Chapter 17 Printing Machine

"Zheng'er, the printing technique you mentioned should not be the current woodblocking technique, right?"

"Of course not." Li Zhen raised his head and said, "Grandpa said that although this printing technique is not the best, it is definitely more time-saving and labor-saving than woodblock printing, which means that there will be more brothers and younger brothers to study."

"Isn't the best?" Li Shimin was a little greedy: "Zhen'er, why didn't the old fairy give you the best printing technique?"

"Because the best printing technology requires better materials and power, we can't create it with the current technology of Datang."

"What are these words?" Li Shimin became even more dissatisfied: "I am a Tang Dynasty who owns the world, what kind of thing can't be made?"

"If you don't say anything else, can you make rubber? Can you make alloy steel? Do you also have power. Do you know the steam engine? Do you know the generator?..." Li Zhen listed a lot of terms that Li Shimin had never heard of.

Li Shimin was completely confused by questioning: "Zheng'er, the father of the elephant is aware that he just boiled it out of the elephant's skin..."

"Puff!" Li Zhen squirted directly, and then laughed unscrupulously: "Hahahaha..."

No matter how stupid Li Shimin was, he knew that he had said the wrong thing. He gently slapped Li Zhen on the butt twice and said depressedly: "Okay, stop laughing, my father knows that he said the wrong thing."

Li Zhenqiang made himself stop: "It was made from the elephant skin, puff! Hahaha..."

A quarter of an hour later, Li Zhen finally stopped laughing: "Rubber is a kind of rubber cut from a rubber tree, and then it can be turned into useful rubber after a series of processing."

"Then will you do this Zhen'er?" Li Shimin asked expectantly.

"I'm sorry, I can't do it." Li Zhen really doesn't know how to do it. He is learning mechanical design. Although he knows a little about materials, he is not a professional after all. At most, he can refine steel and other things. As for the more advanced materials and chemical engineering, he is really making things difficult for him.

"That's a pity." Li Shimin was very disappointed.

"But my father doesn't have to be disappointed. The printing technique given by the old man is very useful. And there is also papermaking technique, which is very good." Li Zhenming, the papermaking technique, was because his family once opened a paper mill, and by the way, his family has been fined many times by the government for this...

"Then the father will be relieved. The old god has agreed to the request. In this way, the father will send craftsmen to obey your command and get the papermaking and printing technology out as soon as possible."

"That's the Leizhou thing?" In Li Zhen's story, Zhen Yuanzi's hometown is from Leizhou, but in his words, Li Zhen also expressed that he wanted to enfeoff the fief there.

"This...think about your father." Li Shimin squatted down and looked at Li Zhen carefully. When he thought that such a young child was going to a barren land like Leizhou, Li Shimin was extremely reluctant to leave. And even if he agreed, it was difficult for Concubine Yan to explain: "Anyway, it's still early to become an adult, so let the father think about this matter again."

"Oh." Li Zhen's face was full of disappointment, but it made him feel even more distressed when he fell into Li Shimin's eyes.

After Li Shimin left, Li Zhen lay on his bed. It seemed that he was a little too hasty. After all, Leizhou or the entire Lingnan is a barren land in the eyes of everyone, and it is a place where only criminals go.

But others don’t know, but I know it clearly. Leizhou may be remote in future generations, but it is a great place in this era. Not to mention other things, just talking about the geographical location, Leizhou is backed by the mainland, Leizhou Bay in the east, Leizhou Strait in the south, Hainan Island across the sea, and Beibu Gulf in the west, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, Lingnan was rich in forest resources at this time, Leizhou is backed by two major bays and a strait. Hainan Island has Shilu Iron Mine, which is definitely a good place to develop navigation. The only problem is that this place is too remote after all, inconvenient transportation and relatively sparse population, but these are not problems. As long as Li Zhen is given time to develop in advance, it will definitely turn it into a prosperous place in more than ten years.

The only flaw is probably the lack of construction, but this is easy to solve. There is no shortage of other people in this era, but some slaves are. Although Leizhou is not next to its neighboring country, as long as it offers a high price, some slave hunting teams will capture the slaves they need. Unfortunately, the monkeys on the Indochina Peninsula are really thin, and I hope they can supplement them with the number of people. There are also craftsmen, which is easy to solve. As long as Leizhou is developed, people will naturally go there.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen smiled bitterly. He thought too far. After all, he is just a little kid now, and he doesn't even have a trustworthy man. Although Xiao Fuzi and the others can believe it, the problem is that they are all eunuchs and cannot help him deal with the industry.

"It's better to be the king as soon as possible. After being crowned as the king, you can recruit staff."

In the afternoon, Li Shimin sent more than a dozen craftsmen to Li Zhen. Given that Li Zhen was young, Li Zhen was allowed to do business directly in the palace without leaving the palace.

"The villain Chen Liang has seen Your Highness." Li Zhen has not yet been named the king, so others directly call him Your Highness or Your Eighth Highness.

"Get up." Li Zhen took out a few drawings and handed them to Chen Liang: "Look, can it be done?"

Chen Liang took the drawings, stepped aside and discussed with several subordinates for a low voice, and then returned to Li Zhen: "Your Highness, we discussed it, it's okay to make these things."

"That's good." Li Zhen stood up and said, "Father sent you here to believe in you. What we have to do these days is very important, so I hope you all have to take good care of your mouth. If you reveal it, I can spare you. Father will not spare you."

"Don't worry, your highness, the villain must keep his mouth tight and will never reveal any of it."

"That's good. You all have to remember what you said today, otherwise your father will never spare you. Of course, if you do it well, rewards will definitely be indispensable." Li Zhen still understands the principle of giving a sweet date with a stick.

"Thank you, Your Highness." To be honest, these craftsmen still have a lot of opinions about His Majesty sending him and others to a child. After all, they still have a task. Even if Li Zhen said that this matter was very important, they were quite dissatisfied. After all, the news that Li Zhen received the inheritance of the gods was only circulated in the upper circle of the Tang Dynasty and had not yet reached the ears of the lower classes.

But after hearing Li Zhen's words, he immediately realized that what Your Highness said made sense. No matter what His Majesty's intention was to send him to His Highness, he just wanted to follow the arrangements. What if what Your Highness wants to make is really important? Even if there is no such thing, the purpose of his visit is to play with this Highness. As long as he is happy to serve this Highness, the reward is not big? These Highnesses were all born with a golden spoon in their mouths in their mouths. They must be very generous in spending money. At that time, as long as you give a little reward, it will be enough to pay for your wages for several months. Anyway, it was your Majesty's choice to come to Your Highness, and that was to do things according to the emperor's order, and the boss definitely did not dare to cause trouble for himself.

"All the things I want to make are on the drawings, and I'll just send them to me after they are done."

"yes."

People in this era are still very efficient in their work, but their identity is not ruled out. Three days later, all the parts that Li Zhen wanted were completed. After rewarding these craftsmen, Li Zhen asked them to leave.

"Xiao Fuzi, have the things done?"

"Okay, your highness, you're done." Xiao Fuzi also ran over with a few parts.

"It was made in different places, right?"

"Don't worry, your highness, I, Xiao Anzi, Xiao Mozi and others have gone to several stores."

"That's good." Xiao Fuzi is still very quick in doing things.

Li Zhen is not stupid, of course he would not let all the parts be handed over to a group of people to make. The craftsmen made 90%, and the remaining 10% were made by Li Zhen, who asked Xiao Fuzi and others to make them separately in different stores, and these 10% of the parts were more important parts on the printing press. That's right, what Li Zhen designed for Li Shimin was a printing press. This kind of printing press borrowed the structure of the stamping machine. This kind of printing press is simple in structure and easy to manufacture. It is no more difficult for Li Zhen than designing a juicer. The only problem is that Li Zhen forgot that there was no standardization in this era.

Looking at the printing press that had been modified for a long time before it was successfully assembled, Li Zhen roared to the sky: "Standardization, damn standardization."
Chapter completed!