Chapter 979: The Power of Movable Type Printing

With the two and a half poems of persuasion swept the literary world of Chang'an City, the whole Chang'an City suddenly blew a gust of learning, and countless scholars flocked to the library when they heard the news, and every time they found a book that they had been longing for, they immediately read it with fascination.

"In the future, I will never have to copy books anymore!" A poor disciple dressed in a white-washed Confucian robe said excitedly, and many people nodded with palpitations.

The children of the rich family have a lot of books at home, plus they can buy books, and there is no shortage of books to read, and the children of the poor family must first have books, and if they can't afford to buy them, they have to copy the books themselves, which is also the reason why the children of the poor family cannot win the children of the family, after all, they don't even read books, so how can they increase their knowledge.

Now that there is a library, everything has changed, everything that the rich children originally had, the children of the poor family can have, and the children of the poor family who no longer have to copy books suddenly regard the library as a holy place for studying, and the famous books they have admired for a long time, but they have no chance to see them, they are at their fingertips, and they no longer have to borrow books from wealthy classmates like before, let alone copy books with lights overnight, not to mention the waste of paper and pencils, and a waste of time.

They frantically absorbed the knowledge of the library, looked at the mountains of books, and suddenly felt like how Baoshan could return empty-handed.

They pick and choose, like a bear breaking corn, pick this one, and when they see which one is better, they put it back in their hands and choose it again.

"It's a pity that I can only choose three!" A poor disciple held three carefully selected books in his hand, and when he saw the rows of bookshelves in his hand, he couldn't help but feel sad.

"What's so reluctant about this! Within a month, I'll be able to finish all three books, and then I'll move on to other books. The classmate looked at the book in his hand and was very happy.

The biggest advantage of the library is that it is not only numerous, but also free, and their poor children can also choose books to read arbitrarily, and there are books to read, which is probably the happiest thing in the world.

"A month is too long, ten days at most, I will integrate these three books and borrow them again!" The children of the poor family looked at the persuasion poems posted in the library and said solemnly.

The time of his youth is so precious, he has fallen behind the children of the family a lot, and now that he has such a good opportunity, how can he not cherish it.

People come and go in the library, one by one, the books are quickly borrowed out, and after a while, the original full shelves have become sparse, fortunately, Kong Desheng has already prepared, each has bought nearly 20 copies, whenever there is an empty shelf, there will be a batch of new books to fill, so as not to let the children of the poor family empty the library.

Watching the children of the poor families borrowing books and leaving with satisfaction, Kong Desheng couldn't help but feel a trace of pride, he had been immersed in learning all his life, and today he was able to see such a thirsty student, and he was immediately relieved.

"I am afraid that this is the scene that the ancestors diligently pursued, and today the descendants have finally realized it." Kong Desheng bowed solemnly towards the statue of Confucius.

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"What's going on? My Confucian journal actually published Mo Jiazi's poems, which is simply a big joke in the world. In the Confucian periodicals, Wei Si'an was furious and said that he and the Mo family were incompatible, and they regarded the Confucian periodicals as their own forbidden ones, so they were naturally unwilling to let the Confucian magazines they controlled make a name for the Mo family.

However, the editor-in-chief of the Confucian journal Ma frowned and said: "Back to the east, Confucius Liquor specially instructed the Confucian journal to leave space for the poetry column, and only sent the poem manuscript at the last moment, and asked us to keep it secret. ”

Wei Si'an was immediately angry, but he couldn't speak, although he supported the Confucian periodicals with a lot of money, the control of the Confucian periodicals was not in his hands, but in the minds of the Confucian people, and the Confucian family was a symbol of Confucianism.

The Confucian journal could reject his decision, but did not dare to refuse the Confucian family's request.

"And when the Confucian family sent the manuscript of the poem, they also sent a peerless weapon that the Confucian magazine could not refuse." Editor-in-chief Ma said with a solemn face.

"Can't refuse?" Wei Si'an was about to go crazy, the left one couldn't refuse, and the other couldn't refuse where to put his face, I don't know if I still think that this Confucian journal is still controlled by the Confucian family?

Editor-in-chief Ma did not explain, but picked up a printing plate and sent it to Wei Si'an and said, "The owner, please look at this printing plate,

Wei Si'an took it and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning, only to see that the printing plate was full of ink, and couldn't help but feel disgusted.

Editor-in-chief Ma couldn't help sighing, and when his hand moved, he saw that the printing plate, which was originally a complete point, was evenly divided into several small pieces, and there was a small character in each piece.

"This is ............," Wei Sian wondered.

"This is the latest printing technology sent by the Kong family - movable type printing." Editor-in-chief Ma looked at the tiny engravings and said obsessively.

"Movable type printing, what's so great about that?" Wei Si'an was puzzled

Editor-in-Chief Ma sighed and said, "The proprietor knows about the publication of hundreds of unique books in the Han Dynasty in the Confucian Library. ”

Wei Si'an nodded, the opening of the library by the Kong family was the most sensational thing in Chang'an City, and he naturally knew it.

Editor-in-Chief Ma shook his head and said, "What the proprietor doesn't know is that it only took a few days for the Kong family to buy paper and print the book. ”

"How is this possible?" Wei Si'an exclaimed, if the engraving is engraved in a few days, it is not impossible to print thousands of copies, but how many engravings are needed to print hundreds of books! It's impossible.

"That's the power of movable type." Editor-in-Chief Ma exclaimed.

Seeing the editor-in-chief Ma demonstrating the principle of movable type printing, Wei Si'an couldn't help but get excited, newspapers and periodicals are different from engraving and printing books, which can be reprinted.

The newspaper has to be updated every issue, once the engraving is engraved but only one issue is useless, the most headache in the process of printing newspapers and periodicals is the engraving, and it is also the largest expenditure consumed by Confucian journals on weekdays.

The Confucian family used movable type printing to print nearly 100 books in just a few days, and this speed was simply tailor-made for Confucian periodicals.

"I'm afraid this isn't the Kong family's thing." Wei Si'an calmed down and frowned, he didn't believe that the Confucian leader Confucius would calm down and study the secret technique of printing, no matter how you look at it, it is a strong Mohist style, plus the poems of the Mohist family are printed with movable type printing, which can't help but make him not doubt it.

"The owner is wise, this is indeed the ink skills of the Mo family, which the Confucius family did not hide, the old man knew that the owner and the Mo family have a dislike, but this movable type printing technology is specially born for newspapers and periodicals, I think it is also designed by the Mo family for the ink magazine, this time in order to help the Confucian family against the five surnames and seven hopes, this time it was taken out, with this technique, the newspaper does not need to wait for ten days and a half a month, as long as the Confucian journal is willing, it is not impossible to publish an issue every day, if the owner abandons it because of a little dislike, I am afraid that the Confucian journal will definitely be left behind by the ink magazine." Editor-in-chief Ma said solemnly.

"In this way, Lao Tzu wants to bow to the Mo family." Wei Si'an blushed and said, originally he and Mo Jiazi were very uneasy, but now he asked to be in front of Mo Jiazi, how could he not get off the stage.

Editor-in-chief Ma sneered: "How can the old man let the owner bow to the Mo family, now the Mo family is persecuted by the five surnames and seven hopes is already a grasshopper after the autumn, once the Mojia Village goes bankrupt, what else can the Mo family have, when the time comes, with the relationship between the Wei family and the five surnames and seven hopes, this movable type printing technology is not in the bag of Confucian periodicals." ”

Wei Si'an suddenly laughed and said, "Not bad! The Mo family is already precarious, how can they have the courage to come to the Wei family for trouble! Lao Tzu is using this Mojia movable type printing today, what can I do to see it? ”

Editor-in-chief Ma nodded with a smile, he didn't let Wei Si'an bow to Mo Jiazi, but was worried that Wei Si'an would not be willing to use movable type printing because of his good face.

Wei Si'an waved his hand and said, "Isn't it just to burn some pottery?" The Wei family went to invite the best potter in Chang'an City, and they must use movable type printing in the shortest possible time. I don't believe that the Mo family dares to make trouble. ”

"The owner is wise!" Editor-in-chief Ma said with a smile.

"Editor-in-chief, host! This is this issue of the ink magazine, please hurry up and take a look! Just when the two of them were full of pride, suddenly a Confucian editor hurriedly came with a panicked look.

"What's wrong?" Wei Si'an frowned.

The editor of the Confucian journal panicked: "The ink journal has adopted a new printing technology, and if the Confucian journal does not follow up, I am afraid that there will be no power to return to heaven." ”

"Isn't it pottery type? It's not like you haven't seen it. Editor-in-Chief Ma frowned.

"Nope! Printing technology that is smaller and clearer than movable type! The editor-in-chief of the Confucian journal unfolded the ink journal in his hand and put it in front of the eyes of the two, only to see that the font of this issue of the ink magazine was like the size of a text, but it was extremely clear.

"How is this possible?" Editor-in-chief Ma couldn't help but exclaim, he had personally tested the pottery movable type sent by the Kong family, and its font size was several times larger than the font of the ink magazine in front of him.

The editor-in-chief of the Confucian journal said helplessly: "The ink journal has been published, this movable type printing, the Mo family has two versions, one is pottery movable type, ten times better than engraving printing, free for the world to use, one is more advanced lead movable type, better than pottery movable type ten times, you need to buy from Mojia Village." ”

"The Mo family is so calculating!" Wei Sian said angrily.

As soon as movable type printing came out, it would certainly make the booksellers who originally used engraving printing suffer heavy losses, and Mo Jiazi threw out a free pottery movable type to appease the anger of the public, but he controlled the more advanced lead movable type in his own hands.

"Knowledge is power, knowledge is wealth!" Editor-in-Chief Ma's mind couldn't help but think of half of Mo's poems printed by Confucian magazines, isn't that exactly what happened in front of him.

The expenditure of engraving printing newspapers and periodicals is generally divided into, engraving, ink, paper, and finally transportation, the lead movable type is durable and will not wear out at all, and the printed font is clearer, and the font is smaller, saving a lot of ink, and paper, he just took a cursory look, and found that the number of words on the page of the ink journal alone is better than the three editions of the Confucian periodical, the same information, the ink magazine uses a piece of paper, and the Confucian journal needs to print three sheets, so that the ink magazine can save most of the freight.

Movable type printing alone has reduced the cost of printing newspapers and periodicals by half, which saves all wealth!

Wei Si'an said coldly: "What's the point of saving the money of the Mo Magazine, the Mo family thinks that he can save the Mo family village?" ”

However, Editor-in-Chief Ma shook his head, looked at the bidding headlines in the ink magazine, took a deep breath and said, "Definitely! I think Mo Jiazi has found a way to save himself, and Mo Jiazi wants to sell the Qinglong True Medicine. ”

"If you sell the Qinglong True Medicine, you can save Mojia Village, the Qinglong True Medicine is already the meat in the mouth of the five surnames and Qiwang, look at which one in the world dares to take over." Wei Si'an said coldly.

Editor-in-chief Ma said with a wry smile: "The Mo family is not selling to one person, or any family, but selling the Qinglong True Medicine to people in the world. ”

"Sell to the world!" Wei Si'an couldn't help but be stunned and puzzled.

"The Mo family divides the Qinglong Pharmaceutical Factory into 500,000 shares, with a consistent amount of money per share, which can be purchased by everyone in the world, and the five hopes and seven surnames can affect the family, but they can't control the people of the world." Editor-in-Chief Ma looked at the contents of the ink journal and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

500,000 shares is 500,000 yuan, Mo Jiazi once again deduced the truth that knowledge is wealth, who would have thought that a Qinglong secret technique could be worth 500,000 yuan.

"This time, let Mo Jiazi escape again!" Wei Si'an couldn't help but say dejectedly, if the Mo family has an income of 500,000 yuan, then I am afraid that the crisis in Mojia Village will be solved immediately, and the five surnames and seven hopes will be laid out for a long time, and the intention of uniting the world's families to encircle and suppress the Mo family will be frustrated again.

Nine Heavenly God Emperors