"Boss, your previous idea, the small one thinks it is feasible, there are really a lot of people listening to books in Tokyo! But there aren't many people buying books......"

"Why?"

"Because books are very expensive, ordinary people can't afford them......"

Su Xiaocai also has a general understanding of history. He really hasn't studied the question of whether ancient books are expensive or not.

"Can books be sold at a high price?" Su Xiaocai was a little surprised.

"We have a branch of carpentry, that is, the engraving worker, there are such brothers in the five elements of the door, I heard that the amount of engraving printing is very huge, first carve the things to be printed onto a layout, if there is a word engraved wrong, you have to start again, the sage book is a small word, a book is not many words, the sage book is printed out and sold to the reader, the average poor scholar is unable to buy a book......

The storyteller, the story he tells, how many words are engraved and printed? How many layouts do you have to engrave? How expensive does it have to be to get it out? ”

It turned out that the wood could not only speak, but also speak such long sentences, and the important thing was that these sentences were still spoken by him through his thoughts.

"I understand...... I know the engraving! Alas, we can use another relatively simple way of printing altogether......

Without mentioning this, let me ask you, how much can it cost to buy a book now, such as the Analects? ”

"I don't know...... I'm not a reader, you're a reader, you don't even know this? ”

It's a little embarrassing, I turned out to be a reader, and I didn't know how much a copy of "The Analects" sold.

Mu Tou saw Su Xiaocai's old face flushed, a little embarrassed, and Mu Tou said: "I don't know how much the Analects sells, the Tao Te Ching is five thousand words, a thin book, and it costs ...... always money."

"It's all about money? Oh, my God...... Money is beckoning to us all over Tokyo......"

Su Xiaocai suddenly felt that a vast world in front of him had opened, and now as long as he opened his eyes and stretched out his hand, Su Xiaocai could find that there were business opportunities everywhere......

"We can't make this money......"

"If I can earn it, I can earn it! Don't worry about that, let's go, let's go into the city again...... Introduce me to those engraving craftsmen you know......

Have you ever met my master, Master Huipu? ”

"Go to the blast furnace to see the charcoal burners."

Su Xiaocai then came to the stove they designed to distill coke, and sure enough, he saw a group of people, but in fact, they didn't do anything, just stared at this stove.

"It's time, it's naturally good, why are you looking at it so nervously now?" Su Xiaocai looked at the master with a nervous look and said with a smile.

"Master, you're really different, we've never thought of doing this before! Now everyone is looking at this furnace and thinking about what will happen when this furnace is burned......

Hey——! your throat is good? Can you speak now? ”

"The doctor's medicine is very good! It's all right this morning......

After this thing is burned, we need to build a blast furnace and a converter, and then we can try to make steel...... But it may take a few more days, and I want you to come with me to the city and we'll do some little business......"

Su Xiaocai then told the master about the business of storytelling and book printing.

"It's okay for storytellers, instead of spending money on Fan Lou to drink flower wine, it's better to really rent a place and let the storyteller tell the story of your monkey......

Anyway, it's just to spread Li Xun's reputation! Listening to what you said earlier, this monkey story of yours is very good......

However, I'm afraid the matter of printing books is not so simple......"

It turned out that everyone was not optimistic about the printing of books......

"Books are so expensive, why is everyone not optimistic about this business?"

"In this world, there are too many people who have seen this business, and there are many people who also want to do this business...... In the early years, there was a man named Bi Sheng, who was a rare craftsman, and advocated printing with movable type of clay, probably ......"

"Movable type printing, I have memorized the operation process very clearly, so don't talk about it at length......"

"What do you think of this?"

"Not bad......"

"However, until now, everyone is still carving the board, and it is the same as ...... in the past"

"You mean that doesn't work?"

"Uh-huh"

"But I didn't plan on using it......"

"What I mean by this is not that you don't plan to use it, but that it's hard to make a big improvement in printing...... Even if you have to use other printing methods, it is difficult to make a big breakthrough...... In this world, there are many talented people, and if it was so easy to improve, it would have been improved a long time ago......"

"Master, you are right, the truth is like this...... But ......"

"Superfluous, let's not talk about it for now, since you have recognized this business, and, judging from your performance yesterday, this business can indeed be done, so I will accompany you to the city for a trip......"

The master was quite generous, he directly ordered a tea shop near Sun Yangdian, because of the Bianhe waterway, there are all kinds of caravans and ships in this area, and most of the people who rely on Cao Yun to eat are in this area...... In other words, this generation is mixed with the rich and the poor, and the audience is very wide......

Su Xiaocai is quite satisfied with the location conditions......

When Su Xiaocai and Master approached this area, there were already a lot of people waiting around Sun Yangdian, and their arms accounted for a large part of it......

Seeing this formation, Su Xiaocai knew that once he was caught by these people, he would have to tell them for a day here today, and he couldn't do anything else......

Of course, Su Xiaocai didn't come forward, he asked his master to come forward and help the storyteller who often told stories here, but now he was no longer welcomed, to bring him to him.

"Sir, Xiaosheng Li Xun is here to make amends for your sins......"

"Mr. doesn't dare to be, the old man is just a little storyteller! Of course, the book that the prince said is indeed better than what the old man said...... The old man is convinced, and there is nothing you need to make amends......"

"I'm sorry, it's not that I deliberately wanted to smash your job, I was really entangled by those people and had no choice, you also saw the situation at the time, I was forced to ......"

“……”

"It's just that Xiaosheng is indeed a reader, telling books here, grabbing jobs with you, what kind of system is it...... So, here the book is still you say, but if you want to say, just talk about my book, that is, the monkey I talked about......

In the neighborhood, I have already set up a tea shop, you are responsible for telling stories in this tea shop, and give you ten times a month, you see this, so good? ”