socalfunplaces Chapter 239
Chapter 239
"Why not?"
"Not only that, the heads of the families should send people to the manor to learn how to make paper and print books."
Su Chen suddenly smiled and said.
Li Shanhuai was stunned when he heard this, and then bowed.
"Marquis Su is righteous! We are narrow-minded."
The others also bowed.
It's no wonder they have such thoughts. Papermaking and printing are not something that any noble family can master.
Even if they have this skill, who doesn't regard it as a treasure.
How can they show it to others easily and let people come to learn.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince and Marquis Su, take us to see it."
Li Shanhuai bowed and said.
"Okay, all the heads of the families, call me Mr. Li in the workshop."
Li Chengqian reminded that as for the candidates in the printing workshop, Jin'er had already told them.
His Majesty didn't want his identity to be exposed to the villagers, so they naturally knew what to do.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, we will remember it!"
Li Chengqian nodded, "Everyone, please!"
"Your Highness, Lord Su, please first!"
...
About a quarter of an hour later, Li Chengqian and his party arrived at the papermaking workshop.
Li Chengqian personally explained to them the types of papermaking raw materials and the process steps of papermaking.
"Fellow family heads, wait until the discussion is over.
I will hand over the papermaking process to you in written form.
There is just one thing to note, the sewage generated by the raw material soaking pool needs to be precipitated before it can be discharged."
Li Shanhuai and others listened to Li Chengqian's explanation of the papermaking process, and they were worried that they would not be able to remember it for a while.
Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian had already considered it carefully for them.
As for the discharge of sewage, you will know what is going on after seeing these soaking pools.
"Don't worry, Lord Li and Lord Su, we will strictly implement it."
Several family heads expressed their opinions in unison.
"That's good. The raw material site is as you can see. Let's go to the printing house now."
Li Chengqian looked around and found that there were not many workers responsible for handling raw materials today.
"Thank you, Mr. Li!" Li Shanhuai bowed.
There were more people in the printing house. There were about thirty printing tables at a glance.
Everyone was busy and their hands were moving quickly.
Su Chen was a little surprised to see Li Tai and Ma Zhou there.
Li Tai stood next to a printing table and watched the workers print.
He said something to the workers from time to time.
Su Chen also became interested. He didn't know how the final printing process was arranged.
"What are you doing here?"
Li Tai asked after he found Su Chen.
Su Chen nodded at Li Chengqian and the head of the family, and then carefully observed the printing table.
Su Chen understood it at a glance.
They first determined the number of books to be printed. Each printing table had two sets of layouts, which were exactly the front and back sides of a piece of paper.
Then prepare the paper corresponding to the total amount of the book. When these papers are printed, re-layout and print other pages.
Su Chen took a look and found that it took no more than five seconds for them to print both sides of a piece of paper.
"How is it? Do you need me to help you?"
This is the process that Li Tai and Ma Zhou just optimized today.
"No, I understand."
Elsewhere, Li Chengqian was leading everyone at the type selection table, explaining to them how to use movable type.
"Family heads, I think you have seen the secret.
As long as enough movable type molds are prepared in advance, the speed of printing books will increase exponentially.
But when printing books, selecting the required type molds from so many individual molds requires learning new knowledge.
Marquis Su calls it 'pinyin', and you also need to be able to recognize lowercase numbers.
The arrangement order of these individual molds has a special rule.
The content that the family heads sent people to learn is pinyin and lowercase numbers."
The family heads nodded silently, and at the same time picked up the molds to study carefully.
"Marquis Su is really a god. A single mold is like a seal. Many 'seals' put together can replace the complicated engraving.
No one in the dynasties has such a wonderful idea as Marquis Su to print books."
Li Shanhuai said with heartfelt emotion while holding a clay mold.
Li Chengqian nodded in agreement with what Li Shanhuai said, and he also admired Su Chen very much.
"Everyone, let's go to Su Hou to see the workers printing."
...
Li Chengqian came to Su Chen and Li Tai, and the heads of the families bowed to Li Tai.
"Fourth brother!"
"Big brother!"
After the two brothers greeted each other, Li Tai bowed in return and said, "Hello, heads of the families!"
"Everyone, just watch it yourself. You don't need to explain too much. You will know it after you see it."
After the heads of the families bowed, they dispersed.
They came to the printing table one after another and watched the skilled operation of the printing work carefully.
I wanted to pick up the printed paper to take a look, butSeeing that they were busy and stacked neatly, it was not easy to disturb the workers.
"Qingque, what kind of books are being printed now?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Brother, what is being printed now is the 'Four Books and Five Classics' that Su Chen mentioned." Li Tai replied with a smile.
"Four Books and Five Classics? What are the Four Books?" Li Chengqian also only knew the Five Classics, not the Four Books.
Li Tai explained to Li Chengqian what the Four Books were.
Li Chengqian suddenly realized and looked at Su Chen in confusion.
Didn't he read any books? How could he summarize those classics so perfectly.
Not long after, several family heads returned to Li Chengqian.
"Brother, take the family heads to the binding area to have a look. There are finished books there."
Li Tai suggested to Li Chengqian.
"Okay, please come in, all family heads!"
Everyone came to another compartment, which was very spacious and had many bookshelves.
Looking at the dazzling array of books, they were everywhere.
Each of the eight heads of the noble families sighed in his heart:
'I never thought that the books that were so precious before would be everywhere one day. '
There are many bundled books on the bookshelf, and they are labeled with Analects, University, etc.
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After staying in the printing house for about two quarters of an hour, everyone returned to the reception room of the manor.
"Family heads, we have seen papermaking and printing, I wonder if you are interested in participating?"
Li Chengqian asked directly.
"Your Highness, there is no time to lose. Can we arrange for people to return to the manor and select people who can read to come to the manor to study?"
Li Shanhuai did not need to ask for the opinions of the other heads of the family this time.
He did not answer Li Chengqian's question and directly wanted to arrange people to come to the manor to study.
Li Chengqian thought for a moment, "Of course, each mansion can select ten people, and they can pass on the others after they learn it."
"Thank you, Your Highness, I will make arrangements first."
Several family heads stood up and walked out of the living room. The people they brought were all outside.
"Brother Li, should we send someone to the other mansions to pass on a message and ask them to send someone over as well, so as to avoid delaying the process by sending someone else."
Lu Changfeng, the head of the Lu family, suggested to Li Shanhuai.
"Brother Lu is thoughtful. Although they are not in Chang'an, I think they will not miss this business."
Li Shanhuai nodded silently.