Three knights.

This is the final negotiation result in the court.

Then someone suggested that the three titles were too heavy.

Chen An brought several books to the palace and told the price difference between carved and movable type printing in front of the officials in front of the court.

"...In the eyes of many people, Bi Sheng, who invented movable type, is just a fool, and he is content with the woodblocked book, but in some people's eyes, such a person is a fool. After a thousand years, Bi Sheng's name will still shine through the ages, and such people will... be unknown!"

He stood in the court and said something that offended many people.

Even Han Qi's face was slightly red, which shows that the attitude towards movable type in this era also made Chen An understand why Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, and he was silent until his death.

In the eyes of these literati and officials, the first one is himself, and the second is his family and country.

What kind of movable type printing is cheap? Someone is a scholar and a doctor, so it’s not short of money! Cheap is nothing to do with me!

Silence in the court.

Finally, it ended in a bad mood.

After leaving the hall, Chen An walked alone in the front for the first time.

This is a gesture.

Even if you all stand opposite one, you will never hesitate!

"Young man, it's true that he has a commendable courage!"

Han Qi said: "I didn't pay much attention to movable type printing, but I didn't object. Isn't he wronged?"

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "He ignored me. It was the first time in many years that he was really sad."

Fu Bi said a fair word later, "The Emperor Zhenzong's advice on learning poetry is very useful, and there have been more scholars since then. But these are not as good as printing with movable type, which allows poor people to buy books... Everyone, this is a great merit. Bi Sheng will be remembered forever with movable type printing in the future, and we are just a name."

Everyone was silent.

Chen An's posture was very arrogant, and everyone was waiting for him to correct his reputation for movable type printing.

Less than half an hour before the dispersion came, a message came.

"Dear masters, the Shen family has heard that the bookstore will print useful classics and sell them at a cost price, which means you won't make money."

Han Qi smiled and said, "Those bookmarks are about to cry."

But this is not the end, and then another message comes.

"If you write well, you can go to the bookstore to submit your articles. Once you adopt them, you will get a lot of rewards..."

"?" The prime ministers didn't have time to see anything, so they were a little puzzled.

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "The Story of Stone!"

"Oh! I understand. That's not interesting."

Han Qi shook his head and said, "It's a big deal, but I guess there's no good result."

Fu Bi sneered: "He Shen'an sells classics at a cost, and it will definitely be outrageous. Everyone, countless people will benefit from it from it, and countless poor people will be able to afford books for the first time... They will look for places to read, which is a great merit."

Great merit!

When a person reaches this age, his most feared death is death.

It is said that great merits can prevent people from falling into hell after death.

So the bookstore began to print books frantically.

"To whom did he sell?"

Liu Zhan held a handkerchief in his hand covering his nose, frowned and looked at the bookstore opposite, and said gloatingly: "Look at the piles of books. If he couldn't sell them, he would probably have to give them away. But who wants such shoddy books? In the end, he could only use them to wipe his butt..."

Speaking of this, he retching, "There is ink on the paper, and it is said to be a new type of ink... and it is touched by people. It is so dirty that it is even disgusted with wiping its butt."

The bookstore is full of books, leaving only a passage for people to walk on.

If it were in later generations, this would be a complete fire hazard. But at this time it was commonplace.

Chen An came out and saw Liu Zhan opposite him and smiled, "Sir Liu is here to buy books?"

Liu Zhan shook his head and smiled with a reserved smile. At this time, a big man passed by. He frowned and covered his nose with a handkerchief, "It's so smelly!"

Chen An was stunned when he saw this.

When did this guy's cleanliness become so serious?

According to Chen An's understanding, cleanliness means washing your hands more and avoiding those things you think are dirty, but Liu Zhan is holding a handkerchief and covering his nose at any time...

This seems to be an ordinary cleansing obsession?

What is it?

If Liu Zhan raised his orchid finger and shook his handkerchief...

Chen An felt that he had committed a great deed.

"Langjun, we have too many books."

"Sell!"

So a couch was placed at the door of the bookstore, with many classics piled up on it.

"The Doctrine of the Mean, the Analects of Confucius... It costs five cents per volume!"

"Five cents a volume?"

I'll go!

All passers-by stopped.

According to the market price of the Song Dynasty, the general price of a book is forty to fifty, and of course, this is the price of a carved version.

Movable type printing is very cheap, but no one knows how cheap it is.

The collection of the Doctrine of the Mean and the Analects of Confucius... Note that this is a collection, just like a gift when selling something in later generations.

The doctrine of the mean plus the five cents of the Analects of Confucius is almost the price of paper, and the printing cost is negligible.

"Two volumes are combined, it's five cents!"

The guy shouted loudly, and he felt Chen An was crazy.

If these two volumes were printed in woodblocks, they could be sold at least 60 to 70 cents, but now they only sell for 5 cents, less than 10 cents.

Just like buying a mobile phone in later generations, the original price of 5,000 mobile phones were sold for only 300 yuan. The guy probably wanted to die, but the customer thought he was selling a mobile phone model.

So when the guy saw that no one came, he picked up a book and opened it at everyone, "Look! Look! They are all very clear."

"The two volumes are combined, and you can get five cents. You can buy them home for your children to see. If you can't read, you will go to Xun County and Xuezhou to ask. The officials said that if you want the children to study, we don't want Yan Ruyu, but we can't let the children be blind..."

"But sir is unwilling to teach!"

Someone probably tried it, "Those gentlemen are very arrogant and ignore others with a stern face."

Some people say that Chinese culture reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, which is correct.

Compared with the Han and Tang dynasties, the education of the Song Dynasty was unprecedented.

Speaking of education, we must mention Emperor Taizu. Emperor Taizu loved reading and could not put down the book, even leading the army to fight. With the result of the ups and downs, the cultural undertakings of the Song Dynasty flourished.

Later, education even became an indicator for assessing the political achievements of officials.

If you become a local official and the local education has not developed, then you are just incompetent.

After this trend gradually became popular, donating funds to support education became a trend.

Anyone with some ability will donate some money to help students, which is considered elegant.

But even so, the literacy rate in the Song Dynasty was still not high. This is related to the cost of education.

Studying in this era is a luxury. Whether it is food, accommodation, or buying pens, ink, paper and ink, it is not something that ordinary people can afford. So some people say that the rich are getting richer. Why? Because when their children are studying, the sons of ordinary people are playing with mud or working with adults, and finally become a numb farmer in the field.

If this situation is to change, it is most important to reduce the cost of reading.

So Chen An took action.

"Five cents?"

"That's right, five cents!" The guy said proudly: "Do you know who we belong here? What else are you worried about in Chenlongtu's industry? Just buy it!"

"Is it the bookstore of Chenlongtu?"

"Was anyone else in Bianliang dare to pretend to be the Dragon Picture?"

This sentence dissipated all worries.

"I want to buy one!"

“…”

The bookstore was instantly submerged.

"...Don't rob! Fuck it! It's so cheap and you can steal it! Catch the book stole!"

"Yes, there are all, and it's still printed behind it! Don't grab it!"
To be continued...