Wanli Xinming

Chapter 119 Printing
When Li Zhi resigned, he had been working in the Nanjing Criminal Bureau for more than two years.Because he is an honest official and works efficiently, he is quite official at this time, and he stands out from the crowd in Nanjing officialdom.

Lin Yuntong, the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Punishment, persuaded him, "Why don't you wait for a few months, and when the current exam is completed, the court may award it before leaving."

Li Zhi replied with a letter and thanked Lin Yuntong, and stated his intentions: "It is not a job to live in, it is a waste of office, and it is not dare; it is greedy for honor, and it is not for it. When you hear about your reputation and go away, you are fishing for fame, but you can't do it. If you go, you will go away, so how can you care about other things?"

Lin Yun has the same word as Ruyu, and his nickname is Tuizhai.Already more than 70 years old, he has been requesting to be an official since the fourth year of Longqing. At that time, he was approved for five consecutive memorials.But this year, he was reinstated by the imperial court and served as the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in Nanjing. He rejected him several times and had no choice but to take up the post.

After seeing Li Zhi's letter, Lin Yuntong greatly appreciated and sympathized with him, that is, he attached the opinion of the Nanjing Ministry of Punishment to the memorial to the imperial court, allowing him to resign.

This time, Mr. Tuizhai has benefited from Li Zhi's credit - Zhang Juzheng never allowed Li Zhi to resign and let people in their 70s continue to work.Soon the court's reply came, and the two resignations were approved together.

Unlike Li Zhi's resignation, Lin Yuntong's approval to serve as an official, a set of retired veteran cadres' treatment and enjoyment, such as chauffeurs, and rewards, are not lacking.Compared with Li Zhi, he was a lot more embarrassed. He didn't say anything. He was even looked at by colleagues and friends with sympathy for "come to see the neuropathy."

After finishing the resignation formalities, Li Zhi felt very disappointed again.He said to Feng Bangning: "I'm afraid of being restrained by officials, but I don't want to be an official in my heart. I suffer both externally and internally. I'm a person who will be screwed for the rest of my life."

Feng Bangning made a consoling expression and said, "Brother resignation is different from dismissal. Dismissal still has a day of reinstatement; you resign when you are in your prime, and you won't have any chance of reinstatement in the future, so you don't have to screw up."

Li Zhi laughed angrily, stared at Feng Bangning and said, "Are you trying to comfort me?"

Feng Bangning pushed him onto the carriage and called, "Don't talk nonsense, big brother, this newspaper office is waiting for you to open." After speaking, he quickly ordered the coachman to hurry up.

The daily office is opposite Qingliu Bookstore, which was originally a bookstore. Because the boss saved some real estate and returned to his hometown to become a squire, Feng Bangning sold it down.

When Li Zhi arrived, he saw two tall horse-tethering stones outside the gate facing the street, a pair of bronze door knockers were inlaid on the black gate, and the bright lights were everywhere.

When I entered the door, the three-entry mansion covered an area of ​​nearly four or five acres. There was a spacious yard in front of the main hall, and there was a garden behind the house on the last trip.Li Zhi said in surprise, "Brother Xian, how much money did you spend?"

Feng Bangning smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry about that, I'll show you the machine." After speaking, he led him to the second worker's room.

Li Zhi followed Feng Bangning and advanced to the typesetting workshop.Entering the door is a row of revolving typesetting disks of amazing size.Li Zhi asked Feng Bangning, "But the character selection plate invented by Wang Zhen?"

Feng Bangning gave a thumbs up and said, "Big brother is really good. It's the wheel selection dial, but it's different from his method of choosing characters. It was bought at Tianji Pavilion."

When Li Zhi walked over to look at it, he saw that the word selection plate was different from what was recorded in the "Nong Shu". The roulette invented by Wang Zhen was a large roulette wheel with a diameter of seven feet, and the selected words were placed in the grid according to the rhyme pattern. Turn the wheel to take words.

Feng Bangning uses two roulette wheels for each worker, one for full characters and the other for common characters.And each iron shaft is not a big roulette, but seven roulettes.Each roulette wheel is marked with initials, rhymes, radicals and other words.The worker sits in the middle of the two axes, and can choose the first character by sound, rhyme, and the first character by the ministry.

Li Zhi looked surprised and said, "What is this sound?"

Feng Bangning smiled and said, "In today's world, there are four ways of phonetics in Chinese characters: simile, straight, pronouncing, and anti-cut. It's hard to learn, and it's inconvenient to find characters."

"This is the type checking roulette sold by Tianji Pavilion. It is easy to learn and is most suitable for typesetting. My brother bought it for 600 taels of silver. The first batch of workers was trained in the past two months."

Li Zhi took a closer look at the sound of the rhyme and footnotes, and saw that they were all weird symbols like radicals. After asking Feng Bangning about the pronunciation, he had a preliminary grasp of it in less than a quarter of an hour.Tried to fight a few, all fit.

The more Li Zhi struggled, the more frightened he became, and finally he became mad, and shouted loudly: "What a great talent, superb exegesis, all-encompassing, to invent this phonetic method - this method can be used for eternity, why is it? Borrowing nameless?"

Feng Bangning listened, looked at him strangely, and smiled: "Big brother is joking, what's so difficult about it? I haven't thought about it, little brother, if I think about it, I can also invent it."

Li Zhi and this ignorant person couldn't tell, and after hearing this, he wanted to vomit blood.He said to Feng Bangning: "My wise brother, stop printing newspapers, and print this phonetic method first - social studies in the world, no one will use it, and the name of Qingliu Bookstore will definitely be resounding in the world!"

Feng Bangning smiled and said, "Brother, you can edit books, but I can't; I can do business, but you can't. Whoever, go to the printing room and fetch the "Disciple's Rules"."

Li Zhi listened and asked again, "What is the "Disciple Guidance"?"

Feng Bangning said: "This is a book compiled by the Hanlin Academy in accordance with the emperor's will. It imitates the style of Wang Yinglin's "Three Character Classic", and is composed of four books and chapters. Get the transcript and let my brother take the lead."

While he was talking, he brought the "Guide for Disciples" personally and gave Li Zhi a copy.Li Zhi unfolded two pages, and called out "Miao" first!When he wanted to take a closer look, Feng Bangning said, "This book is given to eldest brother. I will read it when I have time. The phonetic method is in the back."

Li Zhi quickly turned to the back, and saw that the last ten pages were printed with new-style phonetic methods.He asked: "You bought it from Tianji Pavilion, and Tianji Pavilion will allow you to sell this method?"

Feng Bangning pointed to the last few lines of the book and said, "Brother, please read it."

When Li Zhi looked at it, he saw that the last line of words was written: "This phonetic method has been bought out by Rishenglong Tianji Pavilion Wanjin for the benefit of the world. If you have a wonderful way to help the world, Tianji Pavilion is always waiting, the price is fair, and the old man will not be deceived. "

When Li Zhi saw it, the corners of his mouth twitched wildly.With a wry smile, he said, "Are all merchants so mindful of the world now?"

Feng Bangning listened, curled his lips and said, "Brother, don't let them coax you, there are thousands of bookstores in this world? He sells phonetic methods, not roulette-making methods, and waits for those who have the heart to use phonetic methods to figure out this roulette, If we used it first, it would have knocked him out - so who wouldn't buy this roulette?"

Pointing to the roulette wheel, he said, "How many catties of iron does this thing use? They dare to sell it for 600 taels! Are there any bookstores in the world who dare not buy it? Brother, take a look at this "Disciple Regulations". how?"

When Li Zhi heard this, he was taken aback again.Pointing to the book, he asked, "Is this printed with movable type?"

Feng Bangning said: "Brother, let's take a look at this movable type. This is not a wood, nor a copper character, but a lead movable type. You can go to the printing room to have a look. How many craftsmen think about this thing every day."

After speaking, he scolded: "Mom, Tianji Pavilion sells roulette movable type, Rishenglong sells ink, except for the paper I can buy myself, the good money is made by Rishenglong!"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Is the ink used different?"

Feng Bangning shook his head and said: "The business that Shenglong made this day is so hateful - if you don't use his family's, this typeface will not be inked! I have already found several ink masters, and I have to study the formula. ."

Li Zhi laughed and asked, "Tianji Pavilion does not sell the ink-making formula?" Feng Bangning shook his head and said, "Rishenglong's business is domineering. I have this method, and I don’t sell it, how good is it to sell Molai?”

Li Zhi listened and said with a smile: "Then you have invested a lot in this newspaper, can you get your money back?"

Feng Bangning listened with a wry smile and said, "Brother, you don't know anything, since Tianji Pavilion started selling this new printing press this year, as I said, everyone has to buy it - no matter how much it costs, it will save more money than engraving! After this engraving, , you can only carve paintings or do other livelihoods."

"I have to buy this set of printing machines whether I do newspaper business or not. Fortunately, Qingliu Bookstore is used to using movable type—some of them specialize in engraving. Once they have learned this set and can print books, this year will also pass. It's gone!"

(End of this chapter)