Chapter 100 Movable Type Printing

Zhang Hong looked at Zhang Forget with a shocked expression, unable to believe what he said at all. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Is there such a printing technology in the world?

Based on Zhang Wang's previous performance, this should be true. For though he is thick-skinned, he seldom speaks big. There is nothing about his ability to shine in front of the world.

However, the ability to print dozens or even hundreds of books in a day is too unrebellious.

Such a technology is more valuable than soap and candles, and can benefit society more.

Zhang Wanghan stood with a smile, quietly waiting for Zhang Hong's statement.

The development of printing has been a long process in history.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the spread of culture mainly relied on hand-copied books. Hand-copying is time-consuming, troublesome, and easy to copy mistakes and omissions, which not only hinders the development of culture, but also brings undue losses to the spread of culture.

The seal of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty created a precedent for printing technology, but only a few words could be printed on the seal.

In the fourth century A.D., there was a rubbing, which has more words than the seal, which can be regarded as the prototype of woodblock printing, but it is time-consuming and laborious, and the cost is extremely high.

The combination of seals and rubbings and further development was the engraving printing that prevailed in the Tang Dynasty.

And movable type printing was not invented by Bi Sheng until the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhang Wang's construction of the library required a massive collection of books, and it was inevitable to make use of movable type printing. Since this technique is going to be taken out anyway, it is best to give it to someone who will be of great use in the future.

Zhang Hong is such a person, he is one of the two Zhangs in Jiangdong, as famous as Zhang Zhao, not to mention his literary talents, and his ability to govern is also strong, so he is simply the best choice to be a servant.

With his own work in movable type printing, can he still run out of his palm?

Zhang Hong obviously also thought of this problem, and hesitated for a while.

At the moment, although he has been helping Zhang Forget in Zhang's house, as long as he wants to leave, he can pat his ass and leave at any time, because he doesn't owe Zhang Forget anything. Zhang Forget gave him the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", he helped Zhang Forget do things, and the two did not owe each other.

But after receiving this printing, if you want to leave, you can't leave.

A person gives you a gold ingot, and after you accept it, just say thank you and turn around and leave, and if you don't return it in the future, it's not a big problem.

A person gives you a mountain of gold, and after you accept it, you want to thank you and leave, it is absolutely impossible. Even if your conscience is passable, the people who gave you the gold mountain will not let you go.

Zhang Wang's move is not only a show of goodwill, but also a solicitation.

Zhang Hong admires Zhang Forget very much, but this does not mean that he is willing to tie the fate of his life to Zhang Wang.

Seeing that he couldn't make a decision in a short time, Zhang Forget turned around and went out with a smile.

Although Tianyi Pavilion was designed by Zhang Wang, the entire construction process was filled with Zhang Hong's hard work.

Zhang Hong himself was a bookish person, and it was impossible for him to leave Luoyang before the completion of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty.

Since he can't run, why should he be in a hurry?

Instructed the servants to bring a few loads of clay and plaster, Zhang Forget took Diao Chan into the study, and the two began to make movable type for movable type printing.

Sooner or later, Zhang Hong will take the bait, and in this case, some things need to be prepared in advance.

The movable type of movable type printing has clay movable type, wooden movable type, copper movable type, lead movable type, etc., among which the best use is lead movable type.

The advantages of lead movable type are low melting point, good fluidity after melting, small shrinkage when solidifying, and the cast movable type is full and clear.

Zhang forgot that there were no conditions to make lead at the moment, so he used Beibi clay to make pottery movable type instead.

Diao Chan finally has something to do, and she is very happy. She ran around and kept busy, using plaster to make molds, and then using the molds to make square cylinder movable type of the same size.

The movable type is a square column, there is a convex anti-body glyph on the plane of the column end for the literal, the concave part around the literal surface is the word shoulder, the recess between the strokes is called the word valley, the slope between the literal surface and the word valley is called the inclined plane, the front and back of the word body are called the word belly and the word back, and the word belly surface has a groove called the missing carving.

Because it is the opposite of the normal character, Zhang Wang's speed of carving Chinese characters on movable type is extremely slow.

Zhang Fei had nothing to do, and looked inside and outside Zhang's house. Because he is Zhang Wangxin's sworn brother, the servants regard him as the third master, and they do not deliberately avoid him in anything.

Seeing a hundred craftsmen from Sikong Mansion working together to build Tianyi Pavilion, Zhang Fei felt Emperor Liu Hong's favor for Zhang Wang.

Seeing the children of dozens of domestic servants reading and writing under the leadership of an old Taoist, Zhang Fei felt Zhang Wang's foresight.

Seeing that soap and candles were sold out after being produced in a steady stream, Zhang Fei felt the strength of Zhang's ability to apply what he had learned.

Seeing the dozens of houses in a mansion full of five-baht coins, Zhang Fei suddenly felt that he was a complete poor person in front of Zhang Wang.

Thinking that he had nothing to covet from Zhang Wang, Zhang Fei's heart became steady.

He sat in the shade of a tree, drinking herbal tea that he didn't know who put it there, while watching Yang Xiu, the grandson of the Taiwei, command the craftsmen to work.

Yang Xiu was so thirsty that his throat smoked, and he ran to the shade of the tree, but found that his iced herbal tea was gone, and he was immediately a little unhappy.

He glanced at Zhang Fei, who was ringed with a leopard head and eyes, and asked, "You are the sworn brother of Mr., it stands to reason that I should call you Second Uncle, may I ask Second Uncle, what are you capable of?" ā€

Zhang Fei touched his head: "How do you know that I am capable?" Many people looked at me and thought I was a fool. ā€

Yang Xiu suddenly had a good impression of this honest and reckless man, sat next to him and said, "With Mr. as a person, he will never trick a fool into coming home, let alone worship him." ā€

Zhang Fei glared: "What, do you think I was deceived by Zhang Wang?" ā€

Yang Xiu nodded: "It's not just you, almost all the people you see are deceived by him." ā€

Zhang Fei glanced at the crowd and became interested: "Let's hear it." ā€

Yang Xiu pointed at the crowd one by one: "Some people are deceived by his knowledge, some people are deceived by his medical skills, some people are deceived by his money, some people are deceived by his kindness, and some people are deceived by the future he promised......"

Zhang Fei asked, "Didn't you be deceived by his lies?" ā€

Yang Xiu pointed at himself: "I was deceived by his lies." ā€

Zhang Fei laughed, pointed at himself and said, "Then guess how I was deceived by him?"

Yang Xiu said: "I don't know how you were deceived, but I know the reason why you stayed, you left it for the sake of weapons and armor." ā€

Zhang Fei was surprised: "How do you know?" ā€

Yang Xiu smiled thiefly: "These days, I am almost half a little housekeeper, and nothing that happened in Zhang's house can escape my eyes." After you appeared, Wang Rao suddenly bought a blacksmith shop, Ma Bao suddenly bought a bunch of iron ore and coal, and the manor outside the city is said to have built a blast furnace, not to make blade armor for you, what else can it be? ā€

Zhang Fei laughed: "I thought you were unpredictable, but it turned out to be inferred from these clues." ā€

Yang Xiu smiled embarrassedly: "The ability of the unpredictable prophet, I only serve Mr. alone." Not only did he not know the prophet, but he was also willing to pay for it, so he deceived you one by one. ā€

Zhang Fei stretched out his big hand and touched his head: "You can't deceive people just by cheating, even if there are big interests to attract it, it's useless." The reason why I stayed with Lao Zhang was because Zhang Forget lied to me at the same time, but also revealed his sincerity. ā€

Yang Xiu glanced at Zhang Fei in surprise: "I didn't expect you to look vulgar, but you are an understanding person in your heart." ā€

Zhang Fei laughed, and his voice was like a bell, causing everyone to turn their heads to look.

The second housekeeper of the Taiwei Mansion, under the leadership of the servant, came to Yang Xiu and said to Yang Xiu: "Little boy, the master asked me to call you back." ā€

Although Yang Xiu was a little tired in Zhang's house, he was free and happy, unwilling to return to the lifeless cage, and threw his head like a rattle.

"I still have something to do here, you go back to my grandfather, and I'll go back in a few days."

The housekeeper said with a sad face: "The master is infected with the wind and cold, and he is a lot haggard, the little son's filial piety comes first, so it's better to go back and see." ā€

Yang Xiuteng stood up suddenly: "What? Grandfather is sick? ā€

The second housekeeper said without changing his face: "The master has been infected with the autumn cold for several days. ā€

Yang Xiu suddenly became anxious and said, "I'll go talk to Mr. and go home with you immediately." ā€

The second housekeeper nodded, and watched Yang Xiu run towards Zhang Wang's study with a smoke.

Zhang Forget listened to Yang Xiu's words, and thought that he hadn't visited for so long, so he said to him: "I know a little about medical science, so I'll go with you." ā€

Yang Xiu thanked him gratefully and took him out with him.

The second housekeeper saw that Zhang Forget was going to go with him, and said with a look of embarrassment: "The wind and cold are easy to infect, how can you let Lang Jun put himself in danger?" When the master's condition improves, it is not too late for Lang Jun to come to the door again. ā€

Zhang Forget saw that he had visited Yang Ci for a good reason, but was rejected by a housekeeper without hesitation, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

What kind of prejudice does Yang Ci have about himself, so that he is so unsympathetic?

After sending Yang Xiu away, Zhang Forget pondered for a moment and said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, before you, I had worshiped Wang Yue, the great hero of Yanshan. In this way, he is the oldest, I am the youngest, you should be the second brother. Tomorrow morning, shall I take my second brother to meet my eldest brother? ā€

Zhang Fei's face flushed excitedly: "This is very good, my old Zhang has long wanted to weigh the catties of this Yanshan hero." ā€

Zhang Forget said with a smile: "The second brother doesn't have a weapon to take advantage of, and he may suffer a loss if he fights now." ā€

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "Martial arts are to be practiced for a lifetime, how can the victory or defeat be temporary?" ā€

Zhang Forget glanced around, and said in a low voice: "In the evening, I will give the second brother a few ideas, temporarily hug the Buddha's feet, and see if I can help the second brother improve his spear technique." ā€

Zhang Fei was surprised: "Do you know how to spear?" ā€

Zhang Forget shook his head and said, "I don't know how to spear, but I know some marksmanship." Have you ever heard a mantra for marksmanship? One eyebrow and two hearts, three eyebrows and four hearts, five eyebrows and six hearts, seven eyebrows and eight hearts......"

Zhang Fei glared, his face was blindfolded: "Brother Xian's marksmanship, how can he just pierce one place?" ā€