Farming game: raise cubs with equipment

Chapter 175: Movable Type Printing

Ji Xiuyuan has no worries now, as long as Yun Yiyi doesn't come to make trouble later, the smile on his face is more sincere, and he was about to send a few more books to Yun Yiyi to express his gratitude, when she heard her say : "In this case, why don't you try to use movable type printing?"

Also for the benefit of the common people, this engraving and printing technique is not practical, time-consuming and laborious, and many books are not suitable for engraving and printing.Otherwise, Yun Yiyi would have adopted it herself.Even she dislikes it, which shows that this technology has too many disadvantages.

But I didn't expect that Ji's family was really serious about experimenting. She didn't have the energy to study these things, but she might as well tell them.After all, there are many people who can use Ji's family, so you can try it slowly.

Yun Yiyi is actually not stupid, things like making books don't have much effect on her, and if she wants to hide them, it will probably be a lifetime thing.It's better to say it and let them figure it out for themselves.

Hearing this, Ji Xiuyuan's gaze also changed. He had his own judgment. As early as when he heard that Yun Yiyi was a helpless village woman, he felt that Ji Xun had misunderstood someone. There were too many speculations before, but now I know the truth but I am a little disappointed.

If Yun Yiyi hadn't made an engraving printing machine before, he probably would have skipped her words, but with pearls and jade in front of him, he took a closer look, "What is movable type printing?"

Yun Yiyi said: "It's a book printing method that saves a little more than woodblock printing. It is estimated that it can save at least half."

Ji Xiuyuan's heart skipped a beat. If he really saved half of it, then wouldn't books be the stuff of the street?How is this possible?In fact, he didn't believe it, but he was full of expectations for Yun Yiyi's words.

Because he came in a hurry, there was nothing in the room, not even a cup of tea, so Ji Xiuyuan licked his dry lips and said, "Madam, please tell me."

Regarding movable type printing, Yun Yiyi is actually in a daze, and she still knows a thing or two, but if she is really asked to do it, she must have done it.This is the disadvantage of modern people. Although they know a lot of knowledge, it is basically just theory, and it is difficult to apply it in real life.If there is a ready-made movable type printing machine in front of her, Yun Yiyi must have the confidence to use and explain it, but if she is asked to build one herself, she will be at a loss.This is the reason for the vegetable shed she made so horrible and the man-made car that she gave up halfway.

But this ancient man was actually much smarter than she thought. After she went back that time, she also thought about the principle of movable type printing. In fact, movable type printing was also improved on the basis of woodblock printing.Compared with woodblock printing, it has many obvious disadvantages.

After all, the shortcomings of engraving and printing can be seen almost at a glance. If it is rigid, a lot of materials will be wasted, and it is not convenient to store a large number of book editions. If there is a typo, it cannot be corrected.

But movable type printing has avoided these problems.

Yun Yiyi said: "Every time woodblock printing is used to engrave a book, someone needs to find someone to engrave the wooden board. If the book does not need to be printed, the wooden board will be useless and very wasteful. But if you use movable type printing, you can These problems would not exist."

"Actually, there are only dozens of commonly used characters. We can reserve the commonly used characters, and when the time comes to engrave the book, we can just use the characters directly." She explained clearly, but Ji Xiuyuan was confused inside.

"You mean to carve the commonly used fonts out of wood first, wouldn't it be a waste of time?" Limited by the influence of engraving and printing, he really couldn't imagine the situation Yun Yiyi described.

"No, no, don't think about block printing now, that has been abandoned. You can use clay to make a blank, engrave a single character on one end, and then harden it with fire, and then you can become a single clay movable type."

"Anyway, there are only those fonts that are often used in books. When typesetting, you can use an iron plate as a base, take out the required clay type and arrange them in the frame one by one. If a frame is filled, it becomes a page. Printing in this way It is much easier. After printing, you can take out the movable type and use it next time.”

This technique is useless for ordinary people, because a lot of preparation is still required in the early stage, but once the movable type is made, printing books is too simple.Even complex books are printed without any problems.For those who specialize in book printing, this can be said to be a way to make money.

Movable type printing is actually the most superior method of printing books in this era. There is no electricity, no Internet, and being able to print books with such high efficiency can be regarded as gathering the wisdom of the ancients.

After Ji Xiuyuan finished listening, he casually took a piece of paper and a pen from the side to record something.Yun Yiyi explained it in detail, and he basically understood the principle, but for him, this part was still blank.

He monitored the whole process of engraving and printing books, and he naturally discovered the disadvantages in it, but for manual copying, this disadvantage is nothing at all.

The biggest disadvantage of it is that it cannot be reprinted, but now Yun Yiyi stood in front of him and said that this problem can be solved, and the book can be reprinted infinitely.is not that right?Movable type means that the characters can be moved flexibly. As long as the characters are produced first, and the characters to be used are arranged in a later stage, the book can be printed.

Ji Xiuyuan said: "Mrs. Yun, why don't you do this, you sign another contract with us and become the wife of Ji's family. You supervise the workers of Ji's family to make movable type, and we will pay you every month."

In fact, Ji Xiuyuan had the idea of ​​recruiting Yun Yiyi to Ji's family before, but at that time he and Ji Xun still doubted each other's identity, and since they couldn't find anyone, it was delayed for a while.

He used a wife instead of a worker, which means that the status given to her is higher. The Ji family's salary has always been high, and Ji Xiuyuan believes that Yun Yiyi will not refuse.What's more, he also felt that this was a business that won't lose any money. Even if Yun Yiyi didn't do anything, he didn't care. Anyway, engraving and printing could make him a lot of money.
His main purpose is to tie Yun Yiyi and the Ji family together. As long as she works under them, she will naturally work for the Ji family.

In fact, this is also good for Yun Yiyi, after all, it is not easy to do things in Ji's family, and they can provide Yun Yiyi with enough money, which is definitely much better than her growing some vegetables.

Working at Ji's house, Yun Yiyi asked: "Then how do you sign the agreement?"

Ji Xiuyuan said: "Usually it is signed for five years, and I will give you five taels of silver every month, what do you think?"

The price he set was already very high, but he didn't feel it was a loss, after all, the benefits Yun Yiyi brought were more than five taels of silver a month.If he can keep her five taels, he thinks it's a good deal.As for the deadline, the signing of the agreement here is for several years, which is also a guarantee to prevent both parties from running away.

Yun Yiyi thought for a while and fell silent.Isn't this equivalent to a labor contract for future generations?But the five-year period, she felt, was still too long.Although she also hopes to make movable type printing and earn some money, that is naturally the best.

But it's not worthwhile for her to come to the county to work every day just for five taels of silver a month.The most important thing is that she still has to take care of the two cubs now, and Yan Qinghe's injury also needs to be dealt with, all of which need to be weighed by her.

Thinking of this, she thought of Yan Qinghe who was still in the hospital, and said: "Let me think about it first. In fact, movable type printing is not difficult. I will explain it to you in detail when I have time, and you will understand. Inside the hospital, I have to go find him now."

The doctor said it would take some time, so she ran out, but met Ji Xiuyuan, and it took so much time, I don't know if Yan Qinghe was worried about her.Last time he could push the chair to find her by himself.

"Sister-in-law?" Ji Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly Yun Yiyi had two children, so she must have a husband-in-law, but they guessed her identity arbitrarily at the beginning, and even thought she was the only one with the two children. Now that they want to come, It's also a little ridiculous.

Yun Yiyi hummed, "Yes, he came to see a doctor today, it's about time now, I have to see him now."

The matter is halfway through, how could Ji Xiuyuan let her go, besides, the big man is just seeing a doctor, so he is afraid that he will get lost.Yun Yiyi didn't agree to his request, which made him feel a little uneasy. If he waits for the next time, he doesn't know where to find her.

Although he is still confused about movable type printing, after listening to Yun Yiyi's description, he is really interested. If he can't make it, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

Ji Xiuyuan said: "If you tell me the address, I can visit next time."

There is nothing good to visit in their small mountain village, but Yun Yiyi still told him that she is in a hurry to see Yan Qinghe, other things are not important.

Besides, to do movable type printing is not something that can be done overnight. She doesn't print books, so naturally she doesn't panic.

Unexpectedly, when Ji Xiuyuan heard the name of the Yan family, something flashed in his eyes: "Which daughter-in-law of the Yan family are you?"

This Yan family is an ordinary poor peasant who has been living in a mountain village. Could it be that Ji Xiuyong still knows him?Yun Yiyi felt strange, but answered truthfully: "The third son of the Yan family, Yan Qinghe, do you know him?"

Ji Xiuyuan nodded: "I've heard of it, but I didn't expect you to be..." He paused, and then said: "The youngest of the Yan family has taken a good wife."

Yun Yiyi didn't pay attention to what he said, this place is small in the first place, in and out of the village, in and out of the town, many people have met a few times, even if they know each other, it's not surprising.Besides, Ji Xiuyuan didn't seem to be familiar with Yan Qinghe this time, so it was probably introduced by a friend of a friend.

She didn't get entangled in this topic, and she didn't propose to sign the agreement again. She just promised Ji Xiuyuan to wait three days before she came back when she left.

Knowing her identity, Ji Xiuyuan was not in a hurry, so he nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)