Each piece of iron is engraved with neat small characters.
On the side, there are several ink masters, holding a book in one hand, selecting small iron blocks and arranging them quickly.
"Your Majesty, the villain has printed a hundred of these text printing plates for each character. In this way, dozens of pages can be printed repeatedly at a time!"
Ji Wen quickly introduced.
"Very good!"
Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction.
"Do you have the assembled book page printing plate? Let me print it once and take a look!"
Hearing this, Ji Wen was startled and subconsciously trembled.
I was so fascinated by these printing plates that I only focused on introducing them and did not demonstrate them to the king!
"My lord, wait a moment, I'll go get it now!"
After saying that, he ran directly to the side, raised a book-page-sized iron plate composed of a pile of printing plates with both hands, and walked over.
Then, he took a brush, dipped it in ink, and applied ink on the pile of printing plates.
Next, take a piece of white paper the same size as the printing plate, cover it on the printing plate, and take a clean brush and lightly brush it on the back of the paper.
Picking up the paper and pressing it against the printing plate, a page of neat handwriting suddenly appeared.
Seeing this, Li Chang's eyes widened instantly.
"Your Majesty, how can this kind of printing be so simple?"
Ji Wen and the other ink masters on the side also looked overjoyed. They seemed to see a well-crafted book being printed from them.
"That's how it should be!"
Li Xuan also nodded slightly, "In this way, as long as you choose a printing plate, one person can print hundreds of pages in one hour. And if there are more people, hundreds of books can be printed in one day, and it will be done easily."
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With that said, Li Xuan turned around and told Ji Wen and others, "Don't throw away the templates for making this kind of printing plate. In the future, more printing plates may need to be made!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Ji Wen responded quickly.
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction again, "This is a great achievement, and I will be rewarded with five hundred strings!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Chang responded.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Ji Wen and all the Mohists also thanked him profusely.
"Now that these printing plates have been produced, hurry up and print the books. Winter is the time for those little monkeys to learn. Even the guards and villagers in the village have to learn to read and learn literature. Each book is printed first.
Come out Senbon!"
"A thousand copies?"
Li Chang, Ji Wen and others were all shocked.
"But it's not enough?"
Li Xuan said doubtfully.
"Go back to your Majesty, that's enough, that's enough!"
Li Chang replied repeatedly.
The expressions of Li Chang, Ji Wen and other calligraphers were shocked by Li Xuan's generosity.
At this time, block printing had not yet been invented, and the books in people's hands were all handwritten. Not only was each copy expensive, it was also extremely precious.
In some centuries-old families, there may not necessarily be thousands of books.
As for Your Majesty, it is just a kind of book that needs to be printed in a thousand copies.
"That's enough!"
Li Xuan didn't know what these people were thinking.
In later generations, even beginners would have dozens of books in their hands, and they would have to replace them once a year; even a small bookstore would have thousands of books.
Li Xuan had no idea about the number of books.
"It's just that there are thousands of personal guards in the palace. There are also nearly a thousand servants and farmers..."
Thinking about this, Li Xuan couldn't help but stop when he just reached the door, and turned to look at Li Chang who was standing aside.
"Steward, I have calculated that there are two thousand people in the village who need to be literate. Isn't one thousand books not enough?"
Hearing this, Li Chang trembled and said hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, one thousand copies is enough, really enough!"
"Is that really enough?"
Li Xuan was still a little confused.
"Your Majesty, many bankers and guards are not good at reading and writing, and some of them don't like reading. In addition, there are also some people who attend the school together as father and son, and one book is enough!" Li Chang
Said hurriedly.
"I see!"
Li Xuan frowned slightly. Some people didn't like reading. He really had no choice but to force them.
"So, then print a thousand copies of each kind of book first. If it's not enough, print them quickly!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After saying that, Li Xuan walked towards the other courtyard with a happy face.
Now that he has books, he can have a good rest this winter.
At the gate of the book-making workshop, watching Li Xuan leave, Li Chang subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. The king finally left.
Then, I thought about the books that the children in the school needed to learn, and each of them had to be printed a thousand copies, and I felt excited.
"Lijiazhuang will prosper!"
"Exactly, with this great king, within ten years, Lijiazhuang will definitely become the most prosperous village in the Tang Dynasty!"
Ji Wen also stood up at some point, his face filled with emotion.
Li Chang nodded slightly.
Then, when he thought of something, a trace of physical pain flashed in his eyes.
One thousand books equals one thousand students who can read and write. How much money does the family have to spend?
The main room of Jinwang Villa.
Second floor.
Seeing Li Xuan, Cui Mi and Zi Yun walking up with a happy face, doubts flashed in their eyes.
"May I ask your Majesty, what kind of happy event makes Your Majesty so happy?"
"The books that the little monkeys in the village need to go to school have all been sorted out. In ten days, I will ask them to go to school to study conscientiously.
Otherwise, I have to instigate them and make their butts bloom!"
Li Xuan's face was filled with joy.
Hearing this, Cui Mi looked stunned and quickly looked at Li Xuan.
"Where did Saburo get so many books?"
"Hey, I asked Ji Wen and other ink masters to create a few text printing plates. Using these printing plates, we can quickly print many books, just like seals and ink rubbing tablets!"
Li Xuan explained with a light face.
After hearing this, Cui Mi didn't take it too seriously.
This happens in many things.
It was obviously a very shocking event, but no one had ever seen it with one's own eyes. I just heard someone describing an hour that was like eating.
Therefore, in that person's mind, he will regard this matter as a trivial matter and will forget it in a blink of an eye.
This is the case for Cui Mi and Zi Yun.
And this is exactly what Li Xuan expected.
At this time, Li Xuan still didn't want to confront those aristocratic families head-on.
Even if you smash down the doors of those aristocratic families, or kill a few heirs of aristocratic families, in the eyes of those aristocratic families, it is a trivial matter that can be resolved through negotiation.
However, when it comes to such books and knowledge, especially movable type printing, it is digging into the foundation of those aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty.
However, the development of Lijiazhuang cannot be blocked by those aristocratic families.
This is Li Xuan's plan, just delay it for one day, that's one day.
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Li Xuan did not calculate accurately this time.
It doesn't take ten days, just six days.
The books needed in the school were printed.
Neatly stacked to fill two houses.
"So many?"
Seeing this, Li Xuan was also shocked.
Not to mention, Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others were following behind.
None of them have so many books at home.
"Master, where did all these books come from?"
Cheng Chusi asked with curiosity on his face.
"Of course it was made by the book maker!"
Li Xuan glared, then ignored Cheng Chusi and others who were full of curiosity, and directly gave instructions to Li Chang.
"Pass this on, anyone who wants to enter the school, whether an adult or a child, can come here to get a book!"