What she is holding in her hand is the newspaper that was just issued this morning, the most eye-catching thing at the beginning is the three words of Daguan Bao, and then the next is the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Zhou Yi, and some articles written by other people. So, Zhou Yi immediately listed Zhang Qing as a talent in his heart.

"Brother, you tell me, is this the story you wrote a few days ago?" Zhou Min leaned forward slightly, looked at Zhou Yi with a smile and said. At almost fifteen years old, her career line at this time has begun to take shape, and this posture makes Zhou Yi even more unobstructed.

glanced at it, and then severely condemned himself in his heart, Zhou Yi said: "Yes, this is what I wrote, and I have written a lot, why, there are really so many people outside who can't see it?" ”

Zhou Min didn't notice that Zhou Yi took advantage of herself invisibly, and then said with great interest: "Yes, yes, many people outside are watching, especially the group of readers, they are all crazy, saying that you are a talent who has passed through the heavens and the earth, and they don't even have to go when you go to Qiuqiu this time." ”

"Haha, look at what I said, if the imperial examination is to write these things, I will not be able to win the top prize, but unfortunately it is not examined, so no one can predict what the result is, I want to go out and have a look, is it possible that this story is really so popular?" Zhou Yi said suspiciously, although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a classic, but there is no classic to everyone, which reminds him of the family planning brochure.

After eating, it is the time to hold the lamp, at this time there are not many social idlers on the street, at most they are people in a hurry, Zhou Yi's tea shop is not open at night, but it does not prevent other teahouses and wine shops from operating, for example, Ziyunxuan, which is a few shops away from Daguan Tea House, this place prides itself on being a high-end tea house, divided into two floors, not only for people to rest and drink tea, but also to invite Jianghu artists to come to the book and sing songs, so it is generally lively until half an hour before the curfew.

The service here is good, in short, after the entire tea market was impacted by Zhou Yi, everyone couldn't play Zhou Yi in the tea mountain, and began to work customer experience and additional services, such as the little guy who pours tea and water everywhere and the storyteller who is foaming at the mouth on the countertop.

Zhou Yi is not short of money now, found a place in the corner, asked for the best pot of tea, and quietly listened to the storyteller tell the story.

This storyteller is telling a ghost story, such as a fox in the depths of the mountain who has cultivated and then feathered into an immortal or something, and this kind of story is also the most pleasing to the guests, first, there is no historical story that requires a certain amount of skill to understand, and the people who come to listen to the story have also experienced some supernatural events that are not clearly explained, such as walking at night and encountering a ghost fire that scared the farts and urine. Therefore, such stories have a broad mass base.

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered, didn't he say that Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" was set up at a roadside stall to let people tell him stories and then sort them out? It seems that among the people, "Strange Tales" is more popular, and it is estimated that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is still too high-end.

After listening to the storytelling all night, during which there were many people discussing today's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhou Yi felt that it would be perfect if the storyteller talked about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". But this plan is good, and it is not yet time to implement it.

Early the next morning, in order to make up for yesterday's regrets, Zhou Yi deliberately went to the street, but he didn't expect that as soon as he went out, he found that everyone was pointing at him, which made him feel very inexplicable, could it be that when did he become an enemy of the people? After walking a short distance, I met an acquaintance, and after asking, I found out that everyone knew him because of watching "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is a discussion.

Zhou Yi couldn't cry or laugh, this way of discussing made him unacceptable, but he couldn't correct everyone's mistakes, so he could only be depressed in his heart. All the way through the street, the ghost made a miraculous walk towards Zhang Qing's bookstore. The last time I visited, the other day, it was still a dark alley that you couldn't see people all day long, and it even looked a little eerie. But walking in this alley today, Zhou Yi even felt crowded, in front of him, at least hundreds of people came and went, talking and talking. But without exception, they all have a big newspaper in their hands.

Looking at the scene, Zhou Yi couldn't help but blossom with joy, it seems that what Zhou Min said should not be fake. When I came to Zhang Qing's bookstore, it was very busy, Zhang Qing and the two little guys stood at the door in person, one collected money and the other gave the newspaper, and the other maintained order on the spot, with a clear division of labor and an orderly manner.

"Hey, Gongzi Zhou, you're here." Seeing Zhou Yi appear, Zhang Qing seemed a little surprised, but he only had time to say these words, so he was busy dealing with those customers, and there was no way to come out to entertain Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi just smiled in return, and then entered the workshop from the side.

The workers in the back were printing newspapers non-stop, and Zhou Yi stood by and watched.

Bi Sheng's method of inventing movable type printing is as follows: use cement to make a blank with the same specifications, engrave the reverse character at one end, and the height of the protrusion of the character is like the thickness of the edge of the copper coin, and it is hardened with fire to become a single cement movable type.

In order to meet the needs of typesetting, there are several or even dozens of commonly used words in order to be used when repeated in the same edition. If you encounter an uncommon word, if you are not prepared in advance, you can use it as you go.

In order to facilitate the selection of words, the clay movable type is classified according to the rhyme and placed in the wooden lattice, and the paper strip is pasted to indicate it. When typesetting, a framed iron plate is used as the bottom support, and a layer of agent made of pine resin, wax and paper ash is coated on top, and then the required cement movable type is picked out and arranged into the frame one by one. Fill a frame to become a version, and then bake it with fire, wait for the agent to melt slightly, use a flat plate to flatten the literally, and after the medicine cools and solidifies, it becomes a version.

When printing, as long as the ink is brushed on the plate, covered with paper, and a certain amount of pressure is added. In order to be able to print continuously, two iron plates are used, one version is brushed, the other is typeset, and the two plates are used alternately. After printing, the potion is roasted with fire, and the movable type can fall off the iron plate with a slight shake of the hand, and then put it back into the original wooden grid according to the rhyme, so as to be used again next time.

Once, Bi Sheng also experimented with movable type printing, but Bi Sheng did not use it because of the uneven texture of the wood, the difficulty of carving, the deformation of the movable type after being wetted with water, and the fact that it was not easy to separate from the medicine. Bisheng's clay movable type printing method, if only two or three copies are printed, it is not trouble-free, if hundreds of copies are printed, the work efficiency is extremely considerable, not only can save a lot of manpower and material resources, but also can greatly improve the speed and quality of printing, which is much superior to engraving printing.

was busy until lunch, and the guests were a little less, and a considerable number of them were printed, so two printers took over Zhang Qing's position and allowed him to take time out to entertain Zhou Yi.

"I've kept you waiting, really, I can't get out." Zhang Qing wiped some ink stuck to his hands on his clothes, and said apologetically to Zhou Yi, for him, Zhou Yi is a great benefactor, and it is rude to let a great benefactor wait for him for so long.

Zhou Yi didn't mind this, he said with a smile: "I feel that it is also a pleasure to see you busy, just like your brother's wine shop, I sometimes feel very funny watching those workers make wine, today I see the workers printing newspapers here, I also feel very interesting, you know that I want to write these stories, is to dig out such a little bit of things from life." Anything can be written. ”

Zhang Qing agreed with Zhou Yi's point of view, and then said something that shocked Zhou Yi, only to see him nod slightly, thoughtful, and then said: "Yes, art comes from life, but it is higher than life." ”

So, Zhou Yi looked at Zhang Qing again, and suddenly felt shocked, and then asked in his heart: "Dude, you also crossed over?" ”

"By the way, how did you sell newspapers yesterday? I've heard people say it's legendary. Zhou Yi asked.

Zhang Qing smiled, he didn't think there was anything legendary, he said: "I just asked people to take the newspaper and stand on the side of the road, and when I saw someone, I went up and told people that there was Zhou Hengzhi's new work on it, and then others bought it." ”

Zhou Yi said, "I'll sing you a song." ”

Zhang Qing said, "Okay." ”

So Zhou Yi began to sing: "Lalala! La-la-la! I am a small expert in selling newspapers, and I don't wait for dawn to sell newspapers, but I shout while walking, today's news is really good, and I will buy two newspapers for seven copper plates. La-la-la! La-la-la! I'm a little connoisseur of selling newspapers, running all over the streets in the wind and rain, walking badly, slipping, and laughing all over my body with muddy water......"

"......" Zhang Qing looked at Zhou Yi, he didn't know what to say, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore, so he interjected and interrupted him: "Zhou Gongzi, it's not too early now, why don't we find a place to eat?" By the way, I often yearn for the deliciousness of the private dishes, why don't we go over there? ”

Zhou Yi thought about it and didn't go to Da Niu's side to take a look, remembering that Zhou Min said that Da Niu had just sent last month's dividends, and he didn't know how much, and he was going to take the exam in a few days, and it was good to look at Da Niu now.

At this time, it happened to be the middle of the day, and it was not yet noon, so it was not the peak period for eating, but when Zhou Yi and the others came to Daguan's private restaurant, they found that people were going inside one after another.

When they arrived at the door, the two were stopped by the little guy, who bowed slightly, looking very polite, he looked at Zhou Yi and the two, and asked, "Do you two have an appointment?" ”