Chapter 107 Chu Yuncheng

In a few days, the Hua family had accumulated tens of thousands of sheets of paper. Hua Kai had people cut all the paper and save it. But he was worried about how to make a book.

The best way is movable type printing. Woodblock printing is too troublesome. If he uses woodblock printing for his "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with more than 3 million words, it will probably take until the beginning of next spring to print it.

When he came to the weapons workshop, Hua Kai transferred half of the carpenters and asked Yu Jun to be in charge of it personally. He started to make the molds for movable type printing. After Yu Jun got this task, his face was solemn. He knew the importance of paper best. If everything written on paper could be made into a book, then the status of the family among the hundreds of families would certainly rise.

And movable type printing can print books quickly, make all the texts standardized, and greatly reduce typos. This invention is no less meaningful than papermaking.

He gave Yu Jun a task and started to experiment with the effect of movable type printing in one month. As a result, on the third day, Yu Jun told him with dark circles under his eyes that 1,000 words of commonly used characters had been carved out, and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" could enter experimental printing.

The craftsmanship of the carpenters in this world exceeded Hua Kai's imagination. It was nothing for the master to just carve the characters on the same size of wood. So on the fourth day, Hua Kai saw a Three Kingdoms character printed by printing in front of him.

"Yu Jun, I'm afraid this won't work!" Hua Kai said as he looked at the printed paper in front of him.

"Why not? I think the paper is very good, much whiter than sheepskin, and the characters are so clear. People can't write such neat characters." Looking at the printing effect in front of him, Yu Jun said with satisfaction.

"There is no problem with the paper and printing, but this is all in one line, without any punctuation marks, which makes people feel uncomfortable." Hua Kai said.

"Aren't all books like this? Are the punctuation marks that the master of the family is talking about the ones marked on your manuscript of "Three Kingdoms"? It does make it easier for people to read, but if the master of the family wants to print it in the book, will all scholars accept it?" Yu Jun is waiting for Hua Kai's blockbuster!

The reason why there are no giants in the Hundred Schools is that no one can pass it down from generation to generation.

Other schools of thought were recorded on simple sheepskin or bamboo slips or wooden tablets. Even if they were incomplete, they could always leave a lot of thoughts and content, but they were generally tens of thousands of words. It was very difficult to record one.

So it was all oral narration by the master and apprentice, and everyone memorized all the stories and went out to spread the family's thoughts. In this way, the family could only rely on word of mouth, which was why the family was not popular and there were no giants.

With paper and printing, it was different. As long as the mold was done, it was not a problem to print dozens of books a day, and it could easily spread all over the world.

"We can't focus all our attention on scholars of various schools of thought, but we have to consider ordinary people who occupy the majority. With the birth of paper, the previous writing habits will gradually change. At the beginning, some people must not be used to adding punctuation marks, but over time, I think everyone will find the benefits of punctuation marks. Punctuation marks are added to all paragraphs of "Three Kingdoms". "Hua Kai said.

It will definitely take a lot of time to print this first book. Since all the difficulties have been overcome, Hua Kai is no longer worried. He asked Yu Jun to print all the paper into "Three Kingdoms", which will take about ten volumes.

On November 15th, Hua Kai woke up in the morning and saw that the leaves in the village had begun to turn yellow. Winter was coming again.

His second uncle Huang Guangwen came to the Hua family early in the morning with 200 gold. They had sold all the horses at the Buqi Market. This time they made hundreds of gold and had an extra horse at home.

Hua Kai remembered that he had been back from the Buqi Market for 12 days and Liu Pingli had been away for half a month. It was time for him to go to the Buqi Market.

This time, 30 carriages were still traveling together to the Buqi Market. Hua Kai could not put everything in the [Baoguang Liuli Bottle]. The carriages had to carry something to avoid suspicion.

After the caravan left the gate of Huajiabao, Hua Kai and Hua Zichen rode towards the small road. The caravan had the butler Hua Fu, Er Zhuang, Hua Yue and others, so nothing would happen if the carriages were empty.

At noon, Hua Kai returned to the Hua family residence at the Buqi Market. It was still the same as 12 days ago. The remaining horses were still there. The servants were only responsible for feeding them these days.

Not long after arriving at the residence, before Hua Kai had time to eat, he saw someone coming to the door of the Hua family residence. The servant reported that it was Manager Liu who came, and brought other guests behind him.

Hua Kai went out to greet him, only to see an old man about 50 years old following Liu Pingli. The other party was dressed gorgeously, and the jade pendant on his body was obviously from a wealthy family.

"Brother Hua, I'm back!" Liu Pingli looked haggard, and he must have not had a good rest in the past few days.

"Manager Liu is back so soon. It's only been the sixteenth day. I just came back from Guang County." Hua Kai said.

"You can't be impatient, brother Hua, today I will introduce you to Chu Yuncheng, the president of our Sihai Chamber of Commerce. When I return to the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, I will convey your words to you, and our president will quickly purchase all the goods you need and will not delay sending them to you for a moment." Liu Pingli said as he made way, and the old man walked over with a smile.

Hua Kai saw that the old man was actually in the Xiantian realm. Did the Hua family actually provoke the innate realm of the Chu State? I don't know whether this is good or bad for the Hua family. Chu Yuncheng is a member of the Chu family. As one of the most powerful families in the world, Hua Kai has to be careful.

"Hello, Master Hua, I am Chu Yuncheng from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce!" President Chu introduced himself politely when he saw Hua Kai, without any airs that a Xiantian Realm person should have.

"President Chu, please! Let's go in and have a chat!" Seeing that the other party was humble, Hua Kai invited him into his wooden house.

"I have seen all the elixirs of the Hua family. They are all rare and good elixirs. I wonder how many of these elixirs Master Hua has now. The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce will take them all." Chu Yuncheng said straight to the point.

"I wonder if the medicinal materials and salt I asked the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce to bring have been brought..." Hua Kai asked back.

"Look, I was so anxious that I forgot to tell the head of the Hua family about bringing medicine. This time, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce searched all the pharmacies in Yingdu, and brought all the medicinal materials that Chu could find. Because of the tight time, only 179 spiritual medicines were found, including 1 fifth-grade spiritual medicine, 7 fourth-grade spiritual medicines, and 31 third-grade spiritual medicines. There are still 19 medicinal materials on the Hua family's main medicine list that have not been found. If needed, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce will help the Hua family pay attention to the whereabouts of these medicines." President Chu of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce said.

"I wonder what the prices of these medicines are? The pills are all here, President Chu can take a look first." Hearing the other party mention the fifth-grade spiritual medicine, he knew that the nether fruit for refining [Golden Body Pill] was found, because there was only one fifth-grade spiritual medicine on his medicine list. If the other party collected the rotten bone spirit flower night this time, then all the main and secondary medicines of [Golden Body Pill] would be complete.

"This time, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce will only charge one cost price for all medicinal materials, 182020 gold. Even if 10,000 stones of coarse salt and 500 stones of refined salt are given to the Hua family, they are not worth much."

President Chu spoke generously. 10,000 stones of salt are not worth much. Hua Kai knew that if the other party said that he did not make money from him, he must not have made any money. The other party is in the Xiantian realm and would not lie to an ordinary family head like him.

"Business is business, friendship is friendship. If these pills are not valuable enough, our Hua family will think of other ways. Let's just sell the salt at what it should be!" Hua Kai refused.

"These pills are of the same quality as the last batch, and there is no flaw. Even ordinary alchemy masters may not be able to refine them.

Including the pills that have been handed over to Manager Liu, the total price is 213,000 gold. If this pill is auctioned, the price will be higher... Master Hua, to be honest, I came here today to ask for something. I dared to speak only after Master Hua brought salt." Chairman Chu's words made Hua Kai unable to refuse. To be able to become the chairman of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, his ability must be good.

"This time, the Hua family came to the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, and they sincerely regarded the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce as a friend. If there is anything Hua Kai can help, please tell me." Hua Kai said.

"I know that you can produce so many high-quality pills, and there must be an alchemy master behind you. The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce will not have any hostility towards you. I just ask as a friend, can the alchemist behind you refine longevity medicine?" Chu Yuncheng stood up and bowed to Hua Kai.

Longevity medicine is the medicine that can greatly increase lifespan. Ordinary alchemy masters cannot refine it. Even if they succeed by chance, the lifespan of the alchemist will be greatly reduced. Therefore, longevity medicine is the most special medicine in this world. If you want an alchemist to refine it, you must pay a huge price.

"Longevity medicine... What kind of longevity medicine do you want to refine?" Hua Kai asked in a low voice.

[Alchemy Room] There are many recipes for longevity medicine, but the family luck points required for refining are also very high. Hua Kai is unwilling to waste family luck points if it is not necessary.

"There is an elder in our family who is about to die, but he is on the verge of a breakthrough. We plan to ask for a longevity medicine for him, at least a 20-year longevity medicine." Chu Yuncheng said it very clearly.

"20-year longevity medicine is not easy to refine..."

"I brought a medicinal material, which is a rare spiritual quenching. It should be possible to refine a longevity medicine. If the alchemist is willing, even if the refining fails, the Chu family will remember the Hua family's favor." Chu Yuncheng said.

"Can I see the elixir first? If the herbs are not enough, even if the alchemist behind me is willing, he can't make it." Hua Kai said.

"Please come to the Sihai Merchant Ship to talk!" Chu Yuncheng raised his hand, and all the elixirs on the table disappeared. Hua Kai didn't know whether the other party had the same space as himself, or whether there would be any special spells above the Xiantian Realm. These were still far away from him and the Hua family. Perhaps he could only know it after the Hua family had a Xiantian Realm master.

Arriving on the Sihai Merchant Ship, Chu Yuncheng pointed to the salt and elixir he brought to Hua Kai. It took three large ships, and Hua Kai could send people to move all the things away at any time.

Entering the largest cabin, Hua Kai saw Chu Yuncheng take out a Yutong Jinlan treasure chest. This Yutong Jinlan wood is a ninth-grade wood. Each piece is more valuable than gold, not to mention such a large piece made into a box. The function of Yutong Jinlan wood is to block the spiritual energy. Anything hidden in it for a thousand years will not dissipate the medicinal properties. It is somewhat similar to the function of Hua Kai's [Baoguang Liuli Bottle].