Chapter 1695: Dedicated carvings to rejuvenate literature

The messenger also brought Liu Bei ’s order to call Shen Long back to Chengdu to discuss major events. Previously Shen Long ’s strategic vision had gained the trust of Liu Bei and Zhu Geliang. After Cao Cao ’s death, the north would inevitably change. At this juncture, he must definitely be allowed to go back. Hearing his opinions; Shen Long did not refuse to say that now that the salt industry in Jianwei County is on the right track, Wang Lian is already familiar with his work, and he only needs to act according to his own strategy and continue to provide wealth to Shuzhong with regard to energy sources.
Therefore, he asked Wang Lian to temporarily assume his post and promised to return to Chengdu, and asked Liu Beifeng to serve as the key guardian, the school salt master of Siyan, to supervise the salt industry in Shuzhong, and then returned to Chengdu with the messenger.
"Zifeng went to the key for a few months, and let the key double the salt production. It's the country's talent, and Liang is far less than that!" As soon as he met, Zhu Geliang praised him. If he let him go When the key is too guarded, it may also increase the production of salt, but there is no way to do so well like Shen Long.
Especially the technique of purifying table salt, as well as the strategy of grading table salt for sale at different prices, Zhuge Liang will certainly not; although he was born in the famous Langya Zhuge, he can be displaced from an early age, and he will plunge into Nanyang after adulthood. However, they are not very familiar with the luxurious enjoyment of giants.
Nowadays, the top snow salt and bamboo salt produced in Shuzhong are very popular among the family in the north and Dongwu. Although the sales of these top salt are less than 100% of the ordinary snow salt, the profit is not at all. Low; and this small amount of salt, high value, easy to entrain, it is easy to avoid the salt control of the North and Dongwu, not only get a lot of wealth from the North and Dongwu, but also allow Sun Quan and Cao Cao to receive nothing Child tax is a great benefit.
Moreover, after improving the silk reeling machines according to the method given by Shen Long, the production of Shujin in Shuzhong also increased greatly. The originally tight economy in Shuzhong gradually became looser. According to Zhuge Liang ’s plan, after saving enough food, You can start the Northern Expedition, and then attack from Jingzhou and Qishan, then Cao Thief can break.
"This is the gift brought back from Jianwei for the next time. Please also look at the prime minister!" Shen Long took out a thick stack of paper and handed it to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang took a look and saw that the paper was white as snow and as tough as cotton. It was filled with text, dark and shiny, and it seemed clearer than the words written on the silk.
"The bamboo slips are too bulky, and the silk scripts are too expensive; in the past, Caihou made paper in a thousand years. Unfortunately, there are still many shortcomings in Caihou's paper. Therefore, people in the world still use bamboo slips and silk scripts. No longer have to worry about the bamboo slips being bulky and expensive.
Shen Long said.
In fact, there was Baqiao paper as early as the Emperor Han Wu, but Baqiao paper was too thin and light, and the color was dull, so it was not suitable for writing paper; in the period of Han and Emperor, Cai Lun improved papermaking and greatly reduced the price of paper However, like all new things, Cai Houzhi also had various problems at the beginning of its birth, so it has not been fully accepted by the majority of readers.
It is only a hundred years after Cai Lun ’s death. There are still various problems in papermaking. Shen Long directly took out more mature papermaking in the future and produced higher quality paper, which can definitely meet the needs of readers. This is equivalent to giving Shuzhong provides a steady stream of money.
Zhuge Liang took a brush and wrote a few words on the paper, carefully observed the smudge of the ink on the paper, and then stood up to give a deep salute. "When Liang studied in his childhood, he suffered from bamboo slips and silk scripts. The world princes thanked Zifeng! "
Shen Long also got up and returned the gift, and then took out another good thing. This is a piece of wood carved with catalpa wood, and the "The Analects of Confucius-Xue Er Pian First" was engraved in Yang Wen: Zi Yue said: "Learn while learning, Does n’t it mean? Some friends come from afar, and they are happy? People do n’t know but not stunned, nor are gentlemen ...

"What does this mean?" Zhu Geliang didn't understand.
"Let me see!" Shen Long first dipped the ink with a brush, brushed a layer of ink on the carved wooden board, then covered the board with white paper, and took a clean brush on the back of the paper Brush gently and evenly, and finally peel off the paper from the engraving. This "The Analects of Confucius-Xue Er Pian First" is clearly printed on the paper.
"Ah!" Zhu Geliang saw this scene, as if struck by lightning on the spot, he froze on the spot. After waking up, he quickly grabbed the paper in Shen Long's hands and looked closely. He suddenly found that the text on it was completely correct, and There is nothing wrong.
"Can I try Liang?" After obtaining Shen Long's consent, Zhuge Liang also tried to paint ink on the engraving with a brush, then covered with white paper and brushed it with a clean brush, and finally lifted the white paper and took a closer look. , There is no oversight.
"If there are more than one hundred such boards ~ EbookFREE.me ~ plus some skilled craftsmen, wouldn't it be possible to produce hundreds of Analects in one day?" Zhuge Liang understood the benefits of printing, "haha, Since then, readers no longer have to worry about having no books to read! I have thanked Zifeng for the readers of the world! "
In the present era, books are monopolized by family clan. Ordinary people want to find a book to read it, but it is more difficult than ascending to heaven; in the past, Cai Yong was ordered by the emperor to correct the six scriptures of the Confucian scriptures. Dan Yubei, engraved by his work, stood outside the door of Taixue; since then, all the world's readers have gathered outside Taixue, in order to read the real six scriptures.
However, the stone tablets cannot be moved, and all of the world can only see these stone scriptures outside the Taixue door. Foreign readers want to read the Six Classics unless they have inheritance from their family, or they can only go outside the Changan Taixue door.
Readers can only ask others to borrow books to copy on weekdays, so the cost of a book can be too high; but the engraving printing is not the same, so the cost of printing books has been greatly reduced, the price of a new book may be Only one-tenth of the previous, so the number of people who are qualified to study will be greatly reduced.
Engraving printing originated in the early Tang Dynasty and prospered in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. This coincides with the time when the family clan withdrew from the historical stage. This is due to Huang Chao's "Tianjie Street to do the best". The root cause is the development of printing. The extravagance of the monopoly of the aristocratic family is completely bankrupt.
Shen Long did n’t want to wait for the world to rule, the power was still in the hands of the family clan, but now the knowledge is monopolized by the family clan, it is not realistic to rush to implement the imperial examination system, so he took out printing in advance, waiting for the reader When the scale becomes larger and larger, it may be possible to use the imperial examination to select talents.