Datang all-rounder

Chapter 306

It is estimated that these old killers really didn't tell Comrade Li Er that they were printing maps.

It's been a few days, and I haven't seen Comrade Li Er send someone to call me into the palace. Based on Wang Ke's understanding of Comrade Li Er, if Comrade Li Er knows about this, he will definitely send someone to call him immediately. , let me go into the palace to talk to him about the printing, and now there has been no movement, there is only one possibility, that is, these old killers really listened to me and didn't tell Comrade Li Er about it, Li Er Comrades don't know this yet.

Wang Ke now thinks this is pretty good, at least it doesn't take a day for him to run to the palace, and it doesn't make much sense to talk with Comrade Li Er for a long time, and in the end he delayed his own affairs. He didn't dare to complain at all. Comrade Li Er was the one who asked him to speak up. No matter how daring he was to blame others, he dared not blame him!

In addition to the things that Wang Ke had to do these days, he stayed with a few printing craftsmen and asked them to think about how to turn the current single-color map into color.

As for the engraving printing plate, Wang Ke is not worried. Anyway, it is engraving according to different colors, which is not a problem. What needs to be solved now is the problem of color registration. Just like printing small information cards in the company, the color registration of each color must be considered. If the color registration problem is not solved well, the printed things will be lumps of variegated colors, and you will not get what you want. As for the effect, these craftsmen are coming into contact with this problem for the first time. If they don't figure it out first, the estimated map will not have a good effect.

Wang Ke is not worried about the ink used for printing. From his conversations with several craftsmen, Wang Ke has already learned that making ink is not a problem for them. The big problem is that the color of the ink produced is not what Wang Ke needs. There are so many, Wang Ke is not worried about this point, now black ink is ready-made, as long as the three main colors of red, yellow and blue can be produced, there is no need to worry about other colors That's right, as long as there are these three primary colors, Wang Ke can mix all the required colors, so now only need to consider color matching.

For color registration, people who have never seen printing will think it is very simple, but it is to use different colors to smear on the engraving block and then print on the prepared paper or white silk. In fact, there are many problems that need to be solved. For example, the distribution of colors, the layered coverage of several colors, which color to print first, and which color to print later, are all particular. The amount of ink should also be paid attention to. It is not just a matter of carving a few blocks. It can be solved, and it takes trial and error again and again to get a correct answer.

In later generations, Wang Ke only learned a little about making woodblock prints when he was studying painting, and he didn't know much about printing. It is to let these craftsmen slowly experiment and get the best method based on their experience.

Several craftsmen are still very interested in the printing of color maps mentioned by Wang Ke. After all, this is a field they have never set foot in. Before, they only used black ink to print some small objects. When I had something to do, I never thought of turning this single color into a multi-color application.

Now, as soon as they came under Wang Ke's command, Wang Ke immediately came up with such a new thing, how could this prevent them from pouring all their energy into it.

As soon as Wang Ke expressed this idea, several craftsmen began to make inks of various colors. Now dozens of colors of inks are placed in front of everyone, and everyone is very excited. After all, what they are going to do now is much higher than what they have done before, which makes them love this job even more.

When Wang Ke explained the printing requirements of the color maps clearly, these song craftsmen realized that the engraving of this engraving is different from before. In the past, all the maps were engraved on a wooden board. But now, according to the different colors, it is necessary to engrave the map parts of each color on different wooden boards and print them in stages. If the existing ink colors are not available, it is necessary to use multiple colors for multi-layer printing. , and it is necessary to engrave several maps of this color. Such a requirement is much more complicated than a single black printing.

However, the engraving skills of these craftsmen are still good. After understanding Wang Ke's intentions, they can immediately divide the work and cooperate, and each carry out a color engraving process, and make engravings without interfering with each other.

Now, what Wang Ke asks these craftsmen to practice will not be too complicated maps. After all, these craftsmen are still exposed to such crafts for the first time. If they make it complicated from the beginning, if there is any mistake, their self-confidence will be hit. of.

What Wang Ke meant was to let them start with the easy ones and then the hard ones, and continue to do it gradually. After they are thoroughly familiar with it, they will formally print the map, so that there will be no such thing as constant rework, even at that time Well, those old killers really couldn't hold back and wanted to tell Comrade Li Er about it. Comrade Li Er came to see it by himself or let him enter the palace to speak. Have more confidence.

All the problems seemed to have been solved, and Wang Ke let these craftsmen start to operate. There were no problems in other processes, but Wang Ke was most worried about the color registration. There were always problems of one kind or another, not because there was too much ink, but because of two The inks of the colors are mixed together, that is, the colors on the edges overlap, and it is impossible to see what it is. After printing for a long time, these problems have not been solved.

Wang Ke knows that everyone here is coming into contact with this thing for the first time, and they must have a lot of patience. This time, if this thing can be done, Wang Ke can't just blame these craftsmen blindly now. Now he can only keep cheering up the craftsmen. If there is a problem here, he will say that there is a good job. Anyway, he must do everything possible to let the craftsmen not be immersed in mistakes, but continue to see the positive side and give everyone confidence. , Let them feel that every time they do it, there is no progress, and they are getting closer to success!

Wang Ke's encouragement has to be said to be very effective. These craftsmen are not depressed every time they hear Wang Ke's encouragement, but several people keep discussing the gains and losses, how to improve to overcome such difficulties , Slowly, fewer and fewer mistakes were made, and the success rate was also higher and higher. Finally, a complete color map without any blemishes was placed in front of Wang Ke.

Wang Ke held up the map with trembling hands, and carefully examined it with his eyes. The lines are smooth, the coloring is clear, and the colors are bright. It is really a successful color map!
Wang Ke slowly put down the map in his hand, and asked several craftsmen to make a few more complicated engravings and print a few maps. He wanted to see if the previous ones would still appear when printing complicated maps. Mistakes, if the printed map can be guaranteed to be comparable to this map, it means that these craftsmen have really mastered the printing process, and they can also report the good news to Comrade Li Er and the gang of old killers.

It is estimated that these craftsmen have really fully mastered this printing process, and made several maps in succession, all of which are very satisfying to Wang Ke, and two of them are made by these craftsmen themselves. , the drawing is quite complicated and detailed enough to be a large-scale map with many small place names. Now Wang Ke is really relieved. He rolled up a lot of printed maps and ran to Li Jing. Now he should go to these old people. Time to show off!

Li Jing read the maps one by one, but this time he didn't yell like last time, but grabbed Wang Ke, called Li Ji and walked out of the house.

Wang Ke didn't know where Li Jing was going to drag him to, but he guessed in his heart that Li Jing probably wanted to show his merits to Comrade Li Er, after all, it was not short of him not to let them mention this to Comrade Li Er It's time, and I guess these veteran killers are already suffocated. Now that this thing has really happened, of course, they will immediately think of telling Comrade Li Er.

Wang Ke wanted to prove her point, and while walking forward with Li Jing, she said: "Uncle, where are we going? Are we going to see the emperor? Don't be so anxious to see the emperor, uncle also Let my little nephew tidy up his clothes."

Hearing Wang Ke's words, Li Jing slowed down, let go of Wang Ke's hand, and asked Wang Ke to tidy up his clothes, but the pace did not stop.

Li Jing said without turning his head: "Of course I went to see the emperor. The last time you said this, I wanted to report it to the emperor, but you didn't let me say it first. These days can be regarded as the old man. I'm so overwhelmed, now that this matter is successful, how can I not tell the emperor immediately, so that the emperor is also happy!"

Wang Ke saw that Li Jing's words confirmed his conjecture, so he stopped talking, and just followed Li Jing to Comrade Li Er's imperial study.

In the imperial study room at this time, besides Comrade Li Er, Wang Ke also saw Wei Wang Li Tai sitting beside him, and Comrade Li Er's imperial case was full of scrolls written on it. , it is estimated that Li Tai's editing work is finished, and now it is being reviewed by Comrade Li Er.

Seeing Li Jing and others coming in, Comrade Li Er put down the scroll in his hand, looked at Li Jing and asked, "Is Li Qing here today?"

After Li Jing took Li Ji and Wang Ke to salute Comrade Li Er, he held the map in front of Comrade Li Er, and said, "Please look, Your Majesty, this is the map just printed by Mr. Wang's Cartography Bureau. Now send it here for the emperor to have a look at!"

When I saw Li Jing talking, his face was full of excitement, and his voice was higher than usual. Comrade Li Er was really confused. Comrade Li Er felt that it was just a few maps?Is it necessary to be so grand?It's so exciting to talk about it!
Comrade Li Er casually took the map. When he opened the map, he couldn't help getting excited. This is a colorful map, and it is completely different from the maps he saw before. The mountains, rivers, grasslands and towns on the map The villages are clearly marked one by one, and they are drawn in different colors. At a glance, it is clear at a glance. Compared with the previous map, I don’t know how many times more convenient.

Comrade Li Er's attitude towards Li Jing is not surprising at all, because his current mood is exactly the same as that of Li Jing, and of course he also knows why Li Jing and the others suddenly came to him today, just to let him Look at the purpose of these few maps.

Comrade Li Er asked Wang Ke directly: "Boy, just now Li Qing said that this was printed by you, is it true?"

To be honest, Comrade Li Er really didn’t believe that this was printed. You must know that Comrade Li Er had seen this printed thing before. Not to mention that all these colors were printed on a single piece of paper, it was just a single black printing When it comes out, there are often lumps of ink, which are often unclear. Comrade Li Er never even thought about achieving the effect of the map he is holding in his hand.

Now that Li Jing has said this, even though he has seen the real effect, Comrade Li Er is still willing to ask again, to make sure that it is not that he heard it wrong, but that this matter is true!

Although Wang Ke didn't know what Comrade Li Er was thinking, he answered honestly to Comrade Li Er's question: "My Majesty, what Master Li said is true. As soon as it was printed today, I will show it to Lord Li for a review, and after Lord Li has read it, he will come directly to the emperor and ask him to read it."

When Comrade Li Er heard that Wang Ke personally confirmed Li Jing's words, he believed that he heard correctly. These maps were indeed printed by Wang Ke, and he couldn't help being excited again.

(End of this chapter)