In the yard.

The craftsmen were working with some restlessness.

There was a crack in the wrought iron furnace, and if it weren't for Kou Ji's timely reminder, I am afraid that it would have hurt someone.

When the leader of the craftsmen saw Kou Ji arrive, he hurriedly greeted him, and said to Kou Ji with a bitter face: "Little master, the villain didn't manage the craftsmen well, and there was such a big mistake, the villain is at fault."

The villain has already started to investigate, and after finding out, he must give an explanation to the government. ”

Kou Ji glanced him up and down, and saw that the expression on his face was extremely ugly, and thought about it for a moment, "Madame, embarrassed you?" ”

The leader of the craftsman lamented: "Madame came twice, but did not find out the thief, reprimanded the villain twice, and gave the villain a three-day period to let the villain find out about it." ”

Kou Ji raised his hand and wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but after reaching out, he felt that something was wrong.

The leader of the craftsman has a large beard, and he is the same age as his father, so it is not appropriate for him to pat people on the shoulder.

Withdrawing his hand in a daze, Kou Ji smiled: "Don't worry, this matter doesn't need to be investigated." ”

The leader of the craftsman said timidly: "But the lady is ...... over there."

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Madame's side I have already said, you don't need to worry anymore." ”

After a pause, Kou Ji said again: "Speaking of which, the workshop in our house is making more and more things, and now it is making steel, and the courtyard of the house is obviously not enough.

In a few days, you go to Kou Zhong and go with him to see the courtyard, Zhuangzi, and other courtyards under the name of Kou Fu.

Let's see if there is a suitable place to move the workshop in the house.

If there is no suitable one in the courtyard or Zhuangzi under the name of Koufu, go and see other places.

If there is a suitable one, let Kou Zhong come down and set up a workshop. ”

The leader of the craftsman was stunned for a moment, bowed to Kou Ji, and said, "Thank you for your trust." ”

Kou Ji nodded, and told him to go and tell the craftsmen that they were all right, and let them work seriously.

As soon as he entered the courtyard just now, Kou Ji sensed that the craftsmen were in a bad mood.

He thought about it for a moment, and then he figured out what the problem was.

So he hurriedly came up with a solution.

The craftsmen of Koufu are all master craftsmen with superb craftsmanship.

As long as there is craftsmanship and skilled people, they are somewhat arrogant.

There were thieves in the courtyard, and they were not happy in their hearts.

I want the leader of the craftsmen to catch the thieves and eradicate this scum.

But Xiang Yan repeatedly scolded them, making them feel uncomfortable in their hearts.

Xiang Yan didn't deliberately target anyone, but the craftsmen felt that Xiang Yan was peeking at them all as thieves.

So there was resentment in my heart.

This resentment persists, and sooner or later these craftsmen will leave the Koufu.

Kou Jigang had just taught these craftsmen something, and he was counting on them to be of great use, how could he let them get out of Kou Mansion.

So he hurriedly spoke out, appeased the craftsmen, and proposed to move the workshop out of the house, so as to calm the resentment in the hearts of the craftsmen.

Seeing that the craftsmen's eyes were rejuvenated and they began to work seriously, Kou Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

He gave a few more words to the leader of the craftsmen, and then wandered around the courtyard.

After wandering for a long time, he plunged into Bi Sheng's workshop.

As soon as I entered the workshop, I saw Bi Sheng sitting at a table, carving things seriously.

When I walked over and took a look, I saw Bi Sheng carving words on a piece of clay.

Not far from him, there was a pile of clay prints, each of which had a word engraved on it.

These clay prints have been burned to the paper and look stiff.

Seeing this, Kou Ji speculated that under his reminder, Bi Sheng's movable type printing was about to be created.

It's just that compared to the clay print, the other thing is the most time-consuming and critical thing.

The reason why it took Bi Sheng decades to create movable type printing is that most of the time was spent on this most crucial thing.

"Ahem~"

Kou Ji coughed lightly.

Bi Sheng's hands trembled, and the clay imprint in his hand was broken.

"Little ...... Little Master...... How did you get here? ”

Bi Sheng's wrinkled face squeezed out a sincere smile.

Kou Ji looked at the clay mark in Bi Sheng's hand for a moment, and apologized: "My throat is uncomfortable, I coughed, but I broke your seal, I want you to be guilty." ”

Bi Sheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's out of the way...... Out of the way...... The clay print is not worth a few dollars, and the villain will be engraved again if it is broken. ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "It's good if it's worthless......."

Kou Ji chatted with Bi Sheng for a while.

He asked coldly, "Your printing skills have made a lot of progress, right?" ”

Bi Sheng stiffened, as if he had been spelled, and he didn't dare to move.

He stared at Kou Ji for a long time.

Seeing that the smile on Kou Ji's face was full of banter, his heart suddenly jumped, and his knees weakened.

Seeing this, Kou Ji was startled, and he hurriedly helped Bi Sheng.

Bi Sheng obviously wanted to give him a big salute and confess his sins.

But where can Koji afford his great gift.

Although Bi Sheng does not have much status, his contribution to Huaxia is very high.

Some people may think that with Kou Ji's current status, it is nothing to receive Bi Sheng's gift.

But Ko Ji is also a person with a background.

A serious craftsman.

When you meet the seniors of the craftsmen, how can you receive a great gift?

"Little Master......"

Bi Sheng was supported by Kou Ji and cried out in mourning.

"Villain...... Villain, I'm sorry for you......"

Kou Ji let out a long sigh and helped him sit down, "You don't have to say more...... I can understand what you're doing. If it were me, I would have followed your example, even more than you. ”

Bi Sheng's eyes were a little red, and he said in a low voice: "Villain...... The villain was also blinded by lard for a while...... But the villain really can't bear it...... Seeing that the wish of victory will soon be achieved, the villain can't wait for a moment. ”

Kou Ji said: "I can understand ......"

After a pause, Kou Ji said again: "I can understand what you did, but you broke the rules. You have served in the house, and the government has never neglected you.

If you need anything, you should be blunt with the government.

The house will not be stingy.

You need ink, you need a different kind of ink, you can talk to me directly.

I'll work with you.

But you're stealing behind your back, and that's not right. ”

Bi Sheng raised his head, his eyes were red, he stared at Kou Ji, and asked, "Little Master, what are you going to do with the villain?" ”

It's weird.

When Kou Ji spoke out to appease Bi Sheng, Bi Sheng seemed to be full of guilt, and he felt uncomfortable, almost crying.

But as soon as Kou Ji reprimanded him, he relaxed a lot.

Kou Ji pondered, "Tell me first, how far have you gone in printing?" ”

Bi Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "The villain doesn't know whether it has been done or not." After the villain had been mentioned by the little master, he came back and made a clay print.

I tried it, and the effect was far better than the original printing technology.

It's just that the ink is not suitable, it is easy to dissolve, and it becomes a mess.

The villain studied a lot of ink in a row, and it would melt.

Just when the villain is at a loss.

The villain thought of the ink you used to print Jiaozi, little master.

At that time, the little young master seemed to have printed with clay printing and made Jiaozi, but the ink did not melt.

So the villain wanted to try it with a little ink.

Originally, I wanted to ask the little young master to ask for it, but the little young master never returned home, so the little man took a risk.

After using the little master's ink, the printed words really did not melt.

It's just that there are still some flaws, so the villain doesn't know if it's a success. ”

Kou Ji asked, "Is there any printed product, let me see?" ”

Bi Sheng nodded, took out two pieces of paper from the box under the table, and handed them to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji took it and took a look, and he saw the problem.

It can be said that Bi Sheng's movable type printing has been successful.

There are just some typography issues.

He seems to be bound by the original thinking of engraving printing, and he is also somewhat biased towards the typesetting of movable type printing.

Movable type printing uses movable type, but engraving printing is a full page.

If you use the same printing method, there will naturally be problems.

The former has no constraints on the corners and corners, and is easy to spread out, and the spacing between words is large.

It is printed like a word flower, not like an article.

Seeing that Kou Ji was holding the printed article and not speaking, Bi Sheng said with some concern: "Little master, isn't it...... Isn't it...... Didn't work out? ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji put down the article in his hand and said with a smile: "It's done!" It's just a few minor issues that you didn't deal with properly. That's why this error occurs. ”

Kou Ji pointed to the scattered words in the article and said, "You only think about printing with clay printing, but you don't think about the strict fixing of clay printing." This led to a looser print of articles. ”

Bi Sheng was slightly stunned.

Kou Ji continued: "If you make a clay print, make the clay print the same size, and then make a board, separate the lattices on it, and put the clay print in it tightly, if you look at it again, will it be loose?"

If you can print the lattice on the board together, wouldn't it look more beautiful? ”

What Koji points out are just a few minor issues.

Bi Sheng only drilled the tip of the horns for a while, and didn't figure it out.

Now after being reminded by Kou Jiyi, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

He got up suddenly, and hurriedly said, "The villain is going to try it......"

Kou Ji was stunned and watched Bi Sheng run out of the workshop in a hurry.

He seems to have forgotten that he still has the identity of a thief on his back, and all he wants to do is make movable type printing.

Seeing this, Kou Ji shook his head with tears and laughter.

This seems to be a common problem for everyone who concentrates on studying things.

When their research made a breakthrough, they didn't care if the sky fell.

Bi Sheng ran impatiently around in the courtyard where the craftsmen were, and after an hour, the things he wanted were ready.

He brought in a few more craftsmen to help.

Then, under the stunned eyes of all the craftsmen, he took out the ink he had stolen and began to print.

Seeing that Bi Sheng and a thief were concentrating on printing, and the stolen bitter master Kou Ji was watching with a smile, the craftsmen suddenly felt that their heads were a little unable to turn.

When their heads turned, their eyes fell on Bi Sheng in unison, and there was a hint of resentment in their eyes.

They complained that Bi Sheng had stolen something, and they were reprimanded by Xiang Yan.

But no one rushed forward to stop Bi Sheng from tinkering with the printing.

Because they are all craftsmen, they have experienced Bi Sheng's state of studying things desperately.

They knew that this kind of opportunity was hard to come by, so they wouldn't bother Bi Sheng.

Bi Sheng has been branded as a bad guy by them.

But it doesn't mean that they will ruin Bi Sheng's good deeds.

The birth of a new craft means to each craftsman, and each of them knows very well.

Under the gaze of everyone, Bi Sheng carefully selected the same size of the cement print and put it into the grid.

Coated with ink.

A piece of snow-white paper was placed on it.

After rolling through something similar to a mallet, the article was printed.

When Bi Sheng raised the printed article in his hand, old tears flowed unconsciously.

Twenty years.

Twenty years have passed since he discovered the drawbacks of block printing.

It took him twenty years to develop a set of printing techniques that were more advanced than block printing.

"I made it! Woooooooooooooooo I did it! ”

Bi Sheng held the article in his hand and shouted with tears in his eyes.

An old master saw this scene with a look of envy.

He sighed and turned to leave.

The apprentice who followed him asked him a little puzzled, "Master, the one who stole the things was that Bi Sheng, and he hurt you for so many days." Now that he has exposed his crimes in public, why don't you scold him? ”

The master craftsman glanced at his apprentice and wanted to say, 'You're still too young.'

But when the words came to his lips, he didn't say them.

Considering that the apprentice also has an identity and is his nephew, he felt the need to mention a thing or two, so he opened his mouth and sighed: "I can't scold." You are shallow in the industry, your eyelids are shallow, and many things, the old man doesn't talk about them more transparently, I'm afraid you can't understand it.

As for the thing that Bi Sheng just made, once it is born, it will definitely become something that benefits the world.

And the people who use it the most are the readers.

When a scholar receives his favor, he will surely call him a master.

Even if you don't call him a master, you will respect him with respect.

I will write a book for him in the future.

He is also destined to become a figure who will go down in history.

Like this kind of character, what is it to steal a little ink?

Even if he steals gold and silver, the scholars will share it for him.

for his merit is greater than his sins.

Big enough to cover up all his sins. ”

The apprentice was puzzled and said, "What does the matter of the scholar have to do with us?" ”

The master craftsman rolled his eyes and said, "He has created such an amazing thing, and his reputation will not be low in the craftsman industry in the future." I scolded him today, and the people who use his skills to beg for food in the future still don't arrange me behind my back? ”

The apprentice looked stunned.

The master craftsman paused and said with emotion: "In the future, he may be able to be called an ancestor by the craftsmen like the ancestor Luban, and he will be honored by the craftsmen as the ancestor ......."

Just as the master craftsman was about to leave, there was an exclamation from where Bi Sheng was.

The master craftsman followed the prestige, and saw Bi Sheng holding the article in his hand, and he had to kowtow to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji insisted on refusing to accept it.

The two are at a stalemate.

Kou Ji dragged Bi Sheng.

Bi Sheng clenched Kou Ji's arm and said excitedly: "The villain can make this thing, it's all thanks to you, young master." If you hadn't reminded the villain to use cement to make a seal and engrave a single word, the villain would not have thought of this fork.

If it weren't for the ink you developed, the villain's printing technique would probably not be complete in this life.

Little master, you have fulfilled the villain's wishes, and you deserve to be worshiped by the villain. ”

After hearing this, the onlookers were stunned one by one.

They thought that they had witnessed the birth of a great master, but they did not expect that behind this great master, there was another taller person.

This man used to provide them with a lot of artisan skills.

They are regarded as the source of artisan craftsmanship.

Now, he has made a masterpiece.

Wouldn't there be more in the future?

For a moment, the craftsmen's eyes were full of eagerness when they looked at Kou Ji.

：。 ：