I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 425 Pen
I left Gongshu Shangzao.

Another thing that Ying Changsheng thought of.

This matter is nothing else, that is, he can't think of one thing now.

The charcoal pen I developed before.

It has been proven in practice and is very suitable for current use.

There may be some artistry in writing with a brush, but its use is very constant, and it is very easy to cause problems during the use of the brush.

Difficulty writing.

Moreover, the area occupied by the paper when writing is also a bit large.

In addition, when writing with a brush.

The speed is also very slow.

Moreover, writing is more laborious, because during the writing process, the hand of the brush is suspended in the air and kept raised.

It must be quite strenuous to write under such circumstances. Writing just a few hundred words can make your wrists so tired that they hurt.

In such cases as a writing instrument.

The writing brush seems to be somewhat unfavorable for development, writing, and spreading culture.

Although this stuff itself is a kind of culture in later generations.

But even so.

When the truth should be said, it should be said.

Win immortality at this time.

I just feel that the brush is an extremely bad writing tool.

It is too expensive to use this thing, and the writing is too slow. In other words, it is not conducive to the promotion of the current culture, let alone the current Great Qin, and the popularization of education in the empire is not conducive to the numerous writers of the Great Qin Empire. needed.

In such cases, carbon pencils are a good substitute.

But thinking about it carefully, Ying Changsheng gave up this idea again.

Even charcoal is fine.

But he also has a fatal flaw.

That is a carbon pencil made of charcoal.

If it is used for writing, it is extremely easy to cause a problem.

The problem is that the written handwriting is easy to fall off, easy to be smeared, and easy to see clearly.

Therefore, Ying Changsheng felt that he had to invent a writing pen that could be used instead of a brush. This pen must meet two requirements, that is.

First, use a hard pen to write.

Second, there is no need to dip in ink once during use.

And these requirements are said to be the easiest to meet with a pen, and that is the fountain pen.

But the crux of the problem is that the Great Qin Empire has not yet been born at this time, the pen.

And the technical difficulty of making fountain pens is not low.

Thinking of this, Ying Changsheng inevitably frowned.

But he soon realized that he had another alternative.

This alternative is nothing else.

Just make a simple pen.

A relatively primitive pen.

At this time, if he said it, he would win Changsheng, and then he acted on his own.

First of all, to make this thing, you need a bamboo of appropriate thickness. The thickness of bamboo must be controlled well, after such a bamboo is prepared.

Ying Changsheng used alcohol and lit an alcohol lamp.

Alcohol is no longer a rare thing in the Great Qin Empire at this time.

The reason is simple. Many raw materials such as sweet potatoes and sugar cane can be used to make wine.

Wine is alcohol.

In this way, how could the Great Qin Empire lack alcohol at this time? After having alcohol, he could successfully ignite the alcohol and then heat it to heat the bamboo.

I only saw it under the burning flame of the alcohol lamp.

The moisture inside the bamboo was quickly dried.

There was even a cyan liquid dripping from one end of the bamboo.

This may be history in the hands of men of letters.

At this time, with the gradual evaporation of these liquids in the air, such a bamboo has completed the removal of water, and the surface of the bamboo has also undergone a certain degree of carbonization.

Makes the bamboo somewhat stronger.

Under such circumstances.

Ying Changsheng also started the next step of the operation. He used a small saw to slowly cut off a section of the bamboo, and then after selecting it properly, he carefully opened the top of the bamboo, drilled the hole, and quickly expand.

Immediately after cleaning up.

Ying Changsheng took out a branch that had been prepared in advance, made a wooden stopper of suitable size, then stuffed it in, tried it, and found that it could be completely sealed.

He followed.

Just use a small drill bit at the bottom of this bamboo joint.

Opened a small mouth.

Now, the most important thing needs to be made.

That is what is used to make the nib.

Speaking of which, the best way to make it is to use a hollow iron pipe and a thin hollow iron needle. The tip is directly ground and smooth, and the thickness is well controlled.

That's right, control the ink, slowly flow down the iron pipe, and then write, but the problem lies in the technology of making such an iron pipe, the difficulty is really too high.

So, after thinking about it, Ying Changsheng decided to make a simple nib.

It is to use wood to carve a nib similar to a fountain pen, and to draw a fine groove on it, so that the ink can flow out by itself.

Of course, such a nib is actually not very durable.

In general, after using it for a period of time, you have to replace it!
However, this is not impossible.

I had no choice but to use such a method.

At this time, only Ying Changsheng was seen and he took action quickly.

Not too much effort.

A few simple wooden nibs were successfully made.

Then, Ying Changsheng carefully installed the nib, and then he quickly poured some of the most delicate black ink into the barrel of the pen, and then used the wooden stopper to plug the top of it.

Ying Changsheng wrote on the side table.

Although the simple fountain pen is extremely simple to make, it is also very convenient to use, and the effect is quite good.

I only saw it after Ying Changsheng finished making this simple pen.

On the side, he wrote dozens of words in one breath, without any surprises.

At this scene, Ying Changsheng couldn't help showing a satisfied smile, and said with a frequent nod.

"Yes, yes, with this thing, it will be much easier to write in the future!"

The moment Ying Changsheng's voice fell.

Immediately afterwards, he used the pen cap that he had previously made from thicker bamboo to fit the simple pen.

A pen made from this bamboo.

After being put into my arms.

For a while, Ying Changsheng got up quickly, and immediately planned to take this pen to see Brother Zheng, and then recommend this pen to Brother Zheng and his old man, so that the old man will realize how useful this thing is. place.

Inside Zhangtai Palace.

Brother Zheng was currently reviewing the memorial.

At this moment, Ying Changsheng strode in.

Seeing the latter coming in, Ying Zheng couldn't help but chuckled, then put down the brush in his hand, and by the way, moved his wrist again.

Well, review the memorial.

It's really tiring.

(End of this chapter)