Chapter 136 Printing
After discussions with the two female consultants, Paul put forward his new ideas at a routine meeting of the government officer.
He emphasized two points: the health industry and printing industry.
Officials from the government officers took turns to experience a microscope, and they were incredible. They did not expect that there was another world in the micro -end where the human eyes could not be involved.
Some people say to Paul: "This will set off a large earthquake in the academic world. I suggest that you send your new discovery to the headquarters of the Ming Affairs Council. They will definitely set up a statue for you in the Central Plaza of Santu."
"Haha, isn't it?" Paul scratched his head a little embarrassed, after all, the microscope was not invented by him.
In addition to widely promoting the concept of hygiene and scientific nursing such as disinfection, bacteriography, Paul also requested the government officer to provide material and capital support for the two female consultants to cultivate a group of "professional" medical staff and every time The villages and towns have set up a health center to send medical staff to station. Of course, we still have to collect money at this stage.
However, compared to the scientific and technological category of microscope and microbial, officials are obviously more interested in the printing industry that can make money.
Think about it, the text and drawing on the valuable paper printing, and then bind it into a book, and immediately become a book that needs to be manually suffered before, a book and a bunch of paper prices The difference is going big.
And compared with the printing books, there are two huge advantages:
The first is the quality. When copying the book, the copy of the book often has flaws such as typos, smears, and other flaws. With printing, as long as there are no errors in the printing version, there is no error in the text on the book. Another skillful sculpture master, let the printed characters work neatly and beautiful, can definitely throw the traditional hand -copied books out a lot.
The second is the cost. The traditional copy of the traditional book industry must write good words. The level of its own cultural level should not be too low. In this era of literacy, hiring such a large band of people can be described as a huge price. There is also the overhead of time, and the difference is even bigger.
This is simply a means of money ... Ah no, it is a great progress in the history of human civilization.
"Sir, the printing surgery we can now use is just a very primary technology. I call it carving printing. It can only be used to be emergency at the current stage. The engraved version is still time -consuming. 》 Most of the head books may take a long time to engrav the version
Paul introduced his improvement plan to everyone: "My idea is to develop a tool that can be arranged freely by combining words or letters. I call it a living word printing."
He explained the principle of living print printing, which caused officials to marvel for another time.
In the end, Paul took out a piece of paper and gave it to the officials of the Ministry of Industry. There was a detailed description of the principles of living characters and the original printing machine structure. Catch the living characters and make a printing machine. "" "". "
The casting metal characters are more troublesome. If the living place casting is not regular enough, it will seriously affect the typesetting of the text. It is also necessary to develop a special printing ink. In Paul's memory, the printing ink invented by Gu Tengbao at that time seemed to be composed of raw materials such as linolen oil, lantern cigarettes, and paint. superior.
If you only cast metal characters, you need to apply ink and brush paper manually, and the characteristics of ink make this job is not easy, but if there is a printing machine, it can save time and effort.
The most primitive type printing machine in the West seems to be converted with a spiral underprooping flax pressing machine. This mechanical structure is simple. It has a very heavy base with two columns on the side. There is a rotating wooden spiral through the beam, which can press down the pressure plate or top plate that can slide between the columns. Anyone who wants to be evenly pressed on a plane is likely to think of using this. Simple equipment.
Paul's printing machine composition to the craftsmen is drawn according to this device.
He announced: "Once the printing machine is successfully developed, we will establish a printing plant and promote this technology to the people to vigorously promote the cultural and educational cause within the territory."
"In addition, I have already entrusted Kuile Foster to bring a lot of books from the south from the south, including poetry, prose, novels, etc. We can print these books in large quantities, bind them exquisitely, and then then bind them, and then then bind them. Then Show to the south to sell to those nobles and wealthy people who like to be vassals. "
This is another source of wealth.
At the regular meeting, Paul also got three news that made him happy.
The first good news was that Hanssel, who went to Wangdu again, sent a letter. The above said that this time he recruited more talents, including several alchemy warlocks, and in addition to talents, he gathered a large number of large quantities. Refugees are ready to be sent to the Northwest Bay.
The war in the south has created a lot of refugees in the north. It is a headache for lords in the north. It can be "laborious" for their leaders to eat their stomachs. The influx of the public and order of major territories has continued to deteriorate.
Now Hansell has shaken all the way under the banner of recruiting flowers, and has set up a containment station on several traffic on the road. Send in the venue.
"There may be more than six or seven hundred people who come from the first batch in the letter. Do we have the ability to receive these refugees?"
"The Government Affairs Council has made preparations to accommodate refugees. Considering that due to customs and other reasons, they are likely to conflict with the locals in their lives, we have built a group of temporary residences on the south bank of the Vis River for them to live in. In addition, Notified factory owners and farmers from all over the country and asked them to come and recruit people.”
Director Ford gave Paul a satisfactory answer on behalf of the Government Administration Council.
The second good news was that the ordnance factory improved the formula of gunpowder. Theoretically, the optimal gunpowder formula is a combination ratio of nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal of 78.74%: 11.84%: 11.32%. That is, this gunpowder generates the most gas, releases the most heat, raises the highest temperature, and is most lethal. The most powerful.
The craftsmen did not know this chemical knowledge, but they still relied on a large number of experiments to summarize the best gunpowder formulas for muskets and artillery respectively. The ratio of nitrate, sulfur, and carbon for gun propellant is 75%:10%: 15%. The ratio of nitrate, sulfur and charcoal used in gunpowder is 78%: 8%: 14%.
This improvement not only increased the power of gunpowder, but also extended the service life of guns.
There is no mistake. One post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, one read!
The machinists also designed a set of gunpowder grinding and stirring equipment driven by water power, which greatly improved the efficiency and precision of gunpowder generation and saved a lot of manpower.
The third good news is that the craftsmen in the ordnance factory have finally produced reliable springs. The ordnance masters from the royal capital have brought advanced heat treatment technology and have made a great contribution in this regard. With the spring, the first flintlock gun was assembled. Combined with the improved quality of gunpowder, the firing rate reached more than 80%.
Paul ordered to continue to urge ordnance factories to improve flintlock muskets. With flintlock muskets, soldiers can line up more closely, thereby greatly increasing the density of firepower and avoiding interference from weather factors to a certain extent. Sooner or later, he will have to equip all his troops with flintlock muskets.
Paul suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "I suddenly thought of another idea to make money. Now that we have good springs, can we make a shock-absorbing device for our carriage? The current carriage is really uncomfortable to sit on."
Using springs to make horse-drawn carriage shock-absorbing devices is a money-making tool for people traveling from all walks of life. How could he let it go?
Officials from the Ministry of Industry said they would immediately convey Paul's idea to the craftsmen in the machine factory. In fact, springs are not necessarily needed to dampen carriages. The world already has various shock-absorbing measures.
After arranging a series of things, Paul decided to set off for Fulan Port again, because two new sailing ships were built, and one of them would soon go south to open up a new route. He wanted to take a look. " Expedition" lineup.
Unexpectedly, this time the female consultant Ladi actually offered to go with him.
The female consultant said to Paul solemnly:
"My Lord Earl, you may encounter some bad things on the way."