Datang: Changle, I really don’t have any private money for my husband

Chapter 164: Movable Type Printing

In desperation, Li Shimin could only let Liu Sheng take full responsibility.

"Okay, since you have the bottom line in this matter, then I will blame you, as long as I see the result!"

After all, he let go and did not force Liu Sheng.

After all, he was also worried that Liu Sheng would turn to the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs. After all, he knew that he was indebted to Liu Sheng, and even now he is still justified in his indebtedness.

If he wasn't his son-in-law, he would have been in collusion with Wu Xing Qiwang long ago, right?
Li Shimin thought so, and finally he let Liu Sheng leave.

If Liu Sheng is not his son-in-law, he will definitely order Liu Sheng to come up with a solution, and even put Liu Sheng in jail.

He can even imprison his own father, let alone the courtiers who are beneficial to him.

But the other party is the husband-in-law whom I love my daughter the most, and I owe him a debt. If I do this again, I will have another lifetime of worries in my heart, and I am afraid that Empress Changsun and Princess Changle will be completely disappointed in me.

He rubbed his swollen eyebrows, waved Liu Sheng away.

After Liu Sheng left, he asked aloud:
"Xing'an, should I just force Liu Sheng to speak up?"

Xing'an was silent, and then heard Li Shimin say again:
"Why doesn't Liu Sheng trust me anymore?"

For this sentence, Xing'an knew the answer in his heart, even though he was very speechless, he remained silent.

Don't tell the emperor what you have done recently, don't you have any clues in your heart?
But after all, he dared not say these words.

……

After returning to his mansion, Liu Shengzai relaxed.

Without the slightest hesitation, he went directly to the secret room and took out a box from it.

This was the legacy the system gave him back then, and he has never used it.

Of course, there are many similar ones in the secret room, but Liu Sheng couldn't take them out immediately.

Each of them will have a major impact on Datang, and if they are taken out together, it will naturally not be a good thing.

"Husband, what is this?" Princess Changle hugged Liu Jiaxi, watching Liu Sheng take out two spliced ​​iron plates from it.

Wu Meiniang on the side was also very curious, watching Liu Sheng take out small squares from the box, which looked like chess pieces but not like them.

Liu Sheng looked at the two iron plates, grinned and said:
"This is the progress of technology and the leap of the times!"

Wu Meiniang and Princess Changle looked at each other and shook their heads full of doubts, apparently not understanding what he meant.

Liu Jiaxi bit her finger, saliva dripped from the corner of her mouth, obviously she was also very interested in what her father had.

Liu Sheng explained:
"This is movable type printing!"

"It can directly increase the speed of book transcription, if printing is also transcription."

Let alone movable type printing, even woodblock printing has not yet been invented, and the spread of books depends on copying, which is too slow.

If the current copying speed of books is compared to shared bicycles, then movable type printing is like a large airplane, and there is no comparison at all.

Wu Meiniang's eyes lit up, and she instantly knew that what Liu Sheng said was what she saw in the study last time, but she didn't understand it very well at the time, but she was still greatly shocked.

Regarding the two pairs of puzzled and confused eyes, Liu Sheng explained while assembling:

"This movable type printing iron plate can be used to copy books. Just apply ink on it, and then paste the paper directly, and the entire page of the book will be copied."

As he spoke, he took the ink from the hands of the servants at the side, poured it on the line of characters just arranged, then picked up a piece of paper, and pressed it lightly.

Afterwards, he picked up the paper, dried it gently, and handed it to Wu Meiniang.

Princess Changle and Wu Meiniang hurriedly looked closely at it, and there was a standard font written on it, "I wish Liu Jiaxi a happy day!"

The two were instantly shocked.

Although this method is very simple, it is not a simple matter to think of it and find suitable materials.

First of all, it is necessary to use clay to make blanks with the same specifications, and to engrave reverse characters on one end.

This is flexible and reusable movable type, one-time is too wasteful.

Then, in order to meet the needs of typesetting, several or even dozens of commonly used characters must be prepared for repeated use in the same edition.

If you encounter uncommon words during the period, if you have not prepared in advance, you can use them as you make them, which is very convenient.

After that, it’s time to pick up words.In order to facilitate the selection of characters, the clay movable type should be classified according to rhyme and placed in the wooden grid, and marked with a note, so that it is convenient to find and use next time.

When typesetting, an iron plate with a frame is used as the base, and a layer of potion made of turpentine, wax and paper ash is applied on it, and then the required clay movable type is picked out and arranged into the frame one by one.

Fill a frame to form a plate, then bake it with fire, wait for the medicine to melt slightly, use a flat plate to flatten the surface, and after the medicine cools and solidifies, it will become a plate, and then it can be used directly.

When printing, you only need to brush ink on the plate, cover it with paper, and apply a certain amount of pressure.

In order to be able to print continuously, two iron plates are used, one for printing and the other for typesetting, and the two plates are used alternately.

After printing, the potion is roasted with torch, and the movable type can fall off the iron plate with a light shake of the hand, and then put it back into the original wooden grid according to the rhyme, so that it can be used again next time.

The principle is simple, but there are many details inside.

But Liu Sheng doesn't need to go through these details, he just needs to send people to manufacture step by step, and then printing is enough.

Except for Liu Sheng, everyone at the scene was shocked by this new technology. They really didn't expect that there was such a way to write so quickly.

"Okay, now it's time for us to work." Liu Sheng stood up and said with a smile.

Wu Meiniang was not idle, and hurriedly called the buddies and servants to manufacture this new era product according to the template.

Then, under the witness of everyone, they saw thick volumes of the Four Books and Five Classics, which were copied out quickly in front of their eyes.

Moreover, the fonts are also regular and tidy, which looks very comfortable to people, and there will be no feeling of uneven levels.

Except for a little less soul, there is no other disadvantage.

Of course, the most worthless thing at the moment is the soul of books. With books, you are naturally satisfied. What more bikes do you need?

"Husband, as long as these are printed, will they be handed over to the court directly?"

Princess Changle pursed her lips and asked worriedly.

She worried that Liu Sheng would take into account her feelings and suffer again.

Liu Sheng knew what she was thinking, took Liu Jiaxi from her hand, and said with a smile:
"This time we directly cooperate with the royal family, and we make money this time, otherwise, how can we use money to support you."

Hearing this, Princess Changle breathed a sigh of relief.