I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

The so-called multi-version multi-color printing is to divide the printed overall pattern into several plates, and each plate is responsible for the same color. For example, the mountain and the house are a whole, but the mountain and the house are separated during printing.

Make an engraving for the mountain and another engraving for the house, paint the mountain in green and paint the house in white, and then print in different positions.

Because the entire engraving only needs such a part of the picture, the intaglio part is also a good choice, so that there will be no gaps in the middle or faint ink in the subtle places.

This explanation is very complicated, and people who have not experienced the inkjet printing or other printing methods of later generations may not be able to imagine it.

Cheng Jingwei didn't ask much at all, and directly carved different parts according to what Luo Shixing said. The only flaw of this carving is that it has high requirements for the engraver.

Because the overall pattern cannot be engraved as a whole, it has to be separated, and when the final carved pattern is put together, it must be tightly stitched.

Even Cheng Jingwei spent three or four days in the study together with Luo Shixing, refining and refining the entire engraving.

After all the engravings were completed, Luo Shixing began to print little by little.

This printing method is actually not without flaws, because there is no way to print those transitional colors in detail.

However, banknotes are not works of art anyway, and there is no need for so many details. Anyway, a printed banknote is as big as a palm, and the details are blurred.

During the printing process, one needs to be careful not to dislocate it. Luo Shixing was afraid that his hands would damage it, so he asked Cheng Jingwei to operate it, and said while watching, "If this method is possible, then we can directly find a way to fix the position."

Cheng Jingwei said while printing carefully: "It's not difficult at all, just make a frame, the position of the frame remains the same, and then let the engravings fit in different frames to match the parts in the painting, and then fix it."

The advantage of using clay board is that it is particularly easy to process.

The disadvantage is that mud is easy to drop soil and break easily, even after being baked, it is not as strong as wood.

However, Luo Shixing didn't even plan to use wood. If he could get it out, he would directly make an alloy printing plate, which would last longer and be less prone to wear and tear.

Just use the current clay tablet as a model.

He planned them out bit by bit, and Cheng Jingwei also printed them out.

The printed pattern must be much worse than the original painting. As a result, in addition to the overall structure of the painting being more modern, the whole actually has a hint of simplicity.

Of course, this is also related to the raw rice paper they use. The ink color of raw rice is easy to smudge, so it will be more like ink painting.

Luo Shixing nodded earnestly: "It's okay, it would be better if you change to a piece of paper."

Cheng Jingwei took a piece of Shuxuan and said, "Why is this raw Xuan mixed with Shuxuan? I used the wrong paper."

He used Shuxuanyin again, and this time it was almost the same.

However, cooked rice is less water-absorbent than raw rice, so it is not easy to smudge, but at the same time it is not easy to preserve.

Luo Shixing looked at it and said, "These two kinds of paper are actually not very good."

Cheng Jingwei heard his voice and asked, "You don't want to get new paper, do you?"

Luo Shixing put his hand on his shoulder: "Those who know me are also tigers."

Whether it is raw Xuan or cooked Xuan, the main problem is that it is not produced here, but the place of origin is in Jingxian County, Xuanzhou, so it is called Xuan paper.

There are almost no other places that can produce this kind of paper except there. Of course, it is mainly due to the protection of intellectual property rights. The production of Xuan paper has been a secret recipe until later generations, and it is not easy for people to know.

Think about it, when they want to print banknotes, they find that there is no paper, and they have to send people to Xuanzhou to buy paper, and they may encounter many difficulties on the way, and even if it rains while walking, the paper It will be useless.

Therefore, it is necessary to have its own paper-making workshop locally, otherwise it is easy to be controlled by others.

Even if he didn't say anything, Luo Shixing knew very well that he was basically plucking a tiger's whiskers when it came to getting banknotes.

If the imperial court knows that none of them can escape, the only thing that can be thankful is that few people come here in the deep mountains and old forests, and the imperial court will not notice their small-scale troubles.

Cheng Jingwei said that the little lynx worked hard for a banknote.

But he didn't object, anyway, Luo Shixing had nothing to do recently.

Cui Shenji was watching over the grain harvesting and planting, and as long as this cold-faced boss stood there, the people below would not dare to cheat.

Li Youdao is in charge of the storage and the overall accounts of the manor, and Pei Xingben is in charge of logistics.

The only thing that worried them was that there was no news from the three people who went to Fucheng before.

Luo Shixing originally wanted to send people out to search for it, but accidents frequently occurred during the rainy season. Although there is not so much rain now, there will still be some from time to time. The soil on the mountain is soft, and accidents are likely to happen in places where few people go.

Those who looked back did not find anyone, and it turned out that it was not cost-effective to hire these people again, so I could only suppress my anxiety and wait for the news.

If Luo Shixing didn't find something to divert his attention, it wouldn't be a problem to worry about it every day.

As for the formation of the army mentioned earlier, Luo Shixing was writing a note, but the problem is that there is no way to get it done now—everyone is working hard to collect it.

Because everyone is farming and harvesting for the first time, they seem to be in a hurry. After this time, Luo Shixing will ask the people below to summarize their experience and see what steps can be optimized.

When there is no need for so many people, that is the time to build a guard.

Well, whether it's Luo Shixing or Cheng Jingwei, both of them want to establish a guard.

After experiencing Mengshezhao's sneak attack, everyone will not object. What if Mengshezhao feels that they have suffered a loss from them and wants to get back?

Luo Shixing and Cheng Jingwei squatted in the study for so many days, no one cared at first, but in the end Li Youdao couldn't stand it anymore.

He was in charge of the accounts and had to let Luo Shixing read them every day. In the past, if Luo Shixing could read them in time, he could proceed to the next step.

Now Luo Shixing has to procrastinate every day, and then many things are delayed.

Li Youdao was used to the high efficiency in front of him, so he couldn't bear it anymore, so he went directly to their study to find them.

As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he saw two paintings on the desk, while Luo Shixing was writing and drawing there, and Cheng Jingwei was trimming the clay tablets to prepare for being a model in the future.

Li Youdao was a little surprised when he saw those two paintings: "The lynx cat hasn't been down for the past few days, did you just draw another painting?"

Luo Shixing looked up at him and said with a smile, "This painting is not painted, it is printed."

Li Youdao had heard of their concept of "extra large seal", and he was not unfamiliar with woodblock printing.

Because woodblock printing has indeed been used within the aristocratic family, otherwise it would be too difficult for them to copy it by hand first. Book.

It is okay to let parents copy books, but parents also have their own things to do, how can they have so much time to copy books?

Woodblock printing is considered a secret method within the family.

If possible, he certainly does not want others to master this method, because once engraving printing is implemented, the printing cost of books will be greatly reduced, and more people will be able to read books by then.

It is not good news for the children of the family who want to keep their status.

But the little lynx is also too talented. The method that he came up with was derived from the seal.

It's not that they really can't do it if they say it can't be done. Luo Shixing and Cheng Jingwei's actual action ability is quite strong.

It's not difficult to say that it's difficult, but most people don't think in that direction.

Li Youdao guessed that these two people might really be able to make block printing, but at this moment, looking at the two paintings with almost no difference in line except for the difference in color, he subconsciously said: "Impossible."

Luo Shixing chuckled: "When the time comes, you'll know it might be impossible."

Li Youdao glanced at the engraving next to it, and then at the painting. After careful identification, he could indeed see that there are some differences, especially the lines are slightly tough and very smooth. You can tell at a glance that they were not hand-drawn. of.

Li Youdao put down the painting in his hand in a daze: "How did you do it?"

Luo Shixing blinked at him: "Secret."

The method of printing banknotes must be kept secret. Anyway, the aristocratic family even keeps the engraving printing secret, so it is okay for him to keep the printing method secret, right?

Even if workers are needed to print in the future, it is natural to find a reliable person to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and at the same time, Luo Shixing is prepared to prepare a variety of anti-counterfeiting measures to deal with technologies that may be cracked.

However, few people these days have read books, and no matter how rough his anti-counterfeiting technology is, it cannot be cracked casually.

Of course the aristocratic family can crack it, but the question is why do they crack it?This banknote cannot be circulated in the Central Plains.

The aristocratic families also have their own rules of the game, and of course they can't ask casually about some things, but this color printing did arouse Li Youdao's curiosity.

He thought for a while and decided to go back and ask other people if they had heard of color printing before.

Of course, the printing molds and the like were handed over to Cheng Jingwei, and the next thing Luo Shixing had to do was to make paper for banknotes.

Cheng Jingwei asked: "You don't need rice paper, what kind of paper do you want to use?"

Luo Shixing said, "Chu Zhi."

Cheng Jingwei was at a loss: "Is there such a paper?"

Luo Shixing said with a smile: "I didn't have it before, but now I do it, don't I have it?"

In fact, Luo Shixing was not sure when the Chu paper appeared, because according to historical records, the "Jiaozi" in the Song Dynasty was made of Chu paper. It was the first banknote to appear in the world, but the Chu paper was not the first time it appeared.

Among the sporadic records, it seems that mulberry paper appeared in the Tang Dynasty, which was used as official document records, but the Tang Dynasty spanned hundreds of years, just like woodblock printing, it was said that it also appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it was only in the late Tang Dynasty. Appears the same.

Since Cheng Jingwei didn't know much about it, maybe he didn't show up now.

In fact, it doesn’t matter even if it appears. This kind of paper has been used as special paper from the beginning, and private procurement is prohibited. Except for government-run paper workshops, no one else knows the specific craftsmanship of Chu paper.

Moreover, the Chu paper that Luo Shixing wanted to make was also different.

The chu of mulberry paper is actually a kind of tree, that is, the common tree, or the bark of the paper.

This kind of bark is quite common in the south. For example, many trees cleaned up from mudslides before are mulberry trees, and these are stored in the divided timber factory.

Luo Shixing directly asked people to peel out the bark, and in addition to the bark of the mulberry tree, he also planned to add bamboo silk, that is, bamboo fiber, to the mulberry paper.

The ratio of the bark of the mulberry tree to the bamboo fiber is about [-] to [-]. After drying the bark of [-] jin and the bamboo of [-] jin, they are all soaked in water, and then lime is added until it softens. Cook again and mash after cooking.

While waiting to soak the bark and bamboo, you need to make all the tools for making paper first.

In addition, he also bought mussels in a big way, collecting all the big and small ones, throwing the small ones into the pond to raise, and opening the big ones directly. Part of the mussel meat was dried and cooked into porridge to pay for the purchase of mussels. Grind directly.

When he bought the mussels in this way, at first everyone thought that the high priest was going to open the mussels again.

However, after two or three months of continuous acquisitions, when everyone touched the river mussels to the upstream and downstream, causing dissatisfaction among other tribes, Alezhen finally couldn't sit still and ran over and asked, "Lynx cat, what are you doing?" What are so many pearls for?"

This kid won't do anything with pearls again, will he?

When he came over, Luo Shixing and Cheng Jingwei were still in the study, not only them, but even Li Youdao.

Luo Shixing raised his head and waved to Alzhen and said, "Brother, come and see the paper I made."

Alzhen:? ? ?Aren't you busy farming and clearing the back hills?When did you get the paper out again?