Xun Yu Mansion.

"Lingjun, Childe has a gift for you!" The guard carried the gift box and shouted to Xun Yu in the room at the door.

On the bed, Xun Yu put down the bamboo slip in his hand, shook his head and chuckled: "It's the fifth day, this son's patience is really good, so I'll see what tricks you come up with!" ”

"Bring it in!"

The guard pushed open the room, came to Xun Yu's collapse, and delivered the gift box to Xun Yu.

"Stand down!" Xun Yu didn't open the gift box, and waved his hand at the guard.

The guard smiled: "Lingjun, Childe said, you will definitely see him after you see the things in the gift box, so I'll wait for you to pass the order." ”

"Then I'll take a look." Xun Yu raised his eyebrows, gently lifted the lid of the box, and saw three Analects lying quietly in the gift box.

"I actually copied the book and gave it to me, which can be regarded as a heart, but it's a pity that ......" Xun Yu saw these three paper books, and his heart was quite moved, but he didn't want to work for Liu Bei at all, sighed slightly in his heart, and said to the guard: "You go down, I won't see him, you let him not have to come in the future." ”

During this period, there were actually people who made paper books, but instead of printing, they copied them, but the transcription was too slow, and the paper books were easy to be damaged and decayed, and they could not be preserved for a long time like bamboo slips, so few people made paper books.

The guard arched his hand and said, "Ling Jun is not afraid to look at the contents of the book!" ”

"Oh?" Xun Yu picked up a book of Analects in the gift box and lifted the cover to read the contents of the book.

"How is that possible?" Xun Yu couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw that every word in the book was the same size, and the square block font was extremely neat. I turned more than ten pages in a row, and all of them were in this font, which was obviously not copied manually.

"Hey, I was actually won by this kid." Putting down the book, Xun Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said to the guard: "You go and bring him in!" ”

"I'll go!" The guards were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly went out of the house to invite Liu Chan.

But after a while, Liu Chan came to Xun Yu's room.

"The student has seen Ling Jun!" With a smile on his face, Liu Chan already called himself a student, obviously full of confidence, thinking that this paper book would definitely impress Xun Yu.

"How did you do that?" Xun Yu was already dressed and sitting on the bed at the moment, he was flipping through the Analects in his hand, although his eyes did not look at Liu Chan, but this inquiry was said to Liu Chan. As for Liu Chan claiming to be a student, Xun Yu did not refute it.

Liu Chan smiled faintly, arched his hand and said: "Zhuge Military Master is sitting in Xiangyang, and he can't come back for a short time, and the students have no one to guide them in their studies during this time, so I want to hire a gentleman to teach students knowledge for a period of time." ”

Although Liu Chan did not answer Xun Yu's question positively, with Xun Yu's wisdom, he naturally understood Liu Chan's words.

If you want to know how this paper book came about, you have to be my teacher!

Xun Yu took a deep breath, although he was reluctant to do anything with Liu Chan in his heart, and he didn't want to have anything to do with Liu Chan, but this paper book really made Xun Yu's heart itch.

The Xun family is a famous family in the world, Xun Yu's previous generation, the Xun family came out of the Xun family Eight Dragons, each of which was the top scholar of the Han Dynasty at that time, Confucianism, Xun Yu was familiar with the eyes, and attached great importance to learning.

For example, today's chaos, countless ancient texts and ancient books were destroyed in the war, which Xun Yu couldn't bear to see.

Why is it difficult to pass on books and literature?

One of them is because the major families are closed to themselves and never communicate with each other, once the family is destroyed due to the war, the books are completely broken.

The second is that books are difficult to manufacture in batches, if a book is recorded with bamboo slips, at least it needs to be carved for a month to be made, and bamboo slips make books, there are too many of them, such as the Analects, but 15,000 words, recorded with bamboo slips, at least ten strategies.

In later generations, there was an idiom called Xuefu Wuche, which on the surface means that the book you read, which can fit five cars, describes a learned person. However, this book refers to bamboo slips, so in this way, I haven't read a few books.

Books are scarce and difficult to manufacture, and in times of war, they can easily be cut off.

As far as Xun Yu knows, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the present, thousands of ancient texts and scriptures have been destroyed in the war.

For example, Cai Yong, a great writer in the late Han Dynasty, had thousands of books in his home, but Cai Yong was the queen, Cai Yan was robbed, Cai's family was almost destroyed, and very few of the thousands of books in his home were preserved. Later, Cao Cao ransomed Cai Yong's daughter Cai Yan from the Xiongnu and asked her to recall ancient books, which Cao Cao regarded as a treasure.

And now the paper book that Liu Chan gave to Xun Yu has brought Xun Yu to a new world.

Seeing that the ink on the books is still new, some of them are not even dry, and they can leave ink on their hands when they touch it, which is obviously made in a short period of time, which is something Xun Yu has never seen or heard.

If Liu Chan's method of making books can be circulated, wouldn't it be possible to keep the inheritance of literature and continue forever?

If a book is destroyed, it will be gone, but if it is mass-produced and widely circulated, it will not be so easy to destroy.

Although most of the families are closed, but the Xun family is different, the famous Yingchuan College, is the Xun family's other courtyard donated to build, the Xun family in the previous generation of the Xun family, there are also many private schools to teach knowledge.

In the face of literature, Xun Yu is truly dedicated to the public, hoping that it can be passed on forever and develop more and more prosperously, instead of closing the door and gradually breaking the inheritance.

Xun Yu smelled the ink in the book, rubbed his fingers on the cover, and muttered: "The ink has not dried yet, the cover paste has not dried, this is made in one day?" ”

Liu Chan replied, "The student stayed up late last night to make it?" ”

Xun Yu was surprised: "One night, so fast? ”

Liu Chan smiled: "It can be faster, as long as the scale is enough, tens of thousands a day, no problem!" ”

Xun Yu closed his eyes when he heard this, pondered for a long time, and then his gaze slowly became firm, and said: "If you can teach this method to the world in the future, I will take you as an apprentice and teach you knowledge!" ”

Liu Chan was overjoyed when he heard this, and took out one of the four major inventions, printing, which can be regarded as taking down this Xun Yu.

"The student has seen the teacher!" Liu Chan immediately knelt down and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

Xun Yu got up and helped Liu Chan up, and said: "Get up, your method of making books will definitely be famous through the ages in the future, and I will accept you as a disciple, and I will be honored." But we have to make three chapters of the law first, I will only teach you knowledge, and I will not offer a single plan for your father! ”

Listening to Xun Yu's words, Liu Chan was even more happy, and said in his heart: "I won't give advice to my father, so I can offer advice for me?" Xun Yu deliberately didn't say anything to death? ”

Xun Yu asked Liu Chan to sit in front of the collapse and asked: "Don't be in a hurry to teach knowledge, tell me, how did you make this paper book, and how did you write it in half a day?" ”

Liu Chan said that he had thought of a long time ago, and said: "After the student went back yesterday, he saw the seal in the study, the seal was dipped in ink, and the words came out when he pressed it lightly on the paper, which was countless times faster than writing. ”

Xun Yu is so smart, after listening to Liu Chan's words, he instantly understood the mystery: "Is it to engrave words on wooden blocks?" Typography and printing? Yes, as long as enough characters are engraved and typeset and printed, it is indeed feasible to make a book in one day! ”