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Wu Tang Flourishing Age - Chapter 135

Published at 26th of November 2021 05:22:19 AM


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"There is still a very important thing missing."

It has been six or seven days since the last "accidental disclosure of martial arts" incident. There is no movement on Xiaohui's side and there is no problem on the surface, which makes Li Luoyang relax a lot and concentrate on the study of "movable type printing" again. If there is no continuous cash flow supplement for the publication of "chat Zhai fun talk", Li Luoyang can't spend a lot of money on research.

"What?" Wu Cheng asked with a frown.

"Ink."

Ordinary ink is enough to copy books, but it can't be used for type. That's why the pigment used for printing is called ink instead of ink. At first, Li Luoyang thought about lettering and printing, which was the kind of mimeograph technology commonly used in schools in the 1970s and 1980s, but later, when he thought about that kind of mimeograph, he also needed to develop ink. What's more troublesome is to study mimeograph paper. It's better to put lead movable type directly.

Wu Cheng frowned when he heard Li Luoyang's explanation. Wu Cheng was relieved when Li Luoyang told him that the research on ink had basically ended and that the trial operation could be started after the printing press was built in two days. For the whole Wu Zhou Dynasty and even the whole world, the first semi-automatic printing machine designed by Li Luoyang and jointly built by Li Chengzhen and three other old carpenters plays an important role. It can be said that this is something to create a new historical era. The progress of printing means the popularization of books, Books are the first fire for the inheritance of human civilization.

Anyone who has seen transformers should have a deep memory of the "fire" in the film. However, Li Luoyang thinks that the fire of human civilization is text. How to copy text in large quantities is the most important step in inheriting fire. The emergence of printing press just meets this requirement.

So on the day of the trial operation of the printing press, not only Li Luoyang kept close watch, but also Wu Cheng and Zhou Lin came. Even Prince Wu Lin sent a steward, a eunuch.

It's not uncommon to have eunuchs in the prince's residence. Of course, the person who manages the prince's wife can't be a pure man. You know, the prince can marry concubines. Wouldn't it be a mess if there were a man in a big harem?

"Ready."

Mr. Li, three carpenters and the printing craftsmen in the Moxiang Bookstore have stayed up all night. Their eyes are red, but their eyes are extremely excited. The printing machine has finished the final debugging work. They can start printing at the command of Li Luoyang.

"Last word version."

A heavy wooden board inlaid with lead movable type was installed on the printing press and locked.

"Ink!"

"Load paper!"

"Start!"

"Zhiya ~"

The main body of the printing press made of iron and wood does not have a bearing as a whole. All movable parts are made of metal and coated with tung oil. In this way, although the resistance is large, it is at least wear-resistant and is not prone to accuracy errors, but the sound when moving is particularly harsh, but none of the people present cares about the harsh sound, They just watched the craftsmen operate the printing press until the first page full of ink was "spit out" by the machine.

"What a shock!"

"Cow!"

"It's incredible!"

"Hehe, hehe!"

Everyone was stunned by the automation of the printing press and was surprised by the printed paper. Only Li Luoyang picked up the first book page printed by movable type in the world and frowned.

"Luoyang, what's the matter?"

Wu Cheng noticed Li Luoyang's reaction and asked.

"Uncle Cheng, it's too light to increase the template pressure by one gear. There is no indentation and it doesn't meet the requirements." Li Luoyang quickly found the problem and ordered Li Cheng, who is responsible for debugging the machine. In order to make the machine run, Wu Cheng specially found three slaves with big arms and round waist to step on the pedal next to it.

The pedal was also invented by Li Luoyang. It is used as the power of the printing press. His design is very comprehensive. People can step on the pedal when it is installed. If you remove the pedal, you can pull it with cattle. At present, it is just a test machine, and it will be easier to control when people step on it.

"Come again."

In fact, according to Wu Cheng and others, the first print has been very good, but Li Luoyang is still not satisfied. After Li Chengcheng's simple adjustment, the printing press restarts and the second paper spits out in a twinkling of an eye. As expected, the ink is much clearer as Li Luoyang asked, but there is a new problem - paper sticking, and the paper in the carton is stuck and moved, If you continue printing, there will be dislocation.

Sure enough, nothing can be simple and successful. It's just that such a printing press has been debugged for a long time and still has such and such problems during the test run. It's really a headache.

Fortunately, the problem of sticking paper can be solved. Within half an hour, the machine continued to start. This time, there were many fewer problems. Printed matter spit out madly at the speed visible to the naked eye and stacked neatly in the bearing plate carefully built by the carpenter.

"Beautiful!"

"It's an artifact!"

"With this thing, I'm afraid those bookstores will lose their jobs in the future." Zhou Lin's face suddenly became a little gloomy after excitement. As the owner of ink bookstores, he seemed to have seen the dilapidation of old bookstores, lead movable type and printing press. With sufficient raw materials, the three craftsmen could complete the work in one day, The ten craftsmen in the ink workshop may not be able to complete it in a month, and the gap can hardly be described in words.

"Uncle Zhou, this is the power of science and technology. Therefore, we should not only spread culture, but also spread science and technology. We should let the seeds of science and technology germinate in everyone's hearts. Only when our scientific and technological level rises, can Wuzhou really become the most powerful country in the world."

"Luoyang, is this your ambition? I suddenly think it's a waste of talents to let you be the chairman of the board. I should recommend you to work for the imperial court!" Wu Cheng suddenly sighed. Li Luoyang quickly waved his hand and said, "stop it. I don't want to be an official of the imperial court. Besides, I'm only eleven years old, uncle!"

"Twelve year old worshippers are not without them!"

"I won't argue with you. Anyway, I don't like being an official. I like to make money. Why? If you want to tell me about it again, I'll dismantle the machine later. Let's split up!"

"No!"

Wu Cheng also knows that Li Luoyang is stubborn. Anything can happen if he gets angry. It doesn't matter if Li Luoyang doesn't make money. Wu Cheng patted his chest in front of Wu Lin's Prince uncle. If things get worse

"Our family should report to the prince truthfully!" a sharp voice suddenly came out. The people turned around and looked. Isn't it the dead eunuch sent by the prince's house!

"Don't worry, Grandpa Wang. I'm not you and won't break the watch." Li Luoyang said with a smile.





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