Driving a pickup truck, directly towards the workshop.
The imposing pickup truck caused another sensation.
Fang Er directly threw the engine blueprint to Zhao Gang.
This is the drawing it was made from. Go back and study it carefully.
Zhao Gang nodded repeatedly, promising to learn it in the shortest possible time.
Fang Er just smiled.
In the shortest possible time, even if you are given the blueprints, it will take at least a year or a half to figure it out.
He called several craftsmen from the printing workshop and entered the workshop.
Unexpectedly, the scholar named Xue Zhiqian was also here.
Xue Zhiqian saw Fang Er and quickly put down the book in his hand.
He walked up to Fang Er, clasped his hands, and said, "This student greets Your Excellency."
Fang Er nodded, acknowledging the greeting.
Then he said,
"Aren't the academies holding exams? Why are you here?"
Xue Zhiqian pointed to the books just placed on the table.
"This student is mainly responsible for proofreading books here and is not responsible for teaching at the academy."
Only then did Fang Er understand.
His eyes lit up. This is a ready-made helper!
So, he said,
"I will dictate the content, and you will typeset it. We will add a set of teaching materials for the academy."
Xue Zhiqian was very surprised.
After all, anything that can be used as a textbook is a profound piece of knowledge.
Just like the Analects, the Book of Songs, and arithmetic.
Fang Er was already surprised that he could create the Three Character Classic and the Disciple's Rule.
Now he is going to create a third book.
What kind of book would it be?
Filled with anticipation, he arranged characters one by one according to Fang Er's instructions.
When the first page of content was arranged,
Fang Er had a trial print made.
Holding the newly printed pages, Fang Er frowned slightly.
He had forgotten something again.
He was currently typesetting elementary mathematics content.
It would take another thousand years for Arabic numerals to reach China.
So, Xue Zhiqian was using the big characters for "one, two, three, four," and so on.
These characters are easy to recognize and read, but not very convenient for writing equations.
Fang Er thought for a moment and went to the blacksmith's workshop.
Zhao Gang was hunched over a table, looking at the engine blueprint.
What Fang Er gave him was just a contour drawing.
Even so, he was mesmerized by it.
The parts in this blueprint are too precise!
Although he couldn't replicate it now, he could still learn a lot.
After all, inferring from one case to another is the most basic ability of a craftsman.
If you lack imagination, you can't do craftsmanship.
Fang Er didn't call him. He directly went to the lathe, turned on the machine, and took materials from the shelf.
As soon as the lathe started processing, Zhao Gang was startled out of his absorption in the blueprint.
Seeing Fang Er operating it personally,
He quickly came over to watch.
Fang Er's methods and skills were far superior to theirs.
Watching for a while longer could improve his own skills.
This was a rare opportunity.
Fang Er looked up at Zhao Gang standing beside him and said nothing.
He slightly slowed down his movements,
Milling out the character molds for numbers at a speed that he could clearly see and remember.
From 0 to 9, including common mathematical symbols like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, he made twenty sets in total.
After stopping the machine,
Fang Er said to Zhao Gang,
"I'll leave one set for you. Make another twenty sets, and send them to the printing workshop when they are done."
Then he carried the twenty sets of molds back to the printing workshop.
After fixing the molds, he printed two pages.
These were for Xue Zhiqian.
After printing, Fang Er pointed to the numbers and symbols, explaining them one by one.
On one of the pages, he made notes for each number and symbol.
Then he used a pen and paper to write a few equations.
Under Xue Zhiqian's extremely surprised gaze, he quickly calculated the results.
"Your Excellency, this calculation method is simple and easy to remember, it's wonderful!"
Fang Er smiled.
"From now on, children will learn this calculation method. So, we need to work hard and print the teaching materials first."
Xue Zhiqian nodded his head like a pecking chick.
"Your Excellency, please rest assured, this student will do his best. Let's start now."
Typesetting began.
Every time Fang Er said something,
Xue Zhiqian would scramble to find the corresponding characters in the pile of type.
Fang Er shook his head watching him.
This efficiency meant it took too long to typeset a book.
So, he interrupted Xue Zhiqian.
"Doing it this way wastes too much time. These characters need to be categorized and coded together so that they are not disordered when used."
Xue Zhiqian scratched his head.
He also knew the problem,
But he had no good way to solve it.
Fang Er had to put typesetting aside for a moment.
"Come back to the academy with me."
When the two returned to the academy, the assessment was still ongoing.
Fang Er stood aside and waited.
Until the assessment ended.
After all the children had left,
Ma Tongyuan approached Fang Er to report the assessment results.
Fang Er waved his hand to stop him.
He had discovered too many problems now and needed to solve them one by one.
"I went to the printing workshop, intending to print a new set of arithmetic textbooks.
But I discovered another problem.
If this problem is solved, not only the printing workshop will benefit,
The academy can also add another subject for the children to learn, which can speed up their learning of characters."
After speaking, Fang Er picked up a piece of chalk made of gypsum and wrote symbols on the blackboard.
"Pinyin!"
Fang Er wrote and read as he went.
These scholars discovered the benefits of pinyin!
These simple syllables combined in different ways form different characters!
This method can indeed speed up children's literacy.
Moreover, even if they don't recognize the characters, as long as the correct pronunciation is marked in the teaching materials,
Once they learn pinyin, there will be no obstacle to reading the entire article or textbook!
And it can also solve the problem of dialects!
Due to years of war, people from all over the country are constantly fleeing from disasters.
Every village has foreign residents,
Let alone the populous city of Chang'an.
If all future generations can learn to pronounce characters using this pinyin method,
Then, in a few years, the entire Great Tang will use the same syllables and speak the same language.
At that time, communication between people will no longer be a problem!
When Fang Er finished writing all the pinyin,
He casually threw the chalk into the wooden trash can in the corner.
Looking at Ma Tongyuan and the others,
"How about it? Do you feel anything?"
Ma Tongyuan was very excited, his face flushed red.
"Your Excellency, this method is wonderful! Can we print the teaching materials as soon as possible?"
Fang Er shook his head.
"This is the problem encountered by the printing workshop.
There are too many characters, and finding them is too time-consuming.
Therefore, I want you to learn pinyin first and then classify the type for the printing workshop.
As the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay woodcutting. After you learn all these pinyin,
It will not be too late to print the teaching materials."
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