Three Kingdoms: Hegemony System

On the main road of the city, dozens of guards surrounded Liu Jue's carriage, all the way to the west of the city, and the pedestrians on the road avoided one after another, all showing respectful expressions.

About a quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped, and Liu Jue immediately got out of the carriage, with Bao Zheng following closely behind.

In front of me is a very ordinary-looking, but very large mansion, surrounded by heavily armed guards, clearly telling anyone that this is an important place for the government.

The guards were also Liu Jue's subordinates, and they immediately bowed to Liu Jue and said, "Meet the lord." "

"No need to be polite!" Liu Jue raised his hand and immediately walked inside, and Bao Zheng behind him immediately followed.

After Liu Jue entered the mansion, under the leadership of Bao Zheng, he came to a big house.

In the room, there are about thirty craftsmen, and more than a dozen printing machines, with typeset movable type, brushes, mountains of paper and ink next to them.

It is clear that under Bao Zheng's supervision, these workers have mastered the use of the machine.

These craftsmen didn't know Liu Jue, but they knew their last Bao Zheng, and they also guessed that Liu Jue's identity was extraordinary, so they immediately stopped working and came to meet the two.

"Ignore us, just keep going. Liu Jue waved his hand and said.

The workers said yes and went on printing.

Under Liu Jue's gaze, the craftsmen applied ink to the movable type, and then, a piece of paper was applied to it, and then gently brushed with a brush, and the words were printed on the paper.

The freshly printed paper is still wet with ink, so it has to be dried on the outside, and the other side can only be printed after drying.

The process was very boring and cumbersome, but Liu Jue watched it with relish.

This is one of the four great inventions, printing!

Liu Jue made it appear hundreds of years in advance, which will replace the fact that the transmission of books can only rely on copying—a low-level way of communication that makes the dissemination of culture easier.

With a large number of books, reading was no longer the privilege of the scholars, as long as the family was well-off, they could afford to buy books.

The craftsmen were so skilled that a complete Analect could be printed in half an hour, and then the paper was bound into a complete book.

The cover is very simple, with only the Analects printed on it, without any decoration or color.

Liu Jue took the freshly made Analects, and his heart was excited and sighed, although the books of later generations have been rotten on the street, but after coming to this era, he used bamboo slips for a period of time, and he missed the light paper books even more.

What's more, this is still in the late Han Dynasty, and bamboo slips are still the mainstream era.

There is an idiom called Xuefu five cars, but on these five cars, all the bamboo slips are loaded, and there is not much content at all, and a roll of bamboo slips is one or two hundred words in the sky.

If it is replaced with paper books, these five cars of bamboo slips are estimated to be just a few books.

After Liu Jue came to this era, he read the Analects more than once, and immediately flipped through it, proofreading it word by word, and finally found that there was not a single wrong word or missing word.

Liu Jue put the Analects together and said to Bao Zheng: "Xiren, you recruit more craftsmen, and I will make another batch of machines to print the Four Books and the Five Classics, as well as some valuable books, day and night." "

"Wow!" Bao Zheng immediately agreed.

"Xiren! In the future history, there should be your stroke. Liu Jue said with a sigh, even if Bao Zhengdu is not allowed to make books, I believe it will go down in history, but if it is linked to books, the concept is completely different.

"Thank you, my lord!"

Bao Zheng was also a little excited, it was his dream to stay in history, and he didn't necessarily have to do it when he supervised the creation of books, Liu Jue was giving him a chance.

Books are epoch-making inventions, and he, as the overseer, will surely be remembered by all who read them.

"But remember, the printed books are sealed for the time being, and I will find another place to use as a warehouse. Liu Jue breathed a long sigh of relief, the spread of books will have to wait until after Cao Cao is defeated.

Liu Jue stayed for a while, then left the printing house with a complete set of four books and five classics.

Sitting on the carriage, Liu Jue ordered left and right: "Order Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Zhang Juzheng, Fang Xuanling and others to come to my study." "

"Whew!" the left and right soldiers received the order and immediately went to convey the order.

Liu Jue went straight back to the mansion and rested in the study for a while, and Zhuge Liang and others arrived.

They received Liu Jue's report and thought that something had happened, so they immediately put down what they were doing and came to Liu Jue's side as soon as possible.

After everyone sat down, Zhuge Liang spoke: "Lord, I don't know if there is something to call me and others?"

Liu Jue smiled heartily and said, "Of course there is something, and it's a great thing, a great thing!"

Seeing Liu Jue so excited, everyone obviously didn't look like a bad thing, so they had a little more expectations in their hearts.

Liu Jue didn't sell it anymore, took out the Four Books and Five Classics, and asked the guards on the left and right to distribute them to everyone, saying: "This is the book I ordered Bao Zheng to make, you can take a look at it first." "

Zhuge Liang saw the Spring and Autumn Festival in front of him, his eyes widened suddenly, he knew the paper, but he had really never seen a book stacked together like this and bound into a volume.

Zhuge Liang took the book in his hand, and the first feeling was that it was so light, and when he opened the cover outside, he saw that the handwriting inside was neat, not like it was copied by hand.

Zhuge Liang saw it at a glance, and it looked like a seal or something like that.

When Zhuge Liang turned the second page, he could no longer maintain a calm demeanor, his eyes were about to bulge, and he could even write on the back of this?

Zhuge Liang's heart moved, and he immediately asked Liu Jue: "Lord, how much does this thing cost?"

Liu Jue smiled slightly: "The cost is less than half a gold!"

"So cheap!" Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and was shocked by what Liu Jue said.

"This book is printed by craftsmen, and a skilled craftsman can make a copy in less than an hour, and the cost is indeed not high. Liu Jue said with a smile.

And Pang Tong, Zhang Juzheng and others also opened their eyes wide, knowing that a Analect with more than 10,000 words would take several days to copy, not to mention other books.

What's more, the cost is not even half a gold!

Now that the world is in chaos, whether it is Caihou paper or Zuobo paper, it is a rare item, let alone this kind of paper book.

Moreover, if a skilled craftsman can make one book in an hour, he can make five or six copies a day, which is simply mass production.

Everyone was shocked and felt incredible.

In the public perception, books are made of bamboo slips, which need to be copied manually, take many days, and the cost is not low.

For example, a book of Analects, recorded on bamboo slips, may require an ox cart to pull it.

Now a complete book is not only very lightweight, you can hold it with one hand, but the cost is so low, the black ink is printed on the white paper, which makes people see it very clearly.

For everyone, this is completely subverting the existence of the three views.

Moreover, the decline in the cost of books will inevitably lead to a sharp increase in the number of readers, and the expansion of the talent base will inevitably lead to an increase in top talents.

The gap between the scholars and the Hanmen will be further narrowed, which will have a huge impact on society.

All of you here are momentary heroes, and they all thought of this, and their hearts were shocked or shocked.

"Lord, can this kind of book stand up to preservation?" Pang Tong was shocked, and still asked the question he was most concerned about, after all, the paper at this time was very easy to be bitten by insects.

"This paper has been treated in a special way, not only will it not be eaten by insects, but even if it is accidentally soaked in water, as long as it is dried, it will be fine, and it can be used for family heirlooms. Liu Jue said with a smile.

Pang Tong took a deep breath and arched his hand towards Liu Jue and said, "The lord is a great talent, he actually created such a divine thing, I Jing Chu should be happy!"