vrcanaries Chapter 127 Printing Book
Chapter 127 Printing Book
Over the past half month, the temperature has gradually warmed up, and the bright moon has become increasingly restless.
From time to time, I would go to the First Bookstore to ask when Qian Zeyan’s books would be on the shelves and go on sale.
The result was always that I was told, "I'm still copying from the book."
Mingyue slapped her head and remembered that there was no printing technology in this world!
Now, we have arrived at the Construction Bureau.
I picked two who were free and pleasing to the eye.
Take out a page of poetry and have one of them carve it out backwards.
I also reminded him several times.
Then he asked another person to carve these words into small squares.
The two men had nothing to do, and seeing the bright moon made them see stars.
This circle is so small. In front, the four villains in the Ministry of Works are proud, and in the back, the Imperial Hospital is also rising to prominence.
Everyone knows how lucky it is to be chosen by the little princess and work for her!
Now it is their turn to be rich and powerful.
"My dear little princess, I promise to complete the task!"
Mingyue nodded and let them do what they were supposed to do.
Although Mingyue only gave him three days, at noon the next day, when Mingyue was still swinging on the swing, he saw two young eunuchs asking to see him.
The two of them were in high spirits, holding the finished wood carvings in their hands.
Take a closer look!
He is indeed a skilled craftsman carefully selected by the palace!
Mingyue gave them some money as a reward and wrote down their names.
The two little eunuchs jumped and skipped away with joy.
Mingyue washed up, changed her clothes, and planned to go to the imperial study to see Jiang Hetang.
However, the atmosphere in the imperial study was a bit off.
She walked lightly and hid in the corner.
"Puff, puff"
Soon the young eunuch guarding the door noticed Mingyue and leaned forward.
"Little Ancestor, why are you here again!"
"The Emperor is very angry."
Mingyue was a little curious, "Tell me, what is he angry about?"
The young eunuch hesitated. After all, this was the emperor's wrath. How could a small eunuch like him dare to speculate or tell others about it?
But who is in front of me?
Little princess!
That person can pull out teeth from a tiger's mouth.
I thought about it in a few seconds.
He looked up at the sky and said, "Oh, I don't know why books are getting more and more expensive these days. I wonder how many people will be able to afford to buy and read books in the future."
Mingyue understood immediately and sighed as well, "If I tell him what I can do, I don't know if my uncle would be willing to listen to me."
"Come in!" Jiang Hetang's voice came from the hall.
Mingyue was so frightened that she almost fell to the ground.
The little eunuch is really quick-eyed and quick-handed!
Lying on the ground, he served as a cushion for Mingyue.
Seeing that he was so sensible, Mingyue forgave him for always teasing her before.
He Zhizhi Taotao pulled him up.
She stood on tiptoe and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, Xiao Quanzi! You don't have to go in with me here!"
The young eunuch was also frightened by the emperor, fearing that he would end up with no remains left.
Looking at Mingyue with tears in her eyes, she said, "Thank you, little princess."
Then he cried even louder, "My name is not Xiao Quanzi, my name is Xiao Mazi!"
Little Pony?
Mingyue couldn't help but burst out laughing.
There was no time for small talk, so I waved at him and said, "Little pony, I'll protect you from now on!"
Little Pony: crying and biting the handkerchief.jpg
When I entered the imperial study, I found that there were many ministers standing inside.
Some people even knelt on the ground.
Glancing at Mingyue's small steps, Jiang Hetang waved his hand and asked the man to stand up.
Several adults also bowed to Mingyue.
"Uncle, I hope I won't disturb you by coming in."
She said this, but her body sat on her small desk as if she was at home.
"Zhao Mingyue, didn't you swear so solemnly outside? If you can't come up with any good ideas, I will..."
All the ministers lowered their heads and listened attentively.
Ministers: Hmm? Your Majesty, why is your voice muted?
He wrote it on a piece of paper, quietly handed it to Mingyue, and coughed a few times uncomfortably.
There were only seven words written on the note: I will go and complain to your mother!
Mingyue widened her eyes. Is this something an emperor could do?
He shook his head and decided to give him some face in front of all the officials.
Mingyue ordered Zhizhi and Taotao to move her desk to the center.
In the shocked eyes of everyone, he pulled out a few sheets of white paper from the dragon table and took away the ink that Eunuch Su had just ground for the emperor.
Under everyone's shocked gaze, he placed the box he brought on the table.
"Your Majesty, please come forward." Mingyue solemnly invited Jiang Hetang to open the box.
Everyone held their breath, waiting for the box to be opened.
As a result, there was only a wooden sculpture and dozens of scattered small wooden pieces inside.
Immediately, an old man said, "The princess is still young, it's better for her not to go in and out of the imperial study."
Then he felt a thorn in his back.
If looks could kill, the Emperor, Prime Minister Yuan, and Lord Wen would all be murderers!
Soon, someone discovered the secret.
"These pieces of wood, and that wooden board, if you look closely, they don't seem to be simple things. There are even words engraved on them!"
Mingyue looked at the adult.
I nodded and said, "Hmm~ He is indeed a young man with good eyesight, not bad, not bad."
The adult seemed to have sensed something and bowed to Mingyue.
Mingyue placed the whole piece of wood carving and the small pieces on both sides.
"Tsk, it's just a child's toy. The emperor is fooling around with him."
No one paid any attention to him.
They walked forward and read the words carefully.
"Why are all these characters written backwards?" Jiang Hetang asked.
Mingyue took out a handkerchief, dipped it in ink, and pasted it on the wood carving.
Then print it on white paper.
Suddenly a poem appeared.
"Isn't this just a child's graffiti? Why are you playing with her?" The adult just now continued to speak sarcasticly, snorted and turned away.
As a result, no one paid attention to him for a long time, and he was still waiting for someone to refute him.
When I turned around, I saw everyone looking at the thing in front of them excitedly.
Some people even tried it themselves, as happy as children.
Then Mingyue demonstrated the printing of movable type woodblocks.
Jiang Hetang's breathing was a little rapid, and so were the adults around him.
Looking at the wooden blocks in Mingyue's hand, changing the order and printing them on paper, it turned into a brand new sentence.
Everyone here realizes the importance of these two things.
I can’t help but imagine the speed of book printing in the future.
If a scholar were to copy a book with fewer words, it would take one to two days.
Not to mention those long books.
If this method is used, a book can be completed in just one hour, from typesetting to binding.
Jiang Hetang was overjoyed and started spinning around with Xiao Mingyue in his arms in front of all the ministers.
Yuan Shoufu hurriedly told him to stop, "Put her down! It's my turn to hold her!! She's my eldest granddaughter!"
Jiang Hetang dared not disobey his father-in-law and passed Mingyue to him.
Lord Wen was anxiously watching as he couldn't snatch the item from anyone else.