LOL: I'm a bad prince in Demacia

Chapter 94 Don't Ask, Just Ask My Dad Is The King

Five p.m.

The sky is still clear at this time, and the residual temperature in summer does not seem so hot. Today is cloudless weather, and when you look up, you can see thousands of miles of blue, and you can feel a little more relaxed if you look more often.

The three of Lu Qi went to the printing workshop in a carriage.

When they arrived, they found that there was already a carriage parked here. Looking at the sign on it, it should be the family emblem of the Bouvier family.

"Is Kashina here today?"

Lux's eyes lit up. She missed her little sister very much. When she saw this carriage, she couldn't wait to get on it.

Lu Qi also hasn't seen Kashina for some time.

After entering the workshop, you can see that compared with the previous few days, many places are different.

First of all, it was divided into many areas, and some new workshop equipment was added. At the same time, according to Lu Qi's opinion, Navis added a few powered fans inside.

It is a minimalist version of the air conditioner.

Different from the hydraulic fan at home, the gear power is used in the workshop to provide timely relief to the workers.

Not long after entering the workshop, the three met Kashina head-on, and she seemed to have just arrived.

Wearing a light white gown and black shorts that gently outlined the curves of her legs, as before, with a refreshing ponytail, the breath of a youthful girl rushed to her face.

"Good afternoon, all three."

After meeting, Kashina took the initiative to say hello, and she looked very happy to see a few people, with a smile on her face.

When looking at Lu Qi, it was the same as before, with a little smile in his eyes, and the miss that he hadn't seen in a few days.

Other than that, there was nothing else, and it seemed that what happened last time had no effect on her.

Everything is still the same as before, getting along as usual.

The four of them went to Navis' office while chatting.

After pushing open the door, Navis, who was processing a pile of documents, raised her head. When she saw Lu Qi, her eyes under the glasses lit up.

"Your Highness!"

She rummaged through the table twice, picked up a few pieces of paper, jumped off the chair, walked up to Lu Qi, and reported to him with a little excitement, "The hand-operated printing machine was already running in the morning. The assembly is complete, and no problems have been found after several rounds of testing."

She looked very excited while talking, but that's normal.

For a craftsman, the most joyful thing is to see his work come out.

The concept proposed by Lu Qi was really realized.

Now, his image in Navis' heart has risen to an unshakable position.

Lu Qi took a few pages of paper from Navis, and the three girls around him moved closer curiously, and put their eyes on it.

The content on these pages is exactly the same, and the pen and ink writing on them is clear and highly recognizable at a glance. It is obviously the result of a hand-operated printing press.

Lu Qi took a few glances at it and said, "Take me to see the printing press."

"You come with me."

Navis walked ahead and led the way.

After a while, he stopped in front of a room and opened the door.

There were also two figures inside. Lu Qi took a glance and found that they were Mei Li and Ke Sen.

They carefully wiped a machine in the middle of the room with a towel as if they were treating some rare treasure.

"His Royal Highness!"

When the siblings saw Lu Qi, they immediately came up to salute and say hello, with a very respectful attitude and from the bottom of their hearts.

If it was them a week ago, seeing Lu Qi might be in a state of verbal dissatisfaction, but now they are basically convinced verbally and physically.

It is no exaggeration to say that now, what Lu Qi wants them to do, the siblings will do it without hesitation.

For no other reason than that the hand-operated printing press was actually built.

From the very beginning, the two had a vague feeling that His Royal Highness and Navis seemed to be doing something really awesome.

After they made it, they discovered that it was really awesome.

The emergence of the hand-operated printing press almost directly solved the problem of the difficulty of disseminating written words.

A machine that allows everyone to read the text in the book version, you just want to think about it.

Glancing at the siblings with dog-licking expressions, Lu Qi ignored them, walked up and stopped beside the printing press.

The three of Fiona also approached, looking curiously.

Lux stretched out her finger and poked it: "It's just such a big piece of iron? Is it as powerful as you said?"

"You'll know if you look at it."

Lu Qi took a closer look. In fact, it was the first time he saw something that was almost ancient.

But in Demacia, it is already a cutting-edge product of the times.

"Let me show you a demonstration!"

Upon hearing this, Ke Sen immediately stepped forward excitedly, intending to demonstrate the operation to the four of them.

"Go aside."

Mei Li stepped forward and kicked Corson aside, then she ignored Corson's glaring eyes, walked up to Lu Qi and respectfully said, "Your Highness, let me demonstrate to you next."

Being robbed of the opportunity to perform in front of His Royal Highness, Ke Sen stared at Meili, daring to speak out.

"let's start."

Lu Qi said casually.

It doesn't matter to him who the two siblings perform.

With Lu Qi's permission, Meili immediately went to the storage shelf for the typed strips on the other side, and explained: "They are the typed strips that have been made these days, and each character has different characters. They are arranged in an orderly manner by marking. Here, no matter what the content is at that time, just follow the logo to find it.”

While speaking, she took out a small type strip from the shelf and put it in her hand. After about a handful, she came to the typesetting area.

"The found lead strips will be typeset here. The characters can be combined at will, and can be divided into three ways: horizontal, vertical and oblique."

She spoke and demonstrated, and put the type strips in the typesetting machine.

The nature of this typesetting tool is very important. Basically, the framework of a newspaper, such as a large section, a small section, or an independent section, is determined by it.

Unlike modern times, rich newspaper frames can be created casually. Before this ability, people used typesetting machines.

Prepare several different frames in advance, put the type strips in them, and you can get the ideal layout.

At the same time, this step is also the most troublesome, because the content of a newspaper basically needs to be spelled out here, and the position of a typed strip cannot be wrong.

The four of them watched quietly, not disturbing Mei Li who was gradually concentrating.

After she carefully fixed the typed strip, she slowly let go of her breath and said, "This is basically all right, now I just need to add ink and confirm the content of this blackboard."

Saying that, put a piece of pure white paper flat on the typesetting machine, then straighten it with a tool, and stick it completely on it.

Then, uncover it from top to bottom, and the first sample newspaper is ready.

"You have a look." She handed it to Lu Qi.

Lu Qi took it and glanced at it. The content in this newspaper was spliced ​​at random, but judging from the sections, there can be a lot of content.

Of course, the word count and size will not be as large as modern newspapers, but in this era, it is not easy to have such a newspaper.

This is also the reason why Meili, Corson and Navis realized Lu Qi's awesomeness.

He can carry a lot of content on a small piece of paper, and can reproduce a large amount in a very short time.

"After the first sample newspaper is checked and correct, the printing can begin."

As Meili said, she picked up the fixed typesetting device and carefully fixed it on the printing machine.

The hand-operated printing machine is divided into several parts, one is the transmission device, the other is the device for feeding and conveying paper, the device for distributing and filling ink, and the most important printing and embossing device.

These parts are closely related, and finally driven by the hand joystick as a whole.

The next step is to put the ink in, and then put a stack of white paper in the storage.

Shake the hand lever, and the whole printing machine starts to run, the fixed rod falls to receive the newspaper, and then draws out one sheet after another of white paper from the storage, and attaches it to the roller.

As the white paper passes through the typesetting machine, a certain pressure is generated in it, and the content will be printed on the paper, and finally the newspaper is sent to the other end by the fixed rod.

This cycle was repeated, and one newspaper after another was published one after another.

Seeing this scene, Lu Qi was not surprised at all, because this was what he had originally envisioned, but Navis made a little detail improvement to make this printing machine even better.

But the three girls, Lacus, Kashina and Fiona, couldn't calm down.

Seeing newspapers appearing one after another, with even ink and ink on them, there was an uncontrollable look of surprise in his eyes.

They still remember what Lu Qi told them about the newspaper a week ago.

Unexpectedly, only a week later, a printing press was in front of me.

They are all young ladies of a noble family, and they are not short of books.

But even so, they also know how difficult it is for many ordinary people in the folk to read a book.

But right now, this machine can copy a large amount of content in such a short period of time.

Even the three girls, who don't know much about this aspect, can imagine other uses of this machine.

What if, instead of printing newspapers, it was used to make books?
One of the main reasons why the process of producing a book is laborious is because the content in the book is difficult to reproduce quickly.

It only took Lu Qi a week to solve this problem.

That's why Meili and Corson wanted to kneel and lick Lu Qi on the spot.

As the heirs of a family of craftsmen, they were naturally able to see the infinite possibilities of this machine earlier than the three daughters.

"Good job, you guys have worked hard."

At this time, Lu Qi praised his few excellent employees, and he was very satisfied.

Not bad, not bad, I expected it to be these few days, but I didn't expect it to be ready today.

This just shows that these employees are not only not lazy, but may also secretly work overtime.

"Your Highness, this is what we should do. You are the hardest one."

"Serving you is my lifelong wish."

Meili and Corson immediately flattered Lu Qi.

Compared with their recent hardships day and night, Lu Qi actually brought them much more benefits.

The advent of the hand-operated printing press is destined to remain in the annals of history.

And the names of the two of them will definitely be mentioned, even if it is just a hasty stroke, it is extremely important to them from the craftsman family.

Just thinking about it, the siblings felt that the first fifteen laps were not in vain.

Lu Qi ignored the two of them. This time, whoever had the hardest time, it would naturally be Navis.

She even stayed in the workshop for food and lodging, and she was responsible for the drawings of the entire hand-operated printing machine.

The more Lu Qi looked at her, the more satisfied he was, and he reached out and patted her shoulder: "Good job, Navis, keep up the good work."

At this time, Navis was no longer as shy as before, she seemed very happy to be praised by Lu Qi, and her little face blushed a little.

Then he nodded seriously and raised his fist: "I will definitely work harder, Your Highness!"

Her eyes were full of fighting spirit, as if a flame was burning behind her.

Seeing that this small body took on everything, Lu Qi felt a little embarrassed, as if he was like a shopkeeper who threw everything away to Navis.

Thinking of this, he coughed and said, "You don't have to work so hard, you should pay more attention to rest."

Regarding this, Navis said stubbornly: "No, many tasks His Highness entrusted to me have not yet been completed! I have a new inspiration recently, and you should be able to see the improved version in a few days. the hand-cranked printing press."

Lu Qi: "."

For a moment, he didn't know whether this world was too beautiful, or the previous world was too bad.

How come he, as the boss, hasn't started PUA yet, the employees are working as hard as if they were pumped.

Even the second generation of hand-operated presses is ready to be built.

This made Lu Qi a little confused.

As for the three of them, Lux cast contemptuous glances at him when they saw this.

Let a little girl like Navis do so many things, but as the boss, you lie in that yard basking in the sun all day long.

Sensing the sight of the three women, Lu Qi felt a little ashamed.

However, in reality, only Navis could be so compatible with Lu Qi.

She is one of the few people in Demacia who can keep up with Lu Qi's thinking.

Before Lu Qi appeared, Navis had been confused about her life direction.

She loves to invent, but she grew up in the eyes of others, and no one cared about her except her mother and deceased grandmother. During the process of growing up, her self-confidence was shattered by countless people.

It happened that she had read so many books, but the inventions she made were all useless waste products, so she was ridiculed all the time.

She even began to be unsure whether she was really suitable for a craftsman.

Just when his will became more and more confused and he wanted to give up, Lu Qi appeared.

The first time she saw her, she left an impression of acting strangely in Navis' mind, but in the later conversations, she found that His Royal Highness is a man of profound knowledge.

Just a few words awakened the question she had been puzzled.

Even later, she unreasonably set many tasks for her.

However, Navis didn't hate this feeling.

Through Lu Qi, she gradually found the direction in her heart and her love for craftsmen.

Sure enough, she still likes to invent. She likes the joy of seeing her work praised by others. She hopes that her invention can bring convenience to people's lives.

Navis never felt that she had worked hard, and she even liked the feeling of focusing on one thing.

It is precisely because Lu Qi recognized her that she now also recognizes Lu Qi.

She will spare no effort and use what she has learned all her life to help His Royal Highness.

This is what the heart of a small body thinks.

At this point, Kashina asked a question: "What are we going to do next?"

Now that the first printing press is in place, the next steps should now start.

However, the details need to be elaborated by Lu Qi.

After thinking for a while, Lu Qi looked at Kashina and said, "The next key is you."

"I?"

Kashina looked puzzled.

"Yes, a printing press is a bit slow, but we can run a tabloid to see how the market reacts."

Lu Qi said slowly, "I need you to inform me to let the Illuminators collect information to fill the content of the page. Of course, this is only the early stage, and I will find more suitable sources of information later."

Newspapers, the information on them will always be the mainstream.

One of the reasons why Lu Qi chose the Church of the Illuminators is that the Illuminators often travel around, and there is naturally a lot of folk information they can get.

Beyond that, is the official information.

Of course, there is no need to worry about this, Lu Qi has his own way.

Don't ask, it means my father is the king.

One folk, one official, these are the two main sources of information for newspapers.

As for other content, fill in slowly, and there is no need to rush for a while.

And the next step is where the real money is going to be burned.

Because, a lot of manpower will be needed immediately, whether it is the craftsman who continues to build the printing machine, or other manpower.

Fortunately, another advantage of choosing the Church of the Illuminators is that the people who deliver the newspapers are easy to find.

Hearing this, Kashina nodded: "I see."

"Now there is a need for someone to divide the collected information in a unified way."

Lu Qi's voice fell.

Mei Li and Ke Sen's sister and brother immediately squeezed over, each looking more anxious than the other.

"I'll come! Your Highness!"

"I think you can leave this matter to me with confidence. You have seen my performance just now."

The two of them had already started scrambling for work, jostling back and forth, afraid that they might not be able to get the job.

Looking at the two of them, Lu Qi said, "Then you two come together."

Hearing his words, Mei Li and Ke Sen, who are close siblings, couldn't help but feel a little tit-for-tat at this moment. They looked at each other and separated because they didn't like each other.

Next, Lu Qi roughly talked about some early thoughts.

The speed of a printing machine is definitely not enough. After all, the capital is so big, let alone the entire capital, it is very difficult to print even one-third of the newspapers within a short period of time.

I just tested the printing speed, 1 newspapers per minute, up to 15 newspapers per hour, and the total number of people in the capital exceeds [-].

Based on these two data alone, we can see the gap.

Therefore, a large number of manpower will be expanded next, and the improved printing machine mentioned by Navis must also be put on the agenda.

Of course, it doesn't have to be said that as soon as the newspaper was published, it focused on the whole king's capital.

Even Lu Qi can only expand from a small area, which is inevitable.

(End of this chapter)