Even if all kinds of political purposes are aside, movable type printing is an advanced technology and a blessing for scholars. Anyone can see this.

Therefore, the important officials who did not speak lies with their eyes open also praised this. Even if they gave His Highness Li Er a pretext, they had to express their attitude, right?

As for Mr. Wei who specifically criticizes Li Er, he must have reason and excuses to use the magical power of squirting people, which makes people freckles on their faces.

King Li Tai of Wei smiled and praised: "Qi Lin is extremely intelligent. It is a great achievement to create such a clever thing, and it is not an exaggeration to be famous in history."

Papermaking is one of the four great inventions, so Cai Lun became one of the most famous scientists in China; the movable type printing produced by Xu Qilin is also ranked among the four great inventions, and it is not surprising that it leaves its name in history books.

Xu Qilin was proud, but said modestly: "Your Highness praises you, and your subordinates are frightened."

After pausing, Xu Qilin bowed to His Majesty Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, this movable type printing is just a start-up, and there are still many problems that need to be solved. Please report them one by one."

His Majesty Li Er smiled and said briefly: "Authentication."

Xu Qilin took out a small notebook, looked at his summary record, and spoke: "First of all, wooden movable type is easy to make, but compared with lead and copper movable type, the service life is more than ten times different. Of course, the cost and difficulty of casting of metal movable type are much higher than that of wooden movable type..."

"Secondly, woodblock printing is sticker engraving, and the fonts vary from person to person; while movable type printing has fewer fonts, which appear monotonous..."

"In addition, woodblock printing also has advantages. The engraving is time-consuming, but it can be preserved for a long time after it is engraved and is ready to be used. For example, commonly used books in classics, history, and meso collections have the largest printing volume, and woodblock printing seems to be more suitable..."

"In short, there are probably not many folk workshops that can use movable type printing at present. Because of their high initial investment cost, it is not cost-effective to print only a small number of books. If it is the court, there will be no such concern. As long as there are many books printed, the cost of casting movable type will be earned back."

"And, the official attention can play a more promotional role and drive folk printing shops to master this advanced and fast printing technology..."

His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard, understood, and smiled and said, "Qi Lin analyzed it thoroughly and put his heart into it." As he said that, he turned to the ministers, "What do you think?"

Fang Xuanling bowed and said, "The Chief of the Zhiguo School is clearly explained. I think it is appropriate for the imperial court to contribute funds to achieve the achievements of education."

Mr. Wei also bowed and said, "Education is established and evil is stopped, education is abolished and evil is born. The kings of ancient times understand this, so they govern the world in the south, and all of them regard education as a major task. Promoting movable type printing is the important task of the court, and how much money is spent? Wouldn't it be better to build a large-scale construction and build a hundred times the palace?"

"Xuancheng's words are reasonable." His Majesty Li Er said perfunctorily, and quickly turned to look at Yu Wen Shiji, raised an eyebrow, and signaled him to continue the conversation, and not let Mr. Wei take advantage of the issue and make suggestions.

What about movable type printing? Why does it involve building palaces in a lot of ways, which is wasteful and wasteful, and is extravagant? I didn't say that the court did not invest.

Yu Wenshi understood and said, "Weichen had poor eyesight and was far away just now, but he didn't see clearly how the printing of movable type is operated? Why not--"

"Yes, yes, I didn't see clearly." His Majesty Li Er took the opportunity to stand up and said, "Let's take a closer look and see the mystery."

His Majesty Li Er and several ministers walked to the operating table. This time he saw it clearly and carefully, and nodded in praise.

"Not to mention the printing of movable type, it's this-" Yu Wenshi pointed at the roulette tracing, but he didn't know what the name was.

Xu Qilin introduced: "This is a roulette tray, and movable characters are classified according to rhyme to improve the efficiency of character inspection."

"It's unique!" Yu Wenshi and his face were full of praise, and his head was frequently seen, and the appearance of the flattery was fully revealed. "Okay, it's so good..."

It's so good, it's good, why is it so good?!

Xu Qilin complained in his heart and made up several words for Yu Wenshi and his imagination.

"If there are a few more roulette trays, a few more people will pick up the characters, and the speed will be faster." King Li Tai of Wei reached out and turned the roulette, bowed to his father and said, "Father, my son-in-law wants to cast metal movable type models to help the imperial court's education and facilitate the use of the Literature College in the mansion."

His Majesty Li Er nodded and said with great relief: "It's accurate. Qingque has this heart, so I feel no comfort."

Li Sipang has some money, you also give money and property to a large mansion, so you can get a few sets of characters, which is a little bit of a little.

Xu Qilin glanced at the fat big guy and said to himself: I said what I just said in vain, what are you doing nonsense!

"Your Majesty, this is Zhang Cheng, an official of the Ministry of Works." Xu Qilin spoke and introduced it. In order not to appear abrupt, he said self-deprecatingly: "There are too many Chinese characters. I am worried that I can't recognize them completely, so I asked him to help."

His Majesty Li Er looked at Zhang Cheng and saw Zhang Cheng's nervous and panic look, he felt a sense of pride as an emperor. He smiled and said, "Well, Zhang Cheng is honest and responsible for his work, which is enough to be a good place for Jiali. Qi Lin, you should also read more and read more in the future."

"Thank you, thank you Your Majesty." Zhang Cheng almost fainted, and even praised himself as a small official. This is not a great fortune.

Become an expert, you will probably do this movable type printing in the future!

Xu Qilin felt that he finally pushed this broken job cleanly, not only creating inventions, but also cultivating experts. What is the dissatisfaction with His Majesty Li Er?

That's right, His Majesty Li Er was quite satisfied and very happy. Seeing that Xiao Yizi was giggling and spinning the roulette quickly and throwing out all the movable type, he couldn't help but laugh.

But this reward was a lot of effort for His Majesty Li Er. He originally wanted to upgrade Xu Qilin to two levels of official ranks, which was the two promised rewards last time. But now there is an extra movable type printing, so these two levels of official ranks are a bit ineffective.

After thinking about it, His Majesty Li Er felt that it was meaningless to be so petty. Although Xu Qilin was young, his achievements were real. If he always suppressed, he would lose his spirituality and enthusiasm. Wouldn't it harm him?

His Majesty Li Er figured it out and rewarded him if he had any merits. He thought too much, but it was counterproductive. But he did not immediately announce the order, worried that Mr. Wei would come to criticize him again.

After the ministers had seen the operation and procedures of movable type printing, His Majesty Li Er asked Xu Qilin, Zhang Cheng and others to retreat with their objects first.

Xu Qilin understood in a second that with Wei's big troll, he had to avoid it. Okay, let's go home and wait. When he invented such a good play, Li Er's face was full of joy, and the reward would definitely not run away.

"Xu Xiaolang, go to Jinyang Palace to tell me a few stories before leaving!" After turning the big roulette, Xiao Yizi saw that he was going to pack up and leave, so he ran to Xu Qilin, pulled his sleeves, raised his little face and begged.
Chapter completed!