Scholars Sun Rui and Jushu came to Jizhou Yinfang.
After receiving the news, Zhen Mi did not dare to neglect and went out to greet him personally. He led scholars Sun Rui and Jushou to visit the sealing workshop and answered all questions.
Bei Zhan also rushed over after hearing the news. He diligently introduced the situation in the workshop to Sun Rui and Ju Professor, and even took out the teaching materials he had compiled to ask for their advice.
Watching the busy craftsmen, smelling the fragrance of ink, watching the pieces of paper slipping through the hands of the craftsmen, they were printed with clear words, and then cut and bound in the hands of the craftsmen, turning them into a book. Shisun
Rui and the two were stunned.
This was the first time for them to see the printing process of the printing house with their own eyes.
It turns out that this is how books are printed, which is much more convenient than copying.
Could it be that books can be so cheap that even ordinary people can afford them?
"How can a printing shop still make money if books are so cheap?" Shisun Rui couldn't help but ask.
Zhen Mi pursed her lips and smiled. "These books are not meant to make money, they are just to keep copies. Making money depends on those hardcover collections of essays and poems. Scholars have money, in order to print collections of works that can be hidden in famous mountains and passed down to future generations.
, don’t care how much money you spend.”
"Since you don't make money, why do you still print so many books?" Shisun Rui pointed at the mountains of new books.
"Although we don't make money, the people need it." Zhen Mi picked up a book, opened a page, and handed it to Shisun Rui. "Shisun Rui, please read this. This is an excerpt from Anping Cui Zizhen's "Four People's Monthly Orders"
Part of the content, this paragraph is about making sauce. He
The method of making sauce at home is very good, and the flavor of the sauce is very good. People who sell sauce can use it to improve their products and increase sales. Ordinary people can also make some sauce for themselves. In short, if you can use some, buy the book
Even if the money is earned back.”
Shi Sunrui was greatly surprised. "So this is Cui's method of making sauce. This is the first time I have heard of it. Where did you find the manuscript?"
"It was passed down by a descendant of the Cui family." Zhen Mi said: "The Cui family in Anping suffered a lot of losses due to their deep relationship with Yuan Shao. The children of the clan took advantage of the situation and took out the classics and treasures collected at home and sold them. Some of them were
I bought it."
"That's right." Shisun Rui frowned.
He and Cui Lie were former colleagues, and they had a pretty good relationship. They had tasted Cui's private sauce, and they had never forgotten it. Now that they heard that Cui's children were selling off their property to make a living, they naturally wanted to help.
Seeing this, Zhen Mi immediately guessed the friendship between Shisun Rui and Cui, and said with a smile: "Does Duke Shisun know who Cui Zhouping is? He is the second son of Cui Taiwei, and now works at Chang'an Agricultural School. He has improved
The sauce made by Cui's family is now of the highest quality. We happened to have just bought some in our workshop, and I will ask Mr. Sun to have a taste later."
Shi Sunrui had this intention and immediately agreed.
Jushou saw this and couldn't help but secretly said he was surprised.
He knew that Shisun Rui only wanted to come to the Yinfang to have a look, and had no plans to eat there. However, Zhen Mi was very clever, and with a few words, Shisun Rui was aroused, and he happily stayed there.
Have a meal.
Shisun Rui was going to be a Taiwei in the future. I don’t know how many people wanted to get close to Shisun Rui but they couldn’t get it, but Zhen Mi had it at his fingertips and got it done easily.
Just like when she defeated Ma Jun.
After visiting the sealing workshop, Shi Sunrui had a working meal.
Zhen Mi did not prepare any special preparations, but Shisun Rui was very satisfied with the meal. When he learned that most of the food for the craftsmen and technicians in the workshop was like this, he even praised it and was happier than eating delicacies from the mountains and seas.
The atmosphere at the dinner was relaxed, and Shi Sunrui casually asked Zhen Mi about her views on the current situation.
Zhen Mi was very modest and said frankly that she was in the printing workshop every day and only knew the trivial details in front of her and did not dare to express her views on the overall situation.
After Shi Sunrui's repeated request, Zhen Mi thought for a moment and said: "If nothing else happens, opening up frontiers will be the general trend. The people in Ye City are exiled overseas. It seems like punishment, but it is actually an opportunity."
"How can I see it?"
"Land is limited, even if we open up wasteland, it will not keep up with the increase in household registration. Once the world is at peace, in less than thirty years, the problem of more people and less land will arise again. Even if the agricultural school can increase the yield per mu and delay the conflict between people and land
, after all, it cannot cure the root cause.”
"But the cost of expanding borders is very high. When Xiaowu opened borders and expanded borders, the world almost fell."
"Of course the cost of expanding the border is high, but we can't stop doing it just because it's expensive." Zhen Mi said with a smile: "Perhaps we should consider now how to expand the border to minimize the cost."
"Is there any way?"
"There should be." Zhen Mi shrugged. "For example, exiling criminals overseas or expelling barbarians as vanguards are all good methods. It is said that the barbarian land is bitterly cold, but during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were not a large number of common people.
Leaving the fortress? In the past, the imperial court insisted on defending, thinking that it could exchange money and silk for peace. Now it seems that it may be better to attack and resist the enemy outside the fortress."
Shi Sunrui frowned slightly but said nothing.
A few years ago, it would have been impossible for him to agree with such an opinion. But today, he feels that such an opinion is reasonable.
This is what the emperor did, and facts have proven that simply appeasing the barbarians cannot bring peace. Conquering them by force, forcing them outside the wall, compressing their living space, and then dividing and conquering them may be the right way.
The more afraid you are of danger, the easier it is for danger to approach you.
Jushou originally resisted the emperor's decision to exile the people in Ye City and felt that the punishment was too severe. But after listening to Zhen Mi's suggestion, he felt that this was actually a good choice.
Exile overseas may seem harsh, but in fact, with the courage and ability of Jizhou people, as long as they have certain resources, it is more than enough to deal with a few barbarians.
Besides, overseas is not necessarily far away. For example, in Liaodong, Sanhan beyond Lelang is overseas. It seems far away, but in fact, there have been businessmen traveling by ship for a long time. I heard from the businessmen that there is a lot of land there, which can support these people.
Tens of thousands of people will definitely not be a problem.
Another advantage of being overseas is that you are not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. If you want to be king, you can be king, if you want to be hegemon, you can be hegemon, and you can just submit to the Han Dynasty and pay tribute.
This idea should be spread to the city as soon as possible and let Tian Feng tell those people so that they can make their choice early.
"Have you seen any manuscripts related to the Party Prison recently?" Shisun Rui suddenly asked.
"Dang Jian?" Zhen Mi was stunned. "I didn't see it."
Bei Zhan on the side said: "I heard some news. It seems that Lantai is collecting information related to party members, including family biographies, inscriptions, and official affairs. They are all being sorted out. A few days ago, some people went to Qinghe to copy old stories.
The inscription of Sikong Fangzhi."
"Lantai is presiding over this matter?"
"Probably, but the person in charge is not Cai Lingshi. It seems to be a Bohai scholar named Yuan Gui."
"Yuan Gui?" Shisun Rui was surprised. "When did he come?"
"It's been a while." Bei Zhan thought about it carefully. "It seems that it was recommended by Yuan Shu."
"Yuan Shu?" Scholars Sun Rui and Ju Shou looked at each other, feeling incredible.
They all knew who Yuan Gui was, but they didn't expect that Yuan Shu would recommend Yuan Gui to become an official, and the emperor also asked Yuan Gui to preside over the compilation of "The Biography of the Party".
Why does this sound so weird?
Shi Sunrui felt that he wanted to meet Cai Yan and Yuan Gui.