Chapter 358 Entertainment and Gao Wen's Dilemma
Entertainment in this era is extremely monotonous and sparse.
Long before time travel, Gao Wen had seen rare descriptions of ancient entertainment in various novels and films. This can be said to be a cliché, but after time travel, he still had to sigh that this sentence is really not just a saying.
In this world, entertainment projects are not only scarce, but also extremely restricted by social classes. For the upper class aristocrats, the biggest entertainment in their spare time should be to enjoy operas, music, hunting, and dances. Although it is still boring in Gao Wen's eyes, it is also a colorful life. However, the lower class people obviously cannot afford this luxurious life, so the lower class of society, the fewer entertainment projects people can come into contact with.
Go to the bar to drink and fight, gamble in a few simple ways (and it often turns into fights in the end), and listen to the rap of street minstrels (of course, it is called legendary poems here). This is almost the only way for ordinary people to relax after working. In addition, they can only do things that only leave to make children at home, but even so, their leisure time is still pitifully small.
Due to the low productivity, more importantly, the exploitation of the lords and nobles, most civilians have almost no so-called "free time". They have to devote 80 to 90% of their energy to work in order to barely maintain their food and clothing. Most people do not have any extra energy and physical strength to fill their stomachs. This is exactly the scene that most noble lords are happy to see: the untouchables work hard, and in addition, they should not have any "unequivocal thoughts". No one makes trouble or is lazy, so they will naturally be happy.
But in Cecil, the situation changed
People fill their stomachs, and not only fill their stomachs, but also have extra money and rest time.
This situation that was taken for granted by Gao Wen’s previous life was unprecedented in this world, and caught managers off guard.
"After a period of construction, the territory has been fully equipped, and survival is no longer a problem, and the production pressure of the factory has begun to ease, so we have entered the next stage," Gao Wen slowly packed up the chess pieces on the table and said to Hetty, "Before, everyone in the territory had to do their best to survive. No one had free time, so the order was very good, but now we don't need this anymore. The people began to get a reasonable rest, and the food supply became abundant. So the people who had enough food and drink and had free time naturally needed to do something to consume their energy. According to the general "rule", they could only go to bars to drink, and then fight with people on the streets and alleys, either to seek some flesh and flesh business with more spare money, or to gather people to gamble... The public security became worse and worse in the process, but it was not their fault.
"We cannot let people work continuously, as the accumulated pressure will only make public security worse, so we must give the people some entertainment."
Gowan put away the chess box and looked up at Hedy's eyes.
"Chess is a good thing. It can kill time, exercise intelligence, and determine the outcome. It is also very interesting in the process, but it is unrealistic to rely on a pair of chess to solve public security problems. We must do more.
"It should be regarded as a responsibility to make the people feel satisfied and happy. This satisfaction is not limited to being as simple as allowing them to eat and wear warmth, but also allowing them to enjoy a spiritual life that is taken for granted.
"In addition to chess, I also improved the rules of the King's deck. The original rules of the King's deck were too complicated and were entertainment that only knowledgeable people could understand. It was not suitable for promotion to the whole people, so I simplified it so that ordinary people could also master it. I named it "Lord's deck". In addition, I also thought of several games that can be played indoors, which are not complicated and interesting. In addition, we can also remove or restrict the gambling elements of several dice games used for gambling, and promote and promote them.
"I plan to open such a chess and card room in the territory, which can be integrated with the bar, but only provides drinks such as low-alcohol and sour grass water. The main function is to relax and entertain people. In addition, the production cost of these chess and cards is also very low, and can be opened to merchants and craftsmen for production and sale. This can increase income for the territory and make the life of the culprits at home richer.
"In addition, for those who don't like to entertain indoors, I have also conceived several outdoor sports, which can not only release extra energy, but also make our people stronger and more agile. Not polo and hunting, but only nobles can afford. I will explain the specific situation to you after it is ready."
Listening to Gao Wen talking about his thoughts one by one, Hetty became more and more aware of these plans, and at the same time he deeply realized the omissions he had when he managed the territory before. Finally, when the ancestor finally came to an end, she couldn't help asking: "Ancestor, did you think of these things... have you thought of them a long time ago?"
"I really thought about it a long time ago, but it was a problem for everyone to eat in the early stages of territory construction. Naturally, there was no need to consider these things at that time," Gao Wen nodded with a smile. "Don't underestimate these things. When maintaining territorial order and enhancing people's sense of happiness, their role is much larger than that of machines in factories."
Looking at Hedy's repeated nodding, Gao Wen let out a light sigh and continued: "Providing cheap and easy-to-satisfied entertainment is only part of improving people's sense of happiness and maintaining order. In addition, the construction of the security team is still very important, and you should not ignore this."
"Yes, I get it."
After Gao Wen arranged the matter well, Hedy left the living room, and Gao Wen sat alone on the sofa in the living room and began to think quietly.
There will only be more and more people in the territory in the future, and with the continuous development of magic industrialization, the materials in the territory will only become more and more abundant. What follows is that civilians no longer have to worry about their livelihoods. Enriching the people's entertainment is a matter of course. After all, entertainment is one of the basic needs of people after they meet their fullness and warmth. If you cannot provide what they want, then they will naturally find ways to satisfy themselves. It is normal to drink, fight, fight and gambling.
However, what Gao Wen has to do is not just promote several entertainment projects, so that the leaders can have a place to have fun after eating and drinking.
There are more and more people, cities are expanding, and there are more and more people in the territory who can read and read books and read. It is time to promote something that has been brewing for a long time.
He got up and went back to the study.
A large mechanical drawing was spreading on his desk.
This drawing was drawn a few days ago. Since most of the structures are not too complicated, he has completed it so far, but the most critical part is still unknown.
This is a strange machine. It has a conveying structure for conveying paper and a large "rod" located in the center of the machine. Its conveying structure can deliver paper under the drum and allow the paper to move forward simultaneously as the drum runs. Above the drum is connected an ink wheel for transferring pigments and a container for storing ink. This is a simple structure and original technology printing press.
A machine that can print continuously and can change the world.
Gao Wen knew that if the people's material life was satisfied, if they could not satisfy their spiritual life in time, then society would inevitably go into chaos. The more serious the mismatch between spiritual and material, the more chaos would become worse.
So after realizing that the population in the territory is increasing and the people who have enough food and drink need a spiritual life, he quickly came up with entertainment projects such as chess, lord decks, and billiards to alleviate the mental pressure caused by high-intensity continuous work and improve the happiness of everyone living on this land.
But entertainment alone is not enough.
After forced general education, more and more people in the territory have basic literacy and writing skills. At the same time, as the population increases, cities expand, and relying on the original city center bulletin board and soldiers to preach ideological propaganda is obviously not enough. Therefore, Gao Wen thought about the necessity of improving the cultural construction of the territory, increasing publicity efforts and publicity methods.
Since everyone is literate, give them texts. This is Gao Wen’s most direct idea.
There is not a lack of printing technology in the territory. In fact, the world not only has mature papermaking technology, but also relatively mature woodblock printing technology. The labels on bottles produced in alchemy factories and the textbooks used by students in the General Academy are all created using this printing technology. For the early stages and even the current stage of territorial cultural publicity and construction, these technologies are enough, but for the future that Gao Wen wants to realize, this technology is far from enough.
It needs technologies that are more convenient, easier to edit and implement, and more suitable for large-scale industrial mass production to replace these two "working technologies".
So he designed such a continuous cylinder printing machine based on his memory and guesses, but now he has to solve a problem how to make the plate.
How can I convert the edited content into concave and convex text on the roller in the fastest and most convenient way, and then print it out?
The traditional engraving and plate making speed is obviously too slow, and it does not meet its requirements of "easy to operate, easy to edit, and low cost".
To be honest, although Gao Wen could conceive most of the structure of this printing press, he had no idea how to implement the key technologies in it. Even if his memory was strengthened, he could recall all the knowledge he had seen in his previous life, but he could not imagine those things he had never seen at all. He felt that even if he knew those key technologies, it was useless. It is still a matter of whether it could be realized in this world of strange physical rules...
He had to think about the solution from a magical perspective, but unfortunately he had not yet come up with a solution.
After thinking hard at the desk for a while, he raised his head and greeted the outside of the study: "Betty!"
The little maid immediately pushed the door and bowed to the end: "Master!"
"You go call Rebecca."
A moment later, Miss Viscount of Cecil's house came to Gao Wen's study.
Gao Wen raised his head from the drawings and saw Rebecca looking at him curiously. The girl's sleeves, hands, and face was everywhere, and she looked like she had just come out of the workshop. He couldn't help laughing: "Are you smelling your face again by your own big fireball?"
"No!" Rebecca quickly waved his hand and explained, "I just came back from the Institute of Magic Technology and had not had time to wash my face yet. I am studying the 'transmission' you mentioned before..."
Chapter completed!