shimin asked with a look of disbelief: "Su'er, is it really twenty wen?" Not two thousand texts? ”

Li Su said calmly: "It's really twenty wen." ”

In fact, the cost of twenty wen is not low in Li Su's opinion.

Twenty wen, equivalent to forty yuan in the future.

You know, in later generations, many books were not priced so much.

In later generations, if you remove the messy expenses such as copyright fees and publication number fees, and only count the printing cost, the price of a book will probably only be a few yuan.

And in Datang, this cost price is ten times higher!

Even so, Li Shimin was pleasantly surprised!

After a long time, Li Shimin asked, "Su'er, at what price do you plan to sell?" ”

Li Su couldn't help but smile and said, "Father, this matter is too big for the sons and daughters to do." Erchen thought that Erchen's eldest grandson and uncle could come forward to do this. ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Su deeply, and asked meaningfully: "Su'er, why did you think of asking your eldest grandson uncle to do this?" ”

Li Su couldn't help but say: "Father, this matter is bound to cause a strong counterattack from the five surnames and seven hopes. Erchen believes that in the Manchu Dynasty, except for the eldest grandson's uncle, there is no one who can take on this important responsibility. ”