Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 445: Movable Type Printing

The clairvoyance Wei Zheng used to make Xiu's clairvoyance was not seriously damaged.

After about half an hour, Qin Tian repaired it.

After Wei Zheng got it, he didn't stop much, and hurried into the palace.

If you offend Li Shimin, how can you not make amends quickly?

As a speech officer, Wei Zheng naturally knew that if he wanted to live a good life, he had to add obstacles to Li Shimin from time to time, but this did not mean that he could not give Li Shimin face and dignity.

Wei Zheng left, and Qin Tian called Qin Wu and the others here.

"Go find some clay that can be fired."

Hearing that Qin Tian wanted soil, Qin Wu and the others were a little stunned, and had no idea what Qin Tian meant.

"Brother Tian, ​​what did you say?"

"The kind of soil that can be fired into porcelain, hurry up and get me some." Qin Tian emphasized his tone, Qin Wu was a little puzzled, and asked, "Brother Tian, ​​what do you want these for?"

"Don't worry about it, hurry up and get it for me."

Qin Wu let out a cry, and hurriedly went to find these soils. Chang'an has a lot of these things, so Qin Wu soon got Qin Tian a full cart.

After getting the soil, Qin Tian began to polish it to remove the impurities in the soil. As long as the soil is very fine, the things made by doing this will be smooth and beautiful.

After grinding in this way, mix it with water, and the mud ball is ready, followed by the mold, which is not big, just like writing with a brush on paper.

Then use these molds to shape those clay balls, followed by carving.

The whole process is very complicated.

Qin Wu watched from the side, becoming more and more confused.

"Brother Tian, ​​what are you going to do?"

"Typography."

"What is this?"

Qin Tian curled his lips: "Okay, you don't study, it's useless to tell you these things, you just wait by the side to help."

Qin Tian obviously didn't want to continue explaining, so Qin Wu could only agree.

After all the blocks were engraved, Qin Tian kept it cold for another night, and only started firing the next day.

These all need to be grasped very accurately, but fortunately Qin Tian can't help it.

These things are fired and taken out. They are beautiful, but I can’t say how beautiful they are, but they look okay.

After placing these blocks in order, ink them, print them, and take them off, the white paper is full of words, and they are very neat and beautiful.

Although Qin Wu didn't read much, he was shocked to see that a piece of paper had all the words printed on it.

"Brother Tian, ​​why are you so good? Is this movable type printing?"

Qin Tian nodded: "That's right, this is movable type printing, don't be dumbfounded, take out everything inside, and we'll make some more."

Qin Tian and Qin Wu had been busy in the house for two days before they finally made some movable typefaces. These things contained all the characters in the Four Books and Five Classics, relatively speaking, there were still a lot of them.

After doing this, wait for Cheng Yaojin and the others to pick it up.

After Cheng Yaojin and others went back, they had already told their son about the situation.

People like Cheng Chumo, because of copying the Four Books and Five Classics, are almost depressed these days. Qin Huaiyu is better. Although Qin Shubao taught him martial arts, he can read a lot of martial arts, so Qin Huaiyu can still copy patiently.

But even so, Qin Huaiyu couldn't help being excited when he heard the news that his elder brother Qin Tian was able to let him leave the house.
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The appointed time came soon, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others gathered together early in the morning and rushed to Qinhou's mansion.

When they arrived, they asked questions.

"Qin Tian, ​​where are the Four Books and Five Classics that you have written?"

From their point of view, Qin Tian may have helped their son write a thousand copies of the Four Books and Five Classics.

Hearing their questions, Qin Tian couldn't help but smile wryly.

What kind of concept is a thousand copies of the Four Books and Five Classics? How much paper does it cost him? Luoyang paper is expensive, and Chang'an paper is not cheap.

"No."

When he heard no, Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment: "Are you kidding us?"

Qin Tian smiled wryly: "That's not kidding you. I didn't say to help you write the Four Books and Five Classics at the beginning. I have other ways. Go back and buy paper seals yourself."

As he said that, Qin Tian ordered people to carry out the movable type. Cheng Yaojin and the others saw that it turned out to be lumps of soil, and couldn't help feeling a little angry.

"Qin Tian, ​​what do you mean?"

Qin Tian didn't bother to explain to them, so he asked Qin Wu to have an interview in front of them.

"Have you seen it? Go back and arrange the movable type in order, and you can print it like this. It is much faster than your copying. If you print continuously day and night, a few days will be enough."

Qin Tian said it casually, but Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others were dumbfounded. Just printed it like this, and there are words on the paper. Isn't this amazing?
Of course, they knew that the engraving on Yuxi was the same as this principle, but the words on the paper were very obvious, and they were exactly the same as what was written on it, which made them feel that it was not easy.

"Qin Tian, ​​you are so powerful." Cheng Yaojin suddenly rushed towards Qin Tian, ​​making a gesture to hug him, Qin Tian was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit, and hurriedly dodged.

"Okay, okay, that's all I can do to help you, hurry up and print it."

"That's right, my little bastard is about to get sick at home, so I'll go first." Cheng Yaojin picked up his share and left.

Although he also hoped that his son would study more in the house, a thousand copies of the Four Books and Five Classics is really a bit scary. Keeping his son out of the house for a few years is any different from putting him in a prison?
So now he doesn't care much, as long as he can help his son.

Cheng Yaojin left, Yu Chigong and others hurriedly took their things and left, Qinhou's mansion quickly became quiet again.

"Oh, I can help you, but others can't help you."

Qin Tian sighed, Cheng Chumo and the others only needed to copy a thousand copies of the Four Books and Five Classics, but he didn't know how long he would be grounded.

When Qin Tian's side continued to be grounded in the mansion, Cheng Yaojin and the others had already ordered people to start working day and night after they returned.

A thousand copies of the Four Books and Five Classics is equivalent to a bound edition of a thousand copies of the Four Books and Five Classics. It is really a huge project, but fortunately, it is enough to print a thousand copies directly for one page, so the speed is still very fast.

However, even with something as fast as movable type printing, Cheng Yaojin and the others still had to print for seven or eight days before they finally finished printing.

During these seven or eight days, they spent a lot of manpower and material resources. The paper and labor alone cost more than 100 yuan.

I didn't expect so much at first, but when I actually did it, I really surprised them.

And just when these things were printed well, Cheng Yaojin and the others pulled them into the palace with a cart.

(End of this chapter)