Wei Xi recently requisitioned a palace near Fengyi Palace.The reason is that Wen Jiuming said a worry of his own.Yixue is easy to build, but it can provide enlightenment books for Yixue children, and even a more advanced subset of scriptures and histories, because the number is too large, it will not be able to provide it in a short time.Wei Xi suddenly thought that all the books used by people nowadays were copied down with a pen.She gave Wen Jiuming a reply that I would like to find a way, and turned around and got busy on her side.First sent Gu Xing to the Ministry of Industry to ask for a few craftsmen who knew how to read and carved, and then instructed Xiao Qi to go to Mojiu to ask for a lot of strong and corrosion-resistant wood, and prepare ink and white paper, and when the manpower and materials were all ready, Dayong's first printing workshop in the harem started.Wei Xi first asked the craftsmen to carve the words needed on the enlightenment scroll.Use wooden blocks that are cut exactly the same size and polished smoothly, and the characters are carved backwards on each wooden block in the way of yang carving.Although it was to be carved backwards, it was not a difficult task for a few skilled craftsmen, and after a day or two of familiarity, they figured out how to carve.That is to write on the thinnest piece of paper, and then print the words face down and back up on the wooden board, so that you can clearly see the reverse font that is revealed.When you become proficient, this stupid method is abandoned.The six craftsmen worked together, and each received a part of the characters back, and in less than five days, all the words needed in a thousand words were carved.After all the wooden blocks were brushed with oil and dried, Wei Xi personally arranged the wooden blocks needed for the first page of the thousand words in a wooden frame that was the same size as the scroll, and then evenly brushed with ink, covered with clean white paper, and pressed slightly on the top of the white paper for a while.Then he picked up the paper, and the people around him who were silently watching Wei Xi's movements saw that the paper was printed with a whole page of 1,000 words.All of them widened uncontrollably."
This, this, this," the oldest craftsman opened his mouth, but could not speak.He looked at the small wooden pieces with carved words that were still stained with ink, and then at the neat handwriting on the paper, and took a deep breath before pleading: "Queen Mother, can you let the little ones try it too?"
”Wei Xi glanced up at him, sideways and moved out of the way, "Everyone can give it a try." ”As soon as these words fell, everyone suddenly moved.The old craftsman walked to the workbench with rare dexterity, learned Wei Xi's movements, first brushed a layer of ink on the carved wooden block, then took a blank piece of paper and carefully covered it, and the roller on the side gently rolled it from top to bottom, and finally carefully removed the paper.A piece of paper that is the same as the one on the workbench with a thousand words of content jumps onto the page."
Queen Mother, this, this is really" "It's so convenient. ”The old craftsman was stunned for a moment, and then nodded hurriedly.How long did it take him to print this page just now, how many breaths did it take, how much time did it take for a normal person to copy this page, not to mention a cup of tea, and he had to pay full attention to ensure that there were no mistakes.With this thing here, it's not a matter of how many books you want to print.And these wooden blocks can be combined at will, can print thousands of characters, can also print hundreds of family names, and even the biography of the subset of the scriptures, as long as there are carved wooden blocks, all of them are a matter of rearrangement and combination.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tremble with excitement, "Niangniang, please kill the little one." ”"Speak.""
The little one wants to lead the five of them and carve out all the words."
As soon as these words fell, the other five people were stunned and hurriedly followed to ask for their lives, and their voices were full of eagerness, "The little ones are also asking for their lives." ”"It doesn't have to be like that," Wei Xi met their excited eyes, "Do you know what all the words are?"
I think it's better to carve out only the common words in the book, such as those that are not commonly used, and it's not too late to carve them out when they are used.However, even if there are hundreds of commonly used words, it will be very troublesome to find, just like me, just looking for words wastes a lot of time.You can also divide it into categories, and the commonly used words are also divided into the most commonly used, generally commonly used, rarely used, and also divided into different radicals, different pronunciations, which one you think is more convenient, use which one to classify.So, is it possible?
”This suggestion made several craftsmen suddenly feel enlightened, and they all replied respectfully: "The little one obeys the order." ”Until the day before the official seal.Wei Xicai finally opened the door of her printing workshop and invited Zong Xu and Wen Jiuming in.Zong Xu has been curious about what his queen is mysteriously tinkering with these days, but seeing that she has made up her mind to surprise him, Zong Xu cooperated and held back his curiosity and didn't ask.It seems that it is time to reveal the surprise, and Zong Xu was a little expectant when he entered the door.Compared with Zong Xu, Wen Jiuming was at a loss, and when he came in, he was still thinking about the question of the scroll, and he didn't know what the queen mother could think of.Then I saw a busy scene in the palace.Wei Xi stood in front of the hall and beckoned to the two people who came in.Wen Jiuming followed behind Zong Xu and bowed in front of Wei Xi, "Weichen has seen the queen mother. ”"Lord Wen is exempt," Wei Xi raised his hand and grabbed Zong Xu again, "Let's go, I'll take you around." ”Wei Xi first took them to the carving workshop.Several craftsmen who were busy saw the people coming in from outside the door, and hurriedly put down the wooden blocks and carving knives in their hands and saluted, "The little one has seen Your Majesty, the queen mother." ”"It's good that you are busy with your own business," Wei Xi raised his hand towards them and led Zong Xu to the side of the shelf.It was full of wooden blocks that had been carved, brushed with oil, and dried.Each box containing a wooden block has a radical common to the wooden blocks in the box affixed to it.Wei Xi took two of them and handed them to Zong Xu and Wen Jiuming, and said to Zong Xu, "This is what I have been doing these days," and said to Wen Jiuming, "This is the method I thought of." ”The two of them took the wooden blocks with the engraved characters and looked at them carefully, and then looked at the wooden blocks neatly placed in the dozen or so boxes on the shelves in front of them.There was already a faint thought in my mind.Until Wei Xi led them into the larger and more spacious room next to them.There are more people who are busy inside, but one by one they perform their duties, and it seems that the whole hall is in order, busy but not chaotic.First, a few people took the wooden blocks they had just seen and placed them in a wooden frame, and when they were done, someone came and took them.They followed, and saw that the man who had taken the full pile of wood had painted a layer of ink on all the blocks, and attached a white piece of paper, and rolled it around with a wooden roller, until when the white paper was removed, it was a piece of paper full of letters.Then someone else dries the paper according to the contents of each page, and then prints the reverse side to dry, and then puts it aside for later use.When the entire book is printed, it can be bound directly.After reading the whole process from engraving, to typesetting, to printing, and then to the completion of the book, after realizing what this method would bring, Zong Xu and Wen Jiuming's eyes lit up directly.