Chapter 19
This is unreliable, naturally relying on his own family, Shen Sanxingshang has been doing business for many years, and he also knows that the friendship of this interest is really shallow, and he will break it when he says it, as his son said, it is better to ask for others than for himself.
He thought about it, this work was also done by his second brother, and he also intended to pull his own brother, if it weren't for the help of two brothers behind him in the past few years, he would not have been so happy in this life. The two brothers are honest people, with few curves in their hearts, and they are not suitable for business, but they are people who can be trusted.
It has always been a kind of printing shop, all homework, and the family worked. He will definitely not have time to take care of these things in the future, but if this printing workshop is built, it will definitely be the base camp behind him, and he will not be at ease if it is not handed over to his confidants.
His family got together to discuss the matter.
Mrs. Shen cursed viciously: "That black-hearted person, this open door to do business, no reputation, how can he stand up, in the future, he will definitely end up with that closed door, and he will cheat others!"
Old man Shen is also full of disgust, this husband and wife are straightforward people in both hearts, otherwise they would not have taught an honest and honest person like Shen Da and Shen Er, except for Shen San. "Wow, this kind of person can't please him. Third child, what are you going to do? Do you want us to explain something?" Shen San nodded, "I learned from Mr. Fan that the art of printing is much faster than the previous engraving printing, and my second brother and I have already tested it, and it is feasible." I thought, opening a printing shop, so I don't have to worry about it. In this world, the relatives at home can be trusted. Over the years, if it weren't for the eldest brother and second brother helping me in the back, I wouldn't be able to walk steadily. After I got on the right track, I didn't have anything to help my eldest brother and second brother......"
The people at the table who said something were warm, and the old man Shen, Mrs. Shen, was even more beautiful, and it was not in vain that these three children could support each other and help each other.
Shen Da said with a straight face: "What did Nai say, our family has become the best in the village this day, and if we don't have it, we are still raking the soil." ”
Shen Er frowned: "That's it, we are three brothers, Nai is the smartest, walk in front and open the way for us." We can only drag our feet. ”
The Huang family and the Hua family thought of Shen San's care for the two families over the years, and they had nothing to say, who in this village is as good as their family, they are not fighting for this and that, they have to fight for life and death for that trivial matter. However, the family and everything is prosperous, and the three brothers in this family all have their own talents, and they take care of each other, and they admire their in-laws very much at this time.
Shen San said with a smile: "With the words of the eldest brother and the second brother, I am satisfied. Listen to me, I can't manage this printing shop, and there are still shops in my town and county, so I can't take care of it so much. This printing workshop can only be handed over to the eldest brother and the second brother to watch for me, the eldest brother is honest and fair, and the second brother has craftsmanship. I will pay, the eldest brother and the second brother will contribute, we will each share three, and the rest will be given to Mom and Aya. Mrs. Shen first refused: "Naye and I don't want it, Nai gives us money every month, where can the old man and Mrs. use so much." ”
Shen Da said: "Where do I get 30%, you pay, the second child contributes, I don't contribute anything, I can't account for 30%, I also contribute some money." ”
Huang secretly scolded this wooden fish head, his brother was kind-hearted, what kind of money did he give here.
Hua's was very happy, if this printing workshop was opened, the family would be able to make a lot of money.
No one wants the extra one, Shen San thought for a while and said, "Then the remaining one percent will be given to the clan, as our family's annual offering to the clan, how about it?" It's meaningless to be a family.
Speaking of the clan, Shen San also had an idea, this line of thought gradually became clearer, and said: "After this printing workshop is set up, we have a small family, and we must recruit people, so we will be selected among the clansmen, and this rule is set, the people in this printing workshop must be from our Shen family and have entered the Shen family tree." Outsiders, not safe. ”
Old man Shen agreed, if this foreigner learns this technique, non-my race will have different intentions.
Although the Huang family and the Hua family don't like this regulation, they don't dare to refute Shen San's words, the most taboo thing for this mother-in-law is not to consider their own family, from the perspective of interests, this is indeed beneficial to their own family, and their own rights and interests are still important to their own family under the weight of their mother's family.
Mrs. Shen has an indifferent relationship with her mother's family, she will not think about them, she is so old, she pays more attention to this big family, and her eyes slanted at the two daughters-in-law: "Yes, it has to be our Shen family." This regulation must be remembered, this printing house is owned by our family of three households, and it is publicly owned, and no one is allowed to take it out for mercy! This matter must be made clear now. ”
Hua lowered his head slightly, his face a little unbearable. Mrs. Shen was talking about the Hua family, and she didn't look at her after speaking. Shen Da and Shen Er, and they have no objections.
Make a note on the spot, sign it, and go to the clan for notarization on the next day.
These days are compact, and it is too late to build that workshop for the time being, and he is working in Shen Er's house, and Mr. Fan is pulled to write and make the engraved template.
Mr. Fan said: "My word, you got it, but it is becoming less and less valuable." ”
Even so, Mr. Fan still wrote with him, this anti-body list, really need some skills, generally written, in that reverse side of the tracing, Mr. Fan can write with his bare hands, can also write with his left hand.
Shen Xinghuai looked at it, only to feel that his skills were really shallow, and he also practiced the left-handed characters.
Jiang He dug up the master of the printing workshop and asked him to be in charge of the firing process, although there is a difference between engraving and movable type, but the practitioner can find this way as soon as he groped.
The main reason is that this engraving is a bit slow, Shen Er and his apprentices carve there every day, and only carve five crosses a day, and after becoming proficient, they can carve seventy to eight crosses a day. This word can also be used repeatedly, some commonly used words need to be engraved a dozen or twenty, some words only need four or five, one or two people are typeset over there, and the first edition is fired, brushed with ink, and attached to paper.
A circle of people waited around the paper, waiting for the ink to be printed on the paper, the master slowly took off, the word was not redundant, the words were clear, Mr. Fan's regular script, the illiterate master couldn't help but marvel that he had never seen such a good word.
The Shen family was overjoyed, and Mrs. Shen covered her heart and called the Bodhisattva to bless her.
Shen San bought a piece of land in the village, behind Shen's family, the land was quite large, Shen Da asked him why he bought such a big one, Shen San didn't talk about the paper mill for the time being, only said that it might be used in the future.
Shen San's newly earned money and silver flowed out again, buying land and building workshops, buying paper and buying cement, this silver just came in the account and was not hot, and it was all out, and Chun Fangxie in the county had not recovered the capital, he sat there and sighed, this money was really useless, and it was gone in a few clicks.
Shen San didn't want his second brother to be too tired, so he found someone else to build a house, and the printing workshop didn't have much requirements for the house, so it was simply a tiled house, made into a hollow shape, and there was a closed courtyard in the middle.
The Shen family is busy with this matter, and the first book is bound three days later, which is much faster, Mr. Fan looked at the book printed by his own words, and felt a sense of accomplishment, and felt that he had done a good thing, and he was entangled in being told about it, whether he would drop the price. Fortunately, what he wrote in his daily life was mostly official script and cursive script, and the regular script was rarely circulated, and comforted the nameless sense of tragedy in his heart.
Mr. Fan also found a new fun, lettering, he begged for some clay, carved and played, the clay can also make a seal, Mr. Fan leisure, carved a chapter for the little female apprentice, and played with her.
"It's honey of honey. Mi Niang pointed to the honey words printed on the paper and shook her little feet.
Mr. Fan said: "Shen Rumi, this is your name. Mi Niang: "No, my name is Mi Mi, also called Mi Niang." Mr. Fan hugged her and was amused by her serious little appearance, "Mimi is your nickname, and Shen Rumi is your big name." ”
The family calls her Mi Mi or Mi Niang, but Shen Rumi, who is on the household register, is not told, Xiao Mi Niang's head can't figure it out, everyone obviously calls her Mi Niang, why does Mr. say that her name is Shen Rumi.
She ran to ask her brother, Shen Xinghuai also laughed and said, "Mimi, do you like to eat that melon, melon is called cold melon, you call it melon." Shen Rumi is your big name, and Mimi is the nickname we gave you. ”
Xiao Mi Niang crossed her fingers and said in a milky voice: "Because everyone likes Mimi, they give me a nickname, just like I like to eat melons." ”
It's not impossible to compare yourself to a melon, Shen Xinghuai couldn't help but smile and nodded.
Xiao Mi Niang thought about it for a while, and when she saw Mr. Fan again, she said, "Ah Gong, I'll give you a nickname!" "Why? Why do you want to give Ah Gong a nickname? Mr. Fan was puzzled.
"Because Ah Gong doesn't have a nickname, the good mother-in-law is called Aye San'er, the mother is called Si Niang, the brother is called Brother Huai, and Ah Gong doesn't have a nickname. Brother said that he likes talents and gives them nicknames. It's like I love guagua. Xiao Mi Niang also added.
Mr. Fan was moved again, and he wanted to take the kid out and beat him.
Holding the little honey girl, she patiently explained: "Mi Mi, what about the nickname, it is the affectionate name of the elders for the juniors, and it can only be called by the elders, and the juniors cannot be called, just like you can only call you Aya Aya." Ah Gong also has a nickname......" The little melon seed was stunned when he heard it, and he didn't know if he could understand it......
After a month, the urgent need for the lack of books is solved, the speed of movable type printing is really much faster than that engraving, although there is no need to typeset after the engraving is finished, but each book has to be engraved, many books down, the engraving does not know how much. This movable type can save a lot of space, and it only needs to be engraved and typeset, and the printing will be much faster.
"Hey, this book is not quite the same as the previous one. ”
The shopkeeper raised his head and said with a smile: "That's a new book, it's printed by our own family, it's much better than the previous one." ”
The reader is in his hand, the leather paper on the cover feels better than before, and it is also printed with the chapter of Chunfangxie, the boss is really good at doing business, and it is very good-looking. When the reader looked at the word, he couldn't put it down, and asked, "Shopkeeper, how much is this book?"
"Eighty dollars, this paper is better than the previous one, and the binding is sturdi, and it is more durable than before. ”
The reader looked back and forth at the book, the price was really high, but the binding was like a hardcover, beautiful and generous, the most important thing was that the word was really good-looking, he touched his sleeve and gritted his teeth: "Take it." ”
That's also a surprising thing, I didn't expect that because of a blessing in disguise, the sales of Chunfangxie's book went up like this, there was originally a rental book, and the sales of the book were somewhat affected, but I didn't expect this new print to be sold out as soon as it came out!
Jiang He drove back to the village and told Shen San that there was a shortage of books! The other end had just finished printing a batch, and it was also stepping up workmanship, and just about to rest for a few days before starting work, the other head of the river shouted over: "No books, no books~"
"What! Didn't you just transport it over?" Shen San's heart was about to jump out, there would be no accident with that batch of books! "Sell, sell out!" Jiang He grinned. The family looked at each other, and the smiles continued to expand.
There are many people in this county, and they sell quickly, and the town is fine, but it is also much better than before. Now I have to start again, because I was in a hurry, the family helped with printing and binding, but now I must recruit some people.
The printing workshop was also stepping up, and Shen Da released a message to recruit people, only looking for people from the Shen clan.
Orphans and widows in the clan are given priority, and those who are idle and fishing in troubled waters are not wanted.
This village is called Lingtian Village, and the surname Shen in the village is a large household, and the surname Zhang and Yang are also large households, and there are also some scattered families who cannot form a clan. This group of people living together, there are clansmen behind them who are bullied by others, and the clansmen can also come forward. There will be some outstanding talents in each clan, such as the surname Yang, because there are people in the clan, and the Yang clan has only gathered in the past ten years. Each clan will try to find ways to get more benefits for their clansmen in order to enhance the cohesion of the clan.
It is not an exaggeration for Shen Da to do this, and he and the current patriarch made it clear that 10% of the income from this printing workshop went to the clan, and for a time the reputation of the three brothers of the Shen family was very good in the clan. Old man Shen and Mrs. Shen also have a good reputation in the clan, and others mention who is not a kind person. The close relatives in the clan want to take away the kinship so as to get a place.
Old man Shen must not want to do this, everyone is a clansman, how can I help you if you don't help him.
This recruitment was presided over by Shen Da, he was known for his integrity and fairness as the lieutenant chief, and when he stood there, his face was straight, and no one dared to gossip.
The printing workshop is gradually on the rails, Shen Daguan has a hand, and the selected ones are all down-to-earth and willing to work in the clan, and there are also many lonely and widowed women, this binding thing is done by them, Shen Er mainly takes care of technical things, there can be no deviation, and the two brothers are not able to rub sand in their eyes, which is just suitable for these things.
The husband and wife of the printing workshop who cooperated with Shen San had just set up a shop in the town, repaired it in a hurry, put on the books they sold, and wrote the word "renting books" on the door. The husband and wife are surnamed Wang, and the bookstore is called Wang Ji Bookstore. It doesn't need to be too obvious.
The family was originally in the printing business, and they got up early and were greedy for darkness, but they provided bookstores in several nearby towns, and the business was not bad. But seeing that Shen San Town has opened a county and opened a family, they sit comfortably and collect money, and buy the books they print! They get up early every day and are greedy for darkness, and they don't make as much money as he does, and since the husband and wife can print and sell them themselves, why let others make this profit.
With the savings of these years, he bought this shop in this town, and planned to sell it by himself, and the printing business at home continued to be done, which could be supplied to both his own family and other towns, and the husband and wife still knew, and other towns had nothing to do with them, just that Shen San, without their books, see what he was selling.
The husband and wife waited for Shen San's bookstore to run out of books, and the guests would all come here. Waited left and right, and could only go to a few scattered people, came in to take a look, and then left again.
"A new bookstore?"
Boss Wang greeted him with a smile: "The official came in and took a look." ”
The young man in the Confucian shirt came in and flipped through the books on the shelf, pursed his lips, and put them back again: "It's not as good as Shen Ji at all." ”
Although the town's Shen Kee Bookstore has also been renamed Chun Fang Xie, the locals are still used to calling it Shen Kee.
Boss Wang subconsciously scolded: "Nonsense, that Shen Ji is a book taken from my house!"
The young man was taken aback by his tone, and he was not happy, and sneered: "Look at Shen Ji's book, the paper is better than yours, and it is also printed with the chapter of Chun Fangxie, which was printed by the boss himself, where can he take the book from your house." ”
After that, the young man looked at the small bookstore with disgust, it was dark, and there was a smell of scallion oil, fanned the wind, turned around and left.
The husband and wife of the Wang family were shocked, so Shen San printed it by himself?
And they all didn't believe it, it had only been more than a month, how could he have printed it so quickly?
The Wang family and his wife secretly found someone to buy a copy and came back, but they actually asked for 100 wen!! but the Wang family's wife only sold 60 wen in the bookstore, and it was obviously cheaper for their own family, so how could someone rush to buy it! Now this person has no brains? When they got the hardcover, the Wang family and his wife were speechless, and the book fell down......
The husband and wife of the Wang family are not good at business, there is a big difference between opening a bookstore and opening a scallion pancake shop, and the husband and wife don't want Shen San to spend much effort and thought on the decoration of the storefront. The Wang family and his wife are just people in the field, they don't know a few big characters, they only know the craftsmanship of printing, they don't understand the doorway of business, those who read books come in and take a look, or the people who are greedy for cheap come in and buy a copy.
The husband and wife of the Wang family handed over the printed guy at home to the old father and mother, the old hand was shaking, how could the printed book be seen where, the binding was not satisfactory, many greedy for cheap readers after buying, but ten days and half a month, the book was actually scattered, to the door of the Wang Ji Bookstore to ask for an explanation, it was regretted that it should not be cheap, although the book of Shen Ji is more expensive, but it can be used for a long time.
The business of Wang Ji Bookstore plummeted, but in two months, it was closed and could not be opened.