As the days passed, the master of engraving also settled. I casually cleaned up a warehouse and let these masters live in, and then started work, although the engraving and printing books are enough for a periodical magazine, but they are not flexible enough. The movable type of lead and tin movable type printing requires tools one by one, which is very difficult.

Now the work is started is wooden type, although it is not bad, but quantitative changes can also cause qualitative changes. Zheng Xiong left the list of masters given by Zhang Yi, all of which were used to make wooden movable type.

The number of Chinese characters is about 100,000, but there are only a few thousand characters in daily use, according to statistics, 1,000 commonly used words can cover about 92% of written information, 2,000 words can cover more than 98%, and 3,000 words have reached 99%.

Despite the large number of Chinese characters and even derivative glyphs, it is difficult to count an accurate number. However, from the Shang Dynasty to the present, there are no more than 300 core Chinese characters that are most frequently used and whose meanings remain unchanged. These core Chinese characters occupy 70% of the number of characters in any one text, and the remaining 29% have 2,000 Chinese characters.

The lonely 1% belong to tens of thousands of other Chinese characters, most of which are "one-off" Chinese characters that appear once or a few times in the literature, or are used only in certain situations.

A thousand commonly used words are enough, but Zheng Xiong also plans to print a batch of medical books. So Zheng Xiong was not ready to take the ordinary road, and directly outsourced the words one by one, said the requirements, and gave money according to the difficulty of the strokes.

The only thing that can limit human beings in this world is the spread of knowledge.

In addition to the systematic printing of the classics, the rest of the medical books are written by themselves to future generations, which are used to pass them on.

Besides, the price of paper alone is not affordable for ordinary people, ordinary paper costs 0.1-0.6 taels per 100 sheets, that is, 100 to 600 per 100 sheets, and one to 6 wen per 100 sheets, which ordinary people cannot afford.

That is, since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, with bamboo paper, the price has fallen, and the Coptis paper of the Jiangxi Official Bureau in the Yongle Year of the Ming Dynasty is made of bamboo. The price is also very low, and it is about 60 wen per hundred. That is, the cost is low, and books are not cheap at all. There are a few or more books that ordinary people can't afford at all.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Song Lian wrote in "Sending Dongyang Ma Shengxuan": The family is poor, and there is no way to read the book, but it is a pretense to the book collection family, and the hand records. Many poor children rely on borrowing books and copying books to study, and under such difficult conditions, generations of famous ministers and Confucians have appeared.

It is conceivable that even Confucian orthodox scholars have to rely on copying books and borrowing books to study, and how difficult the social environment of miscellaneous studies such as medicine is.

Paper mills also need to get one, otherwise the cost can not be reduced, periodicals are good to say, a magazine, not a book, the cost can be controlled within the consistent, if the book is printed, papermaking is essential.

The more I think about it, the more headache I have, many things are replaced, just purchase directly, but since you are in charge, you have to be careful.

I feel that it is better to come by myself, and I can control the cost well.

The first issue of the journal has the example of Zheng Xiong's alcohol and caesarean section, which should be taken seriously, and if you publish two issues for free, you can slowly charge it if you have popularity. This is a long-term plan, and there is no urgency.

The stall is spreading, and it is a bit difficult to rely on just one alcohol at this stage, and you have to think of a way to make some money.

On this day, the pregnant woman who had a caesarean section was officially discharged from the hospital, and the hospital also sent someone over when she got the news.

The team was led by the imperial doctor of Tai Hospital, both of whom were eight grades, and Zheng Xiong was promoted by two levels because of his alcohol merit. According to the general process, he was promoted to the Tai Hospital, but Zheng Xiong is a serious person, and the promotion system is in the Ministry of Officials. Tai Hospital has its own promotion system, so there is little intersection between the two parties.

The Tai Hospital also came to say hello, and Zheng Xiong had to come forward to receive it himself, and the others didn't have this table, and letting them go would only offend people.

The two met, and Zheng Xiong spoke first, with some questions.

"Imperial Doctor Hu?"

"Hmm"

Imperial Doctor Hu is also a good man, in the early years, he was a physician under Lao Zhu's account, and over the years, he has treated many people and has been promoted to imperial doctor, all of which rely on real skills.

I am not very enthusiastic about Zheng Xiong, and Zheng Xiong is not unhappy, and other people's attitude towards you depends on your strength.

Besides, this is just a common problem of technicians, the old house, and the hospital work, it is also necessary to be cautious in words and deeds, otherwise I don't know what is going on when it is gone.

Concise.

"Then everyone came from afar, drink tea first, eat some snacks, and it's not too late to go later."

"After walking for so long, I am really thirsty, so it will be troublesome to draw."

Imperial Doctor Hu and his entourage of four or five people followed into Zheng Xiong's office, two side halls, and Zheng Xiong occupied one alone.

"You're welcome, come and serve tea and snacks."

The tea was ready, Imperial Doctor Hu ate some snacks, drank tea, and said.

"Zheng Tiling, I heard that your Huimin Pharmacy intends to issue a report, I don't know if this matter is true or not."

"Well, it's true, I also want the hospital to send a few papers, the medical skills of the hospital are obvious to all, and the hospital is definitely expected."

"My hospital can join in the discussion, but this matter has to be led by my hospital."

Zheng Xiong thought about it, he can, he doesn't care about fame and fortune, it can really improve the overall level of doctors.

"I don't have a problem with the hospital taking the lead, but since the hospital is taking the lead, then you have to pay money, you know, printing a journal for a period of time, the cost is also a lot. I was going to pay for a few free issues first, and it would be best if the hospital could pay for it. ”

After listening to Zheng Xiong's words, Imperial Doctor Hu was a little embarrassed.

"This official also came on the order of Lord Shi of the hospital, it is a matter of the face of the hospital, and please withdraw one or two, the money must be withdrawn and you know, the hospital does not lose money, even if it is good, this year it has also supported a large number of medicinal materials in various places, and there is really no money"

has no money, and wants to empty gloves white wolf, Zheng Xiong is also speechless, although what he said makes a little sense, but if you want to pick peaches, you can't take advantage of it.

"The classics of the Tai Hospital, the only book should be open to me, and I will use it for excerpts and research."

"This is not good, there are many classics in it that you can read and not copy."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, I see what's the use, I can remember a few words myself."

Imperial Doctor Hu didn't say much, just came to bring a word, and didn't realize how much impact this matter could have.

Zheng Xiong was not in the mood to be a snake, so he took someone to see the pregnant woman, explained the process in detail, and finally was prostituted with a jar of alcohol.

The seven-day period came, and the papers were all obtained, and there was no quality, and the guy who had undergone two surgeries wrote some experiences. Practice makes perfect, and if you do more, you will have a feeling, and now it has opened the door to a new world for him.

Zheng Xiong himself wrote two articles on the effect of alcohol on trauma infection, on the effect of caesarean section on the body, on the possible dangers during surgery, and the role of alcohol in the operation of pregnant women.

I also wrote that welcome to share experience, Nanjing City Huimin Pharmacy is manned 24 hours a day, and once the shared experience is adopted, there will be ten times of money to receive. As long as it is proven to be effective, the book publication can be divided or bought out.

In the early stage, the wooden movable type bag went out, so the typesetting was fast, the time was tight, and the paper was also newly bought. The first issue of the journal was quickly completed, and Zheng Xiong selected himself and the lucky ones who had undergone two surgeries for a total of four. The others had them vote for four, and eight of them were made into a booklet.

After everything was done, it was handed over to the post station, and the post charm applied early. As long as you are in the system, it is easy to send things that are not excessive. The periodical compilation is not counted as letters, so I went to the delivery station of the post station.