Liu Yue'er heard that Yun Niang said that another distinguished guest came to the house, so she cheered up, got up, dressed neatly, and went to the main courtyard to wait on her. She happened to have She Feihu ask her entourage to bring gifts to her. She was not a greedy person, but when she saw Tan
The wooden plate was filled with white official silver ingots, and I was shocked.
The Marquis of Jin'an's Mansion is really polite. One big ingot of official silver standard is fifty taels, one tray is sixteen eight hundred taels, two trays is one thousand six hundred taels, and there is also a brocade box containing four longans.
Large and small bright white pearls are worth hundreds of taels of silver.
Lin Fu squinted at the silver and pearls for a moment, then smiled and said to She Feihu: "Young Master is so polite. How dare Lin Fu accept such a generous gift? If Lin Fu didn't accept it, he would look down on Young Master.
, the young lady and the young lady are here..." He ordered Lin Jingzhong who was standing aside, "Jingzhong, you can reluctantly accept the generous gift from the young marquis for me first."
At this time, there were many people in Jiang Ning who hated the She family, but there were also many people in the court who placed hope on the She family. There was no need for Lin Fu to pretend to be aloof and not associate with the She family. When he decided to save the two sisters-in-law of the She family, he had
With this kind of thinking, it was certainly disrespectful for him to reject Feihu's generous gift.
Lin Jingzhong was really afraid that Lin Fu would be stupid and refuse She Feihu's generous gift. He thought that it was really worth the risk to save the She family's sister-in-law the day before yesterday. The She family's sister-in-law's innocence was much more valuable than these more than a thousand silver and four longan-sized pearls.
Yes, he didn't feel the slightest bit uneasy about receiving this generous gift for Lin Fu.
She Feihu thought that Lin Fu would shirk it. He was thinking about how to persuade Lin Fu to accept this gift. Who would have thought that Lin Fu would accept it so happily, as if he was waiting for them to come to his door with gifts. He slightly
He was stunned for a while, then laughed out loud: "Lin Juzi is such a happy person, Feihu likes to meet happy people..."
Song Jia was calmer at this time, but she looked at Lin Fu from the corner of her eye, thinking that this man was talented, courageous, decisive, and thick-skinned that ordinary Confucian scholars did not have. If Feihu could win over this man, he would be a great help.
, just looking at him like this, no amount of money and jewelry can impress him. If a hero is stuck in material things, he cannot be called a real hero. How on earth can we win over him?
She Mingyue didn't want to come over today, but she was forced to come over by her brother and sister-in-law. She felt quite unhappy in her heart. She sat next to her with a stiff smile on her face. When she saw Lin Fu refused at all and took the silver and pearls, she thought to herself
He was really greedy for money. When he saw Liu Yue'er walking in, he thought to himself: Who is this woman? She is so beautiful.
Song Jia was still thinking about how to win over Lin Fu. When she saw Liu Yue'er who looked lazy and sleepy coming in, she saw the clothes Liu Yue'er was wearing and misunderstood Liu Yue'er's identity for a moment.
He stood up slightly and asked softly: "Song Jia is here to disturb you..."
When Liu Yue'er saw the Young Marquis calling herself her maiden name, she knew that she had also misunderstood her identity, and hurriedly said: "I come here to obey the Young Madam, the young lady's orders..."
Only then did Song Jia realize that the beauty in front of her was the maid of Lin House. She felt a little unhappy and secretly thought: Lin Fu's family has a beautiful maid, but he covets Su Mei's beauty. It seems that no matter how heroic men are in the world, lust is a common trait.
I thought that he had this problem but it was easy to deal with it, but I was afraid that he was a fake Taoist who couldn't get into it.
Liu Yue'er stood aside to wait, and also glanced at the young marquis, his wife, and Miss She's family. She thought that Miss She's family was more childish, and the young lady was really beautiful. She had been in Shiliang County and in Jiangning these days.
I have never seen a woman more beautiful than the young lady of the Jin'an Marquis Mansion. I thought that maybe when the little girl grows up, she will have such a beauty, but I don't know what Su Mei looks like. I don't think she will be as beautiful as this young lady.
Bad.
Lin Fu didn't care what the women were thinking. He dealt with She Feihu and She's sister-in-law in the wing room and sent them out with a cup of tea. He and Liu Yuer returned to Lin Jingzhong's room and gave him instructions.
Said: "You can directly put the money into your account, and keep the four southern beads for me. I have other uses..."
"It is said that Nanzhu is famous. Today is the first time I have seen Nanzhu," Lin Jingzhong said. "These two coins can be used to order a big ship. After the Chinese New Year, buying land and buying a ship will cost a lot of money."
He laughed again, "My eyes are shining when I see the money now. It's really insulting to gentlemen."
"This silver is also earned by our hard work," Lin Fu said with a smile, took the brocade box containing the pearls, put it in his arms, and said, "The world says that southern pearls are good, and the hard work of pearl divers is appreciated by everyone."
I won’t ask. The ancestors of the She family also made their fortune from this southern pearl. Who would have thought that the She family would become a prince today?"
The New Year is approaching, and all the government offices are preparing to get rid of the old and welcome the new. Nothing can be done at the beginning or end of the year. Even if Lin Fu decides to go to Jiangdao Prison to be the prison officer, he will have to wait until the New Year is over before officially going to the prison.
After taking office, Lin Fu put the pearl brocade box in his arms, then left Lin Jingzhong's house with Liu Yue'er and returned to the main house.
Liu Yue'er was thinking about the four longan-sized pearls in her heart, thinking that Lin Fu would probably take these pearls to please Su Mei. She yawned, and while clearing away the leftover tea on the desk, she asked Lin Fu if he had anything else to serve.
Fu also felt a little sleepy and said, "I'm going to take a nap. If Zhao Shuhan comes over in the evening, I'll have to talk to him all night long..."
"It's true that you men, if you don't talk about things during the day, you have to stay up until night. Sitting for a long time at night will hurt your body." Liu Yue'er said.
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For several days, Lin Fu and Zhao Shuhan talked all night long and revised the manuscript. It was not until the night before New Year's Eve that the manuscript was finalized. He even gave it an elegant title of "Prison Book" and asked Qian Xiaowu and Chen Enze to
Helped me to make two copies of the manuscript.
"Ah... it's really hard work." After all, Zhao Shuhan's physical condition is not as good as that of Lin Fu. Although he did not have to go to the Yamen to sit in court for the past few days, he was studying in a small room and revising manuscripts. Once he became famous, he still felt sore and backache.
"The hard work is worth it," Lin Fu said, looking at the three stacks of manuscripts neatly packed in brocade boxes, "I will send the manuscript to Zhengye Hall tomorrow and let them rush to work. It will probably be ready in more than a month.
It smells like ink and books."
"Haha," Zhao Shuhan also laughed happily. Who doesn't want the moment when his years of hard work will be published. Seeing Qian Xiaowu collecting the manuscript, he said, "Wait a minute, there is one more thing I want to revise.
one time."
Qian Xiaowu/I didn’t know what else needed to be revised, so I put down the box containing the manuscript.
Zhao Shuhan picked up his pen and filled it with ink, and wrote the word "Lin" after his name on the cover page of the manuscript. Lin Fu grabbed Zhao Shuhan's wrist and said, "Brother Zhao, you are harming me. Lin Fu doesn't dare to do this."
In the name of deceiving the world..." He then ordered Qian Xiaowu, "Quickly remove this cover page and write a new one."
Zhao Shuhan said: "I have learned a lot from talking to Brother Lin over the past few days. Brother Lin can finally finalize the prison book. Doesn't Brother Lin have any credit? If I don't write your name, I am stealing your credit...
"Zhao Shuhan stood there, turned out the manuscript, and listed a dozen items, "Look, if you hadn't reminded me of these, how would I have thought of them?"
"How can I be qualified to be listed on a splendid masterpiece with a hundred thousand words? I have only spoken a few words." Lin Fu said.
"Brother Lin, if you want to refuse, it doesn't matter if the prison book is not engraved." Zhao Shuhan also had a tough temper. He picked up the three boxes of manuscripts and started to leave. "I will pay you back the money the next day."
"Brother Zhao, you are harming me." Lin Fu sighed helplessly.
"What can I do to you?" Zhao Shuhan laughed and wrote Lin Fu's name in small letters on the cover pages of the three manuscripts, and then said, "When I have free time around the New Year, I will leave some
At home, follow the points you mentioned to write a method/theory for the study of prison books; if the book is completed, your contribution will be greater, and if I don’t list your name, wouldn’t I feel even more guilty?”
Lin Fu shook his head and smiled bitterly. He had never thought of using this method to become famous in the world before. Zhao Shuhan persisted so much. Although he felt guilty in his heart, as long as people are greedy, he went along with the flow and did not refuse, leaving Zhao Shuhan to use it at home.
After the dinner, Zhao Hu was asked to drive him back to his house.
Before the Chinese New Year, Zhao Shuhan wanted to stay at home and concentrate on writing a manuscript on the research methods of prison books. The next day, Lin Fu took a manuscript and took Lin Jingzhong to Zhengye Hall to discuss the matter of engraving the manuscript.
Ye Kai, the rich man of Zhengye Hall who specializes in paper industry and book shop in Jiangning, is also from Dongyang Prefecture, and is the son and daughter of Lin Tingxun. He saw that Lin Fu had made a name for himself just one month after he came to Jiangning to open Jiyunshe business, and he also knew that young people should not be bullied.
Lin Fu, who had Gu Wuchen's support, could not be bullied. When he saw Lin Mengde, he was very polite to Lin Fu. Lin Fu came to ask for something at this time, so he was naturally polite. He also discounted the book engraving fee by 20%, even with such brilliant numbers.
A hundred-page prison book was considered a masterpiece in this world, and printing one hundred pages would cost two hundred taels of silver.
Engraving manuscripts and printing ink on paper is a cost, and hand carving is also a greater cost.
Lin Fu understood that although movable type printing technology had been available for a long time, the materials of both clay type and copper type were easily deformed, and there was no suitable printing ink to match the clay type or copper type to make the printing beautiful. The general situation in bookshops was even worse.
I am willing to carve words on the whole piece of mulberry wood board.
Lin Fu originally found it difficult to understand these things. He took a piece of copper movable type and tried it with ink in Zhengye Hall. He found that it was difficult to apply ordinary ink to the copper type mold. Even if Zhengye Hall tried to produce some special ink, the effect was not good.
He thought that even if lead was used to make typefaces, the key issue would still be to find suitable printing ink.
Whether it is the material of the typeface or the material of the ink, Lin Fu learned that the engraving bookmakers in the bookshop have been studying it for hundreds of years. However, the scale of the general bookshops is limited, and there is a lack of sufficient exchanges and communication between the bookshops.
It is difficult to support large-scale material screening.
Although movable type printing has a history of four to five hundred years, its practical effect is not very good, and naturally it has not been applied on a large scale.
This is precisely the big drawback of miscellaneous studies. If there was a country to support systematic material selection, why would it not be possible for four to five hundred years for movable type printing to be applied on a large scale? If there was sufficient exchange and communication, future generations would
At least we can avoid many detours on the basis of predecessors; if materials science itself has a systematic theory to guide it, the direction of screening will be clearer and the time will naturally be shortened.
There are more than 100,000 characters in the prison book, and a set of engraving boards alone requires more than 300 pieces. The smaller the characters, the more difficult it is to engrave, and the larger the characters, the more paper is used to print them. If a word is engraved wrongly on a page of engravings, it will have to be engraved again.
During the printing process, if an engraving board is damaged, it must be re-engraved. Generally speaking, if you are not in a hurry, the number of prints will not be much. The bookstore will only produce two sets of engraving boards for cross-printing; if you are in a hurry, three or four sets of engraving boards will be produced.
Print at the same time, even if the engraving plate is damaged, the printing operation does not need to stop.
There are nearly 700 carving boards in two sets. The materials, labor and losses used for these alone cost more than 100 taels of silver. This is mainly due to the low labor cost. It is difficult to imagine that after a thousand years, the carving boards can be carved to such an extent that
A master craftsman like a work of art can carve boards for more than six hours a day for less than thirty coppers.
Generally speaking, the more manuscripts are printed, the more the cost of hand-engraved boards can be diluted. For example, one edition of Liyuan lyrics and music written by world-famous celebrities can be printed and sold in thousands, and famous books such as the Four Books and Five Classics can be printed in larger quantities. After all, scholars all over the world are
Only by using these books can the cost of engraving boards be diluted and profit can be made.
As a minor miscellany, prison books are beyond ordinary people's imagination to be able to sell hundreds of copies. The cost of each book after printing is naturally higher than ordinary people's imagination.
"Calculating our hard work these days, if we print a hundred books, each book will cost four taels of silver to get back the original price." Printing a book costs 200 taels of silver, which made Lin Jingzhong, who followed Lin Fu, feel heartbroken for a while.
, on the carriage back, he said to Lin Fu: "Zhengye Hall is really greedy. Ye Kai said it politely. If he really didn't make any money from us, this book could be printed for one hundred, forty and fifty taels of silver..."
This book is still a small matter. If you really want to print miscellaneous books on a large scale in the future, it will not be such a waste."