Although the two brothers don't know if their mother suddenly wanted to open a bookstore on a whim, they know that no matter whether their mother can't open it in the end, inquiring clearly and not inquiring clearly are two different endings.

Two different endings that fell into the hands of the mother.

Wei Minsen was in charge of inviting some people from the bookstore to dinner, seeing if he could find out something, and then asking the people in the family to buy people, if he could buy one or two minions who knew how to print.

As for Wei Minwen, he hasn't been back to the department for almost a month, and he suddenly went back, which scared the people in the department.

"Why are you back?"

"I'm originally from the household department, why, I can't come back yet?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I mean, I'm not ...... I haven't seen you in a while, thought you were on a long vacation? ”

……

The person who smiled at him with a shy face was called Qian Zhaoshan, nicknamed "Qian Bag". On the same level as him.

The origin of his nickname is not that he is particularly rich, or that he is particularly good at money, but that if anything passes through his hands, there is not a little silver into his bag, so don't think about it, commonly known as "goose plucking".

Usually, Wei Minwen can't get used to him, and thinks that this kid is "fishing in troubled waters" all day long, especially specializing in business, which hurts the morality of readers.

It's just that he was too lazy to take care of it before, and he didn't care about it.

He has a few pounds and a few taels, he knows it in his heart. Go to work and get off work every day, get by and live a life, and take a little bit of tea.

His biggest dream is to hope that his eldest son Wei Shensi can take the Jinshi exam and put gold on his face. But now......

Thinking of his ruddy face when he saw his second son recently, and his mother's scolding of him, he could only hold back.

Well, there is also a wife who has violated the law and can't rest, so he can only teach slowly, and he is still picking up Buddha beans in the small Buddha hall, so he should not worry so much.

With a cold face, after sending the money bag away, he reported to his post and went to inquire about the process of opening a bookstore.

In fact, it is not very profitable to open a book company, after all, the printing cost is too high, and there are only so many people who can afford to buy books, except for the books needed for the imperial examination, the sales of other books are average.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high.

It's a nice thing to say, but when you're hungry, it's weird to read a book.

After Wei Minwen was starved by his mother several times, he didn't dare to say such things again.

As my mother said, no matter how "high" the book is, you have to fill your stomach to be able to afford it.

Don't think that those farmers who plough the land look down on them, it's not that they don't want to realize the words, but they can't fill their stomachs, when their stomachs can't be filled, how can they be in the mood to read?

At that time, Wei Minwen was starved for a day.

As a scholar, his physique is already weak, how can he be hungry, and he can be hungry in one meal, let alone a day.

Since then, although the book is as "high" in Wei Minwen's mind, he also knows that the matter of filling his stomach cannot be ignored. Because when you're hungry, you won't be able to read even if there are more books in front of you.

"Mother, that's the case." Wei Minwen told him all about what he had inquired about.

"Hmm." Yang Xiangwei nodded, expressing satisfaction.

Wei Minsen was not far behind, and hurriedly told him about the printing process he inquired about, and added his own analysis, saying that this process is too troublesome and too costly, and even if it is printed, the book is not easy to buy.

There are already several bookstores in the capital, and the business of their stores is also average.

After all, the books that the bookstore can get are ordinary books, and they can't be too precious. And most of the books that candidates need are books for the imperial examination, like scripts or something, some of them are available, but for a few, only rich people will buy this thing for recreation, and ordinary scholars will not buy things at all (no money to buy them).

"Mother, I think the bookstores in Kyoto are already saturated, and even if we do open a bookstore, unless the collection of books inside is very valuable, I don't think business will be very good. Mother, you don't want to get rid of the books in the house, do you? Wei Minsen scratched his head, puzzled, "But our family's collection of books is precious in ordinary people's homes, but in the eyes of real Qingliu scholars, it is actually average." ”

What he didn't say was that even his daughter-in-law's mother's collection of books was much better than theirs.

"That's right, I want to open a bookstore, but it's not the kind of bookstore you think." She spent so much money, recruited so many Mr. Law, and hired so many storytellers, it would be too much of a loss if she didn't publish these stories in a book and come back with some money, right?

Yang Xiangwei doesn't think that the bookstore in this era will not make money, but she has not found a way to make money.

"Not what we think? Which kind is that? Wei Minsen asked.

"I heard the printing you just heard about, but don't you think it's stupid?"

Wei Minsen and Wei Minwen were at a loss: "It has been printed like this from ancient times to the present, what easier way can there be?" ”

"Isn't it stupid to carve a page of a book and change a book, and the previously carved board can't be used? Why not break down a board into words? ”

"Words?!" Wei Minsen and Wei Minwen's eyes widened, looking incredulous.

The old god Yang Xiangwei was drinking tea on the ground and said, "Can't you dismantle it?" Ceramics can be fired into cups, so you can't find a way to fire them into small characters, and then arrange these small characters into a recessed version as needed, which just looks like a page of a book. Then use wax or something like that, fix it, apply ink sweat, and print it...... In this way, when the book is finished and the next book is replaced, you only need to heat the plate and let the wax melt, and then you can disassemble the words and ......use them again next time."

Wei Minsen and Wei Minwen heard it for the first time, and they swallowed their saliva a little excitedly.

"Mother, won't we be able to make a lot of money?" Think about the bookstores all over the world buying books from them, and the cost of their books is lower than that of others...... It's really a big deal!

"If we really succeed, everyone in the world will thank us." Wouldn't it be appreciated by all the people who read the world if they thought that the cost of printing would be reduced, and that the price of books would also be reduced, and that it would be easier for people all over the world to buy books.

Wei Minwen felt that their Weihou Mansion was going to be famous this time.

Yang Xiangwei glanced at them lightly: "Don't be too excited, if you can make it, you still have to find someone to secretly experiment, and if it is successful, you can use it." ”

"Yes, yes," Wei Minsen nodded hurriedly, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely do it well, and I will definitely not disappoint your hopes." ”

"Don't tell your daughter-in-law until you succeed."

"Yes."

Yang Xiangwei didn't forget to remind them: "There is one more thing, you have to think about it clearly, if you really succeed, then you will cut off some people's financial routes, and you will probably become a thorn in their side." How are you going to solve this matter? ”

Wei Minsen was dazed: "Huh? Whose financial route has been cut off? ”

Wei Minwen reacted: "Mother is talking about the people from the bookstore before? ”

"Hmmm! How many people can open a bookstore in the capital have no background? Although we are also a Hou Mansion, we are still a little worse than the real royal relatives. What are you going to do if you run into them? ”

Wei Minsen's face suddenly collapsed: "Ah...... So troublesome? So what to do? Could it be that we have to cooperate with them for what we have worked so hard to come up with? "It feels like the money in his pocket is going to be divided, and his heart hurts.

Woowoo...... He's got his money! He couldn't bear it!

"What is the mother's opinion?" Wei Minwen asked Yang Xiangwei directly.

Yang Xiangwei snapped, and the cup knocked on the table: "Ask me everything, what else do you want?" I want to go myself. However, I can give you a hint - if you're looking for a collaborator, look for the biggest. ”