king of ros

Chapter 252 Movable Type Printing
Although it was said that Domhnall and Dill slept in Old Tosh's tavern all night because of drunkenness, they got up the next day with the discomfort of a hangover.

They all still have jobs, and they are all related to Moscow's military construction. Time cannot be delayed, and Lord Rostislav will clean them up if it is delayed.

Fortunately, both of them are energetic fighters. Although the hangovers made them very sick, it didn't affect them much, and there was no problem in continuing to work.

Dill went outside Moscow, and the Rostov Battalion, which was full of recruits, really couldn't do without him, especially since Yegor, the only officer he could rely on, left today for some reason.

Domhnall went directly to the Red City. The soldiers on duty at the city gate warmly greeted the deputy of the personal captain, while the Gaelic waved his hand tiredly. He was really tired.

But after entering the city gate, he saw his father-in-law walking in front of him accompanied by the prince, which shocked Domhnall.

If the old man found out that he didn't come home all night, he would be yelled at badly. In the past few years, he has been punished for this, so this guy subconsciously hid.

Fortunately, neither the father-in-law nor the prince noticed him, which made the Gaelic heaving a sigh of relief, and then he noticed the two walking towards an inconspicuous house next to the Rostislav Palace.

This house is just an ordinary brick house, but it occupies a large area, and it is always full of the prince's personal guards.

And thinking of those personal followers, Domhnall was a little upset. These people were nothing more than personal soldiers. Why did they act independent with the personal soldiers all day long? The young people here even dared to contradict him.

But their unhappiness didn't last long, and the past two made Domhnall a little curious, why did they go there so early?

As the No. [-] figure in the bodyguard, Domhnall knew what the prince was doing there, but unfortunately he only knew what he was doing there.

As for what exactly it is, even Gevalan, the personal soldier, only knows.

But Domhnall's curiosity didn't last long, and he had to hurry up and gather his men to start the morning drill, lest the prince and old man come over and find nothing.

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If Domhnall can enter that house, he will find that not only the prince of Moscow and his captain are here, but also the bishop of Moscow and the abbot who is becoming more and more famous in the northeast of Russia are here .

And these people are gathering together now, watching a set of parchment books being bound into booklets, and behind them, a machine that is quite strange for this area, and an oriental person can definitely recognize it name.

Printing machine.

However, unlike the engraving printing that is popular in the East in this era, the printing machine placed here is a movable type printing machine that should not have appeared in this era. The Cyrillic letters on the machine can be disassembled and reassembled.

After the Bible was bound, Rostislav took the Bible first, turned over the parchment pages, and looked at the slightly simplified Church Slavic language on it, with a look of satisfaction welling up on his face.

After reading the Bible, the prince handed it to the bishop and the abbot beside him. The two carefully looked at the Bible and made sure that there was nothing disclosed in the printing, and they also showed satisfied expressions on their faces.

"Now the scribes in the church can be liberated, and we have more people who can devote themselves to missionary work. This is really, Rostislav, I didn't expect you to have such an idea. This is really a salvation." up our business."

Bishop Luka of Moscow sighed and said that according to history, the bishop would have passed away a long time ago, but I don’t know if it was because of the influence of Rostislav, a later visitor, Bishop Luca is still alive and well, and every day is full of Passionate work, working hard for the conversion of Northeast Ross.

"In this way, more people can see the Bible, and more people can see the teachings of the Lord, Mr. Rostislav, thank you very much. This invention of yours will surely make your name known forever. And I have to say goodbye to you You are sorry, I should not have considered your work useless at the time."

Ilarion, the abbot of the largest monastery in Northeast Ross, said that his words were full of gratitude.

And he couldn't help but recall that Rostislav commissioned him to simplify the Church Slavic language as much as possible a few days ago. To put it simply, although it is simplified, it can still be understood by those who use Church Slavic language.

At that time, Ilarion thought it was useless, but now his view has changed. This Bible, which was produced at a speed far faster than that of a scribe, allowed him to see the role of simplifying language and writing. Ross’s cultural field must be able to Ushered in a round of expansion.

Seeing the touch and encouragement of these two top religious figures in Northeast Russia, Rostislav could not help but feel satisfied, and his goal was fully achieved.

In fact, the reason why Rostislav brought out movable type printing is very simple, that is, in today’s northeastern Russian cultural circle—to be precise, the church—people are completely insufficient, there is a shortage of people everywhere, and no one is used everywhere. .

Rostislav had to find a way to increase the staff in this area, but after much deliberation, he could only think of one way.

That is to use movable type to liberate those scribes, let them participate in the spread of religion and culture, and fill those gaps as much as possible.

It is very troublesome to make a book in this era, requiring scribes to spend a lot of time copying and even drawing, and many manpower who should have stood on the missionary battlefield were diverted in this way.

So Rostislav set them free with movable type.

As the direct beneficiaries of this liberation, both Ilarion and Luca were jubilant, and they immediately had a group of people who could invest in the now nominal parish.

Both of these two have great ambitions. They came to Northeast Ross at such an age to prove themselves. Otherwise, wouldn't it be good to enjoy life in the city?
"It's a pity that we don't have enough parchment at all. It seems that we can only import it. I don't know where we can buy these things in large quantities..."

After being happy, Rostislav mentioned another problem, that is, the insufficient amount of paper, and the current parchment in hand can no longer produce dozens of Bibles at most.

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(End of this chapter)