Chapter 432: Working like a cow and a horse (seeking votes and subscriptions)

"Chief, I think this printing should be able to be printed many times. If someone writes it by hand, it will definitely be very tiring, but with printing, you just need to dip some ink and print it on one side. So, if you want to write a paragraph many times, it will be faster to use printing, and each printout will be the same." Bai Qi thought about it and said again.

"Very good, very good, you are right. In fact, this is the real purpose of printing. It can quickly copy the same content in large quantities. Although hand copying can also be done, it uses too many people and is too slow. But if it is printed, only two or three workers are needed to match the speed of thousands of people copying by hand. This is the advantage of printing." Luo Chong clapped his hands happily and praised Bai Qi sincerely.

A group of students also seemed to suddenly understand, but some people still couldn't figure it out, so they asked the question again.

"Chief, this printing is indeed fast, but why do we need to print so many identical contents? Isn't this a waste of paper? You said that paper manufacturing is not easy."

Luo Chong glanced at the person who was speaking, and wanted to scold him, but he held back, and then patiently explained to them.

"I personally taught you to write Chinese characters, so how do you feel? Is learning Chinese characters good? Is learning Chinese characters useful? Of course it is useful. At least Chinese characters can easily convey messages, and can also record knowledge and various production methods.

This makes it convenient for us to pass on to future generations. You don't want our future generations to pick up stone spears and go hunting in the mountains again because our good technology is not passed on, right?" Luo Chong paused and continued.

"If we want to spread this knowledge to more people and pass it on to future generations more effectively, what is the final solution? That is to print this knowledge. We print a hundred copies, a thousand copies, or ten thousand copies. There will always be one copy that can be passed down. As long as there is one copy that can be passed down, it means that our efforts are not in vain.

The most important thing about Chinese characters and printing is the dissemination and inheritance of knowledge.

I am teaching 320 of you now. When you have learned, some of you will become managers and help me manage the cities below. What will the rest of you do? Just like me now, you can teach the knowledge I have given you to others. If each of you teaches more than a hundred people, you can teach a city in a year.

Therefore, we must turn knowledge into Chinese characters one by one, sew these papers together, make them into books, and then print them tens of thousands of copies. By then, anyone who can read can learn knowledge through these books. Then our task of passing on knowledge will be accomplished. Do you understand?" Luo Chong explained to them word by word, and also emphasized the important uses of Chinese characters and printing, hoping that their ideological awareness can be higher.

"The leader is worthy of being the head of all clans. He not only taught the important methods of farming and animal husbandry to all clans without any reservation, but also thought about it in advance for our descendants, hoping to pass on the knowledge forever.

The leader loves all people as if they were his own children, and teaches the skills of living to raise the people of the world. He is grateful to the people of the world, and will surely be remembered for thousands of years and benefit the world for generations. We are deeply moved and are willing to die for the Han Dynasty and work like cows and horses for the leader, so that all clans and people in the world can have food when they are hungry and clothes when they are cold, and no longer suffer from hunger and cold."

Luo Chong stood on the podium, his eyes swept over all the students below the stage. When his eyes swept over one of the "trustees", he gave him a subtle look. This person immediately understood and quickly stood up and recited the loyalty pledge that Luo Chong had asked him to recite before.

For a moment, the whole class was silent, and was stunned for more than ten seconds. Just when this trustee didn't know how to pretend, everyone in the class stood up and echoed his words just now.

"The leader's grace has blessed the world and moved the people. We are willing to die for the Han Dynasty, work like slaves for the leader, and relieve the suffering of hunger and cold for the people of the world."

The voices of 80 people combined were very loud, and the sound spread throughout the entire teaching building and floated to the construction site of the office building outside the window, leaving a group of workers a little confused. What are these literate people

doing? "Hehe, this is what we should do. The Han Dynasty does not discriminate against any clan. Anyone who looks like us in the world is our kind. Since we have the ability to make them live better, why not do it?

Okay, that's it for today. You continue to carve the words. Remember, every word you carve now is our hope for the inheritance of knowledge, so be serious when you work." Luo Chong pretended to be humble and coughed twice, then encouraged them, and ended the process of answering questions about Chinese characters and printing.

The students lowered their heads again and carefully carved the characters. Luo Chong came to the window of the classroom and looked out. The sun outside the window was still scorching, but there were bursts of refreshing breeze. It was late August and autumn was coming soon.

Looking east from the third floor of the teaching building, you can see that the rice fields outside the city are already golden. The drainage work has been done in the paddy fields in the past few days. After waiting for about a week, when the mud in the rice fields hardens, you can start harvesting the second season of rice this year.

After the rice is harvested, there may not be enough time to plant other crops, but it is not a good idea to waste the land, so Luo Chong decided to let the tribesmen plant another crop of lacquer grass this year. That thing looks like a sunflower, but it can produce natural lacquer, which is very useful whether it is used to paint wood or make leather armor. Of course, it has another important use.

In the large flower disk on the lacquer grass, which is similar to a sunflower, many round lacquer grass seeds grow. They look like black beans. Rodents and birds love to eat them. Even the Qi clan (lacquer tribe) said that people can eat this thing. They use it as emergency food in winter.

Moreover, the yield of this thing is not lower than that of corn. It can be eaten as food. In addition, this lacquer bean is rich in oil, and the yield of oil extraction is also very high. The oil content is at least about 35%. It is non-toxic and harmless, and has a fragrant smell. Not only can lacquer bean oil be eaten, but the bean dregs cake left after oil extraction can also be used as concentrated feed. It can be used to raise chickens, cattle, horses, pigs and sheep. The Han tribe does not raise fish now, otherwise it would be no problem to feed fish.

However, Luo Chong did not plan to eat this oil, but planned to use this lacquer bean plant oil to make ink for movable type printing. Oil-based ink has stronger adhesion than water-based ink, especially for carriers with smooth surfaces such as pottery movable type, which is most suitable for oil-based ink. This is why Luo Chong chose to grow lacquer grass.

But looking at the figures running downstairs from the window, Luo Chong knew that he had to add a new project to his autumn planting plan. The female leader of the Sang tribe was sent by Dashu. It seems that the planting of mulberry trees will have to be added in two days.

The long-standing agricultural technology of mulberry silkworms includes mulberry tree planting, silkworm breeding, and finally silk spinning technology. It can be said to be a one-stop industrial project with many additional benefits. Once mulberry silkworms can be popularized, it is equivalent to giving the Han tribe a vaccine for chicken farming. How can Luo Chong not pay attention to epidemic prevention?

(End of this chapter)