Chapter 26 The King Summons

After hearing Zhang Ziqiang ask a few questions, Dovers did not answer the key point. Seeing that he seemed to be thinking about something after hearing it, she recognized the head of the family in her heart. She was optimistic about this matter, so she wanted to hurry to get Zhang Ziqiang's approval.

"I plan to take out all the remaining gold coins in my family to buy materials, and ask someone to come to my house to make 10,000 at a time, and transport them to several schools to sell them. When others want to sell them, I will sell them out, and this time I can earn a year's income from the manor! Wood is not a problem, it's just that a large amount of paper-making wood is not enough, and there is still wood for building houses and furniture. A lot of crystal wheels are cut down every year to cut forests."

"That's it. Have you ever thought that others wouldn't buy this thing after seeing you, and let the adults do it as their own use when they go home?" Zhang Ziqiang asked again.

Amilia frowned and said, "Yes, the family's conditions are not good, so she may not buy them. After all, an ordinary family only earns two or three gold coins a month, and after the expenses, there will be no more copper coins left. So what if we sell the method of making this thing to the temple? It can also sell dozens of gold coins!"

After hearing this, Zhang Ziqiang understood almost everything. There is no patent law in this world. Copyright is popular. He always needs to make some technical content and make others imitate it. After a change of mind, how much money can a simple production be sold? What is sold is knowledge!

"Madam, are there paintings on the table in the main hall? Are the paints and the transparent paint on the surface expensive?"

"It's not expensive. The paint is just a layer of pectin. There are ready-made ones sold in the royal city. There are a lot of paints in the dyeing garment workshop." Amilia replied in confusion.

"Oh, this is easy. Please look at the box lid, madam." Zhang Ziqiang raised the box lid in his hand and signaled: "Since students are hard to find, there is no blank space in the middle. You can make the box lid into two or three or four layers, one flat board with red paint on it. The common words I asked my wife to pick out for me in the past few days, and then apply transparent paint. This way the words will not be easily worn off. Not only can the students in the school use students, but even children who have not entered the school can practice first. Wouldn't it be better?"

"Hiss!" Amilia and Dovers took a breath, but then they thought something was wrong and asked in confusion: "If you want to do ten thousand, how can you find so many people to write? Even if you can find someone, the cost of a single person will be very high?"

"Haha" Zhang Ziqiang was very proud of his heart, just for engraving and printing. He laughed and said, "Just find a piece of square material about the same size as the surface of this box, write common words on it, and then carve the parts with the characters with a knife, and then form an intimate text. Then brush paint on the surface, flatten the hardwood square material of the same size on the surface, and press it on it. Take the second piece of square material, cut the area with the pigment with a knife, and leave the reverse positive text. In the future, just brush the pigment on the box and print it on the lid of the wooden box, and then apply paint after it is dry. This is like a stamp. Why do you need to ask someone to write it one by one?"

He paused and continued, "Don't have to make it at home. You can split the box into several parts and hand it over to the major workshops of the capital. As long as you set the size, print the characters yourself and put them on them after you take them back. As long as you keep the printing technique confidential, others can't imitate it for a while. We will sell it enough after a few days."

"The key is to pick out these commonly used characters. What we sell is not a wooden box, but a new way to recognize characters. This method is to sell a gold coin and it is also a snap-up for every family to buy. In addition, don't rush to sell it after you have done it. The lady can give a finished product to the king first. This box can make the children's practice time very early. The king will definitely pay attention to it. Not to mention the reward, it is easy to sell if you open the fame box. As for the pinyin symbols, we cannot promote it. This is not sold. You can keep it if someone will launch the printing technique after it is launched, and you can also offer it to the king again and get a second reward. Haha!"

I saw that Dover's beard was raised and his mouth was cracked to both sides, and Amilia's eyes were wide open. She could put an egg in her cherry mouth, and she shouted in her heart: "I sent it, I sent it now, why can he make money so much? Is it possible for men to practice but learn to make money? Then what do women do?" But she didn't know that in the world of God, women can only spend money, Amen!

In the following days, Amilia led Dovers out early and back late every day, so busy that she was not occupied. Even so, Amilia came back every day and recited the words that she wanted to teach Zhang Ziqiang to know the next day, and did not delay the formation of words and sentences. She went to rest after Zhang Ziqiang thought she had enough learning, but refused to let Xiao Cui and other servants teach him.

Seeing that she worked hard, Zhang Ziqiang asked her why, and she said she wanted to keep it a secret for Zhang Ziqiang. In fact, Amilia's four personal maids knew about Zhang Ziqiang's learning to recognize words, but she was just unwilling to give up the opportunity to approach Zhang Ziqiang.

Zhang Ziqiang naturally knew Amilia's intentions, but he wanted to go back, so he could only make up his mind to pretend to be ignorant, dive into books every day, and study hard.

The truths in life are everywhere. Apples fall every day, and many fall on people's heads, but only Newton discovered gravity. It has been six or seven years since her husband joined the army. It has been working alone to manage the family business more and more prosperous. After Zhang Ziqiang pulled it out like a window, her vision suddenly relaxed. Since she could print characters, the cost was not high, why should she only print commonly used characters? Taking advantage of the opportunity to teach Zhang Ziqiang to recognize characters, she picked out the characters one by one, and there were only about 6,000 new characters, each thin plate divided into five elements, each line with ten characters, with a front and a back, a total of 100 characters. The sixty boards were printed all of them. Thanks to the fact that there was no sun in this world, the trees grew slowly, and the wood was particularly strong. I don't know what method they used to cut the boards very thin. In this way, one person could stack them all high.

The box itself comes with four hundred most commonly used characters. The board is calculated according to the set. Because it is divided into several parts, the quantity is large. In fact, the cost of the box made in the workshop is twelve copper coins, and the cost of sixty wooden blocks is more than seven silver coins. In addition, printing and bandaging, each box costs two silver coins, and is ready to sell for one gold coin; a set of board costs less than one gold coin, and is ready to sell for hardware coins. This is still true. If you hype up the concept and promote the meaning of hoping that your child will become a dragon, it will be doubled.

Amilia had no extra income when she was in the countryside. She entered the capital three years ago. The king's rewards and the income from the manor have accumulated so far, and she has a total of 2,000 gold coins. She gritted her teeth and threw them all in and customized five thousand boxes and one thousand sets of boards. In order to keep it confidential, she personally compared the animal skin book to write the board alone. Dovers and the four servants of Xiao Cui carved the boards one by one with a knife. It took three months and finally the result was completed.

At this time, the workshop had already delivered the custom-made boxes and other items. As soon as Amilia closed the manor door, the four maids were in the inner room to print the words, and they were sent out to be painted by eight slaves. The other two servants were entrusted to the ventilated place to cool down and dry for a day. It might be the paint extracted from plants. The yard not only had no strange smell, but also had a fragrance. The other gray-clothed servants took over the job of the original slaves. After all, the slaves were owned and could not escape if they were not sold. The civilians were hired to fry the boss Yuyu and Xiaocui, four maids including him signed a ten-year death contract after significantly increasing their treatment.

In the busy life, the first box was completed quickly. Amilia asked Zhang Ziqiang to name it. Zhang Ziqiang used to study science and was most afraid of being named. His son's name was given by his father! After thinking hard, he took down two vulgar names: "Practice Box" and "Practice Board". While Amilia was giggling, she decided to use these two names.

The next day, Amilia led Dover to a set of calligraphy boxes and calligraphy boards, and went out to Marshal Baru's house to find Mrs. Baru. After flipping through the demonstration, she asked her to present it to the king. Mrs. Baru agreed and asked Amilia to go home and wait for the news first. Mrs. Baru then rushed into the palace.

Amilia was heading home in a carriage. Before she left the city, she was stopped by two palace guards, saying that she was following the king's order and asked her wife to enter the palace immediately until she returned to the manor in the evening. She seemed to be in a dream. She didn't expect that she would enter the palace once because of this and also saw the king!

After dinner, Amilia moved Zhang's chair to Zhang Ziqiang's room and sat opposite the table where Zhang Ziqiang learned calligraphy. Her eyes were blurred and stared at Zhang Ziqiang motionlessly. Zhang Ziqiang slowly became uncomfortable and coughed gently: "Cough... what's wrong with Madam?"

Amilia said softly to Zhang Ziqiang: "Today, my wife of Marshal Tobalu presented a calligraphy box and a calligraphy board to His Majesty the King. After seeing this, she was overjoyed and summoned me personally and rewarded me with five thousand gold. She bought all the things I have made now and ordered 10,000 sets. After making 10,000 sets, she had to submit the production method and was not allowed to do it again in the future. At the same time, she asked me not to sell the production method to the temple. She also said that it was a pity that I am a woman and could not reward the lord, otherwise I could directly reward a baron with this! But I can't talk about you, and I have to pay your credit."

"Ah, this matter is not hindered. What's the use of this credit? His Majesty the King has some vision and knows the principle of education first, ten thousand sets. Hehe, Wangcheng Academy is so concentrated, and the target is not only students now. He wants you to submit the production method to facilitate rapid popularization. He strives to promote it nationwide once. After hearing about it, other countries have to wait for a year or two to learn from it. He has a good plan and will dedicate the pinyin to him in a few days to see what reward he gives."
Chapter completed!