As soon as Shi Qing finished speaking, the other eight people were stunned, their eyes wide open.
Xie Xuan couldn't help but exclaim, his mouth wide open, looking at Shi Qing in disbelief.
Typography!
There is such a wonderful idea!
Xie Xuan is not only the helmsman of the Xie family, but also a scholar. No one understands the minds of scholars better than him.
In any era, the highest goal of literati is to leave their names in history.
Some people have been recorded in history for their good reputations and have become role models for future generations.
Some people are remembered for their writings and admired by future generations.
Of course, there are also some people who take an extreme approach and rely on being infamous to become infamous forever.
No matter which of the above methods they adopted, they always left their own marks in the vast and endless river of history.
But after the advent of printing, everything will be very different!
As long as you have enough money, you can hire craftsmen to carve some woodblocks, and then spend money to print 10,000 or 20,000 volumes, and distribute them. The Great Zhou is so big that there will always be people who appreciate it. In this way, why worry about your poems and articles not being passed down to future generations?
Do you still need to worry that your reputation will not spread?
This printing technology is enough to detonate the literary world of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Good stuff!
Xie Xuan was extremely excited and said hurriedly, "Master Shi, don't keep us in suspense. Take us to see it!"
Others also echoed:
"That's right, Mr. Shi, please take us to see your achievements."
"Old Shi, don't worry. The nine aristocratic families are all of the same blood and will definitely not let your Shi family suffer any loss."
“…”
Everyone knows the huge value hidden behind printing.
Shi Qing shook his hunched shoulders, suddenly feeling refreshed, and said proudly, "Everyone, follow me!"
"I called you all here because I want you to witness this together."
This is not to say that the Shi family is so great or selfless.
The technical difficulty of woodblock printing is simply not high and there is no threshold.
As long as you have an idea and are willing to invest, you can figure it out quickly.
In this case.
Rather than keeping it to oneself, it will cause unhappiness among the other parties and destroy the alliance.
It would be better to take it out openly so that everyone can remember the good things about the Shi family.
Everyone walked quickly into the workshop.
Shi Qing led everyone to the craftsmen, picked up a carved tablet, and explained, "Look, we only need to select a skilled craftsman to carve all the contents of this book on this stone tablet."
"Then, apply ink like this and press firmly onto the paper, and a passage of scripture will come alive on the paper."
Shi Qing handed the printed paper to everyone. Everyone was shocked when they saw the words that were written in a flowing and graceful manner.
With this printing technology, as long as the woodblocks are carved, thousands of volumes of books can be produced in an instant.
If a skilled craftsman could be found, it would even be possible to carve the author's writing style and spirit into the book for future generations to observe and learn from.
It's truly an amazing skill!
With the printing technology, everyone's poetry collections and essays can be easily passed down from generation to generation.
With this trick alone, I wonder how many literati's hearts can be won over!
Xie Xuan couldn't help but sigh: "What a great Minglou, he actually came up with such a strange and lewd technique."
"It's a pity that he only cares about immediate profits and only wants to use this printing technology to squeeze out the bookstores we opened. After all, his vision is too narrow."
Shi Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled from ear to ear, "Whether he is a man or a tyrant, their only goal is to break the monopoly of books on our family."
"Have you ever thought about the temptation that printing technology brings to writers?"
“Who doesn’t want to leave their name in history?”
“Hehehe——”
As he spoke, Shi Qing laughed like a pig being slaughtered.
Everyone naturally understood what Shi Qing meant.
As long as they master this technology, they can win the hearts of great scholars and the hearts of people all over the world by helping them publish books and preach!
In the whole world, apart from their nine noble families, who else could have the financial, material and human resources to print tens of thousands of volumes of books for free, distribute them all over the world, and spread them to every corner of the Great Zhou!
Xie Xuan said solemnly, "At this time, we should combine the strength of our families, mobilize craftsmen, and print books. The price should be lower than that of the Great Zhou Bookstore, and we can snatch all the business from the female tyrant."
"Then, contact those frustrated scholars and literati, write books for them, publish them throughout the country, win their favor, and buy the hearts and minds of the people of the world."
"What do you think?"
Everyone nodded and said, "Let's do as Mr. Xie said!"
Finished talking about this.
Shi Qing spoke again, "Everyone, do you need to reconsider the matter regarding Qin Yuan?"
Xie Xuan knew what he meant, so he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No need, no need."
"This man is just a concubine, don't waste your time on him."
"I don't know why Minglou fell in love with such a person."
"I'm afraid my reputation will be ruined..."
Xie Xuan sighed a little.
We are good friends who have fought for a lifetime.
It’s doomed just like that?
This is too shortsighted.
After everything was discussed, everyone discussed the printing workshop for another two hours, finalizing all the details and profit distribution.
As the party that contributed the technology, the Shi family naturally took more.
Over the past few days, with the help of the people behind the scenes, the empress has used a series of combined punches to beat their family so hard that they are at a loss and dizzy.
Tonight, they finally saw the light and the hope of being able to hold their heads high.
It's time to prepare for a counterattack and sound the clarion call for attack.
Let this tyrant woman recognize her identity and her status!
Let this female tyrant understand that this world belongs to the aristocratic families!
White hole, a white tomorrow is waiting for them.
That's it, wonderful—
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