No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 1017 Unified Thoughts
Now, in fact, it is advancing at the same pace with the printing workshop. For example, what Ou Mengmeng just said to Sun Quan, woodblock printing and character printing. These are actually two different things. Yes, she plans to advance movable type and woodblock printing at the same time. You know, Song edition books are expensive, not only because of the small quantity, but more importantly, they are exquisite!

The key point of woodblock printing is the woodblock. The woodblock masters are all masters, and the woodblocks are all art. Every cut is accurate, but it takes a master half a year to carve a piece of woodblock. For example, the Analects has 15,900 words. If you really want to copy it once, it will take less than half a month. But woodblock printing still has its uses, such as illustrations. There are also illustrations in ancient books. Although they are not in color, they are also printed very beautifully. So now there are several woodblock masters in the workshop.

Now it's very good. When the old lady asked for the word "Fu", she wrote the word "Fu" in several fonts. You know, since sweeping the five blessings, the old lady's understanding of the word "Fu" has also been further improved. So, several masters worked together and quickly made several kinds of "Fu" carvings. They were all carved in a one-foot square wooden frame.

The paper mill also quickly sent over red square paper. This was not the first time they dyed red paper. They sent someone to ask for it and it was ready for immediate delivery. The first batch of red paper with black characters was quickly made. The main reason was that the characters were large and the craftsmen felt that it was easier to trace than to make the borders of letter paper. Although it was a bit of a pity that it was not as shiny red as the modern ones, it was still full of texture and looked festive.

"Mother, you can use red satin to write. It will definitely be more beautiful." Sun Shangxiang couldn't help but say.

"Of course, you ask someone to prepare a batch of bright red satin. Frame it, and ask your second brother to write some, and give them to the retainers and generals." Ou Mengmeng nodded, this suggestion was also good. Letting Sun Quan write in person would not be valuable, but it would definitely become a trend.

"How is the preparation of the movable type going?" Ou Mengmeng looked at her daughter-in-law Jiang.

"Yes, this is not difficult. Just as you said, first make the wood, cut wood strips of the same size, and then ask someone to carve it. It's not difficult! But after putting it into the frame, the board can only be at the bottom and the paper at the top, which will be a little troublesome for printing. Of course, we will improve it." Xiao Jiang said hurriedly. Although she had a smile on her face, it seemed a little forced.

"Those aristocratic families are going to call their people back." Ou Mengmeng said slowly.

Xiao Jiang and Sun Shangxiang were startled. What does this mean? Recently, both of them have been very busy. The old lady has ideas every day, especially Xiao Jiang. The real money is not called money. When the money comes back, the money for buying paper will be given to Sun Shangxiang. After the cost is settled, half of the profit will be given to Sun Quan. The rest, before she has time to be happy, will be invested in the new process. If she didn't make money every day, she would lose money. Even though she knew that if the trial production was successful, they could make a lot of money. But she still felt very tired.

The main thing is that there is no sense of accomplishment. The idea was proposed by the old lady, and she just passed it on. She is not as familiar with these processes as papermaking. But when it comes to papermaking, she goes to see Sun Shangxiang, who is really familiar with it, and she can do it. I want to ask her to change jobs, but I can't say it. I can only bite the bullet and follow up!

These days, she really worked herself to death. She really fell asleep, and her dreams were all about the molds. Now the old lady said that the family wanted to recruit their own people? What does this mean!
After all, Sun Shangxiang grew up in the Sun family, and was personally raised by Madam Wu. Madam Wu was actually a great politician, and Sun Shangxiang grew up beside her, so her political sense was not bad. His eyes flashed, "Does our papermaking bother them?"

"This Xiaowu had hinted to me a long time ago, but I ignored him. He was right. After all, we can't cause trouble for your second brother. Now the pressure is on your second brother. Eighty percent of the officers in the army are from aristocratic families. Twenty percent are from good families everywhere. But the good families are suppressed by the aristocratic families. Some of them are also running dogs of the aristocratic families. Therefore, at this time, if the aristocratic families really unite, the army may be unstable." Ou Mengmeng nodded and said casually.

"It's not that useful. The world is in chaos now, and the aristocratic families are declining. We just need to guard against Cao and Liu." Jiang understood immediately and shook her head. She was from a small family, but she knew from her own family's situation that it costs money to manage people. Do you really think it's easy to be a family head? Raising private soldiers also requires money and food. Small families like theirs just give money to small warlords in the countryside to protect the village.

Why did her father readily agree when the Sun family sent someone to ask for marriage? Because the Sun family's brand allowed them to settle down. She didn't know what "vulgar development" meant, but the meaning was almost the same. With the protection of the Sun family, each family could give the Sun family some face and let them develop calmly in the village, so that they could preserve the strength of the family.

For each family, resources are limited, so of course they spread outwards from the center. Not all the family members leading troops outside are direct descendants, as most of them stay in their hometowns. So if they call back all these side branches, can they afford to support them?

It's just that they made a bet, but no one dared to try. After all, there was Cao Cao on the other side of the river, and Liu Bei across the Xiang River. If one side gained while the other lost, it would be troublesome.

"Well said!" Ou Mengmeng admired her daughter-in-law more and more. She knew the difficulties, but she worked hard. Maybe she was not as sharp as Sun Shangxiang, but she was really optimistic. So now look, Mrs. Wu strictly controlled her sons and did not allow them to touch the reverse scales of the noble families. It was to show the attitude to the noble families that we are in the same group and our interests are the same.

Therefore, Ou Mengmeng now understands these families. However, understanding is one thing, and they still have to do what they should do.

Now Sun Shangxiang and Xiao Jiangshi understood that if they didn't want to be bullied, they had to make greater achievements and let people know that they were not soft persimmons. If they wanted to be bullied, they would see how people all over the world would spit at them.

The two of them stopped asking questions and went about their own business. Of course, Xiao Jiang also had her own think tank, Sun Xiaowu and Sun Lang, who had seen the results early on.

Sun Lang's main focus is still on the school. The National Medical Hall will only look for him when there is something to do. The students in the school also have paper and notebooks for practicing calligraphy. Of course, there are also mimeographed learning materials. The old lady does those things for fun. As a veteran educator, if she doesn't use the tactics of a sea of ​​questions, she will come here in vain.

Therefore, he was the first one in the school to learn how to use the mimeograph machine to print papers and materials for the little kids. Sun Lang felt fortunate that his mother didn't do that when he was in school, otherwise, he felt he might not be alive today.

Now that his wife came to ask about printing, Sun Lang focused on the pressure from the aristocratic family.

I ordered lotus root soup for the old lady in the evening. It takes too much time to cook it by myself. The old lady who bought it was not satisfied because she thought it had no meat. I said, with such a small amount of money, of course there is no meat, mainly because there is no option to add meat by paying extra money. I think the soup is OK, and starch should be added to make the soup thicker.