Chapter 111: Movable Type Printing
Why didn't Chu Yingying know this truth? She is just a little girl in the countryside, even if she has novel ideas and can make a lot of money, but in the eyes of those powerful people, there is no difference between an ant that can be crushed to death casually.
Oh, maybe there's a difference, she's a lot bigger than an ant, and she has to bother collecting corpses, while ants don't.
"What should I do?" Si Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, "Otherwise, let's go find my mother, right?" Maybe my mother has a solution? ”
"I've got a way." Chu Yingying suddenly relaxed, and Si Chen hurriedly asked, "What's the solution?" ”
In such a short period of time, I don't know what good way Sister Ying Ying can think of.
Chu Yingying took Cheese Chen's somewhat cold little hand and walked out slowly, "It's inconvenient to say here, let's go back to my house first." ”
"Okay."
When I was checking out the bill downstairs, there was a lot of commotion in the hall, and many people were talking about the same thing-
"Oh, this Liang Gongzi is different, and his hobbies are different from ours."
"Who's to say it isn't? actually did the gift of Zhou Gong in the teahouse, I said boss, how much money did you charge Liang Gongzi? Let Liang Gongzi treat your private room as the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion? ”
Everyone laughed and slapped the table and had a great time.
Chu Yingying's face changed, and she covered Si Chen's ears and hurriedly came out. But Si Chen is not a child anymore, and some things are also understood, especially when he heard the conversation between Chu Changpei and Liang Qiwei just now.
She was very worried about Chu Yingying, "Sister Yingying, you still have to think of a way to deal with Chu Changpei's matter, otherwise it will affect your and Sister Fenfen's reputation." ”
Because she is close to Chu Yingying and knows Chu Changpei's personality, she has never called her sister-in-law, she always calls her by her name.
Although Si Chen is a villain, what he said is very reasonable. In these years, a girl in the family has a bad reputation, and the girls of the whole family can't get married! Even those who have become relatives may be divorced!
Chu Yingying nodded: "Don't worry, I have a way." ”
Xu thought of countermeasures, so Chu Yingying was in a good mood, and the two of them went to buy a lot of things together, and they still let people send them back.
After returning home, Chu Yingying handed over Si Chen to Chu Fenfen, and then went into the kitchen.
Half an hour later, Chu Yingying came in with two pots of milk tea, and there were several saucers next to them, with red beans and pearls respectively.
"Come, you can taste it, and if you like to eat red beans or pearls, put it yourself." Chu Yingying was worried that everyone's taste was different, so she deliberately didn't add it, "This pot of milk tea is original, and this pot of milk tea is rose-flavored." ”
It's just a pity that there are no paper cups here, otherwise it would be more atmospheric to buy some delicate paper cups.
No, she went back and saw if she could open a glass factory by herself, and then fire different glass cups. Thinking of those beautiful glasses in modern times, Chu Yingying felt itchy. When the research comes out, selling milk tea or something by yourself will definitely be more popular!
A room of people, except for Yan Junyi, prefer rose-flavored milk tea, and also like to add pearls and red beans.
That's right, during this afternoon, Yan Junyi would come here to teach Chu Xiaotian to read and read, as if he was still enjoying it.
Seeing Yan Junyi, Chu Yingying suddenly remembered an important thing, she quietly raised her buttocks, moved the stool to Yan Junyi's side, tilted her head and asked him: "Brother Yan, do you want to open a printing shop together?" ”
"A print shop?" Yan Junyi said lightly, "The right to print books and periodicals is in the hands of the court, do you have someone in the court?" Can you get the right to print books? ”
Chu Yingying looked confused.
What's that? Do you also need a license from the court to print books and periodicals?
Yan Junyi calmly carried out popular science: "It is not easy to print books, and ordinary people can't afford to print them, which is why the price of books has been so high for so many years. And governing the country needs literati, and literati naturally need books if they want to gain fame, so how can the court hand over the right to print books and periodicals to others? ”
"Huh?"
Chu Yingying's heart was cold when she heard this, her expression was gloomy, and she pouted and muttered, "It's a pity that I thought of a way to print with movable type." ”
Although she had been exposed to movable type printing in her previous life, she had not learned about it in detail, so she only knew about the skin. But during this time, she didn't know what was wrong, as if she had been developed a superbrain BUFF, so the things she had been exposed to were presented with specific information in her mind.
After a few nights of careful meditation, she had "remembered" a simple and easy movable type printing.
"What is movable type printing?" Yan Jun's eyes were confused for a moment, but he immediately regained his clarity, and a rare surprised expression appeared on his face, "What do you mean, the word activity?" ”
Since this method of making money is not feasible, Chu Yingying doesn't care if it needs to be kept secret, nodding lightly, the listless appearance is like a frosted eggplant, wilted!
"Yes, the current printing technology is to use fixed word boards, and every time a page of words is printed, it must be scrapped and re-engraved, so the efficiency is too slow and wasteful, which is the fundamental reason why books are expensive."
The so-called engraving printing is to write the sample of the manuscript well, so that there are words on the board as soon as they meet, you can engrave the words, the carver uses different forms of carving knives to carve the traditional Chinese characters on the wooden board into a raised Yang, and at the same time remove the blank space on the wooden board, and then rinse it with hot water, which is the stereotype.
After that, it's time to brush the ink, brush the paper, and cover the paper on the board...... Not to mention the complexity of a series of processes, a layout that was painstakingly carved was quickly scrapped.
"Can you elaborate on that?" Yan Jun's eyes were as bright as stars, and he asked with a thirst for knowledge.
Chu Yingying pursed her lips and only said: "In fact, on the basis of engraving and printing, the words are selected and then printed with ink after they are arranged, and after printing, the word mold will be removed and used next time." ”
"Wonderful!" Yan Jun was overjoyed and clapped his hands excitedly, "In this way, the price of books can be greatly reduced!" This is a good act for the benefit of the country and the people! ”
Although he has never experienced the pain of expensive books, along the way, he has also seen that most people simply cannot afford to buy books. In the beginning, most poor students practiced calligraphy in the sand table, which was very difficult. As for books, they can only copy three copies in the bookstore in exchange for one in hand.
If this movable type printing can be popularized all over the world, why worry that students can't afford to study?
"No matter how good it is, it's useless, I'm just a small village girl, where can I get the right to print books and periodicals?" Chu Yingying's eyes rolled, and she began to talk casually.
Yan Junyi glanced at her deeply and asked her with a smile: "If I can help you get the right to print books and periodicals in Yueyang City, are you willing to hand over this movable type printing to the imperial court?" ”