Chapter 431 The Rise of the Bai Clan (Seeking votes and subscriptions)
After finally getting the magnifying glass back from a group of "kids", Luo Chong began to prepare to start work.
A single lens cannot be used. In order to make it easier to use, Luo Chong found a wooden barrel and made a wooden frame, like a desktop dressing mirror, specifically for placing the magnifying glass. The angle can also be adjusted freely, which is absolutely useful for engraving and micro-carving.
After getting the magnifying glass, another important tool cannot be left behind, that is, various carving knives for carving things. Luo Chong directly used some scrapped arrow shafts to cut into various shapes of carving knives, and then gave them to Da Zui to ask him to find someone to make them and directly mass-produce a batch.
There are too many places where carving knives can be used, such as carving ceramic clay embryos, or wooden products, as well as movable type printing plates, and the coin wax molds that Luo Chong wants to make, and seals. There are many places where carving knives are needed, and it is impossible to give all the carving work to Luo Chong, so directly mass-producing a batch will save trouble in the future.
The following days were dull. Luo Chong taught students every day. When students were practicing calligraphy, he had to write textbooks or design coin patterns. He would then practice carving with a piece of white plaster. Sometimes he would also practice carving clay movable type for movable type printing.
Later, Luo Chong felt that carving was too boring and slow. Students were also learning to write, so he simply dragged more than 300 students to carve clay movable type with him.
The clay embryos were all hard clay ingots after drying. Then Luo Chong wrote reversed words on them and distributed them to students to carve together. At least one of the eight classes a day was dedicated to this. Otherwise, I really don’t know when it would take.
"Chief, what is the purpose of carving this reverse word? Even if we need it, we should carve it straight. Isn’t it a waste to carve it like this?"
When Luo Chong was lying on the podium carving words, he suddenly heard a questioning voice from a student below. He was not angry. It was a good thing to have his own ideas. If the people below did not ask anything and just completed the task according to what the leader said, what was the difference between them and robots?
"This is called a printing plate, and it is used to print characters. Now the clay embryo cannot be used. The reason why it is engraved now is that the clay embryo is soft and easy to engrave.
Once it is fired into a pottery ingot, it will be impossible to engrave it. But it is okay to try it now. Take a carved character, and then use your brush to dip a little ink, brush it on the character, and then press it on white paper, and see what it will become." Luo Chong asked him to verify it himself, which was more effective than any explanation.
The student who had served as the captain of the clan hunting team became curious when he heard the leader's answer, and immediately began to experiment according to Luo Chong's method.
He took a clay movable type that had been engraved and placed aside for half a day in his hand, squeezed the ink in the brush until it was half dry, and then brushed it on the clay movable type. After it was all black, he pressed the engraved side on the white paper, and the originally blank white paper suddenly left a positive Chinese character.
"Wow! This can print words!"
The man exclaimed, which immediately attracted the attention of the people around him. The whole class turned around to look. The students who were close were also immediately amazed by the Chinese characters on the white paper.
"This can really print words, but why is it that we carved it upside down, but it is printed right side up?" The students in front and behind the man also raised their own questions after being amazed.
"The student who printed the words, take your piece of paper and the words you carved, and go around the class to show everyone. I believe all the students want to know. After you have all seen it, I will explain it to you." Luo Chong said while sitting on the podium.
The students below suddenly became agitated. The team leader who was in charge of printing characters also showed the whole class what he had just made. At this time, Luo Chong had already used chalk to draw something like a chessboard on the blackboard, which was full of grids.
Ding ding ding -
after the students below had seen movable type printing, Luo Chong knocked on the blackboard to attract everyone's attention.
"Did you find it amazing to see the printed Chinese characters just now? You can make a Chinese character without writing it with a pen. I believe some people must be very happy now, thinking that since we have made this thing, we don't have to write anymore in the future."
Luo Chong first made a little joke with them, and everyone below laughed. It was obvious that he had hit the mark of some of them. Think about it, what kind of life did these people live before? Now they are forced to learn to write from morning to night. It is really uncomfortable.
"Haha, but this is impossible. What we are doing now is called movable type printing. This is just a printing plate for printing. You have just seen the effect. It is used to print words.
Of course, printing one word is useless, but each of you carves a different word. What if we make all the Chinese characters?
Now everyone, look at the picture on the blackboard. Are there many grids and grooves? You can imagine that if we make a wooden plate or an iron plate like this, and then arrange these Chinese characters according to what we want to say, and then brush ink on it like just now, and use white paper to rub it, can we directly print out a paragraph of what we want to say?" Luo Chong pointed to the blackboard and explained to them.
"Wow! It's true, but the leader said that this is not for us to write, so what's the use of making this thing? Isn't it used to print words?" The student who just printed the words asked again.
"Well, your question is very good. In fact, you can think about the advantages of movable type printing compared to direct handwriting.
This advantage is the reason why we made it. Now, please answer the question. Whoever answers correctly, after graduation, I can let him be responsible for the printing work of the Han tribe. This is a big position. Think about it carefully." Luo Chong tempted them directly.
"Well, chief, I think everyone's handwriting is different. Some people's handwriting is not good, and others may not understand it. But with this movable type printing, we just need to find someone with good handwriting to write all the words, and then carve them down. Then when we print the words in the future, the words printed will also be good-looking, so that everyone who can read can understand it." A boy who was not very old, about thirteen or fourteen years old, stood up and answered.
"Very good, you are right. This is indeed an advantage of movable type printing, but it is not comprehensive. It has better advantages than handwriting. Can you think of them?"
Luo Chong looked at the student with appreciation. If he remembered correctly, this should be a labor tribe that joined. Before, their tribe was working in Xincheng for more than half a year. It was not until the rice harvest that they officially decided to join the Han tribe. It has not been a month yet.
It seems to be a tribe in the south of Xincheng that specializes in making persimmon cakes. It is called the Baiguo tribe. Now it is the Bai clan of the Han tribe. Luo Chong flipped through the list of students on the table, and his finger stopped under a name called Bai Qi. The corners of his mouth twitched.
(End of this chapter)
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