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The craftsman nodded and said, "I already know how to do it."

Li Yang is very happy. In fact, engraving and printing is really very simple. It is the same as a seal, the only difference is that the seal is one size bigger.

Block printing materials generally use fine and solid wood, such as jujube wood and pear wood.Then saw the wood into wooden boards, write the characters to be printed on thin paper, and paste them on the wooden boards, and then according to the strokes of each character, use a knife to carve them into positive characters one by one, so that the characters of each character The strokes stand out on the board.After the board is carved, the book can be printed.

Therefore, for these craftsmen engaged in carving, it is not difficult to understand.

Li Yangdao: "The materials for the engraving will be cut and sent to the carpenter's workshop according to the size of the paper. You are only responsible for the engraving. I wonder how long it will take for you to complete the engraving of these three textbooks?"

The craftsmen then started flipping through the textbooks, counting the number of papers, whispering to each other for a while, and then replied: "Half a month!"

Li Yang shook his head and said: "Ten days, I will only give you ten days, and I will give you a month's wages as a young man, can it be done?"

The craftsmen looked at each other, then nodded: "Ten days will be ten days, and the task is guaranteed to be completed!"

Li Yang was overjoyed: "Okay, then the carpenter's workshop will start preparing materials for the layout today, and you'll come here to start work tomorrow morning!"

Everyone said in unison: "Here!"

The craftsmen took their leave first and left, while Xiao He and the others looked at Li Yang in shock.

Because they finally vaguely saw what Li Yang probably meant by the printing technique.

Make the contents of the textbook, like a seal, into engravings.

Then, you only need to dip the ink on the engraving block, and then cover the board with white paper, and take a clean brush to lightly brush on the back of the paper, take the paper off, and a page of the book is printed.After each page is printed, it is bound into a volume, and a book is successfully printed.

At this time, even the most stupid people can see that this printing method is hundreds of times faster than manual transcription!

The method of printing books is not only faster than manual copying, but also has a uniform style. As long as the engraving board is correct, it can avoid many shortcomings such as omissions, mistakes, and irregular handwriting. The technique is simply perfect.

"Wonderful, your lord's idea is really ingenious!" Thinking of this, Xiao He and the others were astonished by Li Yang!

Making the content of books into engravings, and then printing them, this technique of borrowing from seals is very simple, even simple, but the problem is that others can't think of it at all.

Before that, who would have thought that engraving and printing books could be made by using the method of seals?

In short, before this, no one in the world thought of this printing method.

What is this called?

That's called ingenuity!

Only a person with the wisdom of the sky like Prime Minister Zhong can come up with this method to quickly print books.

At this time, everyone admired Li Yang's intelligence and intelligence.

Li You flattered immediately: "Your Excellency is really talented, extremely smart, and has extraordinary moves. You can come up with such a shocking and weeping printing from only a small seal. This kind of outstanding wisdom is unprecedented and unmatched, which makes people have to look up. It is an honor to be an official to participate in such a great invention this time. I will burn incense and worship my ancestors when I go home. Thank you The sinful virtue accumulated by the ancestors!"

Fu Su, Xiao He and others also nodded: "So do we."

Li Yang waved his hand: "How many times have I told the truth, you should keep a low profile and be humble!"

Everyone nodded quickly, with a look of being taught, and they all sighed in their hearts, the humility of Prime Minister Zhong is unmatched by anyone in the world!

Chapter 162

Seeing everyone's adoring gazes, Li Yang felt very proud.

However, Li Yang knew that although woodblock printing was awesome, movable type printing was actually a great technological revolution in the history of printing.

In fact, Li Yang also wanted to invent movable type printing directly at the beginning, but because of time constraints, he finally chose to temporarily use woodblock printing.

For movable type printing, it is necessary to make a single-character Yangwen reverse script model, which is much more troublesome than making engraving blocks.Moreover, it is also necessary to arrange the fonts of these single characters in the type plate when printing, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive for textbooks that are printed in the same way.

In addition, movable type printing has another condition, that is, the printing workers must be literate.This is also a flaw for the current Qin Dynasty.

Block printing is different. It is very suitable for the printing needs of textbooks. A textbook needs to be printed in [-] copies. Therefore, as long as one block is produced, any worker can directly print it repeatedly.

Li Yang did some calculations. The three textbooks add up to hundreds of pages, that is, hundreds of engraving blocks, and only a few hundred printing workers are needed. Even if each worker prints a thousand pages a day, he can print ten books in three months. Thousands of copies came, and finally bound into a volume, there will be [-] copies of textbooks for each subject.Therefore, at the beginning of next spring, we can guarantee the smooth promotion of compulsory education.

Moreover, these engraving blocks can be used in the future to continue printing the first-grade textbooks needed for next year, the year after, and the next few years.Therefore, in terms of printing textbooks, block printing is better than movable type printing.

For Li Yang, as long as woodblock printing is invented, then the next moveable type printing can be easily researched by Jiang Zuo Shaofu, and there is no need to worry about it. .

Therefore, Li Yang immediately said to He Zhang: "This printing method is called engraving printing. The advantage is that only one engraving block can be printed countless times. It is very simple, convenient and fast, and is suitable for large-scale printing such as textbooks. printing of books."

Everyone nodded, they had already seen how useful woodblock printing is for printing textbooks, so they all said excitedly: "My lord is really talented, this kind of woodblock printing will definitely be like papermaking, shocking The world, and even more so, will have a profound impact on my Chinese culture, and my lord has really done a lot of good deeds!"

For He Zhang and the others, this is not flattery, but the truth.

Because the current knowledge and culture are all copied by hand, retained and disseminated.

And this will inevitably lead to the limited retention of knowledge materials, so it cannot be widely disseminated.

With this engraving and printing technique, the retention of knowledge materials in the future will no longer be a problem.As long as it is good knowledge, good materials, and good culture, engraving blocks can be made and printed in large quantities, which can greatly speed up the spread of knowledge and culture.

Let me ask, is there anything in this world that can be more significant than this invention?

At this time, they finally understood why Li Yang said before that printing has the same status as papermaking.

It seems that Prime Minister Zhong really did not lie.

Just when everyone admired Li Yang, Li Yang began to dislike woodblock printing, saying: "Actually, woodblock printing also has its shortcomings."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but smile wryly.

The Prime Minister of China is the Prime Minister of China, and the role of engraving and printing is about to affect the world, but he still feels insufficient about it.

At this time, I heard Li Yang say: "In block printing, because each block is fixed, it can only print the same material. If you want to print other materials or books, you have to re-carve a new block. Therefore, it is not flexible. .”

Xiao He said: "What's the matter, if you want to print other books, just make a new engraving block."

He Zhang and the others also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it is already the most advanced printing technique in the world, so why should you be so harsh on yourself? It's impossible, these engraving blocks can freely change the text!"

Li Yang nodded: "You're right, in fact, Truth does know a more advanced printing technique, which can change words freely."

Gah!

Everyone staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"My... my lord, what are you talking about? You also have a printing technique that can change words freely!"

Immediately, several people looked at Li Yang in shock, almost speechless in shock.

Woodblock printing has shocked the world enough and will have a major impact on Chinese culture. He even said that he knows a printing technique that is more advanced than this...

Sin, is this guy still human?