Chen Xiao wanted to write a book and publish a book, but when he learned that Dahua was still in the era of engraving and printing, Chen Xiao felt very dissatisfied, he had the technology of movable type printing, so it was better to get it out and benefit all mankind.

Shangguan Zhan came to Chen Xiao's house for a walk as usual, when he knew that Chen Xiao wanted to innovate Dahua's printing technology, Shangguan Zhan expressed strong support, and he also knew that Dahua's engraving printing technology now needs to print a book for a whole week, if this technology can be innovated, it will be a great event for the benefit of Dahua.

Shangguan Zhan didn't know why he was always blindly confident in Chen Xiao, when Chen Xiao showed his talent for the first time, Shangguan Zhan was shocked, after the baptism of the glass cup, Shangguan Zhan was very confident in Chen Xiao's ability, he knew that there was nothing in this world that Chen Xiao couldn't do, when Chen Xiao said that he wanted to innovate movable type printing technology, Shangguan Zhan didn't doubt it at all.

Engraving printing can print hundreds or even thousands of books, which has played a great role in the spread of culture, but engraving is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and most of the books often take several years, and the storage of plates takes up a lot of space, and it is often damaged by deformation, moth-eaten and corrosion. Books with a small print run that don't need to be reprinted, the plates become waste. In addition, typos are found in the engraving, which is very difficult to correct, and often requires the entire plate to be re-engraved.

Movable type plate making just avoids the lack of engraving, as long as enough single movable type is prepared in advance, it can be imposed at any time, which greatly accelerates the plate making time. After the movable type plate is printed, it can be disassembled, the movable type can be reused, and the movable type occupies less space than the engraving plate, which is easy to store and keep. In this way, the superiority of movable type is manifested. The idea of printing with movable type has been around for a long time, and Bi Sheng invented movable type printing to improve the efficiency of printing.

As a modern person, Chen Xiao is still very familiar with Bi Sheng's movable type printing, and he knows the basic principles, so after Zhang Fu bought the entire printing workshop and the master in the workshop, Chen Xiao immediately carried out the production of clay movable type, and under the leadership of Chen Xiao, the masters completed the process of making clay movable type technology in three days.

At first, when these masters heard that Chen Xiao was going to improve the engraving printing technique, they didn't believe it, but the facts were in front of them, this young man succeeded in this way, and the success was very thorough, these masters admired Chen Xiao's ability to make clay movable type.

In any era, as long as there is a person with ability, he will be respected by others, and Dahua's era is no exception, there is no doubt that Chen Xiao is a capable person for these masters, he not only did what his predecessors did not do, but also updated the technology of this era, it can be said that there is no one before or after him.

The whole movable type printing technique is too simple for Chen Xiao, it is nothing more than making words with clay, printing each word, and burning it hard with fire; Another iron plate is set up, and the viscose made of pine resin, wax, paper ash and so on is evenly coated on it. When printing, put the iron frame on the iron plate, arrange the cement movable type in the frame to make a plate, and then use the fire to bake the plate to melt the glued items, and then use another flat plate to flatten the text; After cooling, it can be inprinted and printed; Then bake the iron plate with fire, and then remove the font and take it back for reuse.

After signing a confidentiality agreement, the masters in the workshop quickly mastered this skill, and after repeatedly promising that it would not be passed on, and after planning to stay in the workshop for the rest of their lives, these masters became the first batch of craftsmen in Dahua who could print movable type, and now the technology is enough, but there is a lack of books that can be printed.

Chen Xiao contacted Shangguan Zhan for the first time, Shangguan Zhan immediately said that he had a relationship in the palace, and after saying that he could get enough books for Chen Xiao to print, Shangguan Zhan expressed his intention to invest in this business by the way.

For the printing of these books in the palace, Chen Xiao completely lost the cynical attitude he had before, although how many people in his brother royal family had cooperated, but the sale of glass cups was only an indirect cooperative relationship, this time it was Chen Xiao's first cooperation with the royal family, and there is a crime in this world called unwarranted, if these books are made, he will not be able to eat and walk around.

While taking care of these officials to test the books, Chen Xiao also gave a death order to the master in the workshop, and he must print these ten books, after all, this is the first business of movable type printing in the world, and he can't be lazy, after three days of rush work and inspection, the printed version of these ten books is finally completed.

When he learned that the ten books had been printed, Shangguan Zhan came to Chen Xiao's workshop for the first time, looking at the printed books that exuded the fragrance of ink, although Shangguan Zhan was prepared, but he was still impressed by the speed of movable type printing, such ten books, Chen Xiao priced it at 200 wen each, such a low price made Shangguan Zhan startled again.

When he learned that the cost of such a book was only 20 wen a book, Shangguan Zhan's heart was completely put down, and when asked why the price was so low, Chen Xiao replied that his purpose was to make good books for all Dahua readers, Shangguan Zhan was in awe of Chen Xiao's ideals.

As usual, the printed copies of these ten books were handed over to the Treasure Pavilion for disposal, and when the boss of the Treasure Pavilion learned that these ten books only cost 200 texts each, he showed the same surprised expression as Shangguan Zhan.

You must know that now Dahua's book market is monopolized by three engraving and printing workshops, which are not only large-scale, but also of very good quality.

Now, the price of Chen Xiao's 200 wen a copy will definitely set off a storm in the book market in Jingzhou, and when he learned that these books could be printed and published in just three days, the boss of the Treasure Pavilion was completely relieved.

He knew that with the two magic weapons of low price and speed, he would no longer have to worry about the sales of these books, and in the future, the Treasure Pavilion would be the largest book publisher in Jingzhou City, and there would be no one.

The owner of the Treasure Pavilion deliberately leaked the news, and those who read the book didn't believe that there was such a good thing at all, but there would always be the first person to eat the crab.

When they did buy a book of 200 texts, these readers rushed to tell each other, so for a while, the news that there were cheap books sold in the Treasure Pavilion spread in the reading circle in Jingzhou.

It didn't take long for the Treasure Pavilion to beat the business of the other three engraving and printing bookstores and become the first in the industry, and the cost price of a 20-text book also made the Treasure Pavilion and Chen Xiao Shangguan Zhan and others make a mess.