Zhao Bing took his busy schedule to care about movable type printing, not only the national self-esteem, but also has great practical significance. At present, Qiongzhou is not allowed to develop without education. However, the culture here is backward and various books are scarce, so it is urgently needed to supply a large number of printing markets. Of course, the ancients had the tradition of "copying books" and had a professional copying market, but it was not a long-term solution. He could do anything to make a hundred-year plan.

In addition, Lu Xiufu wanted to restore the Imperial College and the State School. Those people were fine, and they had the foundation to copy books by themselves. But it was not possible in the army. Those people were fighting men, illiterate and semi-illiterate. This time, the electoral Zhao Bing asked to know five hundred words before he could be selected. In modern times, it was only at the third or fourth-year level of elementary school. Except for ordinary people in the Guards and Old Camp, he could not select 500 people in the Guards, and could only reduce the standard of 300 words.

The soldiers in the guards were still elite selected from the armies. The situation of other armies can be imagined. If they were asked to copy books, they would definitely feel that it would be better to fight in battle. Therefore, copying books is not only difficult to promote in the army, but also causes resistance. In the future, various regulations will increase. Unlike books such as classics and history, the military rules need to be continuously improved and modified. However, the engraved version is one-time, and it cannot be modified after being engraved. It is still convenient and quick to print movable type.

Zhao Bing knew that the initial movable type was difficult to promote. In addition to the cumbersome and inconvenient use, there was also uneven ink ink of movable type, which led to blurred prints of printed characters. Then there were wooden movable type, but once improper maintenance was improper, it would easily deform and crack. Later, copper movable type appeared in a flash in the pan, but due to the difficulty of engraving, it still could not be promoted and applied on a large scale.

However, modern people all know that China's movable type printing has an immeasurable meaning in promoting world cultural exchanges, but Zhao Bing may not be the case in the current situation. It is hard to say whether China's movable type printing has had an impact on Europe from the history of development. However, before the German Gutenberg independently invented Western movable type printing in the 15th century, he heard that China and South Korea had the possibility of such printing, and it was affected.

As some Chinese scholars said, "Even if Gutenberg's invention was influenced by Chinese and Korean movable characters, the full potential of movable characters must be explored by the alphabetical nation. Its huge potential has been insulated from non-alphabetical nations for a long time and belongs to the alphabetical nation." Because it is much easier to make movable characters with Latin letters than Chinese characters, Gutenberg's movable type printing was widely used in Europe as soon as it was published.

As for the technology that allows movable type printing to replace woodblock printing in China, it actually comes from the West, and of course it can also be said to be "feedback". In terms of movable type materials, Gutenberg took the lead-anten alloy to make movable type. Compared with the copper movable type used in China and South Korea, the lead movable type has a lower melting point and can be easily engraved, and the hardness is greater, making movable type durable, so it can be used for a long time. In terms of engraving method, American missionary Jiang Belli invented electroplated copper molds according to the characteristics of Chinese characters and sold them to the Zongli Yamen and Shanghai newspapers of the Qing Dynasty. With the assistance of Jiang Belli, the Japanese Masao Motoki perfected and invented better Chinese character printing technology.

Although he knew the components of lead type in later generations, Zhao Bing was still a little troubled. Lead and tin were discovered and widely used in this era, so these two things were not difficult to find. The difficult thing was to find antimony. A science student who studied machinery certainly knew the nature of antimony, and of course he also knew that this thing was discovered and named in the 18th century. Even if people today discovered and put them into use, they would probably not know what to say to him, "antimy".

After Zhao Bing found out the situation, he went straight to the Imperial Prison in the palace. As a royal craftsman, there were of course the top craftsmen in handicrafts gathered here. But now, it is not true that it is from Qiongzhou. Of course, what he wanted to do is not jewelry, furniture, etc., which are useful objects such as guns, cannons, telescopes, and grenades. It can be said that the Imperial Prison is his research institute and laboratory.

"It's still soft!" Zhao Bing summoned several smelting and casting "experts" to start with the materials. After changing the tin-lead ratio several times in succession, the hardness was still soft, which was a bit disappointed.

"Your Majesty, why don't we try again?" asked a craftsman.

"No need, this is the limit. If the ratio of lead is increased, the material will be too brittle. You need to find another way!" Zhao Bing shook his head. He knew that it was because of the lack of antimony. It was brittle and hard and lacked ductility. However, when combined with tin-lead alloy, it can reduce brittleness and increase the hardness of the alloy.

"Your Majesty, can you try adding some 'Tin'?" Another craftsman interrupted. Now, the Imperial Supervisor, including the craftsmen in the craftsman, know that the little emperor always rewards people who can solve problems, so everyone is very enthusiastic, and they can still learn a lot of things with their work. Besides, even if they are wrong and waste materials, His Majesty will just smile and never pursue them. Of course, everyone will never hide their own personalities when they have such a high cost performance.

"What is Lianxi? Is there any here?" Zhao Bing thought about it and really didn't know what it was, and frowned.

"Your Majesty, this is a common thing, there is it here!" The craftsman immediately replied when he saw that the little emperor was interested.

"A common thing?" Zhao Bing asked strangely.

"Your Majesty, if the copper coins we use are made of only copper tin, the texture will be soft and will wear out quickly after using them for a long time, but if you add some tin, it will become harder." The craftsman explained.

"Oh, there is also this thing, take it to me and see it!" Zhao Bing nodded. He knew that this might be a trace element, which can affect the casting result after addition. What it is still to be seen before talking about it.

"Your Majesty, even tin is this thing." Soon a craftsman brought a white irregular block.

"This... isn't this antimony?" Zhao Bing took it and looked carefully, and said in surprise.

"Animation?! Your Majesty knows this thing!" The new term in the little emperor's mouth made all the craftsmen stunned for a moment, and looked at each other and asked.

"Haha, I was just looking for this thing but couldn't find it, but I didn't expect its nickname was Lianxi!" Zhao Bing grinned with a block of antimony.

"Your Majesty, then joining Lianxi can solve the problem." The craftsman asked tentatively.

"Of course, with it, the things that happened today will be half successful." Zhao Bing did not expect that the result of his hard work would be perfect again by chance. It seemed that the wisdom of the ancients was not inferior to that of modern people. He turned around and said, "Oh, Liu Ling went to pay 50 guan, you 200 guan, and the rest were fifty guan!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Several craftsmen grinned and said, "The craftsman who mentioned it was even more excited. He exchanged himself for a small yard in the mansion in one sentence, so he would no longer have to rent a house to live in the future.

With antimony, the problem is solved. The advantages of ternary alloys are low melting point, good fluidity after melting, shrinking when solidified, and mixing appropriate metal proportions, and the movable characters carved are full and clear. The next day, Zhao Bing asked Zhou Xiang to find craftsmen in the printing industry to provide guidance, and designed the style and font size of lead characters based on the memory of his previous life. Then he found the people from the Hanlin Academy Bookstore to write the model characters according to the selected font. He then handed them over to the carving workers to engrave the characters in bronze, cast the lead characters, and then tried them on the ink.

After two days of busyness, Zhao Bing finally finalized all the procedures and details. The word creation project is indeed quite good. Not only do multiple jobs require cooperation, but also financial and material resources. No wonder the book merchants are unwilling to do it. This means that they can mobilize all aspects of their strength and concentrate top craftsmen, and they can help to promote this matter without hesitating financial resources.

Although the process has been determined, there are two or three thousand commonly used Chinese characters, and there are many repetitive characters in a page of the book, with a few dozen or more, and they have to be divided into different font sizes. Therefore, at least tens of thousands of characters are required to open the door for business. This is not a rare character that may appear. Considering the tight time and heavy tasks, Zhao Bing made a heavy reward. After the completion of the month, all participants rewarded 50 jin, and the bonus increased by ten jin a day without completing it in advance.

Thinking that just having lead characters is not enough, there are also craftsmen and typography, proofreading, review and other personnel required for printing. Zhao Bing first put the printing factory under the name of Hanlin Academy. There are many idle people there, all of whom are literate and verbal, and they are also engaged in cultural undertakings, professionalism, and are also conducive to confidentiality. So he drew personnel from the fourth bureau to establish a printing house, which sounds quite high-end, and set up a yard to run a factory in the palace city...

After struggling in the imperial supervisor for a long time, although Zhao Bing only moved his mouth and did not have to do it himself, he was also covered in dust when the smoke was burning. After returning to the Tanbo Pavilion, Su Lan quickly prepared hot water to serve His Majesty as soon as he saw it.

"Oh, add some cold water, it's too hot today!" Zhao Bing stayed by the furnace for a long time and was sweating. Now he felt like he was burning. He shouted after getting into the water.

"Official family, how are you doing?" Su Lan scooped half a scoop of cold water into the bathtub and lowered her head and said softly.

"Add more. I baked it next to the stove for a long time today, and it was almost dried up!" Zhao Bing said in dissatisfaction.

"The official family can't add it anymore. You will get sick after a sudden cold." Su Lan declined.

"Oh, where is it so easy to get sick? Get it up!" Zhao Bing looked at Su Lan who was still bowing his head, and lifted up a little water and splashed it on him. This little girl has been promoted to the post of the Shangyi Bureau after the New Year, but he found that after having the New Year's Eve dinner in the Empress Dowager's harem, he became weird and couldn't tell what it felt.

"The official family... stop making trouble, it will catch a cold!" Su Lan turned her face in frightened, and hurriedly pressed His Majesty back to the water and said.

"Why are you in charge of more and more things? I am not a weak little lady!" Zhao Bing said dissatisfiedly, but found that his face was flushed and his nose was sweating. He reached out to scrape his nose and said, "Look at your hot face is red and you are sweating too!"

"Official family, if you are sick, how can the Empress Dowager spare me!" Su Lan stood up and wiped her body with a silk scarf.

"Oh, you are no longer my person, but have become the eyeliner of the Queen Mother's Sect by my side!" Zhao Bing patted her in the water and muttered.

"Official family..." Su Lan was silent for a moment after hearing this, "Justice Zhou just sent the new military uniform designed by the official family, but he left before he could wait!"

"Is that so? Did he do all of my clothes for me?" Zhao Bing said excitedly after hearing this.

"Of course, how could Master Zhou forget the official family? He also told me to try it on for the official family." Su Lan said.

"Okay, then hurry up!" Zhao Bing urged Su Lan to say, irrespective of the hot and cold water...

Zhao Bing finished the shower as fast as possible. Thinking that he could finally wear "normal" clothes, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. This time he designed military uniforms for the infantry and navy respectively. Fortunately, there is no distinction between winter and summer in Qiongzhou, and there is no need to divide winter and summer clothes for the time being. He has become a 'plagiarism' and naturally also borrows a lot of modern military uniforms. This time, he was designed as a model for the German army's training uniforms during World War II.

Although Hitler was not a good person, Zhao Bing still remembered Hitler once said: "Military uniforms must be handsome, so that young people will join the army to serve without hesitation." The Nazi military uniform designed and produced under this idea is recognized as the most beautiful in military uniforms ever. In his previous life, he loved the straight and waist-tight German tops and wide-crotch breeches, and a pair of riding boots. He was so handsome.

"Official family, how do you wear this?" Su Lan took a military uniform and was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to wear it.

"I'll do it myself!" Zhao Bing snatched the aisle. He knew that this military uniform was too alternative in this era. He abolished the popular right collar style and adopted a modern regular collar. In order to prevent it from being too avant-garde, he still took off his beloved small lapel. He quickly put on a round-neck T-shirt, then put on a breeches and tied up an inner belt, put on a top and tied the buckle, finally buttoned up a wide armed belt, and put on a knee-length horse boot.

"Oh, this hair really should be shaved!" The hat is of course a flat military hat, but at this time, men have long hair fluttering, and short hair is different. They are all haired for convenience of movement, but after wearing the hat, it will be bulging, which is too ugly, he couldn't help but mutter.

"The official family must not be affected by the body and hair and skin, so you must not be damaged!" Su Lan was shocked when she heard this.

"What should I do?" Zhao Bing's face turned dark after hearing this, and he couldn't help but feel discouraged. How could it be so difficult for him to do something like Tang Seng's pursuit of scriptures!
Chapter completed!