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Chapter 411 Snow in the second year of Jian'an ([-])

Its daybreak!
It was a cloudy day, with dense clouds, and it looked as if it was going to rain. From the thick clouds, there was a faint sound of thunder.

Dong Bi patted his head lightly, with a sad look on his face.

In fact, he didn't understand, why did he say such a sentence last night?
Do you really have a crush on Huang Yueying?I don't know... This girl is crazy, and she often has strange ideas.Unlike Cai Yan's ladylike demeanor, it is also far inferior to Ren Hongchang and Dong Lu's heroic demeanor.

But this girl does have a very strange aura.

Even if Dong Bi didn't want to admit it, he had to say that people couldn't help feeling sorry for this girl just by looking at her.

Nonsense, what a nonsense!

When Dong Bi was sitting in the living room, he still patted his forehead unconsciously, wondering why he said that sentence.

But the effect is still obvious...

At least Huang Yueying looked much more cheerful, and the gloom on her face was also reduced.Pulling Huang Chengyan to the small courtyard where she lived alone, she didn't know what she said to Huang Chengyan. When Huang Chengyan appeared in the living room, he was still fascinated, sitting in front of Dong Bi, staring blankly. staring at him without speaking.

"Mr. Huang..."

"That, is that really what you came up with?"

Huang Chengyan said something thoughtlessly, but Dong Bi was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

What did I come up with?What did I come up with?It seems that I haven't thought much about things in recent days?

But his expression, in Huang Chengyan's eyes, turned into a kind of response.

After a long time, he stood up long, bowed his hands towards Dong Bi, bowed deeply, and made a big salute.

"Sir, what are you doing here?"

"Great Governor, this little old man's gift is not for myself, but for the scholars of the world. Thank you for the gift of the Great Governor."

"What are you talking about, sir?"

Huang Chengyan ignored Dong Bi's words, and just bowed to the ground, leaving Dong Bi at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Standing up straight, Huang Chengyan said solemnly: "In the past, the little old man really underestimated the governor, thinking that the governor was just a vulgar martial artist, but he didn't expect that the governor also valued learning. The governor's move is due to Sheji , the benefits will last for thousands of years... Although there is Zhongni Guigu and Mo Di Zhuangzhou is in front, it can't compare with the kindness of the great governor."

My goodness, what did that girl say to the old man?Let the old man look like this?

"My little girl is fortunate enough to be able to participate in this charitable act. It is really her blessing. The old man will not say anything more, and ask the governor to forgive me. This girl is a governor, but sometimes she is too childish. If she offends, please ask the governor Haihan. "

After finishing speaking, the old man offered to leave.

Dong Bi was really confused, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Huang, where are you going?"

"Haha, although the little old man was not fortunate enough to participate in this matter, but he was lucky enough to have this beautiful daughter, which is enough to comfort his life. The little old man stayed in the ravine for decades, but he underestimated the heroes of the world. Today I want to respond The Great Governor said: It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. But I want to read it carefully, learn a little, and appreciate the methods of the Great Governor.”

This old man speaks chicly and walks very chicly, without any sloppiness.

After saying goodbye here, we will set off there.

Dong Bi didn't even have time to prepare, so he could only take Pang Tong and Huang Yueying and send the old man out of the gate.

It is said that his first destination was Wangbei County, which was under the rule of his apprentice Feiwo.

The old man was very stubborn and didn't want to ride a horse. He only rode the green donkey that he had been riding from Nanyang back then, accompanied by two schoolboys.Dong Bi wanted to send some people to protect him, but Huang Chengyan refused. The three of them walked away and disappeared at the end of Suzaku Street.

Dong Bi turned his head to look at Huang Yueying, and saw that the girl's eyes were red.

He looked at Pang Tong again, but he had a confused look on his face, as if he didn't know what kind of trick Huang Yueying was using.

"Yueying, what did you say to your father?"

Huang Yueying's face flushed, she looked at Dong Bi, then at Pang Tong, and said softly, "Brother Dong, please follow me."

"Oh!"

"Ah Chou, you come too!"

Dong Bi and Pang Tong were a little confused, and followed Huang Yueying to the courtyard where she lived.

This small courtyard is not far from Dong Bi's study, very quiet and quiet.There are various objects placed in the yard, there are unfinished cars, large kites hanging on the wall, and many strange things, at least neither Dong Pi nor Pang Tong can tell what it is.However, it is neatly arranged and does not look messy at all.

There are four rooms in the yard, one is Huang Yueying's bedroom, and the other is the residence of her two servant girls.

In addition, the remaining two houses were opened up by Huang Yueying early in the morning and turned into a big arrow.

The two little girls were tidying up in the room. When they saw Huang Yueying and the other three coming in, they hurried forward to salute.

"Xiao Mumu, you two go out!"

"Yes!"

The little girl is very thick, a little fat, and looks a little dull; the other girl with a melon-shaped face is called Xiao Yu'er, of average appearance, but her hands and feet are very diligent.Huang Yueying disciplined them very strictly.

The two maids went out, and Huang Yueying led the two of them through the outer study room and into the inner room.

Just like in the yard, there are many things placed there.They are placed on the ground, hung on the wall, and hung on the beams of the house, all kinds of things.

In the center of the room, there is a huge sackcloth covered with something.

Huang Yueying lifted the sackcloth, and an unknown object appeared in front of Dong Pi and Pang Tong.

"Girl, what is this?"

"Don't worry, you see..."

As Huang Yueying spoke, she picked up a heavy, dark template made of no discernible material.Then he lightly shook the handle beside him with one hand, spit out a piece of Caihou paper from the box next to him, then put down the template, and the handle continued to turn, only the creaking sound lasted for about, about... It's hard to tell how long it was , if calculated using the method of later generations, that is, about four to five minutes, when the template was lifted, a piece of Caihou paper full of words appeared in front of Dong Bi and Pang Tong.

"This is……"

Dong Bi's eyes widened, looking at Huang Yueying, he was speechless for a long while.

Typography?This girl actually came up with a printing technique... My God, this world seems to be crazy!

And Pang Tong was also a little confused, picked up the Caihou paper, and muttered non-stop.

Dong Bi didn't know when the printing technique was invented, but it was definitely not in the Three Kingdoms era.

In fact, the printing technique invented by Huang Yueying should be the earliest woodblock printing.

In real history, it is difficult to determine when woodblock printing appeared.However, it is said that the earliest prototype of block printing should have appeared in the Warring States Period.But at that time, it was more used for printing and dyeing of cloth and other items.

In the fourth year of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, that is, 175 AD.

Cai Yong once suggested to the court that seven Confucian classics, with a total of about 21 characters, should be carved on 46 stone tablets in front of the Taixue Gate, which lasted for eight years.Since then, the methods of copying and even rubbings have appeared, but relatively speaking, no matter whether it is copying or rubbings, there will always be inevitable mistakes.

The real woodblock printing appeared in the Jin Dynasty or later in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

No wonder, no wonder Huang Chengyan had such an expression.

The appearance of engraving and printing represented Chinese civilization, and it was one or two hundred years earlier, or even more.

The reason why the aristocratic clan can control the government is because they hold most of the classics and scriptures.

Although they also open their collections to the outside world, in any case, only a few people can really benefit.

Not everyone is Confucius and is willing to devote his life to learning.

Especially if you devote your whole life to copying books... Scholars who have been in the cold for ten years, don't they just want to become famous at one time, so how can they endure loneliness, copying books, copying books, copying books non-stop.Even if you copy books for a lifetime, how much can you copy?
The emergence of woodblock printing will allow more people to see more books...

Pang Tong, who was familiar with the ultimate purpose of Dong Bi's "Three Learning Summary", was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized the importance of this engraving and printing technique.Raising his head and looking at the coy Huang Yueying, Pang Tong was really speechless.

"you you you……"

Dong Bi swallowed, "Yueying, you, why did you remember to mess with this?"

Huang Yueying's face blushed immediately, she lowered her head, and said softly: "It was Brother Dong... who gave Yueying a reminder."

"I?"

"Yes, do you still remember? Last year, Sister Cai borrowed a copy of "Shangshu Tongyi" from Lord Yang's mansion. It was such a thick volume that she copied it all by herself. , You even prepared meals for her."

"Oh, that seems to be the case!"

Dong Bi almost couldn't remember, but Huang Yueying had a little impression when she said this.

Cai Yan copied books, but for Cai Yong.The old man liked books all his life. When he was in Luoyang, he had a room full of books.But later when something happened to Dong Zhuo, the old man became cruel and burned all the books with a torch.

This is always a regret in Cai Yong's heart.

Those who are children, of course understand the old man's thoughts, so they keep collecting ancient books, and when they encounter those they don't have, they will try to copy them down.However, the collection of books in Yang Xu's family is extremely rich, and after arriving in Chang'an, he collected many out-of-print books from the confiscated items of the major families, and he regarded them as treasures on weekdays.

Cai Yan asked him to borrow the book, and Yang Xu couldn't refuse, but he set a time limit.

Therefore, Cai Yan often borrowed a book and copied it when he got home. Sometimes he even stayed up all night and wrote at his desk.

Dong Bi looked distressed, and said with some emotion: "It would be great if these words could be printed, no matter how bad it is, it's like a way, just like a rubbing, and a book can be produced, which is better than writing every single word." Copying is a hundred times stronger."

Cai Yan also joked that Dong Pi was whimsical.

But unexpectedly, Huang Yueying remembered it in her heart...

One day, when she was playing with a pre-Qin seal, she suddenly had an idea.There are not many words on the pre-Qin seals, usually the names, official positions and institutions are engraved.But this gave Huang Yueying a hint of inspiration.

Huang Yueying was originally a girl who liked to study and was very interested in novel objects.

Moreover, she is proficient in the art of machine making and is also good at engraving (ta) pieces. After combining the inspiration of the seal, the engraving and printing technique actually took shape in her mind.

Still the same sentence, anything, as long as you have a direction, it is not difficult to solve it.

In the past, everyone took this copying and rubbing as a matter of course.But as long as there is a little hint, you can come up with a solution.Huang Yueying is like this... Since the end of last year, she has started research on engraving and printing.

Of course, this is not something she can do alone.

In fact, on this matter, she even secretly went to Cai Yan, Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Shi Tao and others to intercede, hoping to enter the camp of generals who had just moved to Lanchi to have a look.He even lowered his face to discuss with Ma Jun, Fei Wo, and Pu Yuan.Even more cheeky, he snatched Pu Yuan's work examination record, and read it thoroughly without sleep for three days and three nights.

Ma Jun Feiwo and the others are masters who know everything in one click.

Soon he realized what Huang Yueying was researching and what kind of results would appear.

After more than half a year, the prototype of the engraving printing machine appeared in front of Dong Bi hundreds of years in advance.

Dong Yu didn't know what to say...

It was just an unintentional sentence, but this girl actually remembered it in her heart and made it a thing to do.What's more, she did!
Huang Yueying said softly: "The speed of this machine is still very slow. In a day, it can only draw out three or four books... and it often breaks down. I originally thought that after the machine was perfected, I would take it out and give it to Brother Dong. Surprised. But being pushed by my father, I had no choice but to bring him to see it, and said that this is your idea, Brother Dong."

As he said that, he also took out two "Book of Songs" printed with engraving from a cabinet.

This affection, this affection...

There is a saying that the hardest thing to bear is the grace of a beauty. Dong Bi didn't read the book, but walked over and hugged Huang Yueying tightly.

How can I repay this affection?
Huang Yueying was startled at first, and couldn't help struggling a bit, but was hugged by Dong Bi... Slowly, her body relaxed!

This is the feeling, very warm, very safe...

Over the past year, haven't I been looking for such a feeling?

Pang Tong, holding two books of poetry, went out secretly.Let's go away, may brother and girl be happy!

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Tomorrow afternoon train to Shanghai;
I have already asked my friends in Shanghai to buy a ticket, and I will take the bus the day after tomorrow afternoon and come back...

It will take about two days to delay each time, so two days after the name, probably only one update per day, please forgive me!
(End of this chapter)