Although the Silk Road business is booming, it is not convenient for scholars to talk more. Only a few people can't help but sigh.
When it comes to printing books, they have no taboos and they all show strong interest.
There is no first in literature, who doesn’t want his own articles to be able to spread poetry and essays all over the world?
The efficiency of hand-copying is too low, and there are inevitable errors, which is far less convenient than printing books.
Nanyang promotes education, and the textbooks used in the county of Wancheng are printed books. As long as anyone who has seen them says it is good, it has an absolute advantage in handwritten manuscripts. Anyone with a little normal thinking knows that this kind of thing
Books will surely spread throughout the world.
It is said that Song Zhong and Qi Wukai's new work "The Essence of the Five Classics" will also be printed in this way, and one seal will be 500 pieces. According to Song Zhong, after the printing is completed, in addition to a part of it being distributed to relatives and friends, it will be distributed across the country.
Two departments are left for study in the county and state.
When the scholars in Xiangyang City were envious of their faces and thick necks when they thought that their works would be appreciated by students all over the world.
The only regret is that there is no such book printing workshop in Nanyang, and it must be sent to Hedong.
Wang Can also always wanted to print a manuscript of poetry, but couldn't find a way.
Printing books requires money, a lot of money. Five hundred books of the Five Classics are said to cost fifty gold, which is not affordable for ordinary people. Song Zhong and Qi Wukai were the priests and supervisors of Nanyang County, so this money is
It was sponsored by General Zhang Ji of the Cavalry.
This made Wang Can and others quite disgusted.
It is too embarrassing to print books and need sponsorship from people from Xiliang to print them.
Now that he heard Zhou Zhong say that he has a way, Wang Can was immediately moved and hesitantly asked.
Zhou Zhong was quite cheerful and told Wang Can that the collection of poems is different from books like "The Essentials of the Five Classics", and the cost is much less. "The Essentials of the Five Classics" is too profound and cannot be understood by ordinary people, and its sales are limited. The collection of poems is different and the audience is many.
If your Wang Can’s poem is good, maybe everyone wants one and can appreciate it at any time. Then it will not be a matter of printing it, but a few thousand.
If this is the case, you will not only not pay, but also make money.
The most typical example is "Theory of the Scholars" written by Cai Yan and "Simplified Shuowen Jiezi" compiled by Yuan Quan. These two books are best-selling in Liangzhou. Almost one of them has one, and many of them are sold to the Western Regions.
Because of its best-selling, Cai Yan and Yuan Quan not only did not spend money, but also got a considerable pen.
When I heard that there were such good things, many people present were moved.
Can you make money to support yourself by writing articles? This is so comfortable. Although other people’s gifts are good, the source is unstable, and not everyone can meet Bole. If you write articles, you can support yourself, even if you have less.
It's better than nothing.
Is it okay to subsidize some paper and pen money?
Not everyone can compare Cai Yan, but Yuan Quan can compare. Everyone knows what Yuan Shu is. What article can his daughter write? "Shuowen Jiezi" is the work of the great scholar Xu Shen. She
It’s just that you choose characters based on Xu Shen, and it can be done by anyone.
For a moment, more people were around Zhou Zhong to inquire about the situation.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Can turned his eyes and clapped his hands and said, "Since you are so interested, why not write a poem of each of you? Please give it a taste, then choose the best one, and select it as an episode, and print it all over the world?
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Everyone agreed happily.
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Liu Biao sat under the lamp, with a book in front of him.
The calligraphy is exquisite, soft paper, fragrant ink, and dignified calligraphy.
But Liu Biao's thoughts were not on the book. He looked at his eldest son Liu Qi, who was sitting opposite him, and listened to Liu Qi talking about Zhou Zhong's itinerary these days.
In fact, Zhou Zhong’s itinerary was very simple. Apart from visiting Wang Can, Zhou Zhong was in the inn and didn’t go anywhere.
But if he doesn't go out, it doesn't mean that others don't come to visit. In the past two days, Zhou Zhong has been constantly visiting and has almost never been idle.
"The Kuai family, the Ma family, the Cai family, the Xi family, the Pang family..." Liu Qi counted one by one with his fingers. Almost all the big clans around Xiangyang sent people, and the Kuai family and the Cai family were no exception.
The Kuai family was a little better. Kuai Yue himself did not come forward. It was Kuai Qi who went there for information about his younger brother Zhuge Liang.
Cai was directly, and Cai Mao visited him in person. He and Zhou Zhong were talking about silk sales.
The Cai family has a large manor with hundreds of looms, and the silk fabrics produced every year occupy a considerable share.
This made Liu Biao very upset.
The large amount of silk fabrics in Jingzhou has caused a sharp fluctuation in prices. If all silk fabrics in the Cai family are exported, the local cloth prices will also soar. More people will plant mulberry trees next year, and grain prices will also be affected.
Could it be that Zhou Zhong was not here to recruit and do business?
Liu Biao shook his head and threw this ridiculous idea behind his mind.
Who is Zhou Zhong? He is the dignified head of the Zhou family in Lujiang. He is the Grand Marshal. How could he do such an indecent thing?
"Boyu, why do you think Zhou Jiamou came?" Liu Biao interrupted Liu Qi and asked.
Liu Qi thought about it. "Recruiting or recruiting talents."
"If it is to be pleaded, how should my father and son respond?" Liu Biao moved his body and frowned slightly. " Should I respond to Yuan Benchu or the court?"
Liu Qi looked at Liu Biao in confusion. "Aweng, of course, it's the court."
"Why?" Liu Biao raised his eyelids. "Yuan Benchu is my fellow disciple. The emperor is neither the legitimate son nor the eldest son. It is just the result of Dong Zhuo's chaos in politics and his arbitration. If he can work with Yuan Benchu, he will establish another one.
The emperor is also loyal to the Han Dynasty."
Liu Qi smiled bitterly. "I'm afraid that Yuan Benchu doesn't think so, and people in Jizhou don't think so."
Liu Biao sighed and did not continue the topic.
After Yuan Shao's envoy Yin Kui arrived in Xiangyang, he did not mention the court or the emperor, but mentioned Yuan Xi many times. This made Liu Biao very uneasy and also disgusted Liu Qi very much.
Liu Qi is the eldest son, and he is instinctively repelling the deposed elders and established young people.
Liu Biao also felt that Yuan Shao was unreliable to do this, but he was also worried about whether he wanted to break up with Yuan Shao and surrender to the court.
News from different channels all show that the emperor is very repulsive to the old ministers and those who value young people are all the strong.
But he is nearly fifty years old.
What made Liu Biao most uneasy was that Han Sui entered Guanzhong as the general of Zhenxi to prepare for the war in the Eastern Expedition. If nothing unexpected happens, Han Sui is likely to be the vanguard general of the Eastern Expedition, or even the main general.
Liu Biao and Han Sui met once, but the relationship was very bad.
Part of the reason why Han Sui was not valued by General He Jin was that he looked down on Han Sui and did not want He Jin to be too close to Han Sui.
In addition, Liu Biao's relationship with another important official in Western Liang, Jia Xu, was not in a harmonious relationship.
Strictly speaking, he had a bad impression of all the people of Xiliang, thinking that they were all vulgar warriors and were not worthy of appearing in the court, let alone becoming ministers whom the emperor relied on.
It is even more outrageous that the Liangzhou people have reached the position of ministers.
But while he despised the people of Xiliang, he had to admit a problem: the people of Xiliang were very powerful and he could not resist it.
In recent years, General Zhang Ji of the Cavalry did not send troops, so he was able to live in Xiangyang. Despite this, he could only defend himself on the danger, and it was impossible to attack Nanyang.
Yuan Shao asked him to send troops to restrain Zhang Ji, which sounded like he was killing someone with a knife.