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Chapter 167: Printing in Progress

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    After the failure of Ma Chao's Northern Expedition in Xiliang, the Han Dynasty seemed to have entered a period of peace again. Cao Cao, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei, Ma Teng, Han Sui and other princes also began to focus on development.  The prosperity of Jingzhou made them fully realize the importance of commerce, and the interests of merchants were protected. Not only trade was carried out among states and counties, but also reached Wuheng and Sanhan in the north, Baiyue in the south, Yuezhi in the west,  There are caravans everywhere.

    Due to the impact of the wars in recent years, the overall population of Han Dynasty has been less than half of what it was before the Yellow Turban Rebellion.  If you want to dominate the world, you cannot do it without a population. To have a population, you must have money and food, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

    Therefore, various princes have also formulated some policies to reward farming and fertility. Cao Cao also implemented farming in the north, allowing many barren lands to be replanted with crops, and the refugees were gradually resettled.

    Of course, there is still a war going on, but it is far away from the Central Plains and not many people pay attention to it.  In other words, other princes did not have the ability to interfere.  That is, Sun Quan from Jiangdong sent 20,000 troops to enter Jiaozhou under the pretext of mediating the conflict between Wu Ju, the governor of Cangwu, and Lai Gong, the governor of Jiaozhou.

    With the advent of new Han paper, there were more literati in the Han Dynasty.  The sales of paper spread throughout Han Dynasty, and it also led to the development of other businesses, such as the production of brushes, the production of ink, etc. The volume was much larger than before, and the quality was also constantly improving.

    The harvest season for rice, millet and other crops has arrived, and the whole Jingzhou is a busy scene.  No matter how prosperous the business is, the price of food in this era will always be the highest. People attach great importance to harvesting, and so does the government.  Under the personal leadership of officials from various places, county soldiers from each city also participated in the harvest.

    This year¡¯s grain is growing very well, but according to Liu Cong, a herdsman in Jingzhou, a good harvest is only considered when it reaches the granary, not when it grows into the ground.

    Because there are unpredictable weather conditions, heavy rains, floods, and locust disasters that occur every few years, all of which will take away the food that is visible and accessible.

    There was also joy in the Jingzhou Mufu. Liu Cong¡¯s two wives, Cai Yu and Fan, were getting closer and closer to the date of giving birth. The old lady Cai moved directly to the backyard of her two daughters-in-law.

    When she arrived, everyone in the State Shepherd's Mansion, from the housekeeper to the servants, became nervous and did not dare to neglect her at all. In today's terms, it was definitely special care.

    Liu Biao originally had three sons, but now only Liu Cong is left as an orphan. There are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is not having children. The old lady Cai regards her two unborn grandchildren as more important than her son Liu Cong.

    "However, Liu Cong has not been in the mansion recently. He is busy with another thing, and he is very busy.

    The quality of the paper has met the requirements, so the next step is for Liu Cong to start printing books.

    According to the understanding of history, engraving printing appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and during the Song Renzong period in the Song Dynasty, Bi Sheng invented letterpress printing.

    But after Liu Cong came to this world, he really discovered that China¡¯s printing technology can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.  Because seals have become very popular in this era.

    A small seal can be regarded as the predecessor of engraving printing.  Seals can be made of bamboo, fired from clay, or polished with stone.  Moreover, the words are engraved on the top. If paper had been popularized earlier, I believe that woodblock printing would have taken shape.

    The printing Liu Cong wants to do now is naturally not engraving, but directly developing letterpress.

    There are not many craftsmen who can carve seals. Liu Cong asked Ma Zhong to use Skynet to collect almost all the skilled craftsmen in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, a total of more than one hundred people.

    However, the characters they carved were of different sizes and quality. After screening, Liu Cong was satisfied with more than twenty people.

    The material for the letterpress was finally chosen stone after Liu Cong¡¯s repeated thinking and the practice of the craftsmen.

    Compared with burning bamboo chips, wood or clay, although stone is more difficult to carve and takes a long time, it is not easy to be damaged and the printing clarity is high.

    After these selections, Liu Cong summoned many craftsmen and divided the work for them.

    The first step is to polish the base plate.

    ??The stones were selected with relatively fine texture and ground into small cubes with a side length of about two centimeters. They were much smaller than the seals at that time, so it was not easy to make.  In order to improve the speed and quality, Liu Cong divided it into coarse grinding and fine grinding.  There are many people involved in kibble, as long as it is roughly shaped.  Fine grinding is done by experienced stonemasons.

    ?Then comes the rubbing text.

    Since the book is to be printed, the text must be in a unified font. Liu Cong wrote this item himself.

     Although Wang Can, Pang Tong, Ma Liang and others all write very well, Liu Cong prefers his own regular script, which is a real Liu script!  Moreover, a small regular script pen was specially made for him, and his writing was smaller than usual.  The craftsmen inscribed each of these characters on the polished stone.

    The next step is the last and most difficult process. The craftsmen have to slowly carve away the stones next to the fonts to make the fonts stand out and make a master plate.

    Although Liu Cong stayed around day and night, the craftsmen were paid very well, and they worked enthusiastically, but the progress was not fast.

    But Liu Cong is not in a hurry, everything has been done according to the process, and the appearance of the first book is not far away.

    A month later, Liu Cong's task had been completed, because the number of Chinese characters in this era was not very large, and he was very satisfied with each of the master plates made by the craftsmen, so he no longer had to stay here every day and returned to the state.  Mufu.

    Of course, there is another reason, that is, Cai Yu and Fan are about to have a baby.

    When he entered the backyard, he was blocked by several servants.  According to ancient customs, men must not be present when a child is born, and the husband is no exception.

    Although Liu Cong was a little worried, there was nothing he could do.  In fact, these midwives are equivalent to the doctors and nurses in obstetrics and gynecology today. They have rich experience in delivering babies and know some simple medical knowledge.

    Liu Cong had no choice but to find Zhang Ji, and together they gave some guidance to these midwives, mainly on rescue and care.  At first, these midwives seemed very disdainful, but when Liu Cong told them some experiences of later generations, they were still shocked and even looked at Liu Cong strangely.

    How could a man in his twenties know this?  And they were talking about some of the difficulties they had encountered when delivering babies in the past.  In the end, it can only be attributed to the fact that Liu Cong, the shepherd of Jingzhou, was not an ordinary person. He was a god from heaven who came down to earth to save the people from suffering.

    Of course Liu Cong didn¡¯t know what these people were thinking.

    After everything was arranged, Liu Cong had no choice but to go to Sun Shangxiang's place.  This time, Coke spoiled the second lady.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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