Several days later.
In a workshop.
Yang Chen was dressed in a brocade robe and stood with his hands behind his back.
This was a workshop under the Ministry of Works, and it was quite hidden.
In front of him were a large number of craftsmen in a hurry.
They were carrying plates and a bunch of strange things.
These people were stained with a lot of ink and looked rather dirty.
After a while.
A few craftsmen walked in front of Yang Chen and said respectfully,""Censor Yang, the thing has been made.”
Their attitude was extremely respectful. Yang Chen's talent had already deeply impressed these craftsmen.
"Let me see…" Yang Chen nodded.
The leading craftsman said,"Censor Yang, please wait a moment."
With that, he took out a piece of white paper and the craftsman beside him brought over a model.
Then, he covered it with ink. After it was even, he covered it with white paper.
" Censor Yang, please take a look," the craftsman said.
Yang Chen took the piece of paper and saw neat handwriting on it.
There was neither sadness nor joy on his face. He knew that with this thing, the following things would be much smoother!
One day later.
In the court.
All the officials were displayed.
Wu Ling looked at the officials below in boredom. Her expression was indifferent.
Because Yang Chen had other plans, Wu Ling did not reveal Qu Yuanli to the public.
After a while.
Yang Chen cupped his hands and stepped forward." Your Majesty, I have something to offer.”
Everyone was stunned and looked at Yang Chen curiously.
Wu Ling frowned." What is it?”
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment." Yang Chen smiled.”
With that, he gave the order, and the guards beside him immediately left.
Everyone was stunned. They didn't know what this censor wanted to do.
Not long after.
The guards led a few craftsmen in.
They were holding the arranged models in their hands with serious expressions.
Wu Ling's eyes revealed a curious look. Soon after, she quickly thought of the mysterious item that Yang Chen had kept her in suspense!
Could it be the one in front of him?
"Your Majesty, this thing is called movable type printing!" Yang Chen cupped his hands and said. It is something that I have carefully developed."
"Movable-type printing?" The ministers were stunned. This name sounded a little strange.
Wu Ling's cold and beautiful face revealed a trace of astonishment." What is movable type printing?”
"Your Majesty, please listen to me in detail." Yang Chen smiled.
"This movable type printing uses clay to make a blank. On the blank of the same size, the reverse Yang characters are engraved to form a matrix. These word models are arranged in a predetermined order on the iron plate. This humble subject calls it a template. After having a template, you can cover it with ink and then cover it with white paper to obtain a complete page of words…"
" The reason why it's called movable type printing is because the matrix can be flexibly arranged to form the content we want and then printed into pages. A single page may not be effective, but if it's printed into hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of pages, it can greatly increase efficiency and save time.”
Yang Chen spoke with assurance. His posture was as straight as a pine tree, and his slightly thin figure gradually became majestic in everyone's eyes.
The court was deathly silent.
Even Wu Ling was shocked.
She never expected Yang Chen to give her such a big surprise!
After a while.
Xu Zhaozong's throat was dry." Censor Yang's movable type printing is simply amazing!"”
"With this item, I'm afraid the price of books in our Great Zhou will plummet!”
"The scholars of the world will usher in an incomparably glorious era!”
"Genius, a heaven-sent genius!"
“........”
Many people in the imperial court were shocked.
None of them were stupid enough to stand here. They could naturally see the meaning behind the movable type printing!
Books were very expensive in the current era.
Why?
It was precisely because there was no technology like movable type printing that the spread of books could only rely on copying!
The expensive books caused many scholars to be short of money.
If Yang Chen's movable type printing was used properly, it would bring about earth-shattering changes to the current Great Zhou.
"Yang Qing's family, this is the 'secret' you mentioned?" Wu Ling said in a deep voice.”
"That's right, that's right." Yang Chen smiled.”
The two's words confused the surrounding officials. Many people looked at the two in confusion.
Xu Zhaozong and the other old foxes were deep in thought.
After a while.
"Your Majesty, what are you and Censor Yang doing?" Cui Qinghe cupped his hands.”
Wu Ling's beautiful face revealed a profound expression." A few days ago, Censor Yang presented me with an item called the Quyuan Plow!”
Qu Yuan Li?
Everyone's eyes were blank. Why was this getting further and further away?
What was this Qu Yuan Li?!
Wu Ling faintly smiled and immediately recounted the matter regarding Qu Yuanli that the two of them had discussed that day.
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air when they heard that. He had made a huge contribution to global warming.
They looked at Yang Chen strangely.
"Censor Yang, in that case, the reason you created this movable type printing was to promote news related to Qu Yuanli faster?" Xu Zhaozong couldn't help but ask.”
"That's right. As long as the appearance of the Quyuan Li is printed on a piece of white paper, then a simple introduction is given, and finally the news that His Majesty wants to use the Quyuan Li is added, then tens of thousands of copies are printed. Wouldn't it be more efficient than the court's notice?”Yang Chen said indifferently.
The surrounding officials were speechless. Was this the difference between people?
The things that Yang Chen casually fiddled with were enough to change the future of Great Zhou!
It really made them envious.
Wu Ling nodded." With movable type printing, it is indeed very convenient.”
Her pitch-black eyes revealed a trace of spirit." This curved shaft plow, movable type printing, can be said to be a divine artifact of our Great Zhou! Zheng Yan, pass down my order. Immediately use movable type to print 100,000 notices regarding the Quyuan Li. I want all the citizens in the city to know about the Quyuan Li within three days!”
"Yes." Zheng Yan said respectfully.
The ministers were shocked. They knew that the empress was extremely concerned about this.
They looked at Yang Chen enviously. This Imperial Censor Yang was in the Emperor's heart! In the future, he would definitely soar to the heavens!
However, they also knew that Yang Chen's talent deserved to be valued.
Many of them began to wonder if there were still unmarried women in their clans.
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