After receiving the documents drawn by Zheng Han and the old master himself, Liu Yuan finally put his mind at ease, from now on, these two are his own people, and he can communicate his thoughts with the two old Xingzun experts.

"Boss, you say, how to do it, we all listen to you." Zheng Yaotou signed the contract, and the salary skyrocketed from the original three taels and one yuan to six taels and two silver a month, which is a very good salary, and he was naturally more grateful to Liu Yuan in his heart, and immediately expressed his loyalty.

This is a very good job, the contract says that it is good, that is, the owner does not operate Chenjiayao, and he will be given a one-time hundred taels of silver, and the harvest will be guaranteed in drought and flood.

The old master said a little puzzled: "The owner, the printing you said just now, with all due respect, how can the carved plate be connected with us who burn clay porcelain, and the small ones don't understand how to think about it, and ask the owner to make it clear." ”

Liu Yuan smiled mysteriously, and did not answer their questions, but asked them: "Let me ask you, the engraving is so easy to use, why can't it be promoted, and now if you want a good book, most of them are copied by hand?" ”

"Isn't that easy?" Zheng Yaotou immediately responded: "Making carved plates has high requirements for carving skills, not that the master does not come, it is time-consuming, and the salary is high; Second, there are not many hard wood, and the best wood is boxwood, but it is not easy to grow and become a wood, so the price remains high; The most difficult thing is to carve into a board, it is difficult to promote, moisture-proof and insect-proof, and afraid that it will break and rot, that is, it is well preserved, but the wood is easy to wear, so it has been difficult to promote. ”

"Yes, a carved plate can't carve many words, if there are fewer words, if there are many words in a book, it will take hundreds of thousands of engravings, where to get so many boxwoods, no, that is, printing New Year's paintings, Buddhist scriptures and the like are barely possible." The old master also agreed.

"Hehe~ Liu Yuan smiled proudly: "Who said that boxwood must be used?" ”

Zheng Han said curiously: "If you don't use Huang Yangmu, what is it for?" ”

"Then what do you think I bought this kiln for?" Liu Yuan asked rhetorically.

"No~~ It's not mud, right?" Old Master Gu seemed to understand what Liu Yuan meant, and immediately shook his head and said: "This is a good idea, but this is very difficult, if it is fired into ceramics, it is easy to break, besides, no one has ever done this." ”

No one has done it, and if someone does, where is it their turn to "eat meat", with the greed of the merchants, there is no soup to drink.

Gunpowder, compass, printing and papermaking, is the four major inventions of China, this is written into the content of the textbook, Liu Yuan is naturally very clear, printing to the Song Dynasty, a person named Bi Sheng folk strange people, with clay lettering, and then with movable type typesetting, recycling, greatly improve the efficiency and reduce the cost, so that the printing industry to get fertile soil, so as to get great development, unfortunately, Liu Yuan's appearance, the butterfly flapped its wings, produced a wonderful butterfly effect, so that there was a trace of change in history, Printing was also introduced hundreds of years earlier.

"No one has tried it, then we will try" Liu Yuan said confidently: "I haven't tried it, how can I know it, boxwood takes ten years, decades to become a material, but I want to use the mud, everywhere, is a little labor, the cost is negligible, I have an idea, you think, if we divide the cement into a small piece, carve the word on it, and then burn it with fire, and then burn it with fire, and then make a square frame plate, which word will be lined up with that word, of course, the commonly used words should be burned a little more, and fixed after arranging, Printing, only two boards, we can print while arranged, so that the efficiency will come up, and after printing, then remove the word, keep it for the next time, and wait until later, it is just typesetting, how good is this. ”

Zheng Han and Old Master Gu's eyes widened again, and their open mouths could swallow two eggs, this idea was so wonderful that it was not an exaggeration to describe it as "turning stones into gold".

"Hey, hey~~ You're all right, right?"

Seeing the two of them standing there in a daze like wooden people, Liu Yuan felt funny, shouted a few times, and then stretched out his hand and waved a few times in front of them, Zheng Yaotou and the old Gu master came back to their senses.

"East~~~ East, wonderful! It's really wonderful, such a good method makes you think, it is really worthy of Wenqu Xing, and the old man is so obedient to you. Zheng Yaotou was shocked by Liu Yuan's whimsy, and was even more sure in his heart that he was the idea that he was a Wenqu star.

The old master also nodded and said: "I can do this, the cement is soft, the lettering is not difficult at all, when it is burned, it will become hard, as long as we make a unified standard, we can continue to produce, as long as it is a little stronger, a little shorter, or that durable, it is accidentally broken, and it is easy to change, anyway, the mud does not need money, it is a little labor and firewood, cheap, the owner, I think, this method is feasible." ”

Liu Yuan put forward the question that he thought of early in the morning: "There are many problems to be solved, such as what kind of cement to use, how to burn, how much is hard, it depends on your research, in addition, there are two problems to be solved, one is who will carve words on the clay, this should be carved very carefully, and the words should be neat and clear; The second problem is, if you want to print a book, the word can not be big or small, the word is big, the paper is wasted when printing, the word is small, and it looks strenuous, I estimate that the word is good, but the word that needs to be done is very fine, this manual aspect ~~~~"

"The owner, no problem, we usually have to learn to write on porcelain, paint or something like others, I can do it all, as for the process, with my experience, I believe that the old master will have no problem." Master Zheng said confidently.

Old Master Gu lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said confidently: "Boss, give me some time, it will definitely be no problem." ”

"That's good", Liu Yuan nodded and said: "You two peck more, practice more, don't be afraid of failure, you must solve all the difficulties, if you succeed, not only make money, but also a very meritorious thing, this thing is done well, it is a great thing to leave a name for the ages"

Zheng Yaotou and the old master nodded again and again when they heard this, and the two pairs of eyes were a little dim, and they looked excited, as if they wanted to devote themselves to research immediately.

Liu Yuan carefully instructed: "This matter, the less people know about it, the better, remember to do a good job of confidentiality, even your family members should not be revealed, in case the wall has ears, and when you make money, in addition to your salary, you will have a big red envelope." ”

"The owner, don't worry, I will never say anything about this, the owner will also tell me about such a confidential matter, if I say it, then there will be five thunderstorms in the sky." Zheng Han hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

The old master also said excitedly: "I am the same, but the owner, if it is kept secret, this is not enough, I am afraid that someone will remember it, and I can't prevent it." ”

Liu Yuan snapped his fingers and said: "Of course, I have asked someone to buy a secluded place as a printing work place, and then I will send people to guard it day and night, not allowing outsiders to enter or leave, as for here, it will also be fenced, you should be careful when you make these things, just don't let others see it, and leave other things to me." ”

"Yes, host."

"Yes, host."

Zheng Han and Old Master Gu nodded yes again and again.

"Uncle Zheng~~"

"The owner, the little one is here."

Liu Yuan said lightly: "You old masters are studying, but those slaves also let them be idle, isn't one of them also a porcelain master?" You just ask him to bring someone to burn some porcelain or something to sell, it doesn't matter if it's a loss or a profit, in two days, I'll ask a plasterer to fence this place, in short, everything has to be careful. ”

"Yes, the owner, I know this~"

Liu Yuan chatted with the two for a long time, that is, some production and process problems, and gave a few more words, and then led Zhao An back home together.

As soon as he returned to the Jinyu family, Liu Yuan shouted loudly: "Little lady, is the meal ready, hurry up, my stomach is hungry." ”

"Senior brother, you're back, come, wipe your sweat."

As soon as she saw Liu Yuan coming back, the little lady smiled and took a clean silk scarf to wipe Liu Yuan's sweat.

"I'm a little hungry, let's call Xiaoqing to eat." Now Liu Yuan, is still in the development period, digestion is very fast, the food in the stomach will be digested in a while, half a child, eat poor Lao Tzu, said a period, from here to the suburbs of Chenjiayao, a round trip is not small, the morning is Liu Yuantie can not move is the time to create jewelry, now there are three big customer orders in hand, the Jinyu family also has to make up for the goods from time to time, after lunch to deal with it, when you come back, it can be said that you wear the stars and the moon, and the lights are on at the beginning.

The little lady covered her mouth and said, "Senior brother, I'm sorry, I didn't cook your meal tonight." ”

"What? Don't have anything to eat? Liu Yuan said exaggeratedly: "Even if you miss the meal, you won't leave the food, I'm a meritorious person, at most, I don't keep the food?" ”

"Ha Luha, Brother Liu is so funny~~" At this time, a person walked out from the side, and said with a smile while stroking his palm.

"Qin Lang? How did you get here? The person who came out from the side was the son of the big salt merchant, Yangzhou's "rich and handsome": Qin Lang.

This guy is wearing a brand-new scholar's green shirt, wearing Hetian Meiyu at his waist, holding a green bamboo paper fan, and stepping on dark green soap shoes, with a smile on his face, and a jade tree in the wind, which looks very sassy.

Qin Lang smiled and said, "Waiting for you~~"

"Wait for me?"

"Yes, Brother Liu, you forgot, we made an appointment to go boating in Sanniang Lake, I guess, now Sanniang has prepared good wine and good food for us, so I asked Miss Yuan not to help Brother Liu keep food, well, it's not early, it's time to go out." Qin Lang laughed sheepishly.

fainted,, this guy, I want to go to Du Sanniang to drink flower wine, I'm afraid that I won't see you, so I will pull me, but you can't openly pull me to drink flower wine in front of my future lady, aren't you trapping me for injustice and asking me to catch fire in my backyard?

Although I also accompanied you twice, I secretly went with the little lady behind my back, this guy, just go, don't pit me in front of the little lady.

"That's not good, I'm going to have a meal with my junior sister~~, no, I'm going to dine with my sister, and then study the new way of creating jewelry, drink flower wine, it's not for me, you go by yourself." Liu Yuan said "righteously and awe-inspiringly".

"This~~~" Qin Lang suddenly became puzzled.

"Senior brother, go ahead, you haven't been out to play for a long time, Qin Gongzi has come to invite you so sincerely, how can you refuse? Research or something, you can do it at any time, what kind of meal do you use, I didn't leave your meal, don't live up to the hospitality of Qin Gongzi. When Xiao Niang heard that Liu Yuan was not going, she was even more anxious than Qin Lang.

Liu Yuan was dumbfounded, what's wrong? In the future, boys take their girlfriends to the street, just look at other beauties, some people knock over the vinegar altar, the small one pinches the tender meat at the waist, and the big one goes home and kneels on the washboard.

"That, little lady, let's go drink flower wine, you~~~ have no opinion?" Liu Yuan added in a whisper.

Xiao Niang said indifferently: "Why do I have an opinion, you readers, don't you like that the most?" Senior brother, come on, Sanniang is a famous beauty, try to take her down. ”

Liu Yuan was originally very promising, he was personally invited by Mr. Su of the state school, the whole Yangzhou knows, but Liu Yuan is surprisingly noble scholars do not do, but to be a humble businessman, the little lady thinks that Liu Yuan is for himself, for the industry left by his father, he has always felt very guilty, and now someone invites him to drink flower wine, chanting the wind and singing the moon, this is something that only a learned scholar can do, please Liu Yuan, that is to say, when he is a scholar, can enter that circle, this is a very face-saving thing, It's too late for the little lady to be happy, where will she object?

As for drinking flower wine, prostitution or something, this is a beautiful thing for scholars, if you don't have this rumor, people still think that you have no ink in your belly, no ability, three wives and four concubines have no opinion, for drinking flower wine or something, naturally they will not take it to heart.

Yes, Mr. Storyteller said that jealous women will not end well, and Xiaoniang believes this sentence very much.

"Go, go, go, and use your junior sister as an excuse, and now Miss Yuan has no opinion, let's go." Qin Lang couldn't help but say, picked up Liu Yuan and walked out.

He had long wanted to see the "goddess" in his mind.

"Senior brother, if you drink late and run into a curfew, don't rush back, I'll let Zhao Lao pick you up tomorrow~~~" When leaving, the little lady was still happy to advise.

Liu Yuan suddenly wanted to cry a little moved: not only did he meet a superb little beauty, but also caught up with a beautiful era, romance is a blessing, and women are not jealous......

PS: I ran into a little trivial, the update was slow, everyone voted hard, everyone gave me strength, I will be three more, four more