Wealthy beyond measure, yet you call me a sister-supporting-brother demon?

With the cooperation method confirmed, Yuan Qingfeng began drafting the contract.

Yuan Qingfeng flicked his long robe, picked up a wolf-hair brush, and began to draft, his posture elegant and his handwriting graceful.

Two copies were made, and after they were drafted, Yuan Qingfeng signed his name.

Yuan Sheng took the pen and carefully wrote his name, Yuan Sheng.

Uh……

Yuan Qingfeng was a little dumbfounded. Yuan Sheng's handwriting was really... clumsy, quite a contrast to his previous elegance. He couldn't help but say, "Nephew Yuan Sheng, you really should practice your handwriting properly."

Yuan Sheng nodded, "I was just about to take advantage of the opportunity to practice writing storybooks."

Having finalized the collaboration on the storybook, Yuansheng began looking at calligraphy brushes and paper. There was no need to buy an inkstone; his father-in-law had given him a fine Duan inkstone, so why not use it?

Zhu Chenxi helped her choose one.

“Young lady, you have a good eye. This is a Northern Wolf Hair Hair Coin, made from the finest tail hair of a weasel from Northeast China. It is worth eight taels.”

Yuan Qingfeng glanced at the waiter. He hadn't noticed before, but Xiao Fu was quite quick to speak. "Nephew, if you want it, take it for five taels."

He found the young scholar named Yuansheng very pleasing to the eye, and since they shared the same surname, they might have been from the same family five hundred years ago.

Yuan Sheng originally wanted to buy something cheaper, but since the bearded uncle had offered to lower the price, he could only thank him and ask the waiter to wrap it up.

Judging from the bearded man's demeanor and attire, he didn't seem like the type to use marketing tricks on the waiter for a few taels of silver.

Next, Yuansheng began selecting paper. There were many types of paper, the best being Xuan paper, which was soft yet resilient, with beautiful texture, and was pure white and fine. In addition, there was Lian Shi paper and Mao Bian paper made from bamboo, as well as white cotton paper and yellow cotton paper made from tree bark.

Yuansheng chose reasonably priced white cotton paper, a ream of twenty-five sheets, for a total of two hundred coins.

Yuan Sheng bought five reams of paper and paid six taels of silver for the writing brush.

After saying goodbye to Zhu Chenxi and the bearded uncle, Yuansheng left.

Zhu Chenxi actually had a lot of questions, but she couldn't say them in front of outsiders. When the two of them got to the street, she finally grabbed Yuan Sheng's sleeve and asked, "My lord, the fee of fifty taels for ten thousand words is really not low. Why didn't you agree?"

"Because I want to earn more money."

"My lord, do you think that storybook is bound to be a huge hit?"

"Yes, its explosive popularity was inevitable." After all, it has been tested by the market and conforms to the Taoist doctrines of this era, so it's a natural fit.

"Most importantly, I want to see what kind of person he is and whether we can have a deeper collaboration." Making money is something that can be urgent or not.

After all, he can earn several dozen taels a day from his braised meat business.

But even though he said he wasn't in a hurry, he was anxious. There were several hundred taels of silver for his brother-in-law's medical treatment, two large brick houses, and money for his younger siblings' schooling. Besides taking care of his eldest sister, there were also his six other older sisters.

For example, just now, when he passed by the jewelry store, he wanted to go in and buy some jewelry for Chenxi, his mother, and his sister, but he had to save the money he had for building a house and treating his brother-in-law's illness, so he had to postpone buying jewelry.

However, choosing long-term partners cannot be rushed. Being cautious and observing carefully now can avoid many disputes or even disasters later on. After all, money is a powerful motivator, and movable type printing involves significant interests.

"Deeper cooperation?"

"Yes, the current printing technology is copperplate printing. The text is engraved on a copper plate, and ink is injected into the paper through the grooves on the plate to form the text."

Zhu Chenxi nodded.

"But I thought of a better printing method, which would use clay to make standardized small typefaces, which could be arranged and combined as needed. With just one set of such typefaces, all books could be printed. There would be no need to make a copperplate for each book."

Zhu Chenxi's eyes widened. How could her husband so calmly utter such an astonishing method?

With this printing technology, the cost of books will be greatly reduced! Even the price of a handwritten copy cannot compare to the price of one printed using movable type! This is a tremendous revolution!

The decrease in book prices will accelerate the spread of knowledge, and the number of readers may increase as a result.

The entire country will be changed because of this!

No! The whole world will be changed because of this!

Her husband was a genius! An unprecedented genius! She had known this for a long time.

Zhu Chenxi's eyes were filled with stars as she looked at Yuan Sheng.

Yuan Sheng saw the adoration in his wife's eyes. What kind of love signal was she sending? If they weren't on the street, they would definitely have a good time being affectionate.

"My lord, our world is so different because of you! And in my heart too." Zhu Chenxi blushed as she finished speaking.

Yuan Sheng felt a tickle in his heart from her words, so he coughed and said, "Let's go buy some things."

The two went to the cloth shop and bought several bolts of cloth, and then went to the grain store and bought some high-quality flour, rice, oil, sugar and other necessities.

Yuansheng's family has wheat, but the quality of the wheat grains is not very good, and the flour made from it tastes so-so.

For Yuansheng, what is the purpose of making money? Naturally, it is to allow his family to live a better life and enjoy a better lifestyle, so naturally he buys the best noodles for his family to eat.

When the two returned home, Zhou Chunsheng happened to be there.

This was Zhou Chunsheng's first time visiting Yuan Sheng's home. The Yuan family's courtyard was quite large, with two jujube trees and a well next to it. The Yuan family only had four thatched huts, making it look rather empty.

After exchanging pleasantries with the Yuan family, Zhou Chunsheng was led into Zhou Changlin's house by Yuan Pan'er.

Zhou Chunsheng looked around. The house was quite large and very clean. He couldn't help but give the Yuan family a thumbs up. Everyone said Yuan Pan'er's family wasn't good enough. But when it came to crucial moments, they still had to rely on the Yuan family.

"Changlin, did you call me here to have me repair the thatched huts? Yufeng said something about building a house, but he didn't explain clearly." Zhou Chunsheng assumed that Zhou Changlin wanted him to help repair the two thatched huts on the hillside. "If you ask me, don't bother repairing them. The beams of those huts are too thin and have been pierced by insects. They might collapse any day now. This afternoon, I'll gather the clansmen, pool some money for you, and we'll all work together to make some adobe bricks. We'll build two new houses."

Zhou Chunsheng held Zhou Changlin's hand and comforted his nephew.

No matter how well the Yuan family treats Changlin, it's not a good idea for them to stay there permanently; Changlin still needs to build his own house.

Zhou Changlin was deeply moved. He was now adopted by Zhou Chunsheng, but he still called Zhou Chunsheng "uncle." Zhou Chunsheng had done this much for him, even better than his own father had done for him.

"Uncle Chunsheng, I'm troubling you to come all this way today because I want you to help me with the construction of a house. My brother-in-law asked me to build five large brick and tile houses."

"What did you say?!" Zhou Chunsheng thought he was hallucinating. What?! Build five large brick houses with tiled roofs?! Bricks are so expensive! Has Changlin lost his mind?!