Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 624 Xiping Printing
Ma Jun is very busy these days, and others don't know what he is busy with. They only know that after four or five days of thinking alone in the house, he put aside the affairs of the house and started doing his own affairs wholeheartedly. Come on, he called all the master craftsmen in the mansion to work together. In this way, a lot of affairs in the court were delayed, and the construction and casting could not be carried out due to lack of manpower.

The ministers who didn't know what Ma Jun was busy with went up to the emperor one after another, impeached Ma Jun, and demanded that he be punished. As a master general, how can you put state affairs aside and go about your own affairs? ?Regarding this, the emperor also sent someone to inquire, but he couldn't even see Ma Jun's face. In the entire General's Mansion, the master craftsmen were very concerned about this matter, and they felt a bit solemn. No one wanted to distracted.

Out of trust in Ma Jun, the emperor still didn't punish him or reprimand him. The emperor suppressed all the impeachments. This situation lasted until February, when Ma Jun walked out of the room with a face full of shame. Even though the whole person was already a little exhausted, he was too tired to open his eyes, but he was still very excited. He looked at the masters around him and said with a smile: "Thank you, gentlemen. After today, we will Leave a name in history!"

The craftsmen were also very excited, and congratulated Ma Jun on his achievements. Looking at the exhausted crowd, Ma Jun called a few small craftsmen and brought some things. He was about to leave the Jiangzuo mansion. The craftsmen quickly picked up the things , These craftsmen who have never participated are also very strange. They don't know what Ma Jun and the others are busy with. They followed Ma Jun and they didn't ask where they were going. They just saw Ma Jun's tired appearance, and they were a little worried. .

"Ma Gong, why don't you rest for a day and go tomorrow?" A craftsman asked. Ma Jun's eyes were red and swollen, and he was a little shaky when he walked. They were really worried about falling down. Ma Jun shook his head with a smile and asked, "Is there any water?" Smearing his face indiscriminately gave him some energy, and then he led everyone out of the mansion.

Leading the crowd, Ma Jun walked all the way towards the palace. The craftsmen behind him also seemed to understand something, and they all seemed a little excited. When the group rushed to the gate of the palace, they were stopped by the guard. The guard looked a little weird Looking at the precarious Ma Jun in front of them, they obviously knew Ma Jun, and asked, "Ma Gong?? But do you want to meet His Majesty?" Ma Jun nodded, and the soldiers rushed to report.

Not long after, Hanmen came out. Seeing the people behind Ma Jun and some utensils, Hanmen asked with a smile: "Are these all to be brought in?" Ma Jun nodded and said, "You Can you go and report to His Majesty, maybe let me bring it in?" Han Men shook his head and said: "The country has let the prince into the palace, so what's the matter?" After finishing speaking, he took All the horses entered the palace.

Walking into Houde Hall, the emperor was sitting on a bearded chair, reading a book, and seeing Ma Jun coming in, he didn't get up, waved his hand casually, and said, "Sit down, these days, you've been annoyed by me. It’s a lot of trouble, there are several land boundaries in Luoyang that are being built, but you stay behind closed doors, if I hadn’t stopped you all the time, you would have spent the night in the embroidered clothes jail now!!”, the emperor was a little displeased With that said, Ma Jun sat opposite him.

The Son of Heaven raised his head, looked at Ma Jun's tired face, and asked suspiciously: "What's your situation?? What are you doing?" Ma Jun's face was full of smiles, and he took out a roll The paper was placed in front of the emperor, and the emperor took the paper. On the paper was a signature that Guan Yu, a lieutenant of the Northern Army, had borrowed a repeating crossbow. However, the handwriting did not look like Guan Yu's!
Guan Yu started reading a long time ago. He trained soldiers during the day and studied books at night. Now, he can read and write, and his handwriting is quite good. The emperor once saw some of his rules about training soldiers. That's right, and this ugly handwriting, no matter how you look at it, reveals a muddy demeanor. The emperor looked at the next paper with some doubts. On the next paper, it was still the same content, the same handwriting, even Even the spacing is the same.

The emperor was a little dazed, and quickly looked at the other papers, but found that all of them were like this. There were more than 40 papers in total, with the same handwriting and spacing, but the writing was a bit weird. The emperor was stunned. He looked at Ma Jun in front of him. , asked: "How is this done?" Ma Jun smiled and said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember when I was young, I often played with dirt and was made fun of by Your Majesty??"

The emperor recalled for a while, then woke up, nodded, and said, "I remember, but how did you do it?"

"Your Majesty, since I was a child, I have always had this idea. I thought about using mud, burning the mud into pottery, and dyeing it with ink, but in this way, the final printed characters are reversed. In recent days, I saw a camp tent, saw the protruding writing on it, and suddenly had an inspiration, I dipped ink on it, pressed it on the paper, and it really could leave writing, but it was the opposite."

"I thought about it in the house, improved it, made a seal with the opposite handwriting, dipped the ink again, and stamped it. Sure enough, I got the same font this time. I was very happy. I called all the craftsmen and started to get busy. We made A machine made the craftsman carve the font on the board, dip it in ink, press it on the paper with the machine, and finally got the same characters. I kept using it, and it took about 40 printed letters before the board broke.”

Ma Jun said excitedly: "Your Majesty, if you use this thing to print thousands of copies of the books in the library and distribute them to government schools everywhere." Just as Ma Jun was talking, the emperor had already stood up, His whole body was trembling with excitement. As the son of heaven, he naturally saw the great use of this thing. The problem of books has always been the most troublesome problem for the emperor. Books are hidden in the hands of aristocratic families and cannot be passed on.

Common people cannot read these books.

In order to solve this problem, Emperor Xiaokang set up a library. He borrowed books from his family and placed them in the library for copying. However, the copying was laborious. Up to now, temples are still troubled by the problem of books, and government schools in various places are also serious. The lack of books restricts the poor family. To be precise, the difference between the poor family and the aristocratic family is only a few books. When the descendants of the aristocratic family read books at home, the poor family children still don't know how to write their names! !
If what Ma Jun said can come true, the emperor can't help but think that an unprecedented cultural prosperity is about to appear in his hands, which makes the emperor tremble all over, and he can't help asking: "Maybe you can show me?? ", Ma Jun nodded, and immediately led the emperor to the Houde Hall, a group of craftsmen came to visit, the emperor treated these people very gently, smiled and asked them to get up, and Ma Jun led them to get busy.

According to Ma Jun's request, they put a carved board in the machine, and put the paper. With a sound, Ma Jun pulled out the paper. The paper was already full of words, and the emperor couldn't help laughing. People were a little excited, although they did not participate in this matter, but this is the honor of the general's mansion, and naturally it has nothing to do with them, Ma Jun smiled and asked: "Is your majesty still satisfied?? "

"Of course I am satisfied, of course I am satisfied!! The sharp weapon of the country is nothing more than this!!"

The emperor said, his eyes were full of excitement, he was happier than Ma Jun, this is a sharp weapon of the country, think about thousands of books spread all over the world in the future, everyone can read the books with their hands, virtuous He couldn't help but want to laugh when he was born in large numbers and the great man was prosperous. This kind of temptation is really too great for the emperor who wants to make a name for himself in the world. The emperor asked excitedly: "Why? When did you start printing books??"

Ma Jun shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry. This thing still has many shortcomings. First of all, it is used too rarely, and it will be destroyed after a few uses. Also, it takes too much time to carve it. Now, I have to go back and make some improvements. Only after I have perfected it can I start printing a large number of books. I feel that there is still a lot of room for improvement. I will come to see Your Majesty after the improvement is completed."

"These days, I have been busy with this matter and neglected state affairs. Thanks to the love of Your Majesty, I did not spend the night in the Embroidered Clothes Prison. In the next few days, I may still be busy. I don't know how long it will take. I hope Your Majesty will understand." The emperor shook his head and said: "You don't have to worry about these things, just do your own thing, this is the most important thing, don't worry, no one dares to impeach you anymore!! You just go to work!!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty...then I'll go back" Ma Jun just said, but he felt a sense of dizziness inexplicably. Around, the whole world seemed to be shaking, and the emperor in front of him seemed to be talking, but Ma Jun couldn't hear what he was saying at all, Ma Jun only felt dazed, the sky and the earth were spinning, his eyes went dark, Then he fell down.

"Ma Jun? Ma Jun??" The Son of Heaven looked at Ma Jun in front of him and asked suspiciously. Seeing Ma Jun fell to the side, the Son of Heaven quickly reached out his hand and caught Ma Jun directly. The craftsmen were a little flustered, the Son of Heaven What's more, he directly picked up Ma Jun without any effort, carried Ma Jun and ran towards the Hall of Houde, entered the hall, put Ma Jun on the couch, and then shouted: "Quickly, the imperial physician Order to come!!!"

The Imperial Physician Order arrived soon, and the Imperial Physician Order thought that something was wrong with His Majesty, but he was frightened. Fortunately, it was not His Majesty's accident. It’s okay, it’s just that you’ve been overworked, you’ll be fine with a little rest, and you need to eat some hot food.” Hearing the words of the imperial physician’s order, the emperor hurriedly asked Huangmen to go to work, and he didn’t let anyone move the horses. Jun, just let him rest in Houde Hall.

"Country, in this Houde Palace, except for the emperor, the rest of the people can't rest and stay overnight. Why don't the servants ask someone to move Ma Gong back to his mansion?" Hanmen asked cautiously.

"It's okay, just let him have a good rest and don't bother him."

(End of this chapter)