Chapter 161 Movable Type Printing

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When the snow stops, the streets of Xiangyang come alive here, children build snowmen, have snowball fights, and have fun laughing.

With the help of the sergeant, the main road of Xiangyang is basically snowless, Liu Bei strolled on the street of Xiangyang, and walked to the former General Zuo's mansion, which was Liu Bei's residence in Xiangyang a few years ago, and now this house has been given to Huang Yueying, where she studies all kinds of strange things. Lewd. Clever tricks, of course, including the secret art of hanging pulp and paper.

Liu Bei took a deep breath, looked at this very familiar mansion and staggered, and said softly: "Jinghui, go up and knock on the door." ”

Hu Che'er nodded, took a big stride and rushed up, and the big hand like a fan knocked on the Zhu door, but under such a big movement, there was no response in the courtyard.

Hu Che'er couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and glanced back at Liu Bei.

At this time, Liu Bei also frowned, his heart was suspicious, and he gave Hu Che'er a look and signaled him to be careful.

Hu Che'er snorted, unconsciously pressed the saber on his waist, frowned thickly, pulled out the dagger pinned to his waist with one hand, and stretched out the crack in the door to move the crossbar a little bit.

With a thud, the crossbar fell.

Hu Che'er put away the dagger, stretched out his hand and gently pushed open the Zhu Gate, and dodged in, his body pressed against one side of the wall, and his eyes burned around the movement in the courtyard.

The whole courtyard is frighteningly quiet, like a yard without an owner, but the yard is very clean, and it is clear that it will only look like it is cleaned from time to time.

Hu Che'er turned around and shook his head at Liu Bei, indicating that there was no one inside, but he still didn't seem to believe in his judgment, so he pulled out his sword and unsheathed it, step by step, and broke in little by little without the slightest sound.

Liu Bei followed not far behind Hu Che'er. Also tiptoeing, looking cautious.

From the front yard to the front hall, there was no movement in the whole process, but the quieter it was, the more strange it felt, and there was never a shortage of spies in this world. Especially Liu Bei only learned yesterday that there were Cao thieves and spies who followed the caravan into Xiangyang City.

At this time, Liu Bei was still very worried about whether there would be Cao thieves and spies against Kong Ming and a group of important ministers.

"My lord! It should be no one. ”

Hu Che'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief and put his sword into the sheath.

Squeak~yah~

The sound of pushing the door came, and it was clear that someone was inside.

Hu Che'er, who had just put the sword into the sheath, immediately dodged in front of Liu Bei, and tightly pressed the sword on his waist with one hand.

But after the sound of pushing the door, the whole backyard fell into calm again.

Liu Bei patted Hu Che'er on the shoulder, gave him a look, and the two turned the screen little by little and walked into the backyard.

A woman. Dressed in a green robe, with black hair hanging down like a waterfall, the whole person turned his back to the front hall, silently staring at the pulp paper in front of him, as if in a daze.

"Yueying?"

Liu Bei couldn't help but shout out, waved his hand and directly pushed Hu Che'er away, and walked towards Huang Yueying.

Huang Yueying, who was stunned, glanced back and saw that it was the lord Liu Bei. A look of anger disappeared in his eyes, and he bowed: "Lord!" How did you get here? ”

Liu Bei sighed. With a smile on his face, he said: "I came here after walking, and I remembered that you were here to study the art of hanging pulp and paper, so I came in to see you, but your door was closed, and I didn't hear back after knocking for a long time, and I was worried that something would happen to you, so we broke in." It's no wonder that it disturbs your train of thought. ”

After that, Liu Bei bowed deeply.

"How dare you!" Huang Yueying hurriedly returned the salute and said with a little apology: "Don't blame the lord, I have this problem on weekdays." When I was thinking about something, I was most taboo to be disturbed, so I locked the door back. ”

Liu Bei smiled faintly, gradually turned around and looked around the entire inner courtyard, and said softly: "There is not a single attendant or maid in the entire mansion, is it also out of this consideration?" ”

The corners of Huang Yueying's mouth pulled slightly: "Exactly." ”

Liu Bei paused, nodded knowingly, took a deep breath, and said, "Yueying! You and Kong Ming are both my confidants, and I will never allow any of you two to have an accident!" Now the situation is chaotic, just yesterday there were Cao thieves and spies sneaking into Xiangyang, their whereabouts are secretive, and they are ruthless, you are such a weak woman, it is difficult for me to rest assured that no one protects me"

"But"

Liu Bei waved his hand to stop: "Don't worry, the maids and attendants still need them, and the guards are also needed, and I will order them not to disturb you." ”

Huang Yueying saluted again, sighed and said, "Lord! Yueying got it. ”

"That's right!"

Liu Bei smiled, "I heard that you have almost studied this hanging pulp and papermaking technique, how about it?" Are there any other difficulties? I will do my best to help you solve the problem. ”

Huang Yueying groaned slightly, and said: "This hanging pulp papermaking technique is indeed much more sophisticated than the papermaking technique left by Cai everyone, whether it is in terms of the color of the paper, or in terms of manufacturing process, and efficiency, it has been greatly improved!" I really don't know how the lord came up with this method, Yueying really admires it. ”

"Huh! Don't compliment me" Liu Bei hurriedly took a step back and changed the topic: "If this hanging pulp and papermaking technology is fully launched, how much paper can a paper machine make?" I don't know if Yueying has an estimate? ”

Huang Yueying's thin eyebrows twisted slightly, her mouth muttered, she groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "According to this process, one paper machine can make five sheets of paper in one cycle." ”

"Five" Liu Bei had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "A lot, a lot!" If there are 10,000 paper machines, there can be 50,000 pieces of paper, and the paper we make is better than Zuo Bo paper, Zuo Bo paper is still very expensive, how can we make paper cheap. ”

"That's what the lord said." Huang Yueying responded simply.

Suddenly, a cold wind hit, Liu Bei unconsciously tightened his head, and said: "It's just right, I have a particularly important thing to look for you, it's cold here, you might as well"

Huang Yueying seemed to suddenly remember something, oh, and hurriedly said: "It's Yueying who is rude."

Liu Bei didn't say anything, just smiled slightly.

Huang Yueying had just taken a step, ready to push the door in, when she suddenly turned around and came back. His face was blushing, he was a little embarrassed, and said softly: "Lord! Or you might as well come back another day."

Hu Che'er's fiery temper was angry at that time, and he shouted directly: "Nonsense! How can the time of the lord be so precious?"

"Huh!" Liu Bei waved his hand to interrupt Hu Che'er and smiled faintly. stepped forward and said, "Yueying! It doesn't matter, when I was thinking about the problem and drawing the drawings, the house was also very messy, I think so, the more chaotic the house, the more open your thoughts, and the deeper your heart! ”

Huang Yueying's face was slightly red, and she stared at Liu Bei in a daze.

Liu Bei stepped forward. Stretched out her hand and swept over Huang Yueying, and directly pushed open the door, the room was really messy, the paper was flying everywhere, like a chicken nest exploding a pot, a piece of paper on the east and a piece of paper on the west, each of which was full of hand-drawn drawings.

Liu Bei took a deep breath. The expression was quite serious, without the slightest hint of jokes Huang Yueying. He said softly: "Jinghui! You're guarding outside, Yueying and I have something to discuss. ”

"No!" Hu Che'er responded with a fist clenched and guarded the door with his sword.

"Miss Yueying, please." Liu Bei waved his hand to make an invitation, "It's cold outside, let's come in and talk about it." ”

Huang Yueying was stunned. I had to nod stupidly, and walked into the room very meekly, and as soon as I entered the room, I hurriedly cleaned up, and lay on the ground to fold each drawing into a pile.

Liu Bei looked for a place and sat down directly. smiled indifferently: "Yueying, don't be busy, let's discuss business first." ”

Huang Yueying smiled bitterly, looking very embarrassed, nodded lightly, and sat opposite Liu Bei.

"Yueying! I have a novel idea here that I would like to share with you, but it is only a prototype, and it is up to you to make it happen. ”

A large part of the ideas related to this hanging pulp and papermaking and the Zhiyuan ship come from the ideas of the lord in front of him, and now this lord has novel ideas, and he loves this, and even obsesses with it. Lewd. As far as the ingenious Huang Yueying is concerned, she is undoubtedly the most refreshing.

Huang Yueying leaned forward slightly, a look of expectation flashed in her eyes, and she asked urgently: "I have ideas again!" Let's hear it. ”

Liu Beiyan said: "Yueying was born in a scholarly family, and she must know very well how important a book is for a reader!" Nowadays, reading cannot be popularized, there are many reasons, one of them: paper is too expensive, bamboo slips are too heavy; Second, there are too few surviving books, and hand-copied books are time-consuming and laborious; Third, there are very few people who are truly inspired to be scholars. ”

Huang Yueying nodded: "That's right, Yueying heard her husband say that the lord wanted to set up academies in Jingxiang and Jiangdong, and even found Mr. Sima and his father to go to start the school and teach, but the problem of this book is really difficult to solve." ”

The corners of Liu Bei's mouth twitched slightly, and a faint smile bloomed: "The problem of paper can be completely solved, don't worry about this, Mr. Sima and Mr. Huang are really inspirational people who are academic, and the people at this chair don't have to worry either, the only thing to worry about is this book problem!" ”

Huang Yueying sighed and said, "In fact, there is no shortage of books, but if you want to use them in the academy, open a lecture on the altar, and meet the dosage of students, it is simply impossible!" ”

"Is it impossible?"

Liu Bei asked rhetorically, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Could it be that Huang Yueying suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but say: "This novel idea can solve this problem?" ”

"Exactly."

Huang Yueying's eyes gradually condensed, stared at Liu Bei incredulously, and bowed deeply: "I hope that the lord will not hesitate to give advice!" ”

"It's just an idea, not a lesson."

Liu Bei waved his hand and said softly: "Yueying! You can use clay to engrave words or hard wood, make a word square, and then order a skilled craftsman to carve the word on one side, through the arrangement and combination, form an article, brush with black ink, extend the paper on it, a paper book will be made, in this way, it is not to save the cumbersome hand-copied book, and even save manpower. ”

Huang Yueying was completely stunned, staring at Liu Bei, revealing a touch of praise: "The lord's whimsical ideas really make Yueying admire!" ”

"Huh." Liu Bei waved his hand: "Yueying praises it, this is just an idea, and the rest has to be done by Yueying." ”

Huang Yueying bowed deeply: "Lord, just give it to Yueying!" Yueying promised that before the end of the year, she would definitely create this thing and dedicate it to the lord! ”

"Hmmm! I can get Yueying's promise, and I am relieved. (To be continued......)