Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

When it comes to printing technology, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely movable type printing, which gradually evolved from the clay movable type printing invented by Bi Sheng, a commoner in the Northern Song Dynasty. This is not only the earliest record of movable type printing in the world, but also greatly improved printing efficiency and quality.

However, his technology at that time did not allow movable type printing to be widely used. It was not until Wang Zhen in the Yuan Dynasty improved the wood movable type printing and invented the retrieval system for wood movable type, namely the wheel retrieval method. Then the copper movable type and wood movable type printing technology were further promoted in the Qing Dynasty, which pushed movable type printing to a new peak.

There was printing technology in the Tianqi Dynasty, but the printing technology at that time was still the relatively old woodblock printing. Woodblock printing was not only time-consuming, labor-intensive, and material-intensive, but also inconvenient to store and difficult to correct typos, which resulted in books being expensive and less circulated.

Shi Anan would certainly not continue to do woodblock printing. She was standing on the shoulders of giants, so why not just evolve to movable type printing?

And because she herself has some basic knowledge of printing, she is not going to go to the mall to exchange for production tutorials this time, but plans to personally guide the craftsmen in operation. (Mainly because she has no money)

Due to the lack of raw materials for copper movable type, she planned to make wooden movable type first. Making wooden movable type requires engraving, which is a skill not everyone can master, at least people with clumsy hands like Shi Anan cannot engrave.

Originally, she wanted to find Xiao Yi, but when she thought about the fact that he was busy making paper, researching spinning machines, and so many other things to be developed, Shi Anan felt a little guilty. Was she exploiting Xiao Piaoliang too much?

As a second choice, she thought of Hao Ren from the Hao family who was also a carpenter, so it shouldn't be a problem to let him do the carving, right?

So, Shi Anan rushed to the Hao family excitedly, and the Hao family was also very lively at the moment.

Ever since Xiao Yi made the curved plow and other farm tools and successfully handed over the follow-up of the matter to Hao Ren, the Hao family has never been at peace.

After all, everyone has witnessed the usefulness of these farm tools. Now that the land has been cleared, we will be preparing for spring ploughing. Who wouldn’t want a handy tool to improve farming efficiency?

Therefore, the Hao family had already queued up for reservations for the farm tools when it was extremely cold. The winter was too cold, so he managed to make some of them in a hurry, and they would be completed after the iron parts were installed.

But I didn’t expect that after a winter, there would be so many more people in the village!

Everyone is not stupid. Seeing that people from Guangming Village had made reservations to make this farm tool, and hearing that it was invented under the guidance of Shi Anan, they knew it must be a good thing. The orders that had just been cleared were gradually accumulating.

Hao Ren was both happy and sad about this matter. After all, his business had never been so good since the decrease in the number of people in Guangming Village. The pain was because the spring ploughing was about to begin, and these people were squatting at his doorstep every day urging him to speed up. He was the only one person, so how could he speed up?

This was the scene that Shi Anan saw when she arrived. Hao Ren was working hard, with sawdust flying everywhere. Li entertained the guests at home and occasionally had to speak to calm the customers. Hao Niubi was busy doing some simple tasks like carrying wood...

Oops, she seems to have come at the wrong time.

But Shi Anan's appearance was still noticed by the sharp-eyed Li, who hurried out to greet her.

"Miss Shi, how come you have time to come here today?"

"Aunt Li, I have something to talk to Uncle Hao about. I didn't expect you were so busy." Shi Anan said.

"Well, it's because spring plowing is coming soon and everyone wants the curved plow and the harrow. I told the old man a long time ago to do more work in the winter, but he insisted on being lazy. Now look what he is doing, he is so busy that he is dizzy." Aunt Li complained.

Then the topic changed: "What does Miss Shi want to do by coming to see my old man?"

"Oh, I recently learned a new method of printing, and I want to find someone to carve a set of molds. But it seems that Uncle Hao is not available now, so I will come another day." Compared with making movable type and making farm tools for spring ploughing, spring ploughing is naturally more important, so it would be okay for her to put this matter aside.

"Did the girl have any requirements for the carving?" Aunt Li continued to ask.

"There are no special requirements. The main thing is that it must be carved according to the shape of the characters above. You need to be careful not to make mistakes, and the clarity of the engraving must be guaranteed. I do this for printing books, and if the characters are wrong, the impact will be huge."

Aunt Li's eyes rolled after hearing this: "Hey! Miss Shi, there is a nephew in my mother's family. He is also good at craftsmanship. He also learned some carving techniques from my old man in the winter. He looks pretty good and he is also very careful. If Miss Shi needs it urgently, why not try him?"

Aunt Li’s nephews, aren’t they Li Hu’s family? But she has only seen Li Changrong and Li Changlin, and her Li Changlin is studying math, physics and chemistry with her. She can’t be talking about Li Changlin, right?

"Aunt Li, which nephew from your mother's side are you talking about?" Shi Anan asked.

"My eldest brother's second son is called Li Changsheng. He is in poor health and cannot do heavy work, so my eldest brother wanted him to learn a skill so that he can make a living in the future. He used to make a little money by weaving bamboo at home. Later, when he came to Guangming Village, my wife found that his talent in carpentry was better than our big brother, so she cherished his talent and taught him a little."

"Let me tell you, my nephew is definitely the most careful among the three brothers. If you ask him to do something, he will definitely do it properly for you."

Li said all these nice things because he actually wanted to help his second nephew gain some favor. The eldest nephew Li Changrong was selected into the security team, and his future will not be bad. The younger nephew Li Changlin is even better. He had a good relationship with Miss Shi before, and now he is one of the talents she focuses on training.

Only the second nephew was unknown at home. Although he didn't say it, she could see that he was unhappy and felt useless. But how could she blame him for having such a body?

If he could catch Miss Shi's eye with his craft this time, his elder brother wouldn't have to worry about him all the time, Li sighed quietly.

Shi Anan didn't expect that the second son of the Li family who was in poor health had such skills, but she had to go and see whether it could meet her requirements.

"Then Aunt Li, I'll go to Li Changsheng's house and try to find him."

"Hey, Miss Shi, let me go with you. I just happen to be delivering something to their family." Aunt Li held Shi Anan.

Then he shouted to the inside of the house: "Shun Niang! Please entertain the guests at home first. I will accompany Miss Shi to Changsheng's house!"

"I know, Mom!" A voice came from the room.