MTL - Daily Life In Qin Dynasty-Chapter 162 Paper is now in the world, and it is about to reopen 【Jixia Academy】

  Chapter 162 The paper is now in the world, and it is about to reopen 【Jixia Academy】

   "Chen Mojun, see Your Majesty."

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

Ying Zheng, who was sipping tea in the side hall, saw Mo Jun coming, and immediately stretched out his hand and said: "Mr. Shengping, you don't need to be polite. This time I am traveling in a low-clothes. When I am away from home, Mr. Shengping can call me "Mr. Zhao"." .”

"yes!"

   Jun Mo responded.

   After finishing speaking, he looked at Gai Nie and Zhao Gao who were at the side, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Gai, Internal Servant Zhao, you two are polite."

   "I (slave) have met Mr. Shengping."

   Gai Nie and Zhao Gao saluted Mo Jun at the same time.

   After seeing each other after the ceremony.

  Ying Zheng smiled and continued: "Mr. Shengping really gave me a big surprise this time!"

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

   "Although I have heard that Hanzhong County is thriving under the rule of Lord Shengping before. But it was not until I saw it with my own eyes this time that I realized that Lord Shengping's talent is still far beyond my expectations!"

Ying Zheng then sighed: "I really didn't expect that a group of merchants in the district could play such an amazing role in the hands of Lord Shengping. If one day, all the common people in our Daqin can live the lives of the people in Hanzhong today, then Even if I die, I will have no regrets."

  Mr. Mo cupped his hands and said, "Please rest assured Mr. Zhao, there will be such a day."

  Ying Zheng laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha...then I'll borrow Mr. Shengping's auspicious words."

  After laughing.

  Ying Zheng restrained his expression slightly, and said again: "Mr. Shengping thinks, if the law currently practiced in Hanzhong County is extended to the whole country, can it have the same effect?"

  Mr. Mo was silent for a while, then shook his head and said: "It's difficult. Merchants are like a group of fierce horses that can never be tamed. If you want to drive them, you can only use reins and whips."

   "But now there are a lot of strong horses in Qin State, but there are very few strong reins and whips."

   "Hanzhong is a small area, so I can 'enclose horses'. But if it is promoted rashly across the country, then these strong horses will easily run away."

   "If you want to drive the development of Qin State with merchants, you can only do it slowly."

   After hearing this, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sighed.

  The expression looks a bit regretful, but also a bit unwilling.

  Actually, he didn’t understand what Mr. Mo said. If it wasn’t for this, Ying Zheng would not have firmly rejected the idea of ​​‘reusing merchants’ after paying more than 200,000 merchants’ taxes every month in Hanzhong County.

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

no way.

   It is true that after Hanzhong opened up the commercial market, the development speed is too fast.

  Ying Zheng had passed by Hanzhong a few times before, and when he passed by, the first feeling that Hanzhong gave Yingzheng was 'poverty'.

  In Hanzhong at that time, looking around, it was not easy to even find a few families who could eat enough.

  However, it has only been a short year since Mr. Mo came to Hanzhong, and the changes in the whole Hanzhong can't be overstated even if it is described by the words 'shaking the earth'.

  So even on the premise of knowing the result, Ying Zheng couldn't help asking this question with a glimmer of hope.

  But after getting Mo Jun's answer, Ying Zheng was completely determined.

in history.

   It remains to be discussed whether Yingzheng was fainted or not when he was old.

  But there is no doubt that the young Ying Zheng was definitely not compatible with the word 'faint'.

   "It seems that the future of Qin State still has a long way to go!"

   Ying Zheng sighed.

But just after Yingzheng finished speaking, Mo Jun suddenly changed the subject and said: "But... Although the current state of Qin cannot pass through the road of merchants, it is on another road. , and perhaps there will be new developments.”

   "Oh? What way?"

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

  Mr. Mo did not respond immediately, but slightly raised his head to look at Gai Nie and Zhao Gao behind Ying Zheng.

Or.

  He mainly looks at Zhao Gao.

   See here.

  Ying Zheng also understood immediately, and ordered: "Servant Zhao, you step down first! I want to talk to Mr. Shengping alone."

"yes!"

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

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   After Zhao Gao left, Mo Jun reached out and took out a book from his pocket, and handed it to Ying Zheng.

   "What is this?"

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

  It is very light in the hand, it looks like pieces of white cloth are stitched together, but it feels harder and more resilient than white cloth.

   And when he opened the book and saw the neatly written big scripts written on it, Ying Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and then his pupils shrank instantly.

   "Qing Mo, could this be..."

   "Your Majesty, just try it and you'll know."

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

   Ying Zheng's breath was slightly stagnant, then he took the brush, turned the book to the back few blank pages, carefully dipped a little ink on it, and wrote the word 'Wing' on it.

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

   "This is "blank paper", which is a new creation of the minister recently."

   Seeing Ying Zheng's face flushed with excitement, and his expression almost stopped breathing, Mo Jun also gave an explanation in a timely manner.

   "Qing Mo, what is the cost of this item? What is the output?"

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

   In the face of Ying Zheng's question, Mo Jun said calmly: "Although high-quality paper is not easy to make, compared with bamboo slips and animal skin scrolls, the cost can be at least a hundred times cheaper, and the output can also be increased by a hundred times."

  Wow~

   Next second.

  Seeing Ying Zheng standing up suddenly, his eyes were extremely excited.

"Okay, okay... Mo Qing is really a heavenly man. He can even create such a "sacred object of literature and Taoism". , to gather the grand occasion of Qin State."

  What is Qin most lacking?

   Food?

money?

Um! That's right!

   These things are indeed lacking in Qin.

   But that was all in the past.

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

   Literati.

  For hundreds of years, the Qin State has never lacked generals.

  Because the former Qin State was located in a barbaric environment, in that harsh living environment, only those with strong military power could survive, and literati had no soil for development at all.

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

   Until recent years, with the gradual prosperity of the Qin State, there were literati from other countries who were willing to serve, but even so, it could not change the fact that these literati were still from other countries.

  And why are there so few literati in Qin?

To know.

  In the past, the environment of Qin State was poor, but now with the development of Mr. Mo for several years, the current living environment of Qin State can be regarded as one of the best among the Seven Kingdoms.

   Even so, it is still difficult to increase the number of literati in Qin.

  One is because of the monopoly of knowledge. In the current era, most of the knowledge is controlled by the aristocracy, and it simply cannot be circulated in the hands of the common people.

  Second, it is really difficult to spread knowledge.

   The simplest example.

  The current carriers used to record text are mainly 'bamboo slips' and 'animal skins'.

   And these two things are expensive in themselves.

   It's like bamboo slips.

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

  Sold out, just a roll of blank bamboo slips cost about a dozen big money.

   And animal skin rolls are more expensive than bamboo slips.

  If the text is recorded, the price will still be several times to more than ten times higher than that.

   Such a price is simply unaffordable for ordinary people.

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

  A complete set of knowledge often starts with more than a dozen bamboo slips.

Not only that.

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

  The ancients had a saying of "learning rich five carts", five carts seem to have a lot of books, but if they are loaded with bamboo slips, in fact, there is not much knowledge recorded at all.

  So the combination of these reasons makes it unrealistic to spread culture and knowledge on a large scale in this era.

   And if you can't even do the most basic communication, it is naturally impossible to cultivate many literati.

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

  Although this is the first time I have seen 'blank paper'.

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

  Light, convenient, cheap, clear...

   Such a fetish.

   Yingzheng called it a "sacred object of literature and Taoism" before, which is not an exaggeration.

  Ying Zheng caressed the book in his hand fondly. He really didn't expect that when he came to Hanzhong County this time, he had nothing to do and came out for a tour.

  But in the end, one surprise after another was harvested here.

  Especially this kind of 'blank paper'.

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

  When everyone gathers in Qin State, even if Ying Zheng can only subdue a small part of them, it will be enough to make Qin State's national power instantly stronger.

  As a king, Ying Zheng had countless plans in his mind the first time he realized the use of the 'blank paper'.

   But in the end.

  Ying Zheng still looked at Mo Jun, and asked: "What is Mo Qing's plan for creating such a god?"

  Mr. Mo cupped his hands and replied: "I do have a rough idea."

  Ying Zheng asked in surprise, "What do you think?"

  Mr. Mo said slowly: "I want to reopen Jixia Academy."

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  (end of this chapter)