"With this book alone, Su Qing's family is enough to make a fortune! As soon as this dictionary is released, everyone who reads it will have one! Su Qingjia, what reward do you want? Zhao Ji flipped through the "Zizhan Dictionary" for a long time, and his heart was happy, affirming Su Shi's achievements.

"The Holy God has entrusted him with a heavy responsibility and trust, and this gift of knowledge is the best reward." Su Shi said this in his mouth, but in his heart he thought that the name brought by this dictionary was better than any reward.

"Meritorious service will be rewarded, do you think that I am really the Iron Rooster Emperor? In this way, one percent of the proceeds from the sale of this dictionary will go to the five authors of Su Qing's family. "Zhao Ji: This is to make intellectual property profitable.

"What? Per cent? The Holy One has to set a number of years, right? This dictionary has been issued in 10,000 copies this time, and one copy is consistent money. The government hall plans to distribute 200,000 copies a year, how much does it cost? "When Sima Guang was in power, the first thing he considered was the emptiness of the treasury.

"Holy Lord, this reward is too generous, if the Holy Lord gives such a reward, the reader will point at Wei Chen's nose and scold him in the future." Su Shi hurriedly excused himself.

"Needless to say, I have a golden mouth, how can I change my words, this merit is not too much to be crowned a king. Okay, let's go check out the printing workshop. Zhao Ji said as he walked towards the printing shop.

The printing workshop is located in the northeast corner of Junshi Book City, built along Jishui, covering an area of 668 acres. The printing workshop is the only building that has been built in Junshi Book City, the houses are next to each other, there are square houses and houses, generally two-storey attics, the building is still the style of the second courtyard in this era, and it is much simpler than the courtyard. In the center of the printing workshop is the printing workshop building, which is sixteen stories high and serves as an office space. The Printing Workshop Building is also the standard building of this printing workshop.

"The old rain and the new rain on the banks of the Jishui River, each title traces the origin of the two Han Dynasty, the origin of the Hongxue, the Wenquan Yinquan, the Sizhao Pavilion, the same moss, the lonely mountain, the verdant and admired the sages. Horizontal batch: Da Song Bookstore. Good! Good! Good! Zhao Ji looked at the couplet at the gate of the printing workshop and couldn't help but read it, shouting three good words.

Not long after, all the mountain chief academicians of the four universities arrived and saluted Zhao Ji one after another. The book city order of Junshi Book City is Sima Guang concurrently, and the deacon of the book city is made by the head of the four universities, the civilization school, the Tiangong school, the Weiguo school, and the Jishi school, and the four universities are headed by the civilization school, and Su Shi is the chief deacon. The president of the print shop is Fan Yuzu, a follower of Sima Guang, and the six deputy managers are all businessmen who have invested in the print shop.

"Where is the workshop for printing books?" Zhao Ji didn't greet them either, and was anxious to see how Sima Guang had printed so many books so quickly.

Zhao Ji's first thought was movable type printing, but the quality of movable type printing in this era was not very good.

After the invention of paper in the Han Dynasty, the writing materials were much lighter and more economical than the oracle bones, slips, gold and stone and silk used in the past, but copying books was still very labor-intensive and far from adapting. Around 600 A.D., people were inspired by the engraving of seals and invented engraving printing for the first time in human history.

Engraving printing is on a smooth wooden board of a certain thickness, pasted on the copy of the neat manuscript, the thin and almost transparent manuscript paper front and the wooden board are attached, the characters become the reverse body, the strokes are clear and legible. The engraver uses a carving knife to cut off the part of the layout without handwriting, which becomes the yang script with the font convex, which is completely different from the stele yin script with the font recessed. When printing, ink is applied to the raised font, and then the paper is covered on top of it, and the back of the paper is gently wiped so that the handwriting is left on the paper.

There are also copper plates, but the copper plates are not easy to carve and can only be cast directly, so there are relatively few. Wang An stone engraving printing is used copper plate, if the copper plate is successfully cast, it will generally not be damaged, because the hardness of bronze, as long as it is not corroded, it can be used forever.

In the Song Dynasty, the engraving printing industry developed to its heyday. Engraving printing has played a significant role in the spread of culture, but there are also obvious shortcomings: first, engraving is time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly; second, a large number of book plates are inconvenient to store; Third, there are typos that are not easy to correct.

Of course, the advantages of block printing are also obvious. First of all, the layout is flat, the ink is good, and the printing is relatively clear. The second is the art of calligraphy, which can express engraving. Finally, the engraving has a long service life, and a pair of engraving plates is generally not easy to damage. Wang Anshi's Jiaozi printing is the use of engraving printing, with good anti-counterfeiting function. Clear printing, high-quality paper, beautiful fonts, Wang Anshi's head, stamped jade seal, etc. are all unique, and the folk have almost no ability to imitate.

The advantages of movable type printing just make up for the disadvantages of engraving printing, but the disadvantages are also obvious. Through the memory of the original Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji knew that there were many movable type printing workshops in this era, including clay movable type, ceramic movable type, wooden movable type, and copper movable type. But no matter what kind of movable type it is, there are many disadvantages. The main disadvantage is that it is easy to be damaged, it is not easy to preserve, and the printing is not clear and beautiful enough.

For example, clay movable type, ceramic movable type, generally known as clay movable type, is easy to break when printing, so that the printed matter is always short of words. But the printed books are very cheap, which is still a blessing for the poor people at the bottom, and now most of the movable type printing workshops in the Great Song Dynasty use ceramic movable type.

The wooden type, due to the uneven texture of the wood, the difficulty of carving, the deformation of the wooden type after wetting, and the fact that it is not easy to separate from the medicine sticking together, etc., the application is the least, and only a few workshops that can get special wood are used.

Movable copper type is generally not used, because it is not easy to ink, and there is no such ink that is easy to ink. The important thing is that copper is very expensive and cannot be afforded by ordinary workshops. Ouyang Xiu, who was angry with Zhao Ji, had a complete set of copper movable type, which was specially printed for the writers and poets.

Under the guidance of Fan Yuzu, Zhao Ji walked into the printing workshop, looked at it, and was suddenly shocked by the hot scene and was speechless. Ten redundant lanes, with no end in sight, an estimated 100,000 people working at the same time. And all these jobs are redundant officials who have been dismissed by Zhao Ji, and they are sweating profusely.

"This, this." Zhao Ji didn't know what to say.

"Shengshang, more than 200,000 colleagues, Weichen couldn't arrange it at once, they were dismissed, and they had no money, but they retained their fame and could not engage in other industries. The four universities and colleges at all levels have not been built, so they can only arrange for them to do this first, and get some wages to support their families. This copper movable type printing uses a simplified font, and ordinary craftsmen have little literacy, let alone simplified characters, and craftsmen can't do this at all. Fan Yuzu explained.

"Well, doing this is also dealing with books, and I won't wronged them. You can't treat them badly in wages. Zhao Ji nodded and said.

"How can you not be aggrieved? If it weren't for the sage's knife on his neck, how could a scholar do such menial work? A stunned young man in his thirties said sarcastically.

"Who is he?" Zhao Ji didn't manage the stunned young man, turned around and asked Sima Guang.

"He is Ouyang Xiu's eldest son Ouyang Fa, and this workshop was completed by him. Ouyang Xiu had a set of copper movable type at home, which was easy to print, and Weichen thought it was feasible, so he invited him over. Seeing that Ouyang Fa was so rude, Sima Guang said embarrassedly.

"Ouyang Gong's matter, I am not kind. Tomorrow, I will go to Ouyang Gong's grave to ask for guilt. Being able to supervise such a large printing workshop, Ouyang Qing's family has made a great contribution to the imperial court, and if he wants any reward, just ask. Zhao Ji didn't reprimand Ouyang Fa for his rudeness, thinking that Song Renzong was sprayed by Bao Zheng and didn't dare to wipe his face full of saliva, such irony was nothing.

"Minister, thank Your Majesty for your kindness." Ouyang Fa heard Zhao Ji say that he was going to pay tribute to Ouyang Xiu in person, and knelt on the ground and cried. Then he touched his eyes and said: "The workshop is not the power of Xiao Chen alone, and Xiao Chen does not dare to take credit." ”

"Well, who else?" Zhao Ji pulled Ouyang Hair with his own hands and hurriedly asked. For capable technical talents, Zhao Ji is reluctant to let go.

"Knock to the Holy One, long live, long live, long live." Seeing Zhao Ji ask, more than 20 people immediately came forward to greet him.

Most of these people, Zhao Ji knows, Tong Wenjiang, the giant of the Mo family, and his eighteen apprentices, Li Zhanma's eldest son Li Peixiong, Shen Kuo, the head of Tiangong Academy, and Su Song, the head of Jishi Academy.

"You all have great merit, and I will remember it in my heart and give you the best reward. Flatten! Zhao Ji praised.

Then, Fan Yuzu led the way for Zhao Ji and inspected the entire book printing workshop. followed by Sima Guang and more than a dozen other people, explaining to Zhao Ji at any time and answering questions.

Printing adopts the mode of division of labor and cooperation, and there are more than a dozen processes such as word inspection, typesetting, inking, printing, and binding. It takes more than 200 people to complete all the processes. More than 200 people form a square, more than 100,000 people, a total of 500 squares.

The movable copper type is arranged in the phonetic arrangement of the dictionary and placed in an orderly manner on a round iron cabinet that can be turned. There are more than 80,000 copper movable types in each square, 500 squares, and 45 million copper movable types. Copper type is not all made of copper, but copper, tin, and lead are cast in proportion, not carved.

500 square movable type, plus copper plates, cost more than 23 million yuan, and the preparation of this workshop cost more than 3 million yuan, plus other construction costs, a total cost of nearly 30 million yuan. If it weren't for the support of the Business Alliance, such a huge project would probably not have been completed for decades.

On the other hand, the imperial court did not mint copper coins again in the past two years, but continued to issue Jiaozi to supplement the shortage of copper coins.

Historically, movable type printing was first invented in China, but it has not completely replaced engraving printing. The root cause is just because the dynasties controlled the production of metal items including copper, and controlled the right to speak about knowledge, and the printing and sale of books was just a few classics, and the reading people read were just a few classics, and the folk printing workshops did not have the need to print and sell all kinds of reading materials in large quantities, so they would no longer invest huge amounts of start-up capital in movable type printing.

Zhao Ji intended to open up the situation, compile books on various subjects, build libraries, and make the three major sects of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism serve the whole people's literacy. The power of the state was used to push the peak of the Great Song culture to the common people.

"How long will it take to pay for itself? The printing workshop could not run at a loss, and the Great Song Dynasty treasury was empty and could not afford it. Zhao Ji asked happily and worriedly.

"For a book of 100,000 words, the printing cost is only five yuan, and if it is taken out and sold, it will be at least five hundred yuan. That's a hundredfold profit. If it is sold to Khitan, Goryeo, Japan and other countries, the profit will have to be at least 100 times more. According to the estimates of the grass people, this workshop can generate at least 25 million yuan a year, and after deducting various expenses, it also has a surplus of 5 million yuan a year, and it can recover its costs in five years at most. With this printing workshop, the four universities and colleges at all levels did not need to be supported by the imperial court. Tong Gui, deputy manager of the printing workshop and one of the five wealthy businessmen, said.

Although Tong Gui is the deputy manager, he has no fame, and he still has to be called a grass man in front of Zhao Ji. Compared with the redundant officials who are under his control, he still bows his head.

"Books are released in large quantities, and the price will definitely be reduced. After the price reduction, I don't know how much profit there is. Books are overpriced and detrimental to literacy for all. It is also necessary to work hard to reduce production costs and improve the quality of books. Zhao Ji casually picked up a copy of "The Sixth Book of the General Editor of Mining" and flipped through it, and the quality of the book was not as good as that of engraving and printing.

"To reduce production costs, the only way to develop a better printing machine binding machine is to develop it, and the rotary printing machine developed by Mojia has been manufactured in large quantities. Grass people have tried, once put into use, the printing speed can be dozens of times faster. Since the Holy Lord ordered Wang Xiangguo to set up a money bank, the problems encountered have emerged one after another. Not long ago, Master Shen solved the problem of multiplication and division of the abacus, which brought a lot of convenience to the Shangmeng cabinet to make bills. "Tong Gui is a businessman, so he naturally won't do a loss-making business.

"Multiplication and division?" Zhao Ji vaguely remembered that during the Xining period of the Song Dynasty, Guozijian invented the abacus and replaced the abacus, which increased the speed of financial operations a lot, but the abacus in the Song Dynasty was not popularized, because it could not be multiplied and divided. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the abacus began to become popular and became a must-have item for merchants' shops. Although later generations of computers became more and more advanced, they still did not completely replace the abacus.

"Yes, the abacus is a good thing for a merchant like the grass people. As this deputy manager, the grass people can't do without the abacus for a day. Wang Xiangguo's side is said to have improved papermaking, and in addition to producing special Jiaozi paper, he also had to make a large amount of paper for sale and recycle Jiaozi's printing input. When the price of paper is reduced, the cost of printing books will naturally have to be reduced. In addition, Shengshang University has built academies at all levels, and there will be more and more students. In this way, the profit of the printing workshop will only increase, not decrease. The more Tong Gui spoke, the more excited he became.

"Yes, the price of paper and books will be reduced, and the output to barbarian countries will be more, and profits will only skyrocket. Wechen believes that paper and books will become the two pillar industries of the Great Song Dynasty. Li Peixiong, the eldest son of maritime businessman Li Zhanma, added.

"Improved papermaking? Wang Zhizhi didn't mention it to me! Where is the paper mill located? Zhao Ji didn't see any other paper except for Jiaozi in Jiaozi City, so he couldn't help but wonder.

"Holy Lord, just across the street from Jishui, is opening ground." Sima Guang opened a door and pointed to the other side of the river.

"Except for the printing workshop and the paper workshop, other workshops can no longer be built in the book city. This is a place to read, not a place to work. Zhao Ji didn't want a book city to become an industrial city, so he immediately ordered strictly.

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