When Mr. Yao took Mr. Yao Er to the book grave that Gu Qingling mentioned and saw what was inside, he was in a bad mood.

Although he has never seen other people's bookshops,...

But why does their bookstore have a "movable type printing technique" that is not available outside?!

Mr. Yao was horrified.

At that time, the printing method is to find a piece of paper, engrave an article in its entirety, and then print it out. If you miss a word, the piece of paper will be ruined and you have to start over.

However, this bookstore is not printed like this. People carve one word at a time, and then group these individual words together as needed, fix them with honey wax, and then print them.

If the printing is over, warm the plate and melt the honey, the words on the plate will fall off and can be reused.

Mr. Yao: “…”

Could it be that his mother built such two "libraries" that were so large that she was so convenient to print, and was she afraid that the books inside would be dissatisfied with it?

"Brother, why do I feel something is wrong?" Mr. Yao was not that sensitive. He didn't study, so he didn't know the charm of movable type printing. But he still snatched Mr. Yao's arm and said, "When I bought books, didn't people say that this thing was difficult to make, and the cost was particularly high? Why do I feel that it doesn't seem to cost much..."

Labor is a cost, but the sales contracts of these people are with Gu Qingling. In addition to providing them with food and clothing, they also pay a small amount of wages. They are equivalent to those of the Yao family's servants, so how much does it cost?

Even if you raise a few servants, you will still have to pay the moon silver.

Which bookstore doesn’t use other materials?

Mr. Yao also heard that someone used some particularly expensive wood, but the old lady used it in this bookstore directly with the kind of waterproof and insect-proof wood, which is more durable and not very expensive.

In this way, the craftsman also said that the old lady felt that this thing was useless and had to re-carve new characters after using it a few times, so that they could find some more solid things.

For example, consider porcelain, stone, iron and so on.

Mr. Yao: “…”

Aren't porcelain and iron more expensive?

Uncle Yao glanced at Mr. Yao. It was rare to think that this second brother was a little unreliable. He didn't even know such things: "You are a person who usually asks you to read more books and you don't even know such things..."

Then he told the printing technique recorded in ancient books, so that Mr. Yao understood how difficult it is to print a book. You have to carve how many pages a book has, and you have to carve how many boards of it, and these boards can only be used in this book, and it would not work if you exchange it for another book.

Which bookstore can put so many draft boards?

This is why each bookstore has not been so complete, and only a part of it is printed. One bookstore needs to cooperate with several bookstores, and one bookstore also needs to cooperate with several bookstores.

If you want fewer books, either the sales range of books in your bookstore is narrow, or the types of books in your bookstore are small.

"Ah? Then, my mother's bookstore... is still very powerful?" Yao Erye was in a daze. He really didn't expect that this bookstore that had just been opened was so powerful?

In his brother's words, as long as a shopkeeper has this set of "movable type printing techniques", wouldn't it be possible to print the world's techniques?!

Uncle Yao swallowed, feeling its horror, and said, "Then will we make a lot of money in the future?"

"What a big profit? If you are not careful about this, it will be a disaster for the family to be destroyed." Mr. Yao quickly called Mr. Yao to the side and warned, "Closing your mouth tightly, don't talk nonsense when you go out, do you know? We have to discuss this with my mother and see what it means."

Uncle Yao absolutely doesn't believe it. This thing was made by their mother.

Thinking of the miracle doctor who asked their family to raise their children, Mr. Yao even suspected that this was not a "deal" between the old lady and others, right?

Gu Qingling: “…”

Thank you, I don't even have to look for excuses.

"How could it be a disaster of extermination?" Mr. Yao did not react for a moment.

"Do you still remember the smallpox prevention and control measures?"

"Can this thing be compared with the method of growing cowpox?"

"It is impossible to compare. Smallpox is a terminal illness and no one can cure it. Our family has offered the method of croaking cattle disease, which is the kindness of the people. The rewards from the Tian family are great, but they will not touch the interests of others. But what about movable type printing? Once movable type printing is available, the cost of reading will be reduced, and all poor families in the world can read..." Mr. Yao stared at Mr. Yao tightly and said, "Who do you think this is touching? They must know, can we make our Yao family good?"

Mr. Yao made a chill, but he just didn't react for a while, but he wasn't really stupid.

If this matter really spreads, their family will touch the interests of all the families in the world, and their family will not be able to do it well.

"Then...what should I do?"

"You are here to keep an eye on it, don't let anyone leak the news. I'll go to find my mother. My mother may not be clear about the things inside. She might just want to print some books, but she didn't expect that the people below had already made such a scary thing."

"Okay, then you can send it back quickly."

...

The two brothers divided into two groups, staying in the bookstore and watching to prevent the news from leaking; the other party quickly rushed back to Yao's mansion from Zhuangzi in the suburbs and reported the matter to Gu Qingling.

At that time, Gu Qingling was drinking tea. She was not surprised to hear Mr. Yao's words, but she still had to pretend. For example, she was not aware of the fact that the bookstore had developed movable type printing technology.

"Hmm? Moving type printing technology? Is it as magical as you said?" Gu Qingling looked puzzled and said that she had indeed heard Mo Shu's report before, saying that the printing technology had been improved in the bookstore, but she did not say that it was magical as he said.

"Yes, my son saw it with his own eyes." Uncle Yao said this again.

Gu Qingling then showed a surprised expression: "Then according to what you said, this printing technique seems to be quite powerful... But are you thinking too much? We can all make a movable type printing technique, how can you be sure that you can't get anything else?"

Mr. Yao was stunned: "Mom means that some aristocratic families have been created, but the news has not been spread for various reasons?"

"Don't you say that, if this kind of news comes out, it can change the scholars in the world and fundamentally touch the foundations of major aristocratic families... What do you think you can think of, those aristocratic families will not think of?"

When Gu Qingling reacted like this, Mr. Yao suddenly had nothing to say and was silent.

Yes, let’s not talk about whether other families have discovered movable type printing. If someone really discovers it, he will not think of any problem that others can think of?

So, is this the real reason why there is no news about movable type printing?
Chapter completed!