After everything was ready, Mu Jin arranged accommodation for people and began to select wood for carving.
After reading some books, I learned that pear wood and jujube wood are more commonly used.
I have never tried hibiscus, but I believe in the wisdom of the ancients.
Since I have both types of wood, I can just make a version of each and then I’ll know whether they are useful or not!
As the saying goes, experiment is the sole criterion for testing truth.
First, let the workers cut the wood into small pieces of uniform size, and then make wooden plates to hold the movable type.
While the workers were busy, Mu Jin went to look for the font to be carved.
After comprehensive consideration, I chose to use Kaiti.
Because Xiao He can.
It would be a waste if your husband doesn't use it.
After Xiao He knew the reason why he was chosen, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
But also fully cooperate.
After several years of training, some outstanding people have emerged from the training base on the mountain.
To facilitate management, people were divided into teams and team leaders were assigned.
So as the head coach, Xiao He doesn't have to keep an eye on it every day.
Now that Mu Jin has a new idea, as her husband, I naturally have to cooperate with her wholeheartedly.
In order to exchange experiences, Xiao He lived and ate with the workers.
The workers worked very quickly and prepared the small wooden blocks for hibiscus to be arranged and the wooden trays to hold the blocks.
Xiao He was responsible for writing movable type backwards on the wood.
The workers are responsible for carving.
Use bamboo or iron pieces to replace the blank spaces.
Due to the large number of characters, it is easy to find.
Hibiscus uses a 160-character mnemonic for searching Chinese characters.
Moisten the carved wood block with water, apply ink, and use a brown brush to make a rubbing.
Hibiscus experimented with it and the printed results were very good.
But new problems arise.
The paper I use today is the expensive Chengshindo paper.
It’s in the space.
But if you use such good paper for printing, it would be a waste of resources.
Mu Jin went to the market to purchase different papers for printing.
Prices vary and the effects vary.
Mu Jin did another calculation.
Suddenly, I had a bold idea.
He told Xiao He about his idea.
Xiao He had no objection and expressed his support.
If you dare to do movable type printing, it's no surprise that you can make paper.
With everyone's support, Mu Jin did it.
Although this "people" only refers to Xiao He.
Mu Jin started looking for papermaking workers again.
Yi Yi, the little two-year-old kid, is under the full care of Nan Sheng.
Because Mu Jin discovered that although Nan Sheng was unmarried, she was very good at taking care of children and could tell stories at will.
Yi Yi also likes Nan Sheng very much.
Hibiscus was secretly delighted.
I can finally let go and do it.
There were many papermaking workers in the capital, so Mu Jin spent a lot of money to recruit some of them.
Looking through books, I found that there are actually many raw materials that can be used to make paper, but the finished products vary in quality.
Let’s not worry about that for now, let’s get the paper for printing the books first.
No consideration was given to the paper already available on the market.
This is to prevent someone from tampering with the paper and raising the price after the books are circulated on the market.
It doesn't matter to me, but I just don't want to make other students suffer.
After much deliberation, I chose Xuan paper made from the bark of the Chinese eucalyptus globulus.
Xuan paper made from the bark of the Chinese sumac and dwarf rice straw has strong adsorption properties and is not easy to deform.
It is also anti-aging, anti-insect and has a long lifespan.
Why choose the bark of the Chinese sumac? Not only is the paper made from it good.
The most important thing is that this thing is not picky about terrain.
It is easy to grow, light-loving, drought-resistant and has strong vitality.
Mu Jin believes that once this paper comes out, it will definitely beat all existing papers on the market.
The wisdom of our Chinese ancestors is not exaggerated.
Sandalwood bark determines the toughness and tensile strength of the paper, while straw determines the whiteness and softness of the paper.
The fusion of the two gives the paper a unique ink-wetting property.
The reason why Mu Jin knew so much was because these words were written in a book when she was reading it.
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