Hanbo

Chapter 184 Papermaking, Block Printing (for subscription)
"My lord, what should I do next?"

Zhang Heng'an, the chancellor of the examination office of the Shaofu, looked at the split bamboo, and turned to Huo Shan.

Huo Shan was a little speechless. He had said it several times just now. He pointed at the big pond in the distance and rolled his eyes and said:

"Melon, are you a pig head? What is the big hole you dug for?"

Zhang Hengan was a little embarrassed and embarrassed, and scratched his head.

Although he is the prime minister of the examination room of the Shaofu, although he is not a top craftsman, he is still quite outstanding.

But he felt that he was far behind Huo Shan, and Huo Shan was the real talent!
All kinds of fantastic ideas emerge in endlessly, and the things that come out are all beneficial to the country and the people.

Not as good, not as good!

But he didn't think about comparing with Huo Shan, what kind of god is Huo Shan, how could he compare with Huo Shan.

"Junhou, I just want to ask, is this just soaked in this way? Don't you need to add other things?"

Huo Shan nodded first, and then said:
"Yes, let's soak it first. It's not time to add other things. Let's wait until the soaking is done. It can make them break up a little bit, and it will be easier to soak."

Zhang Hengan arched his hands:

"I know it."

Huo Shan is leading the craftsmen of Shaofu to make paper in a manor in Shanglin Garden.

This place has been sealed off by Liu Che. The entire process of paper making, template making, and printing is here, as well as some other things.

A large-scale manor has a lot of people. There are over a hundred craftsmen and over a thousand servants.

Huo Shan watched the servants throw the cut and ground bamboo, hemp grass, bark and other things into the pond, and then added water to it, Huo Shan nodded in satisfaction.

The next step is to wait, after soaking, you can proceed to the next process.

A series of processes of cooking, separating fiber impurities, washing, bleaching, pulping, refining, beating, then pressing, drying, calendering, etc.

Papermaking is not so simple. Apart from other things, the processes of pressing, flattening and calendering are very complicated and important.

If it is not pressed tightly, it will absorb water and ink, and the written characters will scatter.

If it is not flattened or calendered, the surface of the paper will not be smooth and pitted, how to write?

Separation of fiber impurities, washing is for fineness.

When you don't want to write, there is a long bamboo thorn inside!
And bleaching is just to look good, snow white is better than yellow!

This set of procedures was tested by Huo Shan again and again. Although he knew a few specific steps, he didn't know the other steps!

This is a qualified process that he tested step by step according to the problem.

Wang Wei took a deep breath, and all he could smell was the fragrance of bamboo and grass, and he was a little puzzled:
"Junhou, why did you dig the brewing pool outside the manor? I think it would be good to put it in the manor, and it will help hide it."

Huo Shan looked at Wang Wei whose nose was twitching and smiled mysteriously:
"You'll find out in a few days."

Now you don't think it smells very good, Huo Shan also likes the fragrance of grass and trees, but after a few days, the contents inside will be soaked, and you will know how bad it is.

And this thing can't be left quietly, it has to be stirred from time to time.

Fortunately, it was in autumn. If it was in summer, the whole manor could smell the smell from such a big pond.

"Zhang Heng'an."

"The minister is here."

"I have already given you the specific process of papermaking. You arrange someone to do it properly. If you have any questions, come to me. Don't make your own decisions."

Altogether, only one large pond has been dug and completed, and the others have not yet been completed.

If it is abolished, he will have to delay a lot of things and a lot of time.

Zhang Hengan touched his chest subconsciously, and there was a small book in his bosom, which recorded the process of making paper.

Zhang Hengan solemnly saluted Huo Shan:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I must keep an eye on it. I won't leave the manor until the paper is made. The paper-making crafts will be destroyed after memorizing them in the past few days, and they won't be passed on."

Huo Shan nodded in satisfaction:

"Okay, you do things, I don't worry."

"Wang Wei."

"The minister is here."

"Shen Ning hasn't come back yet, these days, you take care of this side first, and you must not lack their supplies."

"promise."

Huo Shan looked back at the manor again, then looked at Zhang Hengan and asked:
"The carpenter is ready, right?"

"Back to Junhou, everything has been arranged."

"Let's go then, let's go take a look."

The three of them added a little plum, and the four of them walked into the manor together.

Entering the manor, Zhang Hengan went one step ahead to summon the carpenters, and Huo Shan and the others also came to the workshop where the printing sign was hung.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Hengan walked in with about twenty people, including old men, middle-aged people, and young people. Huo Shan saw several acquaintances inside.

"We will pay homage to the king."

"Be flat!"

After everyone got up, Huo Shan smiled and said:

"I saw a few acquaintances. I won't go into the details. It's still a secret mission. You can't leave until it's done. The treatment is the same as the previous few."

An old man smiled and arched his hands:
"Young Lord, we all understand."

Huo Shan nodded, Wang Wei next to him suddenly smiled and said:

"Old Chen, you can no longer be called a little prince, you should be called a prince."

Old Chen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Haha, it's the little old man who called Shunzui. It's the little old man's fault, don't blame the lord."

Huo Shan gave Wang Wei a white look, then smiled and said to Mr. Chen:
"nothing."

These old men in the Shaofu are precious bumps, so they should be treated well.

Then several people complimented Huo Shan, Huo Shan smiled and shook his head:

"Okay, okay, let's talk business."

Everyone straightened their faces, quietly waiting for Huo Shan's next words.

"Is Mr. Chen good at engraving?"

Old Chen looked happy:
"Engraved?"

"Exactly."

With a reserved smile, Mr. Chen said modestly:
"The little old man is better at it."

Huo Shan nodded, and had some guesses in his heart. Although Mr. Chen said he was good at it, he was probably the best in this field.

Seeing that Huo Shan was silent, Zhang Hengan quickly said:
"Your Majesty may not know that the person in my Young Mansion who is best at engraving seals is Mr. Chen.

The general's Changping Hou seal, Junhou's Champion Hou seal, many seals in the palace, and Junhou's newly engraved seals of General Yubayashi and Da Sima were all engraved by Chen Lao. "

"Oh?"

Huo Shan was surprised, he really didn't know this.

He only knew that Mr. Chen was from the Mohist family, and he was very strong in bows and crossbows. His divine arm crossbow was made by Mr. Chen, and Mr. Chen participated in the creation of the Liannu.

He really didn't know that Mr. Chen had such a high level of engraving.

Seals like the ones he used are not something ordinary people can engrave.

Huo Shan clapped his hands, then said:
"Haha, that's just right, the next thing will be Lao Chen."

Old Chen hastily bowed and saluted:
"Don't dare to be called the Lord Chen Lao, if you have something to do, just ask the Lord."

Huo Shan nodded, then took a paper atlas from Xiao Lizi, and handed it to Old Chen:
"Old Chen, take a look first."

Chen Lao took it with both hands, then opened it, looked it up first, then raised his head and asked:

"This is the paper that Junhou wants to make, right?"

"Exactly."

Wang Wei next to him responded, and Mr. Chen nodded, then looked at the content inside, and muttered:
"Engraving and printing..."

What Huo Shan showed was engraving and printing.

Although engraving printing is expensive in materials, and the printing is not as simple and beautiful as movable type printing, engraving printing is much simpler than movable type printing.

Movable type printing is easy to say, but there are many difficulties in it!
For example, how to fix the movable type in the mold so that the printed fonts are arranged neatly.

So that the printed font will not be one character deep and one character shallow, not one character half dark and half shallow, and not crooked.

These are all difficulties, and this is only the difficulty of fixing movable type.

In movable type printing, each character can be moved, and can be removed from the mold at will, and then arranged at will, which means that it is difficult to control.

Block printing is much simpler.

The principle of woodblock printing is the same as that of printing. Dozens or hundreds of words are carved on a whole page, and then printed with ink and printed directly.

Although this layout can only print the text of this page, it cannot be arranged randomly like movable type, and it takes a lot of materials and labor, but it is much simpler.

Huo Shan took out this thing first, just to let them practice their hands first, and get a thorough understanding of engraving and printing first.

Then it will be much easier to do movable type printing on the basis of woodblock printing.

.........

Old Chen remained silent for a while, frowning, he finished reading everything, then closed the book, and then asked:
"Do you want to print books on this paper on a large scale?"

Huo Shan snapped his fingers, then nodded, talking to a smart person is much easier.

Elder Chen lowered his head and pondered for a while, then asked expectantly:
"The woodblock printing of Junhou comes from Yongyin?"

"Exactly."

When Mr. Chen heard Huo Shan's answer, he immediately became excited, regardless of his status.

"Your Majesty, this is really a fantastic idea!"

It is indeed called a whimsical idea, because no one has thought of it like this, and Huo Shan took it out.

But that's because there is no underlying foundation, so Huo Shan also said a few words modestly:
"That's because there was no paper. If there had been paper, people would have thought of these things naturally."

Old Chen also nodded in agreement, that's true.

Nowadays, all bamboo slips are used, which cannot be printed, and no one will use precious cloth to print.

Therefore, without the underlying foundation of paper, large-scale printing would not be possible.

Wang Wei sighed beside him and said:

"Now that there is paper and printing, books can be circulated on a large scale. The merits of kings and lords are immeasurable."

A group of people bowed to Huo Shan solemnly. They are also scholars, so they naturally know the hardships of studying these days.

Not only them, when these few things are born, scholars all over the world will have to salute Huo Shan.

Huo Shan also accepted the ceremony, and then waved to everyone, signaling not to interrupt the meditating old Chen.

(End of this chapter)