I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Improvements in papermaking and printing.

Wang Xima knew exactly what this meant.

He quickly picked up the magazine and read it carefully. He still had a little luck in his heart, hoping that the content in it was not what he thought.

But... Yin Xuan even sent the magazine over, how could the content in it disappoint him.

Papermaking is expected to save one-third of the cost, printing is expected to save more than three times the cost...

It's over, it's going to change.

Wang Xima only had one sentence in his mind. He waved his hands, hurriedly got into the carriage, and told the driver, "Hurry up, go to Zheng's house."

Then he gave instructions to the porter: "If anyone comes, let them go to Zheng's house."

The bumping of the carriage made him a little clearer. Looking at the magazine in his hand, Wang Xima gritted his teeth. Isn't this Yin Xuan loves money like his life?
Why is such a profitable thing released for free?

Of course, Yin Xuan will hold the profitable business in his hands - opening a bookstore by himself and then buying books can also break the knowledge monopoly of the aristocratic family.

The problem is... this industry does not make money!

In the industrial age, papermaking and printing were indeed a profitable business, but in this era, papermaking is a pure handicraft.

Whether it is beating or copying, it has to be done step by step by hand, and the subsequent paper molding has to rely on the mighty power of nature to dry slowly.

Three or four people, working together, can produce more than 5000 sheets of paper a day—a small paper mill in later generations can produce more than one ton a day, which is about 20 sheets, a gap of more than 40 times in productivity.

Not to mention printing. Relatively speaking, movable type printing has a much higher error tolerance rate than engraving printing, but how can it match the precision of machines.

Yin Xuan did the math, if he runs a bookstore by himself, making paper and printing books, the money he earns in a year may not be enough to earn what a restaurant earns in a month.

This kind of thankless work should be left to others.

It is enough for me to hold the magazine and hold the most critical right to speak.

The seven families of the aristocratic family seemed to be dazzled by the news—every family made the same choice as Wang Xima. When the Cui family went to the gate of Li's house, the concierge said they would meet at Wang's house.

The Li family ran to the door of Lu's house, and the concierge said they would meet at Cui's house.

They ran and ran around for half an hour before finally gathering at the Wang's mansion.

in the study.

The Wang family held the crumpled magazine in their hands, and at this moment they were willing to let go and put it on the table: "Have you all received the things from Yin Xuan's son?"

The other six nodded.

"What do you think of those two articles?" The Wang family asked again.

The library fell silent.

how is it?

They only smelled the smell of money, how could Yin Xuan take out these things?Consider something that happened not so long ago.

They took it for granted that this was the result of their own [-] consistent contributions.

Taking his own money, he stabbed himself in the back severely.

The bitterness in their hearts can only be tasted by themselves.

"Great rebellion." After a long silence, Qinghe Cui's family members spoke, their voices were vicissitudes, and it took him a lot of effort to just these four simple words.

Yin Xuan was about to write down his purpose on the greeting card.

How could they not see it?

The reduction in the cost of papermaking and printing will inevitably lead to a flood of books. There may only be two or three books in the original twenty or thirty books.

Even... it is not impossible to drop below the usual level.

The flood of books represented the flood of knowledge. The reason why aristocratic families were called "landlords" was because they monopolized knowledge while controlling a large amount of land.

With the proliferation of knowledge, their monopoly in this area will naturally be disintegrated.

If it wasn't for such a thing that happened at this juncture, they might still be able to treat it with a normal heart.

But now they can't calm down.

The reform of the imperial examination system made the aristocratic family temporarily lose the ability to use power to force people into the court, and now it has lost its monopoly on knowledge.

From this aspect alone, there is no difference between the aristocratic family and the poor family.

Of course, they can also choose to destroy some of the books on the market, making some books inaccessible to poor families—but there is such a strange person as Kong Yingda.

Is there anyone in the world who has more books than the Confucius family?

Even if Kong Yingda separated, their collection of books might not be less than those of their aristocratic families.

Not to mention the strange knowledge of the store owner.

"What should I do?" The Wang family felt a little restless, so they simply stood up and looked at the other six people.

These six people still did not speak, silent.Like Wang Xima, their minds are now in chaos and they have no idea.

They were very upset.

The minds of the readers are also very disturbed.

The price of the magazine is not very expensive, only two hundred articles per copy, which surprises the readers.Although this book is not thick, with less than fifty pages, the quality of the paper is also a bit poor, not as good as the paper they usually use.

But since when did they buy books at such a cheap price?
After some scholars bought it, they went straight to Tongfu Restaurant without even looking at it, and expressed their concerns to Yin Xuan—although they knew that the store cared about them, they couldn’t do business at a loss.

At worst, a few of their scholars pooled their money to buy a copy.

Yin Xuan just waved his hand, smiled and asked them to read the last two articles of the magazine.

"It's amazing. Is this the change brought about by the knowledge of the store?" In the restaurant, a scholar from Tongfu Academy raised his head after reading the last two articles, a little surprised.

"This...printing is really simple." Someone scratched his head, "Why didn't I think of cutting them up and using them!"

"If you can think of it, you will become a store owner." His friend laughed at him.

The man shook his head: "It's just... isn't what the store wrote here too detailed?"

"I feel...whether it is papermaking or printing, I seem to have learned it?"

He is not alone in feeling this way.

They all raised their heads to look at Yin Xuan.

Yin Xuan cleared his throat and explained: "This is to entrust these two methods to you."

"Shopkeeper, this is a golden prescription." Someone was about to move, hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while, and just let out such a sigh.

Yin Xuan saw his careful thinking at a glance, and said with a smile: "If you want to use this method to do business, then just use it."

"Just pay my usual royalties."