Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

After the seeds of righteousness condensed, Tong Ran finally no longer had the ups and downs of righteousness in his body to make waves, and felt much more comfortable.

Fan Zichang talked to him about movable type printing, and Tong Ran straight to the point said: "If you take the road of invention and creation, the more widely used the invented objects, the greater the impact, the more righteousness will grow. I am confident that movable type printing can bring earth-shaking changes. Change, but relying on my own strength, it is really difficult."

Fan Zichang took a sip of tea, he understood what Tong Ran said.

Movable type printing is much faster than copying, and the workers used do not need to be able to read.Compared with woodblock printing, one board can only print one page, but movable type can be reused, saving a lot of raw material consumption.

But labor is not expensive nowadays. If it is only a small batch of books, copying must be cheaper than printing with movable type.Only by printing books on a large scale can the advantages of movable type printing be brought into full play.

With these considerations in mind, Fan Zichang said again: "Although your movable type printing is good, you must open a large workshop to print books in large quantities to show its advantages. In this way, the money required in advance is huge. The business under my name There are a lot of them, and you have to take care of them, and it’s really not easy to take out so many in a short while.”

Ordinary book copying workshops can be opened with one or two copying scholars.

Movable type printing needs to prepare all the commonly used characters, or even one set is not enough. Frequently used characters need dozens or even hundreds of characters. In addition, workers and ink are required, which is very costly.

After hearing this, Tong Ran's expression didn't fluctuate much. The little tiger was lying on his lap, already drowsy.

"I've already thought about these things." Tong Randao, "Let's talk about printing first. In addition to regular collections, I am also willing to sell you the publishing rights of Journey to the West. Of course, the serialization speed is slightly slower than storytelling. In addition, the Fan family If it’s not enough, we can find a few more companies to cooperate with, I have some famous posts here, why don’t you take a look, brother Zichang?”

"Journey to the West" is popular in Zhuoyang Mansion, but the venues for storytelling activities are relatively fixed, and not many people outside the mansion know about it.If Fan gets the right to publish the book, it doesn't matter even if he lags behind the storyteller. I believe that outside Zhuoyang Mansion, the sales volume of the book "Journey to the West" will be far higher than that of the vernacular version sold in the same period.

Tong Ran's suggestion is really good.

As for those famous posts.

Fan Zichang didn't take it seriously, took it over and looked at it one by one, only to find that these are all wealthy landlords in Zhuoyang Mansion, except for a few officials, the richest are all here!

Fan Zichang wondered, "Where did you get so many famous posts?"

Tong Ran rubbed his nose: "Speaking of which, it's thanks to you. After we got acquainted in the VIP area of ​​Xiangpeng that day, a few wealthy households who came to listen to the book gave me tea every day, and after that, the other households seemed to be doing the same. After hearing about it, they even started giving out tea leaves, and these famous posts came with the tea leaves."

Fan Zichang understood it as soon as he heard it.

He keeps a low profile on a daily basis and doesn't interact much with businessmen in some places. As the business under his name grows, these people are also moved to cling to him.

Presumably they saw the name post that they had given Tong Ran, so they came up with the idea of ​​using Tong Ran as a breakthrough to get close to themselves.

Although Fan Zichang didn't have much contact with them, he didn't reject doing business with them.He put away the name card, intending to show it to Cang Ping later, he has lived in Zhuoyang Mansion for a long time, and he is his confidant, so it is most suitable for him to choose a partner from among them.

Seeing that Fan Zichang put them away, Tong Ran was relieved.He is not familiar with business affairs, and it is best to leave it to Fan Zichang to take care of it. Doing business is a troublesome thing. He is only involved in technology, so he should not get involved.

Afterwards, the two discussed the price of Tong Ran's technology. In the end, Fan Zichang agreed that Tong Ran would join in with the technology, and he would exclusively grant this technology to the printing workshop to be opened. In return, Fan Zichang promised to give him the technology every year. [-]% profit.

As for the other shareholders, Fan Zichang will discuss everything. Tong Ran has only one request - he hopes that the printing workshop will be fully operated by Fan Zichang's people, and other partners will only be responsible for paying money and collecting profits.

Fan Zichang immediately asked someone to draw up a contract, and said: "Don't worry, we Fan will hold at least [-]% of what you call shares, and we will take care of business matters by ourselves, and will not let other shareholders Yuezu will act on his behalf."

With such a guarantee and a black and white contract, Tong Ran was relieved.

He still believed in Fan Zichang's character, and he would not change the agreed things without authorization.

Cang Ping personally brought someone to bring the contract and pen and ink.

The contract was in duplicate, and Fan Zichang signed both copies first, and handed them to Tong Ran.

Tong Ran read the contract and was sure it was all right, so she prepared to sign it.However, he declined Cang Ping's writing brush, took out his quill from his pocket, dipped it in ink, and signed his name on the paper.

Both Cang Ping and Fan Zichang looked at the pen in his hand in amazement.

What is this thing?

It's a feather, right?Can write?

Fan Zichang was a person who had gone through a lot of wind and waves, so he immediately suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, and asked with his usual expression: "Brother Tong Xian, is this a pen?"

Tong Ran just signed his name and nodded: "Yes, I call it a quill."

quill!

What a unique name!

That's it, Fan Zichang said immediately, as if he was afraid that the pen would disappear: "Sell it to me, you can open it as much as you want!"

In order to find a special pen, several pairs of Fan Zichang's shoes have been worn out these days. There is really nowhere to look for them, and it takes no effort to get them!The pen was right in front of him at this moment, apart from this pen, there was nothing in his eyes right now!

Tong Ran expected that he would be surprised, but he did not expect that Fan Zichang stared at the pen with burning eyes, as if he was going to eat it raw: "Brother Zichang, if you like it, I will make another one for you as a gift, a pen It's just worthless."

Fan Zichang: "What tools do you want?"

Tong Ran thought he would be courteous, but he was so straightforward, so he said: "The feathers of the goose's wings, a knife and a crochet needle are enough."

Fan Zichang immediately ordered Cang Ping to prepare. In less than a stick of incense, ten goose feathers of excellent quality, six well-polished knives and a dozen crochet needles of different sizes were lined up in front of Tong Ran. .

"Look what's missing? I'll let them buy it." Fan Zichang said.

Tong Ran hurriedly said no, seeing that he was so eager, he didn't talk too much, and quickly made two pens and came out.

After finishing writing, Fan Zichang had someone prepare dinner. In the flower hall next door, there was a round table and two stools. The table was full of chicken, duck, fish and meat, as well as the special Dahongpao that the little tiger loved.

After this incident, Fan Zichang not only became more enthusiastic about Tong Ran, but also liked his little tiger a lot.

After eating and drinking, Tong Ran bid farewell to Fan Zichang and returned to Washe.

Today, he not only found a home for his movable type printing, but also gathered the seeds of righteousness, and had a big meal by the way.Tong Ran turned over, put her arms around another little tiger under the quilt, and said, "Zai Zai, is today's dinner good?"

The little tiger arched his body, wanting Tong Ran to move his arm down, but he heard the sound of even breathing in his ears.

Tong Ran fell asleep.

Two days later, Chu Jun received the quill pen sent by Fan Zichang through Su Jin.

He didn't want this pen to write, but the matter of dressing up as a little tiger was too bizarre. Although the national teacher said that both sides were true, with his character, he still wanted to test it himself.

When the pen was delivered, Chu Jun's two experiences seemed to merge together, completely dispelling the doubts in his heart.

Another ten days later, the sixth chapter of "Journey to the West" started with a gong. Shopkeeper Li also made some adjustments to the Begonia shed, and added a session of "Journey to the West".

Now "Journey to the West" is updated every five days.At the elephant shed, there are five games a day, each of which is the latest.

The two medium-sized sheds of Peony and Begonia are mixed with old and new, and three other storytellers give lectures in turn.Even so, the Donglai Washing House is also full every day, and many people from outside the mansion also come here admiringly. Even the other washing houses who picked up the leftovers of the Donglai Washing House and are still talking about the previous episodes of "Journey to the West", sir. The rate is also much higher than before.

With the expansion of the influence of "Journey to the West" and the gradual completion of the preparatory work of the printing workshop, Tong Ran's righteousness has also steadily risen to the lower rank of the yellow rank.

On this day, in the best private room on the second floor of Yanwu Pavilion, Fan's was the host and Cang Ping was in charge, and several merchants who had finally finalized their investment to participate in the movable type printing workshop were invited to dinner.Of course Tong Ran was also invited to go. When he entered, the music and dance had already started inside, and the others and Cang Ping had already taken their seats. Seeing him coming, several big bosses who had brought him tea immediately came to claim them.

"Brother Tong, you are a talented young man. When I took a quick glance at the elephant shed that day, I knew you had a bright future." Said the 50-year-old master Bai.

"Every time you go, you can be a grandfather, and you are ashamed to call yourself a brother." Another Liu Fuhu who knew Master Bai came forward and handed Tong Ran a glass of wine, "Can we Cooperating with the Fan family is all in the honor of Mr. Tong, and today I, Lao Liu, must respect Mr. Tong!"

"Yes, yes, toast Mr. Tong!"

"I did it, Mr. Tong is free to do it!"

Anyone in this box stomping their feet would be enough to shock Zhuoyang Mansion. Now they are all holding wine glasses and queuing up to toast Tong Ran.If it weren't for Tong Ran, how would they have had the opportunity to do business with Fan Zichang? Today's wine must be respected.

It's a pity that Tong Ran couldn't bear the strength of alcohol, and he couldn't speak after two sips.

Cang Ping quickly stepped up to block it.

Seeing Cang Ping coming up, the bosses wanted to save face, so they had no choice but to reluctantly walk away with their wine glasses.

Master Bai is the one with the highest level of righteousness among these people. He is already at the top of the Yellow rank, and will be able to hit the Mysterious rank soon.When he toasted Tong Ran earlier, he had already seen that his cultivation of righteousness was already at the bottom of the Huang rank.

It doesn't look very tall, but Tong Ran is still young. The 14-year-old Huang rank inferior, besides Fu Ganze when he was a teenager, how many other people can he have?

Such a talent, even if placed in a large scholar family, is the pride of heaven, and the future is limitless!

"Brother Tong," Master Bai put his hand on Tong Ran's shoulder, "You are now a low-ranking member of the Huang rank, and you only need to go to the Shengxian Pavilion for the enshrinement ceremony before you can submit the paperwork and apply to become a government official. You will go career?"

Master Bai was a little uncertain, and he naturally hoped that Tong Ran would become an official. In this way, the collaborators of their printing workshop would have people from the government, and everything would be much more convenient.

But now Tong Ran is obviously more closely connected with the business career, so it is not surprising if he wants to give up his official career.

I heard that the Prefect Lu was recruiting a lot of staff, but he didn't respond, maybe he really didn't want to do this.

"Of course I want to take an official career." Tong Ran said.

When Master Bai heard this, he beamed with joy: "Okay, you have ambition! Come, come, let's make a toast."

It just so happened that Cang Ping was called out, and no one stood in his way, and Tong Ran was really embarrassed to refuse his kindness again and again, so he inevitably drank a few more glasses.

Back in the room at night, Tong Ran reeked of alcohol, and the little tiger became furious on the spot.

"Well... good boy." Tong Ran threw herself on the bed and rubbed the little tiger's head indiscriminately.

The little tiger couldn't bear the smell of alcohol and kept hitting him.

But this man was as heavy as a dead pig when he was drunk, and the little tiger was single and weak, so he didn't get Tong Ran out of bed after pushing him for a long time.

"Wow wow!" said the little tiger.

Tong Ran didn't move, and even laughed in his dream, revealing the dimple on his right cheek.

Fool.

With such a poor capacity for alcohol, I still drink like others.

Chu Jun slandered, but still picked up the quilt without complaint and covered Tong Ran.