Paper and ink are easy to buy, and it's not too late to buy them when you get back the movable type, and now you have to think about what books to print. If you only print Confucian classics such as the Analects www.biquge.info and Mencius, there are many shops that print books, and there are many engravings, so you can't make much money at all, so you have to print some books that others don't have, so that you can make huge profits and make a lot of money.

After thinking about it carefully, Lin Yi decided to visit Liu Wubian, firstly, because he promised to meet him after arriving in the capital. Second, he planned to ask Liu Wubian for some of his poems, and Fu Zi published them, thinking that his poems would be widely recited among some literati and prostitutes, and there must be many people who were willing to buy his books, and they should be able to sell them for a good price and make a small fortune.

After making up his mind, on the second day, Lin Yi was neatly dressed, holding the folding fan given to him by Xinyuelan in his hand, and walked towards Liu Wubian's house. Liu Wubian is famous, but there are not many people who know where his family lives, Lin Yi has no choice but to be cheeky and go back to Lanzhuyuan, ask the family to hand a note in, and ask Li Xuebing for the address of Liu Wubian's house, so as to find his family's residence.

Yikes! This is Liu Wuchang's home? Five dilapidated brick houses, a half-man-high loess wall, and a broken fence door are actually the homes of the famous writers of the Great Zhou Dynasty? Compared with Li Xuebing's mansion, this is too much worse! Lin Yi stood in front of the courtyard gate, very suspicious that he had come to the wrong place. After asking the neighbors and confirming that it was his house, he walked to the door and shouted, "Is Mr. Liu at home?" Someone is looking for! ”

As soon as the words fell, a dog came out of nowhere in the yard and pounced in front of Lin Yi and barked non-stop. Then a woman in her fifties came out of the house, went to the door, drank the dog, and asked, "Who are you looking for, this son?" ”

Lin Yi bowed and said: "This aunt is from Yangzhou, and she is here to pay a visit to Liu Shengsheng at the request of Liu Shengsheng!" ”

The old woman smiled and said, "I am his wife, since you are a guest from afar, please come in!" As he spoke, let him into the house. ”

When I entered the door of the main house, it was dark inside, and the tables, chairs, benches and other things were also very old, but they were still clean. When I was looking, a beautiful girl of eighteen or nineteen years old walked in from outside the house with a cup of tea, handed the tea to Lin Yi, and said softly: "Childe, please drink tea!" "The voice is charming and beautiful, the demeanor is dignified and elegant, and there is a bookish atmosphere.

"Thank you!" Lin Yi took the tea and smiled at her, the girl's face turned red, and she walked to Liu's side and stood pretty, but her eyes looked away. Liu smiled: "This is my daughter Liu Xinyi. Come! Xinyi, I've seen this son. ”

Liu Xinyi stepped forward and saluted Lin Yi with a dignified blessing, and said, "Xinyi has seen the son!" ”

Lin Yi hurriedly stood up and saluted back: "Under Lin Yi, I've seen Miss." ”

The two saluted and sat down with each other again. Lin Yi didn't see Liu Wuchang's face, so he asked, "Auntie, isn't Mr. Liu at home?" ”

Liu Shi sank his face and said quite annoyedly: "Don't talk about that damn bastard, these **** don't know which brothel to go to and be happy, the wife and children at home, he doesn't care, he doesn't know how to help the family with money, which **** is all given to it, if it weren't for my daughter to help others and make trouble with two small money, I'm afraid that our whole family will have to starve to death!" When he said that, his face was very sad and lonely.

Lin Yi looked at Liu Xinyi, only to see that she was also gloomy and dissatisfied.

Gee! I didn't expect Liu Wubian to be such a person, which is really despised. Lin Yi slapped the table, gritted his teeth and said: "This Mr. Liu has really done too much, as a man, how can he throw his family aside, regardless of the reason, it is really undeserved?" If I meet him, I must speak of him. ”

Liu shook his head and sighed: "The dog can't change the ****, over the years, I don't know how many people have been invited to persuade him, but I still can't change his temperament, hey!" I'm afraid that in my life, I will suffer with him! His face was filled with a sense of helplessness and sadness.

Lin Yi rolled his eyes a few times and said with a smile: "Don't say that, aunt, maybe I have a good way to help aunt live a good life?" ”

"...... you? What can you do? Liu said incredulously.

Lin Yi said with a smile: "Aunt doesn't know, I came this time, I came here to find Mr. Liu to make a fortune together, since Mr. Liu is not here, I will tell my aunt the same." After a pause, with a bit of mystery, he said: "I am going to open a bookstore recently, and I heard that Mr. Liu is a poet, so I want to print a collection of poems from his life into a book and sell them all over the country. ”

Liu stammered, "What...... It costs a lot of silver, and our family is too poor to afford to print books. ”

Lin Yi laughed and said: "How can there be a reason in this world for a book publisher to take out money, on the contrary, I still have to give him money?" ”

"You're still going to give us money?" Liu Shi was surprised.

Lin Yi nodded and smiled: "Yes, I decided to pay for Mr. Liu's books, and give him twenty percent of each book, the more you sell, the more you earn, I don't know what my aunt thinks?" ”

"Good! Good! Liu Shige smiled: "I am very much in favor of this good thing, and I think any one in my family will also approve." It's just ......" Speaking of this, he looked at Lin Yi and said with some suspicion: "It's just that how can I know how many books you have printed?" In case, if you don't print a single copy, won't you cheat my master's poetry collection in vain? Now, the Oiran Contest in the capital is about to be held, and there are many famous prostitutes who ask our master to ask him to compose poems! ”

Oh! This is also true, empty words, people have only seen you for the first time, how can they believe your words? But he really wanted to take out a sum of silver as a deposit, but Lin Yi didn't have any extra money. Lin Yi thought about it again and again, his eyes fell on Liu Xinyi, and he said in his heart: "Although I decided to open a bookstore, our ambitions are high, and there are still many industries to run, how can we keep taking care of this business?" You need to train a few capable subordinates! This Liu Xinyi looks like a person who has read books, and she is very beautiful, and she is just trained to be her secretary and assistant, why not hire her, and when she becomes famous in the future, she will hand over her bookstore business to take care of? I made up my mind in my heart, and said with a smile: "What my aunt said is very reasonable, so I want to invite your daughter to work in my bookstore and supervise me on the spot, so that I won't cheat, do you think this is good?" ”

Liu said with a smile: "How can we not believe in the truth of the child, since the son said so, why tomorrow I will call my daughter to your bookstore workshop to help you do things!" ”

Lin Yi smiled again: "Auntie, don't worry, my bookstore hasn't opened yet?" ”

Liu Shi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "What's good, when will you open, I will ask my daughter to bring her father's manuscript to go, I don't know what the son thinks?" ”

It seems that people are not stupid! You are a stranger, and there is no reason why you can easily hand over your precious poetry collection. However, if the other party can agree, it can be regarded as a success, and after five or six days, his wooden movable type is almost ready, and it is not too late to invite Liu Xinyi to go. Thinking of this, Lin Yi got up and said goodbye, "Auntie, a word is a decision, seven days later, I will personally come to ask Miss Liu for help." Then he got up and said goodbye.

In the following days, Lin Yi has been busy with his movable type printing, on the one hand, he has seriously compiled a plan and supervised his work step by step. On the other hand, I went everywhere to buy paper and ink for printing, urged the engraving craftsmen to engrave movable type according to their own requirements, and the carpenters made wooden shelves according to their own requirements, and took back a part of the movable type and wooden shelves in advance, placed the movable type in the grille of the wooden frame, and tried the effect of movable type printing, which was no worse than that of engraving printing, and I was overjoyed.

It seems that this engraving printing can be done? For his own survival, in order to feed the two women in the family, he must succeed this time! Lin Yi gritted his teeth and secretly made up his mind.