"Your Highness, this is the printing template you asked me to make..."

With a proud face, Mo pointed at some reverse text molds on the table and introduced them to Guo Tianyi like a treasure.

"Not bad, very good."

Guo Tianyi nodded and affirmed the results of Mo Feng and others.

This is the template of movable type printing in his impression.

Moreover, the templates made by Mo Feng are very detailed.

With these things, the imperial court could print books in batches.

In ancient China in my own memory, ever since Cai Lun improved the production of paper.

Writing materials are much lighter and more economical than the oracle bones, bamboo slips, gold, stone and silk used in the past, but copying books is still very time-consuming and labor-intensive.

If everything is copied manually, it is far from meeting the needs of society.

And manual transcription is prone to errors.

Once altered, a piece of paper becomes useless.

Extremely inconvenient.

Therefore, the methods of copying and rubbing stone tablets later appeared in ancient China.

Movable type printing is one of the four great inventions of the working people of the Han nationality in ancient China.

It began with the engraving printing technology of the Tang Dynasty, and was developed and perfected by Bi Sheng in the Renzong era of the Song Dynasty, resulting in movable type printing.

First, make a reverse character model of the single characters, then select the characters according to the manuscript, arrange them on the type plate, apply ink and print, and then remove the character model after printing, leaving it to be used again in the next printing.

This is a great technological revolution in history.

It is also a label for the progress of human civilization.

Hundreds of years earlier than the West.

Under the guidance of Guo Tianyi, this technology emerged.

Hearing Guo Tianyi's praise, Mo Feng slapped the dragon's butt and said, "This is all due to your highness's wisdom and prowess. Your highness, you are the reincarnation of the gods..."

"Lord Mo is right, Your Highness, you are the reincarnation of a god..."

"Your Highness, how do you know the design concepts of so many treasures?"

"Didn't I say that His Highness is the reincarnation of a god? How could we mortals imagine that there is such a magical thing in the world?"

"That's right, His Highness is a man of God..."

The rest of the people also started talking.

These Mohist people originally admired inventors.

In addition, Guo Tianyi provided so many advanced ideas, and they even worshiped him with admiration.

"Okay."

"Everyone is glib."

"I am only providing ideas, you are the ones who actually implement them."

Guo Tianyi glanced at everyone angrily, and then said, "Mo Feng, increase the production of the templates for movable type printing, and then send them to the Ministry of Industry to start the printing plan."

"Yes, Your Highness." Mo Feng nodded and then said, "Your Highness, look here."

Immediately, Mo Feng led Guo Tianyi to the arms production area.

Here, there are new saddles, stirrups, weapons and many other items designed by Guo Tianyi.

The cavalry of this era did not have a saddle at all, but wore a simple piece of cloth on the horse's back, which was far inferior to the mature armaments of ancient China in later generations.

So Guo Tianyi ordered people to start mass production of saddles.

At the same time, there are also improved sabers.

After adding some rare metals, it already has the shadow of steel.

Both the sharpness and toughness have been greatly improved.

The Xiuchun knife used by Jinyiwei is this new alloy.

It's infinitely better than the previous pure iron broadsword.

"good."

"The production of these things will also be stepped up. When the time comes, they can be equipped for the elites to use..."

Guo Tianyi was like a leader inspecting and was quite satisfied with the results of Mo Feng and others.

In this era, a hundred flowers bloom and talents from all walks of life abound.

These are all your own achievements.

As long as you know people well and use them well, you will definitely make Da Feng unparalleled.

After a while.

Guo Tianyi came to the agricultural tool production area again.

The ancient economy was dominated by farming.

It is also necessary to develop and improve agriculture.

Among the design drawings provided by Guo Tianyi, there is a Quyuan plow from ancient China.

In ancient times, production tools were an important factor in productivity.

Certain types of production tools mark a certain level of development of productivity.

The improvement and widespread adoption of ancient Chinese agricultural tools played an important role in the development of agricultural production in the Tang Dynasty.

Before the Tang Dynasty, the heavy, straight-shaft plow was difficult to turn and plowing the land was laborious.

In the long-term production practice, the working people in the Jiangnan area improved the inventions of their predecessors and created the curved shaft plow.

The same is true for farmers in Dafeng, who all use heavy and long straight-shaft plows.

Compared with the previous plows, the curved shaft plow has several major improvements.

The first is to change the straight and long shafts to curved and short shafts, and install a plow disc that can rotate freely on the shaft head. This not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also facilitates U-turns and turns, flexible operation, and saves manpower and time.

livestock.

Looking at the huge and exquisitely structured Quyuan plow in front of him, Guo Tianyi gently touched it and said in surprise, "Contact the Ministry of Finance immediately to mass-produce this thing, and then promote it in Shuntian Mansion..."

Unexpectedly, this time Mo Feng sang the opposite tune and said awkwardly, "Your Highness, this song Yuanli is good, but it is extremely difficult to popularize it?"

"Why is this?"

Guo Tianyi was puzzled and said, "Isn't this just an agricultural production tool? How difficult is it?"

Because Guo Tianyi does not understand the specific sentiments of the people, nor does he know how difficult life is for farmers today.

Even in the so-called prosperous age of ancient China, it was only when everyone had enough to eat.

If we look at the entire ancient China, the total of all these prosperous times is less than three hundred years.

For most of the rest of the period, farmers lived without enough to eat.

"Your Highness, it's like this." Jin Gui stood up and said with cupped hands, "Your Highness, you may not know that apart from paying public grain and exorbitant taxes, farmers today have barely enough food to survive, and they have no extra money at home.

..”

As the person in charge of business under Guo Tianyi, Jin Gui understands the people's sentiments best.

Having traveled all over the country for many years, he knows the consumption level of farmers.

The cost of a curved-column plow is not simple, and it is not that easy to make, so a curved-column plow costs several taels of silver.

There must also be cattle to drive it.

You know, some ordinary families don't even have cows, and it's common for several families to use only one cow.

This does not include some farmers who work as long-term workers for landlords in order to make more money.

Later, some people simply continued to work for the landlords, while the landlords continued to annex the land.

In human terms, Quyuanli is useless at present.

Rich people don't like it because labor is cheap.

The poor cannot afford it, and a few taels of silver is an astronomical figure for them.

"Moreover, I have already tried to sell it, but no one took it at all..." Jin Gui said awkwardly, "Your Highness, to be honest, the more than one hundred Quyuan plows made this time are now piled up in the warehouse.

..."

Guo Tianyi currently makes money mainly from white paper and colored glaze.

But you can’t stand it?

First, expanding the factory and recruiting workers are a huge expense.

Various production lines and military supplies cannot be directly monetized.

Most of the Quyuan plows produced today are idle.

If things continue like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to make ends meet?

"Jingui."

"Are you a pig brain?"

"Who said you should sell this thing directly?"

After listening to Jin Gui's report, Guo Tianyi immediately thought of another way.

Everything has been produced, how can it eat ashes?

If you don't know how to adapt, you will definitely lose money.
Chapter completed!