Chapter 376： Soot ink

Chapter 376 Oily ink

"Take it and see for yourself."

Immediately afterwards, a book was thrown over.

Ye Muyu doesn't mind either, after all, in someone else's territory, one should bow one's head, and it's not a big deal.

She, who has always been in a stable state of mind, quickly opened the book and read it.

A little suspicious, she only saw one kind of extremely expensive lampblack ink, and the others were basically pine smoke ink, and the price of pine smoke ink was not cheap.

It’s no wonder, after all, pine smoke ink requires pine trees as the raw material, and the ancients did not have the idea of ​​planting trees. Over the years, pine smoke ink has naturally become more and more expensive.

Located in the south of the Yangtze River, the economy is prosperous, but the price of pine smoke ink is also unbearable, and she remembers that various types of oil smoke ink began to be developed in the Song Dynasty.

Shen Kuo in the Song Dynasty had successfully developed the lampblack ink with "the light of ink is like lacquer, but not as good as pine smoke".

Light smoke ink and pine smoke ink have their own characteristics. The pine smoke ink made of ancient pine trees is naturally extremely precious. Most of the pine smoke ink is made of pine branches, which is naturally not so easy to use.

The price is also cheaper.

The ink used by bookstores in the county is basically some cheap pine smoke ink.

There are many kinds of lampblack inks. If it is really calculated, the price should be cheaper, and it is more suitable for printing in large batches.

After reading it, Ye Muyu asked, "Master Xu, why is there only one kind of oily ink?"

Compared to the number of pine smoke ink, the oil smoke ink is alone, which is a bit bleak.

Xu Jiao only looked up at her at this time, and saw that she was a woman, and she showed no unnecessary expression, and just said indifferently: "The research and development of oily ink is only just released, so where did other types come from?"

"Is this fume ink developed by your lord's bookstore?" Ye Muyu didn't know why, but thought of the ink that Chu Heng said, mainly Hui ink, and Hui ink is the famous pine smoke ink, and one or two Hui inks were praised by one or two gold.

is enough to show its preciousness.

However, under big data printing, lampblack ink is more suitable and the cost is lower, especially now, seeing that the price of pine smoke ink in Dachu is getting higher and higher, which should be related to the decrease in the number of pine trees. At this time, lampblack ink is more expensive. the value of its existence.

"How do you know?" Xu Jiao raised his head in surprise, but now he was a little surprised, especially since the one in front of him was just a woman.

Ye Muyu smiled slightly: "This concubine is looking for information to study oil fume ink."

Ye Muyu didn't tell a lie, just now, she looked carefully at the books Xu Jiao was reading, and then realized why he piled up so many books on the desk and looked very busy.

"You can read?" Xu Jiao was surprised for a moment, and then muttered to himself: "That's right, you have opened a bookstore, if you can't read, you can't justify it."

"My lord, the concubine has already written down the request."

"Here is the original of the required printed book."

"I don't know if I can choose the printing method."

Xu Jiao took the registration book and looked at it. Seeing Ye Muyu's beautiful lowercase writing, he wrote a whole three pages, and there are more than thirty books.

If it wasn't for Ye Muyu's small handwriting, he might not be able to write three pages.

"You are lucky to have so many books. Recently, no one else from the bookstore has come to order, so they can be printed for you in seven days."

"As for printing, we are now using movable type printing, and the speed will be much faster."

Ye Muyu nodded upon hearing this.

I thought to myself, the situation in Dachu is also a bit strange. The printing technique is developing well, but the ink is still not developed.

However, this also gives her a business opportunity.

(end of this chapter)