Wentang

Chapter 227 The Woodblock Printing Experiment Succeeded
I thought it was just a simple printing workshop, but unexpectedly, I found a talent with high-end technology.

Yue Shan was so happy, it was a good start.

Afterwards, he asked how many other people knew the formula, and Sun Dagou said that he was the only one who knew it.

When he reported to the original owner, he only said that musk was needed as a material, and then he was sent away without waiting for him to finish.

His own children are all landed farmers, and they did not inherit his craftsmanship—the key is that the ink he made before was too ordinary to be considered a craft.

As a craftsman, although he has never read a book, he also knows that the recipe is his own painstaking effort, and he cannot tell others casually.So...Yue Shan is the second person who knows this recipe.

Now Yue Shan finally felt relieved.Sun Dagou was separated from the printing workshop, and a separate ink-making workshop was established, and the workshop was placed inside the academy.

Yueshan, the ink making workshop, only plans to place four or five employees to engage in some relatively technical work.For example, making ink into ink sticks, drying the ink sticks and so on.

The rest of the work can be handed over to the students of the academy.For example, the work of collecting oily fume, pounding materials with iron mortar...these tasks are not technical and cumbersome, and there is no need to keep them secret, so it is best to leave them to the students.

The demand for pearl powder is very small, and the servants of Yuefu can make it at home and send it in a jar.One jar can be used for a long time, and there is no need to worry about leakage.

There are other materials that can also be processed outside, sealed and sent to the workshop.

Then build a special studio for Sun Dagou, and only he can enter.He matched the materials according to the proportions in the studio, and then took them out and handed them over to special people for crushing, and then processed them into ink blocks.

This is not only convenient for the academy, but also saves a lot of manpower and material costs, and it can also keep confidentiality to the greatest extent.

By the way, in order to prevent someone from threatening Sun Dagou's family members.Yue Shan is going to get his whole family to work in the academy.

Sun Dagou agreed to this request without any hesitation.My own children can come to work in such a sacred place as the academy. This academy was opened by the county magistrate, and there is smoke from the ancestral grave.

Of course, Yue Shan handed over all these tasks to Yu Zhiming, and he was only responsible for making decisions.

Zhang Dachun over there also quickly made a small engraving block according to Yue Shan's explanation.

Yue Shan estimates that it is about twelve-carat, and the carving on it is the first chapter of the Analects.There are no patterns and other superfluous things, all densely packed Yang characters.

"Okay, let's start the experiment." Yue Shan said excitedly.

Following his order, Zhang Dachun started to work with several apprentices himself.

Mix the ink, use a brush to paint all the engravings with ink, then take out a piece of white paper and put it on gently.Dozens of pairs of eyes are closely watching Zhang Dachun's every move, eyes full of expectation.

Zhang Dachun's nervous hands trembled slightly, he took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions, and slowly put the paper on the engraving block.

Then he took out a brush and gently brushed it on the paper. With that focused expression and delicate movements, his wife would probably be jealous of the treatment of this paper.

After brushing the paper to make sure it was in close contact with Yangwen, he put down the brush.Glancing at Yue Shan and the others, he took a deep breath again, stretched out his hands and pinched a corner of the paper.

At this moment, everyone held their breath, Yue Shan was also a little thirsty with excitement, the result will be announced soon.Whether Yangwen engraving is feasible depends on this.

Zhang Dachun peeled off the paper fiercely, without daring to look at it himself, he directly showed it to everyone.

When everyone saw the things above, everyone couldn't help cheering.

"Oh... it worked, it worked." "It worked, we made it."

Only then did Zhang Dachun turn the paper over to read the content carefully, and then showed an ecstatic expression.

"Qingshuihou, it's done, it's done."

Looking at the excited crowd, Yue Shan also nodded in relief.It was indeed done, and the content of the first chapter of the Analects of Confucius was clearly printed on the paper.

But it's not perfect, and there are still some small problems: "It's a success, but it's not the time to celebrate yet. You can see that the paper is still stained with ink, and some words have double images... These all need to be improved."

"Next, you have to find a way to solve these problems. You also need to increase the speed of printing on the basis of ensuring quality... After all these problems are solved, you start to make engravings. Four books and five classics, hundreds of classics... all have to be Make engravings."

Having said that, Yue Shan turned his head to look at Yu Zhiming and said, "Zhiming, you have to keep an eye on it yourself, Master Zhang will give you whatever you want. There is also the issue of books, you should also communicate with Gu Yi, and let the library A variety of books are delivered on time."

The library was handed over to the teaching and research group by Yueshan, and it is not currently serving the outside world. If you want to borrow books from it, you must get Gu Yi's consent.

Yu Zhiming also understood the importance of engraving and printing, so he agreed in a hurry.

Afterwards, Yue Shan encouraged everyone a few more words before leaving the printing workshop.

He did not take special secrecy measures for woodblock printing like ink making, and it was not necessary.This thing is a layer of window paper to the people of the Tang Dynasty. As long as they see the printed books, it is easy to guess how it was done.

What's more, he hopes that this technology can be quickly promoted to the whole country, and then the price of books will become the price of cabbage.

But for the time being, he is not going to let the book printing house print books. After all, it is the technology he developed by himself, and he has to harvest at least one round to be worthy of himself.

Let's do the engraving first, and then print books in large quantities. After a large number, they can make a lot of money by launching them on the market all at once.

And by that time, his "Only Respecting Confucianism" must have been published, and the woodblock printing was just the icing on the cake to help him gain his reputation again.

Everything is planned.

In the next few days, Yue Shan has been wandering between various industries, looking at their work progress, and giving pointers by the way.

The progress of glass firing, which he is most concerned about, is also progressing slowly and orderly.The stove is half-dry, and there is still some humidity in the innermost part. It is estimated that it can be used in at most three days.

Bao Dalin made a lot of raw materials, and Yue Shan reckoned that it would be enough to burn a furnace.

But after all, one stove is definitely not enough for experimentation, so he asked Bao Dalin to continue processing raw materials, and started construction after the stove was dry.

While waiting, news came from the Military Academy that the entire project was finally completed and ready for use.

Yue Shan immediately took someone over to inspect and accept it, and after confirming that there was no problem, he sent someone to notify Jing Junhong:
The military school has started.

(End of this chapter)