"Hehe, so-so," Hong Xiaobao smiled and was praised by Fang Xinghan, his face was not red and he was not panting, and said: "Oh, don't be stunned, what are you looking at? Come and come and eat quickly! If you don't eat again, the food will be cold......

"Ah, eat, everyone eat!" Fang Xinghan also hurriedly asked everyone to sit down and start eating, Qingqing glanced at Hong Xiaobao with a smile, this Nine Emperor Princes always surprises people. I really don't know how his head grows, and it's all kinds of surprising ideas at random.

"Xiaobao," everyone began to eat and drink, Fang Xinghan took two sips, looked at Hong Xiaobao, and asked with a smile: "I have already brought back these craftsmen, I don't know the movable type printing technique ......you said" Well, he is the most anxious about this, which is understandable.

"The preliminary mold has been made, and I will take Uncle Fang to see it after eating. Hong Xiaobao took a sip of fish soup and sighed with satisfaction: "Oh, it seems that my skills have improved again, this fish soup is good, come, everyone drink, everyone drink!"

The crowd cheered, and the wind swept all the way.

Soon he was full of wine and food, Hong Xiaobao wiped his mouth with his sleeve casually, and burped with satisfaction, and then said: "Zhao Si'er, what's that, the mold is burned, right? ”

"Your Highness, it's all done," Zhao Si'er went to get the mold, and it didn't take a while to get the things back: "Look, it's still hot, and my subordinates are afraid that the fire will burn in a hurry, so it's a slow roast, and it's still very successful so far." ”

"Yes, there are brains!" Hong Xiaobao praised it, and then handed the mold to Fang Xinghan: "Uncle Fang, take a look." ”

"Well, I'll take a look!" Fang Xinghan carefully took the mold, which were three small clay blocks about the size of a thumbnail, and one side of the clay was engraved with the words "Hong Xiaobao" written upside down, and immediately said: "Well, yes, not bad! I'll try!"

After pressing this time, Fang Xinghan adjusted the order again and pressed it again, this time it was "Xiao Baohong".

"Okay! good!" Fang Xinghan praised and laughed: "This idea of yours is really a genius idea. As long as the mold is not damaged, you can print it as you want! Oh, such a simple method, no one has thought about it for thousands of years, it's really ...... Alas!"

Qingqing's beautiful eyes were shining from the sidelines, and she glanced at the sword servant, and at the same time saw the surprise in the other party's eyes.

The principle of movable type printing is indeed very simple, but to come up with this idea, it requires a high degree of wisdom, and not everyone can do it.

"Ah, no, hehe," Hong Xiaobao scratched his hair with a smile, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Ah, I forgot about it." The words should also be engraved on the back of this mold, otherwise it will be difficult to typeset when the time comes. "Just do it, Hong Xiaobao picked up a knife, and engraved the corresponding words directly behind this mold, this time try again, sure enough, it is a lot easier, when typesetting, as long as you choose the mold according to the normal words behind it, it is very simple and convenient.

"That's it, just get another frame later. Hong Xiaobao smiled, and then looked at the craftsmen who had been waiting in the distance: "That uncle, come over here, I have something to ask you!"

"Your Highness," the craftsman walked over a little apprehensively, "I wonder if Your Highness has anything to inquire about?"

"Ah, it's actually not a big deal," Hong Xiaobao thought for a while and asked, "It's that this mold is still a bit big, with your technology, if this thing wants to be mass-produced, how big can it be?"

"What is this......" The craftsman thought about it carefully, and then said: "I am afraid that the metal is difficult to carve, but if it is jade, the minimum can be carved to the size of the fingernail of the index finger, and no matter how small it is, it is easy to be damaged, but it is better to be slightly larger." ”

"The size of an index fingernail?" Hong Xiaobao looked at it, and then directly clapped the board: "Cheng, that's so big! But is this jade ......" Hong Xiaobao looked at Fang Xinghan: "Uncle Fang, what kind of jade is better?"

If it were on Earth, Hong Xiaobao could at least name a dozen good types of jade, after all, he usually fiddled with this kind of thing. But this world is different, so I can only ask Fang Xinghan, who has more experience.

"What is this jade...... Fang Xinghan thought about it carefully, and then said: "The texture of the white feather silver jade is relatively soft and easy to carve, but I am afraid that it cannot be maintained for a long time and is easy to be damaged." Embroidered gold and cold jade is strong enough, but it is difficult to carve. Liuyun Crystal Dragon Jade is good, but the supply of this thing is relatively difficult. It's the best Exquisite Blood Jade, both in texture and durability, but this one is too expensive......"

Isn't it too expensive, a thousand taels of silver is only a small piece?

Fang Xinghan was looking to see if there were any other better jade, but he didn't want Hong Xiaobao to make a decision directly: "I decided, just use this exquisite blood jade! Oh, using this thing is called high-end atmosphere, why didn't you think of it before......"

As soon as he said this, all the people around him opened their mouths wide.

Are you sure you really want to use this thing as a mold? This thing is only a small piece of silver for a thousand taels! If you want to carve out such a mold, how much silver will you have to fill it in!

"Why do you think of me like this?" Hong Xiaobao glanced around: "What, is there anything wrong?"

"Loser," Qingqing muttered in a low voice, "I've never seen such a big deal." If you want to make all the words into molds, even if you only make one word, you need a lot of blood jade, and even if you buy leftovers with poor texture, you will need at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. ”

The exquisite blood jade, like the one of the cloud flute, belongs to the best, about a thousand taels of silver, the size of an egg.

If it is of poor quality, it is about two or three hundred taels to buy a piece of the same size. As for those leftovers, they are cheaper, and about a few dozen taels of silver can buy a large piece.

But even so, a mold the size of an index finger and a few thousand words requires a huge pile of materials. Tens of thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid it's so-so enough to stuff a gap between your teeth.

"Oh, don't care about these details, it's decided!" Hong Xiaobao made a direct decision.

Just when everyone was about to persuade him, suddenly one of his guards hurriedly ran over, leaned into Hong Xiaobao's ear, and whispered: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is afraid that someone will come to give gifts to His Highness, it is said to be very valuable, and Gonggong Li is outside the door." ”

Eh, my father has sent us a gift, what could it be?

"Please!" Hong Xiaobao immediately got up and walked towards the door.

Soon, when Gonggong Li, who was in charge of delivering gifts, saw Hong Xiaobao, he immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Your Majesty's favor for you is really enviable." No, when I learned that you had come down here, His Majesty directly asked the miscellaneous family to send people to take down all the surrounding houses!

Hearing this Gonggong Li's words, everyone's expressions suddenly became like this-

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