Houmen Fenghua: Meet the best evil mother-in-law

Chapter 204: Movable Type Printing

When Uncle Yao brought Second Master Yao to the book grave mentioned by Gu Qingling, and saw what was inside, he was in a bad mood.

Although he has never seen other people's bookstores, but...

But why does their bookstore have a "movable type printing" that is not available outside? !

Uncle Yao was terrified.

Yes, the printing method is to find a plate, engrave an article completely on it, and then print it out.If one word is wrong, this board will be useless and you will have to start over.

However, his mother's bookstore doesn't print like this. They carve each character first, and then group these individual characters together as needed, fix them with honey wax, and then print them.

If the printing is finished, heat the plate and the honey wax will melt, and the words on the plate will fall off and can be reused.

Uncle Yao: "..."

Could it be that his mother has built such a big two "libraries", and with such a convenient printing technique, is he afraid that the books in them will not be filled?
"Brother, why do I feel that something is wrong?" Second Master Yao is not that sensitive, he doesn't read, so he doesn't know the charm of movable type printing, but he still abducted Master Yao's arm and said, "I used to When buying books, didn’t people say that this thing is difficult to get, and the cost is very high? How do I feel, it seems that there is no cost..."

Labor is a cost, but these people's deeds of prostitution are with Gu Qingling. In addition to providing them with food and clothing, they also pay a small amount of wages. They are equivalent to the servants of the Yao family. How can there be any cost?
Even if they raise a few servants, they still have to pay monthly silver.

Which bookstore doesn't use other materials?
Second Master Yao has also heard that so-and-so used very expensive wood, but the wood used in the old lady's bookstore is directly waterproof and insect-proof wood, which is more durable and not very expensive.

In this way, the craftsman also said that the old lady felt that this thing was not durable, and had to re-carve new characters after a few times of use, and asked them to find a way to find some stronger things.

For example, consider porcelain, stone, iron, and the like.

Second Master Yao: "..."

Aren't porcelain and iron more expensive?
Uncle Yao took a look at Second Master Yao, and it was rare that he disliked this second brother for being unreliable, and he didn't even know about this kind of thing: "You are a person who usually asks you to read more books and you don't read, but you don't even know about this kind of thing?" Do not know at all……"

Then he explained the printing technique recorded in the ancient book, so that Master Yao could understand how difficult it is to print a book.You have to carve as many extension boards as there are pages in a book, and these boards can only be used with this book, and it will not work if you change it to another book.

Which bookstore can hold so many extension boards?
This is also the reason why each bookstore does not have all the books, and only a part of them is selected for printing. A bookstore needs to cooperate with several bookstores, and a bookstore also needs to cooperate with several bookstores.

If you want fewer books, either the range of books sold in your bookstore is narrow, or the types of books in your bookstore are small.

"Ah? So that means, mother's bookstore... is quite powerful?!" Second Master Yao was in a daze. He really didn't expect that this little-known bookstore that had just opened would be so powerful?
In his brother's words, as long as a bookstore possesses this set of "movable type printing", wouldn't it be possible to print the art of the world? !

Uncle Yao swallowed, feeling the horror of it, and said, "Then we will make a lot of money in the future?"

"It's a big profit. If you are careless about this, it will be a disaster." Uncle Yao quickly called Second Master Yao to the side and warned, "Shut your mouth tightly and don't talk nonsense when you go out, you know ? We have to discuss this matter with mother to see what mother means."

Uncle Yao absolutely did not believe that this thing was made by their mother casually.

Thinking of the genius doctor who asked their family to raise their children, Uncle Yao even suspected that this could not be a "deal" between the old matriarch and others, right?

Gu Qingling: "..."

Thanks, I don't even have to make excuses.

"How could it be a disaster of extermination?" Second Master Yao didn't react for a moment.

"Do you remember how to prevent smallpox?"

"Can this thing be compared to the method of inoculating cowpox?"

"There is no comparison at all. Smallpox is a terminal disease, and no one can cure it. Our family has offered the method of breeding cattle disease, which is the grace of all people. What we get is a reward from the heavenly family. It is big, but it will not touch other people's interests. But what about movable type printing? Once there is movable type printing, the cost of reading will be reduced, and everyone in the world can study..." Uncle Yao stared closely at Second Master Yao, and said, "Do you think this touching Whose interest is it? If they know, it will make our Yao family better?"

Yao Erye shivered, he just didn't realize it for a while, but he wasn't really stupid.

If this matter really gets out, their family has touched the interests of the world's aristocratic families, and their family should not think about it.

"Then... how about that?"

"You stay here and watch, don't let anyone leak the news. I'm going to find my mother. My mother may not know what's going on inside. Maybe she just wants to print some books, but I didn't expect that the people below have already made such a scary thing. .”

"Okay, then hurry up and go back."

……

The two brothers divided into two groups, staying in the bookstore to watch on the one side to prevent the news from leaking; the other group hurriedly returned to Yao's mansion from Zhuangzi in the suburbs, and reported the matter to Gu Qingling.

At that time, Gu Qingling was drinking tea, so she was not surprised to hear Uncle Yao's words, but she still had to pretend, for example, she didn't know that the bookstore had invented movable type printing.

"Huh? Movable type printing? Is it as miraculous as you said?" Gu Qingling looked puzzled, and said that she had indeed heard a report from Moshu before that the printing technique had been improved in the bookshop, but she did not say that it was as miraculous as he said. what.

"Yes, my son saw it with his own eyes." So and so, Uncle Yao said it again.

Only then did Gu Qingling show a surprised expression: "Then according to what you said, this printing technique seems to be very powerful... But, are you overthinking it? We can all come up with a movable type printing technique, how can you Sure, you can’t figure out the others?”

Uncle Yao was taken aback: "Mother, what you mean is that some aristocratic families have actually been found out, but the news hasn't been released for various reasons?"

"Didn't you also say that if this kind of news spreads out, it will change the world's scholars and fundamentally touch the foundations of the major families... Do you think that the problems that you can think of can't be thought of by those families?"

With Gu Qingling's reaction like this, Uncle Yao suddenly had nothing to say and fell silent.

Yes, let’s not talk about whether other aristocratic families have discovered movable type printing. If someone really discovers it, other people will not be able to think of the problems that he can think of?
So, is this the real reason why movable type didn't get a word out?
"If that's the case, we really have to be careful, they don't dare to let the news out, then we can't let the news out, otherwise..." Gu Qingling said with a serious face, "We will be like this" It's the first bird, and this "early bird" has no good end, and those who want to be strong, there are often few who can live a long life."

(End of this chapter)