Datang Imperial Physician

Chapter 287 Inspection (seeking tickets!)

"Your Majesty, please."

Li Er Majesty, Crown Prince Chengqian, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Kong Yingda, Wei Zheng, General Supervisor Yan Lide, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and his party inspected the printing workshop of Weifu.Early in the morning, Wei Chi led people to wait at the intersection of Zhuangzi to welcome the arrival of the Tang monarchs and ministers.Originally, I wanted to stand in two rows of children at the intersection and shout "Welcome, welcome, warmly welcome", but time did not allow, so I had to give up.

Meet the people and go directly to the printing workshop.At present, the printing workshop of the Weifu is only private, with a small scale and weak printing capacity. At present, it is still a bit difficult to catch up with the medical books written by Sun Simiao and the textbooks compiled by Wei Chi and his wife that are needed by the medical school.Fortunately, the number of students in the first batch was small, otherwise, it would really be a big project.

This is the second time for His Majesty Li Er to go to the Weifu Zhuangzi. He raised his eyes and glanced around, and said, "Ziyue, it seems that your wife is good at managing the family business. In just three years, this Zhuangzi has grown It's changed a lot."

With the introduction of corn, Chinese cabbage, tomato, and the development of earthworm breeding, Weifu Zhuangzi has indeed changed a lot. The Chinese people have a relatively simple concept, and life is better. The first thing is reflected in the housing. .The concept of home has been deeply rooted in the bones, otherwise, the real estate in modern China would not be so prosperous, and the common people would not work so hard to buy a house of their own and pile up high debts.

Wei Chi chuckled and said, "Thank you for your compliment, isn't it because I've been an official in Sinong Temple for a few days and learned a lot about farming? It’s because of the hard work of the folks that it turned around, otherwise, it’s useless for us husband and wife to do well.”
His Majesty Li Er smiled and led the crowd towards the printing workshop without saying a word.When we arrived at the workshop, the masters were rushing to work in full swing.For the teaching needs of the medical school, there are only a dozen or so workers working in three shifts in the factory, rushing to work day and night.According to usual terms, early in the morning is the time when those who work the evening shift have just finished work and eat in the staff cafeteria, and those who work the day shift have just come to take over.Because His Majesty Li Er came to visit, he made an exception last night and did not start work, and the morning work has not started yet, waiting to welcome His Majesty Li Er.

"See Your Majesty."

All the young and old in the workshop saluted His Majesty Li Er together.His Majesty Li Er said: "Pingshen. Ziyue, let them start. I want to see how movable type printing works."

Wei Chi gave a "hmm" and said, "Masters, let's get ready to start work. Your Majesty, it will take a while to prepare, please wait for a while."

"It's okay. I'll just wait a moment."

The workers in the printing workshop were all introduced by Carpenter Zhou, and some were introduced by Yan Lide. At the beginning, Wei Chi said that he wanted to invite several craftsmen to build a printing workshop by himself.Many wealthy families have them, and Yan Lide didn't care too much. He really introduced several skilled printing masters to him, and together with the introduction from the carpenter Zhou, they put them together to form this printing workshop.

The registered permanent residence of these artisan households has been moved to Weifu, and the family has also moved here. Now, the men in the family are all working in the printing workshop, and the women are raising poultry at home. The small life is quite impressive. I am very grateful that I was able to Move to Weifu Zhuangzi, otherwise, they would still be living in poverty.The artisan households in this era, not to mention having no status, are still very poor, and the income they get is barely enough to make ends meet, and they can't go hungry.

The house of the craftsmen is not far from the printing workshop, so it is convenient to go to work, because His Majesty Li Er is coming to inspect today, and the family members are hiding in the house and dare not come out. His mother knocked on the head and pulled it back.

Guessing that it was almost time, each person distributed a mask to block the pungent ink smell before leading them into the workshop.The workers in the printing workshop are all wearing uniform gowns, masks, sleeve covers, and leather gloves, so that no skin is exposed, and they operate in strict accordance with the regulations.

His Majesty Li Er and others looked at the process all the way, and saw that each piece of paper was filled with characters, cutting, binding, and assembly line operation, which was fast and efficient, and everyone was amazed.

Grandpa Kong Yingda stood firmly next to the worker in charge of printing, watching him smoothly print out pages of book paper, with a focused expression and joy in his eyes.

His Majesty Li Er took a look at the printed pages and asked, "Ziyue, why is there a blank here?"

Wei Chi stretched out his head to look, and said, "Your Majesty, there is a printed pattern in the blank. We are printing medical books now, and the shapes and patterns of medicinal materials are attached to the book to facilitate students' identification."

His Majesty Li Er nodded.After turning around and seeing the magic of movable type printing, His Majesty Li Er sighed: "It's really a good way. As long as the paper and labor can keep up, how many books you want is just one book. It's a matter of time, as more and more books are written, there will be more people who can read and write in Tang Dynasty, and there will be more talented people who are talented and talented, and when the time comes, why should I worry about not having enough talents! Haha..."

His Majesty Li Er laughed loudly, and the officials congratulated him again and again.Wei Chi followed his congratulations, muttering in his heart, in other words, movable type printing is still his family's property, and it hasn't become His Majesty Li Er's family yet, so the tone of the two is as if everything belongs to His Majesty Li Er's family Woolen cloth!

Wei Chi pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I have only heard of this movable type printing technique before, and I know the principle and specific operation. They are all researched by the masters in the workshop, because no one has done it in detail. It took a long time to get this thing. Wei Chen had recruited these masters as early as two years ago, and it was only recently successfully developed. It can be said that it has gone through a lot of hardships. We have a small business in Weifu, and the printing workshop can only be used by ourselves, and the manpower is insufficient. I can’t take on outside work, if Your Majesty is interested, please send general supervisors or masters from the Ministry of Industry to learn, and the court will have the final say on what you want to print.”

His Majesty Li Er glanced at Wei Chi, and scolded with a smile: "You slippery money-greedy boy, don't stress the difficulty to me, I won't take your things for nothing!"

Wei Chi smiled foolishly, and said, "Who is your majesty? Of course you won't steal anything from your subjects. I'm just explaining the situation. Your majesty, my lords, it's lunch time. If you don't mind, how about having a light meal in my house?" I sent people to pick a lot of fresh tea and prepared a table of tea."

His Majesty Li Er was surprised and asked: "Ming Cai?! What is this?"

Mr. Fang Xuanling also stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Majesty, it is recorded in "Yanzi Chunqiu" that when Yan Xiang Qi Jinggong, he ate rice with chestnuts. Roasted three eggs and five eggs, it was just tea. The tea Ziyue said, It should be this thing, right? Ziyue."

Wei Chi smiled and said: "Master Fang is right, it is the tea dish. However, this one in my family has more varieties. I learned it from others, and it can be regarded as an elegant delicacy. Please taste it with your majesty and gentlemen."

Kong Yingda said with a smile: "In the Jin Dynasty, famous scholars often ate tender tea leaves in porridge, which was commonly called Ming porridge. Now, Wei Ziyue has a tea banquet, which is really worth trying."

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and turned back to Wei Mansion.The meals are ready. In the huge dining room of Wei Mansion, there are tea-stuffed dumplings and some dishes, not too many. For a table of tea banquet, Wei Chi only cooked up 21 dishes, plus 22 dumplings. , there is at most one tea and rice, but fortunately, the portion is sufficient, and I am not afraid that it will not be enough.

His Majesty Li Er said with a smile: "This is not a court hall, you don't need to be polite, come and sit down, and have a taste of the tea banquet in this Weifu."

At that moment, His Majesty Li Er took the first place, each of them sat down, and happily tasted the tea banquet of Weifu.After a table of dishes is finished, everyone is very satisfied by looking at their expressions.Wei Jia again boasted about the health effects and benefits of tea, and the method is not difficult. Everyone nodded and said that they should eat it more often in the future.

After His Majesty Li Er brought people to visit, the craftsmen from the general supervisor and the Ministry of Industry came the next day. Together with the masters of the Weifu, they learned movable type printing. There were even a few craftsmen with good craftsmanship. Many improvement plans were put forward to make the development and application of movable type printing more perfect and convenient.

For this reason, His Majesty Li Er rewarded Wei Jia well. The gold was calculated in catties, and five catties were given at a time, and another fifty households were added to Shiyi, and the land property increased accordingly.Poor Di Weizhi, just solved the problem of insufficient manpower, and soon another problem came. I really don't know whether to be happy or worried.However, these little annoyances are insignificant compared to the harvest, so Wei Jia hurriedly thanked him.

Kong Yingda said: "Thanks to Ziyue's wonderful idea, from now on, all scholars in my Tang Dynasty should thank you."

Wei Chi hurriedly said: "Master Kong is too praised. It is absurd to say that all the credit belongs to me. In fact, most of the credit should belong to those master craftsmen. I have only heard of this printing method, and I probably know how to print it. One thing, to achieve it in detail, it still depends on the conscientious efforts of craftsmen and masters. If they are not serious and rigorous, willing to spend their time thinking and researching, it is still unknown whether this method can be realized. After all, I only know He is medically skilled and doesn't know printing technology, so Ziyue is just a layman, without the actual operation of an expert, movable type printing can't be done, and he dare not claim credit, at least he dare not claim full credit."

Everyone who said this was taken aback.It seems that these dignitaries are still not used to the importance of craftsmen.This is the concept of an era, there is no way.Wei Jia sighed slightly in his heart, and then smiled, because of this, he had to work hard, didn't he?

His Majesty Li Er gave Wei Chi a meaningful look, and said with a smile, "This is quite pertinent. As you said, you are no more than a doctor. At your age, you are proficient in medicine and farming. It’s extraordinary, if you can even understand printing, which is completely different from your profession, then I really have to think about it.”

Wei Chi laughed dryly.Now I really admire those seniors who traveled through time, who are proficient in astronomy, geography, and physics. They can also make paper, boats, and cannons. They know almost everything. Did Kuroya cut open his head and study it?Everything abnormal is a demon.

Wei Chi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I have seen a system in an overseas country, and I think that there may be something that our Tang Dynasty can learn from."

His Majesty Li Er asked: "Oh, what system is it, let me tell you about it."

Wei Chi said: "In overseas countries, there is a specialized institution called a research institute, which specializes in various things. For example, there are those who specialize in improving farm tools, improving carriages, and improving ordnance. A group of artisans gather together to study how to improve and improve things in their respective fields more effectively. For example, people who study farming study how to make food more productive and grow better. When plowing, how to improve How to cultivate the land conveniently and quickly, how to cultivate the land, which is more helpful to the growth of food, etc. "

Wei Jia Lala Zaza said a lot, in short, to put it bluntly, it is just one point-craftsman is very important!

After hearing this, all the officials in the palace looked pensive. Yan Lide, as the master craftsman who will be the supervisor, and the successor of the next Minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked at Wei Chi gratefully, and then looked eagerly at His Majesty Li Er, Waiting for his reaction.

His Majesty Li Er was deep in thought, but did not speak yet.

Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, Ziyue, although this system is good, it may not be suitable for my Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of my Tang Dynasty, the people were not rich enough. Now, the first thing to encourage is farmers, not craftsmen. If people Everyone has become a craftsman, whoever comes to plow the fields, whoever comes to plant grain, won’t all the people in the world starve to death that day?”

Everyone nodded at Changsun Wuji's statement, and His Majesty Li Er just hummed and looked at Wei Chi.Wei Chi laughed and said: "Master Changsun said that the most important thing at present is Nongsang, but Master Changsun seems to have misunderstood me. I didn't say to increase craftsmen, but to use existing craftsmen to develop. My Tang Dynasty has never lacked skilled craftsmen, and there are very few craftsmen who are as outstanding as our Tang craftsmen. This is an advantage, a resource, and since it is a resource, we must consider how to make better use of it and play. In the spare time of various work, get together with farmers to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various agricultural tools, in order to better improve the tools and make production more convenient; discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various papers with scholars, Tell me about the requirements that scholars have for paper, and what conveniences they hope to have. If you talk about it this way, maybe you can improve the craftsmanship of paper and make better paper that is more suitable for writing and preservation.”

After a pause, Wei Chi continued: "The development of any craft should be people-oriented, and it can only be developed because of people's needs. Because of the inconvenience of bamboo slips, people invented paper, and because of the needs of farming, People invented the plow. It’s all for the same reason, and there is no saying to encourage craftsmen, but how to make better use of the role and advantages of craftsmen.”

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