care?
What do you care about?
Do you care if the Liu family in Zhuo County can live for thousands of years?
Liu Bei found it funny.
But he didn't laugh.
"Teacher, students don't care about private affairs."
Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Caring too much about personal gain will only make people narrow-minded and selfish. No matter how good a hero is, once he is limited by personal gain, he will lose his heroic spirit and become ugly. Disciples will never do this.
Such important academic knowledge must not be controlled by one family, otherwise there will be endless troubles. No matter which family it is, no matter what the current family is, in the future, they will become a huge burden, which must be thrown away and must not be left behind!
As for the Liu family, the disciple doesn't care. Whether it's inherited or not, whether it exists or not, it doesn't matter. The disciple has a lot to do and doesn't have time to think about how a limited number of people will live. That's too narrow, isn't it? "
Facing Liu Bei's determination, Lu Zhi found it difficult to understand, but he could understand his current situation.
When he took Liu Bei on this road, he never thought that he would have such a day.
Lu Zhi sighed after taking a look at Zhang Rang, who was standing beside him with a lowered eyebrow.
"Xuande, you have forced me into a corner."
"Teacher, this is not the disciple's intention, but the disciple knows what he needs. If the teacher is unhappy, the disciple is willing to apologize, but this matter must be done."
Liu Bei's face was still gentle, but his words were not at all negotiable, nor soft at all.
Ma Rixi has agreed anyway, and Liu Bei naturally supports it, so what's the point of leaving him alone to continue to oppose?
Although his biggest wish is to watch his family pass on as a clan while becoming famous, but as of now, this wish is destined to not be realized.
"What are you going to do after getting rid of all the Yue family?"
Lu Zhi poured himself a cup of tea, then picked up the teacup, blew slowly and sipped without looking at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei knew that it was done, but Lu Zhi now had resentment in his heart. In order to make the teacher feel better, he decided to draw a pie and use a bright and glorious future to resolve the resentment in the teacher's heart.
"The so-called Great Dao, the world is for the public, and the disciples plan to follow the Dao, bring all the Five Classics back to the imperial court, and then unify the dissent and compile the "Five Classics Justice" to set things straight, thus cutting off all the ways for various schools and sects to dissent from the classics.
At the same time, the disciples also decided to promulgate the "Five Classics of Justice" to the world, so that everyone in the world can read the classic articles, so that everyone in the world who can read can read the classic articles, and then integrate all objections and make the distinction between ancient literature and modern literature Completely eliminated. "
"Promulgate it to the world?"
Lu Zhi put down the tea cup: "How do you consecrate the world? Just use the methods you used before to carve on the stone slabs to consecrate the world? So many people want to read, even if there is enough paper now, there needs to be enough It would cost a lot of people to copy it, right?"
"No, it should be distributed to the world through printing."
Liu Bei said with a smile: "I already have a method that can be used to print enough books in a short period of time to distribute them all over the world, and even sell them nationwide.
The sale price should not be very expensive. The disciple believes that even ordinary people should be able to afford it. As long as they work a little harder and save some money, it is not difficult to buy a few books. Therefore, from now on, no one will copy books by hand. . "
"………………"
Lu Zhi looked at Liu Bei blankly and didn't react for a while.
"teacher?"
"What do you mean by printing?"
"Teacher has never seen it, so of course he doesn't know. However, my disciples have been working on this thing for a long time, but they have never been successful. Recently, they have made a technological breakthrough and it can be realized."
Liu Bei smiled, looked at Zhang Rang, and said: "Old Zhang, clear the way ahead. I want to take the teacher to visit our Gongqiao Research Institute and let the teacher see the achievements of printing."
"only."
Zhang Rang took the order.
Lu Zhi was pulled out of the study by Liu Bei and headed towards the northeast corner of the imperial city.
After Liu Bei became emperor, in order to protect cutting-edge technology and put the most important research and development sites under his control and protection, he secretly moved all the scientific and technological research and development personnel and equipment originally arranged in Ji County, Liangzhou to Luoyang City. He also entered the imperial city, which was only separated by a wall from the palace city where Liu Bei lived.
A group of craftsmen who mastered various top technologies of this era were gathered together by Liu Bei. Liu Bei renovated an abandoned palace building and gave it to them for use.
Thus the Royal Institute of Craftsmanship of the Third Reich was born.
However, this is a very private place. Normal people are not allowed to enter, and they are not even allowed to get close. Non-related people are absolutely not allowed to come and go at will, no matter who they are.
Only a few people in the upper echelons of the empire understand what the Gongqiao Research Institute does, and the number of people outside the Gongqiao Research Institute who have the power to enter and exit freely can be counted on both hands.
Craftsmen with different skills each have their own working areas, and different courtyards inside are listed with [Printing Office] [Forging Office] [Smelting Office] [Trebuchet Office] and so on.
Some of these researches and inventions were proposed by Liu Bei and they were responsible for restoring them, while others were based on the points proposed by Liu Bei and then they spontaneously explored higher-level technologies after successfully restoring them.
For example, improvements in papermaking, fire oil refining and attack technology, trebuchets, crossbows, iron smelting and forging technology, coal making technology, etc.
Even how to forge iron pots that are stronger, more durable and have better heat conductivity are within the scope of research.
In the military field, civilian field, and some chemical fields, Liu Bei approved funding, allowed research, and attempted breakthroughs.
They have indeed achieved a lot.
For example, iron smelting technology and forging technology have now developed to the fifth generation. Weapons forged with fifth generation technology are capable of crushing the previous four generations in terms of performance.
There is also papermaking. They have improved some details. The paper produced now is not only whiter and more durable, but the production efficiency has also been improved a lot, much better than the original one.
In addition to these things, the most important thing is naturally printing, which is engraving printing and movable type printing. Printing itself is not difficult, but the requirements for ink are relatively high and require sticky ink.
From the beginning of the experiment to the success of the experiment, the craftsmen tried more than fifty kinds of materials, most of which were unable to produce qualified ink. They persevered, kept searching and experimenting, and finally successfully produced a reliable ink at the end of November of the fifth year of Jian'an. Ink used.
Then a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" was printed for Liu Bei that day to celebrate.
Liu Bei was also very happy, and then he suddenly had a whim and decided to use his own regular script as the font for printing.
He wrote more than a thousand large characters in his own hand and gave them to craftsmen to make engravings and movable type, preparing to make his characters popular across the country.
He felt that this kind of small vanity would not affect the overall historical situation, and it would be okay to be a little willful.
Today, the technological breakthrough is only half a month old, and the situation is not yet ready for mass production. More engravings and movable types are being produced, but it is still possible to print a few copies for proofing.
When Liu Bei took Lu Zhi to the Gongqiao Research Institute where the printing office was located, Lu Zhi was still a little surprised.
He didn't expect that there was such a place in a corner of the palace, and it looked very secret. The entrance door was very inconspicuous, small and dark, and there was a sign next to it - Gongqiao Research Institute.
Lu Zhi didn't know what was there, but there were actually twenty guards guarding it.
After Liu Bei's guards arrived, most of them automatically stopped and stopped moving forward. Only Dian Wei and Zhang Rang continued to move forward.
Arriving at the gate of Gongqiao Research Institute, Zhang Rang took the emperor's talisman to the Imperial Guard officer. After the officer saw it, he recorded something in person, then opened the door of Gongqiao Research Institute and invited Liu Bei and others to enter.
The door opened, and a group of people walked in, walked around a front yard, and passed through another door. Lu Zhi found that there was a feeling of enlightenment here.
There were craftsmen walking around, all kinds of tools that he had never seen before, and piles of various iron blocks, wood and other things. Looking around, it was a lively and vibrant scene.
The printing office was directly opposite them after they entered. It was a large courtyard. There was a sign hanging on the main door that read "Printing Office" in three big characters. There were five guards guarding the door.
Seeing Liu Bei, the officer stepped forward, saluted Liu Bei first, and then asked Liu Bei to show him the emperor's talisman.
"This is mine. Just register it with Mr. Situ and the two of them."
Liu Bei asked Zhang Rang to register. After the registration was completed, the Imperial Guard officer opened the door of the printing house and invited the two people in.
Lu Zhi was a little curious about this.
"What does this Gongqiao Research Institute do? You, the emperor, came in person and registered twice in a row?"
"Of course you have to abide by the rules you set, otherwise others won't abide by them, and the rules will be meaningless."
Liu Bei smiled, led Lu Zhi forward, and said slowly: "The things here are all the best, the most cutting-edge technology. Don't leak it to the outside world before you are completely sure of it, otherwise many years of hard work will be lost." If the court is obtained by outsiders and enemies, it will be a serious problem."
"So important? Is it the printing press?"
“Typography is one of them, and there are many others.”
Liu Bei led Lu Zhi to the printing office. The craftsmen in the printing office obviously did not expect Liu Bei to come, so they all gathered around and saluted Liu Bei.
"Okay, okay, leave me alone. I'll take Mr. Situ here for a walk. You guys do your own thing and don't delay your work."
Liu Bei waved his hand and asked the craftsmen to return to work. Then he took Lu Zhi for a walk and came to the printing table.
The craftsmen working at the printing table saluted Liu Bei.
"His Majesty."
"Well, keep working."
Liu Bei nodded, picked up a thread-bound volume of "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals" that had just been printed, flipped through the volumes, and then handed it to Lu Zhi.
"Teacher, please take a look."
Lu Zhi was still looking at the things in the printing office at this time, and for a moment he didn't realize that Liu Bei was talking to him.
He looked around at the things in the printing office, and found that except for some daily utensils that he recognized, he almost didn't recognize anything else, such as the small squares held by the craftsmen and the dark things in the barrels. , he didn’t even know what it was.
Just then Liu Bei handed a book to him. He subconsciously took it, flipped through it, and then his eyes widened.
This is the content above, from Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals. Each character is of average size and very neat. If you look closely, you can see that the glyphs of each character are similar.
The characters were not big, and there could be about a few hundred characters on a page. There were both front and back sides. After flipping through it, Lu Zhi became a little interested in this binding mode.
"This is……"
"Thread binding, the way the pages are sewn together with silk thread, is quite durable."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "The pages of the book are printed here. As long as there is enough paper and ink, you can print as many as you want. A thousand pages are also printed, and ten thousand pages are also printed."
Lu Zhi looked at the printing table and saw those strange little squares on it.
"This is……"
"This is wood type."
Liu Bei picked up a piece and explained: "Each wooden movable type has a word engraved on it. Which book you want to print, just find the corresponding book, arrange the wooden movable type according to this pattern, and then add ink on the picture and print it. Put the paper up and click like this."
Liu Bei personally operated the printing table and showed it to Lu Zhi. In just a moment, one page of paper had been printed. Liu Bei took off the paper and handed it to Lu Zhi. When Lu Zhi took a look, it turned out to be a page from Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals.
"So fast?"
"It doesn't matter if you want tens of thousands of copies. Anyway, it's just like printing, typesetting first, and then printing page by page. There are not many such printing stations now, and if a book like "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" is If you want to print on a large scale, engraving is better.
Although wooden movable type saves money, it still has some disadvantages in terms of material. The more times it is printed, the more wear and tear it will cause. Therefore, craftsmen are looking for other materials to replace wooden movable type. Engraving is better and not easy to be damaged. I think You can print it however you want, and it doesn't matter if you print hundreds of thousands or millions of copies. "
Liu Bei led Lu Zhi to another printing station, picked up a piece of engraving and showed it to Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi looked at the words on it and found that they were all backwards. After thinking about it carefully, he understood that it would be right when printed on the paper. He looked at the engraving from left to right, weighed the weight, and was amazed.
"Xuande, is this all your idea?"
"I put forward some of them, but how to implement them depends on the performance of the craftsmen. I don't understand many details. I put forward some needs and goals, and they are responsible for solving them. It is a toss-up of this printing process. Five or six years ago, it was really difficult.”
"Five or six years? That wasn't when I was in Liangzhou..."
"Yes, this Gongqiao Research Institute took shape when I was in Liangzhou. It has been developing in Liangzhou since then, and it was all moved to Luoyang a few months ago."
Liu Bei said slowly: "After all, the things here are too important. I won't worry if I don't keep them by my side. And if I have any ideas by my side, I can come over and discuss them with them in time, and then let them push forward. It won't be easy to do it." quite fast.
Teacher, don’t look at them. None of them have read any books. But when it comes to these craftsmanship techniques and the help these techniques can bring to big men, every craftsman here is my treasure. I really can’t let go. . "
"this……"
"In addition to this printing technology, there are also the latest weapons. Teacher, let's go, I will take you to see them."
With that said, Liu Bei pulled Lu Zhi to the forge without any explanation and showed Lu Zhi the situation there.
(End of chapter)
