After arriving at Han's house, today's study began. Mo Ziwan likes to listen to Han Shuxian's lectures. During his explanations, Mo Ziwan can not only learn the contents of the book, but also learn a lot about this dynasty. This is big news. Apart from knowing a little bit about it from his mouth, Mo Ziwan also knows a lot about other places. But she couldn't hear anything at all, so every time she listened to the class, she paid special attention.
For those who love to learn, the time for learning is always short. Just like Mo Ziyuan at this time, why did the time end after just a while?
After sighing that time passed so quickly, Mo Ziwan thought about telling Han Shuxian about the printing. She pulled Han Shuxian and said, "Uncle, I have something to tell you."
Han Shuxian looked at Mo Ziwan's bright big eyes, thinking that she might want to ask some questions about the class just now, "Oh? What do you want to tell me?"
Mo Ziwan looked at Han Chunlin and said without saying a word: "Brother Chunlin, you go and play with sister Lulu first. Uncle and I will come to you after we finish talking, and then we will play together." This was completely untrue. It feels like you are in someone else's home, like a master. .
Han Chunlin wanted to stay and listen to what they had to say, so he didn't want to go out to play with Han Qiulu. He said a little jealously: "You didn't tell me anything? I want to listen too."
Mo Ziwan thought for a moment and decided that it didn't matter if he stayed, so she excused herself and said, "I thought you were tired from class, so I wanted you to rest first! Since you don't want to rest, let's discuss it together."
"Okay, I'll discuss it with you." Han Chunlin said.
Han Shuxian pursed his lips to hold back a smile, thinking to himself that if Wanwan sold his silly son one day, he would be happy to count the money for Wanwan! After secretly laughing, he looked at Mo Ziwan lying seriously, but how could Mo Ziwan be such a person!
After Han Chunlin stayed, Mo Ziwan stopped wasting time and began to say: "Uncle, Uncle Xie asked me to keep copying "The Analects of Confucius", saying that no matter how much I copy, he can sell it!"
Han Shuxian thought that Mo Ziwan thought that Xie Wenhua was taking care of her by letting her copy "The Analects" to make money, rather than really selling it quickly, just like Xie Wenhua took care of Chunlin, even though the writing was very poor, he still accepted it!
She could think that Xie Wenhua was taking care of Chunlin, and she could also think of herself, so she explained: "If it is just "The Analects of Confucius", the manuscript may not be sold quickly, but it is different with the annotations. , with a book with annotations, you can understand the meaning of the book even if there is no teacher to explain it, not to mention the annotations made by everyone, which you may not be able to sell even if you have money. This is why she can understand it no matter how many copies you make. Reasons why it sells.”
Mo Ziwan nodded and said: "Well, Uncle Xie also said that it is easier to sell because of the annotations."
Only then did Han Shuxian realize that she might be talking about another topic, "Then what do you want to say?"
Mo Ziyuan said: "What I want to say is printing!"
"Printing?" Han Shuxian didn't understand how she could think of printing.
Mo Ziwan nodded and replied: "Yes, since the annotated Analects of Confucius is so easy to sell, wouldn't it be more convenient to just print more?"
"Uncle Xie has been making copies of what you're talking about, but he hasn't finished printing them yet," Han Shuxian said.
"I asked Uncle Xie why he didn't find someone to engrave and print it, and he also said that it was never printed well." Mo Ziwan said.
Han Chunlin listened to the two people talking back and forth, and it was not interesting at all, nor was he interested. I wanted to leave, but I also thought that I had stayed behind on my own initiative. I felt uncomfortable and embarrassed to leave, so I struggled a lot and said, "Dad, Wanwan, you guys discuss it first, I'll go see my sister before I come back."
Han Shuxian pursed his lips again, and did not reveal the excuse made by his stupid son. He walked up the steps and said, "Okay, then go ahead! Your sister probably misses you too."
Mo Ziwan also took advantage of the situation and said: "It's okay. Uncle and I will talk slowly. It's okay for you to spend more time with sister Lulu."
Han Chunlin went to play with his sister under the steps given by his father and Mo Ziyuan.
After Han Chunlin left, Mo Ziwan rushed to the topic, "Uncle, I have thought of a good way to print, and I will definitely succeed."
Mo Ziwan's first reaction to Han Shuxian's words was that it was impossible! But looking at Mo Ziyuan, he had watched her grow up. It would be impossible for ordinary people to think like this! But after the first reaction, I hesitated a little!
No matter what she says or does, Wanwan has never had any unrealistic ideas or practices. She must have had some thoughts when she said this, so she said: "Tell me, what good ideas do you have!"
Mo Ziyuan planned to talk about both movable type printing and wax paper printing. She did not plan to test it first and then talk about it later. At her age, it was easy to explain just the ideas she had. If she tried again, she would have another explanation, and If the test was successful, it would be okay to explain it, but the wax paper test also required ink, which she couldn't find at all. If the test was replaced with ink, the effect would definitely be poor.
She hoped that she and Han Shuxian could witness this bad effect together, and then she would come up with a way to solve it! This will also make you less suspicious of her! Said: "Uncle Xie said that the words cannot be engraved in advance because the content of each book is different. Only after the content to be printed is determined can the words be officially engraved and prepared for printing."
Han Shuxian nodded, "That's right."
Mo Ziwan then added: "If this is the case, each engraving will take a long time, and it is easy to make mistakes. Not only will it be difficult to modify after making mistakes."
Han Shuxian saw that what she said was clear and logical, and his first reaction was no longer there. Now he thought that she might have really come up with a good idea. After being shocked that she really came up with a way to print, he was happy that she could do it for the first time. I said this to myself for a while, "Indeed, if you don't have a few words engraved, you can still do it, but when you encounter a page that is almost finished, you can only remove the original wood block and add another one." Later. He continued: "Even if it is patched up, there are still differences in the front engraving. Whether it is neat or beautiful, it cannot be regarded as error-free. It is still possible to correct errors if they are discovered. Some errors that have not been discovered can be printed directly. It's wrong, which means the printed books are not easy to sell, or cannot be sold. This is why your Uncle Xie has never started printing, because the printed books have not yet achieved the effect he wants."
Mo Ziwan said: "The way I think of is not to engrave words according to the book, but to find words according to the content of the book. Find the words needed for each page and put them together on a fixed plate to form an article before starting. print."
Han Shuxian roughly understood what she meant. It meant carving some words and preparing them first. It worked, but the content of each article was different and composed of different words. If you were not sure, you couldn't prepare in advance. . Said: "But the content of each article is different, how can you prepare in advance?"
Mo Ziwan smiled and said, "Although the content of each article is different, it is composed of those words. Wouldn't it be great if we had all the words carved and prepared in advance?"
Han Shuxian didn't expect that the preparation she was about to say was to carve all the words. This was not easy. It would take a lot of effort just to carve each word. Not to mention that there were many repeated words in the whole book, just one. There may be many repeated words in the page. How many words should be prepared to prepare enough? "Even if you prepare some words, have you ever thought about how many repeated words there are in each book? How do you prepare these repeated words?"
Mo Ziwan said: "It's simple. Each character is engraved with a few more to be used as substitutes for repeated occurrences. In order to make it easier to find, all the characters are arranged according to pronunciation or the number of strokes. This makes it easier to find."
"If the extra engraved words are not enough, just add them temporarily. After all, the temporary additions are only a small number. Even if you stop and add more characters, it will be faster than engraving the entire book."
Mo Ziwan ignored Han Shuxian's thoughts for the time being, and continued after a pause: "And you don't need to carve it with wood. The characters carved from wood will easily deform after being left for a long time, and the carving process is also very slow, maybe because it is wood. As a result, the printing effect is not good! So what I thought was to use clay, mix the clay first, cut it into small pieces the size of lettering, and then carve the words into the semi-dry clay. After all the words are carved, they are fired in the furnace. Fire it like ceramic so it won’t deform no matter how long it takes.”
Han Shuxian completely understood what she was saying! But after understanding this, I was even more shocked! "How did you come up with this idea?"
This is easy to prevaricate, wrong, easy to explain! Mo Ziyuan explained: "Didn't my uncle say that the bowls we use are made of clay? I just thought that bowls can be made of clay, and if words are carved on clay, they can also be burned."
Han Shuxian sighed, and then said what he had said many times before, "I really don't know how your little head grew!"
Mo Ziwan laughed, "Uncle, do you think it's okay?"
Han Shuxian nodded, "You can try it!"
Mo Ziwan said: "Well, let's find someone to engrave a page of characters and burn it to see the effect!"
Han Shuxian reached out and touched Mo Ziwan's head, "You don't have to think too much about this, I will find a way." He still warned: "Don't tell anyone about this."
Mo Ziyuan nodded and responded with a smile: "I will only tell my uncle, not my aunt."
"Little naughty." Han Shuxian smiled fondly.
"I also thought of another way!" Mo Ziyuan said with a little arrogance.
"Is there any way?" Shock cannot describe Han Shuxian's thoughts at this time.
"Yeah!" Mo Ziyuan responded, and then continued: "It means melting the candle, then dipping the paper in the wax to dry, and then using a knife to carve words on the wax-soaked paper, but use the waxed paper After carving, place a piece of paper under the wax paper, and then brush the ink on the wax paper. The ink will soak along the engraved area and the paper will be printed."
