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056 Movable type printing

We will give a simple education to every Daqin citizen, let them read and learn to read first, and then teach them according to their aptitude.

Papermaking, printing, and compulsory education, combined with these three things, is the future of the Qin Dynasty. As the saying goes, a strong youth will lead to a strong country.

These days, craftsmen are busy making paper, and Li Mu is naturally not idle either. He is personally leading a team to conduct research on printing.

Printing developed from woodblock printing to movable type printing. Woodblock printing first appeared in the Sui Dynasty, while movable type printing first appeared in the Song Dynasty.

The woodblock printing technique is to carve the Wenjiao on the board, and then apply ginger ink on the made woodblock when printing, and then cover it with white characters. In this way, the text is printed on paper.

However, the woodblock printing technique has obvious disadvantages, that is, the content on each woodblock is fixed. To print new content, a new woodblock must be engraved. Moreover, once one of the characters is seriously worn, the entire woodblock needs to be replaced.

Li Mu planned to skip the woodblock printing technique directly and develop movable type printing technique. movable type printing technique is to first make small boxes similar to mahjong, and then carve all the characters. When printing is needed, all the characters are arranged on the iron plate according to the underwear they need to be printed, and the surroundings are fixed.

Then apply ink on it and print the white paper on it, so that the content of the page will be printed.

Compared with movable type printing and woodblock printing, his point is obvious. Woodblock printing is a whole. Whenever different content is needed, a new woodblock must be engraved. Moreover, when a certain font on the woodblock is damaged, the entire woodblock will be scrapped.

Each font in movable type printing is a separate individual. If a certain font is damaged, you only need to change this font. Moreover, the same set of templates can print all the content that needs to be printed according to different arrangement orders.

Xianyang, the Ministry of Culture of the Qin Dynasty.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"It's done, it's done!"

"I've become a master!" An elderly craftsman shouted excitedly, holding up the first page of the text generated by printing.

In fact, movable type printing is not difficult. Any craftsman can make the movable type carving plates required for movable type printing after having ideas.

In the entire process of carving board manufacturing, the most difficult thing is the movable type blocks required for carving a word and a word.

{It's too late, start, make up later.}

{It's too late, start, make up later.}

{It's too late, start, make up later.}

Arrange the order to print out all the content that needs to be printed.

Xianyang, the Ministry of Culture of the Qin Dynasty.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"It's done, it's done!"

"I've become a master!" An elderly craftsman shouted excitedly, holding up the first page of the text generated by printing.

In fact, movable type printing is not difficult. Any craftsman can make the movable type carving plates required for movable type printing after having ideas.

In the entire process of carving board manufacturing, the most difficult thing is the movable type blocks required for carving a word and a word.
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