Chapter 285

Naturally, the carriage could not enter the palace, and the Yihong Mansion and others could only get out of the carriage, and the boxes containing the costumes and musical instruments had to be opened and checked one by one.

"This is Mr. Wushan, isn't it...... What do you mean by bringing two boxes of "Analects" into the palace? "After the leader of the forbidden army heard that his subordinates had reported and found a whole box of books, and they were all "Analects", the leader of the forbidden army couldn't help but be a little confused. He needs to come and distribute the Analects to eliminate illiteracy.

"Of course, it is dedicated to His Majesty and congratulated His Majesty on his birthday." Wang Yang couldn't help but stand up the corners of his eyes when he saw that the forbidden army's subordinates were unwillingly pulling up those books, as if he wanted to see if there were any dangerous contraband hidden at the bottom of the box.

"Hey, I said this soldier, can you be careful, these are all brand new "Analects", they are all gifts for Your Majesty, if they are dirty, can you be responsible?"

Brother Bing heard the three words of the forbidden soldier who was rummaging through the box, and the "Analects" he picked up in his hand fell back into the box.

The people next to him were also covered in cold hair, but Master Wang didn't pay attention, and all his attention was focused on those "Analects".

"I said Mr. Wushan...... Are you really going to give these things to your Majesty's birthday? Father-in-law Pony couldn't help but be curious, and when he came closer and saw these things, his expression became quite distressed, and he looked at Mr. Wushan who was packing up the Analects one by one.

"Mr. Wushan, you may not know that in the palace hall, not to mention the beautifully printed Analects, it is the only book and manuscript "Analects" in the Han and Tang dynasties, and there are many ......."

"Hehe, Father-in-law Pony, what a solitary book, a manuscript, so what, if it is about the impact on the world's readers, these "Analects" that Wang wants to dedicate to His Majesty, it is definitely this ......"

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After checking for a long time, nothing was found, so naturally the palace gate was opened, and this group of performing arts staff from Yihong Mansion entered.

Several of the guards of Yihong Mansion puffed out their chest muscles and carried the two heavy wooden boxes inside, while Wang Yang himself carried the small wooden box containing the engraving and lead movable type version, leaving behind a group of ridiculous forbidden soldiers.

Under the guidance of Xiaoma's father-in-law, Wang Yang and his party walked through the corridor and alley, and rushed to a small courtyard not far from the main hall to wait.

And Wang Yang followed the little pony father-in-law towards the Son of Heaven's bedroom. Halfway through, I met Zhao Ji who came in a hurry.

"Why did you come? I thought you should have come a long time ago. Wang Yang stopped and waited for Zhao Ji to come over.

Zhao Ji glanced at the small box that Wang Yang was holding in his hand, obviously stunned, and then said to Wang Yang with a strange expression. "I said, sir, I heard from the forbidden army outside the palace gate, you actually got two boxes of "Analects" to bring a birthday gift to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday?"

"yes, is there a problem?" Wang Yang's face was as natural as a matter of course.

"Sir, you're not kidding?" Seeing Wang Yang's appearance, the expressions of Zhao Ji and Gao Yu behind him were very exciting.

"How can this be a joke, those books that have just been printed are meant to be dedicated to His Majesty." Seeing the change in the expressions on Zhao Ji and Na Gao Yu's faces, Wang Yang laughed twice. "Don't worry, although the printed Analects are very ordinary, the printing technology pioneered by Wang is not ordinary at all."

"Printing technology ......" Zhao Ji and Gao Yu glanced at each other, and they both saw the confused look in each other's eyes. What the hell is printing technology?

Of course, this is a kind of printing technology that Wang has innovated since he bought the printing shop. And the secrets of this printing technology are all in this little box, if you want to know, then hurry, and you will know the truth in a while. ”

Zhao Ji hurriedly quickened his pace to keep up with Wang Yang, but those eyes full of inquiry never left the box in Wang Yang's hand.

Soon, he arrived outside the palace of the Son of Heaven, and the father-in-law of Xiaoma went in to report, and after a lot of effort, a chief eunuch stood up and invited Wang Yang and Zhao Ji to enter.

After entering the dormitory, I saw that Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, who was already neatly dressed, was walking towards this side. "I just heard that Ma Shang said that Mr. entered the palace this time and specially sent 500 sets of "Analects", but is there such a thing?"

"Yes, but those 500 sets of "Analects" are not ordinary Analects, but are printed using lead movable type printing, which is many times more convenient than the engraving printing technique...... "Wang Yang first saluted, nodded with a smile, and did not forget to put the small wooden box that had been in his hand on the floor and opened it.

Zhao Xu stretched his neck curiously and looked at the small wooden box, and saw a set of three copies of the Analects on top, so he simply copied a copy of the Analects first, and after hastily flipped through it in his hand, his eyes fell on the box again.

"Your Majesty, do you know what this is?" Wang Yang picked up a carved plate and flashed it towards everyone present.

“…… This must be a special engraving for printing books, right? Hey? The one you use on this engraving is in regular script, so why are these Analects in official script? Zhao Ji, who was looking at Zhao Xu's side, took the carved plate, and then compared it with the "Analects" in the hand of the Son of Heaven, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"That engraving plate was used when printing books in the past, at least this Analects is not used in this engraving, but in this lead type...... Wang Yang smiled proudly, and now reached into the small wooden box at one time, and took out a very heavy piece of lead movable type that had been fixed with glue......

"This ......" Zhao Xu reached out a little confused to catch the somewhat heavy lead typeplate, and after pairing it with the first page of the Analects, he determined that this was the typeplate used to print the book.

And Zhao Ji next to him couldn't help but smash his tongue. "Sir, wouldn't it be a waste for you to do this? Just to print those hundreds of copies of the Analects, I actually made such a metal version ......"

Wang Yang almost made Zhao Ji's words crooked, and almost wanted to press Zhao Ji's little white face on the lead movable type plate. “…… Please see clearly, each word of these lead movable types is independent, that is to say, this lead movable type, if you don't need it, you can split it into independent lead movable type. ”

With Wang Yang's spitting and stargazing comparisons and explanations, when he finally understood the difference between the so-called movable type printing and engraving printing, the dormitory instantly became a dead silence.

was frightened, especially Zhao Xu, his mouth was a little trembling. "A carved plate can be carved in one or two days, and four or five days in length. The Analects alone contains more than 15,000 characters, and each page is about four crosses, and the engraving that needs to be prepared alone will cost about 400 pieces......"

Zhao Ji's eyes also lit up, and he continued. "If you were just an engraving master, it would take you a year or two just to prepare these engravings...... And the wood that needs to be consumed, I am afraid that there are not a few, and the important thing is that as long as the carving is wrong, sometimes even a stroke, then the whole engraving is equivalent to invalidation......"