Chapter 193 A Gift for Zhao Zhan
When Li Wenjing heard everyone's discussion, he couldn't help but look towards Lin Zhiyi.
Seeing Lin Zhiyi's neat and beautiful handwriting, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
Zhizhi always has various ways.
He knew that this kind of thing would not be difficult for her.
We were busy all day today. Even when the door panels were put up in the evening, people were still coming in. Chai Ya was guarding the door and asked everyone to come back tomorrow.
On the way back, Lin Zhiyi was almost exhausted and collapsed in the carriage.
Not only was she tired, but everyone was tired. Li Wenjing and Zhao Zhan were better off because they were martial artists.
Lin Zhiyi suggested: "Brothers, let's put up a notice tomorrow and recruit some literate guys."
There is still a lot of things to do at the Bamboo Paper Shop, and it is impossible for Lin Xiuran and Lin Xiuyan to guard it every day.
"Okay, it seems we need to hire some guys." Lin Xiuran agreed.
After dinner in the evening, Lin Xiuran counted the money and found that he had sold more than two thousand pieces of paper, which was equivalent to more than forty taels of silver when converted into copper coins.
Because the books sold there were much cheaper than in other study rooms, more than 300 books were sold, earning more than ten taels of silver, but there was only one copy of "The Story of the Stone", and it was bought by the maid.
The books sold at Lin Wenge range from the cheapest being just a few dozen wen to the most expensive being several hundred wen.
More than a thousand books have been rented out. If calculated based on the rental fee, excluding the deposit, the rent today is five or six hundred coins.
This is just the first day. The more books you borrow in the future, the higher the rental fee will be.
"So many books have been borrowed on the first day of opening. It seems we need to speed up the printing of books and continue to recruit people in the workshop." Lin Xiuyan suggested.
When Lin Zhiyi invented movable type printing and decided to print books, Lin Xiuran found craftsmen to build a printing workshop and recruited a large number of printing craftsmen.
But there were too few people who could read. Those who had received an education in the nearby villages and had no hope of passing the imperial examinations heard that printing craftsmen were well paid and had easy work, so they all came to sign up.
Even so, because a large number of books were needed to open the shop, the two brothers Lin Xiuran recruited a large number of young men and women over the age of fourteen who were illiterate but relatively smart and quick-witted in the village, and Lin Fu and his brothers taught them how to read and write every day.
But because it was just the beginning, these people were definitely very slow in typeset, and they had to learn as they went along, so they didn't get paid for the first three months.
Even so, many families who could not afford to send their children to school but wanted them to learn to read and write would try their best to send their children to the Lin family.
Most families could not have enough to eat with just the harvest from the fields, but the Lin family only needed to open a workshop to feed the entire village and make everyone rich. The happiest person was Ma Cunzheng.
He sent his entire family, including his son and daughter-in-law, to work at the Lin family, leaving only one person at home to take care of the children.
The daughter was also called back to the village by Ma Muramasa and sent to the Lin family workshop.
Widow Yang originally wanted her two daughters, Daya and Erya, to follow her to kill ducks. Later, when she heard that there was an opportunity for them to learn to read, she turned to Lin Zhiyi for help.
Lin Zhiyi also felt that the two children were very smart and could be arranged to work in a printing shop, so she agreed.
Now, no one in the village is not grateful when they mention the Lin family.
Even Lin Fu's colleagues, such as Lord Fan and Lord Cui, who were exiled and settled in Xishui Village, came to Lin Fu and asked him to arrange tasks for them.
Lin Fu was overjoyed and after discussing with Lin Zhiyi, he offered them high wages.
Let two adults be responsible for printing with him.
Lin Zhiyi: "We do need to print more books. This is just the first shop. We will open more shops in Fangzhou in the future, not only in Fangling County, but also in other counties."
The Lin family could not leave Fangzhou, but it did not say that they could not leave Fangling County.
"There's also bamboo paper. The books we printed, as discussed with my eldest and second brothers, were to be sold throughout Dagan. If we wanted to make money, we had to do wholesale."
The two brothers thought it made sense.
Lin Zhiyi continued, "Father, I don't know if Master Cui's granddaughter and Master Fan's youngest daughter are willing to show up in public. Go ask the two masters tomorrow. If they are willing, you can let them work in Linwen Pavilion."
"The shop is too busy, and the eldest and second brothers have to keep an eye on the workshop. Going to the study every day is not a solution. Instead of recruiting people from outside, it is better to use our own people first. At least they are safe to use and they can read." Lin Zhiyi suggested.
Lin Fu also thought it was feasible. "After dinner, I'll go to their house and ask."
At this moment, Mrs. Song called out, "Zhizhi must be hungry. You guys can talk later. Come and eat first."
When Mrs. Song shouted this, everyone suddenly felt hungry.
Especially Lin Zhiyi, her stomach started to growl.
The shop was busy at noon, so she just ate a few bites casually.
"Mom, what delicious food did you make?"
Lin Zhiyi came to the dining table and said, "Wow, so many delicious dishes! They are all my favorite dishes. Thank you, Mom, and thank you, Fang Mama."
Mrs. Song smiled and said, "I know you've worked hard, so I made a few more dishes. Go wash your hands quickly."
"good."
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After dinner.
Lin Zhiyi gave Lin Xiuran a wink, and Lin Xiuran immediately understood.
"Third brother, come sit in my room for a while. And second brother, I have something to discuss with you two."
Zhao Zhan was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Okay, big brother."
This was the first time that the eldest brother came to discuss something with him.
Sister-in-law Gu Wanyun knew that they had something to discuss, so she did not return to her room and gave the room to them to talk.
Lin Zhiyi first returned to his room, took a sword, and came to Lin Xiuran's room.
Seeing that his two brothers and Zhao Zhan were all there, Lin Zhiyi handed the sword directly to Zhao Zhan, "Brother Zhao, this is for you."
Lin Xiuran and Lin Xiuyan also took out their gifts.
Lin Xiuran’s was a jade crown, and Lin Xiuyan’s was a seal.
Lin Xiuran said, "Third brother, these are the gifts we prepared for you. Please don't be disgusted and accept them all."
"Yes, although the gift is a little late, it is also because of how much I value you. My brother and I have prepared the gifts a long time ago, but my sister said she wanted to give you a sword, and she only got it these two days, so I didn't give it to you until now." Lin Xiuyan said.
Zhao Zhan paused for a moment, but still took it.
The jade crown is obviously made of top-quality white jade.
The seal is also finely crafted.
It can be seen that the two brothers put their heart into it.
When he opened the sword, he was shocked and looked at Lin Zhiyi: "Is this the Qingfeng Sword?"
"Do you like it, Brother Zhao? No, you should call me Third Brother now." Lin Zhiyi asked with a smile.
Lin Zhiyi didn't know what the Qingfeng Sword was, but looking at Zhao Zhan's expression, he could feel how valuable this sword was.
Zhao Zhan nodded.
He is not good at expressing himself, but a warm feeling flows in his heart.
The Qingfeng Sword is a priceless treasure. There is only one in the world and it is hard to buy even if you have money.
He understood that Lin Zhiyi was able to obtain the Qingfeng Sword, which showed that he had put in a lot of effort.
However, Lin Zhiyi asked Li Wenjing to help her buy this sword.
In order to prevent Li Wenjing from being jealous later, she had consulted Li Wenjing. Her parents liked Zhao Zhan, their adopted son, very much, and Zhao Zhan had helped her a lot. She wanted to give Zhao Zhan a gift.
When asked what gift she should give, Li Wenjing said, "Since he is Zhizhi's third brother, he is also my third brother, so I will give it to him."
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