The waste prince was reborn as a master

The words on the engraving block are deducted, and then rearranged and combined according to the content to be printed, so that the time and cost spent are far less than engraving printing, and different books can be printed repeatedly.

Xie Ling felt that his cousin was a genius, otherwise how could he have thought of such a method.

Huo Xiling looked at the surprised Xie Ling, and he felt that his highness the crown prince was indeed extremely intelligent.

"I don't know if His Highness has given this printing technique a name." Xie Ling asked a little excitedly.

You Yusui looked at Xie Ling and fell silent. His idea hadn't turned into reality yet, so how could the little cousin think he could make this printing technique just by mentioning it casually?

"Let's call it movable type printing." You Yusui said.

Compared with woodblock printing, this kind of movable type printing is indeed more flexible, so it is understandable to call it this name.

Now that You Yusui has spoken out all his names, he must come up with this set of movable type printing.

"Xiling, prepare the car, let's go to Juxian Pavilion." You Yusui stood up and said to Huo Xiling.

In Juxian Pavilion, in addition to musicians who can play and sing, there are also craftsmen who can play various skills. There are all kinds of craftsmen, so You Yusui doesn't have to go to recruit people.

So, You Yusui and Huo Xiling went straight to Juxian Pavilion.

And You Fengyun, who was in Xuande Palace, got the news that His Highness the Crown Prince was leaving the palace.

I saw You Fengyun was reviewing the memorial with a Chinese ink brush and said: "Is he unable to stay in the palace? Why does he keep running outside every day?"

Moreover, he is not in good health, if he gets sick outside and there will be some troubles, he will have to go to Xuande Hall with medicinal materials and supplements.

Eunuch An Hai on the side smiled and said: "I heard that His Highness is going to Juxian Pavilion this time."

Juxian Pavilion was given to You Yusui by You Fengyun, so it is normal for You Yusui to visit it often.

But when You Fengyun heard about Juxian Pavilion, his brain ached. A place that was trying to recruit talents was turned into a professional contracting place for weddings and weddings by his good prince.

A group of officials followed suit, and went to Juxian Pavilion to find cooks and musicians for family affairs, and gave money to the prince.

So, You Fengyun complained to An Hai who was on the side, but An Hai dared not tell his Majesty that the prince's business can be done because the price is reasonable and all kinds of troubles are avoided, otherwise he can make money?

"I think this Juxian Pavilion has only one advantage, that is, the food is delicious." You Fengyun concluded, "It's fine for the prince to do some serious business sometime."

An Hai smiled and said nothing, if the prince is really in good health and doing business, then your Majesty, you should not be at ease.

In Juxian Pavilion, You Yusui's one-stop service for weddings and weddings has already been formed, and he has already gained a reputation in Chang'an City. The people in Chang'an City love to find Juxian Pavilion for weddings and weddings. The musicians are of a high standard and the prices are reasonable.Therefore, Juxian Pavilion has miraculously achieved a balance of payments.

On this day, You Yusui came to Juxian Pavilion again, and the people in Juxian Pavilion were a little bit nervous, because the last time You Yusui appeared in Juxian Pavilion, he was assassinated, which made them worry for a long time, until You Yusui sent someone to come It was only a little bit of relief to comfort them.

"His Royal Highness, you are here." The steward of Juxian Pavilion heard the news that You Yusui was coming, so he went to the door to pick him up in advance, with a smile on his face, and he seemed to be having a good time.

You Yusui got out of the car and took a look at the steward, then smiled and said, "Are there any skilled craftsmen in the pavilion? I want to see them."

"Okay, I'll call them here now." The steward heard the words and quickly asked the people below to notify the craftsmen.

And the craftsmen also waited for a long time before You Yusui saw them. You must know that the next door can only play and sing to make Juxian Pavilion so much money. They are not convinced. He has been supported by the crown prince for nothing, so he has to do something to be worthy of the salary given by His Highness the crown prince.

So, when You Yusui was sitting on the second floor drinking tea, more than a dozen craftsmen were already confidently waiting to see You Yusui.

"Come in." Huo Xiling, who was standing by the door, said.

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen craftsmen filed in and bowed to You Yusui in a polite manner.

"You don't need to be too polite. I came to see you today because I want you to make something." You Yusui said.

"Your Highness, just say what you want. Our craftsmanship is first-class. As long as Your Highness can say it, we can do it." A dark-skinned man in the lead said.

"I want you to improve woodblock printing." After finishing speaking, You Yusui picked up a woodblock at hand and said to everyone, "It is to split the words on it into pieces and then freely combine them according to the content of the book. I call it Printed with movable type."

A craftsman with excellent carving skills said: "This is not easy, I can carve it."

"But I don't always want a set of movable type, I also want many sets of movable type, and the time to make movable type is short." You Yusui began to put forward his own requirements.

It would be ridiculous if those aristocratic families had finished copying the books, but his movable type printing hadn't been done yet.

One of the craftsmen thought for a while, and then said: "We can carve out the model of the characters first, and then pour them with copper water, and then take them out after cooling, so that we can make several sets of movable type in a day."

Moreover, casting the model directly with copper water not only takes a long time, but also keeps it for a long time and is not easy to be damaged. Of course, the only disadvantage is the high price. Not everyone can afford to cast tens of thousands of movable types with copper.

But You Yusui is different. His private treasury still has the countless wealth he has accumulated, so there is no need to consider the cost at all.

"Then pour it with copper water." You Yusui said.

The craftsmen breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words. Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince did not dislike the fact that the copper pouring was too expensive, otherwise they would not know how to come up with a way to replace the copper pouring.

"That's it, I'll leave it to you." After speaking, You Yusui looked at the group of craftsmen and said.

I saw the leader of the craftsmen say: "Within three days, I will definitely give His Highness an answer."

You Yusui nodded in satisfaction, three days are coming soon, maybe some people haven't finished copying a book yet.

"I have one more thing to ask Your Highness, what kind of font is used for this set of movable type?" the craftsman asked.

You Yusui thought about it for a while. The purpose of the book is to spread knowledge. The words must be neat and clear, so that people can't understand the words and let people guess the words. This is very likely to misinterpret the true meaning of the book.

"Just use regular script." You Yusui said, and don't want any other bells and whistles.

"Yes." The craftsmen also felt a little more relaxed. Regular script is good, horizontal and vertical, whatever they want, without connecting pens, they can easily carve.

After You Yusui explained these things, the craftsmen went to make molds. With tens of thousands of words, even if dozens of people did it together, it would take days without sleep.

But it was the first time for them to receive a request from His Royal Highness, and they were happy that they could finally no longer have to eat for nothing, and they were also excited that their skills could be used by His Royal Highness, so they naturally worked harder.

Three days later, You Yusui received the first set of movable type made of copper water. You only need to place the copper movable type on the wooden frame, apply a layer of ink, and stick the paper up to print. Produce a book with clear handwriting.

Xie Ling saw this set of copper movable type and called it a good thing. His Royal Highness is so clever, how did he think of such a thing.

You Yusui at the side: ...he just wanted to be lazy.

Then, Xie Ling touched the copper type and said, "These things must be expensive to make, and only His Highness dares to make them."

The weight of this set of copper movable type has almost reached [-] jin. If you make ten sets, it will be tens of thousands of jin, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

You Yusui looked at the copper movable type in front of him and smiled, "Go back and ask your grandfather to move the books to the East Palace, and then tell Xie's cousins ​​that they are free from copying books from today on."

As soon as the words fell, Xie Ling was also happy. What he wanted to donate was [-] books, and they would be exhausted copying the books.

Sure enough, the juniors of the Xie family danced with joy when they heard the news Xie Ling brought, and they seemed to have escaped from the sea of ​​suffering.

"Thanks to His Highness the Prince's great kindness, we finally don't have to copy books anymore!"

"Yeah!" a group of people yelled.

Xie on the side couldn't help shaking his head when he thought about it, the young man couldn't sit still after copying a few books, he really didn't have the strength to concentrate.

Soon, the book collection of gratitude was sent to the East Palace. After the process of picking and typesetting the printing, a book with few words was printed out very quickly, and the speed was unknown how many times faster than copying books.

If there are a few more sets of movable type and there are skilled hands, the speed must be much faster.

Xie Ling held the ink-scented printed copy and said, "The characters are really clear and neat, and they really benefit scholars all over the world."

After finishing speaking, Xie Ling looked at You Yusui and said, "Your Highness, do you want to show it to His Majesty?"

You Yusui was silent for a while, to be honest, he forgot.

The next moment, You Yusui said to Huo Xiling: "Bring a copy of movable type and a book, and let's go to Xuande Hall."

In the Xuande Palace, You Fengyun was surprised by You Yusui's initiative to come, so he asked, "Didn't I ask you to collect the books? Why do you always run outside the palace and bring things into the palace?"

Today, a few large boxes of things were sent in from outside the palace, and it didn't take long to thank the two thousand books and send them back to the East Palace, so that You Fengyun didn't understand what You Yusui wanted to do.

"I came here today to show my father something like this." After speaking, You Yusui asked Huo Xiling to present the copper movable type and the new printed book.

You Fengyun couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw the printed books and the movable copper type in the wooden frame. He picked up a piece of copper movable type and said, "This is why you left the palace?"

"Yes." You Yusui replied.

The copper movable type in You Fengyun's hand is very heavy. Thinking of the several large boxes that You Yusui brought into the East Palace before, it must be full of these copper movable type.

After careful calculation, these copper movable type can be said to be expensive, and the crown prince is really rich. For a moment, You Fengyun was jealous.

"These things are expensive to make, and you may not be able to pay back the cost." You Fengyun said.

I saw You Yusui said: "After I plan to use these copper movable type to print the family's collection of books, I plan to open a bookstore in Juxian Pavilion to sell commonly used books at low prices and quickly print various best-selling story books."

Sell ​​commonly used books at low prices to quickly occupy the market, and if those Chang’an City is good enough, Ben You Yusui’s bookstore can print them at the fastest speed, and the book writers can finish writing today and ship them in large quantities tomorrow, even if they sell well. If it is a little more expensive, no one will say anything, and the profit will increase.

You Fengyun was silent after listening, he just asked the prince to collect the books, but he didn't expect the prince to find a way to make money for himself.

The author has something to say:

You Yusui: Look at me killing those bookstores with low prices!

Reader: Thank you, His Royal Highness!Woohoo, buying books is much cheaper, the handwriting is clear, and the binding is perfect. I will always support Juxiange Bookstore!

Lady Chang'an: Thank you, Your Royal Highness, the book was published so quickly, I no longer have to hear the sad news that the writer finished writing but the bookstore has not yet printed it.

Movable type printing is needed for the plot of the novel, not an invention of the protagonist alone.

Movable type printing is an ancient printing method, which was invented by the working people in ancient China after long-term practice and research.Firstly, the Yangwen reverse script molds of individual characters are made, and then the individual characters are selected according to the manuscript, arranged in the type plate, ink printed, and then the font molds are removed after printing, and used again for the next typesetting.

The invention of movable type printing is a great technological revolution in the history of printing.The clay movable type invented by Bi Sheng (1041-1048) in China during the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty (970-1051) marked the birth of movable type printing.He was the world's first inventor, about 400 years before German Johannes Gutenberg's movable type printing.In the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Zhen successfully created wooden movable type, and invented the typesetting wheel.In the mid-Ming Dynasty, copper movable type was widely used in Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou and other places in Jiangsu. ——Source Baidu Encyclopedia.