In the yard.
The craftsmen were working a little uneasy.
There was a crack in the wrought iron stove. If Kou Ji hadn't reminded him in time, I'm afraid someone would have been injured.
After seeing Kou Ji's arrival, the craftsman leader hurriedly greeted him, and said to Kou Ji with a bitter face: "Little master, the villain didn't manage the craftsman well. If he made such a big mistake, the villain is at fault.
The villain is already investigating, and after finding out, he must give the mansion an explanation. "
Kou Ji glanced at him up and down, seeing that the look on his face was particularly ugly, and thinking about it a little bit, "Madam embarrass you?"
The craftsman leader said in a sorrowful voice: "The lady came twice, but did not detect the thief. She reprimanded the villain twice and gave the villain a three-day period for the villain to find out about the matter."
Kou Ji raised his hand to pat his shoulder, but after reaching out, he felt something wrong.
The craftsman leader has a big beard, and his father is about the same age, so it is not appropriate for him to pat someone on the shoulder.
Withdrawing his hand in a slanderous manner, Kou Ji smiled and said, "Don't care, this matter doesn't need to be investigated again."
The craftsman leader said timidly: "But Madam over there..."
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "Madam, I have already said that, you don't need to worry anymore."
After a pause, Kou Ji said again: "Speaking of which, the workshop in our mansion is doing more and more things. Now we are making steel again, and the yard of the mansion is obviously not enough.
In a few days, you go to Kou Zhong and go with him to see the courtyard, Zhuangzi, and other courtyards under the name of Kou Mansion.
See if there is a suitable place and move the workshop in the house.
If there is no suitable one in the courtyard or Zhuangzi under the name of Kou Mansion, go and look elsewhere.
If there is something suitable, let Kou Zhong take it down and start a workshop. "
The craftsman leader was taken aback first, bowed to Kou Ji, and said, "Thank you for your trust, Young Master."
Kou Ji nodded and told him to tell the craftsmen that it was all right, and let them work hard.
As soon as he entered the yard, Kou Ji felt that the craftsmen were in a bad mood.
He thought about it for a moment, and then he thought about the problem.
So he hurriedly proposed a solution.
The craftsmen of Kou Mansion are all master craftsmen with superb craftsmanship.
As long as they are skilled and skilled, they are somewhat arrogant.
There was a thief in the yard, and they were not happy.
I want the artisan leader to catch the thieves and eradicate this scum.
And Xiang Yan repeatedly yelled at them, making them feel uncomfortable.
Xiang Yan didn't deliberately target anyone, but the craftsmen felt that Xiang Yan peeked at them all as thieves.
So resentment grew in my heart.
This resentment persists, and these craftsmen will leave Kou Mansion sooner or later.
Kou Jigang taught these craftsmen something, and hoped that they could be of great use, how could it be possible to let them out of Kou Mansion.
So he hurriedly spoke out to appease the craftsmen, and proposed to move the workshop out of the mansion, so as to calm the grievances in the hearts of the craftsmen.
Kou Ji let out a sigh of relief as the craftsmen's eyes renewed their spirits and began to work hard.
He exhorted the artisan leader a few more words, and then he shook himself in the yard.
After shaking for a long time, he plunged into the workshop where Bi Sheng was.
As soon as I entered the workshop, I saw Bi Sheng sitting at a table, seriously carving something.
When I walked over, I saw that Bi Sheng was carving text on a piece of clay.
Not far from him, piled up a pile of clay imprints, each of which was engraved with a character.
These clay imprints have been fired and look hard.
Seeing this, Kou Ji guessed that under his reminder, Bi Sheng's movable type printing technique was about to be created.
It's just that compared to clay printing, another thing is the most time-consuming and the most critical thing.
It took many decades for Bi Sheng to create movable type printing. Most of his time was spent on this most critical thing.
"Cough~"
Kou Ji gave a light cough.
Bi Sheng shuddered, and the clay mark in his hand was broken.
"Little... Little Master... Why are you here?"
Bi Sheng squeezed a simple smile on his wrinkled face.
Kou Ji looked at the clay print in Bi Sheng's hand, and pleaded guilty: "I have an uncomfortable throat and coughed, but it broke your seal. I will accompany you."
Bi Sheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter... It doesn't matter... The clay imprint is not worth a lot of money. If it breaks, the villain will engrave it."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "It's worthless..."
Kou Ji chatted with Bi Sheng for a while.
He asked abruptly, "Your printing, hasn't progress been small?"
Bi Sheng stiffened all over, as if he had been hit by a hold curse, he didn't dare to move.
He stared at Kou Ji for a long time.
Seeing the smile on Kou Ji's face was full of jokes, his heart jumped and his knees softened.
Kou Ji was shocked when he saw this, he hurriedly supported Bi Sheng.
Bi Sheng obviously wanted to bow to him and confess his sins.
But Kou Ji can not afford his gift.
Given Kou Ji's status today, it's okay to receive Bi Sheng's gift.
But Kou Ji is also a person of background.
A serious craftsman.
How can a senior who meets a craftsman be gifted by others
"Little Master..."
Bi Sheng was supported by Kou Ji and cried out in mourning.
"The villain... I'm sorry, the villain..."
Kou Jichang sighed and helped him sit down, "You don't have to say more... I can understand what you did. If you are me, I will definitely follow your approach, even more than what you did."
Bi Sheng's eyes were a little red, and he whispered: "The villain... The villain is also covered by lard for a while... But the villain can't bear it... Seeing that his life's wish can be achieved soon, the villain will be in a moment Can't wait."
Kou Ji said: "Can understand..."
After a pause, Kou Ji said again: "I can understand your actions, but you broke the rules. You waited to serve at the mansion, and the mansion did not neglect you.
You should be blunt about what you need.
The house will not be stingy.
You need ink, you need a different ink, you can speak frankly with me.
I can do research together with you.
But if you steal secretly, that's wrong. "
Bi Sheng raised his head, with red eyes, staring at Kou Ji, and asked: "Little Master, what do you plan to do with the villain?"
It's weird.
When Kou Ji spoke out to appease Bi Sheng, Bi Sheng seemed to be full of guilt, feeling uncomfortable in his heart, and almost cried.
But when Kou Ji reprimanded him, he relaxed a lot.
Kou Ji thought: "Tell me first, what is your printing technique?"
Bi Sheng hesitated for a moment, and said, "The villain doesn't know whether it was made or not. After the little man had mentioned something from the young master, he made a clay print when he came back.
Tried it, the effect is far better than the original printing.
It's just that the ink is not suitable, it is easy to melt and become a ball.
After studying a lot of ink, the villain will melt away.
Just when the villain was at a loss.
The little man thought of the ink you used to print Jiaozi, Master.
At that time, the young master seemed to be printing with clay printing, and made a hand, but the ink did not melt.
So the villain wanted to try a little ink.
Originally I wanted to ask the young master to ask for it, but the young master never returned to the house, so the young master took the risk.
After using the ink of the young master, the printed text did not melt.
It's just that there are still some flaws, so the villain doesn't know if it counts. "
Kou Ji asked, "Is there any printed product, let me see."
Bi Sheng nodded, took out two pieces of paper from a box under the table, and handed it to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji took it over and took a look, and he found the problem.
It can be said that Bi Sheng's movable type printing has been successful.
There are just some typesetting issues.
He seems to be constrained by the original thinking of engraving and printing, and for the typesetting of movable type printing, he is also somewhat biased towards engraving.
Movable type printing uses movable type, but block printing is a whole page.
If you use the same printing method, problems will naturally occur.
The former has no constraints on edges and corners, it is easy to spread out, and the space between characters is relatively large.
Printed out looks like a word flower, not like an article.
Seeing Kou Ji holding the printed article and not speaking, Bi Sheng said with some worry: "Young Master, isn't it... Is it... Nothing?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji put down the article in his hand and smiled: "It's done! It's just a small problem, you didn't handle it properly. That's why this kind of error occurred."
Kou Ji pointed to the scattered words in the article, and said: "You only want to print with clay stamps, but you have never thought of fixing the clay stamps. This has led to a looser printed article."
Bi Sheng was taken aback for a moment.
Kou Ji continued: "If you are making the clay print, make the clay print the same size, and then make a board, separate the grid on the top, and put the clay print in tightly. Look at it again. Will it be loose
If you can print the grids on the board together, will it look more beautiful? "
What Kou Ji pointed out were only minor problems.
Bi Sheng only dug into the horns for a while, but didn't figure it out.
Now after Kou Jiyi reminded him, he immediately realized that it was wrong.
He stood up suddenly and said hurriedly: "The villain is going to try..."
Kou Ji watched in astonishment as Bi Shengfeng rushed out of the workshop.
He seemed to have forgotten the identity of a thief on his back, and he only wanted to make movable type printing.
Seeing this, Kou Ji shook his head dumbly.
This seems to be a common problem for everyone who concentrates on researching things.
When their research made a breakthrough, even if the sky fell, they didn't care.
Bi Sheng ran impatiently in the courtyard where the craftsmen were. After an hour, he had finished building what he wanted.
He drew on a few craftsmen to help.
Then, in the consternation eyes of all the craftsmen, he took out the ink he had stolen and started printing.
Seeing Bi Sheng, a thief concentrating on printing, the stolen bitter master Kou Ji smiled and looked at him, and the craftsmen suddenly felt that their heads couldn't turn around.
When they turned their heads, their eyes all fell on Bi Sheng, and there was a hint of complaint in their eyes.
They complained that Bi Sheng had stolen something and let them be reprimanded by Xiang Yan.
But no one rushed forward to stop Bi Sheng from fiddled with printing.
Because they are all craftsmen, they have experienced Bi Sheng's state of researching things desperately.
They know that this kind of opportunity is unattainable, so they won't bother Bi Sheng.
Bi Sheng has been branded as a bad guy by them.
But it does not mean that they will ruin Bi Sheng's good deeds.
The birth of a new craft, for every craftsman, what it means, they all know very well.
Under the gaze of everyone, Bi Sheng carefully picked out the clay stamps of the same size and put them into the panel.
Smeared with ink.
A sheet of white paper covered it.
After rolling it over with something similar to a mallet, an article is printed.
When Bi Sheng lifted the printed article in his hand, tears flowed unconsciously.
Twenty years.
Twenty years have passed since he discovered the drawbacks of block printing.
It took him twenty years to develop a set of printing techniques that were more advanced than block printing.
"I made it! I made it!"
Bi Sheng held the article in his hand, crying in tears.
An elderly master saw this scene with envy on his face.
He sighed and turned around to leave.
The apprentice who followed him asked him in a puzzled manner, "Master, Bi Sheng is the one who stole things. He has caused you to be wronged for so many days. Now that he has exposed his crimes in public, why don't you scold him? "
The master glanced at his apprentice, and wanted to say, "You are still too young."
But when the words came to the lips, they didn't say anything.
Considering that the apprentice has another identity, his nephew, he felt it necessary to mention a few things, so he sighed: "You can't scold you. You are shallow in your profession, and your eyelids are shallow. There are many things that the old man doesn't explain. Some, you may not understand.
The thing that Bi Sheng just created, once it is born, will surely become something that will benefit the world.
And the people who use it the most are scholars.
Scholars who received his favor must call him a master.
Even if he would not call him Master Bi, he would be respected.
I will write a book for him in the future.
He is also destined to become a figure who goes down in history.
Like this kind of character, what does stealing a little ink count
Even if he steals gold and silver, the scholars will share it for him.
Because he deserves more credit than his sins.
Big enough to conceal all his sins. "
The apprentice asked in a puzzled way: "What does the matter of scholars have to do with us?"
The master rolled his eyes and said, "He created such an amazing thing, and he won’t have a low reputation in the future as a craftsman. I scolded him today, and those who use his craft to beg for food in the future will not be secretive. Arrange me here?"
The apprentice looked stunned.
The master paused, and said with emotion: "In the future, he may be honored as the ancestor by the craftsmen just like the ancestor Luban..."
When the master was about to leave, there was a burst of exclamation from where Bi Sheng was.
The great master followed the reputation and saw that Bi Sheng was holding the article in his hand, and he insisted on kowtow to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji refused to accept it.
The two are in a stalemate.
Kou Ji dragged Bi Sheng.
Bi Sheng clasped Kou Ji's arm tightly, and said excitedly: "The villain can make this thing, all thanks to your little master. If you hadn't reminded the villain to use clay to make imprints and engrave words, the villain would not have thought. at this point.
If it weren't for the ink you developed, the villain's printing skills would probably not be completed in this lifetime.
Young master, you have fulfilled the villain's wish, and you deserve to be worshipped by the villain. "
After hearing these words, the onlookers were all stunned.
They thought they had witnessed the birth of a great master, but they did not expect that behind this great master, there was another taller person standing.
This person once provided them with a lot of craftsmanship.
They are regarded as the source of craftsmanship.
Now, he has a great master.
Wouldn't it be more in the future
For an instant, the craftsmen looked at Kou Ji with eagerness.