"Everyone, this time we just need to make up enough for the cost of building the first phase of the academy, even if we can't make up enough, please rest assured, Xiao will never pay you again."

Before the matter of letting the descendants of these people participate in the imperial examination was brought out, Xiao Zheng was still unsure in his heart, and he didn't expect these businessmen to have such a big reaction.

Before Xiao Zheng could leave, the amount of donations from these businessmen far exceeded his expectations. This also gave Xiao Zheng a new understanding of the businessmen of this era, and he was also moved by the sincerity of these people.

"Everyone, since we have money, then we will do a big job, this money is enough to build two phases together, then we will build together, please President Qin and the booksellers and printing and papermaking merchants here to stay, and send others back in the future, thank you for your great help."

After sending everyone away, Qin Jiuchuan and more than a dozen booksellers said to Xiao Zheng: "What do you have to say, if the villain didn't guess wrong, can you let me provide the academy books?" ”。

"You're really wrong this time, which is the biggest printing firm?" Xiao Zheng asked with a smile.

"My lord, villain, Xie Wenxin is the largest bookseller in Hangzhou, and the largest printing workshop," a man in his forties stood up and said.

"If you don't mind, take me to your printing workshop, everyone go with me, I have something to discuss."

Xie Wenxin took more than a dozen directly to the printing workshop outside the city, and after arriving, more than 100 workers were busy making paper and printing in the workshop.

After watching the process of papermaking, the workers at this time have been very mature in the method of papermaking, just the improvement of the process, but the raw materials of papermaking are mainly rattan and mulberry.

"Lao Xie, why don't you use straw when making paper, that thing is cheap and easy to use."

Xie Wenxin glanced at Xiao Zheng in surprise and said: "What adults don't know, there are too many pulp blocks in the pulp of straw, and the pulp is uneven, but the paper is very strong."

"I'll think about this method of pulping, and I'll tell you another method, when you dry the paper, you harvest it day and night, bleaching hemp fiber with alkali, and caustic soda can also avoid insects and moths, so that the raw paper made to copy out is smooth and white, and has good durability."

Xie Wenxin was originally an expert, and when he saw that Xiao Zheng was to the point, he said with confidence: "My lord, the villain will try this method you said immediately."

"However, some high-end calligraphy and painting paper is still the best handmade, you should not forget this."

"The villain understands".

When I arrived at the printing workshop, as expected, it was engraving printing, and the workers engraved the words of the manuscript on the jujube wood board after writing, and the convex formation of the yang text can be inked and printed, Xie Wenxin introduced that a printer can print about 1,000 sheets a day, and the carved board can be printed 10,000 times.

"It sounds like a lot, but each engraving is enough to kill people, and the output of this paper is limited, and the output is not very large," Xiao Zheng said.

"My lord, this is why the price of books is high, and the reason why some poor scholars can't afford to buy books is not that we are unwilling to reduce them, but that the cost here is high."

"I haven't heard of movable type printing," Xiao Zheng looked at Xie Wenxin playfully and said, this guy must have never heard of it, or he also came through.

"My lord, what is movable type printing?" Xie Wenxin asked.

"I tell you, you can think of each character as a separate seal, prepare enough individual movable type in advance, prepare an iron plate for typesetting, and prepare a mixture of incense, wax, paper ash, etc., on which is a mixture of relaxation incense, wax, paper ash, etc., and an iron frame is surrounded by an iron frame, and the iron frame is filled with the word seals to be printed, and it is a plate. Then it is baked with fire, the mixture is melted, and the movable type block is combined ......, and the retrieval method of this word is also simple, the words removed from the printing plate are put into the small wooden grid of the same word, and the label is labeled according to the rhyme on the outside, so as to prepare for the retrieval ......".

As Xiao Zheng wrote and drew on the paper, the eyes of Xie Wenxin and several booksellers became brighter and brighter.

"The materials for making characters are also convenient, pottery, iron, and clay are all OK, if you are not afraid of spending money and using copper, it is the best to wait for Xiao Zheng to explain: "If this book is printed two or three copies, it will not be efficient, if the number of prints is too much,

Dozens to thousands of copies, the efficiency is very high. Usually prepare two iron plates, one for printing and one for typesetting. After printing one piece, the other piece is lined up again, so that it is used alternately, which is very efficient. Unprepared rare characters will be released at the right time, and they will be burned into ...... immediately with grass and wood fire."

"My lord, if you are not in a high position, you say that you are the reincarnation of Lu Banye, I believe it, and the method of paper-making and printing you taught today is too ......," Xie Wenxin shook his hands and was speechless with excitement.

When he said this, he was so angry that the public loss next to him stared at him.

"The people of the Luban family are here, and your pulp-making machine is still pointing at him," Xiao Zheng pointed to Gongyi Ruoyi and said.

After saying these two things, Xiao Zheng said to Xie Wenxin: "I have seen the font on the books you printed, and some of the strokes are too thick, resulting in a piece of ink, which is easy to cause misunderstanding in the long run. To put it mildly, my font is the most suitable for printing, and it's a big deal that I'll spend some time writing out the font and sending it to you for engraving."

"Thank you, the villain has long known that the calligraphy of adults is unique in my Tang Dynasty, but I don't dare to think about it, and now the adults can have this idea, and the villain feels honored."

"Don't get excited, I still have an idea, don't hide it after you successfully make these things, and write down these processes with pictures and texts, and I will still be of great use at that time." In the future, I want to form the Jiangnan Printing Bureau based on more than a dozen of your households, and everyone will speak in one voice, as for how it works, you can think about it yourself, I will not interfere, and I will leave."

"I will thank you for your kindness, and I will follow the teachings of my lord, and I will not fail in my mission!" More than a dozen merchants hula all knelt down.

Kinmen Village at the foot of Wushan Mountain of West Lake, although it is far away from Hangzhou City, but at sunset, Daishan Mountain seems to loom in the distance, the boat on the lake rows the blue waves, and the willow trees are dotted on the lakeside, the scenery is extremely charming.

In the past few days, the villagers suddenly found that there were suddenly many more people on the lakeside, and a large number of bricks, stones and timber were transported from afar, and soon a large number of buildings began to take shape.

In just over two months, a black tile and white wall under the shade of lakes and mountains, and a academy covering an area of more than 300 acres appeared in front of people. The road road dozens of zhang wide at the entrance of the academy leads directly to the official road, which makes people look at this road and the academy is extremely atmospheric.

If there are students who are poor and unable to study, they can go to Hangzhou Academy after being issued a certificate by the government, and the travel expenses along the way can be funded by the government, and they can study in Hangzhou Academy after passing the examination. The students recruited this time are not limited to students who only read the books of the sages, but also those who have a skill in arithmetic and gewu, and all living expenses after entering the academy are covered by the academy, as long as they study with peace of mind.

When the news came out, many poor students in Jiangnan rushed to Hangzhou Academy.

When he arrived at the gate of the academy, Xiao Zheng saw Xie Wenxin standing by the gate waiting, and handed out relevant books and papers to each student who entered the academy.

I took this copy of the "Analects" and flipped it through, and the seal of "Jiangnan Printing Bureau" was stamped on it, which was very eye-catching, and the font was Xiao Zheng's words. The paper of the newly printed book has faded from yellow to snow-white, and the ancient craftsmen are not stupid at all, the key is to find them a key.

Xie Wenxin stood next to Xiao Zheng and said excitedly: "My lord, the method of papermaking and printing you said was fully understood by the villain in only seven or eight days, and this method of movable type printing can only be imagined by a god like you."

"Don't talk about it, make money?"