Money is a good thing, and Li Zhen never gets too much. Not to mention how beautiful it is to count the money until your hands cramp. Even when you sleep, you can wake up laughing - just after the Mid-Autumn Festival Eve banquet, Li Zhen immediately
He sent people to start a large-scale gift-giving operation. From Queen Changsun to the high-ranking concubines in each palace, everyone got a dressing table. The style was the style of later generations, that is, the glass mirror was replaced by a bronze mirror. Without him, Li
Although Zhen generally knew where the glass came from, she only knew it but didn’t know why, and she didn’t have the time to mess with that thing. Anyway, the bronze mirror could be used just fine, right? At least the concubines were very happy, and every day
No matter how much time I spend on the dressing table every day, I can never get enough of my own appearance. As for furniture such as desks, except for my two masters and two sets each, the rest is almost
If you don’t give it away, even if it’s your own brothers. Want goods? Yes, bring the money!
Of course, the things given away are not free. It is called advertising, and it has to be paid for, right? No, since all kinds of new furniture were used in the palace, the trend immediately started, and new furniture became popular and fashionable.
Those who have money will go to sea, those who have money will buy it, and those who don’t have much money will think about it and fix it randomly, and it will look like it. Some people buy a set, thinking that it will look like it.
I asked my craftsmen to follow suit, but then I realized that something was not going well.
What? Hey, as early as half a year ago, Li Zhen asked Yan Ming to take action and do everything possible to replace all the carpenters from various houses. The prices offered at that time were not low. Everyone thought that Yan Ming's mind was ruined.
The money was burned, and it was only now that I realized that the Yan family had already calculated it. Not only were there not many good carpenters in Chang'an, but the same was true in big cities such as Luoyang and Jiangdu in the east. I had no choice but to think about it again.
The wealthy people who followed the fashion had no choice but to go to "Yan Kee Store" to buy it. However, even if they wanted to buy it, they might not be able to buy it right away. They had to get a store first and wait for the goods to be available. That's it, in just a few months
, the income of just a few large branches of "Yan Ji" was astonishing, earning nearly 10,000 yuan in profit, which made Li Zhen smile so hard that his mouth was crooked.
The wealth of the Wan Guan family is not much, but it is still a lot. If it were all replaced by Kaiyuan Tongbao, it could fit into a big house. However, Li Zhen didn't pay much attention to his plan.
, this is just the beginning, like a mouse pulling a weight, the bigger one is still to come. No, as soon as the new furniture was introduced to the market, Li Zhen was thinking about several other things - soju, glass, etc.
Li Zhen has never played with this stuff, but she still knows the basic principles. Although she doesn’t have time to fix it, it’s okay to write down the principles and hand them over to someone else to mess with them. It doesn’t matter whether it works or not.
It doesn't cost much anyway. As for the project that is about to be launched now - printing, Li Zhen has put a lot of effort into it.
Speaking of printing, it was Li Zhen’s specialty. Whether it was about the origin or specific technology, no one could compare with Li Zhen in this era - as far as the printing technology of the Tang Dynasty is concerned,
It is still blank at the moment. It is still in its infancy. Not to mention large-scale printing, even small-scale engraving printing has not yet been formed. All articles must be circulated by hand copying, even the edicts and decrees passed down by the imperial court to various places.
The same is true, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is not conducive to promotion. Not to mention the huge profit margins, even political capital can make money for people of all ages. Naturally, Li Zhen will not let such a big piece of fat go, but he should be on the list.
What kind of printing technology made Li Zhen a little troubled.
Block printing? Oh, this is simple. It just involves sawing fine-grained and solid wood, such as jujube wood, pear wood, etc., into wooden boards. Write the words to be printed on thin paper, stick it on the wooden board, and then according to the
The strokes of each character are carved into Yang characters one by one with a knife, so that the strokes of each character stand out on the board. After the wood board is carved, the book can be printed. When printing the book, first dip it with a brush
Apply ink, brush it on the carved board, then cover it with white paper, and take a clean brush and lightly brush it on the back of the paper, take off the paper, and a page of the book is printed.
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Engraving printing is simple to make, and one edition can often print hundreds or even thousands of books. Even engravers are not difficult to find. After all, China has had the habit of engraving and carving stone tablets for thousands of years. Talents in this field are readily available.
There are a lot of them, and it's really fast to get started, but this woodblock printing has several major flaws: it's rigid, time-consuming and labor-intensive. Large books often take several years, and it's difficult to store the plates.
It takes up a lot of space, and is often damaged by deformation, insect infestation, and corrosion. For books that are printed in small quantities and do not need to be reprinted, the plates become waste. In addition, if there are typos in the engraving, it is difficult to correct them, and it often needs to be completed in one piece.
Of course, one of the most critical problems is that the technical content of engraving and printing is too low, easy to copy, and difficult to form a unique business. This is the same as Li Zhen's new furniture business, which can only last a few years at most.
The profit margin would be pitifully small once others caught up with him. It was not in line with Li Zhen’s idea of eating on her own and making a lot of money, so it was only natural to give it up.
Bi Sheng's movable type printing? This is a technical job, but it is not too difficult for Li Zhen. Although he has not really done it, he knows the principles well, and it is easy to get started immediately.
However, this method also has a drawback - the typesetting of a book requires hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of movable types. Moreover, once the printing is completed, the version no longer exists.
Some time ago, if you wanted to reprint, you had to typesetting it again. Therefore, although Bi Sheng's movable type printing was a huge improvement compared to woodblock printing, it was not an ideal choice.
Those electronic printing and laser printing in later generations simply do not have such technical conditions at the moment. Even Li Zhen's theoretical knowledge cannot be put to use. However, this does not trouble Li Zhen and Bi Sheng's movable type printing.
Although the technology has shortcomings, it is not impossible to improve. With the wax printing machine, technological innovation can be completely realized. After the movable type is typeset, it is not immediately put into printing, but the layout is printed on wax paper first.
This creates a version. The version can have many pieces of wax paper, but only one or a few of them are needed for actual printing. The rest of the wax paper can be saved as a version. Whenever you need to use it, you can use it immediately, right?
Mimeograph machine? This one is simple. Li Zhen has more than a dozen simple mimeograph machines with different specifications in her mind. As for the ink, it is even simpler. After all, Li Zhen learned this thing in her previous life. Three times five and two can be used.
After taking a sample, which was basically mixed with oil and pine ink, coupled with the spiral hand-operated wooden printing press, the prototype of a large-scale printing factory was immediately ready. Of course, Li Zhen herself did not
I had no time to mess around with those experiments. I just drew a sketch and explained the principles. All the specific work was left to "Yanji Company" to do. Li Zhen herself only went there every now and then.
It's just "technical guidance".
Sales? Hey, the old man has repeatedly ordered various places to educate the people and encourage people to read. Unfortunately, there are too few books and too many people, so the effect is not great. If the problem of book printing can be solved, it will be a good thing that brings fame and fortune. There is no reason to lose money.
Isn't it? Of course, it is a good thing to have theoretical reserves, but to put it into practice, it is impossible to practice for less than two or three years. However, now that Li Zhen has money in her hands, this time
It can be afforded, so we can just sort it out slowly.
The matter of making a lot of money is not urgent. What worries Li Zhen the most now is the apprenticeship ceremony - the old man had already promised to arrange the apprenticeship ceremony after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but now it has been more than two months.
However, there was no movement, which made Li Zhen feel uneasy. He himself did not have the courage to ask the old man. He asked Concubine Yan to ask once, but there was no result. She just said that it was
Waiting, God knows how long. If you wait any longer, the day lilies might be cold. Unfortunately, Li Zhen had no choice but to wait patiently for the old man's call. He finally managed to survive until the snow fell in the capital.
The old man finally got a decree, which made Li Zhen so happy that she didn't even bother to use her breakfast. As soon as she received the decree, she immediately ran to the Manlu Palace... dd