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Chapter 1236 is so simple

However, Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling have tasted the difference. Now the printing of books has to carve out the whole book, and one can imagine the effort it will take.

But if it is combined with movable type, doesn't that mean that if you want to print a book, you only need to arrange and combine individual characters?
That means that it will be much easier to print books in the future, and the cost will be reduced a lot.

Now the price of a book on the market is really not cheap, ordinary people really can't afford a book!
Kong Yingda said excitedly after hearing this: "Yes, each character is engraved separately, and then combined and arranged, the cost of printing the book will be greatly reduced. How come no one thought of such a simple idea before!"

Chu Suiliang excitedly said: "Yes, the price of books will not be so expensive in the future, and even poor students can afford books!"

This hit Li Shimin's itching spot. The more students from poor families, the more beneficial it would be for the imperial court, because it would break the aristocratic family's monopoly on talents.

However, when everyone was excited, Wei Zheng poured a basin of cold water and said in a deep thought: "It's not that no one has thought about this, but woodcut characters are easily deformed and rotted when exposed to water, so after trying it, I found that this road is not a road. Just can't get through."

The people who were a little excited were suddenly poured cold water. It turned out that some people had thought about it and tried it, but found that it didn't work at all.

Li Shimin couldn't help sighing when he heard this. Although he had always thought that Su Cheng was amazing, but this time someone had tried it before, which meant that Su Cheng was doomed to fail.

Changsun Wuji had an idea, and pondered: "It turns out that the wood is easy to deform and rot when exposed to water, so can we use something else?"

Wei Zheng shook his head slightly and said, "We're all just guessing. Those craftsmen make a living out of this. If they could use something else to make a stereotype, they should have discovered it a long time ago!"

Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help nodding their heads when they heard this. Although Wei Zheng was good at throwing cold water, he had to admit that his splashing made sense.

Li Shimin said helplessly: "It turns out that this kid is also stupid at times. You kid is messing around in the workshop, and you don't even come when I summon him!"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Duke Rong is extremely smart to think of this. It's normal not to know the inside story. After all, Duke Rong doesn't have a workshop for printing books."

The servant finally understood after listening for a while, hesitated again and again, and boldly said: "Your Majesty, I heard from the people in the workshop that Rong Guogong is looking for some copper plates, lead water or something."

Li Shimin couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard this, and said happily, "Oh? So Su Cheng didn't use woodcuts to make engravings? Haha, let me just say, this kid is a ghost, how could he not have thought of the problem that woodcuts are easy to deform when exposed to water. It seems that he has found something else to replace the woodcut!"

Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help but mutter in their hearts, that's not what the emperor said just now.

But now is not the time to slander, and they couldn't help but feel happy when they heard the servant's words. If Su Cheng succeeds, it will have a great impact on scholars all over the world, and it will definitely be a feat that will go down in history.

It is not even lower than the contribution of the great achievements of literature!

Even Li Shimin couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and said, "Come on, let's go and see if Su Cheng can succeed!"

Can it be done with copper and lead?
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were not sure, but that was Su Cheng. When did Su Cheng fail?

Li Shimin strode towards the outside of the hall, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Chu Suiliang, Kong Yingda and others followed closely behind.

In the workshop, the craftsman had already carved a character, which was just a simple "Zhi". Just as he was about to continue carving, Su Cheng said with a smile: "There is no need to carve any more, one character is enough, just try it out. If it succeeds, it will not be too late to engrave it later."

Wang Shengnan nodded slightly and smiled, "Yes, if it succeeds, it won't be too late to engrave in the future!"

"Has the lead water been boiled?" Su Cheng asked.

"Ready, ready!" the steward said hastily.

"Pour the lead water, be careful!" Su Cheng ordered.

The craftsman carefully poured the lead water on the engraved copper template, and as time went by, a square lead type gradually took shape.

Wang Shengnan said in surprise: "It worked! It worked!"

"It should be successful!" Su Cheng was also very pleasantly surprised, a vivid scene appeared in his mind, thinking about it is exciting!
However, thinking about it in front of Wang Shengnan seemed a little unreasonable, so Su Cheng quickly stopped thinking about it.

"Print it and see if it works!" Su Cheng laughed.

"Yes, yes, try it quickly, try it quickly." The steward said quickly.

A craftsman had already taken out the lead type with a hint of heat, ready to test it.

The lead type was printed on the paper, leaving a "Zhi" character.

The steward and craftsman were immediately excited, and shouted excitedly: "It's a success! It's really a success!"

Su Cheng couldn't help laughing: "It's very simple!"

After finishing speaking, Su Cheng couldn't help frowning again, looked at it carefully, and said with some dissatisfaction: "This ink is not very good, can it work?"

The craftsman hurriedly said: "The duke doesn't know that the ink used to print the book is not the ink used for writing, but a specially prepared ink. Now this kind of ink is definitely not suitable for typefaces, but the formula of the ink will be improved later. .”

So that's the case, Su Cheng quickly asked: "Is it necessary to improve the formula of the ink? Is it easy to do?"

The craftsman nodded confidently and said: "It's easy to make, easy to make, and it won't take ten days and half a month to try it!"

These craftsmen are all masters. Since they are so sure that they can try it out, they must be very sure.Su Cheng was very happy when he heard this: "So, movable type printing has been invented?"

It's very simple, and it's not made of clay or wood, but it's a direct type in one step!

Wang Shengnan looked at Su Cheng with blinking eyes, and asked curiously, "How do you know it's okay to use lead?"

Su Cheng smiled calmly: "I don't know why, I just know, maybe this is a genius!"

Since coming to Datang, Su Cheng felt that his skin was as thick as the city wall. Maybe it was because those who were close to Zhu were red and those who were close to ink were black. After all, whether it was Li Shimin or Cheng Yaojin, they were more shameless than the other.

Is Su Cheng a genius?

If someone claimed to be a genius, then Wang Shengnan would definitely scoff at him, thinking that this person was beyond his control, but Su Chengsuo himself was a genius, and Wang Shengnan nodded logically, with a gleam of admiration in his eyes.

Because she felt that there was no doubt that Su Cheng was a genius. If Su Cheng was not a genius, then there would be no genius in this world.

(End of this chapter)