Otoharu

Chapter 204
Jiang Shanqing waited for a while until the potion was completely solidified, then looked at Master Yu at the side, and asked with a smile: "Master Yu, do you think this version is okay?"

Master Yu and several other masters all stared wide-eyed, picked up the pattern and looked at it repeatedly, and sighed excitedly: "Okay! That's great!"

Saying so, Master Yu couldn't help but brought rice paper, brushed ink on the pattern, covered the paper, pressed it hard, and when the paper was taken off, words were clearly and cleanly printed on it .

"It's really possible! It's really possible!" Master Yu shouted excitedly, holding the paper, his old face smiling like a chrysanthemum, as if he was several years younger all of a sudden.

Jiang Shanqing just looked at it with his hands down and smiled, and when the masters calmed down a little, he said again: "When printing, we use two iron plates, one for printing, and the other for typesetting. The two plates are used alternately. It can be printed continuously. After this page is printed, the potion is roasted with torch, and the movable type can be removed from the iron plate, and then put back into the original wooden grid according to the rhyme, and can be continued when the next page is arranged. use."

"Little master, this method is really... really... great!" Master Yu was still very excited, and he stuttered when he spoke. As an old printing master for many years, he naturally knows the benefits of movable type printing. If you only print two or three copies, it is almost the same as engraving, which is not easy, but if you need to print hundreds or thousands of copies, the work efficiency is extremely impressive, not only can save a lot of manpower and material resources, but also can greatly improve the printing efficiency. Speed ​​and quality are much superior to block printing.

"It's just the wisdom of the predecessors. I just use it. This movable type printing technique was invented by a man named Bi Sheng. You just need to remember it." Naturally, Jiang Shanqing would not take this great invention to himself on, and the printers explained.

"I don't know where this senior named Bi Sheng is now? The little old man really wants to visit him." Master Yu asked very piously.

He also thought that Jiang Shanqing should not have come up with this method, after all, he is only so old, and he has never done book printing before. This movable type printing must be done by those who have been printing for many years. of.

"That old gentleman used to be a printing master in Yuhang, but I don't know where he is now." Jiang Shanqing shook his head and replied.

A trace of disappointment flashed across Master Yu's face, and he was full of regrets. It seemed that such an expert senior would never see him again in this life.

Putting aside the topic of Bi Sheng, Jiang Shanqing was more concerned about when the book could be printed, so he asked several masters: "Using this movable type printing technique, how soon can you print the first volume of "Journey to the West"?" Five hundred copies printed?"

"This movable type printing typesetting is fast, I guess it will be done in about ten days." Master Yu made a rough estimate and replied.

Jiang Shanqing was quite satisfied with this time, nodded and said: "Then thank you masters, and print the book as soon as possible."

"This is what we should do. Don't worry, little boss, we will print the book as soon as possible." Master Yu and Jiang Shanqing assured.The previous work has been done, and the next step is to wait patiently.

A few days before Chongyang, news came from the printing workshop that the book had already been printed, and Jiang Xu brought a few sample books to show with the Li family.

Jiang Shi was the first to get the book, looking at the book with some ink fragrance, she was very happy. She flipped through a few pages and saw that the handwriting inside was neater than the books sold outside. Can't help admiring, "It's really unexpected that the book printed so quickly can be printed so well."

Mrs. Li is semi-literate, she has never read any books at all, she took the booklet, squinted her eyes and read a few pages, although she couldn't see anything interesting, she thought it was pretty good, so she praised: "It's not bad." He then asked the question he was most concerned about, "Now that this book has been printed, when will it be sold in Ah Xin's bookstore?"

"Third Brother Xin will send someone over to pick up the books. After confirming that the printed books are all right, they will be shipped to their shop in the state capital." Jiang replied with a smile. This was all discussed in advance. .

"That's good!" Mrs. Li felt relieved now. A lot of money has been invested in printing the book this time, and the book is also printed now. It is finally time to wait for the money to be made.

When Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing came back in the afternoon, they both knew that the sample booklet had been delivered. Li Meier couldn't put it down holding the sample booklet. Knowing that Jiang Shi and Jiang Shanqing would go to the workshop to check the printed books tomorrow, she took Jiang Shi's hand and begged: "Mother , I will take a rest tomorrow, so let me go with you! I will be obedient and won’t cause trouble for you.”

Seeing Li Meier begging like this, Mrs. Jiang felt a little soft-hearted, and she wanted to visit Webster tomorrow, so she nodded and said, "I can take you there, but you have to be obedient and not run around, otherwise I won't take you with me in the future." You're out."

"Mother, don't worry, look at when I've been disobedient." Seeing Jiang's agreement, Li Meier immediately promised with a smile on her face.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Jiang took the two children to the printing workshop. When they got there, the masters had already started working. Li Meier came to the printing workshop for the first time. Naturally, she was curious about everything, and pulled With a helpless face, Jiang Shanqing walked around the workshop.

Jiang Shi was called to a corner by Jiang Xu, and whispered to her: "Sister, that person named Liu Laosan came again yesterday."

When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she frowned. This third Liu is really haunted.

Liu Laosan was released by the gambling house seven days ago. I don't know what promise he made with the people in the gambling house. The gambling house released him without getting the money. As soon as he came out, he immediately came to print The workshop made a fuss, saying that the Li family tricked him into signing the contract, but did not give him the money.

Jiang Xu naturally wouldn't admit it, and took out the deed and the receipt, all of which were signed by Liu Laosan himself.

When Liu Laosan saw this, his eyes were red, and he kept yelling that he had been cheated.

Jiang Xu didn't care about this, they all had legal credentials, so they asked a few strong men in the workshop to drive Liu Laosan away.

But the next day he came again, still making a lot of noise at the entrance of the workshop. Fortunately, their workshop only prints their own books and does not open for business.

Jiang Xu couldn't bear it anymore, so he beat him straight away, thinking that he was scared of being beaten, and he could always calm down for a few days, but he didn't expect that he came to make trouble again yesterday, and brought a few bastards with him, Jiang Xu could only stay behind closed doors. They scolded them for a long time, but when they saw no one was paying attention, they left cursing.

(End of this chapter)