As soon as they heard this, a look of emotion appeared on everyone's faces.

"Lord, you really touched us so much!"

Guo Jia sighed, almost bursting into tears.

"Yes, my lord, how can you let us thank you."

The others were also moved, not knowing what to say.

"No, it only took me an hour to make these books."

Hua Xiong smiled and shook his head.

Everyone was stunned.

You must know that these three works add up to a few thousand words, plus one per person, the workload is huge.

How is it possible that it only took an hour for the lord?

Jia Xu thought for a moment and asked, "Lord, could it be that you found other literati to help write together?" ”

Hua Xiong continued to shake his head,

"Except for me, only Craftsman Ding helps."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was even more shocked.

Ding Shuai is a craftsman, although he is literate, how can he produce so many books in just one hour?

Just when everyone was puzzled, Guo Jia patted his head and suddenly said,

"I see, my lord, you must have invented some kind of machine again."

"Those who understand me, Feng Xiaoye."

Hua Xiong laughed,

"Yes, I asked Craftsman Ding to invent a movable type printing technique, which can produce books in a short time."

Hua Xiong got up and led the group towards the Ordnance Division.

Inside the Ordnance Division, Ding Shuai took an apprentice and was printing books in full swing.

Everyone followed behind Hua Xiong, carefully observing.

"Make the fonts first, and arrange them in the order of the text.

After printing, you can remove the font and keep it for the next time. ”

Looking at the clearly visible font on the paper that kept being printed, everyone was shocked.

Before the Han Dynasty, the quality of paper was relatively poor, so the books were all made of bamboo slips.

If you want to make a book, you need to engrave it with a knife, which is very troublesome.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Lun improved papermaking.

Although the quality of the paper has improved, books still need to be copied by hand.

Hand copying is time-consuming, time-consuming, and troublesome, and it is easy to copy mistakes and omissions.

The price of a book is very expensive.

Most of the people who could afford to read in the Han Dynasty were powerful people, and ordinary people couldn't eat enough, so how could they have spare money to buy books?

In this way, there is a great obstacle to the spread and development of culture.

At this moment, Guo Jia suddenly stood up.

He knelt down on one knee towards Hua Xiong, and said excitedly,

"Lord, I thank you for the world's scholars!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood why he did this.

As soon as Huaxiong's movable type printing came out, it was easier to make books in the future.

The price of books will become cheaper, and even ordinary people will be able to afford them.

Therefore, Huaxiong is definitely the benefactor of the world's poor people!

"The lord is not only extremely smart, but also kind-hearted, and his subordinates admire him."

Gao Shun couldn't help but sigh.

The others nodded in agreement.

"Yes, everyone in the world will be able to afford to read in the future."

"The lord's move is comparable to that of Sage Kong!"

Hua Xiong suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

He asked Ding Shuai to invent movable type printing wood, the purpose was just to be lazy, but he didn't want to be misunderstood by them.

Misunderstanding is misunderstanding.

Hua Xiong calmly accepted the admiration of his subordinates.

After seeing movable type printing, Hua Xiong led everyone back to the command post.

"With movable type printing, making books is very simple.

I plan to print more of these three enlightenment books and distribute them to the state capitals under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, so that more young children can read and write. ”

Hua Xiong said with a smile.

"The lord's benevolence is unparalleled, and his subordinates admire him!"

Guo Jia was in awe.

Hua Xiong smiled,

"You are here today, in addition to these books, I have another proposal."

"Please also make it clear to the lord."

Xun Yu arched his hand and said curiously.

"I'm going to start a newspaper."

Newspaper?

The crowd looked at each other, they had never heard of the word.

"The role of a newspaper is to distribute newspapers."

Hua Xiong explained,

"You can understand the newspaper as the Di Bao, but unlike the Di Bao, the newspaper is distributed to the people of the world."

At this time, everyone's eyes became even more confused.

"My lord, the newspaper is delivered to the ministers of the imperial court, and it records His Majesty's will and the major events in the world.

If a newspaper is distributed to the people of the world, what should it publish? ”

Xun Yu asked blankly.

"I plan to start from four aspects: court policy, current affairs and news, life miscellaneous matters, and popular novels."

"The imperial court policies, such as the current imperial court encourages commerce, but there are still many people who don't know, which makes me very sad."

Hua Xiong sighed and continued,

"And once there is a newspaper, if there is any new policy issued by the imperial court, the people will be able to keep abreast of it."

Hua Xiong's words made everyone nod again and again.

"What the lord said is not bad at all.

In many cases, it is not that the people do not support the policies of the imperial court, but that they do not know about it at all. ”

Guo Jia echoed.

"And current affairs news is to inform the people of the world's major events in a timely manner.

In this way, if something happens, so that people will not be panicked. ”

"The chores of life are to talk about some popular science knowledge such as washing hands in an oil pot."

Xun Yu's eyes lit up and praised,

"That's good. At the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Jiao relied on acrobatic tricks to fool the people.

If you can educate the people through newspapers.

In the future, there is no need to be afraid of sects like Taiping Dao to incite the people. ”

Zhou Cang interjected and asked,

"Lord, Lord, what do you mean by the last popular novel?"

"You don't understand this," Hua Xiong glanced at him, "of course, it is used to publish stories and enrich the lives of ordinary people." ”

Unless you live in a peaceful period such as the rule of Wenjing and the rule of Zhenguan,

Otherwise, the lives of the ancient people were still relatively poor.

The reasons for this are, first, because of the underdevelopment of the productive forces, and second, because of the general ignorance of the people.

If we want to make China rich and strong, we must first open up the wisdom of the people.

Newspapers are the most convenient and fastest way to do it.

In addition, the most important role of the newspaper is to guide the minds of the people!

Why did Taiping Dao cause an uproar, leading to the Yellow Turban Rebellion and shaking the rule of the Han Dynasty?

Simply because it incited the populace.

And with newspapers, you don't have to be afraid of similar things in the future.

"Listen to what I've said so much, what do you think?"

Hua Xiong asked with a smile.

"The newspaper has so many advantages, and the subordinates naturally agree with the lord's approach!"

Xun Yu was the first to make a statement.

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After some deliberation, Hua Xiong decided to put You Heng, who is quite literary and likes to criticize current affairs, to be in charge of the newspaper.