Poor family mother and son

Chapter 1085 Letter from Mr. Yong'an ([-])
The second picture shows a spoonful of oyster sauce being put into a pot to heat. The small flames in the stove under the pot seem to be jumping out, which is very lively.

A box is drawn at the corner of the stove, and there is a word on the box: Guess.

The picture in Chapter 3 is the most attractive. There is actually a half-length picture of the owner, a beautiful young woman, who is pouring hot oyster sauce on the cold salad. There are two silky lines extending out of the picture.

The last one is probably not attractive, because it depicts a man with the appearance of a scholar, with the book in his hand behind his back, walking with his eyes closed, as if reciting a book, but in front of the tip of his nose, there are lines extending from the third picture ——Oh, that's the smell. The scholar was attracted to the kitchen by the smell when he was endorsing the book!
The title of the book on the man's back is "Red Sleeves Add Fragrance".

There is a line of small words under the four illustrations: What is in the box in the second picture, you will know next time.

The emperor looked at the paper covered with most of the imperial case, and was very confused: "Chu Qing, what does this mean? Recommend a food for me?"

The emperor shook his head again, can't he?
Because such a large piece of paper does not look like a painting, there are no brushstrokes visible, and all the lines are of the same depth, but it seems to be printed.

To print such a large sheet of paper, how big an engraving block do you need to make?Does it have to be an engraving with pictures and text?And how to suppress it, so that the ink color on such a large sheet of paper is even, without ink leakage, and there is no place that cannot be printed?

Regardless of these, is it worth making such a difficult and large engraving just for this one picture?
Is this something that Chu Qing, who is in the eyes of losing money, can do?
In the propaganda of this era, printed materials with pictures and texts are very expensive. Bookstores usually only print text, such as a collection of classics and history, while those with pictures are county annals and prefectural annals.

In addition, it is the Huaben that can be sold at the same price as learning books, or higher. The more illustrations, the more expensive the Huaben.

Of course, there is also a more expensive type, which is mainly pictures, with some words inserted occasionally, such as: erotic pictures.

But this category, in order to sell at a high price, is not a printed matter, but a hand-painted color book.

"What is she drawing?" The emperor was puzzled.

The answer was known the next day.

Going forward, Eunuch Li trotted all the way over, and the dust whisk in his arms drew an otherworldly arc, causing all the little eunuchs to lose sight of them——When he saw them running on weekdays, Eunuch Li ordered them to hit the board, saying that there were no rules , so what are the rules for Eunuch Li to run so fast?
The emperor also frowned: "What's wrong with you?"

Eunuch Li didn't even bother to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, he just took out a folded piece of paper from his sleeve and unfolded it, it was the large drawing paper with illustrations that the emperor had seen yesterday.

"Why did you bring it out?" The emperor was puzzled, and also a little displeased, thinking that Eunuch Li was not doing right: "I will go to court soon!"

Eunuch Li shook his head: "Your Majesty, it's exactly the same. The servant just borrowed it from Hong Guogong. Not only Hong Guogong, but almost every adult has seen it, saying it was a gift from Qingwatai!"

Gift?Such a large print?

"As long as you spend 20 taels of silver at the Blue House, you can get such a...a...new product promotional poster!" Eunuch Li said.

Promotional pictorial, gift!The emperor chewed over and over again: "Really made such a big engraving? The handwriting is big enough!"

The last item of today's court discussion revolves around this pictorial——

"Mr. Yong'an has created a new food?"

"It should be the seasoning! Didn't you see that it was mixed in the dish?"

"My mother's appetite was poor yesterday, so I asked someone to order some food at the Blue House, and there was a dish of duck feet in oyster sauce. The taste is really unique and very appetizing!"

"It's far away, I'm not talking about this, I'm saying, Yong'an Mansion has found a job for the people so quickly? How long did it take for the talent to move there?"

"One month!"

"Yeah, for one month, Mr. Yong'an is too... able to do it!"

"What kind of a living can a condiment be!"

"Everyone, please be quiet first, and let me report to the emperor. Your majesty, can you take a closer look at the paper of this pictorial? The texture is thick and tough, smooth and firm, and it is even whiter!"

"Not only that, the children at home wrote on it with a bamboo tube pen yesterday, so there is no need to worry about scratching the paper!"

"Let's not talk about the bamboo tube pen. Yesterday, the folks at the Blue House still used their special pen to write on it, and it couldn't be broken."

"Your Majesty, if the cost of this kind of paper is reasonable, it can be used as official paper for government officials!"

"What Li Shilang said is that this kind of paper should not be expensive, and the guys who haven't seen the Blue House don't take it seriously!"

"Your Majesty, I think you can ask Mr. Yong'an how they printed such a large 'pictorial'. The Blue House is not a good product, so it should not be expensive. Then we can learn from this printing method!"

It is Li Jin, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, who is so devoted to papermaking and engraving techniques.

Ever since he tried to buy Chu Qing's blast furnace blueprints with a hundred taels of silver to pave the way for promotion but failed more than ten years ago, he has been stuck in his original position and unable to make any progress.

Veteran cadre Huang Zhong's position as the right servant of the Ministry of Industry was vacated, and it was not his turn.

After so many years, if Zheng Chunqiu hadn't had an accident this time, and the Ministry of Industry had made a personnel adjustment, he would have died of old age in the doctor's position.

But what's annoying is that in terms of seniority, he should have been promoted to the position of Zuo Shilang, but in the end, it was Huang Zhong's son who reached that position, and that guy is not as professional as he is!
Huang Zhong's eldest son, Huang Zhaoxian, was self-motivated and prejudiced. He looked down on craftsmen since he was a child, so after Huang Zhong failed to install him in other departments, he devoted all his energy to sending and receiving various official utensils and managing craftsmen. Quota and money and grain affairs.

I hope to do a good job in every account, distribute every material and utensil, and accumulate enough "accounting work experience". At the same time, I will actively deal with officials at all levels of the household department.

Dad can't count on him, and he socializes more, coupled with being conscientious and hard-working, what if it becomes a success?

Fortunately, he somehow became the servant of the left, and ended Ding You ahead of schedule. What a blessing, luck!
No wonder Li Jin has always disliked the boss of the Huang family. Back then, he was a fifth-rank logistics worker. Would you be needed to settle accounts?Who in the Ministry of Accounts is better at accounting than you?
What's more, every sum of money is allocated by the household department, and it is not your income. If you calculate it, how can there be more?

In the final analysis, after you finish the calculation, the result is that this amount of money is not enough, and that amount of money cannot be paid out. How unpopular you are, do you have no idea?

But what can I do?He has a good father, and he took the position of Zuo Shilang after all.

Now Li Jin and Huang Zhaoxian had the same idea at the beginning, looking for opportunities to jump to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Otherwise, he wants to be promoted to Shangshu, with Zuo Shilang in between.

(End of this chapter)