Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

After the court session, Du He went directly to the Chongwen Pavilion in the Eastern Palace.

After a month of research, movable type printing technology had been basically figured out, and unified standards had been established for the size of printing plates and movable type.

The next step is the most complicated process, which is carving reverse characters on the movable type wood.

This is the most difficult process.

It requires extremely high skills from the master craftsman and is also the most time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Inside Chongwen Hall.

"Captain of the Imperial Consort's House, you've come just in time."

When the teaching bachelor Liao Jun saw Du He coming, he pointed to a pile of small wooden blocks the size of a fingernail on the desk and said with a frown.

“It’s really difficult to carve reverse characters on wooden movable type!”

"Except for two decorators who have experience in carving murals, no one else can do it."

"We have damaged more than 3,000 pieces of movable type wood, and only succeeded in carving less than 70 pieces."

Looking at the pile of damaged wood, his heart was bleeding.

The manufacturing process of each piece of living wood is very complicated. The pile of living wood they carved was the result of a group of people working hard for five days.

"Hey."

Liao Jun sighed.

They are afraid that they will not be able to get any credit for the great achievements of movable type printing.

Du He didn't say anything. He walked over, grabbed a handful of broken wood, and looked at them carefully one by one.

Not only are the reverse characters carved on the wood crooked, but the size is also difficult to keep consistent.

"We can't keep doing this. It's too inefficient."

Du He frowned, then threw the live wood in his hand away like garbage.

"Oh no, I hope the Prince Consort is not angry."

Du He's action made the Chongwenguan scholars who were paying attention to him tremble in their hearts.

They felt a little nervous, wondering if Du He was angry.

Yes, so much live wood was wasted, causing huge losses.

Anyone would be angry if they were in my place.

Du He raised his head and was stunned when he saw their uneasy expressions.

After guessing what they were thinking, I couldn't help but smile.

"Don't think too much, fellow scholars. I didn't mean to blame you for this casual action."

"Researching movable type printing requires constant trial and error, so this loss is not worth mentioning."

This is actually a habitual action of throwing money.

In the past, when Du He went to Baihua Tower to listen to music, he liked to give some small money as a reward when he was happy with the music.

Over time, this behavior became a habit.

Hearing that the prince consort was not blaming them, the expressions of these scholars from the Chongwenguan slowly returned to normal.

Du He said to Liao Jun, "Liao Xuexi, tell everyone to stop carving reverse characters and write reverse characters on the living wood according to the order of the characters in the dictionary."

"As for the engraving process, I will ask the craftsmen in the printing workshop to complete it."

Every profession has its own specialties, and these scholars in Chongwenguan are all good at calligraphy.

The craftsmen in the printing workshop have more experience in carving reverse characters.

Only through cooperation between the two can this major project be completed.

Liao Jun's brows relaxed and he said, "Captain of the Imperial Consort's House, this arrangement is great. It will be much easier for us to write the reverse word."

Du He was a man of action. He immediately left the Eastern Palace and went to the Secretariat to ask for someone from his immediate superior Yan Shigu.

Inside Yan Shigu's office.

When he heard the purpose of Du He's visit, he stood up suddenly and asked in surprise.

"What! You want 20 craftsmen to carve reverse characters?"

"My dear Master Du! Did you know that there are only 20 craftsmen carving characters in the entire printing workshop?"

"You want to take all the people away. Do you still want to do the Chinese Pinyin engraving?"

Yan Shigu’s eyes widened.

Why did he feel that this deputy was not so reliable?

According to his plan, if Du He's innovation in printing technology failed, he could still print out the "Pinyin" book steadily and then hand it over to the people in the Ministry of Personnel to teach in various counties.

As for the "Chinese Dictionary", that cannot be rushed and can only be done slowly through woodblock printing.

Du He poured a cup of tea for Yan Shigu and said with a smile: "Don't be excited, Lord Yan. Sit down and listen to me."

"Hey~"

Yan Shigu sighed, then sat down with a vigilant look on his face.

He didn't even dare to take a sip of the cup of hot tea that Du He poured in front of him.

Before you figure out the situation, you can't just drink the tea poured by this kid.

Seeing his boss's cautious look, Du He said with a blush, "Master Yan, please relax. You are my most respected superior. How could I cheat you?"

Yan Shigu's beard curled up.

He thought to himself, I can't tell from your admiration, but I'll just be thankful that you don't try to trick me.

Du He continued, "The East Palace has developed the latest printing technology, and now we need a large number of craftsmen to carve reverse characters."

"The two books, Pinyin and dictionary, will be printed together when the time comes."

Yan Shigu stroked his beard and said after a moment's hesitation, "Du Shaojian, you can transfer the people in the printing workshop as you like, but you must not act recklessly."

"Don't let me down for my sincerity towards you!"

I lost it.

Du He almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

Lord Yan, Lord Yan, you are already old, and yet you still say such disgusting things.

What if someone accidentally overhears it and misunderstands it?

A few words of complaint in my heart.

Du He patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, leave the carving masters to me, and you just wait for the reward."

"Can you relax and drink your tea now?"

Yan Shigu shook his head with a wry smile, then picked up the teacup and gestured to Du He from a distance.

Du He drank a cup of tea, then patted his butt, stood up and said goodbye, and hurried to the printing workshop to call for people.

Yan Shigu was left alone there in a mess.

He left so decisively.

After Du He brought 20 carving masters from the printing workshop to Chongwenguan, he gave them some instructions and then returned to the East Palace Hall to stare blankly.

He was trying to recall which county Xue Rengui was in.

When recruiting soldiers, it is better to go there in advance to ask for people.

There are still about two hours before the end of the shift, so Du He doesn't dare to run away so blatantly.

Another hour passed, and Du He still couldn't remember Xue Rengui's hometown, but he knew that he was in Hedong Road.

"Well, it's about time, let's go."

Du He jumped up from the cushion with one somersault, two somersaults, three somersaults...

Well, I didn’t even get up after hitting a few.

Du He could only get up obediently, humming a happy little tune and preparing to go home.

"Du He, where are you going?"

Outside the main hall, Du He bumped into Li Chengqian.

What a coincidence.

Du He said calmly, "I heard powerful footsteps outside and knew it was the prince coming back, so I came out to greet him."

"is it?"

Why doesn't Li Chengqian believe it?

Judging from Du He's appearance just now, he didn't seem to be welcoming anyone, but seemed to be in a hurry to go back.

Du He waved his hand: "Your Highness, don't worry about these small details."

"I'm going to Liangyi Palace to discuss matters today. Is there any good news?"

Speaking of the meetings in Liangyi Hall, Li Chengqian suddenly became interested.

He patted Du He's shoulder and said, "Du He, let's go in and talk. I have something to discuss with you."

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he walked into the hall with a heavy heart.