Chapter 387: The Snow in the Second Year of Jian'an (Three)

It's dawn!

It was a cloudy day, covered with clouds, and it seemed like it was going to rain. From the thick clouds, there was a faint sound of thunder.

Dong Qi patted his head gently, looking sad.

In fact, he didn't understand why he said that last night?

Do you really have a good impression of Huang Yueying? I don’t know... This girl is crazy and often has wonderful ideas. Unlike Cai Yan’s ladylike demeanor, she is not as good as Ren Hongchang and Dong Lu’s heroic appearance.

But this girl does have a very strange temperament.

Even if Dong Qi didn't want to admit it, he had to say that this girl could not help but feel pity for someone to take a look at her.

It's nonsense, it's really nonsense!

While sitting in the living room, Dong Qi still patted his forehead unconsciously, unable to understand why he said that.

But the effect is still very obvious...

At least Huang Yueying looked much happier, and the gloom on her face also decreased. She pulled Huang Chengyan and ran to the small yard where she lived alone. She didn't know what she said to Huang Chengyan. When Huang Chengyan appeared in the living room, she still looked fascinated. She sat in front of Dong Qi, staring at him blankly, without saying a word.

"Mr. Huang..."

"That, did you really think of that?"

Huang Chengyan said something stupid, but Dong Qi was speechless and didn't know how to answer.

What did I think of? What did I think of? It seems that I haven’t thought about anything in recent days?

However, his expression turned into an answer in Huang Chengyan's eyes.

After a long time, he stood up, bowed to Dong Qi, bowed deeply, and gave a big gift.

"Sir, what are you doing?"

"Grandmaster, this gift from the young man is not for me, but for the scholars on behalf of the world. Thank you for your gift."

"Sir, what are you talking about?"

Huang Chengyan ignored Dong Qi's words and bowed to the ground, leaving Dong Qi at a loss and wondering what to do.

Standing up straight, Huang Chengyan said seriously: "In the past, the old man really looked down on the Grand Governor, thinking that the Grand Governor was just a vulgar martial artist, but he did not expect that the Grand Governor also attached importance to knowledge. The Grand Governor's move is due to the country and the future... Even with Zhongni Guigu and Modi Zhuangzhou in front, it is not as good as the Grand Governor's act."

My God, what did that girl tell the old man? Let the old man look like this?

"It is her blessing to be lucky for the little girl to be able to participate in this kind of good deed. I didn't say much anymore, and asked the Grand Governor to forgive me. This girl is a governor, but sometimes she is too childish and can ask the Grand Governor to forgive me if she offends."

After saying that, the old man actually offered to say goodbye.

Dong Qi was really confused and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Huang, where are you going?"

"Haha, although the little old man was not fortunate to participate in this matter, he was fortunate to have this beautiful girl, which is enough to comfort his life. The little old man has been in the valley for decades, but he underestimated the heroes of the world. Now I want to respond to what the Grand Governor said: It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. But I have to take a good look, learn, and appreciate the methods of the Grand Governor."

This old man is so casual and walks very casually, without any dragging on the mud.

After saying goodbye here, set off there.

It made Dong Qi even have no time to prepare, so he could only take Pang Tong and Huang Yueying and send the old man out of the door.

It is said that his first destination was under Wangbei County, which is the rule of his apprentice Feiwo.

The old man was very stubborn and didn't want to ride a horse. He only rode the green donkey that he had been riding from Nanyang. There were two book boys accompanying him. Dong Qi wanted to send some people to protect him, but Huang Chengyan refused. The three of them left and disappeared at the end of Zhuque Street.

Dong Qi turned his head and looked at Huang Yueying, and saw that the girl had red eyes.

I looked at Pang Tong again, but looked confused. I didn't seem to know what method Huang Yueying had used.

"Yueying, what did you say to your father?"

Huang Yueying's face filled with a flood, looked at Dong Qi in a slight manner, then looked at Pang Tong, and said softly: "Brother Dong, please follow me."

"oh!"

"A Chou, come too!"

Dong Qi and Pang Tong were a little confused and followed Huang Yueying to the courtyard where she lived.

This small courtyard is not far from Dong Qi's study, it is very quiet and quiet. There are various objects in the courtyard, including unfinished cars, large kites hanging on the wall, and many strange things, at least Dong Qi and Pang Tong couldn't tell what it was. However, it was arranged neatly and did not look messy at all.

There are four rooms in the yard, one is Huang Yueying's bedroom and the other is the residence of her two maids.

In addition, the remaining two buildings were opened by Huang Yueying early in the morning and turned into a big shot.

The two little girls were cleaning up in the room. When they saw Huang Yueying and the other two coming in, they hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

"Little Mutou, you two go out!"

"yes!"

The little girl is very kind, a little fat, and looks a little stupid; another maid with a melon-shaped face is named Xiao Yuer, who is of medium appearance, but her hands and feet are very diligent. Huang Yueying is very strict in her daily discipline.

The two maids went out, and Huang Yueying took the two of them through the study room of the outer room and into the inner room.

Like in the yard, there are many things placed. They are placed on the ground, hung on the wall, and hanging on the beams of the house, and there are many different things.

In the middle of the room, a huge piece of sackcloth covered something.

Huang Yueying lifted the linen and presented it to Dong Qi and Pang Tong was an unknown object.

"Girl, what's this?"

"Don't worry, you guys see..."

Huang Yueying said, lifting a heavy, dark template, and it was impossible to tell what material it was. Then he gently shook the handle beside him and spit out a piece of Caihou paper from the box next to him. Then he put down the template, and the handle continued to rotate. The creaking sound lasted for about... It was difficult to tell how long it was. If we used the method of later generations to calculate, it was only about four or five minutes to lift the template, and a piece of Caihou paper full of words appeared in front of Dong Qi and Pang Tong.

"This is……"

Dong Qi widened his eyes and looked at Huang Yueying, unable to speak for a long time.

Printing? This girl actually made a printing technique... My God, the world seems to be crazy!

Pang Tong was also a little confused, picked up the piece of Cai Hou paper and kept muttering in his mouth.

Dong Qi didn't know when the printing technology was invented, but it was definitely not in the Three Kingdoms era.

In fact, the printing technique invented by Huang Yueying should be the earliest woodblock printing.

In real history, it is difficult to determine the time when woodblock printing appears. However, it is said that the earliest prototype of woodblock printing should have appeared in the Warring States Period. However, at that time, it was more used for printing and dyeing of cloth and other items.

In the fourth year of Emperor Ling of Han, that is, 175 AD.

Cai Yong once suggested that the court would erect seven Confucian classics of the Pick-up of the Imperial Academy, with a total of about 210,000 words engraved on forty-six stone tablets, which took a full eight years. After that, there were methods of copying and even rubbings, but relatively speaking, whether it was copying or rubbings, there would always be inevitable mistakes.

The real woodblock printing should have appeared during the Jin Dynasty or later Sui and Tang dynasties.

No wonder, no wonder Huang Chengyan had that expression.

This woodblock printing appeared, but it represented China's civilization, one or two hundred years ahead of schedule, and even more.

The reason why aristocratic races can control the government is because they have most of the classics and scriptures.

Although they also open their collection of books to the public, no matter what, only a few people can really benefit.

Not everyone is Confucius and is willing to contribute his life to learning.

Especially if you devote your whole life to copying books... Isn’t scholars’ ten years of hard work just to become famous in one day, how could they endure loneliness, copy books, copy books, and copy books continuously? Even if they copy books for a lifetime, how much can they copy?

The emergence of woodblock printing will allow more people to see more books...

Pang Tong, who was familiar with Dong Qi's final purpose of "Minutes of the Three Studies", was shocked for a moment and immediately realized the importance of this woodblock printing technique. He raised his head and looked at the twisted Huang Yueying, Pang Tong was really speechless.

"You, you, you..."

Dong Qi swallowed, "Yueying, why did you remember to tinker with this?"

Huang Yueying's face suddenly blushed, her head lowered, and she whispered: "But it's Brother Dong, you... the reminder to Yueying."

"I?"

"Yes, do you still remember? Last year, Sister Cai borrowed a "Shangshu Tongyi" from Lord Yang's mansion. She copied it alone there, and you prepared food for her."

"Oh, it seems like that's the case!"

Dong Qi almost couldn't remember it, but Huang Yueying had a little impression of this.

Cai Yan copied books for Cai Yong. The old man liked books in his life. When he was in Luoyang, there were books in a large room. However, when Dong Zhuo had an accident, the old man made up his mind and burned all the books with torches.

This has always been a regret in Cai Yong's heart.

As a child, of course, he understood the old man's concerns, so he kept collecting ancient books. When he encountered something he didn't have, he would try to copy it. However, Yang Xu's family had a very rich collection of books. Moreover, after he arrived in Chang'an, he collected many out-of-print books from the items confiscated from various major families, and he regarded them as treasures on weekdays.

Cai Yan asked him to borrow it, but Yang Xu was not easy to refuse, but he set the time.

Therefore, Cai Yan often borrowed a book and copied it when he got home, and sometimes even didn't sleep all night and wrote at his desk.

Dong Qi looked at it and said with some emotion: "It would be great if these words could be printed. If not, it would be a hundred times better than copying them like a rubbing."

Cai Yan also joked that Dong Qi was whimsical.

But unexpectedly, Huang Yueying actually remembered it in her heart...

One day, when she was playing with a pre-Qin seal, she suddenly had an idea. The pre-Qin seal was not many words, and usually the words of names, official positions and institutions were engraved. But this gave Huang Yueying a hint of inspiration.
To be continued...