Chapter 195: The World Newspaper House
The carpenter from the village of Rodri, a disabled man who had been on the battlefield, was wounded in his left leg and amputated during a battle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info Later he picked up a planer and carver in a corner of the village of Rodri and became a carpenter.
The carpenter was a thin man, and when he saw Chen Xiao coming, he just glanced at Chen Xiao and continued to bury his head in the carving in his hand.
Chen Xiao also felt powerless against this ruthless carpenter.
This guy is not good at communicating, he just likes to do things silently, and the shelf is big, so no one can invite him. But the carpenter's carving skills are recognized as the best in the village of Rodri, and no one else can match it.
Because in the small village of Rodri, he is a carpenter!
Chen Xiao made a gesture to the carpenter Roland and said, "Old man Roland, I don't know how my carving is done?"
He had previously visited Roland and asked him to carve out the 56 anti-characters of the Dorag Empire, from which he could piece together different words.
Rowland pointed to a wooden box in the room.
Chen Xiao smiled bitterly and took out the wooden box as soon as he left. When he opened the box, he saw 56 anti-character wood carvings arranged neatly in the box.
Chen Xiao smiled with satisfaction: "The words are carved well." "Each wood carving is only the size of a finger, and the anti-character at the top is carved clearly and neatly, showing Roland's exquisite carving skills.
Wen Ji still couldn't understand what Chen Xiao was doing.
What does this have to do with the printing press?
He still couldn't figure out the relevance.
He also thought that Chen Xiao was delaying time and fooling him. Wen Ji pressed his curiosity, but his expression gradually became a little indifferent and ugly.
After putting a few gold coins on the stage, Chen Xiao left the carpenter's shop. Holding a box full of anti-character wood carvings, he took Wenji to Sap's blacksmith's shop.
In the blacksmith shop, a number of apprentices were recruited, and the small blacksmith shop was forcibly expanded by two times, and even the backyard was occupied.
Chen Xiao found Sapp and asked, "Old man, has the shelf you made a few days ago ready?" The shelf used for typesetting is very simple, just a few movable steel frames, which are just a small meaning to Sapp.
He pointed to the steel frame in the corner and said, "There it is." Take it and go, don't be an eyesore here. Hey, there is only one blast furnace, and the speed of tapping is still too slow. ”
Sapp couldn't help but complain. Chen Xiao smiled, picked up the steel frame and took Wenji back to the castle.
Wenji followed Chen Xiao all the way and also saw the changes in Rodri Village.
To be honest, he was blown away.
This small Rodri village, under Chen Xiao's hands, seems to have become different.
Returning to the castle with Wenji, who had been confused by Chen Xiao and a little impatient, Chen Xiao began to assemble simple movable type printing utensils.
He arranged the carved anti-characters in a certain order, and then mounted them on a steel frame to fix them. Subsequently, Chen Xiao took ink and applied a layer of ink to the anti-characters with a brush.
The paper obtained from Feng Tu came in handy at this time, Chen Xiao covered it with movable wooden type, and pressed it hard, and the ink was printed on the paper.
On the snow-white paper, a sentence appeared: "I am such a genius!"
Seeing this, if Wen Ji still didn't know Chen Xiao's intentions, he would have lived in vain.
Is this the printing press!
How simple is that?
How could he not have thought of it before? Wenji couldn't help but feel the pain in his eggs.
He picked up the paper with the words printed on it and looked at it, and looked at Chen Xiao with a complicated expression.
"Brother Chen, is this what you call printing?"
Chen Xiao smiled slightly and said, "I call it movable type printing!"
He took out a few more pieces of paper and lined them up, brushed the wooden movable type with ink, and pressed it the paper like a stamp, and the paper was immediately stamped with the words "I am a genius".
Seeing this scene, Wen Ji was stunned.
, the problem that has plagued them for a long time has been solved so easily?
He also wanted to say that this was a problem that couldn't be solved by magic, but fortunately he didn't say it, otherwise it would be embarrassing.
"Brother Wen..."Chen Xiao's face suddenly became a little strange, and he held back a smile.
"The main tool of this movable type printing is these anti-characters. We can pre-engrave all kinds of anti-characters, and then typeset them into the sentences we need. ”
This kind of truth is easy to understand, but no one can think of such a simple and quick way!
It can be seen from this that Chen Xiao is a very smart person who is good at grasping details.
Wen Ji looked at Chen Xiao differently.
He is a veritable "ghost genius".
Before, he was playful and gave Chen Xiaoan the name of "ghost talent", but now Wenji feels that it is worthy of his name.
This guy is a ghost!
Although Wen Ji seemed to be peaceful and easy to speak, he was a purple-robed mage, and the arrogance in his heart just didn't show it, but he really admired Chen Xiao this time.
If Chen Xiao knew Wen Ji's thoughts, it would be embarrassing.
This kind of movable type printing, as long as a modern person knows a thing or two...
"Brother Chen, this is really an invention of great significance. Wen Ji showed an excited gaze, he had already sensed Chen Xiao's intentions. If this is the case, he will be famous for all generations and become the promoter of this movable type printing technique!
Chen Xiao smiled: "Brother Wen, don't get excited. I still have a lot of thoughts for you. In the meantime, I hope you can help me. ”
Wen Ji put away his excited look, showed a somewhat cute expression, and said, "Brother Chen, you just say it." You let me know the technology of printing without reservation, and Wenji will obey you if no one is convinced. ”
For this kind of movable type printing, Wen Ji felt that no matter how excessive Chen Xiao's requirements were, they could be fulfilled for him.
Chen Xiao smiled and said, "I want to start a newspaper." It is to record all kinds of news that happens every day and distribute it in the form of a newspaper. In fact, it is very similar to the "Mainland Experience" that you are running now. However, this newspaper is updated every day, and the amount of information is not as much as that of "Mainland Experience". There can be a lot of gossip, such as which widow had an affair with a man today. For example, a bear child in a certain family peeks at the widow next door taking a bath, and is hanged and beaten. ”
Hearing Chen Xiao's words, Wen Ji couldn't help but laugh.
This guy can't do without the widow in three sentences, and there is no one left.
"Brother Chen, with your movable type printing technique, these are very simple. I did it!" said Bunji.
Chen Xiao's concept of "newspaper" opened a new door for Wenji.
He was not in a hurry to go back, and stayed directly in the village of Rodri, and at the same time sent a message to gather people to come over.
According to Chen Xiao's idea, they needed an office place to collect all kinds of news information, then typeset and compile news, and then use movable type printing to print the news.
This place, Chen Xiao named it "Tianxia Newspaper House".