Datang started from being a salted fish

Chapter 166 Movable Type Printing
"I think too much," Wang Yin replied lazily: "Lao Luo wrote it."

"People from your hometown?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yeah." Wang Yin nodded.

"That's really a pity. I also wanted to meet this talented man." Li Shimin shook his head.

However, Li Shimin felt inexplicably happy in his heart: So you don’t know everything?hey-hey!
An inexplicable sense of superiority filled Li Shimin's heart. . .

"I said you didn't come here just because of such a small matter?" Wang Yin asked doubtfully.

"Otherwise?" Li Shimin asked back: "I always need to take a proper rest."

Wang Yinwuyu: I thought you had something to do with me, but it turns out you were just idle. . .

"Old Li, is that paper still being made?" Wang Yin asked suddenly.

"According to what you said, it has been selling." Li Shimin replied, "Why do you suddenly ask about this?"

"Recently, I'm going to print a book. Later, you can ask Duan Lun to bring some paper and someone who can bind books along with you." Wang Yin replied.

"You want to print a book?" Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin asked in surprise when they saw this.

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Wang Yin was taken aback by their bluffing, and looked at them suspiciously.

"Could it be... is it... the printing technology?" Li Shimin asked excitedly.

"That's right." Wang Yin said, "Isn't the Romance of the Three Kingdoms a big hit recently? I decided to set up a bookstore to print some books and sell them for fun."

Wang Yin is telling the truth. After all, those who can go to listen to books are those who have some spare money, and poor people will definitely not be able to afford it.Wang Yin thought about getting some books to sell and play, as a way to enrich the cultural and entertainment life that the people of the Tang Dynasty lacked.

"That's it..." Li Shimin was slightly disappointed when he heard this.

"What about the equipment used for printing?..." Li Shimin then asked with eyes shining again.

Anyway, let's see it first!

"You can see it when Duan Lun comes," Wang Yin replied.

"Chu Mo!" Li Shimin shouted to the side.

The three brothers were bragging to Qin Huaiyu about the wonderful experience of killing bandits along the way. When they heard Li Shimin calling him, Cheng Chumo ran over quickly.

"Your Majesty." Cheng Chumo looked at Li Shimin and waited for his further instructions.

"You go to the Ministry of Industry and order Duan Lun to bring a cartload of paper and some people who bind books." Li Shimin stopped and handed Cheng Chumo a token.

"Here." Cheng Chumo took the token and hurried home to lead the horse.

An hour later, Duan Lun came to the General's Mansion with people and paper.

Wang Yin chose a room with a larger area at home and directed Duan Lun and the others to clean up the furniture and other things outside, and then took out several sets of movable type models that he had bought earlier.

"Is this a new printing technology?" Li Shimin asked doubtfully, looking at the several letter stands and dials on the ground.

"Yeah." After arranging the fonts against the wall, Wang Yin took out a font and put it on the table that he left on purpose just now: "This thing is very easy to use, just put these fonts in the required order. That's it."

While talking, Wang Yin arranged a layout casually, and then took the paper and ink brought by Duan Lun and the others to demonstrate.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Seeing this, Li Shimin slapped the table and said, "This will be much more convenient!"

Datang's current word boards are all engraving blocks, and printing a book requires a lot of engraving blocks. If one character is engraved wrong, the entire edition will be useless.

And even if it takes a long time to carve this set of boards, it can only be used to print this book. If you want to print other books, you have to make a new block.

This is also one of the reasons why Datang books are expensive: the cost is too high!
But Wang Yin’s printing technique is different!

It is easy to operate, easy to understand at a glance, and is no longer limited by fixed engraving, and can flexibly arrange boards according to different books.Moreover, the font can be reused many times, which suppresses the cost of the engraving to an extreme level. Even if the engraving is wrong, you only need to re-carve a single font, and there is no need to rework it like before!
"I never dreamed that a weapon that could destroy the foundation of a family could be so simple..." Li Shimin sighed as he looked at the movable type on the table.

"This is often the case. As long as you look at the problem from a different angle, you will find a new world." Wang Yin said, pretending to be 13.

"Immortals just think differently!" Cheng Yaojin sighed while fiddling with movable type and type plates curiously.

In his opinion, since Wang Yin took it out, it must be something from his hometown. People in Wang Yin's hometown are immortals.

Duan Lun stared at the things on the table with his mouth wide open, and fell into a daze: Now with this thing, plus the previous papermaking technology, books will become the cheapest thing in the future!Everyone has books to read, what a concept!
"Okay, you can start typesetting and printing according to the book." Wang Yin took out several "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and put them on the table while talking.

Duan Lun and the others immediately shared a copy, and after going to the writing plate and walking to the shelf, they still picked words and made a decision.

As for whether the printing technique would leak out, several people expressed that they didn't care.

Since these people are working in the Ministry of Industry, Li Shimin has naturally prepared measures and means to keep secrets. In fact, if he hadn't considered the factors of the aristocratic family, Li Shimin would have liked to popularize printing now, so that the imperial examination would truly become An effective way for the court to select talents, not just a display like it is now.

As Cheng Yaojin who wears a pair of pants with Li Shimin, naturally he will not do unnecessary things.

As for Wang Yin, this guy simply doesn't care. . .

"Now the weapon to pull out the cancer of the family is in hand. As long as the Turks are wiped out, I can concentrate on dealing with the family." Sitting on the rocking chair, Li Shimin thought to himself: "Next year! Wait until this potato is promoted, and we will completely The day when the food problem is solved will be the day when I will be ashamed!"

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but tremble slightly with excitement, feeling full of energy and confidence.

Seeing Li Shimin shaking there non-stop, Wang Yin said with emotion: Being an emperor is indeed a dangerous job. Look at this person. If you say he is crazy, he is crazy. . .

a few days later.

Not far from Paowa Building, there is a book shop selling books. The words "Powa Bookstore" on the plaque are particularly unique.

Some good people who eat melons saw this brand and immediately thought of the Paowa Building and Paowa Tea House that were on fire, and immediately got into it to take a look at the excitement.

As a result, the man froze as soon as he walked in.

Book!so many books! ! !
I saw that the shelves inside the shop were neatly stacked with new books, and when I took a closer look, there were four large characters of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on the cover!
(End of this chapter)