After receiving the post, Su Jinli found Zhou Pan and asked about the progress of the Zhuangyuan Library.

I learned that the book building was in full swing to prepare, and the movable type had been studied, and now I have begun to try to print books and adjust them.

Zhou Pan also brought a piece of news to Su Jinli, it turned out that someone had already invented movable type printing, but it was not taken seriously and not promoted.

This news was told to him by the person sent by the King of Qin to help, and the person only knew that someone had printed books with movable type before, and it was not very clear about more.

Su Jinli actually knew about this for a long time.

After all, she came from a later life, and of course she knew about such a big invention as movable type printing.

This movable type printing was actually invented hundreds of years ago.

It's just not taken seriously.

Naturally, it was not promoted.

Only a few people are clear.

In ancient times, it was troublesome to transmit information, and the circulation of information was very slow, and it was too difficult to promote it unless it was promoted by the imperial court.

What's more, movable type printing is not without its drawbacks.

First of all, we had to make thousands of movable type, and then we had to select the ones needed from the thousands of movable type, arrange them into a book, and print them.

This is a lot of trouble.

In ancient times, the population was small, and there were even fewer people who were literate and literate.

The books that everyone usually reads, such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, usually have ready-made engravings, which can be printed directly, and there is no need to waste time and effort to make movable type.

It is only when writing and printing books and wanting to print them in large quantities that the advantages of movable type are reflected.

In this environment, movable type printing can be popularized.

However, when Su Jinli first proposed, she didn't expect that Zhou Pan had never heard of movable type printing.

The reason why she proposed this is because although movable type printing is very troublesome to take and typeset, they do not need to pick and choose from thousands or even tens of thousands of movable type.

It is completely possible to print according to the contents of the booklet while engraving.

This saves a lot of trouble.

Zhou Pan asked the craftsmen to experiment with many methods, and in order to save time, they finally settled on using cement to make movable type.

They came up with a labor-saving solution, which was to first engrave the text on a flat wooden board, and then frame the wooden board and divide it into square grids with wood chips in the middle.

Then put the prepared cement into the lattice and press it tightly.

When it is taken out, it becomes a movable type.

After that, it is hardened with fire, and it can be typeset and printed.

This method of making movable type is somewhat similar to making mooncakes.

The difference is that it has to be made into a cuboid shape, so the mold needs to be made into a lattice.

The advantage of this method is that the engraving and lattice can be made at the same time.

And it doesn't matter if there is a slight mistake or omission when engraving.

As long as you make movable type, you can pick out the typos and not use them.

Printing requires yang script, but engraving yang script is much more labor-intensive than engraving yin script.

Directly carved into Yin text, and then used as a mold to press out movable type, obviously to save a lot of trouble.

As long as you arrange a page of movable type, you can start printing.

The craftsmen experimented many times, and once they had decided on a plan, the speed became faster.

When Zhou Pan reported to Su Jinli, the craftsmen had already printed a lot of pages.

When Su Jinli went to treat Shen Han's leg and asked Shen Han to compile the materials, the craftsmen had already begun to experiment.

By the time the final data plan came out, the craftsmen had already experimented with it.

Start making common movable type.

So as soon as they got the manuscript, they began to typeset and print, and at the same time stepped up to produce more movable type that they needed.

However, Su Jinli was still not satisfied with this speed.

She went to the printing place to take a look and found that the printing efficiency was still relatively low.

So they made a very simple printing press.

It is in the shape of a long table with a clamshell, and the typeset is fixed to the "lid", and there is a handle on the back of the "lid".

There is also a set of pulleys corresponding to the top of the "lid", which can be easily lifted by using the pulley set.

One end of the rope is attached to the footrest under the table, and the "lid" can be lifted with a light step of the foot.

Then brush the ink with your right hand and transfer the paper with your left hand.

Two frames are added to the table to facilitate the positioning of the paper.

Hold down the paper with your left hand and push it gently, and you can easily push the paper into a fixed position.

Then put the "lid" down, because the "lid" plus the gravity of the font itself makes it easy to print the handwriting onto paper.

In Su Jinli's opinion, such a machine is really shabby, because of the limited time, there is no way to make further improvements and adjustments.

But to the craftsmen, it's like an artifact!

This press is easy to operate and quick to use.

You can be proficient in operation after a few times, which improves the efficiency a lot.

And when you become proficient, you can print thirty or forty pages a minute.

That's more than 200 in an hour.

Because of the pressure applied, the printed handwriting is also very clear.

In addition, the pulley block can save effort, and you can sit on a chair to operate it when printing, so you are not very tired even if you print all day.

In order to save time, when engraving, most of the simplified characters are used, that is, simplified characters.

Simplified Chinese was not invented in later generations, and there were many of them as early as ancient times.

When printing books, for convenience, a large number of simplified characters are used.

Su Jinli didn't take out the simplified characters of the later generations, but let Zhou Pan and them play on their own.

Therefore, only the existing simplified characters are used, and some characters are not yet simplified, so they can only continue to use the original traditional characters.

By the time Su Jinli went to the plum banquet, the printing process was already halfway completed.

It only takes the rest to be printed and then compiled into a book.

Because movable type needs to be made fresh, there is no way to put out all the pages, so you can only do it step by step.

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On the day of the plum banquet, Su Jinli changed into a newly made skirt, dressed up as a bright person, and took the four big girls to the Jin Palace.

In the Jin Palace, Cui Yanran was looking forward to it.

She invited a lot of people to this plum banquet, but among all of them, only Su Jinli was what she really wanted to invite.

She is already the princess of Jin, and there are not many people who need to please.

In addition to Empress Zhang in the palace, there is only Su Jinli, the future princess of Qin.

The daughters of those courtiers have already been married, and she doesn't need to please them at all.

has not yet decided to marry, each of them may become her competitors, how can she like it?

If it weren't for the obvious fact that she had directly invited Su Jinli, she would not have held this plum banquet and invited so many people to the Jin Palace.

Cui Yanran kept making people stare at the door, and from time to time she had to ask, "Is Miss Su here?" ”

Su Jinli didn't go early, and as soon as she got off the carriage, she noticed a piercing gaze.

She subconsciously looked over, and soon found the owner of that gaze - a pretty girl in a red dress and a scarlet cloak.

Su Jinli silently glanced at her skirt.

The dress she wore today was also red.

So...... Is this person dissatisfied with colliding with her?

dared to stare at her, quite bold.

What is the identity of this girl?