Because the amount of printed paper is not much, only ten sheets, so when cutting paper, Lin cut it in one go. But he only bound a copy with his own hands and handed it to Kabanbai, the great magician who entered the door. The rest was done by the ten apprentices who were going to be in charge of the printing work.

It's just a group of people who are scrambling to get this simple job done. But even when they were done, they couldn't believe that a book of dozens of pages would do just that, even though it looked very ungraceful on the outside, and it could even be said to be rudimentary.

After completing the five volumes, Lin did not stop, and controlled the weight of the printing press to print the five volumes. This time, it was also for the head of the academy to see how the machine was working, and to record the consumption of shaping power to control the Manroland metal printing plate. The next work is also for the apprentices to complete.

But this time, no one did it. Because when someone was demonstrating just now, their minds were confused, and who remembered what the whole process was.

Lin didn't urge, nor did he show any disdain, just watched everyone's performance. Finally, a young apprentice stepped forward and fumbled for the paper cutter. There are two designs of pressed cardboard, one movable and one fixed.

What Lin used just now is a fixed cardboard, embedded in the body of the paper cutting table, and when you need to use it, you can lift it up and get stuck, and that's it. The fixed pressed cardboard is equipped with several pieces, which is just the length to cut the fully open paper from large to small.

In a few moments, the young apprentice found some ideas. Pull out the farthest piece of cardboard, find an apprentice who is closer to you, and carefully put the newly baked printed product on the paper cutter. With a knife, the pages were cut out. At this time, other people also came to help, and the group of people was still in a hurry.

After tinkering for a while, the second batch of five periodicals was finally produced according to the standards of the first batch of finished products. There are ten volumes in total, and it took less than an hour to complete them by ten very unskilled people, even if they were done intermittently. Speaking of which, it took a lot of time to assemble the printing machine this morning.

Everyone looked at the finished product, and became very excited from the beginning of the flute state. It seems that as long as someone has a voice, they are ready to do their best and keep printing it.

But the most important control panel operation, no one else but the magician himself knows. So everyone stared at someone with blazing eyes, and Lin certainly knew what this look meant. It's not for the sake of mathematics, so I put myself into it; It's just the appearance of seeing a new toy and being reluctant to let go.

But Lin did not meet the demands of these people, because before that, there was one more work that was very important.

He took back the ten volumes of the journal, including the one in the dean's hand. Everyone who was originally flipping through the pages looked a little reluctant. Lin said to everyone: "Don't rush to print the book first. Until then, there is a very important piece of work to be done. ──”

The ten volumes of periodicals in his hand were distributed to the ten apprentices brought by the great magician Kabanbai to help,

As you can see, printing books is just a kind of labor. Now you may think it is fresh, but after a long time, you will get tired of it. And it's a job that anyone can do, and it doesn't necessarily require a magic apprentice to do it. But in order for this book to be released, there is still a part that needs to be relied on by the talents of you. This is actually just a first draft, and you still need to proofread it carefully. Of course, it is not for you to catch errors in mathematical theory, but to catch mistakes such as spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and mistakes that are not clear in meaning and easy to misunderstand. ”

The matter of proofreading seems to be very strange to people who are fascinated. I saw a group of people looking at themselves with the skeptical look of 'what are you talking about?' After all, before today, the completion of a book depended entirely on the scribe. Even if there is a mistake in the process of copying, it is not necessary that everyone else will make a mistake, unless everyone copies the same mother book that made the mistake.

But that's not how printing works.

Lin had to explain more: "Mathematics is a science with correct solutions. It would be a shame to have some ridiculous mistakes in a book that focuses on mathematics. So before it is officially published, it is necessary to make a first draft, ask someone to read the text, find out those superficial mistakes, and correct them. This kind of proofreading is crucial for printing. Because once you make a mistake, a few copies will be a mistake after that. Do you understand the seriousness of this? ”118

After listening to someone's explanation, everyone suddenly understood the importance of proofreading. The master is wrong, just the book is wrong, and if something like this goes out, it will only become a laughing stock. And as you can imagine, this first issue of the mathematics journal is definitely the object of many people's attention. Any small flaw in it can become the target of everyone's attack.

Knowing this, the Great Magician Kabanbay gave up the idea of retrieving the journal in his hand; Although he also wanted to get a copy and do the proofreading work together. And the apprentices who got it also understood that the things in their hands were still semi-finished products. It will take the efforts of many people to complete it.

Seeing that everyone's excitement had passed, there was a taste of excitement, and Lin knew that he had to talk about it next to be a serious matter. "Of course, please come and help, it will not be done for nothing, but there will be a reward. Of course, it is not possible to charge a high price of two to five kiels (gold) for copying a book, as you have done in the past. ”

The remuneration of the scribe, someone also once understood. Because that was the job I longed for the most when I first came to Lost Land. Not only is it safe, but it's also profitable. Just to do this job, you need some background in addition to ability. Someone had neither at the time, so he had to go to the uncivilized goblins to fight for his life.

The remuneration for two to hardware includes the purchase of paper, ink, etc., which can carry magical words, but even so, there is still a considerable profit in it. And this is only the price of copying general magical knowledge, and if it is some high-grade magical knowledge, such as strategic magic that is listed as a forbidden spell, the amount of this reward will be even higher. You must know that the average person's monthly living expenses are less than a gold.

Obviously, however, the remuneration for printing cannot be applied mutatis mutandis. Because the workload is so different from the content of the work. In the past, it was time-consuming to help associations or magicians copy magical knowledge; Second, the paper and ink need to be specially made, and it is prepared by yourself, after all, the material cost is included in the remuneration. But now it's completely different, so how to calculate this reward, everyone's ears are listening.

"I expect to print 1,000 copies of the first issue of the mathematics journal this time, and you will be responsible for it. In terms of remuneration, each person is twenty kiels (gold). It is estimated that it will take about five to seven days to complete the production of a journal with the proofreading. If the overall operation process is proficient, the estimated time can be shortened. ”

A person's remuneration of twenty gold is calculated by someone. The basis of actuarial science consists of past experience wallowing at the bottom of Siga district, as well as information found on the forum index. For the same amount of time, a fast-moving scribe can probably earn between ten and thirty-five gold by copying magical knowledge in the old way.

But this also includes the material costs that must be spent, that is, there will be about half, or even less than half of the net profit, depending on how low the price you can obtain for the source of materials. Even so, the income is still considerable at the level of the mirage.

Twenty gold is probably a little more than the amount of money a scribe earns for the same amount of time. And that's a net proceed that doesn't include the cost of materials. And twenty gold is probably the basic monthly cost of a magic apprentice in the daily study of magic. It includes the consumables needed for meditation rituals, or some materials for practice and research, and of course, the consumption of magic stones.

So Lin Kai's remuneration, everyone's feeling is just okay, not worse than before, but not much more. For the sake of his teacher's face and asking for his help, he can still help. As for the astronomical number of 1,000 copies, it has been ignored by everyone.

Because in Lin Yuan's actuarial calculation of remuneration, he did not take into account the price of the holy city of Estali, and how many ways these experienced scribes could find out in this job and how much profit they could squeeze. With the same amount of time and effort, they can earn more than twenty gold.

In this part, someone can only say, don't compare special cases with general rules. In the field of statistics, there is no comparison between the number of cases and the death of as many cases as there are special cases. But there is no way to motivate the apprentices. Use the prize money as bait to fish, and no one will fail to take the bait.

So Lin said with a smile: "Although the basic remuneration is only twenty kiels (gold), as long as you are careful enough to make this journal perfectly published without a trace of error, there will be an additional bonus." ”

Seeing everyone's eyes shining and pricking up their ears. Someone cleared his throat and said, "On a one-month cycle, if no one publishes any errors in the text before the next issue is published, you will receive a bonus of the same amount as this one." In other words, the remuneration for the first issue is 20 kiels, and as long as no one picks on anything other than mathematical theory before the second issue is published, you will still get a bonus of 20 kiels (gold) for the next month, even if you don't want to continue to help. ”

This represents the fineness of the proofreading, which is related to whether your salary can be doubled! The ten magic apprentices involved in this work almost jumped to their feet and screamed.

Lin Guang finished a rough explanation of the method of recording errors when the proofreading manuscript was found, and some people couldn't wait to open the first draft and examine the text.