"There's one more thing to worry about Brother Zhang." Du Jinning turned to Zhang Hongwen.

"If there's anything I can do, just tell me." Zhang Hongwen is looking forward to authenticity.

Whether it is a teahouse or a bookstore, they all rely on Du Jinning's script, Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan's funds and connections, but he can't help anything, he only follows behind to get dividends, which makes him embarrassed, but also has an inferiority complex in his heart, feeling like Du Jinning's oil bottle, and coming over for leisure.

So if he can do something within his ability, he is very happy.

"There are many books in the library of our academy, which are not sold outside. You find some books that are useful for scientific research but are rare on the market, and then pick two or three students from poor families, honest people, and good handwriting in class B, and ask them to copy them and sell them outside. Du Jinning said.

Without waiting for the three of them to ask, she said again: "I asked the chief of the mountain about this matter, and he said that there is no problem." ”

"No problem." Guan Jiaze took over and said, "Our academy has never cherished itself, and the books in the library are all copied by random students. Some students who are not from good families and have brains will also copy some books from the library and sell them. However, because it is difficult to find a suitable buyer, there are not many people who copy it. ”

"Which student copied it, do you know? You know, you can ask him to copy it for us. Otherwise, if we do this, we will steal other people's business. Du Jinning said.

Guan Jiaze shook his head: "That person is no longer studying in the academy, he was admitted to the juren and went to other places to be a county minister." ”

"Oh." Du Jinning nodded, turned to Zhang Hongwen and said, "You only need to pick out about twenty books and copy them for them, and only copy each book once." If the book is sold, ask them to copy it. Don't copy too much at once. If you can't sell it, you will smash it. ”

The reason why these books are not circulated outside is also because they are not essential books for scientific research, and the audience is relatively small, otherwise the Yan family bookstore would have asked someone to print it and sell it. Since the audience is small, it is possible to put it there for half a year and not meet buyers who are interested in it, and lose money in your hands.

Zhang Hongwen, who was excited to help the bookstore just now, was suddenly sobered up a lot by Du Jinning's words.

He hurriedly said: "I only studied Class B, and my horizons are not broad, and I don't know which books are read and which are not read. Or ......" His gaze swept over Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan, hesitating to ask the two of them to help.

Qi Muyuan said: "You pick it first, pick it out and show it to me, I think it's okay to ask someone to copy it." ”

He is not very old, but his knowledge is not lower than Guan Jiaze, because he has been taught by a famous teacher since he was a child. In addition, he came from the capital, and his vision was not comparable to that of people in this small county. It is up to him to pick the book, which is naturally much stronger than Zhang Hongwen.

As soon as he heard that Qi Muyuan was going to help pick out the books, Yao Shuqi said busily on the side: "This is good, this is good, when the time comes, I will say that these books were picked out by Young Master Qi and read by all the readers in the capital, and those who come to ask for books will definitely flock to them when the time comes." ”

Seeing Qi Muyuan's somewhat subtle expression, Du Jinning couldn't help but want to laugh. was inexplicably used to advertise, for Qi Muyuan, who doesn't like to be showy, this kind of taste is very sour to think about.

Glancing at Zhang Hongwen's somewhat gloomy eyes again, she sighed in her heart again.

Among the four people, Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze are both from big families, and the education they have received since childhood is not comparable to that of ordinary peasant children like Zhang Hongwen, they have to read much more books every day than Zhang Hongwen, and hearing what their parents talk about will make them think farther and deeper. And Zhang Hongwen only had the textbooks in his eyes, and he didn't even dare to take a look at the book, for fear that he would not be able to take the exam, and he would live up to the reading opportunities and ardent expectations that the family had to eat and thrift.

And herself, although she seems to have grown up in the same environment as Zhang Hongwen, and she is younger than him, but the books she studied in her previous life, the world she saw, and the various things she has experienced, how can she be compared to the teenagers in front of her?

Therefore, it is normal that Zhang Hongwen cannot be compared with the three of them.

After reading the bookstore, Yao Shuqi accompanied them to Cao Ji Shuyin.

Du Jinning has always had a strong curiosity about the printing workshops of this era, but this kind of place is not something that can be entered casually. If Yao Shuqi hadn't recognized Cao Ji's boss, and they would have to cooperate with Cao Ji to print so many books, they wouldn't have been able to enter this place.

Cao Ji Shuyin heard that the gatekeeper was coming, and sent a man named Cao Fang to receive them.

"A few young masters, please." Cao Fang led them inside and led them into an area.

It was a large room, and there were three or four people in it, all with their heads bowed and intently carving words on the board.

Cao Fang walked in, pointed to a carving next to him and said, "Look, this is the content of the first episode of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". ”

Du Jinning walked over quickly, and saw that it was indeed the content of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". But her attention is not on the content, but on the layout.

Seeing that the words on it were all engraved on the template, she couldn't help asking, "Are you using engraving printing?" Why not use movable type printing? ”

China's four major inventions are all exported to domestic sales, so that they become famous and have a market. For example, although movable type printing has appeared for a long time, it has never had a large market in China. Later, it was introduced to Europe, and the Europeans invented the lead character casting Chinese, and finally monopolized the printing industry in modern China.

Defeat the Chinese themselves with Chinese inventions, guns made of gunpowder, and so did the printing industry.

That's why Du Jinning was so curious about printing at this time. And she had asked Yao Shuqi before, and Yao Shuqi told him that Cao Ji generally used engraving printing, but there was also movable type printing.

At this time, when she saw the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" printed here, she would have this question.

"You have a large amount of printing, and there may be two or three editions in the future, so simply carve out the engraving for repeated use." Cao Fang smiled, "With engraving, your cost is lower, isn't it?" Books are also selling better. ”

"What do you mean by that?" It's not that Du Jinning doesn't understand Cao Fang's words, she asks because she wants to know how far movable type printing has developed at this time.

Cao Fang had long known the identities of these teenagers and did not dare to slack off. Seeing that Du Jinning was puzzled, he patiently explained: "Movable type printing must be made before it can be used, but the clay and wood carving are not used, and it takes a lot of things to make, and it will not be blurry and unusable after a long time of printing." And the typesetting is also very cumbersome and expensive. If you want to have illustrations in the book, you can't do it. ”