Thanks to the promotion of the Science and Technology Award, movable type printing was successfully promoted. The pen is better than www.biquge.info movable type printing than engraving printing, which is that it can be disassembled and used repeatedly. As long as there are a few more commonly used words, you can imposition them at any time, which greatly speeds up the plate-making time. Printing in large quantities saves much money compared to block printing. And movable type occupies less space than engraving, which is easy to store and keep.

Why are ancient books so expensive? Because of the preciousness of engraving and printing, they are all carved with good wood. A book has at least 100 pages, which means that it needs to be engraved with hundreds of plates, and it can only be printed within 1,000 copies. The cost is so high, it makes sense that books are expensive.

The superiority of movable type printing is in this, not only the material is cheap, the production is also simple, even if there are rare words, the prepared clay engraved Yang text reverse words, you can get another word mold.

If you print two or three books, movable type printing is not easy to do, but if you want to print hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of copies, then the work efficiency of movable type printing is not comparable to engraving printing. Movable type printing can not only save a lot of manpower and material resources, but also greatly improve the printing speed and quality. In contrast, engraving printing is lagging behind in all respects.

Lu Chengqi also has a thought in it: "Later generations of Korean sticks have been boasting that they have an ancient book, which is the world's oldest metal movable type printing, so Korean sticks claim to be the ancestor of the invention of movable type printing." They claim that the oldest movable metal type can only print forty pages a day at most, which is purely the speed of printing. Dare to compare with the real printing of Chinese movable type, your ancestors printed at least 1,000 copies a day, what do you compare? Even in this different time and space, Lu Chengqi was a little indignant.

Fortunately, now that he is the emperor, he can bring an invention back to life with an order. Originally, everyone could not see the benefits of movable type printing, but it was not until Lu Chengqi created the Science and Technology Award and vigorously supported movable type printing that this great invention could appear in people's field of vision. The ancients were sometimes like this, they were too superstitious about the ancient system, thinking that the things that were handed down from ancient times were the best, and it was still a little difficult for them to accept new things.

Lu Chengqi secretly supported the "Dashun Minbao", resolutely adopted movable type printing, and hired a private printing shop to print. He went to the micro-suit and carefully described the amount of printing, which startled the owner of the printing shop workshop: "A paper newspaper, oh no, it's a newspaper, and it actually has to print 10,000 copies?" Even if it's a newspaper, it hasn't been printed so much! ”

Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "Di Bao is only sent to the state capital and county government, how many can there be?" The newspaper run by this son is for the people of Dashun, and this is because this son is afraid that they will not accept new things for a while, so he asks for so little printing. If it develops in the future, I'm afraid that 10,000 copies will not be enough. ”

The owner of the printing workshop does not believe it, but it is a fool not to make money if he has money. He smiled bitterly and said, "Childe, if it is printed like this, I am afraid that the engraving will be wasted a lot!" ”

Lu Chengqi was stunned and said puzzledly: "Isn't the saint vigorously advocating the use of movable type printing today, why is it still using engraving?" ”

"Childe doesn't know, no one has used movable type printing, who knows if it's good or not? If it doesn't get it right, what should I do if I lose it? My small workshop is a small business, how can I withstand such a toss? The owner of the printing workshop said with a sad face.

When Lu Chengqi heard this, he was very amused, and said: "You don't have to take risks, my son requires that you must use movable type printing to print, and all risks will be borne by my son." ”

Seeing that Lu Chengqi swore so much, for the sake of 100 yuan and silver, the owner of the printing workshop gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll listen to my son." It's just that the Holy Majesty says today that movable type printing is a patent, and is it ...... to use it in this way."

Lu Chengqi waved his hand and said: "You don't know, the founder has passed away, and this invention is the patent of the entire Dashun people, but it doesn't hurt to use it." ”

The boss of the printing workshop had no worries, so he happily took the fifty yuan prepaid by Lu Chengqi, started the workers, and made the movable type of cement. This is also the result of Lu Chengqi ordering the officials of the Ministry of Industry to go to various printing workshops to teach, and every printing workshop has learned the practice of clay movable type printing, but no one dares to do it.

Lu Chengqi relied on the excuse of running a newspaper to make the world accept movable type printing more quickly in disguise, and by the way, he also promoted the birth of newspapers, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

handed over the template of the newspaper to the owner of the printing workshop, told him the place of delivery, and returned to the palace under the protection of Wang Yanchen.

Three days later, a kind of newspaper quietly appeared in the markets of Chang'an City, restaurants, song houses, and cities, and there were newsboys selling newspapers. At the time, people thought it was novel, and the price was not expensive, and many people who read generously took out two copper coins and bought a newspaper.

Readers think it's earned. Two copper plates bought a large sheet of paper, on which there were articles, and there was something to read on both sides. In comparison, a thin book costs a few dollars, and such a good thing is really worth it.

"Hey, this is the inside story of the palace test, who wrote it? Oh, it turned out to be Zhang Yuanchong, the son of Guanzhong. Well, now that the saints are practical, it seems that I have to see the suffering of the people. ”

"This brother is also reading the newspaper? I think that the creation of a university hall by the Holy One is a good thing that really benefits the people. The saint said that as long as you have no livelihood and are not over 30 years old, you can sign up and learn a skill. Even if I don't pass the exam, I can learn a skill, and I'm not afraid of running out of food......"

All of a sudden, the men and pawns, the literati raised their children, and they were all reading the newspaper. Some restaurants and song houses have sensed business opportunities, and they have arranged for people to read newspapers in the restaurant song houses. "Dashun Minbao" not only has comments on current affairs, but also various interesting anecdotes, scientific and technological knowledge, and even a sentence in the cracks: "All major shops are welcome to advertise here." "It makes the eyes of all kinds of businessmen shine, this is the best time to advertise! The advertisements on the Keju field are already full, and the businessmen who want to enter in the future have no place, and they beat their feet and chests, hating themselves for being late. Now that there is such a good opportunity, they will definitely catch it.

As soon as they inquired, they learned that the "Dashun Min Daily" was owned by the newly opened "Dashun Min Newspaper House", and they ran non-stop, only to find that there were people who thought the same as themselves. The newly opened Dashunmin newspaper is already overcrowded, and all of them are here to advertise.

The initiator, Lu Chengqi, talked with Zhang Yuanchong, the editor-in-chief who had just taken office, in the newspaper building, and said: "See, Yuan Chong, this is how the newspaper makes money." The newspaper itself is just to preserve the capital, and the real way to make money is through advertising. ”

Zhang Yuanchong was completely convinced at this moment: "Your Majesty's foresight is beyond the reach of ordinary people. It's just that Yuan Chong is worried, if someone follows the trend and creates another newspaper, won't there be no market? ”

Lu Chengqi smiled: "If that's the case, I can't ask for it." If everyone in Dashun is literate and dares to talk about the government, corrupt officials will not dare to bully the people and dare not stretch out their hands. How nice it would be to omit the Supervision Department and let the people supervise it! ”

Zhang Yuanchong was really convinced: "Your Majesty's mind is like a vast ocean, Yuan Chong really admires it!" ”

Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "However, I still have to regulate the newspaper industry, and to apply for the establishment of a newspaper, it must be approved by the Ministry of Commerce of the Ministry of Households, and the newspapers instigated by reactionary must be banned, and the relevant personnel must be arrested and imprisoned." If any of my people defects to the enemy's country, I will not be spared. ”

"Your Majesty does not need to worry about this, since Your Majesty has been diligent in government, the four seas have been peaceful, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and they will certainly not leave their homeland and defect to the enemy country."

Lu Chengqi looked at Zhang Yuanchong and scolded angrily: "Yuanchong, if you have such an idea, it is a big mistake. As the editor-in-chief, you must speak with facts, how the people of Dashun live are not something that can be summed up in two words. The four seas are peaceful, live and work in peace and contentment? I only saw the destruction of the uniform land system, the squires and local tyrants forcibly occupied the fields, and the people were miserable! If you only whitewash the peace, then don't be the editor-in-chief, I'm a replacement! ”

Zhang Yuanchong broke out in a cold sweat, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty's teachings, Yuan Chong keep it in mind, and in the future, speak with facts, and no longer whitewash the peace!" ”