Chapter 109 Movable Type Printing
He was clearly smiling, but Zhang Liang could sense a subtle malice in him.
Zhang Liang was puzzled. When had he ever offended him?
Zhang Liang didn't look away until Gao Sheng led the caravan off.
"Don't worry! Although Gaosheng is a little cunning on weekdays, he is still very reliable and will not lose your letter." Zhao Yuanxi affirmed.
Zhang Liang did not explain the strange feeling in his heart, but just nodded.
Zhao Yuanxi smiled and said, "Don't you want to ask me what I gave your mother?"
Zhang Liang raised his head and looked at Zhao Yuanxi with a calm expression, "The Queen Mother knows her limits, doesn't she?"
Humph, boring!
She thought she could see Zhang Liang's eager expression! Even if he looked angry, it would be very interesting!
"Okay! I'd better tell you, otherwise if someone can't sleep at night, it will delay things."
"That box contains the book compiled by Mr. Chunyu. I even had it written in Korean. Your brother should be in the early stages of enlightenment, so perhaps it will be of some use! There are also some reproductions of ancient scrolls that I collected. She will definitely like them."
Zhao Yuanxi didn't wait for Zhang Liang to ask any more questions before he told everything clearly.
"Thank you." Zhang Liang bowed to her.
There was actually one thing Zhao Yuanxi didn't say, which was that she also wrote a letter, most of which was about the various things that happened after Zhang Liang arrived here.
She thought the child's mother would want to see this.
"Don't thank me. Most of what I told you last time has been done! Do you want to go and take a look first?" Zhao Yuanxi said with a smile.
Without giving Zhang Liang a chance to refuse, he took him to the porcelain workshop.
It wouldn't have been done so quickly, but she had a lot of capable people under her, who directly achieved the effect of 1+1 being greater than 2.
It would be time-consuming for a potter to knead the clay blocks one by one, but with the help of a carpenter, the text can be carved on the wooden board first, covered with a grid, and then rubbed with clay. As many small blocks of text as needed can be made, and each one is very standard.
Zhang Liang looked at the small blocks of characters piled up like a mountain, each one like a tiny seal, and felt that his brain was invaded by something strange again.
If this kind of thing is popularized, the cost of books will be reduced by a lot, and when paired with Yong paper——
Zhang Liang didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Zhao Yuanxi took out the wooden frame used for typesetting, took down the character blocks he wanted from the shelf nearby, fixed them in the wooden frame, applied ink on them with a brush, covered them with paper, and then peeled it off. A copy of the Three Character Classic with clear handwriting was printed.
"How is it?" Zhao Yuanxi was a little proud.
Zhang Liang was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke, "It benefits the country and the people. It is truly a great merit."
"You have a good eye!" Zhao Yuanxi's lips curled up slightly, his eyes shining like stars. "Then I'll leave these things to you. You can let those children help with the copying of the books."
She didn't intend to raise a group of idiots who could only study but not do any work. They should also participate in various production and construction activities of the college.
If they can learn a skill from it, they will have a way to make a living.
The word blocks filled up an entire carriage, and Zhang Liang was squeezed into a corner, looking both pitiful and adorable.
Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help laughing, "Goodbye."
Zhang Liang felt a little uncomfortable with Queen Mother Zhao's look, so he simply drove back by himself, leaving behind a lonely and arrogant figure.
"You really care about your image?" Zhao Yuanxi whispered, the smile on his face becoming brighter.
Half a month later, something called newspaper suddenly became popular in Yongcheng. It was about one and a half feet long and one foot wide, with neat handwriting and diverse content.
The front page of the newspaper is usually filled with the thoughts of Legalism or Confucianism, with the two sides debating each other very fiercely. In addition, there are many other good poems, such as Qin Feng and Chu Ci, which are quite pleasing to the eye.
The most exciting thing is that there are various small stories in the corners of the newspaper, which are fascinating and very exciting. Some people who don’t care about Legalist thought will choose to buy a copy just to read these stories.
At the bottom of the newspaper, there was another line of words: "The content of this newspaper has been reviewed by Yuanxi College. We welcome your opinions and write to discuss them. If your opinions are adopted, you will be rewarded generously."
Address: Yuanxi College, Ning'an Street, Yongcheng, Yong County, Neishi County, Qin State.
A piece of newspaper shocked the people in Yongcheng.
They had already used Yong paper, but they really couldn't understand why such "messy" articles were written on this paper and sold like this.
At first they were simply curious, but after buying it and carefully reading the content, they felt enlightened and found it to be very meaningful.
Each article will be signed with that person's name.
All the knowledgeable people in Yongcheng, whose families had made a name for themselves in Xianyang, knew Chunyu Yue and Han Fei.
One is a Confucian and the other is a Legalist, two great masters, instead of debating in the Qin Dynasty's academy, they wrote down their thoughts on this paper for everyone to see.
Knowledge is an immeasurable wealth. The reason why aristocratic families can last for a long time is because they monopolize this knowledge.
They are all very proud of their own collections of books and would never share them with the world.
But now these priceless things are placed right in front of them.
Even though those aristocratic families were aware of their noble status and could not bring themselves to learn these knowledge which had become "lowly", they still could not resist the temptation of Chunyu Yue and Han Fei's thoughts.
If they don't buy it openly, they will send someone to buy a few copies secretly.
However, the number of people who can afford to buy newspapers is still small. First of all, the threshold of literacy has already screened out more than 90% of people. Those who are willing to buy newspapers must also come from wealthy families.
Zhao Yuanxiyuan was not in a hurry. She had to eat one bite at a time. As long as she didn't lose money, it would be fine. As long as she could survive until everyone could afford to buy a newspaper, wouldn't that be enough?
What surprised her was that it was indeed difficult to sell the newspaper at the beginning. There were too few users, and it was difficult to sell 100 copies a day. The output of newspaper content was also not enough. Although Chunyu Yue and Han Fei were very talented, they could not write classic articles every day.
In order to improve the quality of the newspaper, Zhao Yuanxi first changed the content from being updated once a day to being updated once a week, so that the output became stable.
But later, more and more people came to ask for newspapers, and the newspapers sold before were even sold at sky-high prices.
This made Zhao Yuanxi unhappy. It was clearly the money she should have earned, so why did it go into someone else's pocket?
She simply opened a new newspaper office next to Yuanxi College, specializing in newspaper business, and increased production to ensure that it could meet the needs of most people. Past issues of the newspaper were reprinted several times, so even if she raised the price, there were still people willing to pay.
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