happy rebirth

Ke Qi considers himself a common man, and he can at most give Xie Jinhua technical guidance in the matter of founding a newspaper, but he cannot give him guidance in literary concepts.Ke Qi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "You write articles, and I sell newspapers. Does this mean you are inside and I'm outside?"

Xie Jinhua, who was in a good mood, said graciously that he would not engage in such verbal disputes with Ke Qi.

The two let go of their hand.Xie Jinhua picked up the pen and continued to copy the article.While copying, he thought seriously about what Ke Qi said just now, and said, "You just mentioned printing... Printing is too time-consuming, why not just hire dozens of scholars and let them be responsible for copying."

"We don't use block printing, but printing with movable type." Ke Qi said.

"Huh?" Xie Jinhua was very curious, "But the movable type printing technique mentioned in the volume one of "Fang Yuan Miscellaneous Tan"?"

"Exactly." Ke Qi said.Although the history is different, the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated, and there are still all the necessary inventions.

Movable type printing appeared in the early Yan Dynasty, but this great invention was not popularized.In the history before Ke Qi traveled, movable type printing, one of the four great inventions in ancient China, appeared in the Song Dynasty, but it was not widely used until the Qing Dynasty.

To give an example, the Qing Dynasty catalog book "Supplemented Siku Concise Catalogue" recorded 740 books in the past dynasties, with a total of 220 books in different editions, of which only [-] books used movable type printing, accounting for [-]% of the total. one or so.This is because, considering the limitations of the technology of the times, the movable type printing in ancient times did not really bring convenience far better than engraving and printing as imagined by modern people.

Of course, this does not detract from the greatness of this invention.

But the greatness comes from the conclusions of later generations. Just as Copernicus’s contemporaries regarded the heliocentric theory as heresy, Xie Jinhua, who lives in the present, knows movable type printing only because he has read a lot.In his opinion, it is still more convenient to hire people to copy books than to print them.

In fact, many bookstore operators also think so.

If it is a book like a storybook, the sales volume will not be very large. Whether it is woodblock printing or letterpress printing, the cost is too high, and they will invite poor scholars to copy the books.And if it is a book such as a collection of classics and history, although the sales volume has increased, the words of the sage will not increase or decrease a word, so as long as the engraving is done once, they can be printed again and again. It is cheaper than movable type printing.

Ke Qi liked Xie Jinhua's little ignorance occasionally, and said: "If you only publish dozens of newspapers in each issue, you can of course hire some people to copy them. But if you want to issue tens of thousands What about Zhang? Is it really possible to copy it only by manpower? We need to plan early."

Thousands of...

Xie Jinhua liked Ke Qi's occasional blind worship, and said, "Then it's up to you..."

"Even if it takes a year or two for Wenbao to take shape, the preparations should be done now. For example, we need to let craftsmen immediately start making movable type models." Ke Qi said.The Chinese character system is huge, and a set of movable type must have enough fonts to meet the needs of typesetting.Fortunately, what they want to get is only newspapers. If it is a book, then the demand for typefaces will be even greater.

The production process of the font is quite complicated, which is one of the reasons why the popularity of movable type printing is not high.

In the process of typesetting, there are also situations such as uneven size of characters, different thickness of strokes, and skewed line spacing of typesetting. This is the second reason why the popularity of movable type printing is not high.Therefore, Ke Qi decided to abandon the easily deformable clay type and wooden type, and directly chose the more durable copper type.

But in this way, the cost will be raised, and a lot of money will be needed!

Xie Jinhua currently doesn't have much private property, except for the collection in the warehouse, there is only one Yixian Building and several Zhuangzi.These are enough for his living needs, but running a newspaper requires a big move, and the income of the restaurant is not enough at all.Therefore, Ke Qi also wanted to find a rich ally.

"Obviously, your careful and careful appearance is more like that of the Lord." Xie Jinhua muttered.

Ke Qi pretended not to hear.

Xie Jinhua decided to show the demeanor of the "outsider" side, saying: "I give you the keys to the warehouse, and you can pick and choose what is inside and exchange it for money." He has never been short of money, and has never suffered from lack of money. It means that money is like dung, as long as Ke Qi doesn't sell his books.

"You need a pawn to live anywhere." Ke Qi smiled and shook his head, "We can cooperate with eldest brother, with Prince De's Mansion, with Ding's family, and with many people. As long as the quality of the newspaper is good, don't you worry about not having a partner? "And newspapers can place advertisements, but this is not possible for the time being.

"I'll give you the key to the treasury too. As for the ledger, it's always with you anyway." Xie Jinhua insisted.

That's it for the newspaper.The two are busy in their own way.Most of the scholars in Qiulin Academy will go to the officialdom in the future, just like Shao Rui, although he himself has no ambitions, the family behind him has already determined his future path.There are very few capable people like Xie Jinhua who are not bound by the family.Therefore, when Xie Jinhua makes hand-copied newspapers in a small way, he can gather a few friends to do it together.But when he took this as a serious business, he couldn't find the right person for a while.

Ke Qi finally chose the Ding family as his collaborators.Whether it is Brother Xie or Prince De's Mansion, their goals are too big.If the newspaper is run well, it will be able to accumulate reputation in the future. Brother Xie and Prince De are already leading positions in the court. If they have such a big reputation, who knows what the emperor will think at that time!The Ding family is not the case. Although it is Concubine Shu's mother's family, the goal of this family is not big.

Moreover, if it is cooperation with Prince De's Mansion, Ke Qi cannot ensure that the entire newspaper is in Xie Jinhua's hands.The Ding family is different. Ke Qi has been with Ding Xiaoshiqi and Ding Xiaoshiba for so long, and he knows the Ding family's behavior style very well.

So, Ke Qi decided to invite the Ding family to have a good talk.

Because Xie Jinhua hadn't been back to Qingyanghou Mansion for a long time, when it was holiday, he didn't stay with Ke Qi, but went home to visit his elder brother.

Ke Qi went to the appointment alone.

Because he didn't have any friendship with the elders of Ding's family, Ke Qi was afraid that it would be too abrupt to find him rashly, so he asked Ding Xiaoshiqi and Ding Xiaoshiba first, planning to ask the two friends first.When the appointed time came, the two brothers came together, but they brought a yawning Li Xu over.

"Why do you look like a thief at night?" Ke Qi joked.

Li Xu waved his hands, and said weakly: "You guys talk about yours, don't worry about me, I'll lie on my stomach and squint for a while."

I don't know if it's Ke Qi's delusion, he feels that Li Xu's peacock hair is not as bright as before.

When Xie Jinhua came home, Xie Chunying and Xie Wei were discussing things.Because of Ke Qi, Xie Jinhua also has a little sensitivity to politics. He heard that the two elder brothers had been locked up in the study for a long time, so he felt that they might be discussing the affairs of Quanyan County. Could it be that the Qinglian Sect Is it difficult?But Xie Jinhua had no curiosity in this aspect, knowing that his brother was busy, he went back to Weizheng Pavilion.

It was not until Xie Chunying finished her work that someone invited Xie Jinhua to Rongxing Hall.

Brother Xie, who almost felt sorry for himself like a nest-keeper, asked blankly, "Where's Ke Qi? Why aren't you together."

It's rare for two people who wish to be like the wind to stick to the sand to separate, and Brother Xie's family is not used to it.

Xie Jinhua originally wanted to say "he is busy", but at the moment when he was about to say it, he changed it like a ghost: "I haven't seen my brother at home for a long time, and I miss him very much. The same is true for Ke Di. He originally Want to come back with me, just really busy."

Brother Xie's mouth twitched slightly.

Xie Jinhua took advantage of the opportunity to talk about Ke Qi's idea of ​​starting Wenbao. Although they no longer planned to join hands with his eldest brother on this matter, his eldest brother has always been the pillar of Xie's family. It is best to talk to his family first about what they want to do. Brother, report it, so that brother can know what's going on.

Xie Jinhua knew very well that only with a family could he have this Fourth Master Xie.Without his family, he might be nothing.

So, everything is for the family.

Xie Chunying immediately felt that this matter was feasible, and even felt that their move to find Shangding's family seemed very clever.

Ke Qi, who is selling concepts to the Ding brothers, is not as confident as Xie Chunying.Because, the so-called "Qiu Lin Wen Bao" is still just a simple handwritten newspaper, even if it can become a stunning beauty in the future, it is still just a three-headed milk doll.But it will be too late to cast fonts after Wenbao grows up.Therefore, Ke Qi now has to look forward to the future with a milk doll.

For those who don't understand, Ke Qi seems to be bragging like this.

Oh, that's all for bragging, he still wants the person who listens to his bragging to pull a lot of money out of his pocket.

At this time, there is no concept of venture capital. Even though Ke Qi has confidence in himself, he cannot control other people's thoughts.However, he will always try.He didn't play it off just because it might fail.He did a lot of preparatory work and planned to explain it to the Ding brothers in detail.

Ding Xiaoshiqi took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Ke, don't tell me. You want to see my elders for this reason?"

Ke Qi nodded.

Ding Xiaoshiqi said: "Then there is no need to meet."

Ke Qi sighed inwardly, but there was no look of disappointment on his face.

Ding Xiaoshiqi continued: "I'll give you all my pocket money, it's enough for you. There's no need for elders to pay for it!"

"... Huh?" Ke Qi didn't react for a while.

It is also very worrying to spend money.Ding Xiaoshiqi once fell into this kind of trouble.Don't say that Ke Qi needs money to do serious things, even if Ke Qi has no reason, when Ke Qi asks to borrow money, ah no, when Ke Qi asks for cooperation, Ding Xiaoshiqi will also agree.Because, Ding Xiaoshiqi regards Ke Qi as a friend.The logic of Hao is: money can be made again when it is gone, but true friends cannot be bought with money.

"It costs a lot to cast fonts..." Ke Qi said euphemistically.This is really not a small amount of money!

"Isn't there still Xiaoshiba here! Our pocket money is definitely enough, and there will always be..." Ding Xiaoshiqi reported the number to Ke Qi.

Ke Qi quickly took a sip of tea to calm down.

With one sentence from Ding Xiaoshiba, he scattered all of Ding Xiaoshiba's pocket money.But Xiao Shiba had no objection to his Seventeenth brother's words, as if what Xiao Shiqi said was just a small sum of money.The cleverness of the Ding family is that they are rich, but they usually don't fight for wealth, they are only generous to friends they recognize.Go away, you bloody money.Go away and don't bother me anymore.I just want a true friendship.

Ke Qi returned to the Xie Mansion with the heavy and shining friendship of the Ding family.He was happy that things went so smoothly.

Xie Jinhua is reading a book.

Ke Qi, who was in a good mood, couldn't help asking meanly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, do you miss me?"

Xie Jinhua originally wanted to say, "I haven't seen you for half a day, not half a year." However, he changed his words again in a mysterious way, and said, "I had a very happy conversation with my elder brother, so there was no time to miss you. On the contrary, elder brother thinks highly of you. I praised you a few more times in front of me... I'm almost being compared to you."

Ke Qi couldn't help laughing.

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"I seem to... suddenly have some kind of amazing skill in speech."

"What's going on? I don't understand why I just said that."

"Fortunately, elder brother is very happy, and Kedi is also very happy."

"This is... a good thing, right?"

In the course "On the Importance of Men in the Harmonious Relationship between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-Law", Xie Jinhua, who is self-taught, fell into deep thinking.Although the eldest brother is a big brother and not a wicked mother-in-law, although Ke Qi is Ke Qi and not a little daughter-in-law, this does not prevent Xie Jinhua from becoming a self-taught person.