Not long after, Bishop Flynn came to the office under the guidance of his personal guard.

"Marquis Eisen, I'm disturbing you."

He raised his head and smiled and said, "Bishop Flynn, I don't know what you are here today? If it's about musket training, please give me some more time and let me think about it."

"No." Bishop Flynn shook his hand, "I'm not here for this?"

"Oh? Please sit there, Bishop Flynn."

Irving stood up from his seat and raised his hand to signal the tables and chairs used to entertain guests diagonally.

The two of them moved and sat down face to face. At the same time, Owen called the maid to prepare tea.

After taking a sip of black tea, Bishop Flynn couldn't wait to ask Irving for something.

"By the way, Marquis Eisen, I heard from the priest who teaches in the school that you have prepared teaching books for every student. At first I thought you had hired many people to copy books, but yesterday I accidentally found that the handwriting in the book in the same course was exactly the same. It doesn't seem like it was hand-copied."

"Oh! You talk about those textbooks."

Owen seemed to understand something and explained: "Those textbooks are mass-produced using printing presses. If you want to bind a book in the future, you will no longer need to hire someone to copy it word by word."

In fact, after the successful papermaking last winter, Owen was already preparing for the printing press.

Skipping the woodblock printing technique directly, Owen adopted movable type printing technique and handed over the design drawings of the printing press to the carpenter for production. Only a few parts needed Geeta's help to build them.

The main body of the printing press was quickly manufactured. The trouble is that the word modules are not only required in large quantities, but also have high accuracy requirements.

If the height of the word module is one millimeter shorter, it may not be possible to leave clear handwriting on the paper.

So, craftsmen prepared word modules almost the whole winter, and did not try batch printing until late winter. After binding the book, they directly sent it to the school for distribution to students.

"Printing machine? Can books be mass-produced?!" Bishop Flynn looked disbelief, "It's incredible that he can do this."

"really."

Owen nodded and agreed, saying: "With a printing press, it can greatly facilitate the popularization of education and the promotion of knowledge, and improve people's literacy rate."

It is because of his deep understanding of the importance of education that Irving was able to build a printing press so quickly.

In his mind, the development of military power is only to ensure the current security of the border town, while the purpose of education is to provide the future of the border town. Both are equally important.

"Marquis Eisen."

Bishop Flynn's expression suddenly became serious and said solemnly: "On behalf of the Calebirth Kingdom, I want to talk to you about another cooperation."

"What kind of cooperation is it?" Ou Wenming asked knowingly.

"I would like to entrust you to print the "Holy Book" in batches so that more people can read and understand the Lumichaelism and have a grateful heart for the gods."

As he said that, Bishop Flynn couldn't help but raise his head and make a prayer gesture into the air.

"Of course there is no problem with this cooperation." Owen agreed happily.

At present, the printing workshop is only printing textbooks for schools, and it is not profitable. It is naturally a good thing to be able to take over the orders given by the Caleb Saint Kingdom, and the printing volume should be quite large.

You should know that the believers of the church are spread all over the country, and the "Sacred Books" as an important reading material for the religion will definitely have huge demands, and hand-copying is definitely not enough.

"However, there are many rare words in the "Holy Book". I have to ask the craftsmen to prepare new word modules. It will take a while before printing will start." Owen reminded.

"It's okay, Marquis Eisen, just go and prepare. Apart from that, is there anything else that needs my help?"

Bishop Flynn's eyes were full of expectations, and he seemed to be very concerned about printing the "Sacred Book".

"I wonder if Bishop Flynn can provide the original text of the Holy Book in the church? I want to proofread it first to avoid errors during printing."

Irving actually had a hand-copy "Holy Book" in his study, but he was worried that there were any errors in the copying, so he wanted to check it first.

"No problem." Bishop Flynn nodded, "It is certainly no mistake to print the Holy Book."

"And so, how many copies are you going to print?"

"How many books are..."

Bishop Flynn reached out and stroked his beard, thought for a while, and finally decided, "Then print a thousand copies first."

One thousand copies?! Owen was shocked, and then he thought, this was an order from a country, only one thousand copies, which was not a lot.

"That, sorry, Bishop Flynn."

Owen said apologetically: "Our printing workshop is not large in scale, and we can't print so many at once. I wonder if we can deliver the goods in batches?"

"In batches, then okay."

To be honest, printing the "Holy Book" is quite troublesome.

The "Sacred Books" in the church are big and thick, and it is difficult for a person to hold. They are usually placed on a shelf dedicated to reading.

Moreover, the words in the book are as small as mosquitoes, and the whole page is filled with words, so those who are terrified will definitely not be able to stand it.

Even if the paper is thinner than parchment, the finished book printed and bound will definitely be very heavy.

A new idea suddenly emerged in his mind, and Owen continued to speak: "Hey, Bishop Flynn, even if he uses relatively cheap paper and printing presses to reduce labor costs, a printed "Holy Book" is still expensive. I have a suggestion, I wonder if Bishop Flynn is interested?"

Irving roughly estimated the cost of the next book "The Book of Saints", but only nobles and wealthy businessmen can afford it, and it is still out of reach for the common people.

"Oh?" Bishop Flynn was a little concerned, "What proposal? Let's hear it."

"Didn't there be many chapters in the "Holy Book"? Bishop Flynn, you can intercept one of the sections and write them, compile them into small sacred texts with fewer words, and then print and sell them."

The cost of this kind of small book of sacred scripture can be much lower, and a family with a little surplus can naturally afford it.

"Isn't this equivalent to splitting the "Sacred Book" into many parts? Is this good?"

Bishop Flynn looked a little hesitant, as if doing so was a great disrespect to the Book of the Holy Book.

"Of course it's good."

Owen continued to tempt: "Don't you hope more people can get in touch with the Book of the Holy Book? The price of the book of the book is relatively cheap and everyone has a higher acceptance. Moreover, there are many difficult sentences in the Book of the Book of the Book, and you change it to a simple and easy-to-understand language to make it easier for those who read it to understand the teachings. Isn't this a good thing?"

After Irving said this, Bishop Flynn was ready to move.

Without hesitating for too long, he nodded and agreed to this matter: "Okay, I will complete the task of writing the Little Sacred Book."

"Then I wish both of us a happy cooperation." Owen stretched out his hand.

“Happy cooperation.”
Chapter completed!