"Is it finally okay?"
Lin Yi heard the news from the Ministry of Industry in advance and waited under the official residence early.
Behind him, Zheng Yu and others were also waiting silently.
They actually don't know what they are waiting for.
I also asked Lin Yi, when can they start copying those three articles in large quantities?
But Lin Yi smiled and said to them, no need to copy.
This made them extremely confused. How could it be distributed to the world without copying it, and how could it be seen by the people and officials?
What happened next completely overturned their understanding, and they deeply admired His Royal Highness.
"coming!"
Lin also saw Chen Jingzhi leading officials from the Ministry of Industry and a carriage behind him.
It's hard for Lin not to be excited.
This will be a groundbreaking move for Dayan, allowing the world to recognize the imperial court again.
"Your Highness, I have kept you waiting for a long time. I have not been here these days. I have been supervising the work in the Ministry of Works. Although it is a little late, I still live up to your Highness's trust..."
Chen Jingzhi bowed his hands and said.
"Not too late, go directly to the printing shop from the side door and try the effect."
Lin Yi personally led the way, leading Chen Jingzhi and the officials from the Ministry of Industry who pulled the cart to the printing shop.
All the ink and paper in the printing shop are ready, but the only thing left is to get the typefaces in place.
Once it works.
You can select and recruit printing workers, print on a large area, and choose the opening day.
Send all weekly reports to pilot state capitals.
"What did the Ministry of Industry bring?"
"It seems that His Highness asked the Ministry of Industry to order it. I don't know, but it may be related to the article we wrote."
"It's been some time since the Nanxiang Mansion incident. If we don't let the people know about it, the people won't have much feelings about the incident..."
Zheng Yu and others who followed the printing shop curiously looked at several boxes shipped by the Ministry of Industry.
Wondering if it’s silver?
"Zheng Yu, Changsun Ce... prepare the manuscript and rice paper."
Lin Yi ordered Zheng Yu and another Imperial College scholar to prepare the manuscript.
He opened the box.
When he saw the neatly arranged fonts inside, Lin Yi took a deep breath and touched the words on the fonts with his right hand, feeling an indescribable feeling.
Bi Sheng.
I brought the movable type printing technology you invented to the Holy Text Continent for you. Please help me become an instant success.
'Am I too harsh on the sage, asking for his blessing even in this world...'
Lin Yi put his thoughts away, then called other bachelors to carefully move the calligraphy models to the workbench.
There are many commonly used characters in it, such as officials, common people, bachelors, holy courts, humanitarian sects... imperial court, etc. Lin also asked the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to burn a few more.
I am just worried that there will be too many such words in an article, which will make it impossible to print.
"This word is so beautiful and seems to contain talent."
A female bachelor's eyes lit up, and she couldn't put it down when she looked at the characters on these stencils.
Chen Jingzhi smiled and said: "These are all written by His Highness himself and carved by craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry. These craftsmen are all seventh-grade craftsmen with talents to prevent premature wear and tear."
"Your Highness's word?"
The scholars were stunned for a moment.
Zheng Yu looked at these words and suddenly said: "Have you noticed that the words written by His Highness seem to be very similar to the words in the "Preface to the King Teng's Pavilion" in the Pavilion of Prince Teng."
"Look, these are the four characters Teng, Wang, Ge, and Xu."
Zheng Yu found these four characters from the font, and the more he looked at them, the more they looked like them. They were exactly the same.
"Zheng Yu, what is Jingcheng Rural Examination Jie Yuan's name?"
"Lin Yi."
"Last name is Lin?"
Chen Jingzhi heard the whispers of these bachelors and couldn't help but said: "Lin is also the name of His Highness."
"ah?"
Buzz!
Zheng Yu and Chang Sun Ce were stunned, their heads were buzzing.
"Don't make any random guesses. I am Xie Yuanlin, the provincial examination..."
Lin Yi smiled helplessly and warned: "Follow the words in the article and find the fonts one by one, and put them into the grid of the movable type plate. Don't mess up the order..."
The scalps of all the bachelors were numb.
They never expected that His Highness was the one who wrote the Mingfu article "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion".
For a while.
The way they looked at Lin Yi showed not only respect for His Highness, but also admiration for Lin Yi's talent.
That article is a masterpiece for the ages.
Then they became full of energy and wanted to know what these typefaces could do when assembled into movable type plates.
But the strange thing is that they found that these words are all backwards.
Zheng Yu whispered: "Have you noticed that these characters look like seals..."
"Found!"
"I seem to understand a little bit. If we arrange all the typefaces according to the content of the article, put them into this movable type plate, brush them with ink, and print them on rice paper, won't the article come out directly without copying?"
"Yes! One copy and two copies. This will be troublesome, but if it is printed in large quantities, it is a great tool."
"If you print 10,000 times a day, that's 10,000 articles..."
It was only then that these first batch of employees of Dayan Weekly did not know what this thing was.
There was a turbulent wave in my heart, and I was shocked beyond measure.
They all looked up at Lin Yi, feeling ashamed.
How old is your Highness?
He may not have read as many books as them, but he seems to be able to crush them in every aspect.
Chen Jingzhi watched the bachelors assemble the typefaces with his hands behind his hands. When he noticed some irregularities, he couldn't help but pointed out: "This is a bit crooked. Let's fix it."
"This one too!"
"This line is a little skewed. Adjust the movable type."
"There are stains on this font. Use a brush to wipe it gently."
Lin also saw that Chen Jingzhi was directing over there, so he simply didn't bother him. The layout was neat and correct.
"Do you have all the printing fonts?" Lin Yi then asked.
A good weekly newspaper cannot be all densely packed with text, but should also have some embellishments.
In the future, those who are good at typesetting among these Imperial College bachelors will be responsible for layout design.
"Your Highness, everything is as per your request, yes!" said the official from the Ministry of Industry.
soon.
Zheng Yu and others arranged the movable type version of "A Nation's Tragedy: The Demon Incident in Nanxiang Prefecture".
"Your Highness, we have arranged the first edition." Zheng Yu said.
Lin Yi walked over quickly, checked it carefully, and said: "The three manuscripts are arranged too closely. Please separate them and divide them into sections based on the article titles..."
Lin also pointed out some problems.
Zheng Yu and others nodded and retyped the layout. This time Lin was very satisfied: "It will look very comfortable this way. You should also pay attention in the future and consider the readers' feelings when writing articles."
“It’s easy to read, that’s the most important thing.”
"yes!"
The scholars listened carefully and kept it in their hearts.
"Xuan paper!" Lin Yidao.
"At this."
Changsun Ce spread out the rice paper. These rice papers were customized by Lin Yi and were slightly larger than the size of the movable type plate.
Can accommodate thousands of words of articles at the same time.
These three articles are actually not too long. After Lin Yi crossed out some content, they are actually a bit like official announcements.
Be concise and concise (gai).
In other words, the fewer the words, the bigger the problem.
"ink."
A maester brought a bowl of ink.
Lin Yi picked up a brush and dipped it in ink, and applied ink to the typeface on the movable type plate.
Then pick up the rice paper and cover it on the movable type plate, and press it gently with the provided pressure plate.
Quickly remove the pressure plate.
'The time has come to witness the miracle...'
Thump!
Lin Yi's heartbeat accelerated slightly. He glanced at Zheng Yu and Chang Sun Ce and found that they were also extremely nervous.
Chen Jingzhi also tensed up, witnessing the miracle.
"Let's witness the birth of Dayan's first movable type printed manuscript. I hope... it will succeed!"
Lin Yi picked up the not-so-thick rice paper with both hands and turned it over carefully...
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