I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

Chapter 108 Family Heirloom

At night, maybe God's cheeks are tired, and the wind is much weaker.

Wang Ge and his second uncle sat in front of one stove, while Huan Zhen, brother Tiefeng, Lu Wu, and Shi Su sat in front of the other.

Wang Erlang took a sip of hot water, and continued to whisper about what happened after beating Jia Sanniang that day: "You don't know, the lazy people in Jia's family, the feces of the lazy people are more smelly than the hardworking people. After beating the wicked woman, the hatred is relieved." Afterwards, Ah Shu hurriedly boiled the water, and I washed it for A Peng. Alas, it was washed in the sundry house, and the smelly cows didn’t stay there for two days, so I had no choice but to take the cows to my house.”

Wang Ge couldn't help laughing, and asked: "Afterwards, the Jia family didn't say anything?"

"At first, there was no explanation. They thought about beating his third wife, and the matter was over. But Hutou said... no!" Wang Erlang narrowed his throat, imitating Wang Yun's tone and demeanor at that time: "It's all up to you." For one thing, his family's punishment of Sanniang is his own business. It is something he has to do to protect the face of his Jia family. If this is the case, isn't brother Pengcong being thrown dung for nothing? At least brother Pengcong must be compensated New clothes, firewood and water for washing hair and body. The excrement is too smelly, at least fill two tanks with water. Uncle, you have to talk about this!"

Wang Ge covered his mouth amused by the second uncle's appearance, and asked, "Has the third uncle gone?"

Wang Erlang let out a long breath of depression through his nose. "Go, come back as soon as you leave the hospital, let Hutou repeat what you said to Jia's family? Hutou just repeat what you just said. Your third uncle walked about ten steps from the hospital this time, and came back again. Forgot to say it all, let Hutou say it again. Then your aunt took your third uncle out with a broom, but until dark, no one came from the Jia family. Your third uncle came back, and he said he was with The Jia family said it, according to what Huzi taught, after he said it, he went to see Azhu Na Zhuzi. As for why no one from the Jia family came, he didn't know."

The more Wang Erlang spoke, the more angry he was, he thumped his leg and raised his voice: "Hu Bao, tell me, is your third uncle lying? Did he just pass by the gate of Jia's courtyard? Isn't A Peng his son?" Why is he so careless? That Zhuzi's heart is so bad, but your third uncle loves him more? Is your third uncle sick?"

Huan Zhen and the others all took a look at the uncle and nephew.

Wang Ge definitely couldn't accept this, so he had to say, "Apeng is so pitiful."

"I'm even more pitiful, you don't know how stinky he is!"

Wang Ge smiled and rolled his eyes, and praised: "Second Uncle is the best man in the world, as good as Eldest Father and my grandfather."

"Hey." Wang Erlang scratched his head happily, these words were really heartwarming. "Ah, just listen to me, Age, have you ever been used to studying in Nanshan? Have you been angry?"

"Except that it's far away from home, everything is good there. Uncle, I made some utensils." She took out dozens of wooden blocks of "Ji Ji Zhang" engraved, which are far more valuable than the two hundred or so dollars she earned.After arranging them in order on the writing plate, she pointed to the wooden blocks one by one and recited: "Quickly, the odd goblet is different from others, and list the names of all things..."

Although Wang Erlang couldn't understand, he was willing to listen. There was no reason, he just wanted to listen. After his niece finished reading, he even shed tears unknowingly. "Hu Bao really has the ability to engrave all the characters back."

Wang Ge recited "Jijiu Zhang" with a neither high nor low voice, without any intention of concealing the truth.

Huan Zhen knew the skills of this first-class craftsman, so he sat over and asked, "Anti-character? You also made the plate for placing the characters?"

"Yes. It's called dial."

"Hmm. In the Qin Dynasty, a wooden stamp was used to print four-point edicts on pottery measuring vessels. The Wang craftsman made it... imitating the multi-character wooden stamp?"

"Exactly."

What Huan Zhen said is actually the origin of the theory of movable type printing technology.After Qin Shihuang unified the country's measuring instruments, he used ten square four-character Yangwen wooden stamps on the pottery blanks on the outer wall of the barrel-shaped measuring vessel to stamp a row of edicts with a total of forty crosses, and then baked them into utensils.

Unfortunately, this technology has not been developed further.

Huan Zhen looked at the dial carefully, and found that the first five columns contained the seven characters of "Ji Jiu Zhang", and the sixth column only had four opposite characters "Qing Dao Qi Zhang". Under the word "Chapter", use three short wooden blocks without engraving, so that the four wooden blocks of "Qing Dao Qi Zhang" can be firmly fixed in the character plate.

Starting from the seventh column, there are only two "three-character names", separated by a blank short wooden block.

Ten columns end.

"Gone?"

"Yes. I don't have much free time, so I only engrave these for the time being."

Huan Zhen took out a low wooden block, and in an instant, a row of blocks swayed with the shaking of the dial.He picks another piece, and the other row goes up and down.

Tie Lei stood at the back just now, thinking that Carpenter Wang had made something rare and good. When he saw the wooden blocks scattered in two rows, he shook his head with a "tsk tsk" and said, "It's okay to not fix it. Carpenter Wang must be careful when printing. If you accidentally make a mistake, it might become another book, haha!"

Huan Zhen felt that he had thought of something just now, and it was only after Tie Lei's bluff that he realized it. "I ask Carpenter Wang to enlighten me, what is this kind of movable wooden block printing method called?"

Finally asked this, Wang Ge secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and replied: "Movable type printing. For the characters commonly used in classics, you can make several repeated blocks. After picking out the blocks, sort them in columns. If there is less than one column, use Squeeze the empty wooden blocks. Then apply ink and print on the paper. If you use duli wood and other materials that are not easily deformed, the typeface can be reused.”

"Printing a book in this way is no less labor-intensive than writing...but..."

Mr. Huan Lang is really smart!Wang Ge nodded approvingly: "One day, with the development of papermaking technology, a set of fonts can print ten, a hundred, or even a thousand volumes! If there are enough fonts, all the classics in the world can be printed."

Early the next morning, the nephew and uncle drooped their heads and hurried home dejectedly.Occasionally, the two looked at each other, and Wang Erlang hurriedly "hummed": "The family heirloom, it is gone without showing it to your elder parents. Humph! Let you show off."

Wang Ge's head immediately lowered a point.

Who would have thought that Mr. Huan Lang is so thick-skinned!He took away the writing plate, the carved wooden blocks, and even the blank wooden blocks that she worked so hard to make. He said that he would use a few days to study. Who knows how many days this "a few days" are?

Contrary to the direction of the uncle and nephew, Tie Feng had already carried the entire set of dials, and galloped to the county government.Movable type printing method does not have to wait for ten or decades to try again.The Huan family has more than a dozen paper craftsmen and hundreds of woodcarvers. Whether this method is applicable and easy to use will soon be known!

The distant capital of Luoyang will serve as a prison.

There are a few master craftsmen in the middle, and master craftsmen on the periphery.During this period of time, they pooled their ideas and shared their loyalty. Even ordinary craftsmen put forward good ideas for erecting compass needles, and they also adopted and tried them one by one.

Craftsman Sima Zong: "There are currently three methods in use: one is the water floating magnetic needle method originally used by craftsman Wang Ge. The disadvantage of this method is that as long as the water surface shakes, the magnetic needle will be affected, causing direction errors; The magnetic needle stands on a hard and smooth point, and the magnetic needle rotates by itself, which is faster than water floating to fix the orientation. Hold the waist of the needle, hang it in a place where there is no wind, and the needle points to the north from the compass, the disadvantage is that it cannot withstand wind and grass, but this method has the smallest direction error."

Craftsman Huan Zong: "Everyone stayed away from home for the whole New Year's Eve because of the study of the compass. It was really hard work. This matter will be put aside for the time being and will be discussed after the Lantern Festival. Besides, after the gold craftsman's plaque of Wang Ge's craftsman is finished, Immediately send it to Kuaiji County. Lower class, middle class, and upper class are equal, whichever grade she is admitted to, she can get it."

Master Wang Zong enviously said: "Haha, this is also a family heirloom."

Master Qian always looked half asleep and half awake, and Nian Xu reminded him: "You guys really haven't had a hard time, so you should reward some money and silk. This craftsman's family is poor, don't understand the importance of gold medals, Cut it off as a money envoy."

(End of this chapter)