Seeing that he asked Wang Ke for a long time, Wang Ke bowed his head vigorously and pondered, although Comrade Li Er knew what Wang Ke was thinking, but he didn't believe that his request made Wang Ke stumped, and couldn't help but ask again: "What's the matter, kid." Is there something wrong? ”

Seeing Comrade Li Er asking again, Wang Ke hurriedly raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, there is no problem with printing, now the minister thinks that the time required for this printing plate is too long, even after printing, it is not easy to keep, if you use it up now and discard it, when you want to print it again in the future, you have to re-engrave the printing plate, it is really not cost-effective." The minister was wondering if there was something else to do to solve this problem. ”

Immediately afterwards, Wang Ke said what he had just thought, which made everyone here understand that now it is not a question of whether it can be printed, but a question of how to use and keep the printing plate.

Comrade Li Er couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and only after a while did he ask: "Is there no other way?" ”

Wang Ke said to be honest, when Comrade Li Er just said that he would help Li Tai print these annotations, Wang Ke had already thought of movable type printing, but Wang Ke really didn't know what kind of blank was used for movable type printing.

Wang Ke remembered that the history books said that Bi Sheng used the clay to make the word blank, but Wang Ke didn't know how the clay was made, all he saw in later generations was lead characters, and he hadn't seen what the word blank made of clay looked like, so Wang Ke didn't dare to say it directly for a while. \

Now seeing that Comrade Li Er asked this question again, Wang Ke had no choice but to say: "Yes, there is, but now there is a problem that needs to be solved before it can be done. However, once this method is used, it will definitely be much more convenient than the current engraving plate. ”

Wang Ke's words made the people present convinced, after all, they all know that Wang Ke will not say it if he doesn't say it, if he says it, it means that it is a bit of a 'door', but the difficulty raised by Wang Ke must also be difficult, otherwise Wang Ke would not have raised it so cautiously, because they have not seen Wang Ke say that the problem that is not a problem is very serious.

Comrade Li Er is still relatively calm, and everything Wang Ke is doing now is not so smooth sailing, but he has inexplicable trust in Wang Ke and believes that he can solve these problems in front of him. \

Comrade Li Er said in a deep voice to Wang Ke: "Boy, you first tell me what method is this, and if there are any problems, everyone will think about it and see if they can come up with a way to solve it." I don't believe it, so many people, I can't think of a solution! ”

Having said that, Wang Ke also knows that this matter is completely unfamiliar to these people now, and it is undoubtedly wishful thinking to let them solve the problem for themselves, but now he can't come up with any way for a while, instead of sitting stupidly like this, it is better to talk about it, maybe he can find some inspiration.

Thinking of this, Wang Ke opened his mouth and said: "That's the case, now the minister's idea is like this, we make each word into a few blanks separately, and each blank is made into the same size, no longer like before, each article is restrained from a printing plate." What word is used we will arrange this word into the plate, after the printing is completed, and then take out all the word blanks, classify and place, the next time you need to use it, you can also continue to use, you don't have to print something every time, you have to re-engrave a new version. \ If the number of things that need to be printed is limited, wouldn't it cost time and money to make a new plate? ”

Wang Ke's words made everyone in the room wake up like a dream, this method is really a must, make every word into an activity, when you want it, you can line it up, take it off directly when you don't use it, and it is convenient to keep it, but it is much more convenient than the previous carving of one piece at a time.

Comrade Li Er couldn't help but high-five, and praised Wang Ke: "Boy, how did you come up with this method, it's really a good way!" ”

Wang Ke was ashamed in his heart, this has nothing to do with himself, he just used what was not available in this era in advance, but there is no way to make this matter clear, if he directly said to these people that this method will only appear in hundreds of years, no one will believe it, and he wants to take all the credit on himself, Wang Ke is not too willing, after all, this is different from poetry and poetry, this is one of China's four major inventions, and he can't afford it!

Fortunately, Wang Ke knew that this method had actually appeared a long time ago, but he didn't know why it had not been developed, so he said: "Your Majesty, this method was not thought up by the minister, it had already appeared in the Qin Dynasty, but because of the problem that the minister was worried about not being able to solve, it was not developed, so that the printing technology has always been the same engraving printing." \”

Comrade Li Er saw that Wang Ke said so resolutely, and he was even more attracted to this problem that made Wang Ke a little distressed, Wang Ke's words can be regarded as very clear, what appeared in the Qin Dynasty, but died because of a small problem, it shows that this problem is not so easy to solve, otherwise it would not be used for printing with such a troublesome engraving now.

Comrade Li Er frowned, and asked confidently: "What problem is so difficult, can't there really be no solution?" ”

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Wang Ke didn't say anything else, and directly said the problem of making word blanks: wood to make word blanks, it seems completely feasible, but as long as you think of the ink used now, it is not really mixed with grease like later generations, but the ink used is the same thing, which contains a lot of water, once the water is immersed in the wood, the wood of the word blank will be deformed, that is to say, after this kind of word blank is used once, it will also be scrapped, and there is no way to reuse. That is no different from printing directly with engraving, it is absolutely not feasible. \

So, we have to find a way to replace the wood with other materials, but what to use? According to Bi Sheng's method, he used cement, but Wang Ke didn't know how to make this cement, and he didn't know whether several craftsmen under his command would not.

With metal, Wang Ke also has to take into account the degree of adhesion of the ink, as far as he knows, now such ink, in addition to using copper to make the word blank, the adhesion of other metals is not enough, if you insist on using other metals, I am afraid that the printed books will not be enough to read.

Use copper, now copper is nervous, if you ask for a part here, it is estimated that the copper ore mined by the Tang Dynasty every year will not be enough, and at that time, I don't know what the eldest grandson Wuji will shout about!

Wang Ke put all the difficulties out, and everyone was silent at once, after all, Wang Ke was already thoughtful enough, if Wang Ke couldn't solve it, then other people wouldn't know what to do. \

Just when everyone was thinking about it and couldn't figure out what to do, Li Tao, who had been sitting there without speaking, spoke: "Is it okay to look at it this way, do it with clay, I think when we were children, didn't we all play with clay?" After making a thing with clay, we all know that it should be 'shaded' dry, not put under the sun to expose it, so as not to crack the finished thing, and when the thing is 'shade' dry, it will become very hard, even if it falls on the ground, it is not easy to break, this word blank can also be considered to do this? ”

As soon as Li Tao's words fell, Wang Ke slapped his forehead fiercely, he always considered that he didn't know how to do this cement, and he couldn't do it well by replacing it with metal, so why did he forget to use clay!

As long as a small amount of salt is mixed into the soil to prevent the mud from cracking, and then the method of porcelain is used to deal with it, isn't it okay!

The porcelain kiln there is also ready-made, when you need it, you can fire a kiln out, isn't it a very simple thing, your own pig head, how can you forget this stubble!

Seeing Wang Ke's actions, everyone knew that Wang Ke had found a solution, and as soon as their hearts relaxed, they were all amused by Wang Ke's actions, and Comrade Li Er was even more happy to point at Wang Ke and laugh, after all, this problem was solved, Comrade Li Er felt that there was no problem, and Li Tai's collection of notes should also be able to be printed. \

Li Tai thought about it, and still mustered up the courage to say to Wang Ke: "Lord Wang, this problem has been solved, but this king still has a little question and wants to ask Lord Wang for advice!" ”

Wang Ke is also very happy that this problem has been solved, and now Li Tai has a question to ask himself, Wang Ke feels that there is nothing to stump himself, he can't think of any problems that Li Tai still has that he didn't think of. \

Wang Ke waved his hand very casually and said to Li Tai: "If His Royal Highness King Wei has any questions, just say them, the ministers know everything, and they have no end to it!" ”

Looking at Wang Ke's confident appearance, Li Tai asked unhurriedly: "Since ancient times, the sages have made countless words, and now at the beginning, you can make the word blank according to the need, after a long time, the number of word blanks produced has increased, and these are all put together, if it is printed, in the face of so many word blanks, I don't know how Lord Wang can quickly find the required word blanks?" ”

Li Tai has to say that this is a very good question, anyone who thinks about this problem carefully will immediately find this problem, but other people are patronizing and happy, and they have not had time to think of this problem, and Li Tai will be happy because it is related to the books he has organized and compiled, so he will be happy and immediately think of these problems that need to be implemented.

As soon as the other people heard Li Tai's question, they immediately restrained their smiles and looked at Wang Ke together to see what solution he could have.

Wang Ke doesn't have to think about this problem at all, but he knows how to solve this problem, this problem has been thought of as early as the Song Dynasty, where can he still think of how to solve it.

Wang Ke said with a smile: "It's very simple, every word has a rhyme, you only need to place it according to the rhyme when you store it, and you can find the word directly by searching by rhyme when you need it, so that no matter how many words there are, if you want to find the word you need, you can find it immediately!" ”

Wang Ke's words made Li Tai, a person who has been 'dealing' with poetry all day long, understand it as soon as he heard it, and when Li Tai was still applauding, Wang Ke spoke slowly: "When printing and typesetting, you can also take out these words and put them in several large discs, this kind of disc can be rotated, and the typesetting person sits in the middle and searches according to the rhyme, so that the efficiency will be much improved, and His Royal Highness King Wei should know this method." ”

Wang Ke said this, it was not Li Tai who applauded alone, everyone in the room applauded together, and now all the problems have been solved, and this movable type printing technology was advanced by Wang Ke for hundreds of years, and it was 'gotten' to the Tang Dynasty.