Otoharu

Chapter 202 Type
Wei Shi was supported by Jiang Shi, and he really couldn't continue to kneel, so he handed a bundle in his hand to Jiang Shi, and said: "Grandma, these are some stick cakes I made with my own hands, you can take them home. I don’t have anything valuable to give you, this head cake is a craft handed down from my mother, and you can’t eat it here.”

"Oh, I really haven't eaten this head cake. I heard that it is a specialty of Yuhang. I think your mother is from Yuhang County." Jiang said with a smile, taking the burden.

"I heard from my mother that she lived in Yuhang when she was a child. Later, because she avoided the war, her family moved to Zhangshui Town. She has lived here for many years." Webster seemed to think of his dead mother, There are some memories and regrets in the words.

Seeing her sadness, Mrs. Jiang quickly changed the topic, "I heard that you have moved to a new house, if I don't have a lot of things to do here today, I would definitely go to your new house to ask for a cup of warm house wine for drink."

"Whenever is grandma free, just come over and sit down." Wei Shi quickly answered, and then told Jiang Shi the address of his new house.

"Don't worry, I've written it all down. When I'm free, I'll definitely take the child to your place to ask for a drink." Jiang said, patting Webster's hand affectionately.

Wei Shi knew that Jiang Shi still had things to do, so he didn't stay for too long, and led the two children to salute Jiang Shi, and then left.

Watching the three of them walk away, Mrs. Jiang sighed softly, and sincerely hoped that the life of the three of them would get better and better in the future.

"Sister, the masters have already arrived, when shall we start working?" Jiang Xu came over to her and asked after seeing that Jiang Shi and Wei Shi had finished talking.

He came here specially from the soap shop to help today. He helped find the helper who cleaned the workshop a few days ago and the printing master who came today.He has also lived in the town for a few years, and he does all the things that the soap shop needs to run around on weekdays, and he also knows some people.

"Brother Axu, thank you for your hard work, let's start now." Responding in this way, Mrs. Jiang dragged Jiang Shanqing into the house, then summoned three printing masters, and took out the manuscript of the first volume of Journey to the West.

Because Journey to the West has too many words, the number of words in this book is much more than that of an ordinary book, with a total of [-] words.

The printing masters were also very surprised when they saw the thick manuscript. The oldest and most experienced person flipped through the manuscript and said in embarrassment: "Master, with so many characters, I am afraid it will take a while day."

Jiang naturally knew this, and she was also worried about this at first, so she didn't speak, and turned her eyes to Jiang Shanqing beside her.

Jiang Shanqing looked calm, and said calmly: "Masters, I have a new printing method here, which can greatly improve the printing efficiency, but this method is a secret method handed down in my family and cannot be easily passed on to others. Therefore, I would like to ask all the masters to sign a confidentiality document." After saying this, he took out several documents from his arms.

Several printing masters looked at the doll, who was at most eight or nine years old, with expressions of surprise on their faces. They didn't move immediately, but all looked at Mrs. Jiang.

Jiang Shi didn't expect Jiang Shanqing to bring a confidentiality document, but she still nodded calmly and said to the masters, "You all just listen to him."

The masters just picked up the document and read it carefully. They are skilled workers, and they naturally signed confidential documents, but it is really rare to see such detailed documents as the one they have now.But Mrs. Jiang paid a lot of money, and they only hesitated for a moment before signing their names on the document.

Jiang Shanqing took back the signed document, and still said with a blank expression: "Everyone has signed the document, and you know the consequences of violating the document. As long as you work wholeheartedly for the workshop, my family will not treat you badly. I guarantee you The wages are twice as high as all the printing shops in this town."

Jiang Shanqing knew that only enough benefits and punishments could keep these people from taking risks and revealing their movable type printing skills.It's not that he wants to cherish himself, but that he wants to maximize his profits, and sell this technology after the world knows the benefits of movable type printing.

"Master Yu, I need to use clay to make some blanks of the same size first." Jiang Yanzhi said to the oldest master, while speaking, he used a brush to draw the approximate size of the clay blanks on the paper.

Master Yu gave Jiang Shanqing a strange look, and said nothing, but asked, "How many do you need?"

"Let's make a few thousand first, and add more later." Jiang Shanqing said in a very calm tone, but it shocked everyone in the room.

"How many...thousands?" Master Yu almost thought that he had heard wrongly. What are these mud slabs used for? They need so many.

"Well, you do it first, make these first, and the rest will be fast." Jiang Shanqing still said very calmly.

"Master, I'm sorry, let's make the mud first." Mrs. Jiang stood on Jiang Shanqing's side unconditionally, and said to several masters with a smile.

Although the masters still had doubts in their hearts, the owner said so, and they also started to make the weird mud that the child needed.

Due to the large number of them, the efficiency of making mud is not low. The printing masters are all baked for food, and the engraving and engraving are fast and good on weekdays, let alone making these simple mud. After a whole morning's work, each person made hundreds of clay bricks.

"Little Boss, do you think these are about the same?" Master Yu asked Jiang Shanqing as he showed the finished clay.

Jiang Shanqing took a general look, and found that each mud was about the same size, so he nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Next, I will trouble the masters to engrave the words that are often used in printing on these mud, and use more Each of those characters should be engraved with a dozen or so characters, and the height of the strokes should be as thick as the edge of a copper coin. After the engraving, all of them will be hardened with fire." This project is the most important step in movable type printing. Jiang Shanqing estimated that it would take some time to complete.

After hearing Jiang Shanqing's words, Master Yu had a strange look on his face. Based on his many years of printing experience, he vaguely guessed what the child in front of him was going to do, but felt a little unbelievable. He suppressed the faint excitement in his heart, Nodding in response, "Young master, don't worry, we are all familiar with engraving, and you will come back in a few days, and I guarantee that you will be satisfied."

(End of this chapter)