Lu Ben came to Yang Guang's house, and Yang Guang told him about the newspaper.

Lu Ben felt very novel about such a newspaper, but he had a strong interest in novelties, so he agreed to do it as soon as he said it.

Yang Guang now has to get the job done with movable type printing, and if he wants to make a newspaper, he must get started with movable type printing.

Hand-copying is definitely not good, although the current labor cost is very low, but literacy and hyphenation is not a job that ordinary people can do, to hire people who can write and have to write well, the cost can be described as extremely high.

Since the production of improved paper by Cai Lun in the Han Dynasty, the writing materials are lighter and more economical than the oracle bones, slips, gold stones and silk used in the past, and the method of copying and rubbing stone tablets appeared in the Xiping period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At the beginning, we used the method of rubbing, and then in the Tang Dynasty, there was engraving printing, using fine and solid wood, such as jujube wood, pear wood, etc., and then sawing the wood into a piece of wooden board, writing the word to be printed on thin paper, sticking it on the wooden board, and then according to the stroke of each word, carving it into Yang text with a knife, so that the strokes of each word are protruding on the board, and after the wooden board is carved, you can print the book.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that movable type printing appeared, and typesetting printing was practiced, and movable type printing was used in the printing industry before the emergence of new media such as computers, using a thousand years of technology.

The clay movable type used for movable type printing in the Song Dynasty was later developed with movable type, wooden movable type, copper movable type, lead movable type, etc., and Yang Guang now has to do metal movable type in place at one time.

Clay type, wood type relative to the metal type advantage is that the manufacture is simpler, metal type for metal smelting and mold manufacturing have higher requirements, but its durability is stronger, and Yang Guang also has to vigorously promote the metal smelting industry, taking this opportunity to start development is also a good start.

Why should we vigorously develop the smelting industry? Naturally, for the future of firearms.

Lu Ben's workshop had a high-temperature furnace and many good craftsmen, so Yang Guang cooperated with him.

Lu Ben obviously trusted Yang Guang very much, and as soon as he responded to the matter, the two came to the workshop.

In the workshop, Yang Guang described to the craftsmen what he wanted the movable type to look like.

"The first to make the cement, with the cement to make a small blank with the same specifications, at one end engraved on the anti-body words, the height of the protrusion of the word is like the thickness of the edge of the copper coin, with fire hard, become a single cement type."

"For example, if you want to write Lu Ben's name, you can make a movable type of Lu and Ben, brush ink on it, and print it on the paper like rubbing, which looks troublesome, but if we want to print a hundred, a thousand will save a lot of time."

"The cement movable type is just a transition, let you see what this movable type block is like, and then you want to find a way to use copper to pour the small square movable type of the metal in the future, and the font will use the most commonly used italics."

It is too difficult for this group of craftsmen to make molds to make metal movable type blocks in one step, so let them understand what a movable type block is first.

In this era, the smelting of metals is backward, not to mention mold manufacturing, so at the beginning of history, the cement blocks were used, which are convenient and fast, and can be carved, and the metal blocks are difficult to engrave, in order to print the effect, it is better to directly use the mold to form a little modification, which is a big challenge for the current base metal manufacturing industry.

Yang Guang worked with the craftsmen in the workshop to make the clay blocks, the real practice is much more difficult than imagined, and the clay blocks have not been made at the end of the day, and the craftsmen are instructed to continue to do it.

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When he returned home, Yang Guang received the news that Yu Wenhua and Ashina in the dungeon had explained who the person behind him was.

is a low-level official, there is no doubt that it is a subordinate of the prince, the prince is not stupid enough to carry out these things by himself, if you check down the vine, you may be able to find the prince, but at this time you should not check down.

Yang Guang asked people to bring a letter to Yu Wenhua and, Ashina vainly discussed the king of Jin, and went to the border pass to build the Great Wall.

Because the Kaihuang Law abolished many tortures in the previous dynasty, Yang Guang didn't want to tell the truth because of this matter, so he came according to the law, and went to the border to repair the Great Wall, and no one would care about it when something happened.

Yu Wenhua and after receiving the letter, he began to convey the meaning of King Jin to the people of Jingzhao Mansion, and the people of Jingzhao Mansion were also willing to sell King Jin to save face, and the evidence was conclusive, and he would be sentenced directly.

But I didn't expect a group of Hu people from outside the Jingzhao Mansion to come out.

The leader of the Hu people, named Ah Ruru, was a Hu man with a yellowed face and beard, and they clamored to see Ashina and ask for his release.

Yu Wenhua smiled disdainfully when he got the news: "A group of Hu people are still in a group." ”

The subordinates beside him said: "Son, don't you know, because most of the Hu people come to do business in Chang'an City, and the biggest business is the abducted and sold orchids in addition to the goods of the Western Regions, and this group of people is in order to maintain their status in Chang'an City; Gangs are grouped together, and there are now no less than 1,000 Hu traders in Chang'an City. ”

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the Hu people began to pour into the Central Plains, the Hu people initially referred to the foreign races in the Western Regions, and now they mainly refer to these people, but the descendants of the northern Xiongnu and other foreign people are also collectively referred to as the Hu people, which is complex and difficult to manage.

In history, the Sui and Tang dynasties also reused foreign generals during this period, which led to the well-known Anshi Rebellion.

Yu Wenhua said nonchalantly: "It's all dispersed, and a group of Hu people are still noisy." ”

The people of Jingzhao Mansion went out to disperse the Hu people, but the Hu people were extraordinarily united, and they refused to leave at the door, and the people of the Mansion were not good at really using swords, and it would be a trouble to make trouble when the time came.

This is the case in everything, as long as there are enough troublemakers and enough unity, we can only deal with it in a different way.

Seeing that a group of Hu people surrounded the Jingzhao Mansion, the surrounding people who came to watch the excitement also gathered.

Yu Wenhua and in the Jingzhao Mansion Ya, he hated it so much, but he couldn't be angry, so he had to endure it.

Although the Hu people do not have any official positions, but as merchants in the Western Regions, it is the hub of Chang'an City and the Western Regions, and the relationship network in the city is also extremely complex, involving many interests.

Ashina is a strong man of the Hu people, and his status among the Hu people is very high, so they besieged the Jingzhao Mansion in order to save Ashina.

Yu Wenhua is not a vegetarian, and it is impossible to use a group of people to surround the Jingzhao Mansion and let him hand over people.

Immediately sent a message to Yang Guang to explain that the Hu people had come to Jingzhao Mansion to make trouble, and went to the city defense camp to directly invite soldiers to come over and control the scene.

There is no doubt that the Jingzhao Mansion was besieged, and the matter spread to the palace very quickly.

Yang Jian was furious and took the case: "Jingzhao Mansion is the place where Chang'an City is managed, how can it still be surrounded, ordered to go down, arrested the people who took the lead in making trouble, and dispersed them all." ”

The emperor ordered, and soon the army surrounded all the Hu people who surrounded Jingzhao Mansion, among which Aruru and others, who took the lead, were arrested and imprisoned.

A Ruru and the others were locked up next to Ashina, and a bunch of Hu people who came to make trouble were quickly dispersed, but Yu Wenhua and looked at the arrested A Ruru and the others, they didn't seem to have any scared expressions.

When the matter reached Yang Guang's ears, Yu Wenhua also came to Yang Guang to tell him about the matter.

Yu Wenhua took a sip of water and said with an unhappy face: "This group of Hu people is really beyond their own strength. ”

Yang Guang's face was gloomy: "The Hu people also have a certain scale in Chang'an City, and to this extent, they must want to fight for status and interests, maybe they just want to take this as an opportunity." ”

"No brain, even Your Majesty is angry about this matter."

"No, on the contrary, I think they may not have come to besiege the Jingzhao Mansion just for Ashina."

Yu Wenhua was puzzled: "But Your Highness, what good is this for them?" ”

"If something happens, some people will definitely be punished, but the father will also care about the cause and effect, and their group of people has gathered a lot of strength, perhaps they just want to take this opportunity to show their loyalty in front of the father and ask for some power."

Yu Wenhua didn't expect this layer, and then thought about it, the Jingzhao Mansion was too brainless, if there was no hidden thing in the back, this group of people would be purely brainless, but this is a group of shrewd Hu traders, the most good at bargaining, will not do a loss-making business.

"Then what about Your Highness? Ashina won't be rescued. ”

Thinking back to Ashina's arrogant appearance, how could Yang Guang spare him: "I didn't want to investigate deeply, so as not to embarrass everyone, in this case, Ashina has also confessed the messenger, I will go to find Yu Shangshu, and this matter will continue to be investigated." ”

Yu Wenhua was obviously very angry about the Hu people's affairs, and scolded at this time: "Hu people who don't measure themselves." ”

Is Hu Ren really self-sufficient? No, they are too self-conscious, and they clearly know what their status is in Chang'an City.

While Yang Guang was thinking, Wang Yi came to report: "Your Highness, Yang Xuangan, the eldest son of Yang Zhuguo, asks to see you." ”

"Oh?!"

As soon as he heard Yang Xuangan's name, Yang Guang's expression was playful, this was the first person to oppose himself from the family in the future.

Now Yang Xuangan is still young, just one year older than himself, and Yang Guang didn't understand the reason for coming over at this time.

Yang Su hadn't had much contact with him during this time because of the emperor's warning, and it was definitely not an ordinary thing to suddenly let his eldest son come over.

"Come in, please."

Yang Xuangan came to the Jin Palace, and met the King of Jin in the middle hall, Yang Guang saw that he was a simple and strong appearance, how to say that face, there is a big difference between Yue Yunpeng's eight-point appearance and Yang Su.

"Brother Yang came today, is there something going on in Zhuguo?"

Yang Xuangan shook his head: "People say that His Royal Highness the King of Jin is handsome, and he passed by today and came to take a look." ”

"The rumors out there are true, slightly better than mine."

(End of chapter)