Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 188 Your Majesty's Wenzhi martial arts will be unprecedented!
Do you know destiny?

So, what is destiny?

The First Emperor smiled, and had to say that this year was really a watershed.

On the other side, Zhao Si had already seen the bronze engraving sent by the disciples of the Mohist school.

"It's a pity that movable type still needs to consider the issue of ink. This is something I didn't expect..." Zhao Si stroked the copper engraving in front of him and sighed.

Zhao Si knew that there was a difference between movable type and engraving, but he really didn't know that the difference also had a difference in ink requirements.

"In this way, traditional ink is unlikely to be suitable for movable type. I am afraid that the ink must be improved, and movable type also has certain requirements for manufacturing, right? It seems to be lead type? It should be an alloy... It feels awkward, but it can be used later. Try making some movable type with lead, what is the name of lead in this era?"

"However, engraving blocks are enough now. A batch of copper engraving blocks can be used for ten years or even hundreds of years as long as the printing content does not change... It is definitely no problem to print books in batches, and the cost of knowledge will further change. It's cheap, but newspapers and documents are probably useless before movable type is produced..." Zhao Si held the copper engraving in his hand.

Bright gold, it is worth mentioning that although it is often said that the Qin Dynasty was the Bronze Age, in fact, the color of the newly produced bronze is not blue, but a golden color that is as shiny as gold. Because of the same color, sometimes Gold is also used to refer to copper.

The content of the copper casting and engraving is the law of Qin, and Zhao Si is printed in ink.

Because the craftsmanship is immature, the first batch of prints is not very good, and the ink is a bit too much.

After repeating the process for a long time, Zhao Si finally got a certain amount of experience. All of the more than 60 copper-cast engraving plates were printed, and the dozens of pages on the case table were laid out separately, and the laws of Qin appeared vividly on the paper.

Very good, as long as there is some proficiency, generally speaking, it will not be printed and scrapped, and the speed is also very fast. After Zhao Si became a little proficient, it didn't take long for the entire Qin Law to be printed.

When the ink was slightly dry, Zhao Si did not hesitate, folded them one by one and gathered them together, and walked straight towards the first emperor with his hands in his hands.

"His Majesty!"

Familiar cold air rushed towards his face, and Zhao Si, who was hot and sweaty from printing, let out a comfortable breath.

"A piece of Qin Law, all of them are ready to be printed!"

A thick pile of hemp paper, the handwriting is neat and neatly arranged.

The First Emperor took a stack of hemp papers with admiration in his eyes.

"One piece of Qin law, half a load of bamboo slips!"

Qin Law has too much content and is too complicated.

However, the bamboo slips are firstly expensive, secondly, it is inconvenient to write, and thirdly, they need to be preserved by seal cutting, so how difficult is it?

Because of the above reasons, it would be a great difficulty for the world if Qin Law wanted to popularize it.

Right now, the cost has come down, and the printing speed of Qin Law has increased... When the production scale of papermaking increases, the cost will drop further. .

There are only a few households in Daqin, and the total registered households are only about 600 million.

The cost is not low, but it has reached the range that Daqin can afford.

The birth of papermaking and printing is of cross-age significance.

"Order Li Si to enter!"

The first emperor held a stack of Qin laws and seemed a little fond of putting it down.

Spreading the law of Qin to every household is what Daqin is doing, and it is something that is very far away from Daqin.

From the reform of Shang Yang to the unification of the world now, the efforts of several generations of kings and the time span of a hundred years have consumed many people, manpower and material resources, and how many people have been tortured and killed, so that the old Qin people in Guanzhong can first understand the Qin law.

And now that the Great Qin has ruled the world, how long will it take for the people of the world to understand Qin Fa like Qin people?
Daqin also crossed the river by feeling the stones and applied the experience of governing Guanzhong to the local area. However, with the expansion of the territory and the increase of the population, the time and cost required also increased several times or even ten times.

It took hundreds of years in Guanzhong, but could it be thousands of years in the world?

And now, among other things...

With the current cost and effort of papermaking, it is difficult to shorten Daqinyuan's plan.

But you can set a small goal, such as 600 million households, and each household has a Qin law!
With paper and printing, how much time can it take?
Isn't it just printing 600 million Qin laws?
The big deal is corvée, three to five years, ten years, there is always no problem, right?

"it is good!"

After Zhao Si left, Emperor Shi Huang still couldn't stop admiring Qin Lv when he saw the printing in his hand.

It didn't take long for Zhao Si to go out, and a piece of Qin Law was on the paper. In the past, it would have taken at least a few days to copy the project.

The most important thing is that he must be a scholar, and his calligraphy must be better. If his calligraphy is as bad as Zhao Si's, even if it is copied out, it will be useless.

And now?
print?

As long as there is an engraving block, it can be printed without literacy.

Even the craftsman who made the engraving could make it even if he was illiterate.

You must know that many of the craftsmen who chiseled tombstones could not read at all.The same is true for making engravings.

The engraving plate must be made of copper, and the cost is indeed not low, but this set of engraving plates can be used for too long, ten years?century?As long as it is properly maintained, it will last for hundreds of years.

The engraving is equivalent to infrastructure construction. This investment will bring great returns in the future.

And the first emperor always liked infrastructure construction.

Beyond driving...

Zhao Si and Li Si walked side by side.

"Why did Your Majesty summon you?" Li Si looked at Zhao Si's smile full of doubts.

"Let's go, Li Xiang, it's a great thing!"

Could it be because of the internal organization that Zhao Si proposed?Li Si secretly thought.

Li Si has changed his mind since he figured it out last time.

But he had already rejected the kindness of the first emperor, and Li Si was not as thick-skinned as Zhao Si, so he could forget what happened.

After all, he was not Zhao Si, and he had to worry about Shi Huangdi's thoughts and his attitude towards him, so he had been thinking about how to change his opposition attitude mellowly to support Shi Huangdi's wise decision these days.

This kind of internal organization is indeed a knife on the necks of the ministers, but His Majesty has personally asked me about my attitude. In short, this knife cannot be placed on my own head. With all kinds of policies, it would be a good thing for Li Si to have an extra knife that is not restricted by the Sangong Jiuqing.

Zhao Si has been kept in the dark so far, but Li Si looked at it from the perspective of the three lords and nine ministers, and said that the Qiangui Order wants me to come.

I'm the one who wields the knife. It's a good thing to have more knives. This knife can't kill me first.

As soon as the two entered the driveway, Li Si and Zhao Si bowed upright to salute, but Li Si hadn't gone straight back, Zhao Si had already knelt and sat next to Bingjian.

"Look..." Shi Huang pushed Qin Lu to Li Si.

Li Si hadn't seen paper before, so he couldn't help being taken aback when he saw it for the first time.

Then he looked at Zhao Si: "Is this the paper you were talking about?"

"Yes!" Zhao Si nodded.

"But I remember that your handwriting is not so beautiful." Li Si said seriously.

……

After teasing, Li Si watched carefully, and then Emperor Shi Huang handed over the letter from Xianyang. He had a general idea of ​​the cost and manufacturing cycle, and immediately realized what papermaking and printing meant.

From a certain point of view, Li Si and Shi Huangdi had the same idea.

The first emperor wanted to achieve a great cause that no one in ancient times could surpass, so why didn't Li Si want to compare himself with the sages?
If it weren't for the temptation to proclaim his son a saint, why would Li Si change his thinking and take over the heavy responsibility of the Qiangui Order.

Papermaking and printing are also very important to realize Li Si's life ideal.

"Stop driving, let's hold a court meeting!"

Printing, papermaking!
This matter is also very important.

Although Qin focused on farming and warfare, it was normal to hold a court meeting when it came to this kind of literary affairs that would benefit forever.

"Later, you will print Qin Law in public in front of all the officials, and make preparations!"

In addition to Wuzhi, there are also culture and education. The bamboo slips are expensive, the construction period is long, the copying of books is inconvenient, and the circulation is slow.

Papermaking and printing are as valuable to low-level scholars as immortal food is to Guishou.

After all... Only the real nobles don't care about the progress of science and technology, or the development of the times.

Because regardless of whether they have papermaking and printing techniques, they have a collection of thousands of volumes. No matter how troublesome it is to copy and seal, they still have special people to transcribe books for them.

Regardless of whether there are fairy grains or fairy seeds, they are not short of food and drink, and even in this era when wheat is generally eaten without husking, they can already sift and eat white flour by hand.

In this era, there are already steamed stuffed buns, and Zhao Si has seen them before.And noodles.

The gap between the nobles and the heads of Guizhou has been separated by an era.

Not to mention, the great nobles can also use silk to write... Wang Li gave Zhao Si silk to copy the calculation book, and the value of the silk copied by Zhao Si alone is worth more than ten It's gone.

Nobles, don't care...

However, the common people care, and the low-level scholars care!

From another point of view, the people are ignorant and illiterate. Even if three kinds of fairy food are born, the speed of changing the image of Daqin will be slow, because they are illiterate, rarely travel far, and will not be praised by flowers.

The beneficiaries of the birth of paper printing are the entire bottom class.

It is the group with a certain amount of knowledge and culture that can reverse the image of Daqin's public opinion most quickly.

Readers...

"With such a sharp weapon, His Majesty's rule of law, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, cannot be compared..." Li Si had a smile on his face.

Of course, what Li Si cared more about was the popularization of Qin Law and Qin Law.

"Wen Zhi?"

Emperor Shihuang sneered.

But Li Si was right. These two things could directly bring the destiny bonus to the First Emperor.

After all, taking advantage of people's short hands and eating others' short mouths.

The low-level scholars have benefited, at least when scolding, they are not so confident.

It's a pity that this is on the road of the Grand Tour, and there is not even a palace nearby.

However, the scenery here is pretty good, and there is nothing wrong with holding court meetings in the mountains and fields by the water.

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