In this era when a hundred schools of thought are contending, selling paper directly to Li Yunze, who is engaged in education, means siding with the enemy.
A hundred schools of thought contend, not just a hundred schools of thought, but hundreds of schools of thought.
But the source of students is fixed. The only ones who have money, leisure and resources to study and read. Providing paper is tantamount to helping other families improve the quality of education. Naturally, such things cannot be done.
The appearance of paper could not be wasted, so Li Yunze arranged to sell books.
First sell these attractive script novels, and by the way promote official script.
People in Lu State have basically bought everything they can afford.
But if you want to promote this thing to other countries, you need help.
As the saying goes, someone brought a pillow when you were dozing off, and a caravan taking the initiative to come to your door is a good channel.
As for the monopoly rights, Li Yunze gave them the exclusive rights to sell the book "King Mu of Zhou, Yaochi and the Queen Mother of the West" from Wei to Qi, and only gave them the opportunity to sell it.
The price is not high, and it also stipulates that the price sold by the caravan cannot be too high.
After all, what he wants is promotion, not making money.
The caravan general thought briefly and agreed.
He has a vision and can see that this thing has market potential.
Of course, it is also extremely important that it does not weigh much and does not account for transportation volume.
The consumption and cost of long-distance transportation these days is huge. Just the taxes from various countries along the way and the money paid by thieves to buy the way in the mountains and fields are a huge expense.
Therefore, caravans usually sell high-value commodities, such as grain and grass, which are of low value but take up a lot of space. Almost no caravan will sell them.
There are only a few hundred books, not worth mentioning.
After the agreement was reached, the caravan manager finally asked the doubt in his heart: "Sir, why is part of the seal characters missing in this book?"
The storybook novel given by Li Yunze is actually written in bilingual characters.
The main text is naturally written in official script, with a standard and large font.
Next to the official script, it is written in large seal script. The font is so small that it can barely be read clearly.
The way of writing in this era was from top to bottom.
Facing the inquiry, Li Yunze said nothing, but gave Wen Mao a look.
After the running-in period, Wen Mao's cooperation has become very skillful.
He immediately waved his hand and responded, "This is a matter for us scholars, you don't need to ask."
The reason why one section is left untranslated is for the accompanying "Complete Interpretation of Official Script", which contains a complete comparison of all official script fonts and large seal scripts.
As for the ultimate goal, it is actually to popularize official script.
The caravan group could not figure out Li Yunze's ultimate goal, but they could understand that this was a new business, and it was expected that there would be good gains, so they were naturally willing to cooperate.
After the people in the caravan took away the hundreds of scripts and official scripts and sent them back, Wen Mao twisted around for a while and then asked with some uncertainty, "Chief of the mountain, where is the monarch?"
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Before he could finish speaking, Li Yunze waved his hand simply, "I've already said that I have no interest in serving as an official."
Although the news of papermaking has not yet had time to spread throughout the world.
But at least in the State of Lu, in Qufu City, everyone has already known it.
Such cultural breakthroughs, coupled with the outrage of King Mu of Zhou Yaochi and the Queen Mother of Huixi, naturally attracted everyone's attention.
According to the rules of this era, even if he is not too old, many people already think that Li Yunze, who has devoted himself to education, deserves to be called a son.
Since he is qualified to be called a son, according to the rules, the monarch will naturally recruit him.
There are no imperial examinations these days that rely entirely on merit.
If you want to be an official, you must either come from a noble family and win by virtue of your bloodline.
Or he is so famous that people actively recruit him.
As Li Yunze became famous, Lu Gong followed the established rules of this era and wanted to invite Li Yunze to be the chief commander.
Da Sikou was an elegant name in later generations, corresponding to the Minister of Punishment, who was in charge of law and punishment.
There is no doubt that this is considered a high-level job.
Unfortunately, Li Yunze had no interest in this and simply declined.
However, while recommending, Wen Mao was recommended.
Wen Mao was really surprised by Li Yunze's recommendation.
When he learned the news, he even thought that he had heard it wrong. Originally, he was supposed to be the one who had a grudge against Kong Laoer...
Thinking about it now, could it be that I am a little person with a long life?
Li Yunze glanced at him and said, "I will be the Young Master from now on, but don't lose the reputation of the academy."
The Han Dynasty had nine ministers, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Emperor of Zhou also had six ministers. The head of the six ministers was Zheng, and Shaozheng was the deputy of Zheng.
This position is not too low.
Wen Mao looked grateful and was about to say something grateful when he heard Li Yunze continue to say, "But I am still your creditor, and our agreement will continue. You can't let go of the work of the academy."
Come down. By the way, you have to hurry up and copy the story of "King Chu Ling's Dream Meeting with the Goddess of Wushan". At least three hundred sets should be prepared before the caravan comes again."
The story of King Zhou Mu has been told for a long time. Li Yunze naturally knows the habits of readers. No matter how good the same story is, he will naturally get tired of it after listening to it for a long time.
If you want to keep these old men consuming, you have to come up with better stories.
This "King Chu Ling Dreams of Meeting the Wushan Goddess" is the second story prepared by Li Yunze.
Originally it was supposed to be King Chu Xiang, but King Chu Xiang's grandfather's grandfather and grandfather were still in a liquid state, so naturally he had to choose someone else.
Of course, it's just a change of male protagonist, nothing else has changed.
There were no electronic networks or printing presses these days. If you wanted to write a book, you had to write and copy it.
Copying one book is easy, but copying hundreds of books...
If it weren't for the help of those newly recruited students, if Li Yunze hadn't recommended him as a Shaozheng, if it weren't for the debt...
Wen Mao gave up his career long ago!
In Li Yunze's opinion, this matter was not a big deal, but he didn't know that there was a small mistake.
The flaw is that the King of Chu, Xiong Wei... was named Xiong Wei before, but after he succeeded to the throne, he changed his name to Qian, the current King of Chu, and he is not dead yet!
Li Yunze really forgot, or he was too lazy to look up the information. It was not worth mentioning to him, but to the Chu State... especially the King of Chu was still a narrow-minded person...
Wen Mao, who had his eyes narrowed, was sitting at his desk copying books all night with precious candles lit in the academy. The caravan had already arrived at Linzi City, the capital of Qi State.
Compared with Qufu, Linzi City is really much more prosperous.
The streets are crowded with people coming and going, and there are countless shops on both sides.
The various commodities brought by the caravan along the way are mainly sold here.
There was no way, at this time the Qi State was very powerful, and the monarch was determined to regain his former hegemony. There were also famous officials in the court such as Cui Zhu, Qingfeng, Yan Ying, Sima Ranju and Liang Qiuju, plus Guan Zhong.
The legacy left behind is definitely the top power in this era that can compete with Jin and Chu.
The powerful countries of this era were Jin, Chu and Qi.
As for the Qin State, it was beaten by the Jin State and could not even get out of Hangu Pass. It would have to wait until Shang Yang entered the Qin Dynasty to gradually become stronger.
The caravan is here in Linzi City, so it naturally has partners.
Their partner in Linzi City is also very powerful, the famous Yan Ying, also known as Yan Zi.
I dare not say that he is better than Guan Zhong in talent, but there is absolutely no problem in terms of ability.
On this day, Yan Ying returned from the palace and returned to the mansion, where he saw the gifts sent by the caravan.
At his position, he naturally didn't have much interest in property or anything like that. He just glanced at it and prepared to order people to send everything into the warehouse.
But just as the servants were packing up the things and preparing to send them to the warehouse, Yan Ying shouted, "Wait a minute."
Yan Ying looked puzzled as he stepped forward and picked up a book among the pile of gifts.
He had never seen a book bound with fine linen, or in other words, he had never seen this kind of paper that was similar to silk but was much thinner and stronger than silk.
"What is this?"
The servants looked at each other, naturally no one could respond.
Yan Ying simply sat down and started to open the pages of the book. He waved his hand and said, "Go and call the person who gave the gift."
The caravan manager is discussing business, hoping to sell his goods at a higher price and purchase Qi's specialties such as sea salt at a cheaper price.
When he saw the retainer of Yan Ying's house and said that the Prime Minister had invited him there, he was completely confused.
Giving gifts is a routine operation. The gifts are given according to standards and there are no rare treasures.
And Yan Ying is the Prime Minister, when will his identity be taken seriously by the Prime Minister?
I came to the Prime Minister's Mansion with full of doubts. When I entered to see the Prime Minister, the first thing I saw was that the Prime Minister was sitting there, turning the pages of a book in his hand and laughing.
"Meet the Prime Minister."
"No need to be polite." Yan Ying smiled and waved, "Sit down and talk."
Some of the frightened managers saw Yan Ying shaking the book in his hand after sitting down and asked, "What is this?"
'I see.'
The manager, who had the answer in his mind, breathed a sigh of relief, and then told the whole story of the book.
Yan Ying didn't say anything, just sat there quietly and listened carefully.
Yan Ying was interested in the story of "King Mu of Zhou meets the Queen Mother of the West in Yaochi", but that was the extent of his interest.
What really attracted him was the material and paper of this book and the person who created a new set of texts.
As a capable minister, Yan Ying immediately understood the important use of paper. Compared with traditional bamboo slips, it has greatly improved the spread of knowledge and the carrying of information.
There is no doubt that paper is definitely a good thing. As long as the cost is not high, it will definitely bring a powerful boost to Qi State.
In his mind, he had already made up his mind to put the paper into Qi Guo's pocket.
In addition, there is Li Yunze who created a new set of characters.
Compared with the crooked hieroglyphics, the first impression given by official script is that it is beautiful and beautiful.
To be able to create such a new set of characters must be a great talent.
In this era, if a country wants to be strong, talent is an indispensable and important factor.
When the manager explained the matter clearly, he nodded and said, "That's it. It seems that Lu State has produced an extraordinary talent."