Chapter 162 The paper appears and wants to reopen [Jixia Academy]

"Your Majesty Mo, please see your Majesty."

In a side hall of the Mo Mansion, Mr. Mo hurried over and bowed to Ying Zheng in front of him.

Ying Zheng, who was sipping tea in the side hall, saw Lord Mo arriving. He immediately reached out his hand and said in vain: "Shengping Lord, there is no need to be polite. This time I am on patrol incognito. When I am away from home, Lord Shengping can just call me "Mr. Zhao".

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"yes!"

Mr. Mo responded.

After saying that, he looked at Gai Nie and Zhao Gao on the side, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Gai, Chamberlain Zhao, you two are polite."

"I (slave) have met Lord Shengping."

Gai Nie and Zhao Gao returned the salute to Lord Mo at the same time.

After everyone had seen each other.

But even so, the number of literati in Qin was still difficult to increase.

First, due to the monopoly of knowledge, in the current era, most knowledge and learning are controlled by the aristocratic class and cannot be circulated to the common people at all.

Ying Zheng had passed through Hanzhong several times before, and during those few passes, the first feeling Hanzhong gave Ying Zheng was 'poverty'.

"Hanzhong is a small area, so I can 'enclose the land to raise horses'. But if we rush to promote it nationwide, then these fierce horses will easily escape the reins."

no way.

"Although I had heard before that Hanzhong County was prospering under the governance of Lord Shengping. But it wasn't until I saw it with my own eyes this time that I realized that Lord Shengping's talents far exceeded my expectations!"

And if it cannot even do the most basic communication, it is naturally impossible to cultivate many literary talents.

Ying Zheng suddenly stood up and said with extremely excited eyes.

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he looked at Mo Jundao.

A good roll of bamboo slips needs to go through several steps such as finishing, drying, weaving... etc. before it can be produced.

Ying Zheng calmed down his expression slightly and continued: "Master Shengping, do you think the law currently implemented in Hanzhong County will have the same effect if it is extended to the whole country?"

The carriers currently used to record text are mainly ‘bamboo slips’ and ‘animal skins’.

It is very light in the hand and looks a bit like pieces of white cloth sewn together, but it feels harder and more flexible than white cloth.

Ying Zheng pressed one hand firmly against the book on the table. Although his tone was as calm as possible, anyone could tell that he was suppressing his excitement at this moment.

Not only that.

"yes!"

"But now there are so many powerful horses in the Qin Kingdom, but there are very few strong reins and whips."

For the current Qin State, one of the most lacking things is...

Mo Jun cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Zhao, don't worry, there will be such a day."

money?

Yeah! That’s right!

See this.

Ying Zheng previously called it a "holy object of literature and art", which is not an exaggeration at all.

in history.

Ying Zheng sighed.

But in the end, I got one surprise after another here.

Although this was the first time I saw a ‘blank paper’.

A complete set of knowledge often requires more than a dozen volumes of bamboo slips to start.

In fact, he didn't understand what Mr. Mo said. If it weren't for this, Ying Zheng would not have firmly rejected the idea of ​​'employing merchants' even after paying more than 200,000 yuan in business taxes every month in Hanzhong County.

Zhao Gao's eyes flashed for a moment, then he responded respectfully, bowed his head and exited the room.

Ying Zheng caressed the book in his hand fondly. He really did not expect that when he came to Hanzhong County this time, he originally just had nothing to do and went out for a tour.

When he saw the word "Ying" clearly appearing on the book, not only Ying Zheng, but also Gai Nie's eyes changed slightly.

For hundreds of years, the Qin State has always had no shortage of generals.

And why are the number of literati in Qin so few?

To know.

However, it has only been a year since Mr. Mo came to Hanzhong, and the changes in the entire Hanzhong can not be described as "earth-shaking".

Or.

But there is no doubt that the word "foolish" cannot be used to describe the young Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng then continued with a smile: "Sheng Pingjun really gave me a big surprise this time!"

Ying Zheng took it with some curiosity and found that it was a material he had never seen before.

Ying Zheng could even predict that once the effect of this kind of paper is publicized in the future, I am afraid that all the literati and strangers in the world will be inspired by it.

Such a price is simply unaffordable to ordinary people.

But in the end.

To sell it, just a roll of blank bamboo slips would cost almost a dozen bucks.

Wow~

The next second.

And if you really want to learn knowledge through bamboo slips, just one or two bamboo slips are not enough, because even if one bamboo slip is full, it can only record a hundred words at most.

What he mainly looks at is Zhao Gao.

It is true that after the commercial market was opened in Hanzhong, it developed too fast.

"This is a 'blank paper', which is something I recently created."

The ancients had a saying that "the person who learns is rich in five carts". The books in the five carts may seem like a lot, but if they are all bamboo slips, they actually don't record much knowledge at all.

Such a divine thing.

"What is this?"

The second reason is that the dissemination of knowledge is indeed very difficult.

"Okay, okay... Mo Qing is really a man of heaven, and he can even create such a 'holy object of literature and art'. As soon as this object comes out, I can already predict the future of literati and hundreds of schools of thought in the world.

, it’s the grand occasion of gathering together in Qin.”

Ying Zheng then sighed: "I really didn't expect that a mere group of merchants could play such an amazing role in the hands of Lord Shengping. If one day, all the common people in our Daqin territory can live the lives of the people in Hanzhong today, then

Even if I die, I will have no regrets."

Literati.

If it were recorded in words, the price would have increased several times to more than ten times on this basis.

"Oh? What way?"

What does Qin lack most?

food?

But after coming to Hanzhong this time, Ying Zheng's belief couldn't help but be shaken.

But Ying Zheng and Gai Nie have already seen the various benefits of this new type of text carrier.

But now, with the invention of 'paper', all communication problems can be easily solved.

His expression looked a bit regretful, but also a bit unwilling.

Ying Zheng laughed and said: "Hahahaha...Then I will lend you Shengpingjun's good words."

But that was all in the past.

Therefore, in the first few hundred years of the Qin State, the number of civil servants in the country was very few.

Ying Zheng's breath stagnated slightly, then he took the brush, turned the book to the next few blank pages, carefully dipped a little ink, and wrote the word "Win" on it.

So even though he knew the outcome, Ying Zheng still couldn't help but ask this question with a glimmer of hope.

Mo Jun was slightly confused: "What is Mr. Zhao referring to?"

It was not until recent years, as the Qin State gradually became stronger and stronger, that literati from other countries were willing to join in. But even so, it could not change the fact that these literati were still from other countries.

Before Ying Zheng could finish speaking, Mo Jun had already handed over a writing brush in advance.

The weight of the bamboo slips is also a big problem.

It's like a bamboo slip.
To be continued...