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Chapter 308 Book Made of Paper

Nangong Anshan stayed in the city for a few more days. Knowing that nothing would happen to the shop, she returned to Liuye Village to do other things.

On the second day of June, when Nangong Anshan was having her breakfast, the kiln burner came to inform her that all the characters she wanted had been burned.

She was just about to take a look when she saw Er Jian coming over and saying that Qiao Shengli had arrived.

Nangong Anshan let him in and asked: "Grandpa Qiao, what can I do for you?"

When Qiao Shengli heard her address to him, he looked flattered and said: "Little boss, we know that this request may be too much now, but we have no choice but to ask the little boss to agree."

Nangong Anshan thought for a while and said, "You came here for the construction of houses in your village, right?"

"Yes." Qiao Shengli said: "The people of Changshui Village asked me, as their representative, to come over and discuss with you. They said that now your land has been cleared and everything has been planted, so they want to build their house."

Build it, otherwise they will not have a good time this winter, and after all, His Highness Prince Li will not send charcoal to us."

Nangong Anshan said: "You are right, my land is indeed not very busy now, especially with the help of people from other villages. If they want to build a house, just build it. I will give them fifteen days to do it."

They build their houses well, and I will save their job qualifications. After they build their houses, they can come back."

Qiao Shengli looked grateful and said, "Thank you so much, little boss."

Nian Pingping asked in confusion: "Miss, why are many people in this village not yet finished building their houses? Why don't they come and tell you that they want to build a house?"

Nangong Anshan said: "This is not surprising. Only a few months have passed since the Chinese New Year. They don't have much money in their hands. When building a house now, they can only build another blue brick house at most. They are too lazy to bother.

It’s better to save more money and build a magnificent yard next year.”

"When people from other villages came here, they had a lot of money from King Li as compensation. It's normal for them to build houses now."

Nian Pingping suddenly realized, "That's it."

After Qiao Shengli left, Nangong Anshan went to inspect the fields again.

Now, in addition to rice, she also grows many other things in her land.

For example, she planted a lot of cotton, rapeseed, garlic, peppers, sugar cane, etc., as long as her workshop might need it in the future.

In addition, she also planted many mulberry trees and other trees needed for paper making.

Dugu Huanxu also sent someone here before to ask her to buy cotton seeds, and she also sold a lot.

After the inspection, she went to the place where she fired the kiln to see how her calligraphy was being burned.

After arriving, she checked every word to make sure that each one was perfect, and then began to assemble it on a chuck in preparation for printing.

The people next to her didn't know what she was going to do, but after seeing her tinkering for a while, there were a lot more words on the paper in front of her.

One person looked at the words on it and couldn't help but read out, "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good, nature is similar, habits are far apart... This is the Three-Character Sutra."

Nangong Anshan said with a smile: "Yes, this is the Three-Character Classic. With movable type printing and paper, in the future, the Three-Character Classic can be printed on a book, and there is no need to carry heavy bamboo slips."

The people around were shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect that paper could be used in this way and books could be printed in this way.

Nangong Anshan continued: "The words on this chuck can be removed. If there is no shortage of this book on the market in the future, you can remove the words, rearrange them, and print other books. It will not matter at all.

It will be a waste."

The people around were even more shocked.

Then it is very convenient to make books in this way.

Nangong Anshan asked them to continue burning characters. After all the characters needed for the Three-Character Sutra were burned, she had people take them to the paper mill.

There is her printing workshop inside the paper mill, and books will be printed in the paper mill in the future.

She found a few people, took out the Three Character Classic book from the space, and then gave them a demonstration.

Printing is very simple. After she finished the demonstration, she said, "Have you all learned it?"

Several people said at the same time: "I learned it."

Nangong Anshan said: "Then it's up to you to print it. Remember, you have to print it neatly like me. You can't do it perfunctorily. If there are really mistakes, don't discard that page and do it again. You must do it again."

Every book must be perfect. If it is done well, I can give you a bonus of 20 taels this month. If it is not done well, I will deduct his money. Do you understand?"

"knew."

After Nangong Anshan finished speaking, she let them do it themselves.

Nangong Anshan watched for a while and saw that they were doing well, so she went to do other things.

She didn't go far, so she walked to the workshop next door and started building her giant loom.

Although the workshop has not yet been built, her machines are ready to be deployed.

On the fifth day of June, because she sent people to take turns printing books in the morning and evening, she had already printed thousands of copies of the Three-Character Classic.

She gave other enlightenment books to this era to be printed.

Early in the morning, she got up early and walked to Qing Shufang with her books.

As soon as she arrived at Qing Shufang, she placed her Three-Character Sutra in the most conspicuous place in the shop so that people could see it as soon as they entered.

Of course, she didn't put them all away. She would restock them when the shelves were sold out.

Soon, customers came in one after another and bought what they needed.

Some regular customers saw Nangong Anshan here and greeted her.

At this moment, a man saw the "Three-Character Classic" and immediately picked it up. After reading a few pages, he was shocked and said: "This... the "Three-Character Classic" made of paper is so beautiful. This Chinese character is written in it."

They are also beautiful, and each one is pleasing to the eye.”

Other people around who heard his voice also went over to pick it up and take a look.

"It's really good. I actually finished the Three Character Classic in one book."

"This is too light."

"This font is so beautiful and clear."

"Why do I feel that the fonts in every book are exactly the same? This is amazing."

Listening to the compliments from everyone, Nangong Anshan's eyes narrowed as she smiled.

One person suddenly turned around and asked: "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this "Three Character Classic"?"

Shopkeeper Zhou heard the price from Nangong Anshan long ago and said loudly: "Guest, that's twenty taels of silver a piece."

"Two taels of silver? This is too expensive."

"It's not expensive. It's written so clearly that children will definitely be interested in reading it."

"It's a little expensive, but this is a book made of paper, so it's normal for it to be a little expensive, and I can still accept it."

"There's a reason why it's expensive. This book is so light and clear. I think it's worth it."
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