Don't be a prince

After seeing Li Chengqian writing the word "blackboard" with lime on the darkened wooden board, Li Gang applauded and laughed, squinting his eyes and said to Yang Du: "How is it? My disciple, you are smart enough!"

What Yang Du dislikes Li Gang the most on weekdays is showing off with his disciples.

After casting a blank glance at Li Gang, Yang Du said firmly, "If you have the ability, you let this kid solve the problem of the teaching books, and the old man will be convinced!"

Li Gang smiled slightly, and said to the bewildered Li Chengqian: "Since our college has to accept a large number of students at one time, books are indispensable. Books such as "Shuowen Jiezi" need to be copied by someone, which is time-consuming, laborious and expensive. Although now Woodblock printing has become popular, but only official documents and other things from the government can be treated like this. Now the number of enrollment is mainly limited by the number of books. Although you can teach without books, it is completely different from having books. ..."

Chapter 189 The Ministry of Industry bows its head

Hearing Li Gang's complaints, Li Chengqian said indifferently: "Master Li, left and right are just a little more money. Why can't we use the printing of the imperial court?"

Seeing that the two old men were covering their foreheads, Li Gang quickly explained: "The so-called woodblock printing is to carve depressions or protrusions on a piece of wood, and then use it to print books. Speaking of which, this is still inspired by rubbings on inscriptions. Whether it is intaglio or letterpress, it takes time and effort. Those craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry are doing their best to cope with the court. Carving books? Don’t even think about it. The engraving craftsman refused without even thinking about it."

Only then did Li Chengqian understand what woodblock printing was all about, and couldn't help but blush for his own memory.

Movable type printing did not appear until the Song Dynasty.Although Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, movable type printing was not widely used in the Song Dynasty, and woodblock printing was still commonly used.The invention of a commoner made movable type printing not immediately popularized.

The college needs a lot of textbooks, which happens to be something that movable type printing can handle!

Hehe, the Ministry of Industry, you even refused the old gentleman without hesitation, when you came to beg me!

Although angry, Li Chengqian did not vent his anger on Li Daliang.The only one who can do such a thing is Duan Lun, that idiot.However, the newly appointed Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry wants to get a glimpse of movable type printing, and he can't do it without blood!

Patting his chest, Li Chengqian said proudly: "Don't worry, you three, it's just the printing of books. It's a big deal, and within seven days at most, the disciples will send some of the finished products to the academy! Those idiots from the Ministry of Industry are holding their own engraving blocks. Let the technology slowly rot!"

The reason why Li Gang didn't say anything before was because he wasn't sure if Li Chengqian had any ideas.Now that he saw his disciple taking care of everything, he immediately felt relieved.Based on his understanding of this disciple, he said it was seven days, and it was estimated that the results would be available in three days at the earliest.

Yang Du stroked his beard and said to Li Chengqian: "Prince, I know you are smart and rich, but with so many books in the academy, you can find a solution in seven days? I don't believe it!"

Chen Sidao also nodded, very suspicious of the prince.

Seeing that the two didn't believe it, just as Li Chengqian wanted to say something more, Li Gang stopped him and said, "Since he talked for seven days, I will bet with you two with these seven days. If the crown prince finds a solution within seven days, you two How about each helping the old man clean the house for ten days?"

Yang Du and Chen Sidao laughed loudly.

"Okay, it's a bet, if the crown prince can't find a solution, old Li Gang, you will sweep the house for the two of us together!"

Although the three laughed heartily, Li Chengqian didn't dare to get involved in it at all.No matter how the three of them bet, they should be. If he got involved, he would be accused of being uneducated.

After three high-fives to determine the content of the bet, Li Gang asked Li Chengqian to push him to the Ministry of Industry together, and he wanted to see the solution to this matter with his own eyes.

actually....

The method is simple.

He called Yan Liben to the construction site and asked him to recruit a group of carpenters.

Write a square word in the font size of the book, then cut it, and paste each small square wooden board in reverse, and then.

It's all about craftsmen.

The people Yan Liben called were all master carpenters who would serve as prisons, and within half an hour, they finished carving the wooden block.

To arrange the wooden blocks, Li Chengqian just applied a layer of ink on it, and then pasted a piece of white paper of the same size on it, peeled it off and waited for the ink to dry, and a large character that was the same as Li Chengqian's handwriting came out.

Find a few words that can form a vocabulary, put them together, and print them again, so a complete sentence appears on the paper.

"It's that simple?" Li Gang's eyes widened.

"It's that simple!" Li Chengqian said firmly.

Those stupid carpenters from the Ministry of Industry, even if they come to the academy to study, Li Chengqian is not going to let them in.

Tai Nima is stupid. She sculpts and sculpts all day long, and her brain is carved away by the chisel.Now that you know that it takes a lot of effort to carve a whole large wooden board, why don't you know how to change it to engraving single characters?

The question, which is not even a brain teaser, lasted for the entire Tang Dynasty, and no one responded?

Yan Liben didn't know what the prince was doing at first, but all the miracles before gave him confidence, leading the craftsmen to work without asking anything.But after watching the whole process, I realized what was going on.

Just carve a few pieces of wood and solve the problem of printing books?The facts are in front of you, but no matter how you look at it, you don't want to believe that it will be so simple.

Li Gang was also very shocked, he couldn't help pinching the few remaining beards, and even cut off one.

After a long time, the old man breathed a sigh of relief: "This is the reason why you let craftsmen enter the academy at almost any cost? Today, I saw this new type of calligraphy appearing, and the old man finally understood. I used to think that you are so young. , I can’t see the craftsmen suffering. Now it seems that you are thinking in the long term. Well, you take the craftsmen to print books first, and the old man will now draft a memorial to explain clearly the necessity of craftsmen stationed in the academy."

Li Chengqian sat in front of the wheelchair helplessly, and sighed: "That's the truth, but you really don't need to go to the memorial. The boy was red-eyed during that time, didn't he dare to go to the memorial. Father, can you allow the general to be the prisoner, Some craftsmen from the military inspector and the Ministry of Industry have already accepted half of the acceptance when they entered the academy. What we have to do now is to make meritorious deeds to show the face of the dead in the court. Let's, hehe, only then will it be effective!"

Li Chengqian spoke so vigorously that he didn't notice the craftsmen around him, they all knelt down under Yan Liben's leadership.

The prince can think about their craftsmen in this way, so that they can't wait to repay each other with death.

Sighing with his apprentice, Li Gang said leisurely: "Since you are prepared, the old man will not worry about it. It's just such a simple matter, why did you make an appointment with those two old guys for seven days?"

Seeing that the old man wanted to change the topic, Li Chengqian followed his intentions and turned a corner: "Actually, these seven days are for the preparation of perfecting the props. There are ways to improve the efficiency of these wooden boards just carved, and the wooden boards are very easy. Corrosion, the best way is to carve with clay, and finally burn it into something like porcelain, which is durable.”

Li Gang nodded in satisfaction, pushed the wheelchair and left, leaving a sentence when he left: "Teach you boy, let your boy call you sir, I guess it will cost me my life."

Li Chengqian smiled, ignored the old man's joke, and handed over the matter to Yan Liben as usual.

It is good for a wise man to work hard, but it is better to leave the hard work to his subordinates.

As for the professional work, he only needs some advice on the general direction. As for the details, he really doesn't have much qualifications to give advice to these craftsmen.

Over the years, tasks as important as eating and drinking have allowed them to develop instinctive skills.Without a square, they could cut the squares perfectly just by relying on their eyesight. When the blocks of dozens of people were combined, none of the characters deviated from the center line.The effect of font printing on a piece of paper is really similar to that of machine printing.Remember in one second on the mobile phone → .B\\.\ provides you with wonderful novels to read.

His Royal Highness gave the order, and the craftsmen naturally tried their best to complete it as soon as possible.A few flexible minds started to draw pictures, while the stupid ones simply picked up wooden boards and made cubes.

There is no need to study movable clay type. For the academy, wooden movable type is enough to bear the needs of printing books.

The next day, Li Chengqian sent someone to give Yan Liben a copy of "Shuowen Jiezi".

On the fifth day, Yan Liben delivered the printed loose-leaf "Shuowen Jiezi" to the prince with his panda eyes on his face.

Seeing the loose-leaf book Li Chengqian brought, Chen Sidao and Yang Du were shocked.

In five days, even the intaglio printing could not be successful, let alone the letterpress with beautiful fonts.

With trembling hands, he turned page after page with care, and closed the book. Yang Du took a deep breath and said, "As long as the cardboard is placed on both sides, and then bound, this book will be finished. Boy, when the old man cleans the house for your teacher Before, I wanted to ask you, how did you do it?"

Li Chengqian smiled and told Yan Liben to bring over the book printing machine they developed.

A large box is the intuitive impression of a printing machine.

Without ordering, Yan Liben took out a piece of paper, put it in the box, just closed it, and after opening it, the content was already printed on the taken out paper.

Taking the paper, Chen Sidao just glanced at it and handed it to Yang Du.Because, he discovered that Yan Liben was fiddling with pieces of wood, and after a short while, the second page was printed, and the content was completely different from the first one!

"I've taken it, I've taken it! Haha, old Li Gang, tomorrow I will go to your house and clean it for ten days!"

Yang Du laughed, Chen Sidao laughed, and Li Gang also laughed heartily.

The problem that has plagued the academy for so long has been resolved in just five days. How can the three old gentlemen be unhappy.

The college is still under construction, but all the carpenters have been requisitioned to a small courtyard behind the teaching building.

What is not mentioned is lettering. The first printing machine still needs continuous typesetting to continue printing. If the number of printing machines is sufficient, each printing machine only needs to print its own page.A lot of trouble in the early stage, but a lot of trouble in the later stage.

The movement in the academy soon spread to the Ministry of Industry. Li Daliang, the new minister of the Ministry of Industry, could only smile wryly as he prepared to visit the prince at the academy.Although he was born in the Wuyang family of the Li family in Longxi, he was the son of an aristocratic family, but his meritorious deeds were all exchanged for his military and political achievements.Unlike Duan Lun, now he has jumped from the position of governor of Liangzhou to become Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and no one refuses to accept him.

Prepare a generous gift and visit the academy.

When he arrived at the construction site of the college, even though he was well-informed, he couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion.

He never thought that such a large project could be built to this extent in less than a year.Although there is help from the victims, being able to do this shows that this place is not ordinary.

Soon, he discovered what was unusual.

If a boulder in a piece of land is pulled by manpower, hundreds or thousands of people may be called, and even if it is watered with fire, it will take a lot of time.However, right in front of his eyes, there were no more than a few dozen workers, using a gantry crane and a large pulley block, they easily fished up the boulder.

When the boulder fell to the ground, a mason took over immediately.There is no need to transport them out. These giant stones will be carved into various carvings according to the situation. The most common ones can be flattened on one side, and then engraved with the words of sages.

Immediately gave up the idea of ​​visiting directly. Seeing such an artifact, Li Daliang wished he could go up and get close to it immediately.

Difficult to pass, the two soldiers who were in charge of guarding the pulley block resolutely rejected Li Daliang's request to take a look.The pulley block is a secret, and it is no big deal for the craftsmen to use it, but if outsiders want to get close, there is no door!

Only then did Li Daliang recall that the college had asked the Ministry of Industry for craftsmen before, saying that it wanted to establish a branch of craftsmen and teach the knowledge of pulley blocks at the same time.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but resent Duan Lun even more.Although this guy is now reduced to a commoner and exiled for three thousand miles, he still wants to tear this idiot apart.It was for his own self-interest, and ended up messing up a great thing for the Ministry of Industry!

From a distance, a young man in Chinese clothes could be seen pushing an old man in a wheelchair for a walk, surrounded by heavily armed soldiers.

Presumably this is the prince!

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the anger in his heart, adjusted his clothes, and looked back at the little official who was carrying the gift. Li Daliang smiled and greeted him.

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Li Daliang, the Duke of Wuyang County, has met Grand Master Li and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Just this one sentence greatly increased Li Chengqian's affection for him.Because this guy didn't put the crown prince in front of him, but gave the old man enough respect.If another sycophant comes over, the order will definitely be reversed.

Li Gang nodded, even if he agreed.

Li Chengqian didn't leave the pusher of the wheelchair, and asked with a smile: "Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, you don't work in your Ministry of Industry, what are you doing in my college? You are still carrying gifts? Why, do you want to pat Master Li or the lonely horse?" fart?"

Li Daliang smiled bitterly. He knew that this was all the impact of the Duan Lun incident. If the previous impact was not eliminated, it would be as difficult as heaven for the Ministry of Industry to obtain the academy's forgiveness!

"His Royal Highness, this is just a joke. The official's family is poor. I am afraid that you will not take it seriously if you donate all your property. What is in the box is a specialty of Liangzhou. Before that, the official was the governor of Liangzhou. Both wine and raisins are superb. Ordinary people eat them to satisfy their appetite for a while, but if Taishi Li enjoys them, they will have a nourishing effect."

After finishing speaking, Li Daliang managed to squeeze out a smile.

Stop molesting, for a general character, to be able to be so low-spirited is already doing his best, and he is just playing the old tricks with the thorns on his back.

Taking a few steps forward to help Li Daliang, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I will vent my grievances here. You are a hero who founded the country, so I dare not be disrespectful. It's just that the Ministry of Industry was really confused in doing the facts before. Duan Lun, even those craftsmen don’t know how to flatter them. Since you’re here today, you might as well visit the academy first to see if Gu’s proposal has any effect.”

Li Daliang was also very excited when the clouds finally opened to see the sun. After getting up, he naturally wanted to push the old man's wheelchair.

As a result, he was scared off by a crutch.

Li Chengqian continued to push with a dry smile, and explained to Li Daliang: "The old man hates other people pushing wheelchairs. At most, when he is tired, let Gu push for a while."

Li Daliang laughed dryly, followed behind the wheelchair, and went to the printing workshop with Li Chengqian.

In the past few days, Yan Liben has led people to make all the printing machines, and now "Shuowen Jiezi" is being printed in the printing workshop, and "The Analects of Confucius" will be printed in two days.

Seeing with his own eyes a piece of paper being printed and then bound into a book, and then thinking about the engraving and printing by the Ministry of Industry, Li Daliang finally understood why the prince said that those craftsmen were ignorant.The few engravers who mastered the woodblock printing technology, and sometimes even him, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, were obedient and obedient.Look at the magic of this new type of calligraphy, heh, the speed of the old version is not worthy of lifting shoes for the new version.

"His Royal Highness, the imperial court distributes a large number of copies to various places every year. Although woodblock printing is easier than hand-copying, the backlog is not once or twice. Considering the efficiency of the imperial court, how about asking the Ministry of Industry to learn this new printing technology?"

Li Chengqian chuckled: "It's not impossible if you want to learn, first drive those engraving and printing craftsmen out of the Ministry of Industry. Dare to be rude to Master Li, and turn against them!"

Li Daliang repeatedly nodded in agreement, disrespecting Taishi Li, these people deserve to be chopped off.

Li Gang, who kept his eyes closed all the time, suddenly opened his eyes: "Li Shangshu, it is not a big deal for the Ministry of Industry to learn movable type printing, and the old man is not unreasonable. It's just that movable type printing will become an industry of the college. You You can use it after you learn it, but you can’t use it for profit, can you?”

Li Daliang didn't think of using this for profit at first, so he agreed repeatedly.

After transferring a craftsman who knows the whole process to the Ministry of Industry, the handover is considered complete.

The three of them came out of the book printing workshop, and seeing the papers hanging outside to dry, both Li Daliang and Li Gang felt hot in their hearts.

Books have always been cultural treasures.It's just that there was no printing technology originally, and books still needed to be copied by hand, which was time-consuming and laborious.It is also because of this that a lot of books, because they did not continue to copy, the number continued to decrease until they were cut off.Even if it is engraved on the bamboo slips, as time goes by, it is either blurred or rotten.

Nowadays, the emergence of the printing press can be said to have given a powerful boost to cultural inheritance.

It is almost impossible for cultural inheritance to be cut off again!

Patting Li Chengqian with his backhand, Li Gang said involuntarily: "I want to thank you! Since I became your master, I haven't had a happy day. Since His Majesty intends to let you join the army to fight, go, don't think about me, I haven't Die then."

Hearing the old man's words, Li Chengqian almost burst into tears.

If he left Chang'an and participated in the war against the Eastern Turks, there was nothing to worry about, and only the old man was there.

Unexpectedly, the old gentleman saw this, and directly pointed it out today.

1 Ninety Chapter Arrangements

In this era, many times, a short parting becomes a permanent parting.

Inaction is on the wrong road, and the children share the towel.

Young and strong people have to accept the sorrow of parting, let alone parting with an old man who is dying like the old man.

Although historically, the old gentleman died only in the fifth year of Zhenguan.However, in history, he didn't become his teacher at the beginning of Zhenguan!

As winter goes and spring comes, the ice and snow on the grassland melt, and the spring breeze blows back to the northern land.Xieli and Tuli, who had been nesting for the whole winter, undoubtedly started fighting again.Although the Ministry of War meant to let them fight for another year, the army had already begun to gather to the north, and the borders had also begun to block commercial routes.

The war at this time is not fought day and night. Since it is planned to attack the grassland in winter, it is necessary to prepare for assembly in the spring.

The war preparation order from the Ministry of War was sent to the military camp led by the prince himself.

The three-year agreement is just around the corner. Although it will be postponed due to the war, this time the mobilization of troops against the Eastern Turks is the last chance for the leader to go to the battlefield.