PWDLAW Chapter 376: Oil Soot Ink

 Chapter 376: Oil Soot Ink

"Take a look for yourself."


Immediately, a book was thrown towards her.


Ye Muyu didn't mind; after all she was on someone else's turf and it was necessary to yield when required. Besides, it wasn't a big deal.


With her usual calm demeanor, she quickly opened the book to have a look.


She was a bit skeptical because she only found one type of highly expensive oil soot ink, the rest were mostly pine soot ink which was still not cheap.


This was not surprising, as pine soot ink required pine trees as raw materials. Since ancient people didn't have the concept of afforestation, over the years, pine soot ink naturally became more and more expensive.


Located in the prosperous region of Jiangnan, economic conditions were favorable, but they couldn't escape the high price of pine soot ink. However, she remembered that during the Song Dynasty, various types of oil soot ink had been developed.


Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty had successfully developed oil soot ink, which was described as 'as bright as lacquer, surpassing pine soot.'


Oil soot ink and pine soot ink each had their own characteristics. Pine soot ink made from ancient pine trees was naturally precious, and most pine soot ink was made from pine branches, which was not as good.


The prices were also more affordable.


The variety of oil soot ink was vast, and if one really calculated, the prices should be somewhat lower, making it more suitable for large-scale printing.


After finishing reading, Ye Muyu asked, "Master Xu, why is there only one type of oil soot ink?"


Compared to the quantity of pine soot ink, there was only one lonely bottle of oil soot ink, which felt a bit desolate.


Only now did Xu Jiao lift his head to look at her. Seeing that she was a woman, he showed no extra expression and calmly said, "The development of oil soot ink has just begun, where would other varieties come from?"


"Is this oil soot ink developed by your bookstore?" Ye Muyu didn't know why, but thinking of what Chu Heng had said about the ink, mainly being Hui ink, which was known for being pine soot ink, and had received praises like 'one or two Hui ink equals one or two gold,' it seemed quite valuable.


"How do you know?" Xu Jiao raised his head in surprise, somewhat astonished, especially considering the fact that the person in front of him was just a woman.


Ye Muyu smiled lightly, "Madam has observed that Master seems to be looking for information to research oil soot ink."


Ye Muyu didn't tell a lie. Just a moment ago, she carefully observed the books that Xu Jiao was reading, figuring out why he had stacked so many books on the desk and appeared so busy.


"You can read?" Xu Jiao was initially surprised but then he muttered to himself, "Right, you've already opened a bookstore. If you can't read, it wouldn't be acceptable."


"Master, I have already written down the requirements."


"Here is the original list of books to be printed."


"I wonder if it's possible to choose the printing method."


Xu Jiao took the registration book and saw Ye Muyu's neat small characters filling up three whole pages, covering more than thirty books.


If Ye Muyu's handwriting wasn't small, three pages might not have been enough.


"So many books, you're lucky. Recently, no one else has come to place orders at the bookstore, so we can print them for you within seven days."


"As for the printing technique, we now use movable type printing, which is much faster."


Ye Muyu nodded at his words.


She thought that the situation in Da Chu was a bit strange. The printing technique had developed well, but ink hadn't been developed. However, this also presented her with a business opportunity.

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