Chapter 179 movable type printing

How to interpret this?

First of all, look at Zhao Chen’s request, which can withstand the pressure!

Yang Zhun was going to die, but now Zhao Qin has saved him. Even if Zhao Qin caught Yang Zhun, Yang Zhun still had to serve Zhao Qin. Because his reputation was already bad, no one would use him except Zhao Qin. In order not to let Zhao Qin give up on him, Yang Zhun would definitely not pay any attention to any pressure.

Another requirement is means!

This method is naturally a means of frame-up and conspiracy!

Who is Yang Zhun? A corrupt official! She is familiar with the dark side of human nature. At the same time, Yang Zhun can be discovered only two and a half years later. There are many ways to be shamed here. There are some ways to win over, some suppress, and some counter-frame. In short, Yang Zhun is a person who needs means and must be loyal and loyal!

The problem is one, reputation is too bad! It would be fine if you go against a wealthy family, but if you make your reputation among the common people, it would be more than worth the loss!

Gongsun Xuanxu smiled calmly and said, "In fact, it is not difficult for the prince to use sheep. As long as the prince uses other things to attract the attention of others, who cares about who will be appointed by the sheep? At least ordinary people will not pay attention to this matter!"

Zhao Qin's eyes lit up and he thought to himself: Why didn't he think of this level?

What are you just using to attract the attention of the people? A sensational thing?

Zhao Jin instinctively thought of this layer, but immediately, Zhao Jin smiled.

Gongsun Xuanxu couldn't help but ask curiously: "Did the prince think of using something sensational?"

Zhao Qian said mysteriously: "I can't say it! I can't say it! I can't say it!"

Gongsun Xuanxu was curious by Zhao Feng, and he didn't want to give up so easily. He said half-thought and half-temptedly: "What's the matter that can be sensational on the East Road of Jingdong? Could it be that the prince wants to invite the emperor to patrol Mount Tai?"

Zhao Qian shook his head and said, "This matter is sensational enough, but the government will not agree! It is a waste of money and money, but it is just a false reputation!"

Gongsun Xuanxu was still trying to test, but Zhao Chen was already smiling and serving tea to see him off.

A helpless look appeared on Gongsun Xuanxu's face, and he could only murmur like a young wife who was angry, "The prince is worthy of being a nobleman of the Song Dynasty. He is proficient in drawing boards across the bridge!"

The draw of the bridge is about Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's glass of wine to release military power, and all the generals who elected him to become emperor were removed from their military power.

Zhao Qian didn't care, so he waved his hand and said, "It's no point to tell you about this matter!"

Gongsun Xuanxu left helplessly and disappointed.

The next day, Zhao Jin unexpectedly summoned three sculptors with outstanding craftsmanship and three ink makers, and stayed in the door and ignored the guests.

If the officials of the appeasement envoy were modern people, they would have said together: "Damn it! You're cheating!"

But the officials are in this mood now. The only thing that makes them feel a little better is that Zhao Jin has arranged the person in charge at least. But Gongsun Xuanxu is dissatisfied with this person, but Zhong Shiheng!

Zhong Shiheng didn't know why Zhao Jin chose him, but after being stunned, Zhong Shiheng took Zhao Yingwu with expressionless face and symbolized the seal of pacifying power. No one knew what Zhong Shiheng thought, because what happened next, whether Zhong Shiheng should do or do it, and he did not see what his tendency was.

What about Zhao Jin? He is printing movable type!

Movable type printing is simple to say, but it is absolutely not simple in fact.

First of all, the material use question. What kind of soil is used for this mud print? You should know that after ordinary mud prints are stained with ink, although they can be printed, the fonts will vary in depth and appear blurry. At the same time, what kind of ink should be used? All this requires research. In order to speed up the research, Zhao Qian joined.

It took half a month to print movable type before it was initially successful. The mud print was made of clay, and it was mixed with rosin, beeswax, and paper ash and covered the surface of the mud print. This was barely available. The ink was made of cheap gray ink.

The printed fonts are a bit blurry, so when printing some fonts with more strokes, you need to specifically increase the fonts. This will make the printed fonts appear to be large and small, which is not very coordinated, but the printing cost is gratifying.

Because newspapers are timely and require information in a short period of time, Zhao Qian does not need to use precious ink and paper as newspapers, and the price is very low. A newspaper that Zhao Qian himself tried to print was about 3,000 words, no images, and a small number of printing prices were relatively high, so one copy was just twelve words!

If you add pictures and texts and print a lot, it will cost about 17 or 18 fonts!

What is the price of books nowadays? Because there is no printing technique, books nowadays are all handwritten. The commonly used classics of the imperial examination are about fifteen or sixteen sprites. If it is a large piece of annotation like the Analects, it is impossible to get it without eighty sprites.

How many words does the Analects have? About 160,000 words! Based on the calculation of 80 stakes, an average of one word and a half stake is made! Of course, with the annotation, the number of words must be greater or less. Even if it doubles, the two words half stake is two, and the reason why the Analects are a best-seller, this is still a surprising existence.

Zhao Qian here is natural paper and ink, but it can print 1,000 words in an average of five or six cents!

"This will be a big seller!" an old carving craftsman couldn't help but sigh.

Who would have thought that one day, books would be so cheap? When they were sold, the retail price was estimated to be twenty cents per copy, but this was enough for scholars to go crazy!

Now Zhao Chen has made people expand printing, and as for manuscripts, there have been already. Zhao Chen named the newspaper Qingzhou Dibao and divided it into two versions, top-quality and low-quality. The top-quality has pictures and texts, and most of them are classical Chinese, which is prepared for those scholars. The bottom-quality has no pictures and texts, but they are all plain Chinese. Compared with the top-quality, the price is as low as ten cents, and there are four large papers!

Each Qingzhou residence newspaper is divided into three editions, namely current affairs, which are Zhao Chen’s own opinions on current affairs. Of course, these opinions are not in-depth, but for ordinary people who cannot often contact the court, this is enough to make them fascinated.

The second edition is purely news, talking about the process of some cases, as well as murders, clues reporting, etc. The third edition is a vernacular novel, all of which are Zhao Chen’s Journey to the West. The best one is the language of this article, with pictures, and the viewing is wonderful. The lower one is all vernacular, so the number of words should be higher, and some market myths from all over the country are also equipped with some local myths.
Chapter completed!