Travel through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 146 Woodblock Printing ([-])

"You can't do it at your speed. Come on, everyone, come here and I'll explain it to you."

While speaking, Yang Yu walked forward.

"First of all, you need to choose a hard board. This board should be jujube board, or other relatively hard wood boards. After you choose the board, you need to deal with the board. After the treatment, It can be used for carving, this is the first step, the choice of wood board."

"Then, my lord, can any relatively hard board work?"

"This, you need to experiment slowly by yourself. Next, let me talk about the ink making, the ink used for printing, you can't use ordinary ink, it needs you to develop it yourself, and this ink is applied on wooden boards. , it must be able to adhere evenly, and the thickness should be suitable, and the printed things should not bleed or smudge or appear puddles of ink as the standard."

"This is exactly the reason why we discussed whether to use hardwood or softwood. If we use hardwood, this phenomenon will occur. We thought it was because of the wood. It turned out to be the reason for the ink. Thank you for your guidance. Then this Printing, how should it be printed?"

A bold craftsman took the initiative to communicate with Yang Yu.

"Well, that's a good question. Come here, bring a piece of cork that you've carved." In order to demonstrate, Yang Yu asked them to bring over a piece of cork. Yang Yu also saw that their so-called printing , Still in the idea of ​​stamping the seal.

"Look, this print is not pressed upwards, but put the wooden board below, and then cover the paper on it, use something, apply force evenly on it, and sweep it over, okay, uncover it have a look."

"Wow, this picture is very clear." After the paper was uncovered, it was obviously much better than what they printed. What they printed was stamped on top. Naturally, there would be missing pictures, but, This is to cover the paper on top, then press it tightly, and then uncover it. Naturally, it will be very clear.

"You have all learned."

"Understood, thank you, my lord."

Everyone answered in a hurry.

"However, you can't engrave a picture. This requires you to draw a picture on the board first, and then engrave the picture for Yang. It is not for you to engrave it. This is not engraving a stele. Especially this line, you must Be thin."

"Understood, understood."

"Gongtai, come here, there are still a lot of people. If this print is to be made well, naturally, it's not all about printing, but also coloring. This coloring doesn't need to have people with good skills. Now, you can find some women to come and do it, as long as you follow the template and paint the printed patterns with various colors, it will become a picture after another."

"Ah, I finally understand how the color should be done. It turned out that it was painted later, not printed. I'm worrying."

This, another problem was solved, obviously, Chen Gong's brows relaxed.

"My lord, we still have a question. Your picture of the Stove King has characters on it, but we don't know how to engrave them." Suddenly, a craftsman raised a question.

"This, Gongtai, and your paper mill, that is, I need a transparent paper. When writing on one side, it can be clearly seen on the other side. Can it be done? "

"My lord, you mean, write this word on transparent paper, then paste it on a wooden board, and then carve it. This, this, why didn't I think of it."

Chen Gong is a little numb, this lord, how come he doesn't understand anything, is it really like what Liu Si said, it's the god of thunder descending to earth, and only this way of saying can explain the lord's monstrousness, isn't it?

Thinking about it, Yang Yu's various great achievements are quite a lot. It doesn't mean how many battles he won, but how many things Yang Yu developed, from agriculture, to mining, to military industry, and then , and these papermaking, firecrackers, and this printing, these are not things that ordinary people can think of, even some talented people have not thought of one of them.

By the way, there is one item, it is said that there is Caihou paper, but I have never seen it, and there are really no others.

In fact, it was because of these reasons that everyone was willing to follow Yang Yu sincerely, otherwise, they would have all run away. You know, Yang Yu is really a bit of a deviant.

"Gongtai, what are you thinking, can this paper be made?" "Yes, yes, it seems that there are thin and transparent papers in our waste paper. I thought it was useless, but fortunately, the records of these experiments are there, and when I go back, I will ask someone to make this kind of thin paper."

It's okay, although Yang Yu didn't explain the record, they did it themselves, which also allowed them to solve a problem, that is, when they needed any paper, they could quickly produce it with the same material.

Afterwards, Yang Yu also went to see their records, and the records were quite detailed, such as, how much was used for a certain material, how much was used for waste hemp, how much was used for broken silkworm cocoons, how much was used for a certain bark, etc. How much and the quality of the paper are all recorded.

"This is all arranged by you?" "No, the foreman came up with it himself, and the recorder specially hired some literate people to help record it."

"I want this man. I will arrange for him to go to the logistics battalion. Let him be a deputy general in charge of material statistics. Also, he is illiterate, right? Find someone to teach him how to read, or give him a permanent job." When the time comes, let him go to the academy to study."

Naturally, Yang Yu would not waste such a talent, so he was directly assigned to the logistics camp, and even gave him a chance to learn.

However, this all happened after Yang Yu went to the paper-making workshop. Now, Yang Yu is still here in the printing workshop.

"Also, Gongtai, you can find some people, say that I arranged it, take the paper you made, cut it into such a large paper, and ask them to copy some books for me, and use the spare time to make it , Also, these papers, you have to ask these engravers to carve them out, and I want them to print books."

"Print books, this?" Chen Gong didn't object, but was stunned, this, how many more books can be produced at once, which is much faster than copying books.

"Don't be so shocked. This matter requires more people and more time. You have to be mentally prepared."

"My lord, this is a good thing. No matter how many people are arranged to do it, it will be done. This is a good thing that will benefit the future."

"Hehe, when I go back, I will ask Cai Yan to write the thousand-character essay I mentioned last time, and you must hurry up and send the transparent paper to my home."

"Okay, okay, I will definitely do it as soon as possible." Chen Gong was too surprised. He had heard of the Thousand-Character Classic before, but he never thought that Yang Yu would also print it into a book. If it is used as a teaching material, how many people will be able to learn to read earlier.

Why would he think so? Not talking about the other parts of the Thousand-Character Wen, just talking about the catchy aspect is much better than using other books for enlightenment. I was able to learn from the book by myself, didn't this speed up the progress of literacy, don't say, this thousand-character script, a thousand characters (actually less than a thousand, Yang Yu deleted a few outdated characters, Perhaps, in the near future, someone will make it up.) They are all different. If you memorize these thousand characters, according to the book, you will know a thousand characters. Even, this thousand words Words will be used as dictionaries.

(End of this chapter)