"Gong Yi has really seen the king!" The craftsman with a long face and small eyes saluted Zhao Dan respectfully.

Zhao Dan looked at the craftsman in front of him and smiled very gently: "You are from the Qin Kingdom?" ”

Gong Yi replied respectfully: "The king, the minister is from Hedong County. ”

When Gong Yu Zhen said this, Mao Sui, who was standing behind Zhao Dan, suddenly had a strange color in his eyes.

Zhao Dan showed a clear expression and said, "Okay, let's tell the widow what this printing technique is all about." ”

As soon as this topic was mentioned, Gong Yi Fuzhen immediately came to his senses, and praised Zhao Dan: "King, this papermaking technique is the only strange thing that the minister has seen in his life. ”

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about the point." ”

Since the appearance of paper, Zhao Dan has begun to use it in daily life, although the production of paper is not much now, but Zhao Dan is the real king of Zhao Guo.

Zhao Dan has long been fed up with the life of holding hundreds of catties of bamboo slips in his hands every day.

Of course, as a wise king, Zhao Dan did not give the good thing of paper to himself, and the ministers also distributed some of it.

So like the praise and praise of the paper just now, Zhao Dan has long been calloused when he hears it.

Only then did he realize his gaffe, and he hurriedly confessed his guilt, leading Zhao Dan to a workbench.

It is said to be a workbench, but in fact it is just a large, well-made stone table.

On this stone table, there are many utensils placed in a very chaotic manner, many of which Zhao Dan doesn't know at all, or they are very different from the appearance of later generations.

As soon as you walk here, you can smell the strong smell of wood and ink.

Gong Yizhen picked up a wooden board and said to Zhao Dan: "King, this is the engraving." ”

Zhao Dan took a closer look, and sure enough, he found that there were many small characters densely engraved on this woodblock, and each small character was reversed.

According to the introduction of the male belly, the selection and processing of this wood board material is actually very particular.

The craftsmen of Zhao have prepared a lot of wood, such as pear blossom wood with moderate hardness, boxwood with tough and smooth texture, pear blossom wood with the same hard texture, as well as ginkgo wood, poplar wood, jujube wood and so on.

They are then sawn off, soaked in water, then dried, and then flattened, and a very smooth-looking plank is born.

It is much better and more convenient to carve text on such a board than to work directly on a piece of sawn blank.

Zhao Dan was also amazed after hearing this, although he didn't know how to get the printing technology in later generations, but judging from the steps introduced by this Gong Yu Zhen, this printing technology is not simple at all.

Zhao Dan said: "Come, print a page and show it to the widow." ”

Gong Yu really respectfully agreed, then picked up a brush dipped in ink and brushed back and forth on the wooden board for a while, then put down the brush, picked up a piece of paper from the side and covered it on the engraving, and after a while, he took the paper down and presented it to Zhao Dan.

A brand new page with several articles in the Book of Songs: Qin Feng appeared in front of Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan took the page with a strong ink fragrance, looked at it carefully for a while, and then nodded with great satisfaction.

"Yes, that's exactly what the widow wants."

With engraving, in fact, it is not completely possible to solve the problem, but also to have the right ink.

Printing ink is actually different from writing ink.

If you print with the same ink you write, the ink will melt and seep into the paper, causing the handwriting to be blurred.

As soon as the handwriting is blurred, then the printing will naturally fail.

According to the master craftsmen around Zhao Dan, it is this problem that has always plagued the craftsmen of Zhao State.

"How did you solve this problem?" Zhao Dan looked at the public in front of him with great interest.

Gong Yi Zhen picked up a piece of black lacquer from the stone table, which looked like black charcoal, and said to Zhao Dan: "King Hui, my father and ancestor once developed a kind of ink, this ink is called black smoke ink, and it is an excellent thing to use for printing. ”

"I see." Zhao Dan was in a good mood and asked, "Gong loses his belly, can you give this method of making smoke and ink to the widow?" ”

The public loser is obviously a little hesitant.

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said, "If you are willing to hand over this method of smoke and ink, then the widow will give him a fifth-level knight and a bounty of 10,000!" ”

"Bestow the fifth level!?" The faces of the master and Mao Sui next to him changed at the same time, and they all showed envious expressions.

That's a real deal.

Gong Zhen immediately bowed down: "The minister is willing to dedicate this ink formula to the king!" ”

After being promoted to five levels in a row, the public loser really has the qualifications to be a vassal to Zhao Dan.

"Good." Zhao Dan glanced at Gong Zhen with a smile and said, "From today on, you will be the master craftsman of this printing workshop." ”

Gong Yu Zhen looked obviously quite excited, his whole face turned red, and he suddenly said: "Don't hide it from the king, in fact, the ancestors of the ministers also passed down some weapons and bows and crossbow production methods, and the ministers are willing to sacrifice them to the king." ”

"Weapons bows and crossbows?" Zhao Danleng paused for a moment, and then showed a happy look on his face: "Where are the drawings?" ”

Gong Yu Zhen said respectfully: "The king, these drawings are not easy to keep, the minister has always kept them in his head, and I also ask the king to wait a little later, and wait until the minister has made the finished product, and then invite the king to come and try it." ”

Zhao Dan nodded with a smile and said, "This is very good, so the widow is waiting for your good news." ”

……

When he returned to the palace, Mao Sui, who had been following Zhao Dan, suddenly spoke.

"My lord, the minister thinks that there may be some problems with that duke's belly."

Zhao Dan's footsteps froze for a moment, and then turned around: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Mao Sui said: "King, this duke may really be a spy." ”

"What?" Zhao Dan's face showed a surprised expression: "Why is this?" ”

Mao Sui said: "King, although this person's accent sounds quite similar to Hedong's accent, he is definitely from Guanzhong. ”

"Guanzhong?" Zhao Dan frowned, and after a long while, he said, "Based on this alone, I'm afraid I can't identify him as a spy of the Qin State?" ”

Mao Sui continued: "The king doesn't know, the minister has recently read the information collected by Hu Yiwei, and once saw a piece of information that said that there is a unique formula ink in the Mo family of the Qin State, and the name of this ink is black smoke ink. ”

Zhao Dan's face became solemn.

"If so, then you will give the widow a good examination to see how he got into this printing house, and what his plans are."

Mao Sui paused for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "King, in fact, the minister still has something to report. ”

"What's the matter?"

Mao Sui said: "My lord, I recently discovered that there is a female palace person next to Mrs. Mi, who once took some opportunity to quietly leave the palace, and seems to have had contact with Qin Guo's fine work. ”

Zhao Dan's eyes widened suddenly: "There is such a thing?" ”

Zhao Dan was really a little angry this time.

First a guy who was suspected of being a spy of the Qin State, and then a wife who was a spy of the Qin State.

These Qin people are really able to calculate, and they are all calculated on the head of the widow.

"Check, check the widow! The widow wants to see what the hell this Qin people want to do on the territory of the widow! ”

When Zhao Dan said this, there was obvious anger and murderous intent on his face.