The words that Tang Zi asked were actually the root of the problem.

Sometimes, the reason why a technology has not been developed is not that people do not have enough ideas, but the limitation of objective conditions, which is like in the era of the steam engine, no matter how intelligent the person is, looking at the steam engine can not be associated with the computer, at most it is a fantasy of the difference machine.

And the same is true of printing, papermaking technology and ink-making technology, are the bottleneck of printing, when you notice that with the engraved template, can only rub out a cloud of blurry handwriting, almost everyone will think that this idea is wrong.

"The main problem at the moment is that this rubbing is blurred, but I already have a solution in this regard," Chen Zhi faced the questioning eyes of the two and said with a smile: "Daijun paper is the meaning of leather paper, thin and smooth to receive ink, and in that book "Qi Min Yaoshu", there are many methods of ink making, after these two points are solved, it can be produced. ”

"Qi Min's Technique"?

Tang Dian and Tang Zi are no strangers to this name, and they know that it is a set of agricultural books that have been circulated in Chen Zhifu.

This set of agricultural books, although borrowed the name of the original history, but it is impossible for Chen Zhi to completely repeat the content of that book, because the situation is completely different, so there are a lot of them, in fact, Chen Zhi synthesized the various agricultural books in his memory, combined with the experience of later generations, and then came out in the name of Qi Min's art.

The content of this book, since the Chen Mansion came out, has had an impact on many farmers in Daijun, and has been confirmed a lot, and has gradually been respected, but it is a peasant book, and ordinary people from the family do not like to read such works.

However, although Chen Zhi said it very clearly, after Tang Dian and Tang Zi made eye contact, they still couldn't make up their minds, of course, the bigger reason was that this so-called seal method had not appeared in the past.

It is really unpredictable what the market prospects of a thing that has never appeared, even if it is combined with the Daijun paper that has proven its value, it still makes people's hearts beat drums.

On the other hand, because he had seen the existence of the big wooden seal in the past, he didn't like this opportunistic method, and he felt that only transcribing by hand was an act that reflected the attitude, and it seemed that people had a bearing heart, and they could also temper calligraphy and cultivate sentiment.

In fact, Tang Dian still faintly felt inappropriate in his heart, but he couldn't say where this inappropriateness came from, but no matter what, he was more inclined to reject this option, but he couldn't make up his family's mind, so he didn't immediately refuse.

Chen Zhi saw the thoughts of the two people, and said with a smile: "Okay, in an instant, it is difficult for you to make a decision, that is normal, it is better to go back and discuss with the family, just reply to me in the next two days, and then we will discuss the specific matters and where the Tang family is responsible." ”

Tang Dian nodded, and then asked a little embarrassedly: "If we finally decide to have the method of firing ceramics, then when can we see the finished product?" Is it handed over to the Tang family to be fired? ”

"The method of firing can't be taken out, and you also understand the truth in it," Chen Zhi smiled, knowing that Tang Dian asked this, in fact, he already had a tendency and choice in his heart, "As for this finished product, I will let you see it in the next two days, and I have already made arrangements." ”

After receiving the answer, Tang Dian was relieved and disappointed at the same time, but he still gave it up, and then led his nephew away.

As soon as the others left, Chen Zhi sat behind the table and pondered.

"The Tang family's choice is already very clear, and it seems that it is difficult to act under the pretense of the hands of the family, at least for now, I can only promote it myself, and then act according to the opportunity."

He knew very well in his heart that the question of printing seemed to be a technical consideration, but once it was popularized, it would be a social problem.

"In the past, books were transcribed and transcribed by hand, whether it was spread or inherited, collected, they were greatly restricted, and it was difficult for ordinary cloth people to access, of course, in addition to these human factors, there was also the cost of paper in the limit, because it was not easy to make paper, and the existence of simple slips limited the spread of knowledge, but as long as these two problems were solved, the spread of knowledge would not be restricted."

Thinking about it, he got up, came to the window, and looked out.

From this angle, you can see a large number of houses, most of which were inhabited by wealthy families.

"The people of ancient times, fighting for hegemony, the territory can be expanded to a very long distance, but at most it is a few hundred years of the world, except for the Zhou Dynasty that the princes divided, that is, the Han Dynasty in the previous life, adding up the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, that is, four hundred years, even if it is counted in this world, the new Han Dynasty is also connected, and the virtue of the current court is obviously the time to go downhill, the entire Han Dynasty is five hundred years, and even this single count of the new Han Dynasty, it may only have the fate of less than two hundred years, and this will also send the influence of the surrounding tribes."

In fact, the matter of the severance of Huaxia has been bothering Chen Zhi, and he is also thinking about the meaning of inheriting the peerless learning, and he has faintly gained a little experience recently.

"Don't say that it is this new Han Dynasty, that is, several dynasties in later generations, it is only a three-hundred-year cycle of chaos, the founding place, because of the war, the population is decreasing, and there are many ownerless lands, which can be distributed to everyone, so after reproduction, it will usher in a prosperous era, but after development, the land annexation is serious, and it will eventually go to destruction, no matter how perfect it was established when the founding of the country was founded, it cannot be avoided, after all, a person survives to death, and he will live for a hundred years, how can he control the things that follow?"

"If you start with military affairs, together with the eight wilderness and six together, and establish an earthly dynasty, it is only three hundred years of the world, not to mention that because of the spread of technology, the innovation of iron smelting, and the rise of the surrounding nomadic tribes one after another, I am afraid it is also a major hidden danger of the severance of China, and on the contrary, it is another kind of inheritance, which is the inheritance of culture and thought!"

"Most of the countries of later generations are nation-states, but there are also civilized countries, which is the great power of ideas, cultures, and customs, such as the iron and blood of the sword and the iron and blood as physical and superficial conquest, and the establishment of a dynasty is the direct embodiment of this conquest;"

"Then the customs of clothing, food, housing, transportation, weddings, funerals, etc., represent spiritual and inner changes, as long as they are deeply rooted, then regardless of racial bloodline, can be passed on, thousands of years later, you can also see the style of the year, longer and longer than the cycle of three hundred years of chaos, but we can not ignore the impact of administrative means, but in general, it is more permanent than the three hundred years of the dynasty, which should also be the essence of the following learning, but the two are not opposites, they should complement each other."

"This is somewhat similar to the cultivation, but the cultivation of a region, a country, and a civilization, conquest and attack are external strength, external refining of bone and blood, with flesh and blood as a boat, across the long river of history, but if there is no introspection, it will eventually decay; And learning and Taoism are internal cultivation, shaping the soul of the nation and civilization, condensing the essence, and passing it on to future generations, but if there is no external force to support it at all, it is inevitable to get lost and sink. ”

Thinking in this way, he naturally attaches great importance to the dissemination of printing at present, because knowledge is undoubtedly an important factor in disseminating and shaping the ideas of others.

"I don't want to go too far first, in the current situation, this printing technology will be carried out by itself first, and I am not in a hurry to spread to Luoyang and further south, now I am experimenting on the land under my control, and when the time is ripe, I will further promote it, just through the Daijun family, I can observe what kind of attitude the scholars have towards the spread of printing technology and the transfer of knowledge from top to bottom."

The original knowledge was monopolized by the family, even if there was a rise of the children of the Han family, but its source was still the family, so it did not cause much turmoil, after all, the children of the Han family were strictly speaking, and they were also classified into the category of the scholars.

But books and printing are different, they can greatly reduce the cost of knowledge for the common people, and large-scale dissemination, when the number of people increases to a certain extent, will inevitably stimulate relevant demands, which conflicts with the fundamental interests of the scholars, and those who have insight in the scholars must be able to find the problem at the beginning.

"Now, after a few big battles, the combination of grace and power, and then co-opted after deterrence, the family of this generation of counties has been completely tamed by me, but it is still risky to experiment directly in the crowd under their command, and there is no mass base and alliance, even among my henchmen, I am afraid that Chen Zi will faintly oppose it, that is, Su Liao and Zhou Ao may become allies, so this earliest batch of targets should be ......"

Thinking about it, he got busy again.

This busyness continued until late at night, but it still did not end, and when he put down his pen, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in."

Soon, Chen Ju pushed the door in, still holding a few letters in his hand, and as he walked, he said, "Taishou, news has just come from the front line. ”

Chen Zhi nodded, took the letter and looked at it a few times.

This letter actually came from two places, one was the place where Daibei was stationed, and the other was from the Tuoba Department.

Daibei only has a letter that tells the general situation.

"Very good, not only did we capture Wang Quan, but we also defeated the remaining half of Duan Wenyang's men and horses, dispersed nearly 15,000 people, captured 3,000 people, and many tribes are willing to join ......"

Thinking about it, he closed his eyes slightly, and when he opened them again, he said to Chen Ju: "Go and call Su Liao and Chen Zi." ”

"No!"

Chen Ju nodded yes, but he didn't move immediately, but hesitated for a moment before saying to Chen Zhi: "It's time, you should also rest." ”

Chen Zhi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well, when this matter is dealt with, I will go to rest." ”

Chen Ju didn't say much and turned to leave.

Chen Zhi picked up the remaining three letters, all of which were from the Tuoba Department, which were from Tuoba Shan Yu, Tuoba Yulu, and Shu Jiao and Zhang Kang.

After opening the letter and reading it a little, Chen Zhi laughed.

"Wouldn't it be ideal for these thousands of people to come at the right time? However, with the temperament of Xianbei people, it is inevitable that too many children will not be sent, so you might as well take this opportunity to put pressure on him. ”

Thinking so, Chen Zhiyan picked up the pen and wrote a reply on the spot. 10