Eight sheets of paper are sixteen pages when folded, and thirty-two pages are printed on both sides. Each page is a printing group, responsible for printing, responsible for drying, etc., each doing its own thing.

When the ink on both sides is dry, there is a special person responsible for sorting out these printed pages and sending them to the next process, and Li Xiao even set up a team leader and a quality inspector in each process.

The team leader is also a skilled worker with a class, and the quality inspection is also a skilled worker, one is responsible for leading the class, and one is specifically responsible for inspection. Each class has a pass rate, if the pass rate is too low, it will be punished, the pass rate is high, the lower the penalty, the higher the award.

In addition to the reward and punishment of the pass rate, there is also the output. The higher the output, the more piecework rewards and commission rewards.

"There are still women in the workshop?"

"These were originally disaster victims, and they could earn a bite to eat if they were recruited to work, but in fact, the printing thing was not too troublesome, and it was very suitable for women to do the finishing and binding later."

A female worker stacks the printed pages sent by the previous printing section one by one, and each female worker is responsible for a page number in front of a pile of printed pages, and the first one is folded and handed down, and the second female worker folds the second page and sends it up.

And so it went on until the eighth woman folded the pages of the book.

Then someone in the back is responsible for checking that there are no errors, and then they are handed over to the female worker in the next process, who is responsible for sewing the eight pages of the book together with the cover with needle and thread.

The book is small, only eight pages, and if the number of pages is thicker, you have to make holes in the pages.

The pages are made of pale yellow bamboo paper, while the cover is made of mulberry paper, which is thicker and stronger. The above is also printed with three big characters of the Tao Te Ching, and there are Louguan Taoist Sect Tianguan edited and edited by the Tang Secretary Provincial Printing Bureau to print two lines of small characters.

The freshly bound book still smells of ink.

Li Xiao handed a copy to Lao Chen, "Daochang Chen, take a look!" ”

Lao Chen felt a little dream-like, walking from that end to this end, less than a hundred zhang away, and as a result, a scripture book was completed in the hands of this group of farmers, peasant women, and craftsmen who were obviously mostly literate?

He took it tremblingly, the book was not big, it was bigger than the two palms spread out, and it was not thick by ten pages, but it felt very weighty in his hand.

The eye is the three big black characters of the Tao Te Ching on the cover, and there is no name of their Lou Guan Dao below. Open it again, it is the familiar content of the Tao Te Ching, the Tao is the Tao, the Tao is very Tao; The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. Nameless, the beginning of all things, famous, the mother of all things.

The handwriting is clear, the content is correct, and even between the sentences, some symbols are added.

"This is punctuation, for ease of reading and to avoid ambiguity!"

Chen Laodao was excited to read word by word, did not raise his head, more than 5,000 words, he read very seriously, the Tao Te Ching is the first scripture of their Lou Guan Dao, he has been familiar with it since childhood, and every word is memorized.

More than 5,000 words, it took about a cup of tea to read it.

"Good, very good, there is no mistake or omission, especially this symbol is very good, more of this symbol, the meaning is clearer, concise and can be understood." Chen Laodao was really very surprised and pleasantly surprised.

The book's binding style is novel, and the way it is printed is more eye-opening, but it is no worse than a hand-copied one.

He picked up another book and flipped through it, and found that it was exactly the same as the previous one, two books, each word was the same, not the slightest difference, the position and size were the same.

"Rare, very rare."

And he also found that books bound with such threads were noticeably lighter and easier to read than albums or scroll books.

is a thin and small book, but it is already 5,000 words of the Tao Te Ching.

"Is Daochang Chen still satisfied?" Li Xiao asked.

How could Lao Chen be dissatisfied, he was too satisfied.

"Satisfied, very satisfied, this engraving printed Tao Te Ching is surprisingly good, I really can't imagine that in less than a day, it was actually printed into a book."

Although Louguandao is very wealthy, and has raised many scribes, and even Taoist priests copy scriptures themselves, but how much can a person copy in a day?

Look at Li Xiao, a book of Tao Te Ching is continuously printed and bound, and each book is exactly the same, without mistakes, much better than a manuscript.

Now he likes this book so much, even the bamboo paper that he didn't like before, now he feels very comfortable to touch.

Even the engraving font that I thought was dull before now looks like an advantage, and the font is neat and clear.

"I'm going to print another batch of Tao Te Ching, three thousand copies have been printed before, and another seven thousand copies have been printed."

Chen Laodao was excited about the decision.

The Tao Te Ching is the most important classic of Taoism, especially the Lou Guan Tao is regarded as the first scripture of their sect, and the spread of the Lou Guan Tao is naturally indispensable.

Louguan Dao is rich, and if he can spread the Taoist scriptures in large quantities to those believers, or to those who still don't trust Taoism so much, it will naturally be of great help to them.

When the business came to the door, Li Xiao was naturally very happy.

Before the three thousand Li Xiao received five hundred yuan, one is equivalent to one hundred and sixty-seven yuan, but it is only ten pages of content, including two pages of cover, this price Li Xiao is definitely a big profit, after all, the cheapest bamboo paper is used, and now the workers are mostly disaster victims, and the labor money is cheap.

"In three days, it can be printed and delivered in three days."

Lao Chen nodded with satisfaction, "Then I'll wait for this thousand copies to be printed before I go back to Chang'an, and then I'll send the money for the seven thousand copies when I turn around." ”

He calculated in his mind, according to the previous price, a book was folded for more than 100 wen, and 7,000 copies were printed, which was almost more than 1,166 yuan.

"At the old price, how about 7,000 copies and 1,200 yuan left?"

Lao Chen took the initiative to make up the fraction into an integer, instead of asking Li Xiao to erase the fraction.

For this kind of bold customer, Li Xiaona is very welcome.

I made 500 yuan before, and then I came to a single 1,200 yuan, and I could make 1,700 yuan in three days, which is definitely double the profit, and the cost will not even be 700 yuan, and the net profit will be more than 1,000 yuan.

Earn a thousand yuan in three days, even if there are hundreds of people, the speed of making money is quite terrifying.

"I may have more books for Secretary Li to help print in the future." Lao Chen revealed.

Li Xiao opened a printing workshop, how can he be afraid of book printing, no matter how much he is not afraid.

"I am waiting here, how many books can be handed over to our printing shop, and you are satisfied." Li Xiao smiled all over his face.

"Definitely, definitely."

Chen Laodao felt that this trip was not in vain, he simply earned it and picked up a treasure.

In three days, 1,700 yuan can be exchanged for 10,000 copies of the Tao Te Ching, which is simply too cost-effective. If this is copied by hand, not to mention far more than this money, the key is how many scribes you have to invite, and you have to copy it to the year of the monkey.