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Chapter 218 Borrowing Books
Going back to Beijing this time, watching the ceremony is one aspect, and more importantly, it is to solve the matter of Wang Cui and his family.

Think about myself, a good young man of later generations, with no one to rely on, how could I have something to do with the five surnames and Qiwang in the early Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, he has also gotten into trouble with three of them, almost rising to the point of being an angry enemy.

However, for some unknown reason, the Zheng family started a business with him!
Ding Yi also gave a condition for the sale of new-style paper, that is, the selling price should not be too high.

This is not Ding Yi's affectation or meddling, but the root of the matter is to lower the price of paper so that ordinary people can afford it, and more people can read books.

Speaking of this, I have to mention another thing.

That was the completion of the Siping Library.

With a library, then books have become an essential thing.But today's book prices are so expensive!

At this time, movable type printing came into being!

The price of books is only one aspect of the problem, there is another problem.

Most of the books are orphans, and many orphans are kept at home by others, so it is very difficult for others to borrow them.

There is another purpose of returning to Beijing this time, and that is to find someone to borrow books!

The first stop was at Yan Silu's home.

The compilation of the dictionary has reached the most critical time, and it just so happens that Ouyang Xun and others are at Yan's house.

Everyone sat together and chatted about homework for a long time, and Ding Yi helped them out with some ideas.

"Old Yan, why didn't punctuation marks be added to this?" Ding Yi didn't notice this at first, but now he saw it and couldn't help being confused.

"What are punctuation marks?" Yan Silu asked back.

"Uh……"

Punctuation marks did not exist in this era. Knowing this, Ding Yi explained punctuation marks to everyone.

Commas, periods, quotation marks, question marks, exclamation points, etc...

These people are worthy of great Confucianism, and it is easy to understand the usage of this punctuation mark.

"Ding Yi! Not bad, not bad!" Yan Silu no longer knew how to express his admiration, and nodded repeatedly.

"Hey, this is all thanks to the predecessors, the boy is just a porter of knowledge!" Ding Yiyi was very clear about his position.

"You boy! What kind of senior, I have never heard of this old man!" Kong Yingda said angrily.

This kid, every time there is something new, he claims that the ancestors discovered it, and they are also well-informed, so why don't they know about these ancestors.

But if you think about it carefully, these things are not something a teenager can make, such as pinyin, punctuation marks, etc., etc.!
How could this be done by one person!
It doesn't take a long time for countless people to make it!
"This... um! I have something to do, I want to ask a few gentlemen!" I couldn't explain it, and I didn't explain it. I just said the purpose of this trip.

"Oh? You still have time to ask for help! Tell me, I will definitely not shirk you if I can help you!" Yan Silu was a little curious, why this kid still has time to ask for help, but he also wanted to help he.

Others have the same attitude, and they are also very happy to help Ding Yi.

"The boy has a library in Shiping, so I want to get some books..."

"Wait!" Before Ding Yi could finish speaking, Kong Yingda interrupted him.

"What is a library?"

Ding Yi was taken aback, this was his negligence.

"The library is to gather all the books and put all kinds of books on the shelves in different categories. It is for all borrowers who come to the library. Of course, the boy does not want to take away your books, I just hope that I can lend them to the boy. Go to print!" Ding Yi explained again.

All books!
Everyone was shocked, Ding Yi's thoughts were not small!

"You collected these books just to make it easier for people to borrow them?" Ouyang Xun was a little puzzled. Even if he printed many lonely books for people to borrow, how many people would he be able to satisfy?
"This is only one aspect. It is also to satisfy some people who cannot afford books. For those who can afford books, of course there will be pricing."

After saying this, Ding Yi felt that something was wrong, and added: "Of course, I will give you some compensation at the end if I borrow your books to print them."

If you borrow other people's books to make money, how can you not compensate others.Unfortunately, Ding Yi was wrong.

"What are you talking about!" Yu Shinan was upset, because he looked down on them by saying so.

Everyone in the arena looked a little ugly. Ding Yi's words offended everyone. It wasn't because he did it on purpose, but he didn't understand what these people meant.

"The boy made a slip of the tongue! I hope everyone will forgive me!" Ding Yi hurriedly apologized.

"Boy, what you mean is that since you have brought out your own book collection, it is natural that you cannot do without..."

"The kid is stupid!"

Kong Yingda interrupted Ding Yi, and said, "Ding Yi also has good intentions, but since we want to take out the books, we naturally don't rush for gold and silver. But, how can you solve the printing problem?"

"Yes, printing is slow now, and the engraving process is complicated, so it is not easy to print books!" Chu Suiliang said from the side.

Ding Yi: "This point has already been resolved, otherwise, I wouldn't have told you about it!"

"Oh? What way!" Everyone became excited when they heard the words, and Yan Silu even stood up straight away.

"Uh……"

Another group of men looked at him with malicious intent, just like when Cheng Yaojin and others surrounded Ding Yi.However, the man was replaced by an old man.

"This this……"

"If you have anything to say, just say it, how can you hesitate!" Yu Shinan was unhappy, can it be so difficult to speak?
Ding Yi was frightened by the old men, straightened his tongue quickly, and said quickly: "Printing in the past was woodblock printing, and the bottom plate had to be carved before each printing, and once the book was changed, it needed to be re-engraved. So the printing speed is also limited. limit!"

"The method the boy said is also very simple, just carve out all the characters individually, so as long as the required characters are arranged in order before printing, the problem of difficult printing can be solved!" Clay movable type has changed. The general problem of books is not as simple as what Ding Yi said.

The first is the material of the engraved fonts, but these things have long been handed over to the research institute to start experiments, and now they have achieved results.

"so……"

"I didn't expect it to be so simple! It turns out that as long as the engraving is divided into individual pieces, so many problems can be solved!"

"Are we old?"

"It's so simple, why has no one thought of it for so many years?"

When Ding Yi saw several old men and Chu Suiliang, a young man with a distraught expression, he felt emotional.

This is easy to say, but it is also a problem under the current system.

Speaking of it, it only needs a simple modification, but why no one has discovered it after so many years, this involves the status of craftsmen today!

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　yesterday 432
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