Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 556 The person who printed the book was illiterate

The craftsman named Nanling saw that Liu Ya really gave the money, and said that he had a long-term business to do, so he nodded immediately and said, "Okay, tell me, my little boss. As long as I can do it, within the scope of this book printing I will definitely promise you all the internal things, and I can do it well."

Liu Ya said seriously: "Actually, my request is not difficult, I just want you to keep your mouth shut and watch what you print out."

After hearing Liu Ya's words, Nanling didn't understand what she meant for a while, so he could only ask, "Little Master, what do you mean? Don't let me talk nonsense?"

Liu Ya nodded and said: "Yes. The book I printed, before I receive the goods for sale, you can't disclose the contents to others, let alone show the printed book to others, it is necessary to keep it extremely confidential. You can't let anyone other than you know the contents. Can you guarantee this?"

After hearing this, Nanling relaxed the tense nerves just now, and said, "I don't think it's a big deal. It turns out that this book can't be shown to others casually. Don't worry, little boss, I will engrave and stamp it here. I don’t read the book myself, let alone tell others about it.”

After hearing this, Liu Ya was still not at ease, so she turned her head to Zhu Nanshan and said, "Master Zhu, please be a witness and make a written statement."

Zhu Nanshan laughed when he heard Liu Ya talk about establishing written evidence.Said: "To tell you the truth, Miss Liu, in fact, my cousin is illiterate. The handicraft of this engraving model is also the same as that of tracing flowers. He will only engrave the words on the original manuscript, but how can this word be written?" He doesn't know what to read and what it means. So, you don't have to worry about him telling others."

Liu Ya was taken aback when she heard that, and turned to look at Nanling, she felt that he was really simple and honest.But the small boss of the book printing workshop can't read, which is really an anecdote.

And Nanling also scratched the back of his head, and said helplessly: "When Master and I were learning to carve, we didn't learn how to read characters. Just put the books there, and I carved them one by one according to the above. Just come out."

In this way, Liu Ya felt relieved.It is amazing to find such a wonderful work to print a book.

Liu Ya then took out the manuscript that Jiang Zitao had just given her, and said, "This is the first batch of [-] characters, one thousand copies will be printed, how long will it take for you to print it?"

Nanling took it and flipped through it briefly, then shook his head and said, "Little Boss, to tell you the truth, this book has too many words, so it was divided into two and printed. It's not that I intend to make more money from you, this book is just like that. It is thick, and the typefaces cannot be carved too small, otherwise the printed characters will not be clear. So I really can’t print all these manuscripts in one book. It’s okay if it’s added, but if it’s too thick, it’s not That's the price of a book."

It was only then that Liu Ya remembered that it was impossible for ancient engraving printing to carve characters as small as modern type, and the requirements for ink paste could not meet such a high definition, so of course the characters would not be able to fit if the number of pages was specified. So much content.

Liu Ya said: "Okay, give me a stick of incense, I will divide these manuscripts, and you can print them in two volumes. However, I also told the shopkeeper Zhu before that if you print a thousand copies, I want you to send seventy copies, isn't that a problem?"

Nanling thought for a while, and said: "Okay, it was agreed at first, and I will give you [-] extra copies for [-] copies. In this way, [-] copies will be [-] extra copies, and the little boss said [-] copies will be printed. Well, it’s nothing to send a few more books.”

Now that the intentions of both parties have been negotiated, Liu Ya carefully flipped through Jiang Zitao's manuscript.Nanling also specially moved a chair and placed it in a sunny place by the door, allowing Liu Ya to sit down and watch slowly.

In the bookstore just now, Liu Ya just flipped through the previous content, and felt that Jiang Zitao's writing was really good.After reading it carefully now, I found that Jiang Zitao not only wrote the story well, but also wrote neatly, and there were almost no typos.Occasionally, I made a mistake or omitted it, and I saw that I corrected it at the side.It can be seen that Jiang Zitao had already proofread the manuscript before showing it to him.This is very good, and it saves Liu Ya a lot of trouble.

Liu Ya has a good memory and almost has a photographic memory.When I saw more than 5000 words and less than [-] words, I found a node of the exciting part, divided the manuscript, and handed the first half to Nanling, saying: "These manuscripts are printed into a book, there is no question."

Nanling looked at the thickness, nodded and said: "Yes, you can add more. I don't care about a few more pages with you, my little boss."

Liu Ya shook her head and said: "That's enough, just print so many copies. How long do you think you can come to pick up the goods? Or, if you print out hundreds of copies first, I will take them away and sell them first."

Nanling said: "It's time-consuming to carve the model. If it's printed, it can be printed in three days. My apprentice and I will make the model, and it will take about ten days to finish it."

ten days!The corner of Liu Ya's mouth twitched slightly.It takes 5000 days to print [-] volumes with more than [-] characters. If there is a copier, it can be printed in a few hours.

Zhu Nanshan was quite good at observing words and expressions. Seeing Liu Ya's expression, he probably guessed what she meant, and quickly said: "Miss Liu, this is already very fast. More than 1 words, the master and the apprentice should kill each other carved out."

Of course Liu Ya knew that this was a problem of low productivity in ancient times, but she could point out a way to print with movable type.But the work in hand is too busy now, so let's wait and see.Anyway, she keeps this technology alone, and it will be money whenever she takes it out.

With such unkind thoughts and a little selfishness, Liu Ya can be considered psychologically balanced.He said: "Well, as fast as possible, but the quality must be guaranteed."

"Yes, little boss, don't worry. I, Zhu Nanling, just won't be lazy, and I won't cut corners." Zhu Nanling patted his chest to assure.

Liu Ya nodded, then suddenly remembered something, and said, "What about the cover of the book?"

"It's also easy to handle. There are several styles for you to choose from. The titles of the books are all blank. You just need to print your name."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Nanling asked Liu Ya to wait a while, ran into the room and took a few pages of cover paper, handed them to Liu Ya and said, "These are several different styles, you can choose your own, little boss."

It was only then that Liu Ya knew that even if she dared to say that the printing technique in ancient times was not advanced, there was still such a routine.Look at the several covers in my hand, blue background, yellow background, blue background with dark lines, powder foundation with small plum blossom branches, some are elegant, some are plain, they are all quite good, but they lack creativity, I guess Others print books in the same way, choose a style, just have a different name.

(End of this chapter)