Chapter 228: The precious gift is not broken (Part 1)

This gift is very valuable, not only expensive, but also has headaches.

Li Wei first took out two sheets of cut bamboo paper, a small box, and mysteriously opened the box. The son made it strange. The couple had to stretch their heads out and look inward. There were some copper squares. It was dark, and they lit a candle. It was Yangwen (reverse), and they didn't understand it.

Li Wei opened the small box, that is, ink, which is not very good, because the woodblock printing has appeared and someone has invented it. Li Wei is not sure how to improve it. It cannot be printed on paper one by one, which is too labor-intensive and may be untidy. Therefore, the method used is similar to the method in ancient times. Use rosin, wax and paper ash to make medicine, arrange the movable type in the frame, put the medicine on and melt it with fire, and press it flat with a flat plate. After cooling, it becomes a pattern.

There should be a better way to type, but Li Wei doesn't know it anymore.

But it is like a catapult. After the Yaozhou City Battle, the shortcomings were revealed one by one. However, many smart soldiers expressed their opinions, and their shortcomings were overcome one by one. The catapult now seems to be a real long-range shooting weapon, although there are still some shortcomings. At least most of the finished products, it turns out that it can only be considered a semi-finished product. With ideas, there are still many smart people in the world. It is not useless, but it is copper movable type from the beginning.

movable type has been around for a long time, but it has been used for a long time. It is materials, such as clay, clay, wood, and tin. The cost is low, but there are many disadvantages, including tin. In the Song Dynasty, Zhou Bida also used copper for a while, but it was given up because it was too expensive. Not only was the material expensive, but the font was also more troublesome. After all, it was expensive at the beginning. After all, it was expensive, and it was not easy to wear after it was done, and the font was melted quickly, so that the font was not easily deformed. As long as you didn't need it, it was just that it was expensive at the beginning.

It's a very simple truth, but after several centuries of progress...

I didn't understand very well, and saw my son apply ink and print it on paper. After printing, I took the pattern away and then painted it again. Then I showed it to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. Because the time was short, the production was cumbersome, and I wanted to make achievements, but I didn't want to alarm others, so I didn't make many movable characters. A song "Guanju" and the explanation of punctuation and segmentation.

Without reading movable type, Li Zhi pointed to the paper and said, "This is..."

"This is to let scholars better understand the knowledge in books and not easily become ambiguous."

Punctuation marks and segmentation are good, but once this thing appears, it will cause storms no less than tornadoes. Now articles are connected together, and using a slogan or not, are immediately different, using a period and using a question mark, and they have two different meanings. Not to mention a large book, even a "Analects of Confucius" may have more than 100,000 kinds of explanations. Together with the "big gift" to my father, giving him a headache with all the Confucian scholars. Li Wei did not plan to care.

Li Zhi immediately thought of it and said, "There will be a lot of trouble..."

"Father, although it is troublesome, it may allow future scholars to quickly and correctly understand the meaning of the book."

"But what are you?"

Li Wei put the pattern on the candle and baked it, and then took it off one by one.

"Take it over," Li Zhi shouted.

Li Wei handed over and Li Zhi looked in front of him. His eyes were not very good, so he could only look at things like this. Then he said, "It's a bit expensive and troublesome."

"Father, it is a fact that some of the expensive words are not necessarily troublesome. In fact, it is not expensive. If you print one or two books, it will definitely be expensive, but printing tens of millions or tens of thousands of books is extremely cheap and faster. It is also the beginning. After making the word mold, you can print no matter what book you want, and it does not take up any space. Just make a good mold for each character, cast more molds for common characters, and cast less molds for obscene characters. In fact, it is more expensive, and it is also the wages for the mold, and copper is still there. There is also bamboo paper. Once the price of bamboo paper drops again, the price of books will be so low that ordinary people can afford it."

Li Zhi was pondering whether it could be cheaper is not up to his son to decide, but he also needs to let the officials of the Ministry of Works to experiment and improve. The main reason is to think of another question. Since ancient times, people may have loved it, and excuses are also the same. Why is the Buddhist karma and retribution popular? This is the policy of fooling the people. Although my son is good, I don’t understand this section very well. Once all the people are civilized, what will happen?

Li Wei didn't know, and continued, "Father, ordinary people can read books, which is of great significance. The famous and powerful families dominate the country, and they have severe annexation, becoming the cancer of the country. Why do they dominate the world? It is precisely because they control resources and can read books. If they can read books, there are more people, and there will be more officials in the court. Therefore, they can strengthen the big family. The richer the richer the poor, the poorer the poor. But what if books are cheaper? All people can read books, and talents among the people can stand out, so that famous and prominent families cannot dominate the world. Father, you can truly take the heroes of the world into your pocket as Emperor Taizong said. This is the magic medicine to prevent annexation and spread."

It's not that simple, but when books are really cheap to a considerable price, it will in some sense offset the unique situation of major families.

This is also very unfair, mainly because of the ability of society to create wealth. In fact, even when famous families and prominent families are peaceful, their descendants are reproducing rapidly, and some large families can even have tens of thousands of children, which can even exceed the speed of their wealth accumulation. In addition to the head of the family and a few true direct disciples, many children also live in a shabby life. However, once books get cheaper, it will not only bring more talents to the country, quickly spread culture and technology, and its significance is even more important than the replacement of dynasties and generations to some extent.

Li Zhi had no way to make a conclusion for a moment, and whether it was as if his son had said was not decided. Therefore, he said, "I will talk about this later."

However, the font mold and two printed papers were accepted.

Then he said loudly: "Gao Yizhong, give me tea."

An old eunuch brought the tea, Li Zhi took a sip of the tea, and said, "Yaozhou sent a mansion newspaper, saying that soon, the heads of the barbarians gathered together and were going to come to the capital. What do you think?"

"This is unlikely," Li Wei shook his head immediately. If the large tribe is OK, like some small tribes, just like a village, and there are probably no money to raise the travel expenses in any capital. Could it be that the court should pay for it and pay it, but it also needs to entertain it. For the sake of face, some rewards will be given, and there will be more than a thousand clan leaders coming, and at least four or five thousand people will be at least four or five thousand people. How much does it cost? If you get the sweetness, worshiping you once or twice a year will become a huge burden to the court.

"Why?"

Li Wei said what he saw in the southwest, and even said that some small tribes had only a few hundred people and dared to call themselves kings. Wu Zetian was happy. He was not angry, nor was it worth being angry, it was funny.

"That won't be true, Dibao said there were only about three hundred people."

"That's possible. If you leave the entourage, there are only about 300 people, and there are only a few dozen tribe leaders. It is possible that they are all local tribes. These tribes can win over a little, send people to entertain you when you go to the capital, and reward some cloth."

"Well," Li Zhi closed his eyes and said again: "Where is that bird?"

I was stunned for a moment, what bird? I was stunned for a moment, why did I mention this matter again? I suddenly understood that although I told the truth, it was probably very cruel among the people, and my father was still uneasy. I did not avoid the old eunuch. It seemed that Gao Yizhong was his father's confidant, so I said: "Father, I am afraid that people will find out, so the child sent someone to tear it off that night. Not many people knew about it. But if the father, if he was curious, the child could send someone to make another one, without a wooden stick, but it was just a spherical shape. The matter spread, and the barbarians might not be able to remember it. But if the father wants to see it, he must agree to the child's thing."

“Tell me.”

"The father cannot climb up curiously." This thing is not like a hydrogen balloon. It may burn or explode. As long as the sewing place, rope, and hanging blue are carefully checked, it is basically foolproof. But who can climb up, the father cannot climb up. It will make people impeach the matter and make a fuss.

"Why?"

"Father, it's better not to do it." Seeing the father's desire expression, Li Wei said the truth: "Although that thing is very safe, it may be nearly ten times the height of Hanyuan Palace when it rises. Father, once you climb up, you must have a minister to attack, and you can make a fuss for some people with ulterior motives. The child has no prospects, just hope that our family will be harmonious and have no other desires."

He said pitifully, Li Zhi still had a shadow in his heart, which made him amused. He said, "You send someone to get it out first, I just want to see."

"Let the Queen Mother be the proof."

"OK."

But it may not be necessary. I hope that when some people impeach, the father will not forget the promise tonight. Li Wei was a little frowning, cheered up his spirits, and said, "Father, the child saw the beautiful peacocks in the palace and happened to go to the south. Most of the barbarians in the Manghui were happy. When he heard the child mention that he caught more than twenty peacocks for him. The child brought them back to the capital. Can he share some with him? By the way, he gave them to his second and third brothers and the other two."

There are only ten, and there are still eleven, but raising them is probably a bit difficult. Six of them have died along the way. In fact, it is a promise to Bier, but it cannot be said that it is not in line with the etiquette.

"This is what you brought, please arrange it." Li Zhi said. There were a few and a dozen in the Ming Palace, so it didn't matter to Li Zhi. Besides, it was just rare, not a symbol of the treasure.

"Thank you, my father." Li Wei took the guards to pick up the peacocks. He brought ten healthy ones out and sent the guards to send eight to Li Xian and the others, a small surprise. Then he took the peacock back to the East Palace. A group of people in the East Palace had long been thirsty. Bier, regardless of etiquette, threw herself into his arms and cried loudly.

"You silly girl, Gu Ping'an is back, why are you crying?"

"I'm so worried and scared."

This is what I want. Even if Yang Min is better now, it is not as good as that. Li Wei touched her hair and said, "Don't cry, I see that Gu has brought you good things."

When she led her to the peacock, Guan Wan'er and Wei Yue were actually happily circling around him. Finally, they were young and couldn't help but run over to watch. Shangguan Wan'er said, "So beautiful."

Wei Yue also clapped her hands and said, "I like it very much."

After feeding him all the way, he was not afraid of people. He stretched out his mouth and wanted to peck Wei Yue's hand. Wei Yue shrank his neck so much that he said, "Don't bite me."

"It's not biting, it's pecking." Shangguan Wan'er corrected immediately.

Then the two little loli jumped around happily.
Chapter completed!