Chapter 214

"Movable type printing?"

After taking care of chestnuts and sleeping, song Xijiao takes Zhongchun to sit at the stone table in the courtyard and starts chatting. She told Zhong Chun that she wanted to study movable type printing. However, after hearing this, he shook his head with disapproval.

"Your so-called movable type printing sounds convenient and simple, but have you ever thought that people who do this work have to be literate, that is to say, either you want to find a literate fellow, or you can keep an eye on it. Otherwise, if you misprint one word, the whole book will be useless. "

Song Xijiao was surprised to look up, which she did not consider.

Indeed, movable type printing not only requires clerks to read, but also must be able to check characters without any mistakes. In case of a wrong word and a reversed word, all previous efforts will be wasted.

There are not many literate people in this era, and there are many businesses to do. If we want to hire such people to work, the wages are certainly not low.

However, she thought about it, and soon came up with a good idea: "then I will not hire long-term workers, only hire short-term workers. Printing a batch, selling a batch, settlement by day, but you have to work for a period of time before you can get paid. During this period, if there is a problem with any book, no salary will be paid. If there is no problem in the end, there is another reward! "

Zhong Chun looked at her with admiration, and he was really smart.

In this way, they are not afraid of carelessness, but also can prevent them from killing two birds with one stone.

"What's more, if you want to make this movable type, you need not only to spend a lot of wood, but also to find an expert who can write reverse characters. The sculptor can't be underestimated. Have you ever calculated how much money you will spend to make these? How much can you print to get the cost back? "

"Of course! I used movable type printing. I could print at least 30 books a day. If we use copying, the cost of copying and proofreading alone will cost 360 dollars. I will hire a scholar to give him 100 dollars a day to help me print. Isn't it cheap? There must be many poor scholars who want to do it! That will save you two hundred and sixty dollars. "

Zhong Chun sits on one side and looks up at the stars while holding her fingers. She doesn't need to hit the abacus. She's so numb that she can't help laughing.

No wonder he had to learn arithmetic because he had taken advantage of arithmetic.

"Buying wood, looking for scholars, looking for craftsmen, and so on, I can earn it back in five days, and it costs less than a thousand dollars at most." Song Xijiao was proud to hold her chin and said with a smile. Her eyes fell on Zhong Chun from the night sky, and her expression showed a trace of cunning. "Moreover, you can help with this writing matter."

"Me?" Zhong Chun shook his head with a smile, "I can't write the reverse character."

"You can practice! While I'm looking for wood and craftsmen, I can do it well. " Song Xijiao said. She got up and put her arm around Zhong Chun's neck. She shook her coquettishly. "Fat water doesn't flow to other people's fields. Instead of spending money to find others, we'd better do it ourselves. What do you say?"

As soon as she was close to being coquettish, Zhong Chun became feverish, dizzy and numb at the fingertips, unable to think at all, let alone refused.

"Practice can be practiced, but it is not guaranteed that it can be practiced well."

Seeing his promise, song Xijiao happily stood behind him, put her arms around his neck, and began to flatter him: "I thought you were the most suitable one for a long time! Mr. Zhu's handwriting is good, but he is too rigid. Mr. Ling's words are good, but they are too free and easy. Only your words are perfectly printed. They are the most steady and neat

Hearing her compliment, Zhong Chun gave a silent smile.

Never stop, this little girl, also never idle day, all the time is thinking about some new things. I really don't know whether she will live hard in the late night or in the early morning when her white hair is far away.

The next day, song Xijiao came to the bamboo paper mill early in the morning, so she asked the clerk to send song Yongxu a post and invite him to come over for tea.

Song Yongxu is also very face saving, after receiving the post, immediately put down the matter in hand and rushed over. I can't help it. Now Song Xijiao doesn't own the bamboo paper farm any more. There's also the title of Hu que.

To give face to bamboo paper market and song Xijiao is to give Hu que face.

Can he not give it?

After a few words of greetings, they turned to the main topic. Hearing that song Xijiao came to him to inquire about wood, song Yongxu opened his mouth and said nothing.

"If you want to carve, you'd better use Tangli wood, also known as duri wood. This kind of wood is delicate, with little difference in horizontal and vertical textures. Most of the seals and microcarvings sold on the market are from this kind of wood. "

Song Xijiao immediately asked: "the last time I made furniture, you recommended me to use Huanghua pear wood. What's the difference between Huanghua pear wood and Tang pear wood?"

"Huanghua pear wood has good-looking grain, fragrance, large color change area, hard wood, suitable for furniture, but not suitable for carving."

Song Xijiao nodded suddenly. Since he wanted to carve, he couldn't choose too hard wood. Otherwise, would the craftsman be tired to death? In particular, it's such a delicate work of lettering.

"Father, how long can this kind of Tang pear wood be preserved without deformation after being carved?""At least one or two hundred years, if we wax and paint, it will last for thousands of years."

It's impossible to wax and paint. When printing, you have to paint with ink!

However, if anything can be preserved for one or two hundred years, even if it is soaked in ink every day, it will not be a problem to use it for 50 or 60 years!

That is to say, as long as she succeeds once, at least she can stick to her old day. When she is old, even if it is to be replaced, it is someone else's business, which has nothing to do with her.

"Well, father, can you give me a piece of Tang pear wood and let me have a try?"

"What's wrong with this? As long as you don't buy in large quantities, your mother finds out and gives you some secretly. It's OK."

Hearing his mention of the eldest lady, song Xijiao inquired: "how is your mother recently?"

Song Yongxu looked at her tentatively and saw that she looked peaceful. Then he bravely said, "it's not the same as before! I don't know what nerves I've been having all day. I heard that you've entered bamboo from Huizhou, and I'm so angry that I can't eat for several days. "

Hearing this, song Xijiao can't help shaking her head. It seems that this lady really hates herself. For such a little thing, I don't think about tea and rice.

Speaking of this, song Yongxu sighed: "I don't know if you heard of it. A few days ago, the Zhou family was raided. Your elder sister came home to live for a few days, and then she was taken back by the old lady of Zhou family. Now I'm huddled in a Datong shop with more than a dozen people Life is not as good as a beggar. "

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