The Three Kingdoms: The strategist will stop, and Rome will be unified

Chapter 294 Paper and Movable Type

Hearing this, Xun Yu immediately nodded and said, "I didn't think about it."

Zhao Feng said, "That's settled. Just let Zilong take it away. From now on, he will be responsible for patrolling the grasslands to ensure that the Xianbei people will always submit to the Great Wei."

Zhuge Liang also said at the same time: "The army sent by His Majesty, the victory of the Zilong flag has greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers from all walks of life. Zilong and Fengxiao should be rewarded heavily to motivate other soldiers."

"That's right."

Afterwards, Zhao Yun and Guo Jia's rewards were set, and Zhao Feng changed the subject instantly and said: "Everyone, it is easy to conquer the world, but it is difficult to sit in the world. This grassland has been conquered, but how can we ensure that these Xianbei people will always submit to Wei?"

Zhuge Liang immediately smiled and said, "I have thought about this problem over and over again. In the past, generals like Meng Tian and Huo Qubing attacked foreign enemies on the grasslands, but there were still foreign enemies who did not surrender, so force cannot solve this problem."

"After all, we can't slaughter them all, cattle, sheep and horses still have to count on them, and Zilong brought a lot of Xianbei's children when he came back this time, this method will only work for a while, but it won't work forever. "

"You know, after a tribe changes its leader, it doesn't care about the life and death of these protons. Therefore, I feel that if we can use Confucianism to teach these children, and after they have completed their studies, they will go back to be the leaders of the tribes. If things go on like this, the Xianbei people will gain Enlightenment, you must be willing to respect us as masters."

"Of course, there are still some auxiliary things. For example, a high-pressure system must be formulated. Nobles who have not studied in the court are not allowed to be tribal leaders, and Xianbei children who are not good at studies and cannot pass the examination cannot be leaders."

"This will ensure that their leaders are more likely to accept our culture, know the shame of plundering others, and know the glory of self-reliance."

"Then, set up academies in the grasslands, and those who are outstanding in learning can serve in various tribes. The imperial court can give them generous salaries, and even give them special privileges, so that Xianbei people can uphold Confucianism."

"And so on, the Xianbei people will definitely be tamed."

However, as soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Xun Yu raised the biggest question straight to the point: "Kong Ming's idea can be called perfect, but to do this, a lot of books are needed, and today's books are almost all It is to be praised."

"And most of them are slips, which are clumsy and difficult to transport. It is difficult to add an academy in the Great Wei Dynasty. Now it is even more difficult to open an academy in the grassland."

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, with a smile in his eyes and said: "So, it depends on His Majesty. I'm afraid His Majesty will be able to do this kind of thing in the future."

Hearing this, Zhao Feng began to ponder. The advancement of this technology is a process of accumulation.

To get a large number of books, it is best to use printing. The reason why printing has not appeared so far is that the cost of papermaking is too high, and the quality of paper is not good.

However, Zhao Feng knows how to make paper, which requires extremely simple materials.

Immediately, Zhao Feng sent people to deliver papermaking materials from various places.

First of all, some mulberry wood was also transported into Xuchang, and then carambola vines, yellow trees and other materials.

The texture of the mulberry branches is uniform. After a long time of soaking and fading, the white part inside is taken out, boiled in a large pot, dried in the sun, boiled once or twice, and finally fished out.

At this time, the mulberry branches are no longer soft. After being hammered in the pulp tank, add water, and then use carambola vines, Huang Shu and other materials to make them thicker and more solidified.

Then use the bamboo screen to scoop up the pulp, which is the original shape of the paper.

At this time, the paper, like a soaked cotton blanket, is strong and well-proportioned. After being carefully roasted, paper can be condensed on it.

The craftsman then divides it and the paper is formed.

This kind of craftsmanship has reached the level of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the key lies in the configuration of the mysterious potion.

After the paper was formed, Zhao Feng tried it out, and found that the water absorption was excellent. When the brush was dropped, the ink would solidify immediately and would not flow off. Moreover, the paper was also quite flexible, allowing it to be folded and unfolded freely.

Of course, it is not enough to just make paper, Zhao Feng also needs to make movable type printing.

The essence of movable type printing is that the blocks are independent and can be used many times, and the blocks can be directly ground and polished.

The key to making this kind of characters lies in the writing level of Yinwen. However, Confucianism of the Han Dynasty is respected, and Yinwen has been popularized. Among them, Cai Yong and others can be said to be the pinnacle figures.

So, Zhao Feng summoned a few more people into the court, and after careful selection, all the characters were made into inscribed characters.

Before long, the Analects of Confucius was first attempted to print in batches using movable type.

Zhao Feng even made the knife himself. After all the blocks were typeset, Zhao Feng immediately dipped a brush in ink and painted it on the blocks. Then he covered the paper and smoothed it with his hands. The ink on the blocks , printed on paper.

There was very little ink, and Zhao Feng dried it up after blowing it a few times.

Immediately afterward, the artisans began to make pictures of gourds, and hundreds of copies of the Analects of Confucius appeared.

Just when Great Wei printed the first batch of books, Zhao Yun finally returned to Xuchang with the Xianbei captives.

In Xuchang, Zhao Feng had already asked Zhuge Liang to arrange the academy, and when these Xianbei children arrived, they would be arranged there, and then they would be assigned teachers.

The eldest son of the leader of the Murong Department heard that he would study in Xuchang in the future, and he, who had long admired Han culture, immediately became looking forward to it.

However, he looked around in confusion and asked, "Didn't you say you want to learn the Analects? Why are there no books?"

The son of the leader of the Tuoba Department smiled: "Da Wei must not have so much money to buy sheepskins. If you think about it, the Analects of Confucius needs a lot of sheepskins. I think it must be the teacher dictating the lectures."

But soon, a few wrestlers came in, each carrying a stack of paper, the paper was slightly yellowed, flexible and light, as thin as a cicada's wing.

"What is that?" All the Xianbei children's eyes widened.

"Could it be that this is the pancake that the Han people eat? But, isn't this pancake too thin?"

In fact, paper appeared a long time ago, but it was extremely stiff, not flexible, and cost a lot of money to make, while the better paper was in the hands of aristocratic families.

So when these papers appeared, no one would have thought that they were also paper, and that they could be written on.

However, the tutor knew the wonderful use of this paper, so he couldn't put it down, picked up a stack of paper, and then asked people to distribute it and said: "Everything you have learned today must be written down on this paper, otherwise you will be punished. "

The Xianbei children below immediately discussed: "How do you write this thing, it will be broken in one barrel, give us the sheepskin!"

I am not in a hurry to teach. I pick up a brush and write a line of characters on it. The handwriting is neat and clear. The ink condenses on the paper without flowing, which is very beautiful.

The key is that the ink has not penetrated into the next one.

(End of this chapter)