PFC Chapter 93: Movable Type Printing
Chapter 93: Movable Type Printing
Chapter 93: Movable Type Printing
But if it is a hundred times cheaper, then there is no need to be stingy in giving it away.
After all, the cost of ten copies before can now be given to a thousand people.
You must know that there are not many scholars in this year, and it is difficult for even an aristocratic family to afford all the children to study.
If it can be seen by these thousand people, it will be well-known in the circle of scholars in the entire Chang'an City.
Both Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin had heard of Li Hao's miraculous deeds, so they subconsciously believed in Li Hao.
If Li Hao could really make paper like this, the salaries of the two of them would be high, and they would distribute thousands of poetry collections, even if there was resistance from the aristocratic family.
The aristocratic family's resistance can only resist word of mouth at most, and it is difficult to spread this way of communication, let alone someone obstructing it.
But if you publish a collection of poems, as long as everyone sees the author's name on the cover, and then sees one of the poems, then the fame has already been spread!
The more Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin thought about it, the more excited they became!
Boss Li is awesome.
Anything that can be taken out at will is enough to easily break the blockade of the aristocratic family.
But at this moment, Lu Zhaolin suddenly frowned.
He thought of a question.
"Boss, you can solve the paper problem, but you need thousands of poetry collections. Are you going to hire someone to do the copying? The cost is too high!"
When Yuan Zhen heard this, his originally fiery thoughts were immediately poured with cold water.
indeed.
Those who are capable of transcribing poetry now must be those who have read books and learned calligraphy, otherwise most people can't even hold a brush.
That would cost a lot of money, much more than paper!
As for the thousands of poetry collections, if no one was hired to copy them, Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin would not be able to finish copying them for a few months. Could it be that they kept copying poetry collections without doing business or writing scripts every day?
This problem was so difficult that Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin didn't know how to solve it.
Li Hao smiled again and said:
"Look at you, it's just some trivial things that make your faces so dark. This matter is also very simple, and it can be solved with movable type printing."
"Movable type printing?" Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin asked at the same time.
At this time, not to mention movable type printing, even engraving printing has not yet been produced, so this is a brand new concept.
Li Hao said with a smile:
"In fact, it's very simple to say. Make the clay into squares, and then engrave characters on the clay. Each piece of clay is engraved with a word. This is called movable type. These movable types can be arranged and combined to form an article."
"Then cover it on the paper, and you can print lines of words on the paper."
"With this repetition, a collection of poems will be printed very quickly. As long as the printing workers are hired to work day and night, thousands of collections of poems will be finished within a few days."
Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin felt as if they had entered a whole new world as they listened!
What Li Hao said was very simple, and his tone was very flat, but Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin were both scholars, and they could deeply understand the significance of what Li Hao said!
If according to what Li Hao said, thousands of poetry collections can be printed in a few days, wouldn't that mean that someone's works can be easily spread throughout the Tang Dynasty?
Yuan Zhen is a playwright, and he has been in this business longer than Lu Zhaolin. He immediately thought that if he could print in batches like this, he could also print "The Story of Yingying". After referring to "The Story of the West Chamber", Yuan Zhen The mode of writing "The Legend of Yingying" as a legendary novel is easier to be accepted than the original drama "The Romance of the West Chamber", and it is estimated that it will be widely circulated by then.
Lu Zhaolin, on the other hand, was thinking, if such a large batch of books could really be printed, then Lu Zhaolin, as the first batch of poetry collections to be printed, would be so famous!
Thinking of this, Lu Zhaolin was excited all over!
The greatest luck in this life is to be with a boss like Li Hao!
Thinking of this, Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin both eagerly visited Li Hao.
"Boss, is this true?"
Li Hao smiled and said:
"Why am I lying to you? Well, you can give me the manuscripts you want to print in batches. In about three or four days, I will print three thousand copies of these manuscripts."
"As for who you want to give it to, that's up to you to decide."
Hearing this promise, Yuan Zhen and Lu Zhaolin were very excited!
Can't help standing up and bowing to Li Hao to thank him!
This is enough to surpass the support of the aristocratic family, and the most famous way!
Both of them were looking forward to it.
No matter how much the aristocratic family tries to block them, it probably won't be able to block them now!
Li Hao saw that the two were in a hurry, so he didn't chat with them, and let them write the script with peace of mind, and then send the manuscript to be printed to his house, and the printed book can be widely distributed after four days at most.
Then Li Hao went back home to prepare the movable type printing machine.
Of course, Li Hao didn't bother to take charge of this matter himself, so it must be left to Zheng Liwan.
……
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
Two books suddenly appeared on the market, one called "Lu Zhaolin's Poetry Collection" and the other called "The Story of Yingying".
People in the aristocratic families in Chang'an City naturally noticed these two books.
"The Story of Yingying" is nothing more than that, although this book is very popular, many juniors in aristocratic families entrust someone to get it from Chang'an City and send it to them.
But this "The Story of Yingying" is written in the legendary style of Tang Dynasty, and in the eyes of everyone, it can be regarded as not doing business properly, so they don't care much about it.
However, the book "Lu Zhaolin's Poetry Collection" has attracted the attention of many family members.
You must know that since Lu Zhaolin became Li Hao's screenwriter, the family has suppressed Lu Zhaolin.
Especially Fan Yang's Lu family, they knew that Lu Zhaolin wanted to be famous very much, so although they didn't punish Lu Zhaolin, they thought that Lu Zhaolin would not be able to stand the desertedness, and would come back obediently.
According to the Lu family's thinking, Lu Zhaolin is still theirs and will not work for Li Hao for long.
Even Yuan Zhen, although he is an old employee of Li Hao at the moment, if he remains unknown like this, he may run away one day sooner or later.
At that time, Li Hao will still have no one under his command, and will be alone.
That was the scene the aristocratic family would most like to see.
But when "Lu Zhaolin's Anthology of Poems" came out, the situation changed a lot!
You must know that these days, when scholars receive a collection of poems, they have to read the cover no matter what. Just by reading the cover, they already know who Lu Zhaolin is.
Then I must read another poem casually.
This is not the time when there are so many books in later generations that you can't even turn a page of books you are not interested in.
At this time, there are too few fresh books, but he will turn a page for any scholar.
Lu Zhaolin naturally put his best poems on the first page.
This will immediately shock the person who reads this poem!
Unless you have no appreciation for poetry at all, you will immediately marvel at the brilliance of this poem!
Lu Zhaolin was originally one of the Four Heroes of the early Tang Dynasty. Even without Li Hao, he would have gained a great reputation during the Zhenguan period. People who even mentioned a few words in history were already extremely extraordinary existences at that time!
(End of this chapter)