When Uncle Yao and Second Master Yao arrived at the book tomb that Gu Qingling mentioned and saw the things inside, he felt completely bad.
Although he has never seen other people's bookstores, but...
But why does their bookstore have a "movable type printing" that is not available outside?!
Uncle Yao was shocked.
At this time, the method of printing is to find a plate, engrave a complete article on it, and then print it out. If you make a mistake in a word, the plate will be useless, and you will have to start over.
However, this is not how his mother's bookstore prints. They carve the characters one by one, then group the individual characters together as needed, fix them with honey wax, and then print them.
If after printing, the plate is heated and the honey wax melts, the words on the plate will fall off and can be reused.
Uncle Yao: "..."
Could it be that after his mother built two such large "libraries" with such a convenient printing technology, she was still worried that the books in them would not be full?
"Brother, why do I feel that something is not right?" Mr. Yao is not that sensitive. He does not read, so he does not know the charm of movable type printing. However, he still turned Mr. Yao's arm and said, "I used to
When I was buying a book, didn’t people say it was difficult to get it and the cost was extremely high? I felt like it didn’t cost much..."
Labor is the cost, but these people's contracts are with Gu Qingling. In addition to providing them with food and clothing, and a small amount of wages, they are equivalent to servants of the Yao family, so what are the costs?
Even if you raise a few servants, you still need to pay monthly silver.
Which bookstore doesn’t use other materials and the like?
Second Master Yao has also heard that so-and-so’s family used some particularly expensive wood, but the wood used in Old Taijun’s bookshop is the kind of wood that is waterproof and insect-proof, which is more durable and not very expensive.
Just like that, the craftsman also said that the old lady felt that this thing was not durable and had to be re-engraved with new characters after being used a few times, so that they could try to find something stronger.
For example, consider porcelain, stone, ironware, etc.
Second Master Yao: "..."
Aren’t porcelain and ironware more expensive?
Uncle Yao glanced at Second Master Yao, feeling a little disgusted that this second brother was a bit unreliable and didn't even know about such a thing: "You are a person who usually asks you to read more books but you don't do it. You don't even know about such a thing?"
Do not know at all……"
Then he explained the printing techniques recorded in ancient books, letting Mr. Yao understand how difficult it is to make rubbings of a book. How many pages a book has, you have to engrave as many rubbings, and these
The board can only use this book, and it will not work if I change it to another book.
Which bookstore can store so many rubbing boards?
This is also the reason why each bookstore does not have a complete collection of books and only selects a part of them for printing. One bookstore needs to cooperate with several bookstores, and one bookstore also needs to cooperate with several bookstores.
If you want less, either the range of books sold in your bookstore is narrow, or the variety of books in your bookstore is small.
"Ah? So, Mom's bookshop... is quite powerful?!" Mr. Yao was in a daze. He really didn't expect that this little-known bookshop that had just opened would be so powerful?
According to his brother's words, as long as a bookstore owner masters this "movable type printing technology", wouldn't it be possible to print the world's art?!
Uncle Yao swallowed his saliva and felt the horror of it. He said, "Then we will make a lot of money in the future?"
"You are making a lot of money. If you are not careful about this, it will be a disaster for the whole family." Uncle Yao quickly called Mr. Yao to the side and warned, "Shut your mouth tighter and don't talk nonsense when you go out, you know.
?We have to discuss this matter with mother to see what she means."
Uncle Yao definitely doesn't believe that their mother made this thing casually.
Thinking of the miracle doctor who asked their family to raise their child, Uncle Yao even doubted that this was a "deal" between the old lady and him, right?
Gu Qingling: "..."
Thank you, I don't even have to make excuses anymore.
"How could it be a disaster?" Yao Erye didn't react for a moment.
"Do you still remember the methods for preventing and controlling smallpox?"
"Can this thing be compared to the method of vaccination with cowpox?"
"There is no comparison at all. Smallpox is a terminal disease that no one can cure. Our family has offered the method of breeding cattle disease, which is the grace of all people. What we have received is a reward from the Heavenly Family, big and small, but it will not affect the interests of others.
But what about movable type printing? Once there is movable type printing, the cost of reading will come down, and all poor families in the world can read..." Uncle Yao stared at Mr. Yao closely and said, "Do you think this is touching?
Whose benefit is it? If they know, how can it benefit our Yao family?"
Second Master Yao shuddered. He just didn't react for a moment, but he wasn't really stupid.
If this matter really spreads out, and their family's interests are affected by the world's aristocratic families, their family will not be able to get over it.
"Then...what should we do?"
"You keep an eye here and don't let anyone leak the news. I'm going to find my mother. She may not know what's going on inside. She may just want to print some books, but I didn't expect that the people below have come up with such a scary thing.
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"Okay, then you pay and get back quickly."
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The two brothers divided their forces into two groups. One group stayed in the bookshop to keep an eye on the news to prevent the news from leaking; the other group rushed back to Yao Mansion from Zhuangzi on the outskirts and reported the matter to Gu Qingling.
Gu Qingling was drinking tea at the time, and was not surprised when she heard what Uncle Yao said, but she still had to pretend, for example, she didn't know that the bookstore had developed movable type printing.
"Huh? Movable type printing? Is it as magical as you said?" Gu Qingling looked confused and said that she had indeed heard Mo Shu's report before, saying that the printing technique had been improved in the bookshop, but she did not say it was as magical as he said.
ah.
"Yes, my son saw it with his own eyes." In this way, Uncle Yao said it again.
Gu Qingling then showed a surprised expression: "Then according to what you said, this printing technique seems to be quite powerful... But, are you overthinking it? We can all come up with a movable type printing technique, how can you?
Are you sure, nothing else can be done?"
Uncle Yao was startled: "Mom, what you mean is that some aristocratic families have actually found out, but for various reasons they have not let the news spread?"
"Didn't you also say that if this kind of news spreads, it will change the world's scholars and fundamentally touch the foundations of major aristocratic families... Do you think those aristocratic families would not be able to think of problems that you can think of?"
When Gu Qingling reacted like this, Uncle Yao was speechless and speechless.
Yes, let’s not talk about whether other aristocratic families have discovered movable type printing. If someone does discover it, what problems can he think of that other people can’t think of?
So, is this the real reason why no news about movable type printing has spread?
"If that's the case, we really have to be careful. If they don't dare to let the news get out, then we can't let the news get out, otherwise..." Gu Qingling said with a serious face, "We will become like this'
There are no good consequences for being a "fashionable" person. Those who want to stand out are often not able to live a long life. "
