In Zhen Qian's eyes, these children are the real hope, it is simply unrealistic to change the literati thinking who has been studying hard for more than ten years at once, if nothing else, let's just say that the literati are high and smelly, and the literati are inferior to each other, who does not claim to be the pillars of the material, and assist the emperor to create peace for eternity, is it possible?

"This is the school's education department! At the same time, he is also responsible for the compilation of textbooks, but unfortunately there are too few talents......", Zhen Qian couldn't help but feel that there were really few literati under his hands, and there were no real literati, all of them were some people who were in charge of the house with rough literary and ink, and they had a bit of a taste of rushing ducks to the shelves, and many times they needed to check it themselves.

"Lao Li, this is Wang You, I used to be my scholar, I just entered the valley, you can arrange it!"

An old man in his fifties and sixties stood up tremblingly, and complained to Zhen Qian while taking notes: "Gu Master, a few of us are dizzy, and we are really too busy, but the matter of transferring a few young people from the bookstore last time has been settled?" ”

"There is also a shortage of people in the bookstore, wait another half a year, and I will definitely transfer a few new people to you!"

"I have to wait for half a year to ......", the old man's face was full of anger, regardless of Zhen Qian's embarrassed expression: "Gu Master, you often say that education changes fate, and education should start with the baby, but now there are a few teaching gentlemen in the school, and you have transferred people outside, or we are engaged in some kind of physical research, and we can't be busy even if we split it in half!" ”

Zhen Qian also has a big head, the Great Wall was not built in a day, and now there is a shortage of people everywhere, he can't wait to pull out a few hairs and learn from Sun Wukong to change a few of himself, and even think of kidnapping some children into the valley, sometimes hoping that the Anshi Rebellion will happen as soon as possible, and at that time, the literati's life will be hanging by a thread, and they will let go of their arrogant .......

"Don't rush! Everything will be fine, Wang You used to be my scholar, except for not knowing the things in the valley, everything else is good, why don't you stay in the school first? ”

A gleam flashed in the old man's eyes, "Well, that's pretty much it,...... Your name is Wang You, come here tomorrow morning, this is the rules and knowledge to be mastered in the valley, all in this booklet, I will not accompany you! ”

Wang You looked at a booklet in his hand, this is a booklet! It's clearly a thick book, "Da Lang, this is ......".

"This is the textbook ...... for the sixth year of Xuetang Primary School, you take a look at it first, with your current knowledge, it should not be difficult for you", Zhen Qian smiled maliciously, patted Wang You's shoulder and said, "Didn't I say it?" You should empty your mind to look at everything in the valley, don't refute it first, see with your eyes, listen with your ears, feel with your heart, when you understand, you will find that the valley is really different from what you know, this is your new beginning, you must grasp it! ”

Zhen Qian felt like a wolf grandmother who deceived the little girl rag doll, and the purpose of leaving Wang You in the valley was not pure, so he could only temporarily wronged Wang You.

"But half a month ......."

"Don't worry, you know most of the things in it, aren't you as good as a child about ten years old?"

"This ......", Wang You flipped through the booklet that was more than an inch thick, and it was densely packed with small characters that made people dizzy, could this be the textbook of the sixth year of the school?

Wang You didn't know, this is still a temporary simple textbook that Zhen Qian didn't have time to preliminarily make, the new textbook is already being sorted out and compiled, and the total number of primary school textbooks for six years is more than ten times more than now, as long as Zhen Qian is given enough time, a full set of textbooks for later generations from elementary school to high school can be moved, then is it called horror?

Zhen Qian's biggest capital when he left the Zhen Mansion was not to take away more than 10,000 yuan, but to copy a copy of all the classics stored in the Zhen Mansion Library, which was a real priceless treasure.

The printing technology of the Tang Dynasty was just beginning, and in the Middle and Tang Dynasty, the newspapers and documents issued by the imperial court every year were copied manually, and the hand-copying was time-consuming, troublesome, and easy to copy mistakes and leaks, and some frustrated literati also made a living by helping people copy books, and only some families with a long history had a large number of articles and classics, and they would not be open to the public, which is why the family could control the way of speech.

At this time, there were already many bookstores, but unfortunately, the price of books (should be said to be scrolls and scrolls) was very expensive, and ordinary people could not afford to buy them at all, even if they hired someone to copy or copied themselves.

The promotion of printing in the Tang Dynasty is also thanks to the popularity of Buddhism in the people, just began to print Buddha statues, mantras, vows and almanacs, etc., the earliest printed matter is the "Diamond Sutra" found in Dunhuang in 1907, the inscription at the end of the volume: "Xiantong nine years of April 15 Wang Jue for the two relatives to make Pushi", Xiantong nine years that is, 868 AD. This is currently the world's earliest print with a clear engraving date, and it is also the most mature and complete print in the Tang Dynasty.

The first thing Zhen Qian had to do was to organize the family collection of classics into a book and print them out with engraving printing, why didn't he use mature wooden movable type and lead movable type at the beginning?

In fact, Zhen Qian also thought so at the beginning, it would be best to do it once and for all, but reality extinguished the illusion with a basin of cold water.

The difference between movable type printing and engraving printing is that one is a whole, and the other is a regular small piece of words, and these small pieces of words are stacked together to use glue, the glue can not be too thick, and it must be very thin, very uniform, sticky but can be easily decomposed, so that it can be used repeatedly and repeatedly. The second is the ink used in printing, this technology belongs to the high-end technology in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and the glue is also very particular, not only to facilitate printing, but also not too much residue on the small piece of words, this is not Zhen Qian's strength, the result of many experiments have failed, on the contrary, the honest use of engraving printing, this matter also gave Zhen Qian a wake-up call, everything is from the most primitive, the lowest level of gradual development, a bite of a fat good thing does not exist in reality.

At all times, you have to calm down and walk step by step, just like going upstairs to climb a mountain, every step must be solid, otherwise you will fall on your heels.

Song Dynasty Bi Sheng's invention of movable type printing, is a historical necessity, but also a historical accident, you must know that the Northern Song Dynasty engraving printing has experienced one or two hundred years of development, the Song Dynasty's economic prosperity has exploded, the urgent need for a cheaper way of printing, at that time, whether it is engraving technology or printing ink and other technologies have developed to a peak state, a large number of exquisite engraving prints auctioned in later generations are mostly works of the Song Dynasty, at this time even if there is no Bi Sheng, there will be Li Sheng, Liu Sheng invented movable type printing, After all, many clever ancients had already discovered the relationship between stamps and printing, and it was only a matter of time before the last layer of window paper was broken, and there were no technical barriers.

What is lacking in the valley now is not only talents, but also a kind of accumulation and precipitation of culture, technology and ideas, and these need time to slow down bit by bit!

(End of chapter)