Bachelor

Chapter 37 Ming Dynasty Publishing Industry

After a while, Sun Hao ran back excitedly, accompanied by Sun Jia.

The two jumped into the boat at the same time, and Sun Hao repeatedly urged his younger brother: "Let's set sail, let the soldiers go to Zouping County!"

Several children lifted the oars at the same time, and as soon as they exerted their strength, the flat boat floated slowly towards the county town.

Sun Dan didn't understand what this Sun Jia was doing here, because she was on board, and it was inconvenient to ask Sun Hao if he had borrowed money.In desperation, he had no choice but to look at Sun Jia with suspicious eyes.

Coincidentally, Sun Jia just raised his head and peeked over.As soon as their eyes met, Sun Jia hurriedly lowered her head, and the freckles on both sides of her nose turned red.

Sun Dan felt a little embarrassed: "Miss Sun..."

"I know about you and Sun Hao." Sun Jia bowed her head in silence for a long time before saying, "I won't lend you money, but I can buy shares. I want [-]% of the shares."

Girls really mature earlier than boys, and they know how to play investment at such an age. Sun Dan looked at Sun Jiazhi and said happily, "You and I both have the surname Sun, what is the family doing so clearly?"

"Who is kissing you, aren't you getting close to Ruoying..." Sun Jia looked up at Sun Dan, blushing even more.

Sun Dan rubbed his nose: "Success, [-]% is [-]%. I guess you have already discussed it with Sun Hao. However, it is not cute for a girl to love money so much."

"Who wants to be cute? Do you think Ruoying is cute? You all think so."

Sun Dan felt a little embarrassed.

He and Sun Jia stopped talking, the boat moved faster, and the sound of running water came from the bottom of the boat. Pale golden yellow.

Sun Hao was really an idiot, after attracting Sun Jia, he threw it to Sun Dan to deal with, but he brought a few little brothers to set up a small copper stove on the other side of the boat, and started eating happily.

Sun Dan and Sun Jia sat face to face on the side of the boat, silent for a long time.

Sun Dan couldn't help sighing, it would be great if it was Jiang Ruoying who boarded the boat today, it would definitely make the atmosphere very lively.Facing a taciturn and calculating girl like Sun Jia, any boy would find it boring, right?

Silence can't solve the problem. The business that is about to start still needs Sun Dan and Sun Jia to come up with a charter.

"I love money so much, does it make you hate it? If it were Ruoying sister, she would never say that she wants to buy shares. I know you all like her and hate me."

Sun Dan smiled wryly: "I don't think so. In fact, there is an old saying that goes like this: brothers and sisters settle accounts clearly. Business belongs to business, and favors belong to favors. I'm actually very happy that you can say what you want to invest in. To be honest, I am willing to cooperate with you. Everyone should clearly explain the risks, responsibilities and obligations that everyone should bear at the beginning. In this way, the relationship can be long. I always think that people should be straightforward and learn to Speak your mind. That way, it’s good for yourself and for others.”

"You really think so?" Sun Jia raised her head in surprise, her eyes were full of joy, she smiled and whispered: "I thought you hated me and said that I was an ordinary person who only loved money."

Sun Dan looked at the small freckles on both sides of her nose, and felt a sudden movement in her heart.Speaking of which, this Sun Jia's appearance is not very good, that is, Xiao Jiabiyu with an upper-middle appearance, does not have Jiang Ruoying's atmosphere at all, and her skin is slightly dark.

But when she smiles now, she has a modern charm different from that of women in the Ming Dynasty.

Impulsive in his heart, he stood up and sat next to Sun Jia, smiled and said in a low voice: "The sage said: A gentleman does not talk about profit, and I am also a vulgar person, very vulgar, Miss Jiang, don't despise me!"

"You!" Sun Jia told Sun Dan's rude behavior and wanted to get angry, but when he saw Sun Dan's smile, he didn't know what to say, so he moved his body quietly and said in a trembling voice: "I just want to despise you Laity, don't come any closer."

Sun Dan laughed: "I won't approach you, so don't move, otherwise you will fall into the water."

"Here you are." Sun Jia responded, and handed over a handful of things.

Sun Dan took a look and saw that it was a handful of fried pumpkin seeds.

The two were knocking sunflower seeds while discussing cooperation matters.In the end, they agreed that Sun Dan would be in charge of writing the story, Sun Hao would be in charge of book printing and sales, and Sun Jia would be in charge of the accounts.

The skins of melon seeds float on the surface of the river, and the pieces flow with the water.

Sun Jia suddenly sighed.

"what happened?"

"My aunt likes to save money, but if she has a little money on hand, she won't give it away. If I marry, she will definitely not give a dowry. If I go to my in-law's house in the future, I will definitely be angry with others if I don't have a dowry. So, from now on, I'll save myself more." The aunt Sun Jia was referring to was her own mother, Aunt Jing, and according to the rules of the Sun House, Sun Jia could not call her mother.

Sun Dan shook his head and sighed secretly: Every family has its own scriptures to read, even if it is a wealthy family, it is not easy for a concubine like Sun Jia to have children.It's normal for Sun Jia to have this idea, environment makes people, Sun Jia is much more mature than Sun Hao and Sun Gui.The mental age is at least 20 years old, and I have some common language with myself.

Just as he was about to comfort him, Sun Hao yelled, "I've eaten."

Sun Dan hadn't had lunch yet, and was very hungry, so he ate something indiscriminately, and chatted a few gossips with everyone. In less than an hour, the boat arrived at Zouping County.

Sun Dan was not in a hurry to go home, but went with Sun Hao and Sun Jia to the printing workshop opened by the Sun family in the county to arrange for the printing of books.

Speaking of which, the shopkeeper of this printing workshop can be regarded as a member of the big family of the Sun family. Seeing Sun Hao coming, the shopkeeper was very enthusiastic.After Sun Hao explained his purpose, he handed over Jiang Ruoying's manuscript.The shopkeeper looked down at a few pages, and was immediately attracted by the story in the book, and said excitedly: "Brother Hao, this is a good book, it will definitely sell."

Sun Hao said proudly: "Of course, I am a person who has read thousands of volumes!"

One little brother murmured: "It's a fact that you can break ten thousand volumes by reading idle books." Sun Hao was so angry that he looked angry.

The shopkeeper was annoyed and funny, and took the money handed over by Sun Jia: "I'll arrange the typesetting for the guys, and the quantity you want will be ready in a few days. Then I will ask them to send it to all counties and prefectures for sale."

Sun Jia stopped the shopkeeper: "By the way, in order to prevent people from stealing the books, all [-] books should be printed, and then an appointment will be made to put them on the shelves at all county bookstores at the same time."

"Yes." The shopkeeper nodded again and again: "That's a good idea."

Sun Jia's words made Sun Dan look at him with admiration. He didn't expect Sun Jia to think of the issue of piracy.It seems that Sun Jia is really a business talent, but unfortunately she was born in the Ming Dynasty. If she were in modern times, she might not be able to become a strong woman.

This was the first time to visit the printing workshop and publishing house of the Ming Dynasty. Sun Dan and Sun Hao were very curious, so they looked around.

It doesn't matter, it opened Sun Dan's eyes.

The printing industry in the Ming Dynasty was more developed than Sun Dan imagined. In the past, movable type printing in ancient times was mainly clay type, wood type and tin type.By the time of Hongzhi, copper movable type, which was more advanced in technology, began to be popularized, and the printed books became more and more exquisite.At the same time, illustrated books appeared in the market.Bean plate and arch flower technology make color printing possible.

Speaking of the publishing industry, the Ming Dynasty was mainly divided into two types: official engraving and private engraving.Regardless of official engravings, they mainly serve the emperor and the court.

In addition to official engravings, private engravings were very popular in the Ming Dynasty, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.With the further development of printing technology, professional bookstores integrating compilation, engraving and sales have emerged.These professional bookstores mainly sell medical books and novels, among which novels are the main business of the bookstore and the main source of profit.

Because of the appearance of bookstores, leisure reading has become the main entertainment activity of ordinary citizens.It is also because of the existence of this mature market that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" appeared.

Sun's Printing Workshop is one such bookstore.

After watching for a long time, Sun Dan remembered that he wanted to go home to see Zhiniang, so he told Sun Hao and Sun Jia, left their addresses, and left in a hurry.

Because Sun Jia and Sun Hao wanted to discuss with the shopkeeper about printing the first volume of "Journey to the West", they stayed and said that they would discuss the issue of the new book here first, and let Sun Dan go home first.Come back to meet again in the afternoon, and then take the boat back to Sun Mansion together.

Of course, Sun Hao despised Sun Dan for his eagerness to abandon his brother and go home to reunite with his wife, saying that he was not loyal.Sun Jia was also a little anxious, saying that when she came out from her mother, Aunt Jing, she only wanted to go to Ruoying's place to play, and if it took too long, she might not be able to explain it when she returned.

Hearing what the two said, Sun Dan felt very annoyed when he guessed the time. The sky is about three o'clock in the afternoon Beijing time in later generations.It's also his fault that he was greedy to see the printing workshop just now and missed the time.

(End of this chapter)