"Qiao'er, what did you just say about the thing that will make your father famous and our Su family famous for eternity? Which of these articles are you referring to?"
"Yes, sister, please tell me about it." Even Su Yichen took this matter very seriously.
Su Qiao didn't hesitate, he opened the book and found the article on printing: "Grandpa, Dad, Brother, please read this."
"This article is about printing, which is printing words on paper and then binding them into books."
"Today's books are copied word by word with a brush and then bound into books. It is time-consuming and laborious. If you copy a word wrong, you have to rewrite it, wasting ink, time and energy. Most importantly, it is very slow."
"This also led to the fact that the books circulating outside were not only frighteningly expensive, but also very few in number. Many poor families could not afford to go to school, and many students could not afford to buy books, or even could not buy books."
"As long as we figure out this technology, all of this can be easily solved."
Su Qiao explained it in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and everyone understood it immediately. There was a way to print books very quickly without having to copy them word by word.
And they can produce a lot of books to sell in this way.
The old man had never thought that there would be such a solution: "This... This is indeed a great thing that benefits the country and the people, and it will also make our family famous for generations to come."
Su Yaohui stared at the short description carefully, read it several times, and frowned:
"Qiao'er, these processes are very complicated and profound. We don't understand the reverse character carving and the clay."
Su Yichen and Su Yihe were also confused.
Su Qiao said casually: "I have roughly figured out these, and the mold is basically ready, otherwise I wouldn't dare to tell you about this today."
Next, you just need to add some rosin to the clay, calcine it to make various seals, and then add ink, and you can print.
"Is this true?"
"Sister, have you really figured it out?"
All of a sudden, Su Yaohui and the other two screamed in surprise.
The old man knocked hard on the table with his copper pipe: "Don't shout, let Qiao'er talk slowly."
"It's true. All I lack now is practice."
"Besides this, I have another plan."
"After movable type printing is invented, I want to make a Tianyuan dictionary."
Movable type printing was just the beginning. Next, Su Qiao would use dictionaries as a stepping stone to produce a variety of books, industrial and agricultural, picture albums, and so on.
"What is a dictionary?"
Su Qiao briefly explained the Xinhua Dictionary.
"At present, our Tianyuan country, or even other countries, have not had such a book that can learn by following the pinyin and look up the meaning. If it can be made, it will be a great innovation and will also facilitate countless students to look up."
After Su Qiao finished explaining, he went into the room and there was no sound for a long time.
The old man was stunned for a long time, then he came to his senses and said calmly: "If we can really make this... this Tianyuan dictionary, and add your movable type printing technology, it will be a great thing that will benefit the country and the people and shock the whole country."
"However, the dictionary is a time-consuming project and cannot be completed in a short time."
Su Yaohui and his son also nodded solemnly.
Su Qiao tapped his fingers on the table and thought for a moment: "This is my plan."
"Divide this dictionary into two volumes. Let's make the characters we know first, then borrow some books and make the characters on them as the first volume. We can work on the rest of the second volume slowly."