Otoharu

Chapter 195
Li Xin moved very quickly, and sent the drafted contract over the next afternoon. Mrs. Jiang read it first. Except for some parts that she didn't understand, she felt that there was no big problem. She was thinking about waiting for her husband to come back. , Let him take a closer look.

After all, Li Yan is a scholar, and he has much more knowledge than Jiang, the housewife. He explained to her what she didn't understand, and then nodded and said: "There is nothing wrong with this contract, cousin Xin. All the terms and conditions have been written down, cousin Xin is a real person, no wonder the business can be done so big."

"Then I don't worry, let's go over and sign the contract with him tomorrow." Jiang smiled and nodded.

"Then do you want to show Shanqing this contract?" Li Yan thought of something and asked.

Mrs. Jiang hesitated, and asked slowly: "No matter how smart Shanqing is, he is just a child. Can he understand this kind of contract?"

"I have never treated Shan Qing as an ordinary child. How can a person who can transcribe such a masterpiece as "Journey to the West" be an ordinary child? Call him over and let him read the contract. But his business." Li Yan laughed.

After thinking about it, Mrs. Jiang found that what her husband said was reasonable, so she asked Baozi to call Jiang Shanqing.

Jiang Shanqing came very quickly. Knowing that his aunt and uncle asked him to read the book contract, he didn't show any surprise. He sat down and read the book contract very seriously.

Li Xin was really honest and didn't set any traps in the contract. After Jiang Shanqing finished reading it, he felt that there was nothing to criticize, so he nodded to Li Yan and Jiang Shi and said, "I've finished reading it, there's nothing wrong with it."

Mrs. Jiang nodded, took back the deed, and then asked with a smile: "That's good, now that our cooperation with Sanbo Xin's family has been finalized, then what do you have to do to find a printing workshop?" Intend?"

"Auntie, I don't have any experience in this matter. My idea is that you don't need to find a printing workshop that is too big. You can just find a well-equipped one. Anyway, we will only print the book "Journey to the West" for the time being." Jiang Shanqing said very calmly.Li Yan had some different opinions, and frowned: "Although we only print this book, it is a million-dollar masterpiece. It takes a long time to carve the wooden boards for the printed book. If you are looking for a small workshop, I don’t know how to carve well in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.”

"Don't worry, uncle, I have my own way." Jiang Shan said confidently. He had already understood that the printing technology commonly used here is engraving and printing. Movable type printing has not been invented, so printing a book is a Carving a wooden board is not only labor-intensive, but it is also impossible to quickly print a large number of books. Some books have a lot of words, and it often takes years to carve a wooden board. It is really a very time-consuming and laborious task.

So he has already considered to find a small workshop by himself, and then develop movable type printing together with local masters.

Regarding movable type printing, he also knows a general idea. He knows that clay is used to burn a block, engrave a single character on one side, and then harden it with fire. This is a movable type one by one.

But theory and practice are completely different things. Although he knows the theory, he still needs the help of an experienced teacher to put it into practice.

Although Li Yan still had some doubts in his heart, seeing Jiang Shanqing's determined appearance, he still chose to believe him, nodded and said: "Well, your aunt and I will ask the dentist first to see if there is a printing workshop in the town. sell."

"Trouble aunt and uncle." Jiang Shanqing thanked very sincerely.

"Whether it's troublesome or not, it's all one family." Jiang Shi reached out and touched Jiang Shanqing's head, still accustomed to treating him like a child.

"It's getting late, you should go back to rest earlier, remember not to read too late, you are still growing, if you damage your eyes, it will not be worth the loss." Li Yan said again, then Let Jiang Shanqing go back to rest.

After he left, Li Yan asked his wife in doubt again: "Yingying, I always feel that there are too many things in Shanqinghui. Even if I know it from birth, it is a bit too exaggerated. What is the identity of his biological mother?"

Li Yan had actually held this doubt in his heart for a long time, but seeing that his wife had been reluctant to mention Shan Qing's biological mother, he didn't ask.It's just that today I really can't bear it.

Jiang's expression was a little hesitant, and after a moment of silence, he sighed softly and said: "Actually, it's nothing to talk about, Shanqing himself mentioned it, his mother came out of the palace, when she was very young She was sent to be a palace maid by her parents, but she was kicked out after doing something wrong in the palace, and later she gave birth to a child. After all, Shanqing's mother has been in the palace for more than ten years and knows more things It's normal, I think his mother taught him many of the things that came to the Shanqinghui."

After Li Yan finished listening, he had a strange look on his face, lowered his voice, and said cautiously: "Do you think... Shanqing's mother was kicked out of the palace because she was pregnant with a child..."

"You can't talk nonsense!" Jiang's expression changed immediately, "If it is true, how could the nobles in the palace let her out? Not that kind of guy."

Li Yan smiled sheepishly, "I'm just guessing casually, I just think it's too coincidental, how come I got pregnant as soon as I came out of the palace, and the child's father doesn't know who it is."

In fact, Mrs. Jiang also had this suspicion, but she didn't say it out of her mouth. She sighed, waved her hands and said, "People have been dead for so many years, so don't mention this matter again. Shanqing's surname is now Jiang, and he is also involved." The household registration of the Jiang family, even if it is the Jiang family, we still treat him as our own nephew, besides, Shanqing is really a good boy, and his biological parents have nothing to do with him, he is just a poor man after all."

Li Yan nodded in agreement, "Well, I won't ask any more questions in the future, it's getting late, let's rest too." The husband and wife were both tired after talking about their son, so they turned off the lights, and it was very late. Fell asleep soon.

Because she wanted to print the book earlier, Jiang kept looking for the Yaren of the Zhuangzhai to inquire about the printing shops in the town. It was their luck, and the Yaren soon brought good news.

Because Zhangshui Town is not a big place, there is only one Zhuangzhai Yaman, whose surname is Wang, and the people in the town call him Wang Daya. The reputation in the town is also good, so the people in Zhangshui Town will look for him no matter whether they are buying land, buying a house, or leasing and buying and selling shops.

(End of this chapter)