freenovelworld Chapter 245 Woodblock Printing
Chapter 245 Woodblock Printing
Su Dahong and Su Mu demonstrated the process to Su An again and successfully obtained a painting that was more perfect than the previous one.
Su An's reaction was even more intense. When he saw a painting exactly like his own, he felt curious and excited.
"This is just the first version. It can be made more perfect after it is improved."
"Then I'll continue painting." With this he can paint more.
"it is good."
She went to find the retired emperor and others to perfect the woodblock printing. Printing requires a lot of things, such as printing ink, and pine soot ink is generally better.
However, the ink cannot be in the form of ink blocks. It needs to be mixed with animal glue and wine to become a paste-like ink. This ink needs to go through three winters and four summers, and the longer it is stored, the better the quality of the ink.
But this time is too long, which is totally beyond their reach now. Even in Su Mu's space, it will take a very long time.
Now they can only look for alternatives as much as possible, and they are involved in more industries and have more sources of information, so it is relatively easy to collect some things.
Su Mu took the carving block and tools, the carved original painting, and went next door with Su An and his father to find the emperor and Ji Shiyan.
"Grandpa Ji, I brought you something good."
"Hey, good girl Su, what have you brought again?" When the emperor heard the word "good girl", he came out immediately. If something can be said to be a good thing by girl Su, it must be a good thing.
Ji Shiyan also heard the sound, but because he was a little far away, he was actually one step slower than the emperor.
"Su girl, come with me here." The emperor led Su Mu to a study.
Su Mu thought where the emperor was going to take him, but it turned out to be his study.
The furniture in the retired emperor's study is relatively stable and mature, but the items inside are placed randomly, with some childlike items mixed in, which also reveals some of the retired emperor's personality.
"Grandfather, you are so fast." As soon as he walked out of the room, he only saw the back of his grandfather, and then he disappeared in a flash.
"Who told you to be so slow?" He was very anxious to see Su Yatou's good stuff.
"What does Su girl want me to see?"
This group of people were holding all kinds of things in their hands, which looked extraordinary at first glance, and there were also paintings and the like, so it must be about paintings!
"Ji Shiyan, come and sit down too." The two of them were like little children, vying for the first place.
Both of them sat down, and Su Mu showed them three paintings.
"Look at the difference between these two paintings."
The two looked at the three paintings. At first glance, the three paintings were exactly the same, but if you look closely, you can see the difference. The original paintings were more beautiful, and the emotions they conveyed were more beautiful.
"This is the original picture, these two?"
Su Mu placed the painting in front of the two people.
The two carefully looked at the differences between the pictures, "How were these pictures made?"
The twists and turns of the lines are the same, and they are not something you have to copy from someone else.
“They are really similar!”
"The words underneath are almost exactly the same." While everyone else was paying attention to the paintings, Ji Shiyan discovered the words underneath.
The paintings are very similar, but the captions below are more complete and clear than the paintings themselves. Moreover, the two paintings here are very similar, even exactly the same.
"That brings us to something I'm going to show you today."
Su Mu smiled mysteriously and hooked his hand behind him. Su An came to the two of them with the carved block and the necessary things and placed the things in front of them.
"Look, these are the things that are printed."
The two people looked at the wooden board in front of them and really couldn't imagine that the two paintings were actually printed on this wooden board. It was really magical.
“This is woodblock printing.”
"This set was made by my father." Su Mu looked proud. His father's carvings were top-notch.
The two of them praised Su Dahong again, which made him feel embarrassed.
The two were very curious about woodblock printing. "What is woodblock printing?"
Su Mu explained woodblock printing to the two people. Woodblock printing is a powerful technology that can greatly facilitate people. Whether it is publishing books or paintings, woodblock printing can be used.
The method of using woodblock printing is also very simple. Even a three-year-old child can print out a complete picture.
"so good!!!"
You have to know that before the advent of woodblock printing, most of the information and records people needed to be copied manually. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many scholars taking on the job of copying books to earn money.
Manual copying is not only time-consuming but also laborious. It takes a long time to copy a book. The productivity is low, and the demand is also huge, which leads to the skyrocketing price of books.
The high price of books prevented common people from wanting to read and learn to read. Even in some village schools, not everyone had a book. Most of the time, only the teacher had one, and the others used tree branches to write and draw on the ground. It was difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, let alone common people.
"With this woodblock printing, it will be very easy to make many copies of those paintings, and Su An won't have to work so hard to paint all the time."
The emperor has also seen how hard-working his third brother is these days. He is a little naive boy who is always busy and busy, but he has never complained.
Yes, Su An only said that he was tired in front of my younger sister and a few others. Otherwise, he would say, "I'm not tired! I can do it! I'll try my best!"
"Yes, with complete woodblock printing, we can print a large number of various paintings." These things are easy to do.
"Can we use the same method to print out a lot of books?" Ji Shiyan thought of the words just now, which were very clear.
"Yes, and more books can be printed. One book can save a lot of time and produce many books."
"One sheet can be printed almost in one breath." It's very fast.
As long as there are no errors in the engraving, there will be no errors in the printed books.
"Woodblock printing has great potential." The sensation and influence caused by the emergence of woodblock printing are immeasurable.
"It's just that there are still some things that haven't been completed yet. Isn't that why I came to you?"
"Su girl, what do you want us to do? We will solve it for you!" As long as this woodblock print can be completed.
"Woodblock printing requires special wood." These woods need to go through several processes to prevent the wood from cracking, deforming, rotting and other problems in the future.
"Don't worry about that. We can find any kind of product for you and complete any process quickly." These are not a problem for him.
"And the ink required is also different." Su Mu told them the requirements for making ink.