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Chapter 219 - 219 215 Panicked
Chapter 219 - 219 215 Panicked
?Chapter 219: Chapter 215: Panicked Chapter 219: Chapter 215: Panicked The masters from the three academies couldn’t quite believe it as they stepped forward to inspect the books.
They randomly pulled out a book to check, and found that the paper of every book they pulled out was very good, without any substitution of inferior quality goods for good ones, and the writing was also very good, no ink smears on the pages, no typos, pleasing to the eye, and the faint scent of ink was refreshing and delightful.
Books were tied up in bundles, with twenty in each bundle, and they didn’t count such a large pile of books, but since the other party dared to ask them for the remaining silver, it seemed that the quantity of the books was correct.
The expressions on their faces turned ugly.
Where on earth did Wenyuan Bookstore find the paper to print these books?
Shopkeeper Liu, unaffected by their expressions as if they had eaten shit, flipped through his ledger with a smile, pretending to be oblivious as he called out to them, “Lushan Academy ordered ten thousand volumes of books and paid one thousand taels as a deposit, still owing four thousand three hundred and twenty taels. Zhiyuan Academy ordered five thousand volumes, paid a deposit of five hundred taels, still owing three thousand six hundred seventy taels, and Wuya Academy also ordered five thousand volumes, paid a deposit of five hundred taels, still owing two thousand one hundred sixty taels.”
The price differed with the books ordered, Lushan Academy had ordered ten thousand volumes, but mostly they were the Four Books and Five Classics. Since the Four Books and Five Classics were common and the bookstore had already arranged the printing blocks, they didn’t need to set the type again or proofread, so the price per book was cheaper. Even if ten thousand volumes were ordered, it would only cost a little over five thousand taels.
Other books that the bookstore had not printed before required setting the type, proofreading, or even recarving the type blocks, which was more time-consuming and labor-intensive. Plus, the fact that fewer volumes were ordered meant the price per book was naturally higher.
Due to the backwardness and monopoly of the papermaking technique, and the absence of printing technology for various reasons, books in various countries at this time were very expensive.
Since there were few buyers, and those who did buy were mostly not short of silver, the profit on a book was unimaginably high; otherwise, the previous bookstore would not have been willing to offer a high price of one hundred and fifty wen per copied book.
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