Yu Zuo knew that the companion reading was coming with the intention of taking advantage of the workshop, and wanted to print a batch of his words to sell, but when he saw the cold scene for a while, he opened his voice and asked two sentences for the companion reading: "Master Yang, if I want two craftsmen to do me a small favor and print some books, I don't know how much I will be paid?" ”

When Yang Qian heard this, he said "I know" on his face, and inevitably said in a somewhat yin and yang tone, and said: "The craftsmen in the workshops under the Ministry of Industry are all paid a fixed monthly salary, and they do not take over the outside business, and they don't need extra remuneration for whatever His Highness wants them to make." ”

After that, Yang Qian immediately named a pair of masters and apprentices, the master's surname was Liu, an old craftsman with gray hair who looked more than fifty years old, and the apprentice's surname was Sun, a young man at most twenty years old.

"Master Liu has worked in the printing workshop all his life, and he is proficient in all the skills and has rich experience, which is enough to be competent for any matter assigned by His Highness, but he is old, and many chores need the assistance of apprentices."

Yang Qian said to Yu Zuo: "With these two people, no matter what His Highness wants to print, just tell them to do it." ”

Then he turned his head and instructed the master and apprentice: "You two will follow the Sixth Highness for the time being, and do things for Your Highness, and all the materials and equipment you need can be directly obtained from the treasury with the warrant of the Sixth Highness." ”

"Yes!" The two agreed in unison, Master Liu was quite calm, and Xiaosun apprentice was more excited.

Yu Zuo immediately looked at Fu Xuechen, the road had been opened, and the words could be taken out and handed over to these two craftsmen to be engraved and printed.

"Wait!" Fu Xuechen understood what Yu Zuo meant, but when it came to the end, she hesitated, the engraving printing was very good, she knew this, but the engraving production took too much time, and she only had less than a hundred days to squander it outside.

Thinking about it, Fu Xuechen suddenly remembered the film and television dramas he had watched in his previous life, slogans and leaflets were flying all over the sky in those days, and various newspapers were published all over the country.

That's right! Ink printing! The operation is simple, and one person can make a big bunch, not a hundred times more fragrant than the engraving?

Printing ink......

Fu Xuechen walked around the workshop, watching the craftsman first brush the ink on the engraving, then cover the paper, take a leather mill and grind it hard, and then peel off the paper when it is evenly pressed, which is considered to be a page of the book.

Fu Xuechen picked up a freshly printed page and looked at the text on it carefully, the ink on it was almost dry, and his fingers gently stroked it, but it was not annihilated, only a faint ink mark, faintly stained on his fingers.

In these years, printing ink has advanced to this extent! Fu Xuechen was surprised, and couldn't help asking, "What kind of ink is this?" ”

Behind him, Master Liu replied: "Master Hui, this is high-grade pine ink." ”

"Enough! Enough! "Fu Xuechen is overjoyed, even if the ink is solved, the thousands of years of Chinese culture is really not covered, and in the invention and manufacture of ink, it is not too much to describe it as the peak.

"What about wax paper? Is there any wax paper? The kind that infects the wax. Fu Xuechen asked repeatedly.

Wax paper? Everyone looked at her in surprise, what do you want to do with wax paper? The two craftsmen looked at Yang Qian in embarrassment, and on the side of the printing workshop, there was only general printing paper, but no wax paper.

Yang Qian frowned, and said to the apprentice of Xiao Sun: "You go to the study building next door to find Master Tang, and ask him to bring a knife of wax paper, and you will hang the name of the official." ”

"Ahh The little grandson apprentice left in response.

"Yes!" Fu Xuechen was surprised, he even had wax paper this year?

"......" Yang Qian was speechless, what kind of person is this? I wanted wax paper again, and I felt that there was none, so I knew that I didn't have it.

Fu Xuechen was still curiously asking: "What is the wax paper used for?" ”

You don't even know what wax paper is used for, so what do you want it for? Yang Qian was even more speechless, and had to explain a few words: "It is used to frame precious calligraphy and paintings, sealed behind the calligraphy and paintings to prevent moisture, and some things that need to be moisture-proof, are used." ”

Oh! Gain knowledge! Well, the rest, what else is needed?

Fu Xuechen thought for a while and continued to ask: "Is there a roller?" The size of a rolling pin, wrapped in smooth leather, with handles, the kind that rolls, and steel plates...... Well, iron plates and copper plates are also OK, square, and the surface should be smooth. As he spoke, he also made a gesture with his hand, the size of A4 paper in later generations.

"Smooth metal plates? Well, this one has copper. Yang Qian nodded, what came to mind was the copper mirror, the polished copper mirror, the surface is extremely smooth, although the copper mirror is basically round, but it is easy to be square, just cut it.

So he called another apprentice craftsman and asked this person to go to the Instrument Fabrication Bureau to cut two square copper mirrors for Fu Xuechen and come back.

I don't know what the drum is, but after listening to Fu Xuechen's description, Yang Qian felt that it was not difficult to make one for her, this thing should be carpentry work, and there were capable carpenters in the printing workshop, who were usually responsible for making and maintaining all kinds of wooden shelves, wooden furniture, wooden frames, etc., and when people were called, the rolling pin-shaped roller that Fu Xuechen wanted could be solved immediately.

Fu Xuechen is getting happier and happier, sure enough, craftsmen are the most powerful group of people in the country! No matter what you want, with this group of craftsmen who know all kinds of manufacturing techniques, you have everything.

"Is there anything else you need?"

Yang Qian took the initiative to ask, since Fu Xuechen asked him for something from east to west, he felt that Fu Xuechen was not messing around, from Fu Xuechen's unhesitating and determined tone, he could tell that this child was confident, and obviously had goods in his belly.

Although he did not understand what the child wanted to do, he was willing to support a child to use various tools to express his ideas.

With Yang Qian's question, Fu Xuechen felt that the most difficult level came: "I also need an iron pen, a pen made of iron, the tip of the pen should not be too sharp, it should be a little rounded, but not too rough and dull, and it must be able to engrave clear traces on the wax paper, and it will not scratch the wax paper." ”

What the hell is an iron pen?! Still to scratch on wax paper? Yang Qian's eyes widened.

The scene was quiet for more than ten breaths, and Master Liu on the side finally couldn't help but speak: "That...... Lord in charge, Master Fu, the small one has an iron awl in his hand, because it has been used for too long, it has long been dulled, you can polish it again, inlay it into the wooden rod, and make it into a pen-shape, I don't know if it can? ”

This awl was in Master Liu's toolbox, he went to get it, and when Fu Xuechen saw it, he secretly exclaimed.