To tell the truth, Comrade Li Er really doesn’t believe that this is printing. You know, Comrade Li Er has seen this printed thing before. Don’t say that this multi-color part is printed on a piece of paper, even if it is printed in a single black color, there will often be a mass of ink. Most of the time, it is impossible to see clearly. Comrade Li Er didn’t even think about it if he wanted to achieve the effect of holding this map in his hand.
Now that Excavate has said this, although he has seen the real effect, Comrade Li Er is still willing to ask again to make sure that it is not that he heard wrong, but that it is true!
Although Kelly didn’t know what Comrade Li Er was thinking in his heart, he replied honestly to Comrade Li Er’s question, "Every word that I reported to the Emperor Li’s adult was true. These maps were printed by my official. Today, as soon as I succeeded, I took them to Li’s adult. After Li’s reading, I went directly to the emperor to ask the emperor to browse."
Comrade Li Er heard that Kelly personally confirmed the words of Li Jing, and then he believed that he had not heard wrong. These maps were indeed printed by Kelly, and his heart was excited again.
Chapter 314 Birthday gifts
Comrade Li Er’s excitement is justified. Now, if this color map is popular, it will be a great thing. It will be beneficial to both marching and fighting and daily management. At least when it comes to the road or when to build it, we can make a decision according to the map.
Seeing Comrade Li Er’s face lit up, everyone in the room knows that Comrade Li Er is quite happy today, but Kelly is not too happy. After all, it is normal for him. If he can’t even handle such a thing, it will be a waste to come here through the Millennium.
However, unlike Kelly, Excavate didn’t think that he was a sudden intention. He found a few craftsmen for Kelly on weekdays. Kelly actually made such a big noise to make Comrade Li Er excited to see Ye. Now Excavate is more and more convinced that he will give Kelly a little mistake and Kelly will definitely give himself an unexpected surprise.
Just when Excavate was thinking about what help he could give Kelly, he heard Comrade Li Er’s mouth and quickly put away his thoughts and listened attentively to Comrade Li Er’s words to Kelly, "How did you come up with this method? This is a good thing."
Wang Ke recognized that Comrade Li Er was really interested in this matter, and he knew that it was the easiest time to please Comrade Li Er by saying this matter at this time. Now, his achievements are here, and no one can erase them for himself. However, he can’t just take all the credit for this matter himself, but he has to leave some for others.
China has been pursuing the golden mean since ancient times. What’s the good thing about it? It’s good for everyone to share the benefits. In this way, although in the end, no one may get much credit, who will care about how much they can get from this credit?
Now that their status has reached the top, what they value most is their own name. What they want now is Comrade Li Er’s affirmation that he has an eye for pearls. This will make them happy than giving him a reward. After doing this, they will do it. When they want these people to help themselves, they will be more easy to say that they are happy!
Kelly hurriedly got up and said, "Emperor, it’s actually due to Emperor Excavate’s credit. When I was ordered by the Emperor to set up a map printing bureau, Emperor Excavate allocated all my craftsmen there to me, and several of them specialized in printing craftsmen. After seeing these craftsmen, I thought that I had told the Emperor that there were many kinds of maps. If every map was drawn manually, I didn’t know how long it would take to draw it. Even if the demand was tight, I would consider whether I could adopt them.
Kelly’s eyes went to excavate here. They saw that Excavate and Li Ji had nothing to show that they knew that they had not recognized the meaning of their words yet. They thought they were telling Comrade Li Er what they had done. They secretly smiled and continued to talk.
"But after the monochrome map was printed, I felt that it was really inconvenient for the map to look like this, especially when the military map method showed the battlefield landforms, so I had a bold idea. Can I print a color map to show various landforms first, so that the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces can see clearly what terrain is around the battlefield at a glance, which is more conducive to our troops’ stationing, attacking and defending? Adult Li Jing supported this idea and encouraged me to experiment boldly. What consequences will they bear? Only then can I succeed today."
Kelly said that Li Jing and Li Jiyi were stunned there. Li Jingbai said in front of Kelly that it was true, but in the end they were talking nonsense about themselves. But in this matter, apart from receiving a few craftsmen from Kelly, they didn’t do anything with themselves, let alone encourage Kelly. Kelly said this just to give himself credit and count it as one. This is already something that I don’t want to know.
"Oh, did Li Qing know about this earlier?" Comrade Li Er squinted at Li Jing and said, "Why didn’t Li Qing tell me earlier when she knew it? Did you still want to give me a surprise?"
Comrade Li Er’s words are not to blame Excavate, but Comrade Li Er thinks that everyone knew about this for a long time, but he didn’t tell himself until he succeeded in the end. I always feel that there is something missing in my heart. It seems that if I knew it early, even if I had to endure the suffering before success, it would be much more delicious than I can enjoy the joy of success now. The enjoyment of bitterness before sweetness is much thicker than the joy after success.
Excavate and Comrade Li Er have been thinking about it for not a day or two. Of course, I know the meaning of Comrade Li Er’s words. Now Kelly is giving himself a compliment, and he should also help Kelly to talk. "The emperor pardons this matter. I also thought that I wanted to worry to the emperor beforehand that it would not be successful, and the emperor worked hard every day. If the test failed, I would boldly press this matter to think about waiting for Wang Daren to report the good news to the emperor. Fortunately, it was not long before Wang Daren succeeded in the trial production. Today, I came to report it to the emperor as soon as I got the news.
Kelly and Excavate flatter each other, but Comrade Li Er is really satisfied with the truth. After all, Comrade Li Er heard from the two people that these officials are very happy and want to make themselves happy, but they are afraid that they will be unhappy after the trial failed. They are willing to take the risk of reprimanding themselves and insist on doing it successfully before reporting good news to themselves. They can’t help but understand their good intentions!
Comrade Li Er can think like this, and his heart can also be flattered by the fact that this matter is very satisfactory. However, knowing the details of this matter, I can see clearly the cause and effect. It is different for Li Ji to feel a burst of cold air when hearing Kelly and Excavate. This is too exaggerated. It is really a shame for him to come to Comrade Li Er and win each other.
However, it’s not uncommon to say nice things to each other in front of Comrade Li Er, but it’s really a drop in the bucket to say what you usually say compared with what Kelly and Excavate say today. It’s just an ordinary narrative that won’t show your face and won’t let others realize that if you haven’t been involved in this matter all the time, you will probably be blinded by their words. Now your expression must be exactly the same as that of Comrade Li Er.
Kelly and Excavate looked at each other tacitly, knowing that each other was putting in a good word for themselves now, but their faces didn’t show any expression. They all sat there with a calm face, waiting for Comrade Li Er to continue talking. It was really a shame for Li Ji to show their calmness.
Comrade Li Er read every map carefully before putting it on the imperial case, and picked up the scrolls he had seen just before Excavate and the others came in. From time to time, he looked at the map and then at the scrolls in his hand. All the people present didn’t know what he really wanted to see.
After a while, Comrade Li Er looked up at Lee Tae and asked, "What does Tyre think about these notes?"
Lee Tae has been sitting there silently when Li Jing and others were happy just now, and he can’t insert a word. After all, he has never been exposed to these things on weekdays and doesn’t know what these things are.
Mrs. Li’s face seems calm, but her heart is a little angry. She came to the palace excitedly to show Comrade Li Er his achievements. Who knows that these people who have no vision have come here to make a fuss and diverted Comrade Li Er’s attention from compiling these notes himself, but she can still see that these things are more interesting to Comrade Li Er than her own notes. This is really Lee Tae’s heart.
Now, as soon as I saw Comrade Li Er again turning his attention to his own note, Lee Tae quickly got up and said, "This is what my father and son want. When my son and son told his father about this matter, my father asked my son to make this note. I asked my father to read it. After that, my son and son arranged for someone to copy this note to one or two thousand textbooks. Do you know about the learners in that college that Wang Daren said?"
Lee Tae’s abacus is quite good. Wang Ke suggested that Comrade Li Er set up a college to study in Tianxue. Comrade Li Er also intended to let Lee Tae leave the school. Now, if Lee Tae put this note on these school models, this is his organizer’s compilation of Lee Tae’s name, which is bound to spread widely in these schools. This is a very good idea. If he takes action, many people will certainly follow suit, so he will not fight alone.
Kelly’s original discussion of this idea is actually meaningful. In this era of the Tang Dynasty, the literati did not have such a high status. The military attache in the army also has the same status as the civilian. However, because the military attache has an army in his hand, sometimes it is even more important than the civilian. Li Tai has no different opinions if he wants to jump out and get a seat in the DPRK. Comrade Li Er also agrees with this idea. At least in this way, Li Tailai can contain a Li Chenggan and Li Ke can get some benefits in the dark.
Comrade Li Er seems to have no objection to Lee Tae’s ideas, but he doesn’t quite agree with what Lee Tae said. Kelly knew from Comrade Li Er’s expression that Comrade Li Er must have some ideas, but Comrade Li Er didn’t say it, so it’s hard to guess for himself.
After a while, Comrade Li Er asked Kelly in a hesitant tone, "I think you have a lot of characters on this map, too. I wonder if this pure character can be printed?"
As soon as Comrade Li Er said this, Kelly came here for nothing. Comrade Li Er wanted to help Li Tailai print these notes, but it is normal that there are so many volumes in this note. If someone finds someone to copy it, according to Lee Tae, it will take more than 1,000 sets. How many people will copy it and how long will it take to complete it? It is better to let Kelly print it here.
But now there is a problem that Kelly also thought of at the same time, that is, at present, printing carvings are all carved into pieces to print each page, so it is more troublesome than maps. If a wrong word is not enough, then this board will be scrapped. This engraving board project will be huge and it will take a long time.
If there are too many prints, one set of prints may not be enough. Now there are only a few printers in their hands who have to be rigid and print. If there is a need to add more prints halfway, it will be impossible to care for each other.
Chapter 315 Making gifts (1)
Looking at himself asking Kelly for a long time, Kelly kept bowing his head and thinking. Although Comrade Li Er knew what Kelly was thinking, he didn’t believe his request, so he stumped Kelly and asked, "What’s the matter? Is there any problem?"
Seeing Comrade Li Er asking Kelly again, he quickly looked up and said, "There is no problem with the printing of the emperor. Now I think that the printing is too long, even after printing, it is not easy to keep it. If I throw it away now, I will have to engrave it again when printing. It is really not cost-effective. I am wondering if there is any other way to solve this problem."
Then Kelly said what he had just thought, which made everyone here come for nothing. Now it’s not a question of whether it can be printed, but a question of how to make and keep it. Most people didn’t think of this question before they realized that it was really a big problem after hearing Kelly say it.
Comrade Li Er couldn’t help but stay for a long time before asking, "Isn’t there any other way?"
Kelly said that Kelly had already thought of movable type printing when Comrade Li Er just said that he would help Lee Tae print these notes, but Kelly really didn’t know what this movable type printing was.
Kelly remembered that in the history, it was said that Bi Sheng daub was used to make the word blank, but Kelly didn’t know how this daub came out. In the later generations, all the words he saw were type, and he had never seen what the word blank was made of daub. Kelly didn’t dare to say it directly at the moment.
Now that Comrade Li Er has asked this question again, Kelly said, "Yes, there is, but now there is a problem that needs to be solved before it can be done. If this method can’t solve this key problem, it can’t be done this way, but once this method is made, it will definitely be much more convenient than carving and printing now."
Kelly’s words convinced everyone here. After all, they all knew that Kelly wouldn’t say anything if he didn’t say it. If he said it, it would mean something was wrong. However, it must be difficult if Kelly was in trouble. Otherwise, Kelly wouldn’t be so cautious because they haven’t seen Kelly make it very serious.
Comrade Li Er is still relatively calm. Everything that Wang Ke has done is not so smooth, but he has a strange belief in Kelly that he can solve these problems.
Comrade Li Er said to Kelly Shen, "Let me know what this method is, and if there is any problem, everyone will think about it and see if they can figure out a solution. I don’t believe that so many people still can’t figure out a solution!"
Having said that, Kelly also knows that this is a strange field for these people now. It is wishful thinking to let them solve their own problems, but now they can’t come up with any way to sit around like this. It is better to talk about it and maybe find some inspiration.
Thinking of this, Wang Kecai said, "Well, now my idea is that we should make several blanks for each word separately, and each blank is made into the same size. No longer as before, every piece of paper is restrained from printing any word. After printing, we will put all the blanks out and put them in categories. If necessary, we can continue to make it so that we don’t have to engrave a new one every time we want to print something. If the number of things to be printed is limited, wouldn’t it be time-consuming and financial resources to engrave a new one?"
Kelly dialect makes everyone in the room wake up like a dream. This method is really unique. It is convenient to make every word into an activity, but it is much more convenient to take it and keep it directly when it is not arranged.
Comrade Li Er couldn’t help clapping and praising Kelly. "How did you come up with this small idea? It’s really a good idea!"
Kelly was ashamed of himself, but he didn’t have anything at all. He just shipped nothing in this era, but there is no way to make it clear. If you directly tell these people that this method will not appear until hundreds of years later, no one will believe that you have to take all the credit to yourself. Kelly is not too willing to do so. After all, this is different from poetry and songs. This is China’s four great achievements, but you can’t afford it!
Fortunately, Kelly knew that this method had already appeared, but he didn’t know why it didn’t develop, so he said, "The emperor didn’t think of this method, but it had already appeared in the Qin Dynasty, but it didn’t develop because I was worried that I couldn’t solve that problem, so that printing has always been along the carving."
Comrade Li Er saw that Kelly was so determined, but he was attracted by this problem that upset Wang Ke. Kelly was very right. Something appeared in the Qin Dynasty but died because of a small problem. He said that this problem was not so easy to solve, otherwise it would not be so troublesome to print now.
Comrade Li Er frowned and asked without confidence, "What’s so difficult that you really can’t find a solution?"
Kelly didn’t say much, let alone directly tell the problem of making word blanks. It seems feasible to make word blanks from wood, but it is absolutely impossible to think that the ink used now is not really blended by oil as in later generations, but by collecting ink, which contains a lot of water. Once the water is immersed in wood, the word blank will be deformed, that is to say, it will be scrapped after one time, and there is no way to repeat it, which is no different from direct engraving and printing.
Then we have to find a way to replace the wood with other materials, but what? According to Bi Sheng’s method, it’s daub, but Kelly doesn’t know how to do this daub, and he doesn’t know whether several craftsmen in his own hands will be in front of Comrade Li Er. Kelly himself is not sure that he dare not say it at random.
Metal Kelly also has to consider the degree of ink adhesion. As far as he knows, the adhesion of ink to other metals except copper is not enough. If it is forced to use other metals, even printed ones, it will not be enough.
Copper bar, I’m nervous about coming to copper now. If I ask for some more words here, it is estimated that the copper mines mined by Datang every year will not be enough. At that time, I don’t know what the grandson will shout!
Kelly put all the difficulties out, and everyone lost their voices. After all, Kelly was thoughtful enough. If Wang Ke had no way to solve them, others wouldn’t know what to do.
Just when everyone was thinking hard, Li Jikou sat there without talking. "How about this? Don’t we all play with mud when we were children?" We all know that the clay should be dried in the shade and not exposed to the sun. If it is dried in the shade, it will become hard, even if it falls to the ground. Is it possible to consider doing this? "
Li Ji slapped himself on the forehead as soon as the words sound just fell on Kelly. I always thought that I didn’t know how to make metal to replace this cement, and I couldn’t do it well. How could I forget the problem of soil?
In this era, cement is nothing but soil. It is not enough to mix a small amount of salt into the soil to prevent the mud from cracking and then treat it by burning porcelain!
The porcelain kiln in my own place is also ready-made, and you can burn it out whenever you need it. Isn’t it a simple matter? How can I forget this stubble with my pig head?
Seeing Kelly’s move, everyone knew that Kelly had found a solution. When he relaxed, he was amused by Kelly’s move. Comrade Li Er was even more happy to point to Kelly and burst out laughing. After all, Comrade Li Er felt that there was no problem after this problem was solved. Lee Tae Note should also be printed.
On the contrary, Lee Tae had some doubts at this time. Lee Tae thought about it and summoned up his courage to say to Kelly, "Wang Daren’s problem has been solved, but Wang still has some questions and wants to ask Wang Daren for advice!"
Kelly is also very happy that this problem has been solved. Now Lee Tae has questions to ask himself. Kelly feels that there is nothing to be baffled. He can’t think of any problems in Lee Tae that he hasn’t thought of.
Kelly waved his hand at random and said to Lee Tae, "If you have any questions about the Wei Palace, I can’t tell you enough!"
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