Chapter 1156: The fragrance of books should be passed down from all over the world, and guarding against the people's mouths is more important than guarding against Sichuan.

I saw that the text on these books was proofread correctly, the printed one was exquisitely printed, without any ink stains. There were countless types and varieties, which made people confused.

Just as the great scholar Chen Gongshou looked, he handed over the books he liked to the hands of two disciples for them to hold them. Not long after, the two disciples could no longer hold them.

Cheng Gongshou was holding a book of "Yichuan Ji Ring Collection" by Shao Yong, a master of the dynasty, and saw a book on the side of him, which was also written by Shao Yong. He couldn't help but go into battle with both hands, and lifted the books on the shelf downwards!

After all, it was the young man next to him. Looking at Wang Zheng and Wang Anren, two young students, were afraid that they would not be able to hold on for long. So they came over and helped them take the selected books aside and store them for the time being.

After they finished picking, Chen Gongshou turned around and saw several stacks of books he had selected on the floor of the store. The old man immediately smiled bitterly.

Although he could imagine that buying these books would have cost a lot. But for him, if he asked him to take out a few more books from the books on the ground and put them back, it would be even more distressing than cutting his flesh!

Then Chen Gongshou called the guy and said, "Please help me check the books I picked out and see how valuable they are?"

I saw the young man carrying these stacks of books to the counter and handing them to the accountant. After checking them one by one, the accountant made a calculation for a while and said to Chen Gongshou:

"Mr., the books you picked out are 720 in total, and they are worth 97 taels and 7 cents of silver.

So cheap? After hearing the accountant, Chen Gongshou was stunned for a moment.

"You are not doing it wrong?" Old Chen asked the accountant.

"It should be true, the accountant said to Chen Gongshou: "The old man may not know that the prices of these books produced in Tongzhou are written at the back of the book, and the villain will not make mistakes."

After hearing his words, Chen Gongshou walked towards the counter curiously, took out one of the books he picked out, and looked over and took a look.

Sure enough! This book, "Xi Ming Jie", a master of the dynasty, is priced at 175 articles, but it is less than two cents of silver!

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When Mr. Chen Gongshou saw the price of the books, he felt that it was as cheap as free. The price was incredibly small, less than a quarter of what he imagined!

In fact, this involves a question of the price of books in the Song Dynasty.

The price of buying a book in the Song Dynasty is not like that in modern society. If you get a paper book, it will be expensive if you get it, but if you have about ten yuan, you will feel it is very cheap.

But in ancient times, the price of a book might be ten times different, and no one would find it strange.

Because in the Song Dynasty, the cost of a book mainly depends on two aspects. On the one hand, its cost is actually the price of the carved version.

The labor required to carve a wooden printing carving board is very large, and the price is not fixed. The more expert the craftsman you hire, the more labor costs will be.

The second is paper. The cheapest paper can be sold for ten pieces of paper for a penny, but good green sandalwood paper costs eight pieces per piece.

This is also the reason why Chen Gongshou thinks that the books he bought are not expensive, because the paper and engravings of these books are really perfect!

Secondly, another condition that restricts the price of books in this era is the quantity of engravings.

Most people want to engrave a set of poetry collections and ask people to engrave ten or eight sets of them, which is naturally expensive, because the cost is not diluted.

So for this reason, the more precious the version of the book is, the more outrageously higher the price!

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However, because these books printed by Tongzhou Printing Factory use lead movable type and printing press, the costs in all aspects will make the Song Dynasty feel that it is so low and unimaginable, and the movable type used for printing can be taken out and reused many times.

This is why today, Chen Gongshou and others will find that there are so many styles of books in bookstores and the prices are so cheap.

This is equivalent to the stereotype of large industrial printing factories and small workshops. The difference between cost and quality is simply too big!

"Why no one has sold such a good book to Tongzhou?" At this time, Chen Gongshou said to the bookstore's accountant in confusion.

At this time, Chen Gongshou thought to himself: "If all scholars in the world can buy such books, I don't know how happy they will be! I don't know how many people who can afford to read books in the future!"

"Lin'an is embargoed for things like books." The accountant shook his head regretfully: "It is said that it was the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. He was afraid that there would be prohibited words in it, so he issued an imperial edict with one size fits all. Anything such as words, books, newspapers, etc. is strictly prohibited from trafficking from Tongzhou to Lin'an."

"Hmph! It's better to guard against the people than to guard against the river!" After hearing this absurd reason, Chen Gongshou's face changed so much: "Can scholars themselves distinguish between loyalty and treacherous? Is it really foolish to ask him to do this..."

"Master, be careful!" Seeing Mr. Chen like this, his disciple Wang Zheng immediately stopped me.

"You can say these words casually in Tongzhou." At this time, I saw the accountant next to me and smiled:

"Our commander Mr. Shen said that in Tongzhou, the government is the steward of the people, and the army is the gatekeeper of the people, and they are the stewards of the people. If you don't scold or be obedient... But after you return to Lin'an, you really have to be careful!"

"My God! It seems that Shen Mo Lijing is rebellious, it seems true!" At this time, I saw Wang Anren and Wang Zheng and my brothers, so shocked by the words of this accountant, sticking out their tongues at the same time.

At this time, Mr. Chen Gongshou was instantly silent by this sentence, and actually lowered his head and didn't say anything for a long time.

At this time, the old man had already developed great interest in Shen Mo!

After Chen Gongshou and others paid the money, the old man asked the shop to deliver the books to the inn where he stayed. Then they walked to the street market and headed straight to the next place.

At this time, something very interesting was happening on the eighth floor of the Crystal Palace.

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After Apu came out, he personally received two guests.

Yu Yanwen naturally talked to Apu about some jewelry supply. His purpose of this trip was to purchase goods from Apu and then take them back to Xinsong for sale.

The things they were talking about naturally belonged to the category of more professionalism. Zhao Deqing, who was watching the fun next to him, was still confused after listening for a while, so he asked Apu about the location of the toilet, which was convenient for him to go.
Chapter completed!