Chapter 142 The shock brought by movable type printing
Li Hao glanced at the person who was talking casually, but a poor family member dressed in shabby clothes.
Facing Li Hao's gaze, he did not dare to look directly.
Li Hao sneered in his heart, knowing that this must be the abandoned son that the princes of the Kanto had already arranged.
Even if you start from this person, it will be difficult to involve the princes of Guandong.
He turned to look at everyone with a smile and said, "It's a coincidence. What I brought to my senior brother is also ancient books."
The princes of Kanto had already known it, and there was no special change in their expressions.
However, the people around who were planning to watch the fun were indeed stunned for a moment, and then they looked at the calm-looking princes of the Kanto and vaguely guessed something.
This time it was lively.
They chuckled in their hearts and shook their heads.
Unfortunately, they made a mistake in their calculations and did not expect that Lu Xianghui was the junior brother of the sage. He was destined to have a great discount on all plans, otherwise there would be a good show.
The expression of Chu Nangong was calm, making people unable to see anything.
He did not refuse the gifts from everyone, and read the precious ancient books given by the princes, and commented and explained from time to time. When he encountered a place that suited his wishes, he would laugh loudly.
The princes of Guandong were particularly happy to see it, especially when someone presented an ancient book that made Chu Nangong amuse him, he was even more happy as if he had won five million.
About half an hour later, Duke Nan of Chu had already read all kinds of precious books and scripts brought by the princes of Guandong.
At this time, everyone looked at Li Hao, waiting for his move.
Li Hao looked natural and smiled and said, "This gift is indeed a bit special. I wonder if my senior brother may see the mystery."
Everyone was a little disbelief when they heard this, and they were still a little confused.
With the knowledge of sages for nearly a thousand years, what else hasn’t seen before?
They really don’t believe that there is anything special about Li Hao’s ancient books.
Mr. Chu Nan also became interested and smiled and said, "Okay, if you can take out something worth surprise, your senior brother will give you a small gift."
When the princes of Kanto heard this, the smiles on their faces froze and almost couldn't help but vomit a mouthful of old blood.
Is this a little too obvious to treat it differently?
We have worked so hard to make you happy, but we have not even received a word of praise. Before we see any movement here, do you promise a small gift?
Although Mr. Chu Nan said it was a small gift, no one dared to underestimate Mr. Chu Nan's gift.
Who is this? It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one person in the world today!
Can the small gift given by the sages and powerful people be small things to ordinary people?
Li Hao smiled and said, "The senior brother needs to look carefully."
Then someone carried two large boxes two feet long and wide, red and exquisitely carved peony flowers, and slowly walked in from outside.
The box was opened, but it was filled with books.
However, unlike the ancient bamboo slips of the princes, the books in front of them were cut squarely, and there were blue book covers outside, all made of paper.
When everyone saw books full of paper, they couldn't help but lacked some interest.
Who doesn’t know that paper has only become popular in the past two hundred years? Since books made of paper are obviously not ancient books. Even so, they are just manuscripts of ancient books, which are obviously several levels behind real ancient books.
Seeing this, the princes wondered where Li Hao had confidence, but they couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Not to mention whether the ancient books in Li Hao’s hands are precious, just saying that the results are very obvious compared to real ancient books.
Duke Nan of Chu didn't say anything, and stretched out his hand casually, and saw that the books in the box seemed to be held by an invisible big hand, flying gently and orderly to Duke Nan of Chu.
Duke Nan of Chu opened a book casually, but his expression did not change particularly.
However, after he read three or four books casually, his expression finally changed significantly.
The font is exactly the same!
All books and all fonts are obviously from one person.
If it was just a simple one, it would not be worthy of shock to Mr. Chu. What really shocked him was that all the words were exactly the same!
This is very incredible.
Because even the same person cannot write exactly the same words.
One or two fonts may be the same, but if you want to copy hundreds of books, you still have to ensure that all fonts are not bad at all, even Chu Nangong does not have the confidence to complete them.
He read dozens of books casually, and his expression changed from the beginning to the beginning to the shock and surprise.
With Duke Nan of Chu's knowledge, although he didn't know how Li Hao did it, he also guessed something vaguely.
seal!
These books seem to be made with seals, otherwise it would not make sense why all the fonts are the same.
Duke Nan of Chu closed the books in his hand, looked at Li Hao deeply, and said, "Excellent thoughts are really wonderful thoughts."
Mr. Chu Nan stroked the books in his hand and pondered: "It took a lot of time to make these things?"
Li Hao smiled and said, "Four people spent three days to produce the first batch of 108 precious books. If they only made one book, thousands of copies could be released in a day."
When printing equipment is complete, the most rare thing is to make books is to type, and printing is relatively simple.
If it weren't for the typesetting, the speed of making books could be increased by hundreds or thousands of times. Of course, the main reason is that ancient books generally have few words, and it is amazing to have thousands of words, many of which are only a few hundred words.
Otherwise, no matter how capable the four people are, they will not be able to rely on just two sets of printing tools to print hundreds of different books in just a few days.
But Li Hao said it very easily, but for others, it was full of incredible.
Four people, three days!??
Everyone looked at these more than a hundred books and could not believe that this was a task that four people completed in just three days, let alone making thousands of books a day.
They looked at each other, and were puzzled.
I'm afraid that someone with eight hands can copy thousands of books in just one day, right?
Chu Nangong's eyes lit up slightly, and he instantly understood the power of this technology.
Since ancient times, books have been the most precious wealth, even more precious than gold and silver.
This is not only because of the value of the book itself, but also because the copying of books is extremely troublesome, and can only be copied word by word.
And if you are not careful, an error will occur.
It is precisely because the production of books is extremely low, and they are easily damaged objects, and most of the sources are controlled by the great clans of the century that they easily block the knowledge of the middle and lower classes. Because ordinary small households cannot afford books at all, and it is difficult for them to buy valuable books.
Without books and no inheritance, it limits the rise of middle and lower classes of people.
If one day books flood like crops in the field, what kind of scene would it be like? Even Duke Nan of Chu would not dare to imagine it.
His right hand trembled slightly when he stroked the book, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Young junior brother is really amazing, amazing."
Everyone couldn't understand how Li Hao did this miracle, but when he saw Duke Nan nodding in praise, he also understood that Li Hao might not be a big talk.
For a moment, everyone lost their voices.
If four people can make thousands of books a day, how many can one hundred people make a day, and how many can one thousand people make?
At this time, people with a little knowledge will inevitably have this kind of thought in their hearts.
Chapter completed!