Mohist Tang

“Printing, this is what you call Mohist Technology.” When the two Kong Yingda followed Mo Dun to Mohist Periodical, they saw rows of printing tools, frowned. .

“That’s nature! Most of the Confucian Library’s libraries are isolated copies, and naturally they have to be published before they can be borrowed by the world.” Mo Dun nodded admitted.

“be that as it may, when you are an old man, you dont understand printing. You need to be rigid every time you print a page. There are countless Confucian libraries. You are going to engrave until the year of the monkey.” Kong Yingda shook his head Dao, how can he not understand printing, that happened in his in front of one’s eyes. Engraving printing is extremely labor-intensive and time-consuming, and is only suitable for mass-printed books and periodicals, such as Mohist Periodical Confucian journals or Four Books of Confucianism The Five Classics of Confucianism is a best-selling book. After that, it can be printed in a large number of books. However, the amount of the original copy is not much. If it is a large number of stereotypes, it can only be printed in a small amount, even the cost is not enough. The library that needs to be printed is over 10,000, which is the wealth of the Confucian family, and I am afraid that it cannot be supplied.

Even Kong Desheng looked at Mo Dun badly, wondering if this youngster was here to help the Kong family or the Kung Kong family.

Mo Dun haha said with a smile: “Master, if Mohist Family’s Mohist Technology is so simple, then youngster will naturally not be ugly. What youngster recommended this time is the latest print of Mohist Family. Movable type printing.”

“Movable type printing?” Kong Yingda was puzzled.

Mo Dun proudly said: “I don’t know Master, do you remember where the inspiration for engraving came from?”

“It seems to come from the seal!” Kong Yingda thought for a while.

Mo Dun nodded said: “Yes, it comes from the seal. At the beginning, my idea was to engrave the words on the wood, like a seal on the paper. This is engraving.”

Kong Yingda can’t help being nodded. The engraving and printing technique seems simple but it is a remarkable thing. It directly solves the problem of copying books for students all over the world, and the price of books drops drastically.

Mo Dun continued: “Engraving printing is easy to use, but it is only suitable for a large number of printed books. The more one is printed, the lower the cost of printing. However, for some books that are not popular In terms of it, it is not cost-effective. Although many orphans are precious but their sales are not high, the bookstore is simply unwilling to lose money.”

Kong Desheng nodded, what Mo Dun said is true.

“And when Mohist Family publishes Mohist Periodical, it usually divides Mohist Periodical into several columns and engraves wood panels separately. Several engravers work at the same time, which can save several times the engraving time. These small engravings can be integrated into one, just enough to raise enough for one page to be printed, which is why Mohist Periodical can be printed quickly. Mo Dun broke the news.

“so that’s how it is?” Kong Yingda suddenly realized that the reason why Mohist Periodical is more popular than Confucian journals is that the content is grounded, and the most important reason is the number of pages of Mohist Periodical. There is one third more than Confucian journals, which naturally seems sincere.

“Master can think about it. Since I can divide a carved plate into several pieces, why not let this small piece of carved plate be divided into one character and one character, and then assembled into one piece. This is Movable type printing.” Mo Dun said.

“One word, one word!” Kong Yingda immediately enlightenment. Generally, it may take half a day for a craftsman to engrave an engraving plate, but it may only take a while to engrave a character. Be rigid in a short time.

“No, the benefits of movable type printing are not the only ones. Once the engraving is fixed, the engraving is fixed. After printing the page, it must be re-stiffened. However, the articles in the world are not the same. The characters are the same. Once the movable type printing is manufactured well, after the first edition is printed, the lettering can be re-disordered, without repeating the stereotype, which will greatly save the printing cost.”

Mo Dun finished. Kong Yingda’s eyes brightened suddenly, and at this moment he really realized the power of movable type printing, that is, it does not need to repeat the stereotypes. It only needs to engrave all the characters at once, which is enough to print any book in the world, and it saves time and effort.

“It’s a genius-like idea.” Kong Yingda exclaimed. A block printing technique has already brought the price of books all over the world down, and movable type printing is a cross-age technology. Once it is born, it will definitely explode. The spread of world knowledge.

“With this secret technique in the world, the old man finally believes that the era when everyone can read has arrived. This is the general trend of the world. Those who obey will perish.” Kong Desheng said openly.

Once a large number of books can be printed, which libraries in the Confucian family can surely reappear, even ordinary persons can have a large number of books to read, and those educational resources in the hands of the Aristocratic Family will be flattened , Which made the two more convinced that the day when the Aristocratic Family controls education is already not far.

The two suddenly became proud, and they had full confidence in defeating Aristocratic Family for the first time.

Mo Dun is slightly nodded. The reason why he threw the trick of movable type printing is to cheer Confucianism. Once Confucianism sees the hope of defeating the Aristocratic Family, naturally it will not easily fall to Five surnames Seven Clans. As long as Confucianism persists, the pressure on the Mohist Family will be much easier.

“Mo San, are the gifts for the master ready!” Mo Dun said loudly.

Mo San, who has been following silently all the time, stepped forward and said: “Young Master, two Seniors, please here!”

Under the leadership of Mo San, everyone When I walked out of the room and came to a huge workshop, I saw that Mohist Family craftsmen were laying down the handwritten manuscripts, and the movable type as small as a bean grain was in the hands of Mohist Family Son, quickly in a template. It only takes a short while to assemble one version of the manuscript, which is much faster than carving.

“Every movable type of movable type printing is the same as the dictionary created by Brother Kong. They are arranged in accordance with the sound, rhyme and strokes, so that Mohist Family Son can find it. After using it, put it back.” Mo Dun pointed to each movable type introduced.

“Is this lettering made of wood?” Kong Desheng picked up a movable type astonished and said, until now the engraving and printing are all woodcuts, but the lettering in his hand is obviously cold and heavy, obviously metal Done.

Mo Dun haha said with a smile: “Wooden lettering can be used, but it is easy to wear and tear, and with the use of too long, it is also easy to be bitten by insects! However, the biggest advantage of movable type printing is that the lettering can be Repeated use, so A certain Mohist seeks new materials that can be printed and are not easily damaged. The first idea of the Mohist Family is pottery movable type. The font is carved with cement and fired into pottery.”

“This method is feasible!” Kong Yingda nodded and said, pottery is not afraid of corrosion, it is indeed reusable.

Mo Dun nodded said: “The movable type of Tao can be used, but it is too large, and if it is dropped, it is easy to break, and it will eventually be abandoned by the Mohist Family.”

” This thing is made of iron!” Kong Desheng looked at the metal movable type in his hand, looking thoughtful.

Mo Dun shook his head and said: “Iron cast type is also available, but iron is easy to rust, and it is not suitable for engraving type if it is too hard. The type that Senior sees is type of lead type, it is Mohist Family please It is made of pure lead refined by Daoist School External Alchemy lineage. It is not easy to rust, and the texture is soft and easy to engrave. It is the best material for movable type printing.”

Nodded, approved by Kong Yingda, not only He was amazed by the creativity of the lead type in front of him, and the craftsmanship of the type itself used Mohist Family Mohist Technology to the extreme. The metal movable type in his hand is extremely small, with the positive characters engraved on the front, which is easy to find, and the reverse characters are engraved on the reverse. There is a delicate buckle in the middle, which can make the two movable types fit together, so precise that it is even difficult to see the smallness. Gap.

“Mohist Family really is out of the ordinary, movable type printing has reached its perfection in both creativity and craftsmanship.” Kong Yingda couldn’t help sighing.

“Types! Mohist Family, this big gift is indeed heavy! Kong Jiaxin took it.” Kong Desheng said seriously.

Mo Dun could not help but said with a smile: “Senior has misunderstood. At present, there is only one set of lead type. If Senior takes away, I am afraid that Mohist Family’s Mohist Periodical will be suspended immediately. Youngster will give The Confucian family prepared the Mohist Familys previous manufacturers pottery movable type. I believe it must be enough for Senior to print a book.”

Mo Dun stretched out his hand and saw Mo San open a warehouse, revealing mountains of piles inside. Tao movable type.

Kong Desheng said with a beard: “You youngster will take Mohist Technology, which is not needed by Mohist Family, come to the Confucian family to ask for favors!”

Mo Dun quickly explained: “Senior Mo Weird, it takes a lot of time to manufacture a movable type. There are tens of thousands of Chinese characters alone, plus some commonly used characters, there are thousands of them. It needs to be engraved according to its different frequency of use, plus the engraving Time, if Senior is willing to wait for more than a month, the youngster will definitely offer a complete set of lead type.”

“No, Tao type is enough!” Kong Yingda said with a hammer, the Kong family has had enough. Aristocratic Familys pent-up frustration, he is reluctant to wait for a moment now, and in his opinion, the typeface of type is too small. Mohist Periodical, which is used to carry more text, is naturally the best. However, he is used to writing brush writing throughout his life. According to Kong Yingda, a slightly larger font printed on Tao Movable is the most suitable text for the library. After all, the library is facing the scholar who is used to reading large characters.