Copying books for people is an industry in this era. After all, there is no printing technology yet, and you can only rely on manual transcription to copy books. So it is not surprising that the store owner came forward to collect books.

But the store has a rule that only books in the library are collected, that is, there is no sentence reading, and no sentence reading is collected; only those that are bound into books by paper, but not bamboo slips and wooden slips; only those that are written in official script or regular script, but not other fonts.

At the same time, books can be collected from the public, as long as they are not in the library, they can be used. The review and confirmation are correct, and only one copy is required. The original copy can be deducted. The price ranges from 1 to 100 coins according to the content of the book.

This is a confirmation. The relationship between this stationery shop and the library must be behind the stationery shop.

The acquisition price is quite reasonable. After deducting the cost of a book, it will be about 50-1,000 texts. Of course, 1,000 texts are basically aimed at the 200,000-word work such as "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" and the 200,000-word level.

"How is it?" Liu Tao came to the two of them without realizing it, "Is this library good?"

"It's really a benefit to the people." Xun Yu could only reply pertinently.

"It's good, it's a bit flawed. The lord allows the people to copy books, but the copying of books is allowed to be carried out at the same time. There are only four hours a day to open the library, and the efficiency is not enough. It is better to reserve 10 volumes for each type of book." Guo Jia came forward to suggest.

"I have considered this issue. Leaving only one book means that this book is stared at by everyone, and it is not that easy for others to take it out. If there are more than ten books, it is difficult to determine if one is missing. You can't search everyone who goes out, right?" Liu Tao shook his head.

He paused and continued, "Besides, the transcription can be copied by two people at the same time, and then it can support more than a dozen or twenty people to watch. When the book is copied, he will take the book back home with the book and continue to copy and sell it to the store. If you still want to read it, you can go to the store to wait for buying it."

It turned out that it was based on anti-theft considerations that there was no excessive replenishment. The two of them suddenly realized that they had never been involved in this aspect before.

"But hand-copying is still quite troublesome, that is, the ink has not been developed yet. Otherwise, the cost will be further reduced by batch printing at that time, and the number of books will be greater, which can be brought to the Central Plains for sale." Liu Tao sighed.

In Yunzhong, how many scholars can there be in places like Wuyuan and Yanmen? Although there are many people, most of them come in to join in the fun. In fact, they have received enlightenment, and they want to read books and learn, but not many people want to do so.

I have thought about opening a night school for literacy, but I have to wait for more books, otherwise teaching aids and textbooks will not be enough.

"Ink? Printing?" The two of them looked at Liu Tao with some confusion, a little confused.

"Speaking of it..." Liu Tao remembered that both of them were top talents of this era, so he explained and introduced the principles of woodblock printing, and then asked, "What do you think about ink?"

"The problem of ink is not big, right? After all, ink is used to write, and ink should not be big." Xun Yu thought about it and felt that this thing did not seem to have much technical content.

"This... Maybe I'm so stubborn..." Liu Tao thought about it and thought he could give it a try. He was indeed thinking about ink too high. After all, even in the Tang and Song dynasties, there would be no such advanced ink.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said to the two of them, "If woodblock printing can be released, it will definitely be a contribution from both of you!"

"Where, where, we just say a few words, how can we get any credit..." The two of them quickly refused, and just one sentence took the credit, and they really felt guilty.

"Some techniques are actually just a layer of yarn. If you don't expose it, I will probably have to struggle for a long time." Liu Tao smiled and said, "Okay, since I know that there is this possibility, I will start looking for craftsmen to make carvings!"

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving behind the two of them who were a little confused standing there.

"Fengxiao, woodblock printing, what can you think of?" Xun Yu looked at Guo Jia.

"Wenruo, you can't imagine..." Guo Jia's emotions were faintly excited, "Isn't it already obvious in literal form? Just like an official seal, carve the words on the plate and then print them on the paper... Wonderful, wonderful!"

In this way, as long as there are carved plates, ink and paper, you can print a large number of books into books. How low is the cost? If you sell such books directly, you will definitely make a profit. If you reduce the price by half at the market price, you will make a profit.

But if the price is reduced by half, even some ordinary people may be able to buy a book. With more people reading books, more people may be able to read.

"I used to think that the prefecture was quite a big plan, but now it seems that we still underestimate him..." Xun Yu sighed, "It's just that, there are more and more scholars in the world, and the quality is uneven. How should we..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly realized something. After all, at the beginning, when Liu Tao established a library, he always emphasized one thing, that is, "test".

Why set a standard? That is to make everyone at the same level in terms of understanding books. At least the books you read are the same, so you can't have two more meanings in one sentence.

Everyone understands the same, so whoever understands more can choose through the examination method. In other words, the test and assessment of scholars will follow. Those who pass will get on, and those who fail will give way to their position regardless of your origin.

In the past, there were few scholars, so in order to get enough officials and the descendants of senior officials could also be covered with men (even if they were useless like Xiahou Shi). Now that is not possible, if you pass, you should go there. If you fail, go home and stay home obediently.

In other words, the convenience that family background and background can bring will be reduced, and what you want to gain a position depends on real talent and knowledge.

"But in this way, who can guarantee the morality of officials..." Xun Yu, who came from a noble family, was still a little confused or worried.

They were born in aristocratic families and had monthly payments. They were not short of money and were naturally honest and honest. After all, they were just "raising reputation". Ordinary people probably couldn't stand this temptation.

After all, everyone around them has money, they don’t have money, and they feel that they are good at gatherings, or some people are not very good at welcoming and seeing off. They feel that they are out of touch with other officials... They have no socializing and connections, so they are worried that they will not be able to be promoted.

This kind of problem exists in ancient times, but in the end, people themselves have a herd mentality.

"The thing about morality is the most difficult to guarantee." Guo Jia smiled, "Xunzi said that 'nature is evil'. How to restrain it is nothing more than the law."

"The ancestors were not legalists..." Xun Yu refuted that Xunzi proposed that "nature is evil" only emphasizes the importance of moral education.

"However, which of his disciples is Confucianism?" Guo Jia shook his head, "his remarks are not even accepted by Confucian Confucianism today, otherwise you Xun's family would not have to do Confucianism."
Chapter completed!