To put it bluntly, if all the 5,000 Chinese characters are written there, you may recognize them all, but it is even more difficult for you to write them one by one, and it is impossible to do it without enough books at hand for reference. Each word must be annotated accordingly, and the man-hours required for this item alone are enough! Cai Yan thinks that she can't have such a comprehensive knowledge, if she wants to do the compilation, it will take at least ten years or more, and there must be enough books to have a little possibility......

Cai Yan's words, Lu Ren's heart was half cold when he heard it, and he had no choice but to say to Cai Yan: "Otherwise, if you can write a few words when you have time, it will be a few words, and we may be able to collect them little by little in the future." It's better to do that than to do nothing. Oh yes, I'll teach you the phonetic sequence and pen order of the words later, and you can list what you think of according to this, and it will be much easier to query. ”

Cai Yan nodded, and was busy feeding Lu Qin again. Lu Ren slowly walked out of Cai Yan's room, looked up to the sky and sighed, "I don't want to be tired of Wen Ji!" Besides, if I go to Yizhou in the future, I will also ask Wen Ji to help me write the original documents, and I want to use them! It's best to find a few literati who like this way. Who is suitable? Do you want to find Liu Biao? Alas, I don't even bother to pay attention to me! Forget it, let's think about something else to print next...... Alas, wait, I remember that there was a book in ancient times that seemed to be called "Shuowen Jie Zi"? What era is this book about? If it doesn't work, let Shirley get the information. ”

However, because Lu Ren was already preparing to go to Jingzhou at this time, Lu Ren's plan for "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" could only be put aside for a while......

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Another little over a month has passed.

The 2,000 copies of "Jingsheng Anthology" were sold out by Liu Biao within this month. As Lu Ren expected, he was soon approached by someone who hoped that he would publish some books. However, Lu Ren asked Mi Zhen to politely refuse first, saying that the paper and printing materials were not in order, and it would take some time to print again. His purpose in doing this was to make those Jingxiang wealthy people think that the cost of printing was too high and the materials were difficult to collect, so that these wealthy families would not pay attention to the real profits that printing would bring.

For this reason, Mi Zhen was so angry that she ignored him for several days. It's no wonder that the money shipped back from Liu Biao last time really scared Mi Zhen. If you calculate the cost, it's only one-fifth of that money. 500% profit! scolded Lu Ren for not making money behind her back, and Lu Ren persuaded her for a long time to make her understand.

Then Lu Ren received a communication from Shirley, saying that Cai Yan had begun to include Chinese characters according to Lu Ren's idea. However, Lu Ren asked Shirley to tell Cai Yan not to be too tired, and even gave a death order that no more than fifty Chinese characters should be included and annotated every day.

Cai Yan's excessive concern for Lu Ren is very useful, and he just looks up a few words casually every day. However, to Lu Ren's surprise, Zhen Mi volunteered to help Cai Yan collect Chinese characters after knowing this, and the result was that such a scene can often be seen in Lu Ren's study: Cai Yan held Lu Qin and dictated leisurely, while Zhen Mi lay down on the desk to take notes, and occasionally discussed it with Cai Yan.

Lu Ren was stunned for a long time after listening to Shirley's description. Later, I slowly remembered: "It seems that the book says that Zhen Mi didn't like any needle red female workers when she was a child, so she liked to read books and learn calligraphy, and it is said that she also 'counted her brother's pen and ink'?" Yes! One of these two is my wife, and the other is my senior white-collar worker and secretary...... It seems to be crooked. ”

Time passed day by day, Lu Ren ran errands here in Yizhou, and the printing industry in Yizhou was also skilled day by day, Shirley saw that the workers generally would not encounter any mechanical problems and put her mind at ease, in addition to some major work, Shirley was hiding in the laboratory to step up the trial production and research and development of many things.

And at this time. Lu Ren saw that his printed publications had achieved certain results in Jingzhou, so he hurriedly launched the second printed product, that is, 30,000 copies of the wall calendar!

Dictionaries are hard to compile, but almanacs are not. And the practicality of the almanac is by no means bad. It's a pity that the engraving technology at that time was not in place, otherwise Lu Ren really wanted to find someone to carve a few pictures of ladies or landscape paintings. In the end, I was helpless, but I just selected a few words from the sage, like "There are friends from afar" in the "Analects". I am very happy", let Cai Yan write it down and carve it into a character version as a decoration, and printed a twelve-style wall calendar.

These 30,000 wall calendars are twenty dollars each. The price is fair and reasonable, and it is sold out in less than five days...... In fact, many people do not make the calendar, but the words of Cai Yan on the calendar! You must know that Cai Yan's font is derived from Cai Yong's true biography, and Cai Yong's character is the existence of the literati at that time. Now such things have emerged, and then with the good cultural atmosphere in Jingzhou...... Forget it, I won't explain much.

In short, these people really couldn't buy it, and Lu Ren came up with the excuse that the materials were not enough and refused to print it again, so many people simply went to buy white paper and copied the wall calendar by themselves, and the sales of Lu's paper surged. At this time, Lu Ren asked Mi Zhen not to control the output of paper, but the printed matter must be controlled. In addition, as a key ink formula in the printing industry, it must not be circulated at present. But this is far away in Yizhou, Lu Ren just asked Shirley to pay attention to it. But from another point of view, these things that Lu Ren did are likely to attract some scholars from the Jingzhou region to Yizhou. To be precise, this is Lu Ren's most fundamental intention.

Mi Zhen already admired Lu Ren at this time, and naturally obeyed Lu Ren's words. It's no wonder that 30,000 wall calendars have turned into 600,000 dollars, which is simply a huge profit! And what happens next, Mi Zhen is also full of confidence in Lu Ren......

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"Lu Servant Shot, long time no see!"

Early in the morning, Liu Qi appeared in Lu Ren Village, jumped off the horse and saluted Lu Ren, which frightened Lu Ren at that time, and hurriedly looked left and right, and said You Liu Qi is not staying in Jiangxia, what are you doing here? Jiangxia is also more than 300 kilometers away from Xiangyang, and you have left your post without permission. Besides, you're here to see me Lu Ren, if something happens, I'll be unlucky, okay?

However, everyone came, and Lu Ren couldn't avoid it, so he had to smile at Liu Qi and said, "Don't come to the eldest son?" ”

After a polite exchange between the two for a while, Lu Ren spoke: "Okay, okay, don't talk about this." Son, are you doing something serious now? ”

Liu Qi said: "Serious business? Now I'm guarding Jiangxia, which is a serious matter in itself, right? However, Sun Wu has not invaded in recent years, and I usually have nothing to do, so I usually hide in the study and read books, and only occasionally come out to walk around. ”

Lu Ren said: "That's right...... By the way, you should know about the books and almanacs I've been working on lately, right? ”

Liu Qi said: "I naturally know this, and my father specially sent someone to give me a copy of "Jingsheng Anthology", so that I can take a good look at it." ”

Lu Renxin said: "Is this okay?" Liu Biao, a father, really likes to show off in front of his son! ”

After a pause, Lu Ren said: "Father Zun has a lot of books, right?" ”

Liu Qi said: "Yes! The total number may add up to three or four thousand volumes. ”

Lu Ren said: "Listen, you can tell your Venerable Father that you have come to me, and that you have collected relevant documents and plan to compile and print a book of sages...... Well, let's take the Analects. ”

Liu Qi said dumbly: "Lu Servant shoots you want to??" ”

Lu Ren patted Liu Qi on the shoulder and said, "You kid, your head is really lacking strings." ”

Liu Qi is not too stupid, Lu Ren's words immediately understood a little bit.

Lu Ren said: "Although you are guarding Jiangxia, but compiling and printing the books of sages is a big and serious thing for Ling Zun, I believe that Ling Zun will not only not oppose it, but will also strongly support you, then it will be much easier for the father to explain." If you can't do it, say to him, 'When the book is compiled, the names of your father and son will definitely be at the top of the list......"

Saying that, Lu Ren was a little weak-hearted, and secretly thought, "I don't know if this trick is useful!" When I used to watch "Iron Tooth and Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan", those officials were competing for money in order to become famous...... It seems that the taste is a little worse, but the psychology of literati like Liu Biao who wants to go down in history should be the same, right? ”

Liu Qi thought for a while and said happily: "I understand what Lu Servant means!" ”

Lu Ren said: "Well, that's pretty much it. You and I are close friends, I regard you as a brother, and naturally I want you to become a talent, and no longer do nothing all day long...... There is no one else here, so I will ask you unceremoniously, do you think you can inherit Ling Zun's business and become the lord of Jingzhou? ”

Liu Qi's face darkened, and he shook his head gently.

Lu Ren said: "You kid is not stupid, and you know what your situation is." So in the future, after the death of your father, what do you think you can do with your current situation? Don't forget, in the eyes of many people in Jingzhou, you are really not a good bird. If you don't do something decent to come out and let Jingzhou Shizi change his opinion of you, how many people will support you at that time? ”

Liu Qi thought about it for a long time, bowed to Lu Ren and said, "Lu Servant, Liu Qi is here to thank you for thinking so much about me!" But to be honest, I'm not interested in the Lord of Jingzhou at all. ”

Lu Ren said: "Yes, with your temperament, you are not suitable to be a pastor of Jingzhou at all." I've thought about it carefully, in fact, your situation is more suitable for inheriting your father's literary talents, and it is better to make achievements in literature. And it is better to put this pastoral position in the hands of the right person at the right time. (To be continued.) )