Speaking of Lin'an's handicraft industry, we can't fail to mention the publishing and printing industry, which is closely related to culture and art.

The attitude of the Great Song Dynasty towards writing was relatively relaxed, and there was basically no interest in it**-not that there were no banned books at all, even the liberal and democratic Emperor Mi in later generations also had taboos. It's not that no one is unlucky because of writing articles, it's just that in the era when a hundred flowers bloomed in later generations, a hundred schools of thought contended, everything was known, everything was said, and the speaker was not guilty, there were also some people who suffered because of bad words.

In the history of the Great Song Dynasty, there are also two more famous "**", one is the "Wutai Poetry Case", the protagonist is Su Dongpo, because he offended the new party in power at the time by writing poetry, so he was arrested and questioned by Yushitai, and finally ...... Of course, he was not killed, and tragically became the training envoy of the Huangzhou regiment -- this was a false title, which was specially given to the degraded civil officials, so that they could have a place to receive a salary, so as not to starve to death.

The second big "**" is the "Luomei Poetry Case", the party is called Liu Kezhuang, because of a poem "Luomei" that satirizes the Southern Song Dynasty court and is unlucky, he has been idle for ten years. But now that the salted fish has turned over, he has already come out to be an official, and his official rank is much higher than Chen Dexing.

Moreover, there are not many people involved in the two major ** in the Song Dynasty, and I have not heard that anyone has been convicted for possessing Su Dongpo's poems or Liu Kezhuang's poems. In general, the Song Dynasty was relatively lax in its management of literary publishing, and there was a clear red line – there were clear criteria for what books could not be published publicly. In this case, the business of printing and engraving books naturally became a huge industry.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the center of the printing and publishing industry was in the area of Pengqiao in the middle of Lin'an Yu Street. Along the royal street, there are bookstores that are quite large in later generations. The names are all so-and-so, very elegant. Of course, there are no orchids at the door, only some people dressed as scholars are setting up stalls to sell characters, paintings, and carved stamps. There are a lot of people of all ages, some of them know that it is an old business at a glance, and they are very enthusiastic about shouting, and there are many customers lingering in front of the stall. Others are shy, not very good at trading, and the front of the stall is a little cold.

"The stalls set up here are all scholars, and most of the deserted stalls are set up by people who come to Andabi...... "The little princess Zhao Lin'er is still dressed as a scholar, but the bun crown on her head has become a scarf, and she looks like a cute and stupid little scholar. She seems to have forgotten about yesterday's embarrassment, and is smiling and telling Chen Dexing the story of where she didn't know where to wholesale.

In fact, Chen Dexing knows everything she said, he grew up in Lin'an in this life! Lin'an here once every three years, the winter of the year before the big than the beginning, there are people from all over the country one after another, live in February to participate in the spring examination, March will try to release the list, high school students also have to participate in the April palace examination, through the guò palace examination is a good man outside the Donghua Gate. And this process, before and after adding up to several months, if these scholars who are rushing to take the exam are not rich, they can only find some way to make money in Lin'an - after all, the cost of living in Lin'an is very high, everything is expensive, if you still have to make a relationship with Youshilin, you can't cope with it without dozens or hundreds of copper.

And most of the people in this era are poor and shabby, far less than the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.

Because, the "fame" of the Ming and Qing dynasties started from Xiucai, as long as Xiucai was selected, he was superior and could be exempted from tax and servitude. As for the old man, he is even more amazing, he can hand over to the Shilin, collude with the officials, and control the township, just like a local tyrant!

In the Song Dynasty, Xiucai was just a casual call from the people below, and he did not have the fame awarded by the imperial court, let alone any preferential treatment. Lifting people is a qualification to participate in the examination, and it is a one-time thing, after the examination is pulled down, and the entrance examination is called outside the Donghua Gate, and since then it is the parents of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and if you fail to pass the examination, it is a big one...... If you don't try it well, it's a big deal that people think about it. If you are not from a wealthy family, you will not be able to pass the Lin'an meeting several times, and you will often run out of family property and be destitute.

And the so-called scholars were only a very small number of wealthy scholars in the Song Dynasty, and scholars of the level of Chen Dexing's father and eldest brother were not very romantic. And the vast majority of scholars from poor families, such as these people who set up stalls on Lin'an Yu Street, have three meals a day, no food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they are not able to do it at all......

However, it is precisely because most of the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty are not romantic, that the economy of the Song Dynasty can be more prosperous than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties! The millions of scholars of the Song Dynasty had no fame to rely on, no privileges to enjoy, and therefore could not become a class that did not engage in production -- in the Song Dynasty, only official households had certain privileges of tax exemption and exemption from military service, and the number of official households was limited after all, and the civil and military officials of the entire Great Song Dynasty together were only tens of thousands. It accounts for only a few thousandths of a population of nearly 10,000, which is considered an official dependent, and it is only hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, the vast majority of scholars have no conditions at all to ignore things outside the window and only read the books of sages. They must participate in production and management, and they must bear taxes and forced labor. The incomparably prosperous industry and commerce of the Song Dynasty was actually not unrelated to the fact that a large number of scholars belonging to the elite class of society participated in production and operation after they were frustrated in the scientific field - they had no conditions to become a parasitic class, and could only use their wisdom and financial resources in production and operation!

Qu Huajie, who set up a water mirror stall outside a bookstore called Shicaitang in Lin'an Pengqiao, is such a frustrated scholar. He has already passed and standed, when he was a teenager, he was Tian Shelang, and the dream of the imperial examination in the twilight of Tianzitang has long been shattered by the cruel reality. After going to Lin'an twice to compare his name to Sun Mountain, Qu Huajie, who had lost his wealth, had to face the reality. Under the introduction of a friend, he worshipped a craftsman who polished the water mirror as a teacher, set up a stall in Lin'an Pengqiao to do the business of making zuò glasses, and later married the master's daughter home and took over the stall. Because of his outstanding craftsmanship, the price is fair, and he has participated in two examinations, he can chat with customers (mostly civil officials) a few words, with the care of these officials, Lin'an's officials and ruffians naturally dare not bully him, this business is very good, life is comfortable, people have also been blessed, and become a little fat man who is happy all day long.

Although it is the New Year's Festival these days, Qu Huajie, who is known as Shui Jingqu, did not rest at home, but still went out early and set up a stall outside the door of the Shicaitang Bookstore in Pengqiao. This year is the year of the Spring Festival, and tens of thousands of people have gathered in Lin'an, and many of them want to buy water mirrors -- the customers who buy glasses are naturally more readers.

However, the glasses of this era are not cheap, they are all carefully polished with high-quality crystals, and each pair is worth more than a dozen coppers! The people who can afford it are relatively wealthy officials and officials, so this business is not a long queue.

At this time, although it was already noon, there were no customers in front of Boss Qu's stall, and he didn't shout and sell, just lowered his head and concentrated on polishing a piece of crystal. Suddenly, a soft and glutinous female voice rang out.

"Fatty, is it Shui Jingqu?"

As soon as Qu Huajie raised his eyes, he saw a big man and a small and delicate little Confucian standing in front of him, and it was the little Confucian who spoke.

"Little brother, do you want to buy a water mirror?" Qu Huajie put down the work in his hand and asked with a smile.