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272 Chapter 269 Movable Type Printing

"Enough is enough, I don't know if Mr. Li brought lead?" Lin Xuan nodded repeatedly.

With lead, movable type printing could be done.

Many people know that movable type printing was invented by Bi Sheng during the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty.

But no one knows that after the invention of movable type printing, it has not been applied on a large scale.

At that time, engraving and printing were still the mainstream. Those students who thought that the popularity of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was due to the relationship between movable type printing can rest.

The original movable type printing mainly used living clay, which was later replaced by wood and copper through improvement.

However, movable type printing has certain requirements for the firing of type models.The ink of the original clay type has poor adhesion, and the printed characters are blurred.Wooden fonts are difficult to carve and deform when wet.

Although the printing effect of the copper font is good, it is easy to be stolen by the printing staff to make money, so it is not conducive to use.

So Lin Xuan has been looking for lead, and wants to make lead movable type printing directly.

Li Chunfeng nodded, and said: "I have brought it, but those Taoist temples have a question and want me to ask Lord Hou."

Lin Xuan asked with some doubts: "What's the problem?"

Li Chunfeng said: "Master Hou provided Buddhism with a map to go to Tianzhu. Do you have any misunderstandings about Taoism?"

Lin Xuan had a headache, he was worried about this problem at the beginning.

"Lord Li, do you want to ask this question, or do people from Taoism want to ask it?" Lin Xuan asked.

Li Chunfeng shook his head and said, "Although I practice Taoism, I haven't joined any Taoist temple. I don't care about the struggle between Taoism and Buddhism."

Lin Xuan nodded, he believed Li Chunfeng's words.

In history, Li Chunfeng became famous because of "Tui Bei Tu", but the work is just a legend.

Apart from these, most of the traces left by Li Chunfeng in history are about arithmetic and the calendar, and Taoism has not been mentioned much.

Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "It's not a good thing for one family to dominate. In fact, I have no interest in Buddhism and Taoism. I don't mean to help one family suppress another family at all."

Dominance in any industry is not a good thing. Later generations often have two companies in the same industry competing to give back to customers on a large scale.

This situation is the same for Buddhism and Taoism.

Although Lin Xuan did not investigate the specific situation of Buddhism and Taoism.

But he can often see Buddhism giving out porridge, but Taoism rarely does this.

Because they are the state religion of the Tang Dynasty, they don't need to do these things, and they have a large number of believers.

Whatever the purpose of Buddhism, the result is good.

After all, many people have benefited from it, haven't they?
Lin Xuan just wants to try to keep Buddhism and Taoism in balance. Only by mutual restraint can they not develop abnormally.

Although he knew that even if he did it, the ups and downs of Buddhism and Taoism were still related to the reigning emperor.

But after all, he has worked hard, and he has no regrets.

Lin Xuan also thought about using some systems to maintain the normal development of Buddhism and Taoism.

But in the era when imperial power was supreme, any system was useless.

Unless he finds a way to limit the imperial power, but this is a matter of courting death, so he will not do it.

Li Chunfeng nodded and said, "Master Hou, I understand what you said, but Taoism wants to ask you if you can write a book similar to "Journey to the West" for Taoism."

Lin Xuan understood what the Taoists were up to, and he wanted him to write books to enhance the influence of Taoism among the people.

Since "Journey to the West" became popular in Chang'an, it has spread throughout the Tang Dynasty through word of mouth.

Although the stories spread are incomplete, they all talk about Buddhism, which has brought a lot of incense to Buddhism.

Of course Lin Xuan can write it, as long as he writes "Fengshen Yanyi".

It not only talks about the Taoist Sanqing, but also includes Zhunti who betrayed Taoism and joined Buddhism.

It is only necessary to say that the Buddha is the Tao, and the prestige of Taoism will definitely increase.

Even if Buddhism retrieves the scriptures, it is impossible to threaten Taoism.

But does he dare to write these?

As long as he dares to write, all the monks in the Tang Dynasty would like to kill him.

Even if they couldn't kill him, they would probably hang up his statue and burn incense all day to pray that he would fly to the Paradise of Paradise as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Lin Xuan shuddered a little.

"Lord Li, because I wrote a few books for nothing, I was reprimanded by His Majesty for not doing my job properly. I have already kept it with Your Majesty, and I will never write a book again." Lin Xuan said hastily.

Even if the Taoists know that he is lying, can they go to Li Shimin to check?
Li Chunfeng smiled, noncommittal.

Of course he doesn't believe what Lin Xuan said, but he just needs to give those Taoist temples an explanation.

After Lin Xuan sent Li Chunfeng away, he breathed a sigh of relief. After he came back, Zhao Min looked for him several times.

Asking him to get another novel, Lin Xuan thought that if he couldn't sign in, he would find time to write a novel by himself.

Fortunately, I didn't write it, otherwise it would be really hard to shirk.

"Forget it, no matter what, let's get movable type printing out first." Lin Xuan shook his head.

Asking Liu Da to bring lead, Lin Xuan hurried to the furniture shop and found Chen Guangli.

"I've seen Lord Hou!" Chen Guangli bowed his hands.

Lin Xuan waved his hand and asked, "Old Man Chen, do you know anything about engraving and printing?"

"When I first learned carpentry in my early years, I also did engraving. If Master Hou wanted to do engraving, there are many people here who can do it." Chen Guangli said.

Engraving is not a difficult job, but you need to be very careful when engraving characters. Once you make a mistake, the entire engraving will be wasted.

But for them, these are very simple. Carpentry itself is a delicate job, especially in ancient times when everything is done by hand.

Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "Uncle Chen misunderstood. I don't want to do block printing, but movable type printing."

"Movable type printing?" Chen Guangli was taken aback, with some doubts on his face.

Lin Xuan explained: "It is to engrave all the characters separately. When you need to print a book, you only need to combine them together and print according to the content of the book."

After listening to it, Chen Guangli thought about whether what Lin Xuan said could make sense.

After a long time, Chen Guangli nodded and said, "What Hou Ye said is feasible, but in this way, it is not very good to use wood. Does Hou Ye have any other materials?"

As expected of a carpenter who has been working all his life, he can see the key to the problem at a glance.

"I've been prepared for a long time." Lin Xuan asked Liu Da to ask someone to carry the things in.

"Uncle Chen, this is lead. Lead is relatively flexible and will not damage paper or rust. It is most suitable for making typefaces." Lin Xuan laughed.

Chen Guangli is a carpenter, he only knows a little about metal things, thought for a while and said: "Master Hou, whether it will work or not, we still need to go through experiments, there is also a blacksmith here, why don't you discuss with him and try to make some? "

Lin Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, then I will trouble Old Man Chen, and I will come back tomorrow."

It is not so fast to make fonts, and it takes a lot of time to make molds. Naturally, Lin Xuan can't wait here all the time.

……

Lin Xuan rode on the horse and asked Liu Da who was following him: "Liu Da, how old is your son?"

A smile appeared on Liu Da's face, and he said, "The older one is ten years old, and the younger one is five years old."

"Have you thought about letting them study?" Lin Xuan asked with a smile.

Liu Da scratched his head and said, "Master Hou has given you a lot of rewards, and the family conditions are also good. I have already asked my wife to find a school for them, and I plan to send them there after the Chinese New Year."

"You don't need to look for it. My school is about to open. You can ask around. If you have children at home who need to study, you can send them here." Lin Xuan said.

(End of this chapter)