Dao fruit.

In the past few days, the northern part of Darui has been experiencing turmoil. Apart from the prairie war affecting the mainland, the biggest change should be the rapid spread of movable type printing.

Even the Meng family, who had already made predictions, did not expect that this printing method would spread so quickly!Even in a short period of time, it was beyond their control!

Since Hua She's first book was successfully printed, the movable type printing method was officially introduced, and then it was out of control. In and outside the city of Daizhou, more than a dozen private engraving libraries sprang up.

Even though the Meng family tried their best to suppress and control it, it is still difficult to eradicate it. At most, they only control the engraving library in Daizhou City. If they go out of this range, even if they want to, they will be trapped by their own hands, let alone the imperial court. The Meng family is an aristocratic family, after all, they can't stretch their hands too far.

Furthermore, Daizhou City is located in the frontier, and it was originally a commercial city. There are not many merchants who come and go from south to north. , how could it be possible to hide it from them?

Not long after, many merchants learned about it, saw the huge business opportunities, and immediately mobilized their energies.

In this way, the news about movable type printing can't be stopped. Even the Meng family's own servants and servants have been mixed with many spies, or bought with a lot of money.

However, businessmen in this era still know that there is a god in the head, and there is still a bottom line in doing things after all, so while frantically stealing information, they also donate money to the Meng family to build pavilions together, and unanimously praise Qiu Yan's Putting that picture in the pavilion is quite respectful.

In addition, there are also some measures. For example, Huashe, which has been registered as Qimin, has been invited by many giant businessmen.If Hua She hadn't thought about the Meng family's love for taking him in, and had the heart to repay his kindness, he might have left long ago.

Even so, there is no joining of Hua She.The specific method of movable type printing has also been explored by all-pervasive spies, and brought together in the hands of various wealthy businessmen.

With the suppression of the Meng family in Daizhou, more than a dozen newly established engraving libraries have been subdued, but the owners and assistants in the engraving libraries will not disappear, and they will be looted by several wealthy businessmen.

Then, just a few days later, outside Daizhou.One after another engraving libraries stood up, printing books wantonly. Because of the movable type, the cost was low, but the regular engraving libraries were replaced.The business of the shock is dismal!

In this way, the government was immediately alerted. During the national war, this kind of matter that can shake public opinion and make people's hearts fluctuate is actually very sensitive, and certain suppression is inevitable.

However, those merchants are not fuel-efficient lamps.Filial piety and money management up and down, after all, some officials turned a blind eye, and a certain balance was achieved between the two sides.

However, movable type printing is a new creation after all, and there are still many loopholes and drawbacks, such as the movable type used for printing.It is not easy to collect and use, and there is no method such as the rotation method to distinguish when placing them, and the craftsmen in charge of printing do not have the corresponding knowledge themselves.When combining movable type, sometimes it is reversed, and sometimes it is wrong, so the books printed by this method have many mistakes and omissions. In addition to factors such as ink mixing, the printed books can be described as ugly.

Under such circumstances, some students will naturally resist it. However, because of this, the price of the books is getting lower and lower in order to sell them. I want to study again, but I can only compromise with reality.

This also allowed the printers to see the profits, and more workshop-style engraving libraries were established, and even passed on all the way, entering the capital and touching the capital.

However, the capital city is no more than other places. It is a gathering place for rich and bureaucrats. Guanlong nobles and aristocratic families are unknown, and they control public opinion very tightly. All engraving libraries in Guanlong and Jingji are firmly controlled by them. How can they allow Private printing happened?

As long as there is any sign of it, administrative measures will be used to forcibly suppress it, not to mention the banning of the movable type printing workshop, and even the books flowing out of the workshop have become banned books.

However, in the eyes of ordinary people, this kind of matter that had a big impact did not alarm the emperor at all, and did not even report to the emperor. The aristocratic family used their influence to interfere with the government and directly dealt with it.

But on the other hand, the war in the north has drawn the main attention of the aristocratic family. The seemingly simple dynastic war is mixed with many factors. Therefore, although the threat of movable type printing can be seen, there are priorities. The mainstream and the big shots just gave a few orders and then pulled away from the attention, only to let the younger generation and the people below continue to intervene.

As a result, it also caused some loopholes in the decree.

Those merchants who printed books would not be willing to suffer losses because of the government order. The books squeezed in the warehouse must find a way to export, not to mention that they also have connections with some juniors from aristocratic families. This gave birth to another distribution channel——

Traveling businessman.

The two books that Mother Meng obtained originated from here. The two seemingly simple books were able to be handed down to her, and the twists and turns experienced in them were beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

However, Meng Sanyi, who often works as a helper in the Imperial Academy, is very clever and good at thinking, but he can somewhat guess the clue. Be a little worried.

"When my mother was buying books, was anyone else seeing her?"

Hearing her son's question, Meng's mother smiled and said, "I don't have to worry about this. My mother knows that the government prohibits the sale of this kind of book, but it's just talking. There are many people who buy books. When I went, If we hadn't arrived early, I'm afraid we would all return empty-handed."

Hearing this, Meng Sanyi became more and more worried, and at the same time felt a little ashamed. He knew that his family was not rich. These two books printed with movable type may be cheap for ordinary people, but for a family like them He said that if he wanted to buy a copy, he would have to save money for a few days at least, and his mother bought two copies, and the effort can be imagined.

"It's all because of worrying about me." Meng Sanyi knew the reason.

Since that day, I met Qiu Yan again in the Hanlin Academy, and after hearing what the other person said, Meng San moved back, tossed and turned, and chewed repeatedly, but he couldn't understand it.

I thought it was because of Qiu Yan's use of power to help him register Qimin as a resident of the capital.

To work in that kind of place, one needs to be clean, but since the capital is crowded with people from all over the world, not all clean families can be naturalized. For example, Meng Sanyi's family is the representative. I just guessed this.

But judging from what Qiu Yan said later, it was not the case.

Thinking over and over again, until recently, Meng Sanyi found a clue and gradually made up his mind. He never thought that his mother would be so worried about what he had been like for a while. As a son, you can't refuse.

After receiving the two books, Meng Sanyi said a few words to Meng's mother, but he put the two books under a tree outside the house, and when he came back, he said: "Recently, I have been restless, and my mother is worried. Is it the child's fault?" , it’s just that there is a real concern, so it’s uncertain.”

Mother Meng was not surprised when she heard this. Her son could see clearly at a glance, so she said, "What can't be figured out by my son? My mother has never studied, so I can't help you."

"Now that I have figured it out, I am going to tell my mother," Meng Sanyi smiled, "I hope my mother can marinate some meat, and the baby will use it in two days."

"Meat," Meng's mother said with a look of embarrassment, "the family's expenses are not rich, and I'm afraid it will take a few days." It is impossible for ordinary people to eat meat in this era, but Meng's mother just bought it with money. After two books, I have no money left to buy meat for the time being.

"My son also knows about the affairs of the family, so he must use the family's assets." Meng Sanyi also knew about the family's situation. I have made an agreement with Uncle Li, the head of the village, and I will follow him into the forest in the afternoon to see if I can hunt two wild game."

The Li family in the east of the village is a well-known hunter. When Meng Sanyi’s father was alive, he had a close relationship with him. Over the years, he also took care of the Meng family’s mother and son. Meng Sanyi was able to work in the Imperial Academy because of his help. Only by entrusting a young man from a rich family who loves hunting to talk about the project, did he have a chance.

However, Mother Meng looked worried when she heard this, and she shook her head and refused: "My son is thin, and he only reads books. How did he get into the forest? Could it be that he forgot your father's lessons learned?"

Meng Sanyi's father, because of committing crimes at home, was famous in the genealogy. He was even more desolate than ordinary people. He was displaced all the way, like a refugee.

After Meng's father settled in this village, in order to improve the family's food, he sometimes went to the forest to hunt, so he made friends with Li Orion. In the end, he died of serious injuries when he encountered a wild beast, leaving orphans and widows.

Meng Sanyi said, "I want my mother to know that the child is not just imagining it for a while, but to prepare for the ceremony of apprenticeship. Even if the family is poor, the ceremony cannot be discarded."

"Apprenticeship?" Mother Meng was taken aback, and wanted to ask in detail, but before she could speak, she was interrupted by a human voice from outside the courtyard.

"This is it, the village woman who bought the forbidden book can enter this house!"

As the sound came in, Mother Meng was startled and thought of something. Looking back, she happened to see a scholar from the village leading several officials, broke through the fence and walked in.

She was no stranger to that scholar, she had met him just now, and he was one of the people who bought books with her.

"It was you who bought the banned book?" The headed official, with a strong physique, walked into the yard surrounded by fences, looked left and right, his eyes swept over Meng Sanyi, and finally fell on Meng Mu, and asked in a deep voice road.

Mother Meng suddenly became afraid.

Ps:

Thanks for the reward of Chujianjiang!