Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

The orthodox style of ancient writing is classical Chinese, and before the Eastern Han Dynasty, bamboo slips, silk, etc. were used as writing carriers, which inevitably required concise writing, which created a lot of room for development of classical Chinese.

Later, with the widespread use of paper and the emergence of movable type printing, some popular literature began to use colloquial language. However, it was not until after the New Culture Movement that vernacular was widely used in the whole society.

In the Tang Dynasty at this time, things written in vernacular are definitely refreshing.

There were also punctuation marks in ancient times. At that time, it was called sentence reading, but it was used to simply break sentences. Compared with the complex and rich punctuation used in Li Yi'an's books, it is not at the same level. Those stories are more emotional to read.

"These books..."

Li Shimin soon discovered another problem, that is, the handwriting on the book did not seem to be handwritten, and there were even no traces of handwriting.

Although he is not a master of calligraphy, he also has a certain understanding of calligraphy. This neat and fair Taige style calligraphy can compete with Yu Shinan.

"Chengqian, do you know how these Mr. Books are made?"

Li Shimin turned around and asked.

Li Chengqian said: "Mr. invented something called movable type printing, and then he also made paper in large quantities. These books are all Mr.'s paper, and then printed with movable type printing."

"Typography?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, he only knew woodblock printing, and asked again: "How about the printing speed of these books?"

Li Chengqian thought for a while, and said, "Before I came back, I heard that about 100 books like this were printed in Mr.'s factory today, but they haven't been bound yet."

"One day, more than 100 copies?"

Li Shimin was so surprised that the hands of those books trembled for a while.

"Yes, sir also said, the speed is too slow."

Li Chengqian said truthfully.

This is still slow?

How can it be fast!

Any faster, it would be against the sky.

You must know that the current engraving and printing technology is far from being able to achieve such a speed. If it is a hand-copied book, it will not be able to copy a copy in a day.

"How many engravings did you prepare?"

Li Shimin suppressed his shock, and asked Li Chengqian again.

"Mr. doesn't have engraving blocks. He makes every character into a movable font."

Li Chengqian visited the printing factory, and continued: "When printing, as long as there are enough fonts, you can match them at will. According to the content of the manuscript, you can change the content of different templates, so the printing is very fast and convenient."

It turns out that this is called movable type printing, and it is not as convenient as engraving.

With Li Shimin's political sense, he immediately realized that the movable type printing technique created by Mr. Wang is very useful, and it is still used in politics.

Whether it is the bamboo slips in the past or the current paper books, each one is very valuable, which also leads to the fact that the people who can own books are basically those aristocratic families. If poor people want to study, they have to ask those aristocratic families.

If this kind of movable type printing can be used properly, this monopoly relationship can be broken.

At this moment, Li Shimin thought more.

"This paper is also made by Mr., enough to print so many books, how many sheets of paper can be produced in a day?" Li Shimin immediately asked another question.

"It seems that more than 500 catties were produced today." Li Chengqian said.

catty!

They use paper, and they use sheets as the unit of measurement. Mr. Zhang said that it is a catty. A small workshop can produce hundreds of catties a day?

Li Shimin was stunned!

If these technologies can be promoted, the amount of paper-making will increase sharply in the future, and paper will no longer be valuable. On the contrary, the printed books will not be as expensive as they are now. Poor people can also buy books and read books. This is definitely an opportunity that the court can seize .

"Grandpa, Mister even gave Lizhi a gift, but she just refused to show it to me." Li Chengqian said, looking enviously at his sister beside him, he still couldn't forget the telescope.

"Lizhi, what did the master give you back?" Li Shimin asked.

"This is it!"

Li Lizhi took out the binoculars: "Grandfather, if you go outside and put it in front of your eyes, you can see far, far away."

Li Shimin was skeptical, took it outside and tried to take a look, and was stunned again, because a guard hundreds of steps away was right in front of him at this time, and he could even see the guard put his finger in his nostril and licked it. Take it out and apply it on your clothes.

As soon as he put down the binoculars, his vision instantly became farther away, and when he picked it up, he looked closer again.

This thing can actually bring the distant scenery closer to the eyes, and can see so far away!

"Come on!"

Li Shimin pointed at the guard just now, and said, "Call him over!"

A wrestler walked over quickly and called the guard over.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

The guard bowed and said.

"What were you doing just now?"

Li Shimin asked.

The guard was dumbfounded, and then a feeling of fear surged into his heart instantly.

He just picked his nostrils just now, won't His Majesty see it?

Picking one's nostrils near the palace, wouldn't it be illegal and be beheaded?

It's over, it's over, I'm over.

Thinking of so much, his legs trembled instantly, and then his whole body trembled, his forehead was instantly covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans.

"Say!"

Li Shimin said sharply.

The guard was so frightened that he stammered and said, "Pick... nose... hole!"

It turned out to be true!

He was right just now.

This thing is another artifact!

Li Shimin didn't know how to describe his surprise at this moment, but he forced himself to be calm and waved his hand to let the guard go down.

The guard felt relieved, but he looked confused. Why did His Majesty seek me?The next time he was beaten to death, he would not dare to pick his nose again.

"Aye, is it fun?"

Li Lizhi smiled.

"It's fun, beauty, can you give it to me?"

Li Shimin is very aware of the value of binoculars, which can bring distant things closer. If you stand on a high place on the battlefield and pick up the binoculars, wouldn't you be able to see whether there are enemies nearby, or even the mountains and rivers?

Although it is impossible to fully see how many enemies there are, as long as you can see the enemy's movements, it is already a great convenience for warfare.

Mr.'s stuff is really useless, even if it's just a toy, it can subvert his cognition.

The military function of this thing is far greater than entertainment. He wanted to hand it over to the Ministry of War. Unfortunately, he saw that both ends were transparent colored glaze, so it was difficult to imitate it.

"Okay!"

Li Lizhi nodded obediently.

"Okay! Hahaha..."

Li Shimin was in a happy mood, and said again: "Tomorrow morning, I will go to see Mr. with you."

With Mr. Tang, Li Shimin felt that it would be as stable as Mount Tai, with long-term stability and eternal existence.

"Your Majesty, should I carry out what is written in the sir's letter first?"

Changsun Wugou asked.

"Wait until I see Mr. tomorrow, then make a decision."

Li Shimin said: "However, Mr.'s plan is absolutely feasible."

"I also want to go and see my husband, but my stomach is getting bigger and bigger, so it's inconvenient to go out of the palace."

The eldest grandson Wugou caressed his swollen belly. He just watched "Legend of the White Snake" carefully and thought it was really beautiful. He wanted to ask Mr. how he wrote such a beautiful story.