Yang Suzhang is made by printing?

You can think of it!

Li Yang was completely speechless. He found that not only Fusu, He Zhang, Li You were keen on naming, but even Ying Zheng was birds of a feather. He just changed the earth to Qinqiu when he was in the morning.

Li Yang shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, but when he looked up, he saw Xiao He, Cao Shen and Zhang Cang on the side also smiled dirtyly.

"What are you... going to do?"

Xiao He smiled and said with a lewd look on his face: "Sir, since the name of the printing technology is so long, why not add three more words and let the three of us benefit from it. Just call it Yang Suzhang and He Shencang printing technology. This name sounds loud!"

"……………” Li Yang was stunned!

Loud, your sister, loud!

Yang Suzhang was printed by He Shencang...

I'm damn, this is simply crazy!

Can you be more cheap?

Li Yang looked dark. If these guys were not famous in history books, they would either be the young master of a country or the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Li Yang would have doubted whether he had gathered a bunch of bad guys.

"Sir, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Li You asked.

Li Yang: It would be good if I didn’t vomit blood!

At that moment, he rolled his eyes and said, "Printing is just a technology, not creating new things, so save your names."

Fusu said: "What the Taifu said is that it is not a bad idea to add a name before this technology to show respect for the inventors and creations."

"Yes, yes, what Your Highness said makes sense." Xiao He and others agreed repeatedly.

Li Yang: “…………”

Forget it, I won’t talk to you shameless guys.

I'm too thick-skinned, I can't tell you.

Looking up at the sky at 45 degrees, Li Yang felt a sense of disheartening in front of these people for the first time.

This is really, if a person is so humble, he will be invincible!

Xiao He and others were all excited and full of expectations.

I was thinking in my mind what the origin of this printing technique is, it can be compared with papermaking.

…………

Not long after, the group finally arrived at the Jingzuo Shaofu.

"The minister has met the Prime Minister!" As soon as he saw Li Yang coming, He Zhang quickly greeted him and greeted him happily.

Fusu urged: "He Zhang, where is the carving craftsman? Take us to see you quickly. The tutor is going to invent printing techniques as powerful as papermaking!"

"What? An invention as powerful as papermaking?"

He Zhang's eyes immediately shone with excitement when he heard this, and he quickly said, "Sir, the craftsman has been waiting for a long time, and he is in the stonemason workshop. Please follow the official."

As he said that, he quickly led the way.

The Shaofu is very large, and it is divided into various craftsmen's workshops, including blacksmith's workshops, carpenter's workshops, stonemason's workshops... and so on, there are countless craftsmen of all kinds.

While leading the way, He Zhang said excitedly: "Sir, can we make a name for ourselves again this time and leave it in history?"

Li Yang nodded: "Printing can indeed benefit the world."

He Zhang was very excited when he heard this: "Xiaguan has already thought about it. No matter what he invented this time, he will call it Yang Suzhang. There was Yang Suzhang paper in front and Yang Suzhang printing technology now. These three words will definitely be passed down through the ages in the future. Haha..."

At this time, Fusu on the side said, "This time they will also participate, saying that they will call Yang Suzhang and He Shencang printing technology."

When He Zhang heard this, his face changed and he said angrily: "No! They didn't participate from beginning to end. How could they add names? This is a rude robbery of our credit."

Li You was unhappy and said, "He Zhang, how did you speak? Neither the Prime Minister nor the Highness disagreed. Why don't you agree?"

Xiao He and others also nodded repeatedly.

He Zhang said: "Just relying on this, the young mansion is my territory. Do you believe it or not, I will drive you out?"

Li You: “…………”

Xiao He and the other two: “…………”

Li Yang finally understood now that no matter how cheap a person is, he is afraid of arbitrary people.

Li You had no temper at all and had to surrender: "General He, tell me, how can we add our names?"

He Zhang thought for a while and said, "You have never done anything, why should you add your name? But unless you give 100 gold as invention funds, otherwise... there is no need to discuss it."

When Fusu heard this, he nodded: "Yes, I have been searching for carving craftsmen in the city these two days, but I am very tired. Please give me some money, even if you have made any efforts."

When Li Yang heard this, he rolled his eyes.

Well, it’s because the truth is wrong. He Zhang is even more shameless. He actually makes money with my invention?

One hundred gold? The purchasing power of later generations is equivalent to nearly 400,000 yuan.

Li You pondered for a moment and immediately said, "Okay, one hundred gold is one hundred gold, I'll get it."

Xiao He, Cao Shen and Zhang Cang sighed with a look of disappointment, because they had just taken office for a short time and could not have been able to afford so much money.

Moreover, the three of them dared not insist on adding names. What if He Zhang really drove them out?

But Li Yang naturally took it as if he hadn't heard anything and walked forward on his own.

Soon, the group arrived at the stonemason's workshop.

The stonemason shop is very large, and more than 200 carving craftsmen are waiting here at this time.

As soon as He Zhang arrived, he shouted: "This is the Prime Minister, and he is not happy to greet him."

When everyone heard this, they quickly bowed and shouted: "Chief Prime Minister!"

Li Yang bowed his hand and replied to the courtesy of the wise and the wise men, saying loudly: "You are all carving craftsmen in my Xianyang City. I have gathered you here this time, so I have something to entrust you to help you."

Everyone said together: "If the Prime Minister is sent, we will never refuse."

Li Yang smiled and said, "If you say this, you will feel relieved. However, you don't have to die. You just want to ask you to carve something for me."

"What do you want me to wait for the carving?" asked an old craftsman.

Li Yang did not answer this question immediately, but asked back: "You should all know the seal, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"To be honest, I need a batch of seal-like engravings."

Li Yang said this, so he took out the textbooks of Chinese, mathematics, and ideology and politics, and raised them up and said, "This is what you want to carve. There is only one requirement in the original form, that is, you must carve a piece of exactly the same carving board according to the content on each page of paper."

After saying that, Li Yang handed three textbooks to the craftsmen to circulate.

The craftsman took the textbook, took a casual look, and asked again: "I wonder if you want white text or red text?"

The carving boards are divided into positive and negative texts.

The so-called Yangwen means that the characters are protruding on the stone, while the Yinwen means are concave.

But the ancient name is the opposite of today, because the ancients called Yin and Yang texts according to the seal stamps on the seal mud, but the negative texts presented on the seal mud are Yang texts on the seal; they are Yang texts on the seal mud, but Yin texts on the seal. Therefore, in order to avoid misunderstandings, the negative texts are called Bai texts and Yang texts are called Zhu texts.

Li Yang said: "Zhu Wen!"

The craftsman asked again: "Is the carved board that the adults want to make jade?"

Li Yang shook his head: "Use jujube or pear wood."

The craftsman nodded and said, "I already know how to do it."

Li Yang was very happy. In fact, the engraving and printing technique is indeed very simple. It is just like a seal. The only difference is that it is the seal of the first-rate.

For the printing of woodblocks, wood with fine and solid texture, such as jujube, pear wood, etc., the wood is then sawed into pieces of wood, written on the thin paper, and pasted on the wooden board. Then, according to the strokes of each character, carve it into a positive text with a knife, so that the strokes of each character protrude on the board. After the wooden board is carved, you can print the book.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand for these craftsmen engaged in carving.

Li Yang said: "The carpenter's workshop will cut the paper size and deliver it. You are only responsible for carving. I don't know how long it takes for you to complete the carving boards of these three textbooks?"

The craftsmen then began to look through the textbooks, count the papers, whispered and discussed for a while, and then replied: "Half a month!"

Li Yang shook his head and said, "I will only give you ten days. I will give you one month's salary to the Shaofu. Can I get it?"

The craftsmen looked at each other and nodded: "Ten days will be ten days, and we will ensure that the task is completed!"

Li Yang was overjoyed: "Okay, the carpenter's workshop will start preparing the plate today. I will come here to start construction tomorrow morning!"

Everyone said together: "Now!"

The craftsmen said goodbye and left, but Xiao He and others looked at Li Yang with shock.

Because they finally vaguely saw what Li Yang said about printing technology probably meant.

Make the content of the textbook like a seal into a carved board.

Then, just dip ink on the carved plate, then cover the board with white paper, and gently brush it on the back of the paper. Take the paper off, and the page of the book will be printed. After printing one page after another, it will be bound into a book, and the book will be printed successfully.

At this time, even the stupidest person can see that this printing method is hundreds of times faster than manual copying!
To be continued...