Sikong Mansion, Cao Cao's study!

Zixiu has seen his father!

Zixiu, is your body so good?

Father Xie cares, Zixiu is already well!

Well, that's good!

After a few brief words, the room fell into silence!

When he was young, Cao Ang, who had something in his heart, couldn't bear it, and coughed lightly and said, Father, Zixiu has something to say, I don't know if I should talk about it?

What's the matter? Does it have something to do with that chair? For my father, I heard that the chair sells quite well, especially this Taishi chair, and the demand for ten yuan is also in short supply! Cao Cao said, and touched the arm of the chair he sat down on!

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Ang smiled, and couldn't help but think that after he crossed over, he was the first thing to bring changes to this era by himself!

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At this time, it was late April of the second year of Jian'an, and it had been two months since Cao Ang returned from Wancheng, and his injuries had already healed, and it had been more than a month since Cao Ang made the chair!

After Cao Ang made the chair, he spent half a month improving its craftsmanship, and then Cao Ang cooperated with Cao Hong, and Cao Hong came forward to operate the chair business!

Nowadays, in Xu County and several surrounding counties, chairs have spread, from a small chair of 20 yuan to a Taishi chair of 10 yuan, there are a total of seven or eight styles, because the production process has not yet been perfected, it is already, and not many chairs can be made every day, so Cao Cao said that the supply exceeds demand!

However, what Cao Cao doesn't know is that ordinary chairs are not sold much, ordinary people don't have much demand for chairs, they belong to the dispensable kind, and the family can't look down on those ordinary chairs after seeing the Taishi chair! And Cao Ang, the Taishi chair, only asks the craftsman to make five pieces every day, which has created a scene where things are scarce and expensive!

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Cao Ang thought for a while, looked at Cao Cao again, took out something from his sleeve and walked to Cao Cao's desk and handed it to Cao Cao, this matter has something to do with the chair, but it is not what his father thought!

When Cao Cao heard this, he looked at the things that Cao Ang handed over, and opened it with some puzzlement!

Cao Cao only glanced at it casually, his eyes were like a light shooting out, he stood up suddenly, and then his eyes stared at Cao Angdao, where did this thing come from?

Cao Cao did not expect this performance, looked at Cao Cao, and then looked at the things in Cao Cao's hands, some time ago, Zi Xiu wanted to carve exactly the same pattern on several chairs, so he ordered someone to draw a pattern on the paper, and then ordered someone to cut out the pattern and put it on the chair to brush out the pattern with ink, and finally carved out the pattern is almost exactly the same, seeing this, Zi Xiu saw this whim, so he ordered someone to carve a few pieces of wood with fonts,......!

What kind of character Cao Cao is, how could he not hear the intention of Cao Ang to say these words, and shouted three times in a row before saying, I never thought that Zi Xiu could make such a discovery, good, good!

After being excited for a moment, Cao Cao asked with joy on his face, I wonder if this thing can be manufactured in batches?

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No wonder Cao Cao was so excited, what Cao Ang gave Cao Cao was a book, a thread-bound book!

Books were very common things in later generations, but they appeared for the first time in this period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the most important thing was the words on the books! Rows of neat words!

If there are people from later generations present, they may pout their lips and say disdainfully, isn't it movable type printing, what is there to make a fuss about?

But at this time is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although paper has been born two hundred years ago, Cai Lun paper has appeared for nearly a hundred years, but paper has not been popularized, this period is still cloth, bamboo paper-based, movable type printing has not been born at all, let alone thread-bound books!

The reason why Cao Ang wanted to build a chair and carve patterns on the chair was to make the movable type printing appear less abrupt and there were traces to follow!

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Seeing that Cao Cao was still a little excited, Cao Ang said, Zi Xiu didn't know if it was feasible at that time, after some practice, Zi Xiu found that this method was feasible, and then ordered someone to carve all the words again, before creating this thing! However, there are still many unresolved issues!

Cao Cao also calmed down at this time, and when he heard Cao Ang say that there were still many problems that had not been solved, he asked, what is the matter?

Looking at Cao Cao's slightly anxious expression, Cao Ang cleared his throat and said, after Zi Xiu's repeated experiments, this method can only be so useful on paper, and the rest such as cloth and silk are also not available, and as for bamboo paper, it is even more unusable!

After Cao Cao listened to Cao Ang's explanation, he pondered for a moment and said, this matter is not difficult, as long as the printed paper is bound into a book, others will find the benefits of paper, after some time, others will gradually replace cloth with paper, bamboo paper, etc.!

Cao Ang had already thought of this, and the reason why he had to tell Cao Cao first was because Cao Ang was already preparing to make paper, and Cao Ang was confident that the paper he made would be better than the current one, and the cost would be lower!

After Cao Cao finished speaking, Cao Ang said with some embarrassment, as his father said, as long as others find out the benefits, they will slowly abandon other things and switch to paper, yes, Zixiu wants his father to order, without his father's permission, others cannot make paper privately!

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang a few times, and said with a slight smile, this matter is not unavoidable, it is better to have such things that benefit the country and the people in the hands of the government!

Zixiu thanked his father, but if he followed Zixiu's method, there were still some problems that needed to be solved! Cao Ang said with an embarrassed face!

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang, who was embarrassed, and said a little puzzled, what's the matter?

Cao Ang also told Cao Cao about some of these problems!

It turned out that the book in Cao Cao's hand was improved by Cao Ang, and the font on it was not the font of this era!

The font of this period is mainly Lishu, the Lishu pen is vigorous and powerful, the charm is hidden, the font is also different in size, if it is written by people on weekdays, not only will there be no problems, but it makes people feel pleasing to the eye, but if it is printed, it will be more troublesome!

If you want to produce books in large quantities, you must typeset, the most important thing for movable type printing is the size of the font, specifications, whether it is a simple stroke or a complex twenty strokes, the position is the same, if the font size is different from the general book, not only a page can not row a few words, after printing it will also be more confusing, making it difficult to see!

In this way, it is necessary to change the font of printing, but the literati and students of this era are mainly those families, and the official book is deeply respected by those families, if the official book is forcibly discarded, it is equivalent to being the enemy of all the families in the world, don't say that Cao Ang does not have such ability, that is, Cao Cao does not have such ability!

After Cao Cao and Cao Ang's father and son discussed for a long time, it was decided that Cao Cao would come forward and communicate with Xun Yu, Xun You's uncle and nephew, Zhong Xuan, and Hongnong Yang clan first! In order to get the support of a few first!

Yingchuan Xun's family, Hongnong Yang's is one of the world's top two wealthy families, Zhong Xuan's humanities are outstanding, calligraphy is unparalleled, and later Wang Xizhi was called Zhong Wang, enjoying a high reputation in Shilin, if you can get the support of these families, movable type printing can be slowly promoted!

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After the father and son discussed, Cao Ang went out of the room, thinking as he walked, if Cao Cao couldn't say how many families, what method should he use to move those wealthy families!