I open a restaurant in Daqin

Chapter 62 The Value of Movable Type

Li Si also saw this scene in his eyes, and suddenly took a breath, his eyes stared straight.

Ying Zheng was surprised because he saw the value of this thing, and Li Si, a bachelor himself, had a more real sense of this movable type than Ying Zheng.

He knew too well that if this thing could be used on those great books handed down from generation to generation, it would be unimaginably important to the world's scholars.

Qin Yong looked up, seeing Ying Zheng and the others stunned, feeling very proud.

Be overwhelmed!
Thinking about it, Qin Yong's smile became wider and he seemed a little proud. He patted Ying Zheng on the shoulder and said with a smile, "How about it, Zhao Lang, what do you think?"

Ying Zheng was taken aback by Qin Yong's slap, and was pulled back to reality. He was about to say something, but he only listened to the other side. Li Si had already opened his mouth and said, "Master, let me ask you, is this thing acceptable?" Use it on those big books?"

As soon as this sentence came out, Ying Zheng asked all the questions he wanted to ask.

It's not that Li Si doesn't understand etiquette, the key is that as a scholar, this thing shocked him too much, and he was more anxious than Ying Zheng to figure out its magical effect.

If the content of those big books can also be copied directly with this thing, wouldn't it be possible to spread those big books all over the world very quickly.At that time, there will no longer be a situation where a book is hard to find in this world.

"Of course!"

Facing Li Si's question, under the watchful eyes of Ying Zheng and others, Qin Yong smiled lightly and said, "I name this thing movable type!"

"The so-called movable type is talking about a living thing! All living things are dynamic and can be switched back and forth. They are not rigid. For example, it is printing this article at the moment. However, I only need to change it a little. It’s just another article, just wait and see!”

As he said that, Qin Yong untied the movable type, rearranged them as quickly as possible, and quickly framed them again. After sticking ink on them, he spread out five more sheets of paper in a row.

Then, Qin Yong held up the movable type and printed them one by one.

Ying Zheng and others saw it with their own eyes, another article written just now, in the blink of an eye, it changed its appearance!
"This!"

Ying Zheng and the others were completely shocked. They were really alive and could change at any time.

In this way, as long as the model is enough, with this method, the world's great books can be copied quickly, it is so convenient!

After some showing off, Zhao Lang and his friends were stunned, and Qin Yong's vanity was finally greatly satisfied.

After showing off, Qin Yong remembered something, stepped forward suddenly, put his arm on Zhao Lang's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Zhao Lang, I have something I want to discuss with you, what do you think!"

Ying Zheng was very uncomfortable with being hooked up like this all of a sudden.

As the King of Qin, no one has ever been so close to him.

On the side, Li Si and A Yao were also taken aback, but then they both pretended not to see and glanced aside.

Ying Zheng shrank his neck uncomfortably, but instead of throwing Qin Yong away, he said with a smile, "What does the shopkeeper want to discuss?"

Qin Yong was not in a hurry to speak, and dragged Ying Zheng to a table not far away, and forced Ying Zheng to sit down. Seeing that there was no food and drink on the table, he felt displeased and shouted: "Wait What are you doing still in a daze, didn't you see the distinguished guests coming, hurry up and prepare wine and food to entertain?"

Qin Da and the others looked bewildered, didn't they agree that this distinguished guest would come and you would entertain him personally, and we were not allowed to intervene?

Why are you still blaming me now?
However, a group of people who are either students or servants, how dare they oppose their masters and teachers?

Immediately, they responded one by one, turned and left, and soon became busy.

At this time, Qin Yong just knelt down opposite Ying Zheng and said with a smile, "Zhao Lang, today is the right time for you to come. There are some things I want to discuss with you. As for today's food and drink, I won't prepare any of them." Now, let the people below be busy, you don't mind!"

Ying Zheng looked Qin Yong up and down, and vaguely understood in his heart that what Qin Yong was going to share next was probably not a trivial matter, so that what he had been doing before could only be put aside now.

Ying Zheng also focused on major issues, nodded immediately, and said: "If there is anything to discuss, the shopkeeper will tell you in detail, you are welcome!"

Hearing this, Qin Yong grinned and said, "Well, I'll be more polite!"

After finishing speaking, Qin Yong turned his eyes and said with a smile, "You have seen my movable type printing and rice paper just now."

"But you also know one thing. In this world, there are many masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, but there are too few original manuscripts."

"Not to mention many, such as Sun Wu's Art of War, Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals, and even my Great Qin Wenxin's Lu Shi's Spring and Autumn Annals, these great books have only dozens of rubbings!"

"How many people in the world are elusive about these great books. They only hear the name but don't see the content. In the final analysis, it is the reason why there are too few rubbings!"

"Now, I have rice paper and movable type printing. I can record the contents of these big books one by one, and organize them into books at the fastest speed. It won't take long for all kinds of masterpieces to pile up into mountains!"

"At that time, I will use my books to promote these great books. Do you think it can attract the attention of scholars all over the world?"

When Ying Zheng heard this, his heart moved, and he was inexplicably surprised.

Isn't this the purpose of coming here today?

Of course, what he came here today was for the so-called books and rice paper.

Before that, he didn't know about movable type printing.

But after seeing movable type printing, he found that many of his ideas became simpler.

Previously, he just wanted to find a justifiable opportunity to take the Xuan paper books used by Qin for his own use, and then have people transcribe all the great books himself, and send these things to the nations as treasures.

Now, with Qin Yong's movable type printing, this idea can not only become easier and more convenient, but also seems to achieve greater results.

After all, no matter how fast the copying was, it would be considered remarkable to be able to copy all those big books six or seven times in a short period of time, that is to say, at most one copy could be sent to each country.

But now, with the printing speed of Qin using this type of movable type, the time it takes to transcribe five or six volumes, it is not a problem to print thousands of volumes directly.

At that time, he didn't even need to send these things to the courts of various countries, but directly placed them on the streets of the Six Kingdoms, and they would be able to show off their brilliance, and the uses were endless.

The so-called like-mindedness may refer to Ying Zheng and Qin Yong at the moment.

The minds of the two, unknowingly, still melted together.

"Yes, if the contents of these great books are recorded and disseminated, I believe those students will try their best to get a copy. But in the final analysis, how do you plan to promote this matter?"

Ying Zheng nodded in agreement with Qin Yong's statement. At this time, he was not in a hurry to express his intention for coming, but was going to directly follow Qin Yong's request.

(End of this chapter)