In this era, although the status of craftsmen was not high, they were different from those who carved words.

After all, the word is related to culture, and it is not within the reach of ordinary people, and lettering not only requires a certain carving process but also requires a certain cultural foundation, otherwise how can you ensure that the carved word is not a typo?

Therefore, it undoubtedly takes more time to find an engraver who can engrave words, which is why Zhang Yi is cautious.

"It turned out to be lettering!" Uncle Dong's eyes lit up suddenly, and then his face was full of pride, and said: "Then little brother, tell me whether your carved words are complicated or not, and the little old man has also studied private school for a few days, and he also has a slight heart for carving, not to mention that it is not impossible to just engrave words on the clay embryo if the requirements are not high!" ”

Hey!

Zhang Yi's eyes lit up!

I didn't expect it, this real iron shoes are nowhere to be found, and it takes no effort to find it!

I thought that finding a reliable pottery master was already the biggest gain of this trip, but what I didn't expect was that this Uncle Dong was actually a ceramic and carving shoulder, this is not buy one get one free!

What makes Zhang Yi happiest is that in this way, when Uncle Dong makes ceramic movable type, he can completely operate according to his own process, eliminating the time wasted in the middle because he needs others to engrave.

So the efficiency is not just right?

Must be taken!

Zhang Yi immediately made up his mind, wouldn't it be a waste if such a good helper didn't take it?

However, after thinking about it, Zhang Yi thought of another problem, that is, how to protect his hard work from being stolen in this era without patent rights.

In later generations, many people said that the ancients were self-contained, saying that men were not passed on to women, one teacher and one apprentice.... How many vices that hinder the development of society are deeply hated, but when Zhang Yi is really in this era, he finds that these are just the most normal means for the ancients to protect themselves and benefit.

Take Zhang Yi's previous life as an example, even if there is a patent protection law, there are still not so many copycat products? can't help but ban it repeatedly, and even formed a variety of strict industrial chains. There are also online articles, there are so many pirates, everyone knows that it is piracy, may it be banned? One is that the cost of rights protection is too high, and the other is that people will shoot for a gun and make you have no place to find, or close the door directly when the wind passes, and then directly change the vest and start working again.

In this way, those who make money from piracy and copycats are still making money, but you yourself are tired and can't get anything.

The production process of ceramic movable type is quite simple, it can be said that there is no technical content at all, as long as a ceramic craftsman does it again, there is no need to ask how to do it, no one needs to say plenum.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly very difficult to keep the secret of ceramic movable type.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi was a little difficult, should he hand over the work to Uncle Dong?

He thought about it, looked at Uncle Dong who was looking at him again, patted his head for the last time, and said: "Uncle Dong, I won't hide it from you, I have a way to make a lot of money here, but I am worried that there are too many people who know, so.... Hehe, let's take a step to speak! ”

borrowed a step to speak, mainly because Zhang Yi felt that there was no sense of solemnity standing like this, and it didn't seem very formal.

No matter how it is said that the ceramic movable type is also a major innovation of this era, which can completely subvert the major event of printing and popularizing books today.

If you say something of epochal significance, doesn't it seem that buddies don't have the spirit of the protagonist?

And he also thought about it, it's a big deal to give some shares to Uncle Dong's family, as long as they are tied to the same boat, they will be both prosperous and lossy, and they are afraid that they will have two hearts?

Uncle Dong was stunned for a moment, glanced at Zhang Yi suspiciously, and thought that it was his daughter-in-law here, Zhang Yi was inconvenient to say, so he stood up and said to Sister Zhang: "You go to the keeper's workshop, maybe there will be a deal here!" ”

Sister Zhang obviously knew what Uncle Dong meant, and she was not angry or even took it for granted, so she smiled at the two of them and walked happily towards the workshop next door.

When Sister Zhang walked away, Uncle Dong apologized and said: "It's because the little old man didn't think it through, and the big thing of the woman's family joining the little brother is naturally a little inappropriate, I don't know what big deal the little brother has to make money?" ”

has been mixed in Wuliting all his life, and Uncle Dong naturally does not judge people by their appearance.

Although Zhang Yi is just dressed as a small servant, who knows if there is someone else in charge?

And people have already come to the door, if there is really a business, does he Dong Laohan still have the reason to push the business out of the door?

Obviously, Uncle Dong replied wrongly, and Zhang Yi was not easy to explain, so he said immediately: "Uncle Dong, in fact, my method is also very simple, it is to take a trick." However, the interests involved here are too big, so I am more cautious, and I hope Uncle Dong will not be surprised! ”

"Well, it's understandable for the little brother to be cautious, but I, Dong Laohan, have lived for most of my life and still know the word confidentiality, if the little brother can trust the little old man, you might as well say it, if you can be a little old man, you will naturally help, if you can't do it, you will keep it a secret for the little brother!"

Uncle Dong nodded slightly, as a craftsman, he knows very well the value of integrity.

In his opinion, since Zhang Yi chose him to do business, he will maintain the bottom line no matter what, and will never reveal Zhang Yi's details. Not to mention that it is a matter of confidentiality, and it will not be mentioned.

As Shen Dahai, the legendary richest man in the Great Zhou Dynasty, said, if people have no trust, there is no foundation for a foothold, and if the country has no trust, there is no foundation for a country. At that time, Shen Dahai scattered all his family wealth, relying on the word integrity, he rebuilt his net worth of 10,000 in just three years.

Zhang Yi smiled, and said in his heart that Uncle Dong is really interested in his own appetite, although just a few words make people feel like a spring breeze, in the end, he has been doing it for decades and is quite stable.

But if it's just like this, Zhang Yi is not at ease, the so-called wealth is moving, just like a saying in later generations, there is no betrayal, it only means that the price of betrayal is not enough.

When the price exceeds the bottom line of a person's bearing, the so-called betrayal is no longer important.

Maybe the current Uncle Dong adheres to his duty as a craftsman, but after so many years in business, strictly speaking, he is not an exaggeration.

It is said that businessmen are actually hurting people, buying low and selling high to make profits, no matter how such a person is treated, at least Zhang Yi can't be trusted.

So Zhang Yi immediately said: "Uncle Dong really deserves to be a pottery master for decades, and I can naturally trust what comes out of Uncle Dong's mouth." It's just that business needs to be mutually beneficial after all, and both buyers and buyers need to be profitable, so that the business can be done for a long time, right? ”

"What do you mean?" Uncle Dong couldn't help frowning.

Although Zhang Yi's words were reasonable, there was an obvious taste of wooing in his ears.