Chapter 36: The Advent of the Three Character Scripture (2)
The group followed Chen Yi into the room, looking at the four treasures of the study room on the table, namely pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. After the paper was flattened, Luo Xiao held the ink strip in his right hand and grinded the juice on the inkstone, and after a while, the thick ink came to his nose with a unique fragrance.
Chen Yi sat on the chair, thought for a while, Xiuyi's font had jumped on the paper, after writing one, the two masters could not wait for the ink on the paper to dry and eagerly picked it up and studied it carefully.
Zhang Fuzi and Liu Fuzi held the paper in their hands, their hands trembled constantly, and they said excitedly:
"I didn't expect the old man to see such a beautiful article in his lifetime, every word is beautiful, concise and to the point."
"Yes, who would have thought that there would be such a talented and agile character in the world, this is an article that will be passed down through the ages, seen in this life, and died without regrets."
"The light is more than the former Yu Yu posterity's widow Jin Manying, my godson's only diligent and meritorious play, useless precepts, and it should be reluctant" wrote for about two quarters of an hour, and finally finished writing the last word, and put down the brush in his hand, during which Chen Yi changed some of the content in it, so that it could be perfectly presented in the eyes of the world.
"Brother Zhang, look carefully, do you look at the font?" Font? What font Liu Fuzi is still immersed in this article.
"Oh, you see, really. You and I only read the article. Zhang Fuzi patted his forehead and suddenly realized.
"The brushwork is exquisite, the pen is chic and elegant, and the gesture is tactful and subtle, like flowing water. The two knots are beautiful, the bones are delicate, and the dot paintings are sparse and dense. Liu Fuzi looked at the article and touched his not long beard and said.
"Another point, Brother Zhang, you see that every word, regardless of the horizontal and vertical points, can really be said to be extremely clever with the pen." The two suddenly remembered that the author of this masterpiece had not yet performed the rites of passage.
"God, I didn't expect that God would be so deep on behalf of our Dayuan, and sent Wenqu Xing down to earth, bringing hope to the students." Zhang Fuzi said, tears in his eyes.
"Young Master Chenyi, it's rude to be below, please don't see it." Zhang Fuzi said as he wiped the tears from his face with both hands. The two masters bowed deeply to Chen Yi to express their gratitude.
"Two seniors, please get up quickly, aren't you tormenting me, if you don't dislike it, just call me Xiaoyi." Chen Yi hurriedly lifted the two up.
"Master Zhang, Master Liu, you now believe that Master Chenyi is a person who asks about the university." Luo Xiao looked at the embarrassed atmosphere of the three of them and said.
"Xiaoyi, I wonder if you're going to put this article?" Speaking of this, Liu Fuzi was a little embarrassed to speak, after all, the author of this article was written by Chen Yi, and he would definitely use it alone, and he was embarrassed to introduce it to other schools, so he could only try Chen Yi's tone.
"I plan to print this article so that it can be used by all students in the world for literacy." Chen Yi still doesn't understand what Liu Fuzi means, thinking that Chen Yi won't care about these articles.
"Good, good, good, I didn't laugh at you, you have such a mind at a young age." After saying three good words in a row, Zhang Lai expressed his inner excitement.
"Alas, it's just that the cost of printing and the cost of paper are too high, where can ordinary people buy a copy." Liu Fuzi whispered.
"I wonder what the current printing technique is?" Chen Yi asked curiously.
"The printing technique we use now is to carve the characters on the wooden board, dip the brush in ink, brush it on the carved board, and then, with white paper, copy it on the board, take a clean brush and gently brush it on the back of the paper, take down the paper, and a page of the book is printed. After the pages are printed one by one, they are bound into a book, and a book is successful, but in this way, each book has to be weighed into the manuscript, which also takes time and increases the cost. Luo Xiao explained, after listening to the explanation, Chen Yi was shocked in his heart, isn't this ancient Chinese engraving printing?
"I suddenly thought of a solution?" Several people in the room looked at Chen Yi expectantly, and they all wanted to know what good way Chen Yi had to do.
"It's too time-consuming on the draft, so we use cement to make a blank with the same specifications, and engrave the reverse word at one end, and the height of the protrusion of the character is like the thickness of the edge of the copper coin, which is hardened by fire to become a single cement type. In order to meet the needs of typesetting, there are several or even dozens of commonly used words in order to be used when repeated in the same edition. If you encounter an uncommon word, if you are not prepared in advance, you can use it as you go. After listening to Chen Yi's method, everyone suddenly realized that it was really a good way.
"Then how can we fix the characters in the wooden lattice?" Liu Fuzi asked curiously, Chen Yi was worried that they wouldn't ask.
In order to facilitate the selection of words, when typesetting, use a framed iron plate as the bottom support, apply special cement on it, and then pick out the required cement movable type one by one and row it into the frame. Fill a frame to become a version, and then bake it with fire, wait for the agent to melt slightly, use a flat plate to flatten the literally, and after the medicine cools and solidifies, it becomes a version. When printing, as long as the ink is brushed on the plate, covered with paper, and a certain amount of pressure is added. Looking at the surprised crowd, Chen Yi said unhurriedly.
"Can it be printed continuously?"
"For continuous printing, then we use two iron plates, one with brushes, the other with typesetting, and the two versions are used alternately. After printing, the potion is roasted with fire, and the movable type can fall off the iron plate with a slight shake of the hand, and then put it back into the original wooden grid according to the rhyme, so as to be used again next time. ”
"Seconds, seconds, Xiaoyi, at your young age, you have such a wonderful idea, it's really amazing, it's amazing!" Zhang Fuzi praised Chen Yi vigorously.
"Steward Zhang, you go and find someone to start making it according to what Chen Yi Gongzi said."
"Okay, Childe, I'll go." Steward Zhang hurriedly walked out of the house.
"Xiaoyi, I don't know if this printing technique has a name?" Zhang Fuzi asked curiously.
"Master, what do you think of calling it movable type printing?"
"Movable type printing, good name." Printing is solved, but unfortunately the cost of paper, hey! Liu Fuzi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"I don't know Luochuan, but there is a kind of tree called the Tree Tree?"
The crowd was confused. Haven't heard of such trees. "Where would the two masters and Luo Xiao care about these issues.
"Young master, I know that there is a large forest behind our village that is full of trees, and I often go to the forest with aquatic people to do meditation and play in the summer." Seeing that he finally had a chance to speak, the dog on the side said excitedly.
"Dog, do you really have a big forest over there?"
"It's true, young master, I don't know about other trees, but I will definitely not admit to being wrong." The dog patted his chest and assured Chenyi.
"Young Master Chenyi, I don't know what is the use of this kind of tree? Is it about printing? Luo Xiao asked curiously.
"You're not saying that the cost of paper is too high, I suddenly thought of a way to greatly reduce the cost of paper." Chen Yi remembered Cai Lun's papermaking skills in ancient China, so he moved out.
"What you said is true?" Liu Fuzi grabbed Chen Yi's hand and asked excitedly.