Chapter 166 The largest publishing house in the country

"But that's fine, in this way, this mortal immortal cultivation biography we got won't be too shocking!" Bai He was thinking like this, Lan Qingming was already familiar with the two of them to the third floor, and then pushed open the door of a room similar to an office: "Gao Laosan, my brother has come to see you!" ”

Inside the door, I saw a young scholar who was about the same age as Lan Qingming sitting in a precarious position, dressed in a red robe, with a high crown of hair like a mallet on his head. It can only be seen from the upper body exposed behind the table that this scholar's figure is very tall, not to mention very handsome, but it belongs to the kind that is very attractive.

If Lan Qingming is a little fresh meat, then this scholar is a seven-ripe steak.

This fast steak ...... Phew, this scholar is the third noble of the four young people in Jinling. If nothing else, first of all, the mallet on his head is indeed high enough......

When he pushed open the door, Gao Laosan was holding a scroll and reading it with relish. He was not surprised when he saw the two of them walking in, but he put down the book in his hand very calmly, and then he hugged his fists and greeted slowly: "I am very happy to have friends from afar!" Xiaolan, I haven't seen you for more than a month, don't come unharmed? He glanced at Bai He and said, "This ...... The fried sauce head brother is tight, I don't know where it is...... Hey, you're Big Brother White? ”

"Fried sauce head ......" Bai He suddenly had a black line on his face, and he could say that an explosive head was so colorful, fragrant, and fragrant, and this Gao Laosan was still the first one. The question is...... Have you ever seen such a black jajangmyeon?!

He was about to complain, but Kelan Qingming walked over very well, picked up the book that Gao Laosan had picked up, and flipped through: "Hey! Really! ”

"Huh! In broad daylight, you actually look ...... Look at this kind of book! Shameless! Little Lori suddenly snorted, blushing with shame.

Bai He glanced at it curiously, and there was a black line on the spot: this Gao Laosan looked like a dog, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he didn't expect that he actually read the "book" in the room in broad daylight!

This Jinling four young, the eldest is a second stunned, the second is a color embryo, the third is a well-dressed beast, and the fourth is a fast little fresh meat...... Nima's are all wonderful! Isn't it true that a family doesn't enter the door?

Gao Lao did not change his color on three sides: "Heaven and earth are turbid, all things have yin and yang, men and women are combined, yin and yang are harmonized, this is the natural way of heaven and earth, it is very upright, how can it be shameless?" Yuan'er, you're naughty again. ”

Lori: "......"

White River was even more ashamed: "......"

Lan Qingming laughed: "Look, this is the third ...... Gao."

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After some greetings, Lan Qingming's role as an intermediary was reflected, and after such an explanation, Gao Laosan naturally accepted the setting of Baihe's "enlightenment", and couldn't help but be amazed again.

He was on a business trip some time ago, and it was only two days since he came back, and he really didn't know much about Baihe and the movements he made, when he heard Lan Qingming say this, he held Baihe's hand and sighed: "Brother Bai is not extremely Tailai, and it is really a happy event to be a new person, which is worth celebrating!" This book is said to be a treasure of the former dynasty, and it should be true after the younger brother's research. Brother Bai, take it, and use it as a congratulatory gift! As he spoke, he picked up the drawing book and stuffed it over.

The action was natural and his expression was serious, so that Bai He almost thought that it was not a painting book, but a unique book of poems inscribed by Mr. Qinglian Li Bai.

"The third brother has a heart, such a generous gift, how can I be embarrassed to take love as a big brother?" He said no, but his body was honest. As a result, before he could get his hands on it, he was snatched by Xiao Loli and thrown it far away: "Young master, you are not allowed to read such shameless books!" ”

"Ahem!" Bai He laughed dryly and changed the topic casually: "Don't hide it, third child...... Our brothers are here today to ask for your help over a small matter. ”

"Oh? What the hell, big brother said, it doesn't matter. As long as you can, you will do it. "Gao Lao San's righteousness.

"That's the case...... Bai He was not polite, and said like this right now.

"Big Brother Bai, you want to publish a book?" After hearing this, Gao Laosan was obviously stunned for a moment: "I don't know what I want to publish, can I let my little brother pass by?" ”

"Of course, I've brought all the manuscripts, Yuan'er." Shirakawa gestured to little Lori.

"Give." Little Lori nodded, and pulled out a thick stack of manuscripts.

When Gao Laosan saw it, he was stunned again, and looked at Bai He with some straight eyes: "So much!" ”

"That's only part of the story, there's more to come. If you were to count the whole thing, it would probably ......," Shirakawa weighed, "about ten times more than the current ones." ”

"Ten, ten!"

With a "bang", Gao Sanyi, who was born in a scholarly family, was so shocked that even the mallet on his head fell off, swept away his previous calmness, and exclaimed: "With such a huge amount, Brother Bai, you are in a hurry to deliver the goods before the second lady leaves the customs, to be honest...... The matter of money and silver is still secondary, mainly because this old pen is still in charge of my father, and it is not the turn of the younger brother. Although the little brother wants to help you, I'm afraid that he is also powerless. ”

"Isn't it just printing, it's very simple. You are not required to print a hundred copies at once, you can print one copy first, and the others are not in a hurry. Although it is a bit urgent, if you ask a few more people to help, it should not be a big problem. As for money, don't worry, brother, settle the accounts, and the eldest brother will definitely not lose a copper plate to you. Bai He patted his chest and said with a lot of money.

"Tsk, rich people are different. Brother Bai, your word 'just' is really atmospheric, and it really makes the little brother admire! Gao Laosan shook his head for a while, and then explained: "Big Brother Bai, printing is not as simple as you think. Nothing else, the number of words in your book is so amazing, it will take at least ten days and a half months to complete the engraving alone, and this has to be done by the masters of the whole workshop, day and night. ”

"Shifts? What else do you need to change shifts for printing? Bai He was stunned when he heard this.

"The engraving is ......" Gao Laosan was stunned. His family is doing this business, even printing and publishing self-production and self-sale one-stop service is very thoughtful, like the most basic things such as "engraving", for a while I really don't know how to explain clearly.

Lan Qingming next to him was also a little embarrassed, after this old white opened his mind, he was very smart when he was smart, but when he was confused, he was also a tendon, and he didn't even know about engraving......

"Engraving is a kind of woodcut, on a smooth wooden board, pasted on the manuscript to be printed, the front side of the board is connected, so that the character becomes an anti-......"

“…… Then the part of the layout that has no handwriting is cut off, which becomes the yang text with the font protruding. In this way, when printing, ink is applied to the raised font, and then the paper is covered with a light brush, and the back of the paper is gently wiped so that the handwriting remains on the paper. ”

"That's how books are printed."

The two of you explained at a glance and I explained it one by one, Bai He only listened to the beginning and came back to his senses, slapped his thigh on the spot and blurted out: "Damn!" What age is it, and engraving printing is so backward! I don't want you to have printers so advanced, but movable type printing must have them, right? ”

"What age is it, how can you print books without engraving? Oh no, what kind of movable type do you say? This time, it was Gao Laosan and Lan Qingming, who were stunned.

"Movable type is ......" Bai He said before he remembered, movable type printing, this thing seems to be really absent in these years, it was in the Northern Song Dynasty after a cow named Bi Sheng made a living clay character, which marked the birth of movable type printing. Compared with the historical years of the previous life, the current Great Zhou is at most the early Tang Dynasty in the previous life, not even the Tang Dynasty, and it is still far from the Northern Song Dynasty!

Hehe, we seem to have found something amazing......

"Movable type is ......" Looking at the curious eyes of the two, Bai He was about to explain, but after thinking about it, he suddenly smiled mysteriously, and then patted Gao Laosan's shoulder and said, "Third child, you kid is lucky!" For the sake of you and my eldest brother in your heart, my brother will give you a creation today! If this matter is successful, your old pen Zhai will be the largest publishing house in the country just around the corner! ”

"You don't even know about engraving, and it's the largest publishing house in the country?" Gao Laosan looked confused, and quietly gestured to Lan Qingming: Isn't Big Brother Bai stupid?

Lan Qingming's eyes lit up: Lao Bai seems to be going to do something?

This little fresh meat is an experienced person, because the franchise store in the city that changed its surname to Lan Kwai Fong is proof, so he secretly returned a look: You kid is blessed!

Bai He didn't bother to pay attention to these two goods squeezing his eyebrows there, but he just laughed and said in an old-fashioned manner: "Gao Laosan, you said that this old pen is not your turn to be in charge, that's okay, then call out to be in charge." ”

"It seems that it's really not ......good," Gao Laosan glanced at Lan Qingming again.

Because in my impression, there are three things that Big Brother Bai hates the most in his life: the first is a book, the second is also a book, and the third is a book. In the past, he was dizzy when he saw the words, and he was disgusted when he smelled the ink, so in the past few years, he was stunned that he had never even come to the old pen zhai, and now, he not only came, but also said that he wanted to give his own family a creation? Also won the first major publication of the Great Week?

"Listen to him!" Lan Qingming smiled and didn't say anything, just excitedly reminded him to follow Bai He's instructions with his eyes.

Gao Laosan couldn't screw him, so he had to say: "My father didn't come over today, he was busy in the workshop." ”

The workshop is the publishing house of the Gao family. Of course, the location of a polluting industry such as printing will no longer be in the city. The three of them rode out of the city on their respective mounts, and walked downstream along the Qinhuai River for more than ten miles, and they saw a complex of buildings covering a large area.

It was a village.

There is nothing special about the style of its houses, which is the Tang style architectural style that can be seen everywhere in the Great Zhou. Just like Lanjia Village, there are also villagers with the surname Gao, and the name of the village is more distinctive, called Gao Laozhuang.