The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

"Yes, so I have already found more than 30 scholars who are proficient in literature and ink in advance to be the main transcribers. I also selected two deputy editors and six assistants for you." Liu Tao explained.

Originally, engraving printing was a good choice, but the problem of engraving is easy to solve, and the real problem is ink.Unfortunately, he doesn't remember the ink recipe, who in general cares?

The paper medicine used in paper making back then was found by chance and found in memory after seeing it by chance.

"It seems that you have been planning for this for a long time..." Cai Yong looked at Liu Tao. The court advocated the establishment of a library, which seemed to be a matter not long after Yunxiao.

It will take at least ten days for the news to spread, that is February.But looking at these books, it seems that he seemed to have thought of this matter before the court wanted to build a library.

"I don't want to hide it from my uncle, in fact, I proposed the library's proposal to His Majesty." Liu Tao said in a low voice.

"Borrowing His Majesty's hand to build a library, you are considered audacious." Cai Yong immediately reacted and scolded with a smile.

"How can it be considered bold and reckless, it can only be regarded as taking what it needs!" Liu Tao looked aggrieved, "Your Majesty wants some useful scholars, and I was also trying to solve his doubts, so I gave this plan .Who would have thought that an imperial edict sent me to Yunzhong. Those who didn’t know thought that I had offended His Majesty and was demoted here.”

"Forget it, since the old man has promised to be the editor-in-chief for you, it's natural that you don't have nothing to say... The old man has to work, so please don't disturb the prefect... By the way, how is the old man's salary calculated?" Cai Yong was a little bit You're welcome.

"Currently only in Yunzhong County, the highest salary is six hundred shi. However, there is a bonus, and it will be distributed according to the proofreading and editing of a book, how about it?" Liu Tao proposed, "In the future, libraries will be opened in all counties. Salary and benefits will naturally increase."

In the final analysis, it is to establish a library system, from the largest national library, to states, counties, and counties, and at the same time it is convenient to collect local books and orphan copies for protection.

"It seems that your plot is not small!" Cai Yong reacted and teased.

"Uncle also doesn't want Zhao Ji to marry a worthless bastard, right?" Liu Tao laughed.

"What I'm more worried about is whether there will be problems if you act so boldly. Zhaoji has been sad once, and I don't want her to be sad again!" Cai Yong warned directly and severely.

"This, Mr. Liu naturally has a sense of proportion." Liu Tao was taken aback when he heard this, and then smiled.

"You do what you want." Cai Yong shook his head, this is the only step he can do.

Chapter 261 Library Profit Means

"Have you heard? There is a library in the city, where you can view and transcribe books for free!" This kind of conversation was probably the most mentioned in the entire Yunzhong County in the past two days.

For a while, regardless of whether they were literate or not, they planned to go in and have a look. When they really got to the door, they realized that entry was restricted here.There can only be 500 people at a time, and at the same time, it is not allowed to make too much noise inside, otherwise they will be driven out by the guards.

After finally queuing up to get in, it turned out that there were only "The Analects of Confucius" and "Book of Filial Piety" on the bookshelf. Cai Yong led everyone and spent a day compiling and sorting them out.

"Why are there only two books?" Seeing this result, many people were somewhat depressed.

"The library has just opened, so there are not many books that have been edited. More books are being added in the future, and you can come back later." Liu Tao spoke in person, which seemed to solve everyone's confusion.

Then he pointed to the outside, opposite the library, and said: "Opposite the library, there is a stationery store, where you can buy paper, pen and ink. If you want to copy books, you can bring them yourself, and you can buy them there. Children and elders are not deceived."

After Liu Tao said that, everyone remembered that there was another shop opening across the road today.I didn't notice it before, but now I understand, it turned out to be a stationery store.

"Finally, if you want to copy books, you must ensure that your hands are clean, and at the same time, do not break or damage the contents of the books when copying, otherwise it will be useless to lose money..." Liu Tao looked around the crowd, "Scholars don't cherish books, so they chop their hands It all makes sense. This officer is not that cruel, the first time I got ten boards, and the second time I was disqualified from entering the library!"

There is nothing wrong with damage, they are all in triplicate, and the original copy should be hidden in another place, and it should be checked and maintained regularly.The other edition is stored in the library warehouse. If the outer one is damaged, copy the inner one, and then take it out and put it again.

The main thing is to worry about the repeated intentional damage. After all, maybe there will be a family that hires some local hooligans to come in and damage it intentionally.

Meeting this kind of person, needless to say, the top ten boards, it will definitely be fatal.There may be mistakes, but basically they would rather make mistakes than let them go. Who told this to be the feudal era.

Needless to say, the last one was sent to Luoyang and handed over to Liu Hong.Anyway, as expected, those guys in Luoyang haven't even been selected as the editor-in-chief yet.

"In order to avoid some negligent situations, so I also explain a little bit, a little crease, a little bit of damage, a small drop of stain that does not affect reading, these will not punish you." Looking at everyone, they stayed away from the bookshelf for the first time. , Liu Tao had no choice but to tell the backup plan.

When he said that, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and such words can still be accepted.Having the opportunity to read books for free is already a very precious thing. Who is not cautious about those who really desire knowledge and want to read books?

It's just that it's hard to say that if there is a sudden event, then I will be unlucky, which is not worth it!

It’s okay now, at least I can feel a little more at ease when I read a book, so I was thinking, get the book down and have a look...

As a result, when they took down the book and opened it, they realized that the book had been read in sentences in advance.Is it really okay to divide like this?

"The original purpose of His Majesty's establishment of the library was to invite famous masters of Confucian classics to compile these books and divide all the books into sentences. In the future, all the scriptures in the world will be conducted according to this standard. Perhaps in the future, there will be evaluations and assessments for talents. The contents are all from these books." Seeing the puzzled expressions on everyone's faces, Liu Tao came forward to explain.

That is to say, unified standards. The biggest benefit of this measure is to lay the foundation for the imperial examination.After all, everyone reads the same standard, so whoever reads better and who has a better comprehension ability will stand out.

By the way, I also want to give Cai Yong a wave of publicity: "Our library, the editor-in-chief is a well-known Confucian classics master, Cai Yong Cai Bojie, who used to be a school book in Dongguan. He presided over the collation and compilation."

In other words, the version standardization of Confucian classics has actually been done by the imperial court.It's just that this was more of an unintentional move. It was just copied by too many Confucian scholars at the time, so it gradually became the standard version of Confucian classics.

To put it bluntly, in the Xiping Stone Classics, the standard is only the "font" part used in the scriptures, which has nothing to do with the content, and there is no division of sentence reading.It's just that anyone can copy it for free, which is similar to the library model.

It is precisely because of one incident that Cai Yong has almost become the most suitable candidate for the editor-in-chief of the library.

Hearing this, everyone was immediately relieved, so they began to read carefully.I didn't read sentences before, it seems really strenuous, and I can't read too fast, lest I have a problem with the division of sentences and read it for a long time, I don't understand the meaning.

It is much more convenient now, and you can almost see ten lines at a glance. Many things that I didn't understand before seem to have become a lot smoother, and I have a lot of insight for a while.

For a while, some readers actually shed tears while reading it. If it was so convenient back then, why bother to waste time.

After reading it once, I want to watch it a second time. I want to savor it carefully and slowly, but I find that I am not the only one who wants to watch it, and I can't take care of all of them.So what to do?What else can I do? !

Cleverly ran out, and not long after, he bought pens, inks, papers and inkstones at the stationery shop opposite, and even said a few words of emotion.After all, the paper in this shop is really cheap!

Calculated according to the thickness of "The Analects of Confucius", the required paper is [-]% less expensive than the same amount of wooden trellis or bamboo slips required. The key is that it does not take up space!

After careful questioning, I found out that the prefect has a paper mill in Luoyang. In order to facilitate the scholars in Yunzhong County, he sells paper almost at the cost price... and the most tricky thing is the cost price. Of course, Liu Tao said Calculate.

Cheap paper is of course cheap, but better, whiter, better quality paper is not cheap.It is this kind of money that is earned, that kind of cheap, and what you want is a small profit but quick turnover.

Good stationery earns a prestige and an identity.Stationery is priceless, status is priceless, do rich people still use the same stationery and paper as a group of poor people?

The packaging is good, the quality is good, and the price is of course unlimited.For example, the best Langhao pen, inlaid with gold, is priced at ten guan, if it is too low, it will not be sold!The cost is estimated to be less than a hundred pennies, and the key point seems vulgar, but those nouveau riche will eat this!

Not long after, more than a dozen merchants came over and directly wrapped up these more than ten sets of thirteen artifacts, and there are still people who want to buy them... Sorry, no, this effect is what they want!I want to, hurry up next time!

"So the library makes money from this?" Xun Yu, who was watching from the side, was stunned and muttered.

"Hahaha... the lord is so interesting!" Guo Jia laughed, and he could still play like this, "Actually, what I am more concerned about is that this shop also accepts books from outsiders, and the transcribed books can be brought here Sell ​​it, and the scholars will have an income!"

Chapter 262 Xun Yu's Sense of Crisis

Copying books for people is also considered an industry in this era.After all, there is no printing technology, and the only way to copy books is to rely on manual transcription.So it's not surprising that the store came forward to collect the books.

It’s just that the store has a rule that only books in the library are accepted, that is, there is no sentence to read, and the sentence is not read correctly; only paper-bound books are accepted, and bamboo slips and wooden slips are not accepted; only official script or regular script is accepted, other fonts are not accepted. receive.

At the same time, books are collected from outside, as long as they are not in the library, they can be brought.The review confirms that it is correct, only one copy is required, the original is not required, and the price is given according to the content of the book, ranging from 1 to 100 copies.

In this way, it can be regarded as solid, the relationship between this stationery shop and the library, behind this stationery shop, there must be a government background.

The purchase price is also reasonable. After deducting the cost, a book will have a profit of 50-1000 texts. Of course, 1000 texts is basically for 20-word books such as "Zuoshi Chunqiu".

"How is it?" Liu Tao came in front of the two unknowingly, "Is this library not bad?"