Great Tang Southern Emperor

No.17 Chapter printing machine

"Zhen'er, the printing technique you are talking about should not be the current engraving technique?"

"Of course not." Li Zhen raised her head and said, "Grandpa said that although this printing method is not the best, it is definitely more time-saving, labor-saving and money-saving than woodblock printing, which means that more brothers and younger brothers will be able to study. gone."

"Not the best?" Li Shimin was a little greedy: "Zhen'er, why didn't the old god give you the best printing skills?"

"Because the best printing requires better materials and power, we can't make it with Datang's current technology."

"What's this talking about?" Li Shimin was even more dissatisfied: "My Tang Dynasty is sitting on the world, what kind of things can't be made?"

"Not to mention anything else, can you make rubber? Can you make alloy steel? And power, do you know about steam engines? Do you know about generators?" Li Zhen listed a lot of things but Li Shimin didn't listen. past noun.

Li Shimin was completely taken aback by the question: "Zhen'er, the emperor knows this elephant glue, just boil it out of the elephant skin."

"Pfft!" Li Zhen sprayed directly, and then laughed unscrupulously: "Hahahaha"

No matter how stupid Li Shimin was, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he patted Li Zhen's buttocks twice, and said depressedly: "Okay, don't laugh, father knows that I said the wrong thing."

Li Zhen forced herself to stop: "It's boiled out of elephant skin, puff! Hahaha"

After a quarter of an hour, Li Zhen finally stopped laughing: "Rubber is a kind of gum cut from rubber trees, and then it can be turned into usable rubber after a series of processing."

"Then will you know how to do this Zhen'er?" Li Shimin asked expectantly.

"Unfortunately, my child can't do it." Li Zhen really can't do it. He is studying mechanical design. Although he knows a little about materials, he is not a professional after all. Most of them are steel smelting and so on. As for the more advanced materials and chemical engineering It's really embarrassing him.

"That's really a pity." Li Shimin was very disappointed.

"But father, don't be disappointed. The printing technique given by the grandfather is still very useful. There is also papermaking, which is very good." Li Zhen understands papermaking, because his family once opened a paper factory. It is said that his family was fined by the government because of this.

"Then father is relieved. I have agreed to the request of the old god. In this way, father will send craftsmen to follow your command and make papermaking and printing out as soon as possible."

"What about Leizhou?" In Li Zhen's story, Zhen Yuanzi's hometown is Leizhou, but in the words, Li Zhen also expressed that he wanted to seal the fief there.

"This is considering the father." Li Shimin squatted down and looked at Li Zhen carefully. When he thought that such a young child would go to a barren land like Leizhou, Li Shimin was extremely reluctant, and even if he agreed, Concubine Yan It's not easy to explain there: "Anyway, it's still too early for you to become an adult, let Father think about it again."

"Oh." Li Zhen's face was full of disappointment, but in Li Shimin's eyes, it made him feel even more distressed.

After Li Shimin left, Li Zhen lay on her bed. It seemed that she was a little too hasty. After all, Leizhou or the whole of Lingnan was a barren land in the eyes of everyone, and it was a place where only criminals went.

But others don't know, but I know it very well. Leizhou may be remote in later generations, but in this era, it is a perfect place. Not to mention, just talking about the geographical location, Leizhou is backed by the mainland and bordered by the east Leizhou Bay, across the Qiongzhou Strait to the south and Hainan Island across the sea, and the Beibu Gulf to the west, is easy to defend but difficult to attack.Moreover, at this time, Lingnan was rich in forest resources, Leizhou was backed by two major bays and a strait, and Hainan Island had Shilu Iron Mine, so it was definitely a good place to develop navigation.The only problem is that this place is too remote after all, the transportation is inconvenient, and the population is relatively sparse, but these are not problems, as long as Li Zhen is given time to develop it in advance, it will definitely turn this place into a rich place in ten years or so.

The only flaw is probably the lack of people in the construction, but this is also easy to solve. There is no shortage of other things in this era, but there are plenty of slaves. Although Leizhou is not next to neighboring countries, as long as they offer high rewards, some slave hunting teams will take their own needs. It is a pity that the monkeys on the Indochina Peninsula are really thin, and I hope they can be supplemented by the number of people.There are also craftsmen, this is also very easy to solve, as long as Leizhou is developed, people will naturally go there.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen smiled wryly. She was thinking too far. After all, she was just a kid now, and she didn't even have a trustworthy man--although Xiao Fuzi and the others could believe it, the problem was that they were all eunuchs. You can't help yourself with the industry at all.

"It's better to be crowned king as soon as possible. After being crowned king, you can recruit staff."

In the afternoon, Li Shimin assigned a dozen craftsmen to Li Zhen. Given Li Zhen's young age, Li Zhen was allowed to work directly in the palace without going out of the palace.

"The villain Chen Liang has met His Highness." Li Zhen has not been crowned king yet, so others directly call him His Highness or Eighth Highness.

"Get up." Li Zhen took out a few blueprints and handed them to Chen Liang: "Look, can you make them?"

Chen Liang took the blueprints, stepped aside and discussed with his subordinates in a low voice, and then returned to Li Zhen: "His Royal Highness, we have discussed it, and it is not a problem to make these things."

"That's good." Li Zhen stood up and said, "Father sent you here because of course he believed in you. What we have to do in the past few days is very important, so I hope you all control your mouths. If it leaks out In the slightest, I can spare you, but my father doesn't think I will spare you."

"Your Highness, don't worry, the villain must strictly keep his mouth shut and will never reveal anything."

"That's good, you all have to remember what I said today, otherwise the emperor will never forgive you lightly. Of course, if you do a good job, rewards will definitely be indispensable." The truth of giving a sweet date with a stick Li Zhen still understands.

"Thank you, Your Highness." To be honest, these craftsmen still have a lot of opinions about His Majesty sending themselves and others under the command of a child. After all, they still have tasks. Even if Li Zhen said that this matter is very important, they would Some didn't take it seriously, after all, the news that Li Zhen got the immortal inheritance was only circulated in the upper circle of Datang, and had not yet reached the ears of the lower class.

But after listening to Li Zhen's words, I realized instantly, what His Highness said is very reasonable, no matter what His Majesty's purpose in assigning himself to His Highness, I just need to listen to the arrangement, what if the things His Highness wants to get are really important? manage?Even if there is no such eventuality, the purpose of my coming here is to play with this Highness, so as long as I am happy to serve this Highness, then the reward is not too big?These highnesses were all born with golden spoons in their mouths, and spending money must be extravagant. At that time, as long as they are rewarded a little, it will be enough to cover their wages for several months.Anyway, I was appointed by His Majesty when I came here, and I was following the emperor's orders, and my superiors absolutely did not dare to cause trouble for me.

"Everything I'm going to do is on the blueprint, just send it to me when it's done."

"Yes."

People in this era are still very efficient in doing things, but there are reasons for their own identity.Three days later, all the parts that Li Zhen asked for were completed, and after rewarding these craftsmen, Li Zhen let them retire.

"Little Fuzi, are things ready?"

"Alright, alright Your Highness, it's ready." Xiao Fuzi also ran over with a few parts.

"Was it made in a different place?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the servant girl, Xiao Anzi and Xiao Mozi have gone to several shops."

"That's good." Xiao Fuzi was still very quick in doing things.

Li Zhen is not stupid, of course he would not let all the parts be handed over to a group of people. The craftsmen made 90.00%, and the remaining [-]% was made by Li Zhen and Xiao Fuzi and the others in different shops. Ten out of ten parts are more important parts on the printing press.That's right, what Li Zhen designed for Li Shimin was a printing machine. This printing machine borrowed the structure of a stamping machine. This kind of printing machine has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture. For Li Zhen, it is no more difficult than designing a juicer.The only problem is - Li Zhen forgot that there is no standardization in this era.

Looking at the printing machine that was barely assembled after being modified for a long time, Li Zhen roared to the sky: "Standardization, damn standardization."

Chapter 18 Family Theory

Chapter 18 Family Theory

"Your Highness, the characters are already ready." Xiao Fuzi was holding a pack of reverse characters carved by craftsmen. In order to pursue speed, all the engravings were in inscribed characters. After all, inscribed characters were too labor-intensive, so he only used inscribed characters.

"Zhen'er, is the movable type you mentioned really that powerful?" To be honest, Li Shimin still doesn't believe Li Zhen's movable type printing, otherwise he would not leave a group of craftsmen to him. The new elementary school books are being promoted.

"Father, go and have a look." Li Zhen dragged Li Shimin to the printing machine, saw a piece of paper being pushed under the printing plate by Xiao Fuzi, and Xiao Anzi pulled it lightly, the movable type and the bamboo paper came into zero-distance contact, Pull it back again, the printing plate is raised, and Xiao Fuzi takes out the printed bamboo paper and puts in new bamboo paper. Everything is completed in just two breaths, and the speed is extremely fast.

"Show me."

"Your Majesty." Several people saw Li Shimin now, and immediately knelt down to salute.

"Get up." Li Shimin didn't care about this at all, he was completely shocked by the printing speed of the printing machine.Pick up a piece of printed bamboo paper, on which is printed "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good, nature is similar, learning is far away" is the content of "San Zi Jing".

I took a few more copies and found that the printed content was exactly the same: "Zhen'er, such a magic weapon, I don't know how much it cost?"

"Most of the materials are made of wood, how much does the father think of a pile of wood?" Li Zhen asked rhetorically.

"That's good, hahahaha" Li Shimin finally couldn't help laughing loudly, and finally hugged Li Zhen and said, "How lucky is my Tang Dynasty? To have such a unicorn, really God bless the Tang Dynasty, God bless the Tang Dynasty ,Hahaha"

"Father, you haven't seen the best part of this printing machine yet." Li Zhen got out of Li Shimin's arms, why is it still so hot in autumn?

"Oh? There are still advantages?"

"Father, please take a look." Li Zhen pressed a mechanism, and the plate was turned up. Bai Nen's little hand fumbled on the back of the plate, and the characters Chu and Shan were easily taken off, and the two characters were swapped Restoration later——Li Zhen designed a small mechanism to fix the movable type tightly. Using glue or raw lacquer to fix it is too primitive, and it does not show the ability of our mechanical talents.

"Father, please see."

Li Shimin took it over and saw that it said: "The kindness of people is the origin of human nature."