CHAPTER XXIV

On this day, the housekeeper drove a carriage and pulled Qin Xi and a carriage of paper full of words out of Xianyang City.

Qin Xi wanted to make these characters into printing templates, and then began to print books in large quantities. But before that, Qin Xi had to do three things.

The first thing to do, add pinyin to each word.

The second thing is to popularize pinyin. As long as Confucius is taught this, pinyin can be widely spread through Confucianism and books.

The third thing is to make better ink, the current ink quality is too poor, resulting in blurry even when printed in simplified Chinese.

As for the work of writing simplified characters, they were handed over to Kong Jia and Han Fei, and the two of them were already very familiar with the road, and even some of the simplified characters written by the two were better than those in the future.

This matter Kong Jia and Han Fei were both busy as their life's work, and even brought their own disciples.

Qin Xi is also here, Qin Xi is not greedy for these reputations, Kong Jia and Han Fei can let Qin Xi take time to do other things, Qin Xi is even happier.

There is even a small town on the side of the ceramic and paper mills, and the workers have even brought their families here, anyway, it is also close, and the land can go back at any time if needed.

After Qin Xi came here, he gathered a group of skilled workers and began to fire the template.

After the workers knew these things, they could make their children be able to read and write, and they were very cautious and efficient when they worked, and they even felt that Qin Xi, the master, was too slow.

So Qin Xi had no choice but to pull the housekeeper to study the ink.

The quality of the ink also directly affects the quality of the printing, so getting the ink right has become a top priority.

Qin Xi and the housekeeper plunged into the house for three whole days, and when they came out, they were covered in ink, and they didn't know how much carbon they used.

However, the ink that can be used for printing is finally made of carbon, and there are too many ink impurities that are ground out with ink strips before, and those impurities in it can play a role in antiseptic, but it is not suitable for printing.

When the First Emperor heard that Qin Xi had locked him up for three days, he was a little worried about his face every time he delivered food, so he came over in his free time.

Just happened to meet Qin Xi when he came out, and saw his black son who looked like a beggar, Zhao Zheng was still a little distressed in his heart.

Zhao Zhenggang wanted to go up to comfort his son, but he heard Qin Xi say: "Dad, you take a look first, I have something to do, so I'll take care of you first." ”

Zhao Zheng looked at Qin Xi, who hurriedly went to gather people, and was very relieved. With such a son, even if he really died, Daqin should be safe and sound.

Zhao Zheng called a few people over, then taught them how to make a new type of ink, and then asked them to start making ink with the remaining carbon.

On the other side, Qin Xi instructed the housekeeper to tell someone to continue to burn charcoal.

After doing this, Qin Xi still didn't have time to take care of his father, but turned around and went back to the room.

Zhao Zheng couldn't help but wonder if he shouldn't come?

At this moment, Qin Xi shouted, "Dad! Help me come in and carry it. ”

"Oh! Here it comes! Zhao Zhenye didn't think too much, and immediately ran into the room, and didn't even have time to react to the people who came with him.

After a while, the father and son came out with a wooden basin filled with black ink.

"Old man! Let's do it! Several subordinates hurriedly stepped forward, but they were drunk back by Qin Xi.

"Stand out, get out of the way, my grandfather's affairs are worth your needs."

Zhao Zheng also said: "Stay and go." ”

The two of them carried the tub to the newly erected shed on the edge of the town, where there were already many people, most of them women who had come to watch after receiving the news.

There are several brick tables, each with several layers of drawer boxes next to it.

Don't underestimate these boxes, these boxes contain word blocks. Qin Xi deliberately asked Kong Jia to send a few disciples who had already learned pinyin to come and sort them out, and the first pinyin letter of this word was written on each box, and they could be used when they were pulled out.

I saw that Qin Xi kept picking out the words he wanted from inside, and then arranged them in a certain format in the wooden frame on the table.

Then he took a wool brush and applied ink to the words, which suddenly turned black.

As soon as Qin Xi stretched out his hand, the housekeeper immediately handed over a piece of paper that was not big or small.

Qin Xi took the paper, then spread it on it, and then used a clean wool brush to brush it continuously, making a pleasant sound.

After brushing it a few times, when he could vaguely see the handwriting behind the paper, Qin Xi put down the brush and lifted the words, and suddenly a line of poems with clear and neat handwriting appeared on the paper.

Zhao Zheng snatched it and wanted to read it, but it turned out that all of them were simplified characters, and the strange symbols on them didn't know if they were words, so he was embarrassed all of a sudden.

Qin Xi took it back with a smile and said with a smile: "This is pinyin, which helps people to read and write." In the middle of the word is punctuation, which is used to distinguish sentences. ”

Zhao Zheng said: "Of course I know, but I was shocked by this article. ”

Qin Xi didn't expose his father, after all, he was his father. So I began to read: "Shu Dao is difficult! Whoa, the danger is high! The difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky······"

After reading a poem, Zhao Zheng snored! Most of the people around him were illiterate, but they also listened with great anger and applauded again and again.

After everyone calmed down, Qin Xi said: "Most of the people present are here with their husbands and sons, and they will wash clothes and cook here, and I want to hire you to work here today." ”

"Lord Qin, is this true?" A woman asked.

"Of course." Qin Xi said: "You have also seen that this requires a careful heart, and most of my men in Daqin are five big and three coarse, if you get a word wrong here, it will harm the people of the world." So let you do it, it's the best fit! ”

"But we can't read, how do we do it?" A woman asked.

"Before you print the book, you will be given a template, and you will find the same word in the corresponding box according to the first symbol of the symbol on the word, and arrange it according to the template. And don't worry, I'll train you myself. Qin Xi said.

"How do you get paid?" Someone else asked.

Qin Xi said with a smile: "According to your workload, if you print a hundred sheets with accurate content, you can earn five cents." And you get a book from here every month. ”

Suddenly, everyone was talking about it, and they were all moved.

Qin Xi continued: "It's not all! I'm still running a school in my town! If you work here, you can come to school! ”

All of a sudden, the crowd exploded.

And Zhao Zheng, who was standing behind Qin Xi, had a complicated look in his eyes, and touched Qin Xi lightly with his hand.

Qin Xi immediately reacted and said loudly: "With today's Great Qin, we have everything we have now, so I want to thank Great Qin!" Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor! Great Qin 10,000 years! Ten thousand years for His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Great Qin Wannian! Ten thousand years for His Majesty the Emperor! Great Qin Wannian ······"