"My sister and I have been following the Imperial Master our entire lives. I will go wherever the Master tells us to go!"
Li Di patted his chest and promised.
"How old are you, and you're talking about your whole life?"
Jin Feng said with a smile.
"It doesn't matter how old you are. When I was a child, my father told me that one must repay kindness in order to survive in this world. If it weren't for the Imperial Master, my sister and I would definitely still be living a miserable life in Dangxiang. This
This is such a great kindness that my sister and I will never be able to repay in our lifetime!"
Li Di said: "When I was in Dangxiang, I decided that if I could really return to Dakang alive, I, Li Di, would have to repay my husband's kindness even if I worked as a cow or a horse in my life!"
"Didi, you are indeed a child who has read books, but you can talk!"
Mr. Guan gave a thumbs up to Li Di: "Well said, this is the man of great prosperity for us!"
"Take good care of your sister and come to me directly if you need anything. If I'm not here, I'll go to Third Master."
Jin Feng patted Li Di on the shoulder again, his eyes full of approval.
This kid had a quick mind and worked hard. Jin Feng had a very good impression of him.
If you cultivate it, it will be a good seedling.
But that's all. Jin Feng couldn't waste too much time on a child.
Li Di had long developed the ability to observe people's emotions in Dangxiang. He noticed the change in Jin Feng's expression and took the initiative to lower his head and walk aside.
This made Jin Feng's impression of Li Di even better.
But he didn't say anything more, but looked at Guan Sanye: "Third Master, how are you preparing for the typesetting work?"
"The template has been made according to my uncle's request. Carpenter Li said that as long as there are enough words engraved, it should be able to be used."
"Take me to see it!"
"OK!"
Guan Sanye quickly led the way.
At the very end of the workshop, there are several rows of wooden shelves with small wooden boxes placed on them.
There are small grids placed on the wooden box.
Jin Feng picked up a finished square character and inserted it into the small grid.
"Not bad!"
Jin Feng smiled and nodded.
Before the arrival of Jin Feng, the main way of printing books in Dakang was to use clay tablets or other materials to engrave characters and then print them.
Every time a page is printed, a board must be engraved, which is very labor-intensive.
Or simply copy it manually.
Movable type printing, on the other hand, uses templates to cast ready-made characters, and then arranges these characters for unified printing.
The characters cast in this way can be recycled, and the combination and arrangement are very convenient.
It's very simple to say.
In fact, the principle of the steam engine is also very simple.
Is it possible that for thousands of years, no one has ever noticed that boiling water will lift the lid of the pot?
Someone will definitely notice it, but no one will think about it further, or they will think about it but fail to find the right idea.
In fact, it is not just printing and steam engines, but also many things.
After someone makes it, others will think, oh, why is it so simple? I can do it too.
But why didn’t you think of it before others did it?
Jin Feng walked around the template for a while, and after confirming that there were no problems, he took the people out of the printing workshop.
The paper mill is right next door, just a ten-minute walk away.
"If you feel panicked by the smoke, you can go back first."
Jin Feng turned to look at Ninth Princess and Guan Xiaorou.
The process in the paper mill is much more complicated, and the taste is quite strong.
"I have always thought that making paper from waste materials such as straw bark is very magical. I have long wanted to come and have a look, but I have been too busy recently and have never had time to come. Now that I am free, I want to take a closer look."
When they got to a crowded place, the Ninth Princess called herself me again.
Papermaking existed before Dakang, but the material requirements were very strict. Not to mention ordinary people, many wealthy people were not willing to use it casually.
Jin Feng's improved papermaking technology, whose main raw material was straw bark, suddenly reduced the cost countless times.
Mr. Guan San may not understand the meaning, but as the king of a country, Ninth Princess knows the meaning of it very well.
Jin Feng told the Ninth Princess more than once that education should be popularized among all people and that all people in Dakang should be able to afford to read.
Although the Ninth Princess did not say it clearly, she always felt that this was a beautiful wish that could not be realized.
But now the Ninth Princess knows that Jin Feng is not just crazy.
If a paper mill succeeds in making paper from straw bark, it will definitely bring the price of paper to a very low level.
Coupled with movable type printing, more than half of what Jin Feng said about universal education has been achieved.
When she thought that everyone in Dakang was literate, Princess Ninth became so excited that her palms trembled.
The more scholars there are, the more likely talents will appear.
Ten or twenty years from now, I am afraid Dakang will no longer be short of talents.
Papermaking is a very complicated process. Jin Feng stayed there for more than two hours, going over the entire process carefully and leaving only after confirming that there were no problems.
"Sir, are you going back now?" Iron Hammer asked.
"It's still early, I want to go to the glass workshop to have a look again," Jin Feng raised his head and glanced at the sky, then turned to ask Princess Ninth and Guan Xiaorou: "Are you going back together or together?"
There are big holes in the walls of the printing and papermaking workshops. The weather is getting colder and colder, so the glass must be taken out as soon as possible and the holes must be blocked.
"Let's go together." Ninth Princess said.
Guan Xiaorou also nodded.
"Then go to the glass workshop."
"Yes!" Tie Zhui nodded and gestured towards the airship in the sky.
The airship immediately adjusted its direction and flew to the east.
The glass factory is in Changshegou, and the paper factory is in the southwest of the village. In the past, you had to pass through the village to get to the paper factory.
But now the industrial scale of Xihewan is not small, and the old roads in the village are alleys and alleys. Two horse-drawn carriages cannot miss each other, and congestion often occurs.
In order to solve this problem, Jin Feng widened the roads in the village when the villagers were building new houses.
In addition, they also imitated the road in the previous life and built a road more than five feet wide around the village, completely solving this problem.
Several people were galloping on the road on war horses. When passing the village, Jin Feng suddenly stopped, pointed to a wheat field on the roadside and asked, "Whose land is this?"
Sichuan and Sichuan have also had several snowfalls recently, and the wheat in most fields has been covered by heavy snow. Only the wheat in this field is still showing its head, and it looks like it is growing very well.
"Sir, this is the experimental field for Mr. Wei and Lao Tan."
Guan Xiaorou pointed to a thatched hut not far away and said, "Look, isn't that Aunt Tan?"
"It's so cold. If Aunt Tan doesn't live in the village, what are you doing here?" Jin Feng asked in confusion.
"This land is Lao Tan's treasure. He was afraid that it would be destroyed by wild beasts, so he asked Aunt Tan to guard it here." Guan Xiaorou said.
"If he really treasures this land, why doesn't he come and guard it?" Jin Feng was a little unhappy.
The thatched hut looked like a temporary one, and there was no other shelter around it, so it must have been very cold.