Lord of the House: Chapter 38 movable type printing

For two hundred taels of silver to engrave the "Prison Book", Lin Jing Center, who is responsible for the account, is reluctant to bear it. To be honest, if the cost of engraving is so high, if it is not too long, it is far better to ask someone to transcribe it. Lin Jingzhong felt even more distressed that he had to engrave a large-scale engraving of miscellaneous books.

Lin Binning frowned for a while and asked, "Can you hire a skilled master?"

"Ah," Lin Jingzhong just casually hinted that he could save some money by carving books, but he didn't expect Lin Fu to take it seriously. Seeing that Lin Fu didn't seem to be joking, he also said seriously, "Shiliang is famous for producing only tea and paper, carving and printing books. There are also skilled masters in Dongyang, and their craftsmanship is better than other places. There are also several master and famous masters in Jiangning City..." He was too embarrassed to directly say that the masters of Zhengyetang are eight in ten in front of Lin Fu. Nine are all from Dongyang, and they can be dug up with some thought.

"Well..." Lin Fu nodded. He was not thinking about setting up a bookstore. He was thinking about both movable type printing and engraving printing. For four or five hundred years, there have been books made of movable type printing in all dynasties. When it came out, due to the immaturity of technology, movable type printing has not been widely used. As Lin Fu, who knows the progress of civilization thousands of years later, of course, he knows that movable type printing is the general trend.

In engraving printing, the fonts are engraved on the entire bottom plate, and each engraving plate can only print one page of the book, so each type of book needs to be remade a large number of printing engraving plates, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Movable type printing can print different books only by rearranging the individual fonts. As long as the technology is mature, the cost of printed products can be greatly reduced.

Lin Fu only knew that movable type was commonly used in later generations, and the font was made of lead. Whether it was pure lead or a lead alloy was unknown, let alone what printing ink should be used with movable type, and whether there were any special requirements for paper. , he looked at Lin Jingzhong and asked, "Are there any masters who know movable type printing?"

"Moveable type printing?" Lin Jingzhong was stunned for a moment. Lin Kee Warehouse also operates a paper workshop. He knew a thing or two about engraving and printing, and said, "The clay movable type master knows a thing or two. I heard that the type molds made of clay are particularly damaged. Blocks, fired into porcelain without ink; I heard that some people used copper blocks to make typefaces, but copper is difficult to melt. It takes too much time, effort and money to make a set of typefaces. Ordinary bookstores really don’t have this ability, and copper typefaces I don’t know much about it, and it has been passed down to this world, and I only heard that the official workshops of the two capitals use bronze characters…”

"It should be the wrong choice of material and ink for making the typeface, and maybe it has a lot to do with the paper that is printed," Lin Fu said, "What's going on, please help me find some masters who can print movable type and see if you can find it? A more suitable method. In fact, if the volume of printing books is large and there are many types of printing books, the copper movable type will save time and effort compared with the engraving board, which is why the official bookstore uses the copper movable type mold..."

"Then I'll look for it first..." Lin Jingzhong nodded and took this matter to heart.

Lin Fu remembered something. The official book visits in the two capitals are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. Since the official bookstore has always been using copper movable type to print books, it may be possible to start directly from the Jiangning Ministry of Industry.

Lin Jingzhong didn't know what Lin Fu was thinking again, he said, "You were talking about Zaxue with Director Zhao a few days ago. I was thinking that this matter of engraving and printing books is a kind of Zaxue and craftsmanship? I've been thinking about Dongyang these days. Are there any master craftsmen who are qualified to write books? Even copper movable type, how to engrave the type, what ink, and what paper to use, I heard that they all have a good idea, but ah, even these printers in the official bookstore are pure and simple. They rely on craftsmanship to eat, and they would never tell the secret of their uniqueness easily. I later thought that since we could pay a lot of money to buy them and solve their worries about making a living, they would not refuse. It’s just a unique craftsmanship that we bought with a lot of money, but we want to It's free to engrave it and publish it to the world, this dumb loser..." Speaking of which, Lin Jingzhong still refused to make a loss-making business.

The protection of the patent law after a thousand years is an extremely complex system, and Lin Fu only knows a little about it. Besides, to really promote this kind of game, it will take a whole country and several generations of work to succeed. Naturally, he will not bother at this time. Thinking about this, I just said to Lin Jingzhong: "The most important thing in business affairs is not to pluck a hair to benefit the world. What I can tell you is that if you want to gain the benefits of the world, you must first have the mind of benefiting the world. At first glance, it was a big loss-making business, but we really have this kind of mind and courage to benefit the world. What we want to do in the future, it is a bit easier than others to invite famous teachers and craftsmen from all over the world. In addition, any knowledge must be thoroughly studied, It is impossible to rely only on one or two people to work behind closed doors. No matter how brilliant one's mind is, there are limits. Gathering the wisdom of everyone to communicate and communicate is the right way. The purpose of printing a book is to publish personal wisdom and experience so as to follow Communication and communication with others. This also has a direct benefit, that is, we can always get in touch with these experiences and wisdom earlier than others. The early bird catches the worm, and businessmen benefit from it. If it is feasible, I will set up a society in Jiangning in the future - Xixi Society gathers sages and sages who write moral articles, but in the future, our Jiyun Society will gather to study these ingenious skills and craftsmanship. Hundreds of craftsmen and craftsmen..."

"Your ambition is really not small. If you really want to accomplish this, Qing Shi can leave a name!" Lin Jingzhong heard Lin Fu say this, and felt a bit of pride in his heart.

"It's easy to say," Lin Fuqian said with a smile. "To accomplish this, there are only four characters of power and money. If you want to help me in Jingzhong, Qingshi will not leave me alone. It's just that it's too far away. We will first engrave this book by Zhao Shuhan in front of us, and then we will see if we can find a more convenient and cost-effective way of printing the book. If you think the time is right for the bookstore, just do it..."

"I don't dare to keep a name for Qing Shi, since I decided to stay in Jiangning, I will sell this body to you," Lin Jingzhong said with a smile, "You have an order, I will do my best, it's just for the bookstore to carve the book, Ye Kai I know it will obstruct..."

"Since he can earn us dozens of taels of silver today, do you still need to worry about his secret obstruction in the future?" Lin Bie asked with a smile.

"Yes." Lin Jingzhong pondered the words "power and money" that Lin Fu said. As long as there is a stronger power and money than Zhengyetang, why should he be afraid of him secretly obstructing it? Don't talk about the future, even now, Lin Jingzhong is not afraid that Ye Kai would dare to openly turn against Jiyun Club. If they really want to make trouble, Lin Jingzhong guessed that Lin Mengde will definitely help them secretly. These days, he feels more and more that Lin Mengde is very concerned about Jiyun Club. Speaking of which, it is also Lin Mengde who thinks that Lin Fu is more concerned. Great work.

Lin Fu sat in the carriage and thought for a while, and said, "It's better if you don't hurt the peace, do you think this is feasible? You go to Ye Kai to discuss, we want to set up a bookstore, and he can get 20% of the silver stock in Zhengyetang. Jiyun If the bookshop of the club can make money, he can share 20% of the silver..."

"..." Lin Jingzhong was slightly startled. He had only heard that the head office only had silver shares, and he had never heard that the following semicolons and branches could still allow people to buy silver shares. He wanted to refute Lin Bie, After thinking about it, I was confused: Why can't a semicolon allow people to invest in bank shares? Feeling that my brain was twisted together, I thought that Lin Fu often had unexpected ideas, but when I thought about it, it was very feasible.

Lin Fu didn't know who created the company's silver-stock move in the world. He thought about it carefully. The company's silver-stock structure is somewhat naive in the structure of a joint-stock company after a thousand years. Multilayered.

The advantages of doing so are obvious. While not affecting the control, it can at least alleviate the contradictions of horizontal competition and gather more power.

Lin Jingzhong thought for a while and said, "Alright, then I'll try to talk to Ye Kai, maybe ask Uncle Mengde to come out."

"Well," Lin Bie nodded and said, "There are still two manuscripts of the prison book~www.mtlnovel.com~ One will be left in the house first, and the other, I will take it to Gu's house for a walk in the afternoon."

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Today is New Year's Eve. When I went to Gu's house in the afternoon, Lin Fu specially brought Gu Tianqiao with him. After all, he and Gu's family belonged to the same clan.

When the afternoon passed, the sky began to snow, and the snow before the New Year's Festival was regarded as auspicious snow. People on the street were quite excited to see the snow, but the homeless people who had sneaked into the city curled up and felt that the weather was getting colder and colder. hard.

Gu Tianqiao was sitting in the carriage, watching Lin Bie lift the curtain of the carriage and staring at the refugees at the base of the wall, and said, "There seem to be more refugees on the street..."

"West Qin, Jinzhong, Zhongzhou and other places have a tradition of escaping from the spring famine. This year seems to be earlier than in previous years..." Zhao Hu has more knowledge than Gu Tianqiao.

Lin Fu sat on the carriage, thinking that the severe famine in the north was very different from the traditional tradition of escaping from the spring famine. The news disclosed in the Tang newspaper had indicated that the local officials along the Huai River had begun to organize troops to prevent the large-scale migration of refugees to the south. He thought about going to Chongzhou to find Qin Chengzu and the people they contacted for a few days. They should be back soon. Maybe Qin Chengzu will recruit some displaced people who have lost their livelihoods to Changshan Island. The damage is too serious, and there are only forty or fifty people left who are truly elite.

When the car arrived at Gu's house, the inside and outside of Gu's house were already decorated with lanterns to prepare for the Chinese New Year. Gu Wuchen didn't go to the yamen today, and few officials would honestly go to the yamen before and after the New Year's Day.

Gu Wuchen and his wife, Mrs. Gu, were admiring the snow in the back garden. Gu Junxun also stood in the middle of the garden in a light green skirt, and innocently reached out to catch the falling snow. When she saw Lin Fu and Gu Tianqiao walking in, she shyly hid behind Mrs. Gu. Behind him, he did not escape from the garden. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter