God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 309 Movable Type Printing (Fourth Change)
As soon as Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, he began to recall relevant aspects of education.

After all, he has the ability to be a scholar. The first thing he thought of was the popularization of books. With books, there is a carrier of knowledge.Then there is the foundation of education, and people can read.

At this time, the number of books floating among the people was very small, and books were rare, and people had no money to buy them.

The business of selling books is also in the hands of the aristocratic family. This is a very terrible situation, and he must change it.

Now printing books must be done by people with financial resources, because there must be craftsmen engraving plates and a huge factory.

There are two main reasons for the lack of popularity of books.
The first aspect is that books are expensive, not everyone can afford them.

The second is that paper is expensive and copying is troublesome, and the price is not low.

Why use copied ones instead of printed ones, because the poor can't afford books, so they have to get books by copying.

Although paper is expensive, it cannot be solved in a short time. Thinking of this, Li Chengqian already has a way.

That is to improve the printing technique, a problem that can be solved quickly, first solve the problem of paper, and then solve the problem of paper.

The printing technique at this time was woodblock printing, which could print hundreds or even thousands of books in one edition, which played a great role in the spread of culture, but the rigidity was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it often took several years for large books. For a long time, it takes up a lot of space to store the plates, and they are often damaged due to deformation, insects, and corrosion.

For books that are printed in small runs and do not need to be reprinted, the plates become waste.In addition, if typos are found on the engraving board, it is very difficult to correct it, and the entire board often needs to be re-engraved.

Therefore, movable type printing came into being. Its invention is a great technological revolution in the history of printing. It uses movable metal or clay blocks to replace traditional copying or printing plates that cannot be reused.

The method of printing with movable type is to first make a single-character positive script mold, and then select the individual characters according to the manuscript, arrange them in the type plate, apply ink for printing, and then remove the type mold after printing, and save it for reuse in the next typesetting .

Movable type plate-making just avoids the shortage of engraving. As long as enough single movable type is prepared in advance, the imposition can be made at any time, which greatly speeds up the plate-making time.The key is to reduce the cost, which is what Li Chengqian wants to do.

So, he greeted Yuchi Jingde, because his blacksmith must have better metal attainments than others, and he is still his own, don't worry.

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

"Wu Guogong, I let you in this time because I want you to do a big thing!"

"What's the matter?"

"Things that benefit Datang."

Li Chengqian didn't know.

Then he said: "Wu Guogong, this matter is very important, I hope you can handle it well!"

Li Chengqian took out a drawing and handed it to Yuchi Jingde.

"His Royal Highness, this...why is this? Such a small thing?"

Yuchi Jingde looked at the blueprint for a while and asked.

"You can tell the craftsmen to make it according to this."

"Then what are these words for? Why are there three 'I'?"

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "I'll find out tomorrow!"

Although Yuchi Jingde had many doubts, he still accepted the order.

"Yes! Your Royal Highness, I let someone make it overnight."

For these few words, it couldn't be easier, and it's not a big deal. Maybe it can be done in one night.

"Thank you! Remember to use lead to make it! Also, don't let people find out what you're doing!"

This is something confidential and should not be known to interested people.

"Yes! It's nothing to be able to do things for His Royal Highness and Datang!"

Yuchi Jingde has been completely convinced by Li Chengqian, because Li Chengqian's arrival has shocked them too much, so everything Li Chengqian does is reassuring.

Yuchi Jingde didn't ask any more questions, and went straight down to make arrangements.

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The next morning, Li Shimin hurried to the East Palace.

There was a look of joy on his face.

As soon as he entered the East Palace, before Li Chengqian called him, he took Li Chengqian's hand and said:
"Gao Ming, you are really my lucky star. I made the announcement according to your method yesterday, and it really had a miraculous effect. Today, the court has returned to normal, and no one is absent! Those people are very honest! It will not affect the affairs of the Tang Dynasty!"

It's not that Li Shimin is afraid of them, but that it will affect the operation of the entire country. Now it's all right, and the problem is temporarily resolved.

Empress Changsun also said: "That's right, Your Majesty has rushed here as soon as the court was over early, Gao Ming, you really have made great achievements!"

Li Chengqian thought to himself: Nonsense, isn't this a very simple matter?It's because you think things are too complicated. In fact, this is the human heart. Although there are gentry behind them, everyone is selfish. If you don't do it for yourself, you will be destroyed by heaven and earth!
"that would be great!"

Li Chengqian said.

"By the way, didn't you say yesterday that you were going to solve the education issue, I came here as soon as I finished my morning court."

This Li Shimin is really...curious!

"Not only that, the civil and military officials are going to come after a while."

Um?That's even better, it's just enough to pretend, if there are only these two couples, the points will not exceed a hundred, but if it is a civil and military official, it will be different.

Li Chengqian has obtained a lot of points from them, and today is probably no exception.

At the same time, it also proved that Li Shimin had to show off this time, otherwise how could he bring so many people here?

"My son is already ready, I'll send someone to get it now!"

take?
Could it be something?Li Shimin wondered, but didn't ask further.

"Guan Lishi, go and take out the things Wu Guogong made yesterday, and bring some paper and ink!"

"Yes!"

Li Shimin became more and more puzzled, what is this and what is it for?
But before Li Shimin asked, a large number of people poured into the East Palace.

Civil and military officials appeared on time.

As soon as they saw Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, they saluted and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress!"

"No, no, please take a good look at it later, Gao Ming has a way to solve the problem of my Datang education. You have to witness this moment!"

When Li Shimin said this, everyone was puzzled.

What!Solving educational problems?How come here?Everyone looked dumbfounded.

Because in front of them is something outlandish.

Li Chengqian ignored the doubts of these people, he just ordered everyone to do things.

After a while, these people must be shocked!
Li Shimin really likes to show off, but it also provides Li Chengqian with the opportunity to pretend to be aggressive. It's best to come here every day to pretend, then he will gain a lot of points.

So, here we go!

(End of this chapter)