Chapter 44 Clay Stereotype
Since the last attack on Majiazhai and the production of a large amount of gunpowder, Sun Qi's mechanic level has soared to the tenth level of trial mechanic, and in time, he will break through to the apprentice mechanic to unlock more modern machinery. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Sun Qi brought some of those explosives with him, and the water vapor in eastern Zhejiang was high, and the gunpowder was easy to get wet, so it was tightly sealed in the package.
"Master Lu is not here, the only person who has something to do with him is not here, and I have no relatives in this Jiang Ning, with this red divine order, I may be able to make a difference."
"Childe, this Hua boss doesn't look like a good person, his words don't show any enthusiasm at all, it's all a businessman's self-interest."
Wu Qiuyue whispered, she had already seen that this Hua self-interest was not a thing, but she didn't know what kind of organization Lu Ban would be, this was just a kind of person's portable temperament, a temperament that could be seen through at a glance.
"Oh, I'll talk to Boss Hua and think about how to promote our printing technology."
Sun Qi sent people under the fence, there is no one to take refuge in Jiangning, if this bookstore is willing to listen to its own reforms, it is better, otherwise it can only find another partner.
Obviously, this quasi-partner is not very peaceful now, and he is a member of the Luban Society, the first organization of the organized and disciplined Han Dynasty.
Sun Qi really didn't expect that the members of this Luban Club were already involved in all walks of life, and the power was really terrifying.
In this regard, he became more and more interested in the current Ministry of Industry Lang Lu Ban of the Imperial Court, you must know that the Ministry of Industry is only a three-grade official position, and he is not a big member of the imperial court at all, and his influence is much less than that of ordinary feudal officials, but he can develop the organization so quickly.
Sun Qi was both admiring and afraid in his heart, but fortunately, he had obtained a red divine order, otherwise it would really be difficult to move an inch.
Now, Sun Qi comforted himself in his heart, fortunately, he went to the house of the branch leader in Pinghu with Wu Zhixian at that time, no matter how he calculated himself in the future, but he was given a divine order, otherwise he would only eat soil now.
On the same day, Sun Qi talked to Hua Liji about his thoughts on the reform of the book manufacturing industry, explained the general process of printing to Hua Liji, and also took out a drawing for him to interpret in detail.
Hua Liji was originally an obscure lower-level member of the Luban Association in eastern Zhejiang, and now he has seen the red god order, just like seeing the branch president himself, and he also respects Sun Qi, and now what Sun Qi says, he agrees with it.
"This ..... This printing technique has never been heard of before, but can it really have such an effect? ”
Of course, Sun Qi scolded in his heart, you definitely don't know, if this thing is available, will you still work hard to copy the book?
Although Hua Liji did not understand mechanical manufacturing, he had a keen businessman like a fox, and he found that the drawings that Sun Qi explained to him were unprecedented to him, which was a level that his knowledge level and imagination could not reach.
"You see, these clay engravings are movable fonts, and the free combination of these living fonts, reformatting them in a new order, inking, and reprinting them will greatly reduce the manufacturing interval of a book."
"Sun Gongzi, you really don't understand these lofty theories you said, but you intend to help the small ones, and it's too late for the little ones to be happy, even if you reform in my broken place, you can just say what you need, and the little ones will do it."
Hua Liji is also about to be scorched by the flames now, so he has to do it, and what Sun Qi said is not on the same level as him at all.
But he still owes a lot of wages to the scholars, and the operation of the bookstore is struggling, if Sun Qi's 'five pages in a moment' can really succeed, then the bookstore's income will increase significantly, and these wages will be paid off immediately, and maybe it will be famous.
What's more, Sun Qi may still be an important member of the middle and upper echelons of the Luban Society, maybe he was sent by the imperial court to support him.
For Boss Hua's decision to suddenly stop copying books, those scholars were very puzzled, but now fortunately, Sun Qi stood up to explain.
"Brothers, Xiaosheng knows that it is not easy for you, and now I have thought of a way for you to walk away from the desk and copy books in a different way, what do you think?"
The scholars agreed, most of them had no innovative spirit, just to make a living, and they had long been fed up with this life of copying and writing, which hurt their eyes and neck greatly, and now they were eager to see it when they heard that there was a new style of copying calligraphy.
On the same day, a copper blast furnace was erected in the compound of Jiangning Bookstore, which was specially used to bake clay carvings.
"Sun Gongzi, I have contributed all the stoves I use for heating to you...."
When Hua Liji saw Sun Qi's copying of the book, he turned his attention to the fire, and he was anxious at the moment.
"Don't worry, after the matter is completed, the benefits of your boss are indispensable."
"Okay, everyone in my bookstore is sent by you, and you can dispatch it at will!"
Sun Qi naturally did not let those scholars idle, but asked these scholars to go to the outside shops to purchase some cement, which must be delicate and sticky.
This is a good stereotypical clay, and the scholars are honest people, looking around for a purchase, and then hurrying back to the bookstore.
Fortunately, the cement is not valuable, and this purchase is full of quantity.
"Qiuyue, you are responsible for counting the number of characters that need to be carved, and then instructing them on how to use those boxes and iron frames."
These frames have a number of small rectangular spaces, which are specially designed to form regular rectangles of flowing clay sculptures to facilitate the engraving of fonts.
"Commonly used words, fifty-seven, remote words, twenty-six, extremely remote words, eight."
Wu Qiuyue read aloud the fonts that needed to be carved one by one, and Hua Liji hurriedly took a dozen carpentry knives from the backyard and handed them to the scholars.
When Hua Liji asked why he wrote it in reverse, Sun Qi almost scolded Hua Liji.
"When you look in the bronze mirror, isn't your left hand in the mirror your right hand?"
Hua Li suddenly realized, just carefully watched everyone's movements, under Sun Qi's command, the actions were orderly and not chaotic at all.
In less than half a day, ninety-one cement stereotypes had been completely made, and the flames in the blast furnace were blazing.
Sun Qi used an iron frame to put these clay slabs that were still wet and engraved with Chinese characters in the raging fire, which was the manufacture of clay stereotypes.
Originally, it was necessary to burn words in the earthen kiln, but where did the earthen kiln come from in this big city, and it could only be done with a copper stove.
"These words, commonly known as movable type, will surprise you when they are burned!"
Sun Qi asked Hua Li to study the ink more, and when the stereotype came out, he could apply the ink.
The wind was blowing gently, listening to the crisp sound of the stove, Sun Qi secretly said that the heat could be taken, so he found a fire tongs.
The first batch of movable type stereotypes of the Han Dynasty inside were taken out of the fire.