Transmigrated into the book to become the villain prince, the son of the plane to destroy

"Ah? Who are you, what are you doing?"

The old craftsman looked up at Xiao Jie who snatched a discarded engraving block from him, his eyes were full of puzzlement.

The voice of the old craftsman was a little loud, and the movement suddenly attracted the attention of others. Finally, all the craftsmen stopped their work and turned their eyes to Xiao Jie's direction. They were also guessing in their hearts what happened and why someone ran away. Come to the carving room and snatch a broken engraving block from them.

Xiao Jie let go of his hand, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter who I am, I just think that you have carved so much content on this engraving block, but it's a pity to throw away the whole thing because of a mistake in one word."

Hearing the words, the old craftsman couldn't help turning his eyes to the engraving in his hand, and sighed again: "I've been carving for so long, how can I not feel sorry for myself, just a mistake is a mistake, even if it's just a mistake Words, this engraving block can’t be used, otherwise everything printed will be wrong.”

Xiao Jie still smiled slightly: "Master, although I am sure I am not as good at engraving and plate making as you are, have you ever thought that the entire engraving plate is only broken with one character, and other characters are fine, so why not put the other characters in the same way?" The correct characters are all cut and removed separately, and then put together to use?"

Not only the old craftsmen, but many craftsmen in the carving room were stunned for a moment.

Xiao Jie's words seemed to contain a very new thing, which directly hit their heads heavily, and a brand new way of thinking suddenly opened up in their minds.

"That's right, why didn't we think of that!" The old craftsman was the first to react and slapped his thigh heavily.

The other craftsmen also came to their senses one by one, clapping their hands and applauding, yes, why didn't they think of such a good method, so many engraving blocks were wasted for so many years.

But soon someone thought of a new question: "Your method is not bad, but we have never read books and can't read, how can we spell so many words? Besides, there are dozens of words on a page. Words, how do you fix each word?"

This person's words instantly poured cold water, and all the craftsmen also reacted one after another. Yes, once the engraving blocks are turned into movable type, the error tolerance rate will be much lower, but how to put together and fix the printing is also a problem.

Xiao Jie still didn't change his face. After all, the industrious and intelligent Chinese ancestors had already thought of a solution to these two problems.

Xiao Jie took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, handed it to Tao Hui, and said with a smile: "You go and order someone to build this rotary typesetting frame for the masters, and it can solve the problem of movable typesetting. A big roulette with a round bamboo frame on it, the masters can store the movable type in the bamboo basket according to rhyme, and number each rhyme and character in turn."

"When typesetting typesetting, you only need to prepare two roulettes, one is used to store selected and available characters, and the other is used to store common frequently used characters. In addition, two books must be prepared in advance to register the characters on the roulette. The number sequence of the wooden movable type. At that time, only one person will need to report the number from the booklet, and the other person will sit between the two roulettes and turn the roulette to take out the movable type according to the number reported by the companion. Naturally, the typesetting of the movable type can be completed quickly.”

Tao Hui still had a vague understanding, but although the craftsmen in the room did not see the drawings in Tao Hui's hands, they understood Xiao Jie's meaning, and they all whispered to each other, discussing the feasibility of this typesetting frame.

These craftsmen also quickly reached an agreement. Although they don't know a few big characters, they can still recognize the ten numbers [-]. Although they are not very skilled at the beginning, they will eventually become familiar with I got used to it slowly. Anyway, it is much easier to use a rotary typesetting frame to spell movable type than to engrave an engraving block.

But all the craftsmen continued to focus on Xiao Jie, the problem of typesetting had been solved, and now they wanted to know how this unknown person would solve the problem of fixing movable type.

Xiao Jie seemed to understand the doubts in their eyes, smiled slightly, and continued: "As for how to fix the movable type, it is even simpler. When you type, you only need to use an iron plate with a frame as the base. Apply a layer of potion made of pine resin, wax and paper ash, and then pick out the movable types that need to be used one by one and arrange them in the frame."

"Each row of a frame is used as a plate, and then it is baked with fire. After the medicine melts a little, a flat plate is used to flatten the characters. After the medicine cools and solidifies, the movable type will be fixed on the bottom support to become a plate. The printing method is exactly the same as engraving... After each printing process is completed, you only need to roast the potion with fire, and then shake your hands lightly, and the movable type can easily fall off the iron plate. Put the movable type back into the typesetting rack one by one, and it can be reused next time.”

After Xiao Jie finished speaking, all the craftsmen in the carving room were silent for a long time, each of them was a little ashamed and full of emotions. He had dealt with the engraving all his life, but he was not as good as the luxuriously dressed son in front of him.

But Xiao Jie seemed to have thought of something again. Looking at the wooden engraving in the hands of the craftsman, he said with a smile: "But since you are going to make movable type, I suggest that you don't make wooden movable type. The texture of many woods is uneven. It is easy to swell, which will lead to uneven plate-making, and it is easy to stick to the medicine, which is difficult to remove. I suggest that you can make copper movable type better."

The craftsmen were dumbfounded again, he had even thought of this, what else does this young master not understand.

Xiao Jie had already taught everything he was supposed to teach, so there was no need to stay any longer, and then he said goodbye to the master, waved his sleeves and led Tao Hui away, leaving only the masters in the room looking at each other. Stare small.

The old craftsman suddenly said "Ah", the other party has guided them so much, and they forgot to ask him by his name, it was really rude.

However, they have given enough pointers and helped them open up their minds, and the rest is up to them to realize it by themselves.

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"Your Highness, when you said you could make wine and sugar, I always felt that you were exaggerating. In fact, there were other experts behind the scenes. But after today's scene, I realized that I judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. I would like to apologize to Your Highness for my rudeness back then." Coming out of the carving room, Tao Hui only had admiration and admiration for Xiao Jie in his eyes, and apologized to Xiao Jie as soon as he went out.

Xiao Jie couldn't help but feel happy. In the original book, Tao Hui made trouble with Xiao Huang everywhere, just to prevent Xiao Huang from being with Tao Han, which made Xiao Huang feel uncomfortable but didn't dare to do anything to him. Unexpectedly, he revealed himself now. In one hand, he actually took the initiative to apologize to himself, it really wasn't easy.

But after all, it was a relationship with relatives, so Xiao Jie would not be unreasonable, just laughed and joked: "There is no need to make amends, if you really want to, come to Sili Xiaowei's mansion to help me, lest people gossip, Said that I treated my concubine's family badly."

Tao Hui was even more ashamed and moved. He had repeatedly quarreled with Xiao Jie, but Xiao Jie not only did not blame him, but also entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

"Caomin... No, this subordinate is willing to serve His Highness."

Xiao Jie smiled slightly, and then said: "By the way, after you go back, tell your grandfather that some engraving masters in Sili Xiaowei's mansion want him to bear the pain to part with some of them."

Tao Hui nodded vigorously, but he couldn't help but murmur in his heart. He didn't understand why Xiao Jie wanted to be a master engraver. Could it be that he wanted to print some books?