You are my golden finger

Within two days, news came from Jingzhao Yin and Madam Wu.

Even though Deng Biyan was beaten with twenty sticks, she still refused to give in and said that she had mixed the oleander juice in herself just to extort some money.

In the end, she was sentenced to pay compensation of five hundred taels of silver.

Madam Wu investigated thoroughly and found out that the mastermind behind the murder was Consort Li in the palace. Her son was the fifth prince Murong Yan, who opened the largest rouge shop in Kyoto. The emergence of "Wulin Beauty" seriously affected its business, so she bribed Deng Biyan to destroy the reputation of "Wulin Beauty" and promised to let her enter the fifth prince's mansion as a concubine afterwards.

Lin Xijin couldn't help but sigh. No matter what dynasty, there will always be people who are not enterprising, do not change their current situation, make up for their shortcomings, but always like to use despicable means to deal with their competitors.

Jealousy always makes people unrecognizable!

After this matter came to a conclusion, Lin Xijin returned to Shiziwo because the development of movable type printing had entered a critical stage and she had to keep an eye on it.

The sun in May is already very hot, and early in the morning, the sunlight is blindingly white.

With Xijia, Xinlan, Mujin and Anan, a large group of people laughed and made noises as they headed to Muyuan Village. Qipo, Nanny and Qiuyan sat in the back carriage. The girls had grown up slowly and were very cute. Today was a day off, and several of them wanted to go out with them, so Lin Xijin agreed.

Amid the laughter of several children, we soon arrived at the work shed in Muyuan Village.

After sending a few children out to play, Lin Xijin immediately went to find Cheng Ting and others.

Cheng Ting was a little excited to see her appear.

"My Lord, some of the character molds have been fired. Do you think we can proceed to the next step?"

Xihui quickly presented a small frame of character molds. Lin Xijin picked up a character seal and looked at the positive reverse characters engraved on it. The strokes were clear and strong. He took out a small box of ink and printed it on the paper. The handwriting was very clean and clear.

Lin Xijin was very satisfied. He quickly took out the two iron plates he had prepared in advance and two iron plates as big as books, and then took out some rosin, wax and paper ash, mixed them and put them into the iron frame, covering it with words.

Next, the resin, wax and paper ash are melted, the words are pressed flat with a wooden board, a layer of ink is lightly applied, the paper is covered and pressed lightly, and a page of the book is printed.

Lin Xijin asked the people present to try printing it themselves. Everyone was excited to see the speed and effect of printing the pages. Several boys and the master's assistants couldn't help cheering, and the masters also clapped their hands to congratulate.

He immediately gave everyone a big red envelope, raised his hand to suppress the excitement of several boys, and said calmly: "I plan to set up a bookstore called 'Rulin Bookstore', which means the bookstore of scholars and Lin's family. It will mainly print enlightenment and imperial examination books, agriculture, medicine and famous works, so the current fonts are far from enough."

"I think it would be better if you divide up the work and decide whose characters are suitable for printing that type of book. Then make a batch of character molds and when the printing factory is built, we will officially start printing. Then we will ask the prince to commend everyone and the printing factory will give everyone dividends every year. What do you think?"

As soon as the words fell, there was silence. After a while, there was applause. It seemed that these people were so excited that they were a little stunned.

Everyone participated in the development of movable type printing out of enthusiasm, but never thought about asking for credit or sharing profits. This was truly a pie in the sky, how could we not be excited!

"Thank you, Prince! Thank you, Princess!" Cheng Ting took the lead in expressing his gratitude, and everyone echoed him.

After everyone discussed the division of labor, Lin Xijin went to find a few girls and An An. They were playing with mud, using the sticky mud to mold various animal shapes.

Lin Xijin felt a little soft in her heart, thinking of the pottery class in kindergarten in the future, and said softly: "Do you want to burn the little animals you made?"

"Sister, is it possible? Can it really be burned out?" Xijia asked eagerly.

"Sister, sister..." An An also joined in the fun, but didn't know how to express herself.

"Come with me. This mud has not been processed yet, so it cannot be burned."

Bring a few children to the adobe factory, give them the clay processed by the craftsmen, and let them use their imagination to make things they like. Anyway, they are not goods to be sold, so just let them do what they want.

By noon, they had molded a bunch of things, including cups, bowls, plates, and various small animals. Xijia and Xinlan were more skillful, and their molded things looked lifelike; Mujin's molded things were just recognizable; and An'an's molded things were just lumps of mud.

When Lin Xijin called a halt, everyone looked at An An's clown face and the mud balls and laughed. An An didn't know what everyone was laughing at, so she started laughing too. The factory shed was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Fearing that the children might get heat stroke, he asked them to wash themselves and drink a cup of spiritual spring water each, and then he took them to find Xihui and the others. He brought out watermelons and grapes, and everyone had a full meal before leaving.

The next day, Lin Xijin went to the county to find Li Yuze to discuss the allocation of land for building a bookstore, and hinted that she would give a 10% bonus to his two brothers. Li Yuze knew the business opportunities and profits, and also knew that she was taking care of his two brothers. He immediately took out the map, and the two quickly selected the land suitable for building a bookstore.

The address of this bookstore is chosen next to the medical school. It is still surrounded by mountains and water, and the environment is quiet. However, there are some fields nearby that need to be replaced or purchased.

"Jinlin, you can arrange for people to exchange or purchase these fields. You can also let Muyuan Village invest in them with land and give them some dividends. You must handle it properly and never have any disputes with the owners of the fields." Lin Xijin handed these matters to Ye Jinlin and asked him to solve the problem.

"Yes, master." Ye Jinlin doesn't talk much, but he is a man with strong execution ability.

"Do your job well, and I'm going to give you 10% of the profits from this bookstore. You, Chuntao, Xingwen, Xingwu, and Xingyuan have been expanding the market. And Xihui, Xingcheng, and Xiaowen have been working hard to develop the typefaces in Muyuan Village. The clan leader, the village head, and Uncle Muxiong's family have also helped us a lot. The eight of you will get 10% of the profits, which is a reward for your hard work."

"Thank you for your care, master!" Ye Jinlin's voice was a little choked.

Lin Xijin started to plan and design the bookstore again, but she was already familiar with it. She divided the land into three areas: printing plant area, living area, bookstore warehouse and store area.

However, as this is the base camp, Lin Xijin planned to make it more upscale, so he spent more time on the design, but it only took three days to come up with the design.

Uncle Mu Xiong was asked to transfer a group of craftsmen from the cement factory and recruit a group of laborers. Sun Lingyun also selected 50 soldiers from various sections of the road to join in the construction of the bookstore, and everything was implemented in full swing.

As for the workers in the printing factory, Lin Xijin planned to buy a group of literate people with death certificates, because this would better keep the technology and manuscripts confidential.

However, she didn't need to rush around for this. She just needed to tell the manager Ma of the dental clinic. Manager Ma was very sensible and he would take care of it.