Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 206: Movable Type Printing

Liu Man'er was also very anxious when she heard this, but she didn't panic, the pirated version was a pirated version after all, if they could really write a better story than her, she would be annoyed, but she would admit it.

However, although she has confidence in her own story, she cannot let these people pick her fruits.

He found Han Shixin, and handed over the first three volumes of what Feng Yongkang had said. Liu Man'er said to Han Shixin, "Uncle Han, please find a reliable printing house and print some of our textbooks for sale in bookstores."

Han Shixin took the book but hesitantly said, "It will take a lot of time to print this book. Not only that, but also a lot of money. Mistress, if you plan to print the book and sell it, you don't need it."

Liu Man'er was puzzled, so she asked, "Why is this? Could it be that printing costs more than we sell books?"

Han Shixin nodded, and asked again: "Mistress, how many copies do you plan to print? If there are many, that's fine, but if there are hundreds or thousands of copies, I suggest that you might as well find someone to copy a few copies by hand. The layout to be engraved is really difficult. It’s not cost-effective, and it takes too much effort, and now the printing is only needed by the government to post notices.”

"Oh." Liu Man'er nodded, and only then did she understand. Knowing that they probably haven't popularized movable type printing, she couldn't help but chuckle in her heart, and asked, "Uncle Han, do you know anyone who prints this type?"

"I don't know, but this printing is also simple, as long as the craftsman engraves the words on the reverse side, it is not troublesome. If the master needs it, I will find two people for you, but I still have to persuade you, you want to print books It would be too time consuming and costly.”

"I have my own measure, you can find two people for me first, and I will see his skills." Seeing that Han Shixin still had a worried expression on his face, Liu Man'er said, "Don't worry, in fact, I Now I have thought of a good way, but we have to see if these two people are reliable."

"What can you do?" Uncle Han was a little curious when he heard Liu Maner say this.

"Movable type printing? I wonder if you have heard of it?" Liu Man'er smiled slightly.

"Movable type printing?" Han Shixin had never heard of this.

"Well, engrave them one by one on the clay and burn them into ceramics. When necessary, just line them up, so that you don't need to engrave different characters every time you print different books." Liu Man'er explained to Uncle Han road.

"Gao, you are so clever!" Han Shixin suddenly realized when he heard Liu Man'er's words.

Liu Man'er then said: "Since you already understand, I'll leave this matter to you as well. You must find someone you can trust, and keep it secret. Will I be able to pay off the bills in the future? Can you prosper with me? It all depends on the printing technique of movable type."

"Don't worry, I understand this naturally." Uncle Han nodded, expressing that he knew the power of it.

"Let Ye Feng participate in it too." Liu Man'er said again: "Let him also participate. When we have enough money, let him uncover this matter, which can be regarded as benefiting the people."

"I understand." Uncle Han nodded, admiring Liu Man'er even more in his heart. The owner of Xindao really has a flexible mind, and the most important thing is that he is not greedy for merit. He can see the next ten steps after taking one step. Such a person , It's just a thousand taels of silver, Uncle Han even believes that she can earn ten thousand taels, but unfortunately, she is a woman after all.

When Han Shixin was in a daze, Liu Man'er reminded again: "Go and do it yourself, find a suitable place, and buy it as our printing base. When firing porcelain, I'd rather be troublesome than keep it secret."

"I know, when I was young, I learned a little bit of porcelain firing technology, and then I will rent a place to fire it myself." Han Shixin said.

"That's good, then you can go to work. If you don't have any money, go to the shop to withdraw money, or get it from me, as long as you keep the account, and tell me if you have any difficulties." Liu Man'er nagged a few more words, After all, this matter is very important.

"Okay, I see." Han Shixin bowed and said, seeing that Liu Man'er was a little tired, he said goodbye and left.

After he left, Liu Man'er lay down on the table for a while, then continued writing her notebook.

She is inconvenient now, and she can't do anything else, so she can only write and write a script, so it's not a waste of time.

After finishing writing for a while, Liu Man'er stood up and walked around the yard twice, moving around, and finally stopped under the pear tree.

It was February day at this time, and the pear blossoms were blooming gorgeously. The pure white pear blossoms were like snow, and when the wind blew, they fell like snowflakes all over the sky.

Liu Man'er looked at the pear tree, with a wry smile on her lips, she wanted to stay away from the pear tree forever.

Speaking of which, the man who bought the yard last year gave it to Liu Man'er's family along with the pear tree. However, due to Fang's serious illness and what happened later, she didn't eat the pear much. According to Yunniang, All of them were picked up and sold in the shop.

This year, I must try it myself. I wonder if this pear is sweet or sour?
"Man'er, why are you standing outside to blow the air again? Come in." Seeing Liu Man'er standing outside again, Fang quickly walked over and said, "You are a double body now, just lie down if you have nothing to do. .”

Liu Man'er shook her head and smiled, and said: "That's okay, I asked the doctor, and he said that pregnant women need to move around more to give birth."

"Really?" Fang was a little puzzled, and said: "Our older generation has passed down more rest, but we had no choice but to rest at that time. But since the doctor said it, then follow the doctor's advice." Do it, I'll get you a cloak and help you walk."

"I'm not that delicate, so I don't need to trouble my mother to help me." Liu Man'er said with some embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter. The doctor said that I have to walk more, so you can walk with me at that time." Fang turned and went back to the room.

After a while, she brought the cloak and accompanied Liu Man'er around the yard.

This is the courtyard with three entrances. Although it is not too big, it is not too small. Except for the pear tree planted in the front yard, there were originally a small garden in the middle yard and the back yard, but Liu Man'er's family lived in it. Later, the small garden in the backyard was changed into a small vegetable garden.

Yunniang raised chickens in this backyard before, and after Liu Man'er came, she bought a few more chickens, turning a good house into a farmyard.

But it's good, so when it's summer, the family doesn't have to worry about the vegetables they eat.

If you can save, you can save. This is Fang's mantra. Now that Ye Tianchen is grown up, he can practice calligraphy and study by himself every day. She only needs her to take care of him occasionally. Therefore, Fang has nothing to do all day and has nothing to do. Taking care of the vegetable field is not tiring. , It can be regarded as a little more work to kill time.

As for Liu Man'er and others, they are very busy all day. Liu Man'er is busy writing scripts, Ye Feng writes books during the day, and helps Liu Man'er organize manuscripts and re-transcribe at night. Go to Liu Man'er's storybook.

But Ye He and Cao'er have been busy embroidering handkerchiefs. The business of handkerchief embroidery seems to be much better when they come to the county town. What's more, most of the patterns they embroider are designed by Liu Man'er. Fashionable tricks, business is good.

The two little girls also got to know each other well in this county town. From time to time, they would carry a basket and go out to sell embroidered handkerchiefs, or cut a few bright flowers from the yard to sell together. Although they were busy every day, they were considered There is gusto.

Liu Man'er and Fang Shi were walking in the courtyard, and they were talking about Ye He and Cao'er, and they came back. When they didn't see Fang Shi and Liu Man'er, Ye He yelled, "Sister-in-law, mother, I'm coming back!" gone."

"Come back when you come back, so why are you blah?" Hearing the voices of the two, Fang replied, and then supported Liu Man'er, and the two walked out slowly from the middle door.

"I'm not happy." Ye He stuck out her tongue and said, "A good thing happened to me today."

"What's a good thing?" Liu Man'er asked with a smile, her eyebrows curved.

"Sister-in-law, didn't you draw some embroidery samples for us? When we were selling handkerchiefs today, we happened to meet the shopkeeper of an embroidery shop. I sold them to the shopkeeper of the embroidery shop, but we got a full ten taels of silver." .”

Ye He said, and handed the silver to Liu Man'er like offering a treasure.

Liu Man'er looked at the money in Ye He's hand, and didn't reach out to take it, but asked, "How many embroidery samples did you give her?"

"Ten copies." Ye He said, "One tael of silver for one share, and ten taels of silver for ten parts. In this way, as long as there are two thousand copies, there is no need to worry about the money owed by our family."

"Well, that's true, but it's a pity that I can only draw one embroidery pattern a day at most." Liu Man'er felt that the price was a little low, but it gave her another idea, so she praised: "You guys Well done, so we get a good job as well.”

"That's right." Ye He said with a smile: "Cao'er was still worried that you would talk about us. My sister-in-law wouldn't refuse me when I said it was about making money, wouldn't she?"

"Well, yes." Liu Man'er followed her words, but said again: "But sister-in-law, my embroidery pattern is so beautiful, do you think it's only worth a tael of silver?"

"More than that." Hearing what Liu Man'er said, Ye He also felt that he might have sold at a lower price, so he lowered his head: "I was so happy when I saw people buying this embroidery, so I didn't think about anything else. of."

"Actually, it's not easy for my sister-in-law to draw these embroidery patterns." Liu Man'er laughed, "But it's your ability to sell them. I'm also very happy to see that my paintings are liked by others. "

"Yeah." Hearing what Liu Man'er said, Ye He became happy, and said, "Actually, I still have some here, but that person won't buy them."

"That's right, of course she will only buy what she likes." Liu Man'er said: "Okay, don't be depressed, it's a good thing to make money. Besides, you should keep the money, in case when the time comes The poor inside can’t get rid of the pot, and your private money can still come in handy.”

(End of this chapter)