Yu Guang's manuscript possessed great value worthy of being passed down through the ages. However, as a book, it was still somewhat immature. If they wanted to print it in large quantities and bind it into books, they would do well to find someone to polish the prose first, summarize what he had written, and then print and publish it.
The books would certainly have to be sold once they were printed. The Han Tribe could not possibly make every book free. Besides, Luo Chong had promised the commoners who submitted their writings that they would receive a sum of money as a manuscript fee once their work was accepted. Where would those fees come from? Naturally, from selling the books.
In any case, Luo Chong himself was not going to pay that money.
Thus, Luo Chong summoned Bai Qi from Hanyang Commandery School. Bai Qi had always been in charge of the Han Tribe's Printing Department, so matters concerning book printing naturally had to be entrusted to him.
"Chieftain, you summoned me?" Bai Qi was led to the study in Luo Chong's home and immediately bowed as he asked.
"Yes. It's about the Call for Papers Order. We received quite a few excellent submissions this time, and some of them can be printed as books. However, those manuscripts are still somewhat immature as books. They must be polished and reformatted before printing. You can take charge of this, right?" Luo Chong got straight to the point.
"Well, of course I can. But, Chieftain, there should be quite a lot of books that need revising and polishing. Adding the printing on top of that, I'm afraid the school's Printing Department won't be able to handle it all. Could we summon some teachers from the school to help? They're on winter