Yue Zhuoqun did not follow him to Hebei, but returned to Kaifeng City along the canal.
There are some things that can be shown to him, some things that cannot be shown to him for the time being, and some things that can never be shown to him. Zhao Si still makes a very clear distinction in this regard.
Yue Zhuoqun seemed to know this. After returning to Kaifeng City, he compiled what he had seen and heard over the past year and prepared to write it into a travelogue style book.
Yue Zhuoqun vaguely felt that he might not become a famous official of the Byzantine Empire, but he might become a historical scholar who would be famous throughout the ages - he might be the first person to use his own experience to introduce Eastern civilization to the Western Christian world, and the first person to expose it.
Open the mysterious cotton yarn on the head of the powerful country in the East.
On the other hand, he also took advantage of his proficiency in Greek and Saracen and his extensive reading as a boy to combine the ancient Greek works he had read before - Euclid's "Elements of Geometry" and Plato's "The Republic".
"The Laws", Aristotle's "Physics", "Rhetoric", Homer's "Homer", Aeschylus's "Oresteia" triptych.
In addition, he also introduced the medicine of Hippocrates in ancient Greece, the mathematics of the Pythagoreans, the optics of the Saracen Al Hazen, and the medicine of Avicenna and Al Raz...
. He had only seen these people in certain documents, but had not studied them in detail. He could only introduce them in brief words.
Yue Zhuoqun began to prepare for these tasks after confirming the power of the Song Dynasty. His mentality was as if he was preparing to establish a relationship with a wealthy family. He was worried that others would look down on him if his family's background was not strong and his family status was not high.
So I worked hard to take out the things from the bottom of the box - treasures and wealth, the Song Dynasty did not like it, it was a hundred times richer than Byzantium and Saracens; military, religion, they were not interested either. Yue Zhuoqun could take it.
That's all there is.
Fortunately, he was successful. After Zhao Si read his manuscript, he was very interested. When he sent him back to Kaifeng City, he specifically asked Gewuyuan and Biyong University to send personnel to help Yue Zhuoqun complete the translation work.
Today, we are visiting together with Zheng Su Xie, the dean of Gewu Academy, and Xu Lin, Zuo Siye of Biyong University.
"Mr. Yue!"
As soon as he entered the door, Su Xie raised his hands and said.
Seeing the two of them, Yue Zhuoqun stood up quickly. He had already understood the official system of the Song Dynasty and knew the honor of the two.
Gewuyuan Yuan was a minister of a certain department in Tongshangshu Province, and he was the head of the highest scientific and technological research institution in the Song Dynasty.
Biyong University, one of the two top universities in the Song Dynasty, is known as the sun and the moon - but who is the sun and who is the moon, Chengjun and Biyong University have been fighting a war of words.
The presidents of Sungkyun University and Biyong University are ministers, but this position is generally vacant. Currently, the president of Sungkyun University is former Dazai Zhangdun, and the president of Biyong University is former young prime minister Lu Huiqing. In fact, the president of the school is
The work is in the hands of the left and right managers.
Zuo Siye is responsible for the overall work, and Right Siye is responsible for academic affairs. They are the ministers of the various ministries of Shangshu Province.
After Su Xie and Xu Lin read Yue Zhuoqun's manuscripts, they liked it very much and strongly requested that these translations be published in the name of Biyong University Press. So they often came to "supervise" the progress of translation and correction.
"Mr. Yue, I have good news for you." Su Xie is much older and fatter than ten years ago.
He smiled slightly like he was worshiping Maitreya Buddha, making it impossible to tell that the giant counterweight trebuchet, mortars, long guns, field guns, and muskets with a powerful reputation and numerous murders were all developed under his auspices.
.
"What good news?" Yue Zhuoqun asked curiously.
"Let Brother Ziqi tell you. This thing was developed by Zhang Heng College of Biyong University, and the Mechanical Research Institute of our college helped."
Xu Lin has also aged a lot, but he is still so thin and looks a bit dull. It is impossible to tell what the flame bombs, granular black gunpowder, cake-shaped maroon gunpowder, and the two acids and alkali of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and white alkali are.
He oversees research and development, improvement and purification.
"Brother Yue, the mechanical and chemical engineering majors of Zhangheng College of Biyong University teamed up and spent seven years to finally develop a lead alloy movable type letterpress flat-press printing machine. Based on Bi Sheng's clay movable type, we improved it into lead alloy movable type.
..The printing press has also been improved and technologies such as screws and gears have been applied.”
"In addition, we have also developed ink that is easy to print and quick-drying... In fact, this is a comprehensive project." Xu Lin talked endlessly when he talked about these technical researches.
Fortunately, Su Xie and Yue Zhuoqun were also interested in these and listened to them with great interest.
"First of all, the officials advocated simplified Chinese characters, and at the same time designated the thin gold style that His Highness Duan Wang is good at as the standard font, Song style, to serve as a model for movable type. If the old fonts are still used, the craftsmen who make movable type will go crazy.
...Then the officials promoted the punctuation and vernacular movement, which made chapter chapters, scripts and magazines popular across the country, and the profits were huge..."
"How to quickly print these books while reducing costs has become a dream of major book publishers. Seven years of hard research and development, and all the money spent were sponsored by major book publishers and several printing plants, so that we can persist until now..."
In fact, Xu Lin didn't say anything yet.
Emerging valuable instruments such as silver dollar coupons and money orders also have very high requirements for new printing technology. Major banks and Baoquan Bureau have invested in this new printing technology improvement project - of course, Baoquan Bureau
The bills of value printed by the bureau are all metal engraving overlay printing, but the printing press, ink, and paper are all advanced technologies based on general technology.
"With the new printing technology, after checking and correcting the characters, a machine can print 10,000 sheets of standard paper in ten hours. Mr. Yue's new book can be printed and bound in ten days by a larger factory.
Here comes this book."
Yue Zhuoqun was startled, "How many copies? One hundred thousand copies?"
"Yes, one hundred thousand copies. With the new movable type printing technology, the Song Dynasty can vigorously print books and broaden the people's knowledge... Coupled with the three-level school system, this knowledge will no longer be monopolized by certain aristocratic families.
In hand."
Su Xie hurriedly coughed a few times. Let's get back to the topic, don't go off topic.
Xu Lin also realized it and quickly changed the topic.
"Now we are exploring how to combine all Chinese characters according to radicals, thereby reducing the number of alloy movable types and reducing the complexity of character checking..."
Su Xie quickly interrupted Xu Lin's words, and the conversation would be endless.
"Mr. Yue, let's hurry up. Ziqi and I will mobilize some people to correct your translation manuscript as soon as possible and then submit it for printing. The autumn semester is coming soon, and the textbooks of each school are ready to be printed using the new printing technology. Mr.
The translation was quickly printed out as a guidance book for university-related majors. Ziqi and I helped write the preface, and a dozen other academicians and professors jointly recommended it. It will definitely sell well."
"Mr. Su, there are several books, and the officials have written the prefaces for me." Yue Zhuoqun quickly explained the situation.
"Ah, why didn't you tell me earlier! Ziqi, I will inform you later that the Biyong University Press Bureau will have to print those translations with official prefaces..."
Su Xie laughed, turned to Yue Zhuoqun and said: "Mr. Yue, after these translations are published, you must treat us to dinner. You must go to the private restaurant by Jinming Pond and have a good time! You have earned so much
With so much royalties, how can we be willing to go without a meal? Haha!”
Xu Lin also smiled.
"Mr. Su, Mr. Xu, what is royalty?" Yue Zhuoqun asked curiously.
"Money! When a book is published, the author must be paid. No matter how much the book publisher or printing company actually sells, the remuneration must be paid in proportion to the nominal book price. Copyright use tax, this is called royalties. Mr. Yue,
Your book is called a translation, which is slightly lower, about five to ten points. Your book is of concern to the government, so it is given eight points, which is eight percent."
"If it is the original work, it will be higher, seven to fifteen points. Da Su Gong's royalties are the highest, twenty-two points. But his collection of poems and essays is the best-selling, and he sells as much as he prints. Overseas countries also charge more
Purchase with money. Next is Zhou Meicheng (Zhou Bangyan), eighteen o'clock... I heard that this guy used the royalties to build a large garden in Panyu, covering hundreds of acres."
Yue Zhuoqun asked hesitantly: "Didn't Mr. Su pass away? Do you still have royalties?"
"Of course. According to the "Civil Code" of the Song Dynasty, the validity period of copyright is fifty years. For fifty years after the work is published, anyone who publishes it must pay royalties. The rights of signature, modification, and integrity are permanent.
Most of Su Gong’s works have not expired, and the royalties will naturally be inherited by his sons.”
Unexpectedly, writing books in the Song Dynasty could make a fortune, and it seemed that it was not a small amount of wealth. Yue Zhuoqun was indeed a little excited. Who wouldn't like the money that comes to his door?
After a few words of greeting, Su Xie and Xu Lin once again told Yue Zhuoqun to complete the draft correction as soon as possible for printing, and then left. This chapter has been completed!
